A/N 3/13/05 Yeah...this is the next chapter. I'm going to keep updating this. I can't really do the beginning until my Internet comes back, so I'll just update more. I hope you like the new chapters!

DISCLAIMER: I do not own The Suite Life of Zack and Cody. Everything else, mine. You know the drill, ask if you wish to use...blah blah blah.

On another note, I was WAY off with that last chapter's naming. I called it chapter 17, while it will end up being chapter 12...yea...just ignore the chapter number.

- ARK -

Chapter 13: Kidnapped

Sarah rushed back to the others, pulling Cody along like he was some kind a rag doll. He certainly was beginning to feel like one when they finally stopped, Sarah stopping quickly and forcing Cody to plunge headfirst into the fountain the group was standing beside.

"Finally. At least now I'm not the only one falling headfirst into stuff. Whoa!" Zack yelled as he lost his balance and fell backward into the fountain along with Cody. Sarah, laughing hysterically, proceeded to help Cody out.

"Hey, what about me!" Zack sputtered as he got out of the fountain, slipping on the rounded edge, and falling down on the ground.

"What about you?" Alex said.

"Good point..." Zack agreed.

"Look at what Cody bought for me! Isn't it beatuiful?"

"Yeah...I know why he bought it, too."

"Really? Why'd I buy it, then?" Cody asked his brother.

"'Cause you LOVE Sarah." Zack replied.

"What? I do not!"

"Do too."

"Do not."

"Do to-OW! What'd you do that for!" Zack rubbed his head where Alex had struck him with the blunt end of his sword.

"Can we move on?" Alex asked harshly.

"Cody...loves my sister? Odd." Marc said, laughing at the twins' unlucky adventures a little bit ago.

"I do not!" Cody denied quickly.

"It's more than a little obvious that you two don't want each other to know." Alex said nonchalantly.

"Let's get something straight right now. We aren't in love. We never will be. Got it? Good." Sarah said, not giving Alex a chance to respond.

"I'm with Alex on this one." Marc and Zack said simultaneously.

"Fine. We know what we're feeling for each other, though, and it can be summed up in one simple word: NOTHING!" Cody shouts.

"Let's just go." Sarah said.

They wander out of the village, and to the run down castle, which many of the group considered a hide out.

"Well, we'd better get to sleep. I've got a bad feeling about tomorrow." Zack said as he headed off to bed.

"Yeah, goodnight everyone." Alex said as he retired to his room.(1)

They all drifted off into dreamless, constantly interrupted slumber. Cody woke up sometime late in the afternoon, and headed into Sarah's room assuming that she'd probably be awake by now.(2)

"Holy shit! Everyone, wake up right now! Sarah's gone!" Cody yelled.

"WHAT?" Marc shouted, and rushed into the room, with the rest of the gang in close pursuit.

"She's...gone." Cody repeats, on the verge of tears.

"We've got to find her. If my hypotheses is correct, then Kimitsu took her."

"Right. By the way, what's a hypotheysues?"

"It's hypotheses. It means hunch." Cody explained.

"And...what's hunch mean?"

"A...prediction." Cody decided.

"Oh, okay. Let's go, then. We've got to rescue Sarah." Zack shouted.

"One problem with that. We have no idea where she's being held." Alex said.

"I know where she is." Amy said, stepping into the room.

"You do? Where?" Cody hurriedly asked Amy.

"Look to the northwest, from where hilarious accidents began." Amy said, and walked out.

"I hate riddles." Marc commented.

"What's that mean?" Cody asked.

"Nevermind that, which way is northwest!" Zack yelled.

"If I'm right...ah, forget it, come on!" Alex yelled running out of the run-down building, with everyone else hurriedly following.

Alex reached the fountain and came to a halt, as did Marc and Cody.

"NOT AGAIN!" Zack yelled as he hit the edge of the fountain and was involuntarily flipped over the edge and into the water for the second time in two days.

"Look to the northwest." Alex said.

The group looks in different directions, trying to figure out just which way northwest is.

"I see it!" Zack cried. "Over there!" He pointed in the direction of the forest.

"Come on, let's go!" Marc yelled as he dashed off towards the forest. Cody and Alex followed, leaving Zack behind.

"HEY!" Zack yelled, climbing out of the fountain, his face meeting the ground yet again, and rushing to catch up with Cody, Marc, and Alex, ramming his way through numerous bystanders along the way.

END OF CHAPTER 13

(1): Don't ask where they got their own rooms. If you do, it will be ignored, as I don't have an answer.

(2): No, he did not go in the room in only his boxers.

Short, I know. But Marc wanted me to update, so here you go. The next chapter will more than make up for this, I swear. I'll bet he's really pissed at me now. Oh well.

In other news, my Internet is fixed for good.

- ARK -