Chp 15 Finding Cody.

Cody opened his eyes and tried to rub the stars from them. He felt awful. His head felt like a two tonne weight and he felt so dizzy. He knew he was on the cold floor and decided to try and get up. He slowly got up and realised he was cold, and wet. He looked around him. There was a thin blanket of water in the room.

He slowly stood up and supported himself on the chair. He felt dizzy and put his hand up to his head. His hands were dripping with water. He looked down and saw the water lapping at the soles of his shoes. This isn't good. His favourite pair of loafers was ruined on top of it all. He stumbled over to the chair. He sat down on the chair as the dizziness came over him again.

He sat and took a few deep breaths trying to shake his dizzy head. He closed his eyes and relaxed but he soon where he was and how he got there and he started to panic.

"Help! Someone help me!" He yelled. "Can you hear me!" He yelled.

But the yelling was making his headache worse. He leant over and put his head in his hands. He closed his eyes and wished. He wished that someone would hear him, someone would find him. He wished Zack was here with him. The last words he had said to his brother were in hate and all he wished was to take them back. He wished his mom and dad were here, he wanted to see them all again. London, Woody and Bailey........dear Bailey. He really wanted to tell her how he felt about her and he might not get the chance. He even wanted to see Moseby again, to here his pained sighs as he realises Zack and Cody were up to something.

Cody knew something was going on and he needed to get out. He mustered all his strength and stood up. He went over to the big door and banged on it.

"Help me! Please!" He called. "Zack! Please help!"

He carried on banging and yelling for a while but soon become tired. His head hurt, his throat hurt and he was so cold. He went over to the bed and laid down, crawling up into a ball. How could they leave me here, he thought, don't they know I am missing. Please Zack, find me. He trusted his brother to find him, despite their arguments, he knew Zack wouldn't rest until they found him.

But what if they hadn't noticed he was gone. Maybe no one cared that he was missing. They might never come for him.

He felt himself drifting off to sleep but he knew he couldn't. He had to make himself heard, he had to find a way out. He got off the bed and stood, but he felt dizzy and was powerless as he keeled over, blacking out he once again hit the ground.

The group had found the area that led to the corridor and they quickly ran through the corridors to get to it. They soon found the door that Zack remembered. It was open. They walked through and into the corridor. It was full of doors from one end to the other.

The group split up and checked each side, opening the doors as they went. No one was there. They got to the end but had no luck. Zack, who had been running around, leant back on a wall and slid down, dejected.

"He has to be here. He has to." He said panting away.

"We have looked in every one." Moseby said.

"Try the doors, open them. He has to be here." Zack said.

"We have tried them all Zack." Bailey said.

"There is a small off corridor down there with two rooms." Moseby said.

They headed to the doors. The group could tell Zack was exhausted and left him on the floor. They went through the corridor, opening doors and looking around. They got to the end and stopped at the room.

"This one is locked." Bailey said. Zack jolted upright, as if being struck my lighting.

"Open the door, he has to be in there." He said getting up and pulling on the door. It wouldn't move. He brushed the dust and dirt from small round window. He yelled when he noticed a pair of legs.

"Cody!" He called. "He is in there. Cody!" He pulled on the door but it wouldn't move. Moseby looked inside and too noticed a pair of legs, the rest of the person was hidden behind the table.

"Why isn't he moving? Cody!" Zack yelled.

"He may be hurt. We need to get into this room. Woody, Bailey see if you can find something heavy to bang against this door. Zack we need to find a way in." Moseby said. "Stay here and keep calling him, I will check for a key or something." Moseby disappeared and Zack stared through the small window to the set of legs. He kept calling his brother's name, banging on the door and trying the handle. He looked at his brother but he didn't move. Zack noticed the small amount of water in the room.

"Hurry up guys, that room has water in it." He said. Woody and Bailey appeared with a large wooden statue. They began banging on the door, trying to get it to move. Zack didn't take his eyes off Cody. Moseby returned to the group.

"No luck. But we may have something." He opened a large map to reveal detailed blueprints. "I found this in a room. Look there is a vent system that runs the length of these rooms, going over each one. If we can get up into it, we can find a way into the room." Zack didn't wait for the rest of the conversation. He rushed into the nearby room and looked around for the vent. He soon found it above the table. He climbed up and tried to reach it but it was too far.

"Woody, keep trying the door, Bailey go to the room at the end where I found this, there might be some medical supplies, we may need them. Zack we need a ladder."

"No, give me the chair." He said.

Moseby handed it to him and Zack put it on top of the table he climbed on it. Moseby kept hold of it in case it moved. Zack was inches away from the vent. He stretched up and just reached the door. He banged it and it came loose, dirt fell down and covered Moseby. Zack started to lift himself up.

"Wait, where are you going?" Moseby said.

"Up here, if it leads next door I can get to him." Zack said.

"You don't know what is up there." Moseby said.

"I don't care." Zack said.

"It could be dangerous up there."

"That is the only way of getting into Cody, if you have a better idea I am open for it." Zack said. Moseby reluctantly climbed up onto the table and helped lift Zack up the few inches he needed to get into the vent. Zack pulled himself up and coughed as the dust and dirt flew around him. He crawled gently through, remembering the time he and Cody fell through the vent above London's room in the hotel. The dust kicked up around him as he gently crawled through. He knew the vent could give way at any time. He could see the nearby vent.

He got to it and peered down.

He gasped as he saw Cody, unconscious on the floor.