In the mine, the others were sitting on the floor, helpless and freezing. Stella was ready to cry her eyes out about Joe. Melissa, Jody, and Emily were frustrated, as they always were when they got captured. They were trying to figure a way out of this. None of them could move from coldness and they were also tied pretty tight. Nick was thinking about random things, the most dominate thought being when his girlfriend, Emily Osment, and Demi Lovato were going to arrive for their concert. Kevin was worrying about Joe.

Back at the lodge, Jason was getting really worried. It had been over an hour and Kevin had promised he'd call in an hour. He decided to try and find the mine himself.

When he arrived at the top of the mountain, he saw the mine in sight and walked as quickly as he could through the deep snow towards it. He turned on his flashlight and swept over the mine opening. It picked up six figures on the floor and he realized they were his friends, minus Joe. He quickly untied. Stella and Melissa were the coldest and they formed a huddle around the girls as Nick said

"Thanks man."

"We have to f-find Joe. I h-have a bad feeling that he and L-Lori are in danger," Jody's teeth were chattering.

"J-Jason, call the p-police and tell them to meet us in the s-suite. I have a p-plan," Emily as said as they headed back down the mountain.

"Did you say the Jesse Jackson gang!?" the chief of police asked twenty minutes later. They were seated around the fire drinking hot cocoa, attempting to get warm. "We've been trying to round them up for years. He is manically dangerous."

"Then we need to rescue Joe!" Joe Melissa stood up.

"Let's go, now!" Stella raced toward the door. She couldn't wait to be in his arms again.

I am sorry. I know it's short. The next chapter is longer. Please review and it would mean the world to me if I was added to fave author and author alert lists! Thanks.