(A/N) Well this chapter is longe as promised. I want you guys to know that Cody's romance STILL will not be fully understood in this chapter. I didn't want to put too much in this chapter, because this is a Maddie/Zack fic. Not a Cody?. Some of you like Max. Some of you like Agnes. I like them both for Cody. As long as they stay away from Zack. I must say, character wise, I really like Agnes. She is freakin HILARIOUS! I love her strangeness on the show. But I like Max too. I just don't want people to think that this is going a certain way yet and get mad.

I know who he is going to end up with. But I don't want people to know just yet. There are clues. But not enough for anyone to REALLY completely figure it out yet.

Well I hope you guys enjoy this chapter. Look at the (A/N) At the end.

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Zack and Maddie made their way out the door to see the argument between Cody and Max ensue. Maddie looked to Zack, who looked back to her. Each wearing identical expressions, which was a mixture between mirth and confusion.

"I just cant believe you told her that! You know how sensitive she is!" Cody yelled.

"Sensitive! She threatened to rip me limb from limb!" Max retorted.

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"Why does Cody care that Max told Agnes? He doesn't even like her." Zack whispered to Maddie.

"I don't know. Unless…." Maddie started in a whisper identical to Zack's, but he interrupted her.

"Don't even say it!" he warned, and Maddie just rolled her eyes.

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Agnes walked through the lobby to find Cody and Max arguing in the center, while Maddie and Zack whispered in the corner. She wiped the tears away from her face, relieving some of the burning liquid from her eyes.

She didn't really know why she was upset. She liked Zack more after all, or so she thought. Lately something had been different though. Something had been different between her and Cody. Something was different with him.

During their classes, he was always the one to answer correctly. Well at least until recently. Lately, she thought, he seemed different. Seemed to always have something on his mind. And she found the utter desire to discover what that something was.

She had found herself thinking of him more and more. She wanted to know what was going on with him. They had started to talk more and she found herself growing more attracted to him by the second. Yes, he was different. But she couldn't exactly say she didn't approve. He was actually becoming more of the way Zack used to be before. And she liked that.

Drying her tears completely she approached Cody and Max.

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Zack and Maddie made themselves scarce before the inevitable weirdness occurred, and took a walk around the hotel. It was a small hotel, but it was good enough for a small walk.

As they walked down the dimly lit hallway, Zack couldn't help but look at her. He found her beauty intoxicating as the light barely gleamed off of her light complexioned face. He smiled.

His blue eyes scanning her thoroughly as if peering into her and seeing more than just the beauty on the outside. He did actually. Zack always saw more than physical attractiveness between he and her. He saw her. He saw the girl whom cared more about the rainforest than owning a vehicle. The girl that would rather give than receive. He saw Maddie.

Using her peripheral vision she saw him looking at her. A blush crept to her cheeks, as she continued to watch him peer at her. She knew the walk would lead to his longing, but what she didn't realize was that it would stir her feelings as well.

She didn't want to admit it, but she only wished their kiss would have last longer. It would have told her more about what she felt for him, if she did feel for him. But the moment their lips brushed she felt the tingle run down her back, and the goose bumps arise on every inch of her body.

Still staring, Zack noticed a blush creep to her cheeks, even in the dimly lit hall. He smiled before grasping her hand softly, intertwining his fingers with hers. He pushed her to the wall gently and grasped her lips with his.

The velvet lusciousness of her lips nearly made him melt. Running his tongue over her plump lips, begged for entrance. She opened slightly, and he slipped his tongue through the portal, causing her to gasp. She moved her free arm around his neck, causing them to inch closer to one another. Their tongues intertwined, making each of them gasp.

Zack broke for air, smirking as he leaned away. Maddie breathed heavily, as she peered into his blue orbs. Each longing for more started kissing again. This time more aggressively and passionately, caused by the feeling that this may be the last time. What they didn't know, is that they may be right.

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"Bob, stop following me!" Heather screamed as she approached the lobby, where Cody, Max, and Agnes were in deep argument. Bob stopped abruptly looking to the scene unfolding before their eyes. Heather smiled before flipping out her cell phone and text messaging Bethany.

"I don't know what's going on here, but you two need to stop fighting!" Cody yelled loudly, before striding off.

"What did I miss!" Bethany asked in a joyful screech as she ran up beside Bob and Heather.

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Zack and Maddie came down from their walk, expecting to see Max, Cody, and Agnes still arguing but instead they saw Bethany, Heather, and Bob piled around looking at Agnes and Max.

"Where did Cody go?" Zack asked, curiously. Maddie shook her head and they both joined Bob, Heather, and Bethany.

Heather went in explanation as to what had just occurred, causing Maddie and Zack to part. Zack went in search of his brother while Maddie went to calm Max and Agnes down. Each had hard tasks in front of them, but neither knew that Zack's would be the toughest.

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"I cant find him!" yelled an overtired Zack as he burst through Max and Agnes' room door, where they and Maddie sat.

"What do you mean you cant find him?" Maddie asked.

"That's what I mean, I cant find him." he replied rather harshly.

"He was pretty mad. Maybe he took a walk." Max chimed in.

"I already looked." Zack retorted.

"No…I mean outside, idiot!" Max said, hitting him across the chest.

"But its storming…and Cody's scared of storms." Zack yelled.

"Yeah…but if you haven't noticed Cody's been acting weird lately." Maddie stated, crossing her arms over her chest.

"I'll go look." Zack said before turning.

"Not alone. I'm a chaperone…I'll go with you." Maddie replied.

"Psh! Whatever! Lover boy here wont be able to keep his hands off you long enough to look for Cody." Max retorted.

"Well what do you suggest?" Zack yelled harshly.

"I'm going too." she replied.

"Well, if you are going to look for Codykins, then I'm going too." Agnes finally spoke standing from the bed, crossing her arms over her chest cockily.

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Rain soaked from head to toe, with four extra people in tow. Maddie, Zack, Agnes, Max, and now Bob, Heather, Bethany, and Tapeworm following, were trenching through the storm infested beach.

"I cant believe you guys wanted to come!" Zack yelled feverishly, shaking his hair letting beads of rain fling from it.

Bob, Tapeworm, Heather, and Bethany all turned to look at one another before shrugging. Zack rolled his eyes and continued down the wet sand covered ground. They were heading to the wooded area. That is where he was most likely to go, if he intended to clear his head. More like get a damn pneumonia, Zack thought vigorously.

Heading into the jungle, Zack felt a shiver roll down his spine. He didn't know if it was from the terrible feeling of having his brother missing, being soaked in the chilling rain, or from the eerie feeling he felt from seeing the darkness file out of the jungle…the darkness that boar into his eyes.

Feeling the hesitation from Zack, Maddie pounded in front of him and headed into the forest. He stared at her blankly, feeling like desolate waste for allowing Maddie to be in front. Feeling like he was a child, and a scared one at that he continued in a pace that allowed him to be in front again.

The twigs snapped soundly beneath each of the eights feet, as the rain pounded against their bodies. Each was shivering as the rain was soaked through their clothes, but none cared. They were on a mission to find Cody and that is what they were going to do.

The heavy rain pounding into their eyes caused minor blindness and burning to erupt in their eyes. Zack's eyes twitched as the water filled in profusely. He tore off his shirt with eagerness, tying it to his head in an attempt to free himself with temporary relief.

Maddie watched Zack as he tore his shirt from his body. She watched as the rain beaded down his, now, well toned body. Shaking her self out of the state, in which she was headed she continued onward through the rough forest ahead, with six others behind.

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Cody expected a quick walk on the beach, but now he found himself deep in the forest, no clear imagery of a way out. He couldn't see on two accounts. First, his vision was blurred by the intense pounding of the rain, and second, the trees were too thick in this particular part of the forest.

He didn't realize he had walked so far, but now, not being able to see a way out, he knew it was too far. He hadn't been thinking like himself lately. He hadn't been acting like himself lately. He found himself thinking of one person constantly, forgetting school work and friends.

He tried everything to get his mind off of this girl. She was supposed to be his friend, after all. He wasn't supposed to be attracted to her. He wasn't suppose to think about her. Hell, he didn't even know he could think of her in that way. But he was. Oh, he was.

Running his hands over his face, trying to shed some of the water, he continued in a direction. He didn't know which way it was, but he knew he couldn't stay in one spot. Feeling the squish of his soaked socks against his wet shoes, he groaned.

Walking for another hour brought him to a cave. He sighed in relief as he ran for it, splashing through the foot of rain water resting on the ground. He entered the cave. It was warm and dry, which he was thankful for, but as he entered he noticed that a light shown out of it. He wasn't alone.

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"I swear when I see him, I am going to strangle him!" Zack yelled above the, now, intensified rain.

"Calm down!" Maddie replied in a similar yell.

"No, I don't think he should calm down…I'm about….to…pass…out." Bob gasped.

"You didn't have to come!" Max yelled.

"Yeah I did! There was no one else left!" he retorted.

"Everyone just shut up!" Bethany yelled.

"Yeah! We're getting sick of everyone's complaining! Cody is alone in here and we're not, so be thankful!" Heather yelled, agreeing with Bethany.

"I agree." Tapeworm chimed in.

"Shut up!" everyone yelled in unison, towards Tapeworm.

Zack turned to wade through the foot of water, but instead slipped on a rock, hitting his head forcefully, and knocking the wind out of him. He gasped and groaned at the same time. Feeling his breath leaving him and his head feel like it was splitting, he felt the world around him grow dark, only faintly hearing Maddie's worried voice chime through his head before blacking completely.

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Cody continued through the cave towards the light until he heard an argument erupt. He realized the voices were getting closer. Crouching down, and lightly stepping behind a rock, he hid.

"Look I don't care what he thought the shipment was! It's nine-hundred g's! No less!" yelled one man.

"And he said you said five-hundred! So no more!" the second yelled.

Cody heard a faint click and a gasp escape on mans lips.

"Nine-hundred sounds good." the second man murmured with a stutter.

That was when Cody realized what had just transpired. That is when he knew what the clicking was. That is when he realized he had walked into the wrong cave on the wrong island.

Shivering from fear and coldness, he backed away quickly, hitting something firm yet soft. Turning he saw only a pair of eyes staring down at his 5'11 figure. The orbs, which boar into him, were deadly and had no conscious to speak of. Cody stiffened in fear as he saw the mans face.

There in front of him was clearly a 6 and a half foot man with a grizzly face. He wore a shaggy beard over his cheeks and down his neck. A scar etched down his left eye, not ending until it reached the right side of his lip. Cody gasped as the mans large hands enveloped around his throat, his grip tightening every millisecond. Feeling the world around him grow dark, the only thing he could think of was being back home at the Tipton.

Fluttering his eyes open, he saw torches lit all around the cavern, in the middle was a large tin devise, which he didn't recognize. Moving himself away from the wall of the cave he felt the soreness in his throat. It was on fire, he could barely swallow, as his glands were swollen.

He massaged his neck, where he felt faint bruises that must have formed while he was unconscious. He coughed, feeling the burning sensation and tasting an irony liquid squirt out. Blood. He didn't know where he was. What was going on. Who almost choked him to death. Or how the hell he was going to get away.

Struggling, he worked his way to a standing position. His legs twitched beneath him as he coughed again, seeing the red liquid sprayed across the hand, in which he used to cover his mouth. His legs buckled beneath him and he fell to the ground onto his knees, falling onto his hands, and beginning to cough profusely.

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"Zack?" a voice sounded as he fluttered his eyes open. It was Maddie. He groaned as the rain pounded into his eyes forcefully. Flipping over to his stomach, he felt a pain in his head pound through his brain. Grasping his head with his hands and flipping his knees beneath him, towards his chest. The water on the ground above nearly flowing up his nose, he stood on his knees, still holding his head.

"Zack c'mon, we have to get you out of here." Maddie cooed as she rubbed his back gently. He shook his head before struggling to his feet, with the help of Maddie.

"We have to get you checked out." Maddie said reasonably.

"Not while Cody is still out here." Zack replied in a grunt.

"Zack, he could be at the hotel by now." Maddie stated matter-of-factly.

"No. He's here. I know it." he replied, before swaying roughly forward, Tapeworm, Agnes, Max, Bethany, and Heather closely behind. Bob and Maddie exchanged worried glances before they, too, followed.

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Cody hacked harder each time feeling his throat feel like it was literally catching fire. He fell the rest of the way, until he was lying flat on his stomach.

"Get the hell up!" a voice, Cody recognized as the first man from before. He looked up to the man above him. He was shorter than the man whom choked him, but had a muscular toned body, that would frighten anyone let alone a fifteen year old boy.

"I said get the hell up!" he yelled again, kicking Cody in the stomach.

Cody felt the wind escape his lips in a gasped grunt. He rolled to his back, clenching his stomach, moaning. He coughed again, blood spurting to his lips. The man smiled.

"Talkon should have killed your ass!" he yelled to Cody, spitting on him, before grasping his hair, pulling him up. Cody screamed as the man pulled him off the ground, causing his throat to sting.

"Damn it, Brent leave the kid alone! He doesn't know what's going on!" the man Cody, recognized as the second man sounded as the man identified as Brent drug Cody passed.

"Shut the fuck up, Denton!" Brent yelled.

Denton. He stood about Cody's height and build, but with brown hair. He couldn't have been older than 20. Cody didn't know how someone that young could get involved with whatever this was. But he knew that he couldn't be trusted, along with Brent and Talkon.

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Trudging through the water soaked ground, Zack began to get irritable. There was still no sign of Cody and his head was throbbing from any sounds being made, especially the loud rolling thunder that sounded throughout the forest, shaking the ground below them. He grasped his head and Maddie grasped his arm. "I'm fine." he reassured. She nodded.

His feet, tired from hours of walking, refused to keep moving. Out of breath, he plopped to the ground, the water splashing around him. He clenched his knees to his chest and looked to Maddie. She grasped his hand and soothed him by massaging her thumb over his hand.

Neither had talked about their kiss, it was an understanding for now. An understanding that they would find Cody before talking about it, but before then they were as affectionate as the situation would allow, due to the circumstance.

Breathing heavily, each leaned on the nearest tree, trying to use the time wisely to rest. But each were cold, due to the rain and wind, and each knew they were going to be sick soon. They needed to find Cody, find shelter, find something. But what they didn't know was that each of those would bring more trouble than anticipated.

(A/N) Well that was shorter than I expected but it was longer. I'm getting tired and I wanted to get this up before tomorrow so here it is... I hope you enjoyed. The next update will be up either tomorrow or next Saturday. Depends on if i get time tomorrow to edit it. Well please review.