AN: To all of those people who DIDN'T read the last chapter… WE'RE BACK! Be prepared to run and hide because we're about to unleash a horde of letters so good that it will scare you more than BUNNIES!
-Dark


Kate rolled her eyes. "Well, no duh. Of course it's a wall! What is it doing HERE?"

One of the two boys sighed and stepped in front of Quinn. "You'll have to forgive Quinn here. She's one of our more… cynical members. "He walked over to Kate and held out his hand. "I'm David. Jack over there is a bit, "socially awkward" so he doesn't really like talking to people-"

"You mean he's a total loser nerd that no one likes?" Kate interrupted.

David sighed. "Look, the term, "nerd" is very rude. I believe that if we use a less offensive term, he would open up more and make new friends."

Quinn walked over to Kate, pushing David out of the way. "Look," she said curtly. "Like you, we're trying to get out of here. We used to have no hope, but then four students disappeared. They weren't taken to West Campus-"

"What's West Campus?" Kate asked, confused.

"Not now!" Quinn said, annoyed. "Also, Headmaster pretended like it didn't happen- he didn't make an example of them. They've proven that there's a way out, and that there's still hope for us."

"Uh… okay." Kate said slowly. "So… why exactly are we here, anyways? I mean, it's not like we all actually have powers and they kidnapped us from our families to increase our powers! Right?"

Quinn rolled her eyes. "Congratulations, you figured it out. Now can we go back to the dorm?"

"Uh, i- i- if I could s- say someth- thing-" Jack stuttered.

Ignoring him, Quinn continued on. "So, David can enhance his senses, like sight and smell, Jack has perfect aim, and I can use any pressure point in your body to render you incapable of movement. What can you do?"

Kate paused, trying to process all of the new information. "So… we all actually have powers… they're all different… and they're all really sucky?"

Quinn nodded. "Yep. That pretty much sums it up. So… I repeat myself… what is your power?"

"Uh… I don't really know," Kate said, shrugging. "I mean, I've always been really good at tracking. That is the way I found this wall…"

"Uh… and what trail did you follow?" David asked, looking around.

"That one right there," Kate said, pointing to the trail.

"Uh… I- I don't mean t- t- to be rude, b- b- but I d- don't s- s- see any t- trail." Jack stuttered.

Kate rolled her eyes. "Oh come on, it's so obvious! How can you not see it?"

"Because it's your power. Idiot." Quinn said, crossing her arms. "Now, come on. I'm bored and this is stupid. Let's go back to our dorms."

Kate glanced at Jack and muttered, "Cynical, more like maniacal." Kate took the lead, as she was the only one who could see the trail back to the dorms.


"Here you go Kate. Scrambled eggs, toast, pancakes, sausage, bacon and a chocolate chip muffin. Have a nice day." Whisper said as Kate grabbed the food hurriedly out of the machine and rushed to sit down at a table.

Coincidentally, Quinn was sitting there already with David and Jack. Kate didn't even look up from her food, and proceeded to inhale half her tray before remembering to breathe. When she finally did look up, she got three questioning looks, which were voiced by Quinn.

"Hungry much?"

Kate shrugged, and said in between bites, "Yeah, well when I wake up in the middle of an insane asylum and I run through the jungle and back in a day, I tend to want some food. Call me crazy."

David commented, "Lunatic town? Now that's a bit harsh, don't you think? You don't need to hide how much you eat, or act so defensive. You can be open with-"

Kate interjected, now having cleaned her tray completely of food, "Please cut the therapist crap. I don't get along to well with therapists."

David smiled and said, "Fair enough."

Quinn interrupted their conversation, "Great, now that you guys are done flirting, you might want to pay some attention. Headmaster is heading this way."

Headmaster walked to the center of the room and pulled out a microphone. "Attention all students. I am sure that by now, you have all heard the rumor that four of our students- Ian Archer, Gabe Forrest, CJ Ward, and Suki Sato- have left Tower Prep. I would like to be the first person to say that these rumors aren't true. These four students were found to have been conspiring against Tower Prep. They were detained and immediately sent to West Campus indefinitely. Any attempt to leave without my authorization will result in similar punishments. Thank you." With that, he left the room, leaving behind a flurry of conversation.

"Conspiring…" Kate muttered. "Hey, before I found that wall, I found this room- an observatory, I think- and it looked like it had been used by people who were trying to figure out things about Tower Prep."

"…and why would you think that?" Quinn asked flatly.

"Because there was a board titled, 'What We Know', and it had a bunch of things pinned on it Tower Prep related." Kate replied, rolling her eyes. "Come on, I'll show you."


Ian, Gabe, Suki and CJ sat in the waiting area at the airport, hoping the plane would leave before Gabe's influence ended. Suddenly, they heard a very familiar voice come over the intercom.

"Oceanic flight 815 is now ready for boarding."

"Well, that's us." Ian said, standing up. CJ and Gabe followed him, but Suki stayed in her seat, looking at them nervously.

"What is it?" Ian asked.

"Didn't you guys hear that?" Suki asked. "That person- that voice on the intercom-

"It was Whisper."

Gabe's eyes immediately widened. Trying to remain calm, he walked over to the flight attendant.

She looked up at him, smiling. "Hello. May I please see your ticket?"

Gabe scoffed. "You don't need that. I mean, this whole 'give money for a slip of paper' thing is totally stupid, don't you think? And besides, I'm sure you're tired of this job. I mean, you get paid barely anything to show as much skin possible around little kids and take people's tickets and have ugly fat people hit on you every day. Don't you want to stick it to your manager?"

The flight attendant nodded. "You had me at, 'you'. However, we are only seating the first ten seats. So, you can come back when you-"

"We're seats one through four." Gabe quickly interrupted.

"But I'm seat three!" some guy yelled from behind the line.

"No you aren't!" Gabe called over his shoulder.

"That's right…" he muttered, walking away from the line.


While walking to the observatory, Kate glanced into a dorm. The dorm was wide open, revealing the messy floor and a sock monkey lying on one of those beds.

She paused. "Uh… am I the only one who sees the sock monkey?"

Quinn rolled her eyes. "Yeah, that's just Gabe's. For some reason, he's kind of obsessed with it."

Jack paused. "Uh… n- not that i- it matters, but… d- does anyone h- here r- really think- k that G- Gabe would r- r- r- really l- leave his s- sock m-monkey here?"

Quinn gasped. "Holy crap! Loser boy is right!"

David sighed. "How many times to I have to say this? I don't want to use my angry voice, but you have to understand that Jack is a person who has feelings, and you're-"

"Yeah, yeah, whatever." Quinn said, walking into the dorm. She turned back to the other three. "Don't you guys realize what this means? Gabe is still here! He's going to lead a revolution to destroy Tower Prep and liberate all of us!"

"Uh… that doesn't r- really seem like G- Gabe." Jack said.

Ignoring him, Quinn carried on, picking up Senor Guapo. "This sock monkey will be the symbol of the revolution!"

Kate rolled her eyes. "Anyways…"


AN: Wow, you made it through the amazing awesomeness that is this chapter. Well… Awesomeness, sort of awesomeness… run screaming of the top floor of the empire state building in terror awesomeness… So yeah. Hoped you like it. Ya know, to those zero people who reviewed, THIS IS FOR YOU! So basically for my own and darks enjoyment. Yep. Oh, and if the whole Ian gang end up on the island, PLEASE DON'T SUE ME!

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-Lostie