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Cody was cold. So, so cold. He guessed he had been down in this basement for six hours now, and still he hadn't seen anybody. What in the world were they planning?

Cody gulped, thinking of the unspeakable idea that had been on the outskirts of his thoughts since he had first arrived in this place. Maybe, once they figured out that not everybody that came out of the Tipton was rich, they would…they would…kill him.

Cody shook his head. No, it wouldn't happen. Zack would be looking for him by now. He had to be.

But how will he find you?

The question came unbidden to Cody's mind. How would Zack find him if he, Cody, didn't know where he was himself?

"Please come Zack. And hurry."


That guy, Mr. Moe-ow-s-be? is okay. Zack decided. Once the candy counter girl and the guy with the weird accent had figured out that Cody had been kidnapped, they alerted the manager, and the manager, Mr. Moe-oe-s-be had alerted his mother.

That was the worst part, Zack decided. His mother knowing. After the inital shock of her baby, his brother, being kidnapped on his third day in a new city, she had crumpled and cried uncontrollably. The candy counter girl (Did the manager dude call her Maddie?) and a rich girl (was her name really London?) had tried to comfort her. They couldn't. Zack knew that his mother would never be comforted again, not unless they found Cody. Zack knew what she was going through.

He felt the same way.

"We need to do something to find the other blond person." The guy with the weird accent (Este-something. Zack couldn't remember the last part) said passionatly.

"I know, Esteban. But Boston is a big city. There is very little we can do until the police get here." The manager dude said.

"That's not good enough!" Zack exclaimed passonately. "We must find him, Mr. Mowsbey!"

Mr. Moesby choose to ignore the mispronounsition of his name. He knew that the new boy had a lot on his mind. "I'm sorry, Zack is it? But there is nothing we can do at the moment."

Zack felt tears stream down his cheeks and brushed them away impatiantly. These grown-ups just didn't get it. He needed to find Cody. He needed to make sure he was alright.

Because without Cody, Zack couldn't be whole.


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