"I hope everything works out" Jake said saying goodbye to Nathan.
When the ranger found them he immediately brought them to the hospital. They were all questioned and there parents were there to greet them. Except for Brooke's, her parents couldn't be reached.
Jake, Rachel, Mouth, Skillz and Bevin were all going home. There parents wanted them to get them home as soon as possible.
"Thanks man" Nathan whispered. Rachel and Bevin were hugging Brooke, Haley, and Peyton goodbye.
"Will you call us when you find him" Rachel asked Haley softly.
"Yeah of course," she answered with tears in her eyes.
"I wish I could stay" Mouth went up to Nathan and the rest of them. " The doctor says I need to rest my leg, and my parents are so worried they wont let me stay"
Brooke went up to him and gave him a hug. "I'm glad you're okay Mouth" she whispered to him.
When they left the rest of them were waiting in a room at the police station. Nathan's leg was wrapped up, when he first got to the hospital they put the iv in him and got the bullet out. He was lucky because it wasn't in to deep. Haley's arm was just a sprain and they wrapped that up too. Brooke and Peyton just had some scratches and bruises from being pushed around by the men.
Everyone's parents were in the room sitting near their children holding on to them closely, appreciating life more then ever. Except for Karen she was sitting in the corner with fear on her face. Keith was over there holding her trying to calm her down.
"How's the leg son?" Dan walked up to Nathan handing him a cup of water.
"It's fine dad" Nathan told him with his head down.
"Oh Nathan I'm so sorry about Lucas" Deb told him. When being questioned about what happened, the hardest part of the story was to tell him how Lucas's heart condition was revealed and how he was taken away. When Dan herd that his heart dropped, of course he didn't say anything, there was no way he was going to let them know that he know about Lucas, they would all hate him, more then they already did of course.
"I think we should go home" Dan spoke up "You need to rest your leg, the police will tell if they find Lucas"
"When they find Lucas , Dan" Deb corrected him. " I do agree with your father Nathan, we should go"
" You can go" Nathan snapped. "You honestly think I'm just going to leave and just hope Lucas is okay"
"Nathan you have to know that there is not a good chance of Lucas coming out of this alive," Dan bent down and told him. "I'm not trying to be harsh, but you shouldn't sit around thinking he will be okay. You have to be prepared for the worst"
"Oh god Dan, you can't honestly be saying this right now" Deb sneered at him.
"Will both of you shut up" Nathan yelled. Catching everyone's attention. "I'm not leaving, end of story"
Nathan looked at his mom and got up and limped to Karen.
"This is really hard for him" Haley told her. "He thinks he could of done something, to help him. He keeps blaming himself" Deb just shook her head and wiped a tear falling down her cheek.
Nathan went and sat down next to Karen and Keith. Karen realized he was there and looked right at him. "How are you Nathan?" she asked softly
"Scared,.. just like you." he told her. " Lucas is a tough kid Karen..I mean if he put up with me when I was such and ass hole, I'm sure he can deal with this" he said with a slight smile
She laughed a little and just started to nod and cry again and hugged him.
"Hey B-Davis" Peyton walked up to Brooke who was sitting alone in the room. " My dad said that if you need a place to stay..."
" I know Peyton, you're house is always open" Brooke looked up to Peyton and told her. "Thank's Peyton" she smiled at her.
"So they can't get in touch with you're parents?" Peyton asked her softly, sitting next to her putting her arm around her.
"No, apparently the machine says they are out on vacation, and they won't answer their cells. Not sure they would come even if they did find out" Brooke told her. " It's okay I really don't even want them here anyway."
Peyton looked at Brooke and saw tears falling from her eyes again. " Brooke" she said to her softly.
"I'm so worried about him Peyton. I feel like we should be doing something, not just sitting here." she cried
Peyton nodded and looked at her best friend and couldn't help but cry herself. This whole situation was unfair and cruel. They all felt so helpless.
"Excuse me?" A rangers voice from the door spoke kindly. "Are you all here for the missing boy case?"
"Yeah that's us" Whitey spoke up. "Any news?"
"We found the house that you kids we're taken too" he started
"Did you find Lucas?" Keith jumped in and asked
"No, there is nobody there anymore" he started to explain. " We checked all the rooms and found something that might answer the questions to what they meant about the ritual and sacrificing."
"Well?" Dan asked unkindly.
"Well have any of you ever herd of the Chiang Rai tribe?" he asked, everyone just looked around not having a clue of what he meant. " Haha, no I didn't think so. Well way back in the day this tribe was most common. There is a group of people and they select a leader. That leader says what goes on and when it goes on at. When he feels he should be married his followers have to find women that he gets to choose from. Which is why they would want you girls, and they would want the guys because before marrying there has to be a sacrifice. They have to kill a human, stab them right in the heart. They kill one soul, and its signaled to be okay to put two together."
"Well, what do you think there going to do now?" Haley asked. "They only have Lucas, not any women"
The ranger just looked a them with a disturbed look on his face, they could all tell there was something wrong.
"What are they planning?" Karen asked, scared of her own question
"Since the man they killed was their leader, they no longer have a need for women, or Lucas" he started slowly.
"So why do they still have him..." Peyton started but didn't finish. She knew the answer.
"You think they are still going to want to sacrifice him?" Deb asked
"Not for the purpose of marriage, but for revenge" he replied