Rachel's POV
It was seventh period. Fifteen minutes of school left. But I just couldn't shake the feeling that something was wrong.
Very wrong.
I met up with Cassie by my locker after the bell rang.
"Hey Cass, what's up?" I greeted her.
"I have you seen Jake lately? I haven't seen him sense lunch," she looked really worried.
"Don't worry, Cassie, I'm sure he's fine," I tried my best to sound convincing, but I wasn't so sure myself.
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I opened the door to my house. I was home alone today. Mom had taken off work to take Jordan and Sara to the zoo. Mother-daughter bonding or something like that. She wanted me to come, too, but I told her I would have too much homework.
I walked over to the answering machine. One new message. I pressed the play button,
"Hey Rach, it's Jake. Something's come up. Our science project has been changed from slugs to rats, so we have a lot of catching up to do. We're all going to Cassie's to work on it after school, why don't you meet us there? Keep your eyes open for anything that might help the project."
That was weird, I thought to myself. I understood that whatever this was, it wasn't about the Yeerks, and that I should go to Cassie's barn for a meeting. Also that there was danger that I needed to watch out for. I couldn't figure out what the rat meant though. There was something nagging at the back of my head, something important. I should know what he meant. Oh, well, I'll just go upstairs and change, I thought.
I walked up the stairs, thinking about the message. As I opened the door to my room, I immediately realized what he meant. But only after I saw a figure standing over me with a baseball bat. Something that scared me more than Hork-Bajir. More than Visser 3.
David.
I did something I rarely do. I screamed. Then I felt an intense pain in my head and everything went black.
end chapter 2 :)
