A/N: Okay, this is not my first fanfic but it is my first SLZC fanfic so please be nice! Also, if anyone has any suggestions for future chapters, I am more than happy to accept them and may put them in the story! Thoughts will be in Italics.
Summary: Maddie is harboring a dark secret and it is threatening her life. Who will be there to help her? Cody runs away and no one knows why. Can the twins find each other again? Will the people inside the Tipton Hotel ever be the same?
Disclaimer: I own nothing.
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Shattered Pieces of The Tipton
Chapter five
Zack sat with Maddie for a few more minutes, not knowing what to do. When London returned, he decided to leave.
"I'll watch her, Zack. When she wakes up, I'll call you." London said. Zack returned to his room and went to sleep immediately, hoping to escape this nightmare that had unfolded. Instead, he fell into a new nightmare.
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Zack kept picturing himself in that place Maddie had been in and couldn't find her anywhere. In the end, all the people just disappeared and Maddie was lost to him forever.
Zack woke up in a cold sweat. Where had Maddie been and what was happening to her? He couldn't find the answer to this. London had not called and it was 2:00 AM. Zack decided to go back to sleep but fear of falling back into his nightmare and worrying about Maddie prevented sleep from coming. He stayed awake for the rest of the night.
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At 7:00 the next morning, London called Zack. He hurried over to London's suite and Maddie was eating breakfast.
"Hi, Zack!" she giggled.
"What's up with her?" Zack asked as he pulled London away so Maddie couldn't hear him.
"I don't know. She's been really weird all morning. I'm going to go do some stuff. Moseby is going to get suspicious if I stay up here too much longer. Can you watch her?" London replied. Zack nodded and London walked out of the room. Zack went over and sat next to Maddie at the bar she was sitting at. She had a bowl of cereal. When she was done eating, Zack put her bowl in the sink and took her over to the couch.
"Maddie, are you feeling okay?" Zack asked.
"Um, you know, I'm not sure." Maddie replied, she looked around the room like she was lost. "I'm going to go sleep." She said.
"No, Maddie. You have to stay awake." Zack said quickly. The two sat in silence for a while. "Maddie, last night you asked me to help you. Help you with what? What kind of place were you in last night?" Zack said to his friend after a few minutes.
"That was just a party, Zack. It was fun! You know, we should go back there. Come with me." Maddie said as she stood up. Zack jumped in front of the door.
"No, Maddie. We have to stay here." He cried, trying to stop her. Suddenly, someone knocked on the door. Zack looked through the peephole and saw that it was Moseby. "Maddie, be quiet! Do not say a word to Moseby, okay?" Zack whispered to her. She nodded and Zack opened the door.
"Zack? Maddie? What are you two doing in here?" Mr. Moseby asked the two.
"We were looking for London. She's not here, though. So, bye!" Zack rambled and grabbed Maddie's hand and tried to get out the door.
"Maddie is supposed to be working." Moseby piped up.
"I can't work! I'm sick." Maddie squeaked. Zack glared at her.
"Then why are you here? How come you're not at home?" Mr. Moseby questioned her.
"Because she got sick while she was here, talking to London and now I'm going to take her to my room. Bye, Moseby!" Zack stated. Then, Maddie and Zack ran down the hall.
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Zack took Maddie in his hotel room and locked the door. She sat down on the couch and stared at the wall. "Maddie? Are you okay?"
"No, Zack. I'm not."
"Do you want me to take you home?"
"No! I can't go home, Zack! Don't you get it? That's what's wrong with me!" Maddie cried. Zack couldn't understand this.
"What do you mean, Maddie?" She was quiet for a minute after Zack spoke but she finally turned to look him in the eyes.
"Zack, my parents fight all the time. They drive me crazy! They always say that it's my fault that they're fighting because they have to pay to take care of me and Liam and they don't even really care about me! I couldn't be around them anymore. I tried to get away from it by being here, at the Tipton but Moseby got mad because he had to pay me so much overtime. So, I met this girl. She told me that there was a way to forget all of my problems. I went with her to that warehouse and I have been going there every day since." Maddie explained.
"I still don't understand. What were you doing there?"
"Don't you see? My parents don't want me; they don't care about me. No one cares about me." Maddie whispered. She was starting to cry now.
"Maddie, that's crazy! London cares about you, Moseby cares about you, everyone in this hotel cares about you. I care about you." Zack said to her. Maddie smiled at him. "What did you do in there, anyway?" Zack asked again.
"You don't want to know." Maddie said.
"Yes, I do." Zack replied softly. Maddie looked at him and then sighed. She rolled up her sleeve and showed Zack numerous bruises all up and down her arm. There were also needle marks. Zack just stared. She rolled up her other sleeve and showed him where she had cut herself. Her neck was bruised with a rope line. Zack couldn't believe what he was seeing.
"Now you know." Maddie whispered. She stood up. "Now, I have to go back."
"No, you can't go back there! You can never go back there! You'll end up dead if you do! Maddie, please don't go back! Just stop all this."
"I can't Zack. I can't stop. I have to go back."
"Maddie, please. I can help you. Just don't go back. Let me help you." Maddie stared deep into Zack's eyes and then she laid her head on his shoulder.
"Please help me, Zack." She said, just as she had the night before except softer.
"I will. I will, Maddie." Zack promised.
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That's chapter five! Hope you liked it and I'll get the next chapter up by tomorrow. Click that little button in the corner and let me know what you think! If any of you have suggestions for chapter six, let me know! Thank you for all your reviews, it means so much to me as a writer! Review and I'll have the next chapter up soon!
-Kelsi
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