As they approached the van one of the men opened the back door to it and pushed the boys in and locked them there. By this time Zack had started to try and figure out a way out, and Cody, well Cody was in a corner of the van curled up into a ball already imagining the worst.

' What if they kill us '

' What if we are never found again like one of the missing people cases '

' What if they mom doesn't notice we are gone '

' What if we can't find a way out of here '

' What if they are stronger than we are, and smarter?! '

All the ' what ifs ' rushed back and forth through his mind bringing tears to his eyes, he had read all and seen all the documentaries about people that have gone missing and never found, but he had never thought he could become one of those people, he was having a miniature heart attack as he sat frozen in place as he imagined the worst scenarios his mind could ever create, turns out he was more creative and imaginative than he thought he was, and at that moment he hated it.

" There is no way out! " Zack yelled nervously snapping Cody out of his trance and up on his feet.

" What do you mean there is no way out? " He asked.

Zack was about to open his mouth to answer, when they heard the van start its engine, they were moving.

' No we can't be moving, what if we never find our way home again ' Cody thought as the panic came right through his mind and entered reality causing him to breakdown into tears as he crumbled onto the floor.

" Oh no! " Zack said knowing they had started moving.. He started banging and yelling for help on the side of the van with hope that someone could hear him and stop the van, and he was right, the van did stop, but it wasn't help that stopped it..

One of the men opened the back door and yelled.

" Keep it up kid, you have no idea what's coming your way, now shut up before you regret no doing so. " He said with a snarky look on his face. Exclaiming that he was not afraid to hurt them both if they didn't stay quiet.

Both Zack and Cody stood mortified and too afraid to answer back to the man. As the man closed the door back again, Zack rushed down to his brother that now was still bawling his eyes out near a corner of the van, as he sat down beside Cody he pulled him into a hug and whispered,

" I'm sorry, this is all my fault. "

And with that only one tear slid down his own face as he tried his best to comfort Cody. But there was no comfort to do, they both knew that whatever was going to happen to them was not going to be pleasant, instead they knew they had to be prepared to face living hell itself.

Zack looked around the pitch black van hey where in examining all the corners of it, there wasn't much to see, there were no windows, no seats, no anything, just a filthy empty dark space. He could bearly see his own hands because of the darkness, but he had nothing much to do but to hope this nightmare would end soon.

Finally he noticed that Cody had stopped crying when he asked him.

" Zack, where do you think they are taking us? " he asked weakly, and too afraid to know the answer.

" I don't know, but wherever it is, no matter what happens I'm not leaving your side, I'm not letting them hurt you. " Zack said with a comforting smile as he tried to sound calm for the sake of his brother, but in reality he was just as afraid or even more fearful of what was going to happen than Cody himself.

" Do you ever think we will come back? " Cody asked. Still thinking of the worse.

" Of course we will, don't worry, we'll find a way. " Zack answered still trying to sound confident about it, but in his mind the thought of never coming back was still there.

" It's not your fault. " Cody said simply.

" What? " Zack asked confused by his brother's comment.

" Earlier, you said it was your fault. It's not, it's no ones fault. " Cody responded

Zack didn't know how to react, all he did was snuggle up next to his brother a hugged him while Cody did the same as they stayed there in silence.

But then Zack decided to make an unexpected move, and he said something he hasn't said in a long time, well at least not to Cody, something he never says, but he said it, and with that he said from the bottom of his heart.

" I love you "

Cody hugged him tighter and returned the gesture by saying.

" I love you too. "

" And will always. " They both said in union.

The ride to an unknown and fearful destination seam to go on for ever, which only increased the level of panic and fear for the boys.

But even though they were fearful of the ride, they preferred it not to end for the fear of what was going to happen next when they actually had reached the destination.

But when they least expect it, the van had pulled over, and one of the men had opened the back door fiercely and with a smirk on his face he stated,

" We arrived boys, ready to see your new home? "

and with that Zack and Cody's hearts almost jumped out of their chests. And with that, Cody jumped in and whispered into his brother's ear.

" I forgive you. "

A/N

Well, What do you think? I hope you liked the second chapter of " Get by and Survive " And again, I apologize for it being super short, I'll try to make the rest of the chapters longer without giving the whole story away. I'd really appreciate it if you'd review my story, and comment on how to make it better if you didn't like it, or what was your favorite part of you did like it, as you can see I am all candy and sappy about ' bonding moments ' so you will definitely see more of those in the next chapters, as I said in the last chapter I will try to update new chapters daily or in between days.. The next chapter will be out in the next few days, so stay tuned if you want to hear more. Thanks for reading " Get by and Survive " see you on the next chapters!

- ss13 ;)