Hey, I don't own Shadow Falls. Wish I did, but I don't.

Sam woke up at ten o'clock the next morning. The sun poured in through the window as she looked around, still groggy, and sat up. She used her sensitive hearing to see if anyone was close by. She heard footsteps from outside her cabin. Sam suddenly remembered the night before and it struck fear in her again. She peered through the window and saw Brandon pacing outside her window. Without thinking, she got out of bed and went outside. Samantha shielded her eyes as they adjusted to the incoming light. She heard Brandon quickly walk over to her.

"Burnett told me what happened." He sounded emotionless and cold. Sam knew that really meant he was scared and worried. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah, I'm fine; just a little shaken."

"You don't feel fine." Brandon was angry, but she knew he wasn't mad at her. "Do you know who those men were?"

"No." she said truthfully. "There was a shape shifter, a were, and a wiccan. They weren't campers or staff or anything. I haven't even seen them before in my life." The fear rose in Sam's chest and she felt like she wanted to cry and scream and run. Brandon came closer and hugged her tightly. She told herself she wouldn't cry, at least not now. After a moment, he let go. "What are you doing here anyway?"

"Burnett told me to stand guard until eleven." Sam's stomach gave a large growl. Brandon laughed. "Why don't you go get dressed so we can go get you some food?"

"Sounds good." Sam walked inside, pulled on some shorts and a t-shirt, put on her tennis shoes, and was out the door.

Brandon and Sam walked up to the kitchen and asked the staff to get her a single cup of blood. She drank as she and Brandon walked to Holiday's office.

"I'd prefer to talk to her alone if you don't mind." Sam said. The fae nodded and walked off. Sam took a deep breath and stepped into the office. She heard Burnett and Holiday talking in her office. When she stepped in, they stopped and starred at her. Holiday got up and ran over to Sam.

"Oh, I'm so happy you're okay. We were just about to go and check on you."

"I'm fine." she lied. Sam knew that Burnett would be able to hear her heart skip a beat but she didn't care. She turned to the man. "Did you ever find them?"

His face turned into stone. "No, but the security system said that the three bastards jumped the fence right after we showed up."

"So what do we do now?"

Holiday stepped in. "We were just discussing that right before you walked in. We're still working out the details but we'll have something by this evening."

The tall vampire suddenly stood up. "I need to ask you some questions before you leave." Sam nodded. She knew it was coming.

An hour later, Sam had been bombarded with ten thousand questions by Burnett and she was sick of it. When she reached the porch of the office, she saw campers walking. Some going to the lake, others walking to their cabins. She wondered if any of them knew what had happened last night. Her thoughts were interrupted when someone twirled her around and dipped her down. She saw that Jason was the culprit of this romantic gesture. Sam smiled as he pulled her back up.

"How is my lovely lady?" he asked with a smile.

"I'm well. Still a little worried though."

Jason looked confused. "Why's that?"

Shit! No one told him. I don't want to worry him though… Sam thought. "Oh, I thought they told you. I just had a night terror last night. It really freaked me out." She hated lying through her teeth to him but something told her it was the right thing to do.

"Do you wanna talk about it?"

"No. I'm fine now." He looked suspicious but he let it go. "You wanna go to the lake?"

"I'm sorry but I can't right now. I have to do some research for a project Burnett has me working on."

"Oh, ok then. I guess I just see you later." Jason gave her a kiss goodbye and left. What could Burnett have him working on? Something for the FRU?

Later that night, Sam sat in her room staring at the ceiling when someone knocked on her door. Kylie walked in and sat on the end of her bed. Sam looked at her but didn't say a word.

"Do you want to hear the plan Holiday and Burnett made?" Sam nodded. "So people are going to take turns standing guard outside your cabin for a while."

"Like who?"

"Burnett, Lucas, Della, and me."

"How long are they going to have to do this?"

"As long as Burnett thinks you're in danger. But hopefully it won't be too long. I have to go now so I can go look at the security system one last time. I think Lucas is keeping watch first so he'll let you know when he's here."

"Bye Kylie." Sam said as she gave her friend a hug. She stared at the door when she left and she listened to her footsteps as she walked away. Suddenly, Sam felt very alone. Her friends were on the couch talking. She felt like she should go join them but she couldn't bring herself to do it. So she sat in her but until Lucas showed up an hour later. He knocked on the door but she let her roommates answer it.

"Can you tell Sam that I'm here?" His masculine tone ran out in her sensitive ears.

"Yeah I will." Isabel said as she closed the front door slowly. "I'm assuming you heard that Sam?"

"Yeah I did." she said loudly so Isabel's normal ears could hear. She hated being so distant with her friends but she hated people worrying about her more. So she continued to lay in her pajamas until she slipped into an uneasy sleep.

Hey you guys. Happy Spring Break! At least for me. But I finally got chapter nine back up and running! I was working on it last night while I watched my boyfriend play video games. But hopefully it'll be up soon! Have a good rest of the week!