Let me just say I am so sorry for the incredibly late update. Being a freshman is a lot harder than I thought. Anyway, here's the next chapter, again, sorry it's late.

Chapter 10-From Bad to Worse

Sams' POV

"Uh huh…yup…should have told…look, Shayna, I'm waiting for a call…so what if I have call-waiting…did you always talk this much? Good bye Shayna", Sam hung up, sorry she'd ever answered the phone. She should have let the answering machine pick up. Of course, then she still would have had to listen to Shayna, so she wasn't completely sure which was worse. Right then though, she had a few other problems on her mind right then. Like where her brother was. She dialed his cell again, and got his stupid message, as usual, Hey, this is Jamie's cell, not here, get back to you whenever I'm in the mood. She hung up, and almost immediately, the phone rang again. She looked at the Caller ID to make sure it wasn't Shayna, Corinne, Alison, or Catie, and finally picked up, "Hello?"
"It's Kapree", and this would be the call she was waiting for.

"Did you talk to Allie or Torie?" she asked, skipping the hello. She did that a lot.

"Torie humored me for about five seconds, then she saidwanted nothing to do with this and hung up", Kapree explained, "And Allie just hung up"
"Terrific", Sam muttered, "Absolutely fabulous"

Candracar

"Look at them!" Luba raged, "They aren't guardians for five days, and already they're fighting! I liked the old guardians better, at least they waited before they messed up"
"Now Luba", the Oracle said patiently, "The old guardians succeeded, and I'm sure these ones will to"

"The old guardians made many mistakes", Luba countered.

"But they prevailed", Yan Lin cut in, "They prevailed, as you have failed to point out, and they saved Meridian, and the world"

"You only defend them because your granddaughter was the air guardian", Luba shot at her, "If she wasn't with them, I'm sure you would be agreeing with me"

"The new guardians", The Oracle broke in before a fight could start, "will succeed. They will hit many bumps along the way, and will have many problems, but they will prevail, and that is all I can ask of them"

Luba and Yan Lin glared at each other for a second, but stopped fighting. Luba walked out, obviously upset about not getting her point through. Yan Lin and the Oracle went back to looking into the viewing mirror. One of the guardians, the air girl, was talking to the Keeper, both of them looked grim and upset. Against her will, Yan Lin had to admit, Luba was right. So far, the guardians were not off to a great start. She could only hope things would get better for them.

Heatherfield

Sams' POV

"Come on Allie", Sam said, slightly desperate, "Just listen-"

"No", Allie said firmly, "Maybe you guys wanna risk your lives and get mixed up in this whole crazy thing, but I don't. Forget it"
"I don't like this anymore than you do", Sam said firmly, "Don't you think I'd rather throw this whole thing back in what's his name- the Oracle, or whatever- back in his face? But we can't. Obviously we were chosen for a reason, maybe you don't like it, but get over it!"

"Who died and made you the leader?" Allie snapped. "I gotta go, good bye!"

She hung up before Sam could say anything. Sam slammed the phone back down on the receiver, muttering something in Polish as she did so. She wasn't quite sure, but she had a feeling she'd just tried to curse Allie. That certainly wasn't gonna help.

"I'm home", she looked around as Jamie walked in.

"Off egging cars were we?" she snapped. She wasn't sure why she was mad at Jamie, but it seemed right then like he was the only outlet he had. His temper quickly flared.

"What are you, my mother?" he snapped.

"I called your cell phone", she shot back, "Mom told you to keep that thing on, and answer it when it rang!"

"Maybe I didn't feel like answering it!" he snapped angrily.

"What, is this gonna become Hudson all over again?" she asked.

"No!" he yelled, "You know what, give me a chance before you automatically assume something why don't you!"

"Because this is exactly how you acted right before you got expelled from JFK!" she said angrily, "For once in your life-"

"How about for once in your life, trust me!" Jamie yelled before storming off to his room and slamming the door. Sam glared after him for a second. No matter what he thought, she cared about him, and she just didn't want this to end up like Hudson again.

Flashback

"He what!" Sam jumped a mile and looked around. Her mom was on the phone with someone from hers and Jamie's school. "No", her mom said firmly, "No, he wouldn't do that…I…why would he? I'll talk to him. I know he has been…Yes, thank you for calling. Good bye"

The formal manner ended as soon as she hung up the phone. What in the world could Jamie have done to make her mother this mad? "He started a fight at school", she answered Sam's unasked question, "During Math. It was a small one, and he and the kid both ended up down in the principals office. Ms. Brick says he's lucky he wasn't suspended"

So that was why he had been in the principals office. Sam had wondered why he was down there. She'd seen him on her way to lunch, and had started wondering, but to start a fight? She didn't think her brother was that dumb. She decided to get out of the range of fire, and made for her room. She could hear them fighting even from her room, and knew that this was gonna be the start of something bad.

End Flashback

That went down about a year before they'd move, and in that time, Jamie had been suspended three times, and finally the school kicked him out. It'd taken her mother forever to find a place that would take him, and of course, a month later, they'd moved. And now, it looked like everything would start all over again. She could only hope Sheffield was more patient then JFK.

"I said no", it was the next morning. School was going to start in about two minutes. That was enough time for Sam to get her point through and listen to Torie say no.

"Why not?" she asked, knowing it would do no good.

"This is just to dangerous", Torie said firmly, "Leave me alone about it why don't you?"

"You're no better to talk to then Allie", Sam said angrily. She was still mad about last night, her and Jamie hadn't made up. Not that she excepted to, but still…

"Guess I am", Torie said as the bell rang. She walked into school before anymore could be said. Sam could tell this wasn't gonna be a great day.

Ellies' POV

Ellie watched the guardians. She was bored, but this was her job, after all. All she could do was bear with it until Phobos told her she was off this tiresome mission. In a way, though, it was fun. Cedric had gone and gotten himself caught by the girls. They'd been to scared to do anything, and ever since then they'd been fighting with each other. It was funny, really. What was even better was that Phobos had come down on Cedric for going and getting himself seen. That had been funny to watch. She watched the girls walk into the building, and sighed once more. This had to be the worst job ever.

Brians' POV

"There's an entrance here to", Brian said, pointing to the map his dad was leaning over. Caleb nodded, and marked it off. They were mapping out different ways to get into Phobos's castle, trying to figure out ways to get into the dungeons, mostly.

"Okay", his father said, holding up the map for everyone to see, "There are about five different ways into the castle. If some of us infiltrate each way, we should be able to get to the dungeons. From there we just have to free the queen, and find a way to help the princess"
Vathek took the map and looked it over, "This could actually work Caleb"
"Of course it will", Brian said firmly, "Where's your faith in my father Vathek?"

"Out the window with about a dozen other of your fathers plans that didn't work", he replied. But he smiled slightly, and Brian could tell he was kidding.

"Okay then", Caleb said, "It's all yours from here Brian"

"Right", Brian said, "Here's what we're going to do…"

And this is where I leave you. I know, I know, I didn't completely explain the rebellion, it was a short chapter, yada yada tell someone who cares. I'll update when I get the chance, and until then, my wrist hurts from typing, I'm gonna get some ice, bye!