Ok, sorry for the short chapter, really I am. To make up for it, I added in another kidnapping attempt. I'll leave you to read how it went.

Dis: We covered this before. I no own.

Yusuke brought my bag over and I put on socks and my sneakers.

Then I took out my Dex and called Haley.

"Call: Haley"

Ring...Ring...

"Whoever you are, it's only 4 in the MORNING! Call back LATER!" Haley's tired face appeared in the vid screen. I glared at her.

"I was just through HELL, Haley. You WILL listen to what I have to say." I said too calmly for what had just happened.

"How were you through hell?" I started to tick the reasons off the fingers of my free hand.

"One: I was woken up at three a.m. Two, I was out in the middle of a thunderstorm. Three, I had to get rid of a thief who tried to take Hi-kun. Four, I am still awake, and am SOAKING WET! Is that enough Hell for you?!"

"Whatever. Call Alex, she should be up. Lemme sleep." With that, Haley closed the link. I sighed.

"Call: Alexandria." I commanded.

Ring...

"Ohayo!" Alex's voice chirped happily. She was about to say something else when she noticed the state I was in. "What'd you DO, fall in a lake?!" she asked.

"No, I was only out in the storm for about an hour." I said irritably.

"Oh... ok then!" she said cheerfully. I looked at her.

"What're you so happy about?" I asked. Alex took a deep breath.

"I'mintheSonicXterritoriesandIcaughtaChibi!" she said quickly.

"Um... I only caught 'SonicX' and 'Chibi', repeat that slower?" I said slowly. Yusuke and Hiei looked up at the word 'Chibi'.

"I'm in the SonicX territories and I caught a Chibi Chris!" she said happily. To prove her point, a small child with brown hair poked his head into view and waved. In the back ground, I heard a twig snap. Alex's head whipped around to face the noise. The look on her face went from happy to scared.

"Al? Al, what's wrong? Al?!" I said frantically. My Bishies looked at me.

I saw Alex put her Dex down and I heard her yell for Joey to stop a guy. I heard Joey yell something about a crazy Halfling and for Alex to get somewhere safe and to protect Chris. The Bishonen-guy must have thrown a rock or something because the next thing I knew, Alex was on the ground in front of her Dex, out cold. I heard something hit something else and I saw Joey hit the ground next. Three more thuds told me that Sandry, Duke, and Pharaoh Yami had suffered the same fate. The last thing I saw was a sadistic grin of a Halfling guy looking at the Dex with the Chibi in his arms before his boot came down on the screen. Then all I saw was static.

"Al? ALEX?!" I said loudly. The screen remained filled with static. "E-end call." I said shakily, closing the device. Closing my eyes, I tried to regain my composure. I heard someone sitting next to me and they put their arm around me. I leaned against them, seeking any comfort I could find.

"C'mon, Coppercurls, let's clean up camp..." I heard Briar say from behind me. Ignoring them, I tried to calm down. This proved hard to do, the events of the incident somehow stuck on 'replay' in my mind. I was only vaguely aware that my face was wet. Taking a deep breath, I opened my eyes. The arm around my shoulders didn't move. Opening my Dex again, I ordered it to call Haley again.

"What do you want NOW?!" She asked.

"Haley, it's an emergency. Get your fucking ass out of bed."

"Why? What--?"

"Haley," I cut her off, "Alex is gone." THAT got her attention.

"Gone?"

"YES, gone. As in 'kidnapped, out cold' gone."

"But... Who- When-?"

"A Halfling, about ten minutes ago. We have to get to a city and tell the police or something."

"How do you know?"

"I was talking to her when she was taken. The Halfling guy knocked out her and all of her Bishies, took her Chibi and then stepped on her Dex." Wetness on my face told me that new tears were flowing. I had never been this broken up before and Haley knew it.

"Since you have Bishies that can travel long distances, get a lock on my Dex and join me. Then we'll head to the nearest city." She said more calmly than she looked. Her eyes were starting to get slightly red and there was a waver in her voice.

"Y-yeah. Ok. Eutriv City is the one nearest here." I said; my voice cracking.

"I'll meet you in a few." Haley said. We ended the call. The arm around my shoulder tightened reassuringly. I looked up to see my Hiei was the one sitting next to me. Liking the comfort he provided, I didn't say anything.

There. Things are really starting to get bad. And what's with Hiei all of a sudden? I still didn't find out who Hi-un was calling 'Onee-sama' or why, but I will.

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