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My friends at school are fighting over Johnny. They have gone from rock-paper-scissors, to Mercy, and fianally to Speed-Stacking. Many stages, but the Speed-Stacking decided it. Still, even though she lost, Emily has not given Johnny up.

Am I a middle-aged dude? Am I British? Are my initals J.S.? Zip, nada, and no. So, I do not own Vampirates.

Enjoy!

"Wake up Grace," Sidorio said softly. Grace cracked open her heavy eye lips, forming a steady glare at Sidorio, then sat up, and when she did, for some unfathomable reason, Sidorio untied her hands, feet and mouth. She looked at him surprised; he just smiled satisfied by her unmistakable shock.

"What?" Grace asked.

"I have a… present for you," Sidorio said. "Bring him in, boys!" He ordered.

The door burst open, and a boy is thrown in. Tattered and disheveled, he attempted to get up. His arms shook in the effort.

"Hey! What the-" the boy looks up at Grace, and as the emerald eyes meet each other, they both filled with tears.

"Have fun children," Sidorio said, then left. When the door shut, the twins embraced each other.

"You shouldn't be here," Grace said worriedly.

"Its okay, Gracie. We can figure a way out of here. We always do," Connor said.

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Lorcan was on the deck of The Tiger. He strolled abroad the ship, glancing around searching for someone to assist him. There was a young Chinese girl sitting by the railing she was looking out at the ocean, sighing ever so often. She was petting some kind of creature that was in her lap.

The girl turned around and saw Lorcan, reflexively she stiffened, and instinct told her to run.

"Please don't kill me!" She cried. Lorcan smiled.

"Don't worry, I just need to speak with Cheng Li," Lorcan said.

"Who are you?" The girl asked still apprehensive about the Vampirate, she knew she shouldn't lead just any Vampirate to her captain.

"Lorcan Furey," he said. The girl nodded her head. She remembered Connor had spoken of him, though not very kindly. He had said that Lorcan and Grace were very close.

"This way," she said. The girl led him to a cabin.

"Captain Li, someone is here to see you," she said.

"Thank you, Bo Yin," Cheng Li curtly glancing at Lorcan, she raised an eyebrow curious. Bo Yin left.

"Lorcan, it's nice to see you and so soon, but-"

"Where is Connor?" Lorcan interrupted. He was losing his patience. Not with Cheng Li, but with the fact that Grace was still missing and Lorcan was exceptionally worried.

"That's just what I was going to tell you. Connor, it seems, has been kidnapped by Sidorio," Cheng Li said.

"He has?" Lorcan asked mildly concerned, he didn't hate Connor, but his worry didn't go as far as it did with Grace.

"But we're doing whatever we can to rescue them both."

"Thank you for your efforts, we appreciate them." Lorcan said. Then he disappeared.

"Captain, Sidorio has Connor now," Lorcan said, as he re-appeared in the Captain's cabin. The news didn't seem to surprise the Captain.

Come Lorcan, we must coordinate a strategy to rescue them.

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Grace was sitting on the bed with Connor. She was fingering Lorcan's ring while Connor was staring out into space. Suddenly he looked at Grace.

"Grace, I have an idea. I know the perfect way to escape this cabin. So, when Johnny and Stukeley come in here, we…" Connor explained his plan to Grace. She nodded ever so often. When he was done, she didn't have time to respond because just then Stukeley and Johnny walked in.

"Come on, Sidorio wants to see you two," Stukeley said. He reached for Connor, and Johnny reached for Grace. As soon as Johnny touched her, Grace yanked her arm away. Johnny smiled.

"Come on Grace. You can't still be mad at me," Johnny said. Grace glared at him. Johnny tried again to lead Grace, and she cooperated. Stukeley and Johnny led them down the hall. Grace looked at Connor, and their eyes met. Silently, Grace counted in her head One….Two…..THREE! At the same time, the twins kicked backward. There is one spot where any type of man is vulnerable, and the twins knew that. Johnny and Stukeley crashed to the ground.

"Run!" Connor shouted. They took off running down the hall. Grace looked behind her and saw that Johnny and Stukeley were nowhere in sight. They turned a corner, and Connor came crashing down onto the floor. Grace stopped and looked at him.

"Connor, what's wrong?" she asked.

"I think I sprained my ankle," Connor said through gritted teeth. Grace heard footsteps coming closer. He attempted to get up, but fell to the floor in pain.

"I can help," Grace offered.

"No, it's no use. Run Grace, save yourself," Connor pleaded.

"There they are!" Johnny shouted, seeing Grace and Connor. When Grace didn't move, he shouted, "Go!" With a broken heart, Grace left Connor.

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Connor was jerked up to his feet. He was left standing alone, so he fell back down with a scream.

"What on earth?" Stukeley said surprised, "Oh no, Johnny, his ankle is hurt. What are we going to do? Sidorio is going to kill us," Stukeley said, walking up to Connor.

"Well hermano, we'll just have to take him to Sidorio anyway, without Grace," Johnny said. Together they half-walked/ half-dragged Connor back to Sidorio's cabin. They knocked on the door.

"Come in," Sidorio said. When the three walked in, Sidorio noticed two things. One, Grace wasn't there, and two, Connor needed help standing.

"What did you do to my son?" Sidorio asked.

"He hurt his ankle trying to escape," Stukeley said.

"And Grace?"

"She did escape, sir," Johnny said. Surprisingly, Sidorio didn't look mad.

"Find her," Sidorio ordered in a clear curt voice. Johnny and Stukeley put Connor on the bed in Sidorio's cabin, then left.

"Any idea where she is?" Sidorio asked Connor grabbing his chin looking sternly at the boy.

Connor said nothing, setting his glassy gaze towards a solitary spot on the wall. He was trying to block out the numbing pain from his ankle and to not break under pressure. Sidorio sighed, frustrated, the non-existent message was clear; Connor wasn't talking.

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Grace kept running even though Connor was gone. She breathed heavily, scanning the hallways dazily. Soon she lost track of where she was going, but for all she knew, she could be running back to Johnny and Stukeley. As she was running down one hall, a hand reached out and grabbed her, pinned both her arms behind her, one hand over Grace's mouth.

"Stay quiet. Don't try to fight me. Follow these two simple rules and you'll live," A voice hissed into her ear.

The stranger led her to a cabin that was somewhat nearby. When they were in the cabin, the assailant threw Grace onto the bed and quickly but quietly shut the door behind them. The girl turned around to look at Grace. Grace noticed that the girl was around 16 or 17 and had black hair streaked with blue, and a pair of brilliant blue eyes.

"Well, that went easier than I thought," the girl mused.

"Who are you?" Grace asked.

"So you're okay, right?" the girl asked, not answering Grace's question.

"I'm fine. But who are you?" Grace asked again more intently then before. The girl seemed oblivious to Grace's question.

"Where's Connor?" the girl asked.

"He hurt his ankle. Let me go back and get him," Grace said.

"Are you kidding? Trust me, Sidorio will find you somewhere, and then you'll be in a terrible spot," the girl said as if it were common knowledge.

Grace was losing her patience. "Trust you? I don't even know you."

"Oh sorry, how rude of me. I'm Madeline, Madeline Furey."

What the heck? Madeline Furey? Hmm, who is it? Tell me what you think should happen to her.

I feel like evil making you wait like this. !

P.S. Guys, on a serious note, I really need reviews. The only person who reviews is my beta. I honestly have no idea of how good a writer I am. Please, I need reviews. Pretty PLEASE!