Disclaimer: I own Michael and some other OCs included later, ok? Nothing else really.

Note: I'm on a roll here! I didn't realize how hard it is to writ long chapters. Anyway, onto chapter three!

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I woke up sometime in the afternoon. My head hurt like hell, after the night before, but hey, it was far away from my heart right?

Anyway, after giving the shack another once-over and seeing Rachel, I decided to engage in conversation.

"Umm….good afternoon?"

"What?" she said, giving me a look that seemed familiar in some ways to me. Oh yeah, the Death Glare.

"Hey, if this is about the shoes I'm sorry okay, I just wasn't paying attention." I responded, trying to act nonchalantly.

"It's not about that, I'm just having one of those days. Anyway we have much food for you." She said as she passed me a Snapple and a ham sandwich.

"Thanks?"

"Look, just sit back and relax, your not going anywhere."

Is that a good thing or a bad thing? I thought to myself.

"Hey, where's Marco?"

"He's around, let's keep it at that for now shall we?"

I had a feeling that she wasn't crazy about him, to say the least. Well, I was still alive right? And I did know them all from school. Marco and Rachel were in my class.

I talked to Marco at Math and Lunch, and would hang around with Jake at Gym on occasion. I knew Cassie from Science, we did a project together once.

Rachel and I didn't talk too much, mainly because I had a small crush on her, but also because girls make me nervous in general.

At first they all seemed normal, but I guess there really is more then meets the eyes when they're involved. I could only imagine what the truth was.

Even more amazing was my Calm reaction to all this stuff. I mean, I'm not exactly one who keeps their composure in these situations. I guess I just came to terms with the fact that I'm at their mercy.

When the sun went down Jake switched places with Rachel. We made some small talk, but mostly I was trying to get some sense into this situation and rationalize a little.

I knew he was eyeing me, but honestly I didn't care. I was, at one point, so close to exploding at him and demand he tell me what was going on, but I knew better, and kept cool.

I fell asleep soon after.

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I woke up the next day fairly early. This time, Cassie and a boy I recognized as Tobias were there to greet me.

Tobias had disappeared from school a while back, and now after all this was over I figured I would find out why.

"Good morning." Said Cassie, "sleep well?"

"Yes, thank you." From the looks of it she had almost no sleep at all and was on the verge of collapse.

"Umm…..are you okay? You look like you need some sleep." I said.

"He's right you know. Cassie, I don't think he'll try to escape, so you can get some rest while I keep watch." said Tobias.

"Thanks, I owe you one." And with that she lay down not too far from me and drifted into a deep sleep.

I turned to Tobias. "So, where have you been for the past couple of months anyway?"

"Away." He replied simply, and then he turned away and stared at the wall with an expressionless face.

What was going on? A plot against the government maybe? No way, they're no older than me (although Jake had a weird persona like that of a forty year old).

Then what? WHAT!

After a small dinner, I lay awake in the chair and closed my eyes. I thought about my father, my friends, and about life. At dawn, I finally fell asleep.

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I don't know how long I slept. At the time I really didn't care. All that I knew was that it was day three.

In a few hours I would be released and would finally know what was going on here. When I came to, I saw everyone there.

Marco, Tobias, Rachel, Jake, Cassie, and another boy I'd never seen before, stood before me. Each had varying expressions (except in Tobias' case), but the primary one was anxiousness.

You know that feeling you get when your in front of a huge audience? That was something like what I was feeling, since all eyes were on me.

Seconds seemed like minutes, minutes felt like hours, and hours seemed like days. Finally, three days passed.

"Alright" said Jake, as he and Marco untied me.

"Thanks." I said.

"It's about time we tell you what's going on." He began, "Everything."

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Ok, done with chapter three. Thanks to all who read and reviewed, and I'll update shortly.

Ciao.