Soccer practice just ended and Zack was rushing to the bus stop. Last Friday he had just missed the bus so he had to wait an hour before the next one came. His mom had been pretty worried about him so when he finally came home she grounded him for the rest of the weekend. He had to go shopping with his mom to buy new dresses for her singing job at the Tipton. Five hours of saying "Yes" and "No" to dresses was not his idea of a fun weekend. Zack made it to the bus on time (lucky for him) and got home at 5:00 to his mother's worried face.

"Zack! Where have you been?" Carey practically yelled.

"I was at soccer practice. I go every Friday. Remember?" said Zack setting his duffel bag of soccer gear in the coat closet.

"Well have you seen Cody? He never came home after school." Carey said sitting down at the kitchen table.

"He hasn't?" Seeing his mother shake her head he added "Are you sure he isn't at one of his nerdy clubs?" said Zack.

"Yes, I'm sure. And they are not nerdy they are educational. It wouldn't hurt you to be in one."

"Oh yes it would. Look, I'm sure there is nothing to worry about. Cody probably just went to Tapeworm's or something."

"Yeah, you are probably right. There is nothing to worry about." But Carey was only saying that to reasure herself. Cody would have called if he knew he wouldn't be home on time.

Everything hurt so bad. Cody felt like his stomach was on fire. He tried to open his eyes, but couldn't. The pain was just to much for him. He could hear voices, but they sounded so far away. There was someone holding his hand. Cody could tell it was a girl's hand because it was small, soft, and smooth. Who are these people? What are they talking about? Why does everything hurt so bad? Cody, for the life of him, couldn't remember what had happened. One minute he was walking down an alley, the next minute he was...why was he walking down an alley? Then it hit him. The memory of the man with the long hair, the murder, and...and getting shot.

Cody was thinking about what was going to happen to him when the girl's hand let go of his. He could feel himself being wheeled into someplace. Cody knew it must be a hospital becasue, well where else would he go. Just then, the paramedics got into a hospital room and doctors immediatly started hooking Cody to things. Cody could feel himself getting sleepier. The doctors were probably going to preform surgery on him now and they had put something in his IV to make him sleep. A few seconds later and he was sound asleep. The surgery began.

"Hello ma'am. Your going to need to stay here until we find out who that boy's mother is and we need to ask you a few questions. Let's start out with your name." A hospital secretary named Linda inquired.

"My name is Sarah Winchester."

"Okay. Have you ever seen that boy?

"No."

"So you have absolutly no clue as to who his parents might be.?"

"That's correct."

"Do you mind telling me how you stumbled onto that boy?"

"Not at all. I was waiting at the library for my boyfriend to pick me up when I see this blonde boy step out of an alley and collapse. I wasn't just going to leave him there like all of those other people did. The people walking by acted like he wasn't there. I didn't want the boy to die."

"Do you know what alley he was in?"

"Yes. The alley was inbetween the hardware store and pizza place right across the street from the library."

"Thank you for all of your help, Sarah, but you still need to wait here until we find the boy's parents.

"That is totally fine by me. Besides, my boyfriend, Mark will be here soon so I will have some company."

(This is Sarah's boyfriend's POV) What was Sarah thinking when she rescued that boy? I had the whole day planned out. We were going to go see that chic flic she has been dieing to see, then go out to that Italian resturaunt she always likes, and go star gazing in my barn loft. Someone else would have gotten the boy and then Sarah would be in my car right now on our way to the movie. I would not be going to the hospital to keep her company while the doctors find out who that danm boy's parents are. Oh great. I'm here.

Mark got out of his car and walked into the hospital. The waiting room was small and Mark could see Sarah right away. Making his way over to her he forced a smile on his face. The last place he wanted to be was a hospital and they were probably going to be there all day.

"They might have found the boy's parents already. There was a kid a couple years ago that got pushed down the stairs by his brother and broke his leg. The file on it has a picture of the boy. They look a lot a like. The secratary is calling the number phone number right now." said Sarah smiling.

"That is great. I have our whole day planned. First we are going to..." But Mark was cut off by Sarah.

"Mark, I want to stay here and make sure the boy is okay."

Just then, Linda the secratery, came over. "I have some good news and some bad news. The bad news is that when i called the number I got an older woman who was living alone and had no kids. The good news is that she knew the people who had lived in the house before. If we are right, then the mother is Carey Martin. She lives at the Tipton hotel with her twin sons, Zack and Cody. I am going to call right now. If the mother is Carey Martin then you are free to go." Then Linda walked away to call Carey Martin.

Zack was watching T.V. when the phone started ringing. "Zack! Get that! It might be Cody!" yelled Carey from the bathroom.

"Hello. Yeah, hold on. Mom! It's for you!" yelled Zack.

"Who is it." Carey yelled back.

"Um hold on. Let me ask. Who is this? Zack asked putting the phone next to his hear. Just then Zack dropped the phone in shock. The hospital is calling? It can't be Cody can it? Zack was brought out of his shock when Carey came out of the bathroom.

"Zack, who is it?"

"Mom," Zack paused, "It's the hospital."

"What! Oh my God!" Carey immediatly picked the phone off the ground and began talking to the hospital. After a few minutes, she got off and told Zack that they were going to the hospital becasue there was something wrong with Cody. Carey didn't know what was wrong though, becasue the girl named Linda refused to tell her over the phone. Carey and Zack hurried into the car and were soon rushing to the hospital.

Hey! This was a longer chapter so I hope you liked it.

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-Holychocolatestarfish-