Thanks for all the reviews...heres another chapter.

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Eric was so scared he didn't even want to move. Its like he was tramatized. I would be too! He sat on his knees as he did before and hid his face. He didn't even move from the dreaded spot where he almost been shot by Ace. Ace, the man who had came and invaded their lives. The man who threatend them those aewful nights. The guy who held him as hostage and pulled out a gun.

He didn't move. He didn't want to. He felt better on the ground, though he didn't know why. He didn't feel like going anywhere. Not with the other kids.He kinda wanted to be alone...or back at home.Now he was really starting to get homesick.

The tramatized Eric took deep breaths trying to calm himself from the tears. But that didn't work. He just couldn't stop trying. Neither could anybody else.

Melissa sat alone and scared almost trying to run after Jackson but managed to stay there for him to return hopefully with Eric, and a way to escape from this madness.

Taylor embraced Daley. They both were hugging Lex and Nathan. They all just sat in the plane crying out tears. Its over...right? Eric is dead...Jackson and Melissa are next.Maybe us next?Why did it have to end this way? Most of the kids would rather be stuck on that island until they grow old instead of going thru that kind of torment again.

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Jackson, running quietly but quickly around camp, trying to avoid anybody named Ace. He desperatly looked around for Eric.

He yelled out but kept it kinda quiet."Eric! Eric where are you? Are you okay? Eric?"

Maybe it is over..NO its not. It cant be...I promised Melissa i'd be back to protect her and everybody else. Including Eric.I gotta find him, I just gotta!

Jackson scurried along looking around."Eric! Eric, where are you? Eric!!!"

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Ace walked along a trail into the deep jungle. He laughed while thinking about the faces of the kids he had spooked with his weapon.To him it was just a simple toy."Stupid kids" He mumbled to himself walking over a rock. He followed a trail that seemed to be made before.After walking for thrity minutes, he came into a clearing. It had big trees around it and it had alot of space. He came to a huge rock and examined it."Yup, thats the one!" He said walking around it. He looked to the bottom of the rock where there was a small opening. He reached in, his hand moving around feeling for things inside. He knew exactly what he was looking for.

He carefully pulled out a small pocket knife...then another gun. Perfect for this oppurtunity with the kids.It could really come in handy. Thats exactly why he put it there...a while back before being put in jail.

On a stormy night...running from the cops after committing a crime..more than likely a murder...Ace rowed a boat onto the very same island. He needed a place to hide himself and his things.But the police were hot on his trail searching all the nearby islands. He found the opening, a perfect spot to hide his things. Nobody would come on this island, and if they did, they never think to look in a rock!

Later he left that island only to be captured by two gunned police men. He was thrown into jail and then two months after being i there, he had escaped and came onto the island to hide and to get his belongings to use for later.

And later, is now!

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Melissa coudln't take the quiet anymore. It was deafing so she got up and stubbled her way towards the plane.

She ran towards it and then hugged the plane like she never ever hugged it before. She just didn't want to be alone. She tapped on the window started to shed some more tears. The tapping starled the kids inside.

Nathan looked over his shoulder. Surprised he said"Its Melissa!" He let go of everyone and opened the door. She hugged him tight."Are you okay? What happened?" She said nothing and they joined the kids. "I came here because I didn't want to be alone anymore." She cried.

"Where is everyone else? Wheres Jackson?"Daley asks.

"What happened to Eric?" Taylor screams?

Melissa sadly says" Jackson went to look for Eric. But I can tell hes only gonna find the body of kid who got shot! Hes dead!"

"He is? NO !He can't be!" Taylor screams. "I love him! If only I told him how I felt" She cried so hard and started to hyperventialte.

Daley tried to calm her down but she only started to cry more herself.

"It gonna be okay you guys. Erics not dead."Nathan tried to reassure them.

"How do you know?" Taylor asks.

"Because I just do!"

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Jackson looked arund as he carefully walked around the island looking for the lost castaway. Had Ace taken Eric with him? Did he actaully kill him? Whats going on? He ran over to the spot where the tree was, then there!

He saw Eric on the floor.

Jackson quickly ran towards Eric trying to help him up, but he wouldn't budge."Eric! Are you okay...are you hurt? Come on, we gotta go and hide. Im here to help."

But Eric didn't move. But the familiar voice of Jackson reminded him he wasn't dead and he finally took his face out from his firm grip in his hands, and looked over his shoulder to find him standing there. But he still said nothing. He stood upp, but he was so shaky that Jackson had to grab him so he wouldn't fall."I don't wanna go anywhere. I wanna stay right here!" Eric cried sitting back down.

"Come on Eric. We gotta go.If you stay here, Ace will come back and he might do more bad things. Right now we gotta go. I have a plan. But you gotta trust me!" He held out his hand to help him up but Eric still didn't get up.

"No, im not going anywhere!" Eric cries even more.

"Eric no! You can't stay here with this ..tree. Its almost killed you twice!"

"Its saved me twice! I love this tree!"Then he finally got up but not to leave but to hug the tree tight."Why do I have to go?"

"Because Ace is a bad man."

"Yeah, I know that." He pleads.

"Then, why don't you wanna go anywhere else?"

"I-I don't know."He said sadly."I just don't know what to do anymore. I don't if I wanna stay or not."

"Please, just come with me. Everybody will want to know your safe."
"Well then tell them. Then you can come back and Il will leave. But not yet."

"Fine...ill run back to the plane quick, you stay here.Then Ill come back to get you. Deal?"

"Yeah."

"And Eric.."

"Yeah?"

"Its gonna be okay. We gotta go. You can't stay here. We still have a chance of surviving."

Eric nodded. He stopped hugging the tree and sat beside it. Jackson ran back to the plane. He never remember running so quicky before...ever!He needed to tell the others that Eric was okay.He needed to convince Eric that theres hope he would still make it. He needed to come up with a plan. Everyting was up to him.

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