Here it is Episode 6, sorry to the people who I sent messages to saying this would be up last night, family decided to go out for a meal and then drinks, I didn't get in until after 1am.

The Suite Life on Deck 2

Back On Board

Episode 6: Luck O The Irish

The SS Tipton had docked the day before but the kids weren't able to get off the ship until now. Miss Tutwiler had insisted on teaching the class that day rather than the usual trip off the ship for the class. So the whole class were really happy to go into town, even Zack, who couldn't pronounce the name of it,

Alison Woody, Tabitha and Zack had disappeared into town earlier that morning, leaving Cody, Molly Kyle and Bailey to have their own uncomfortable walk into town a few a hours later.

Cody took half of Molly's hand as they started on short journey from the ship. Kyle eyed their hands briefly when they first took hold and flashed a look of deep regret and sadness that only Molly noticed.

The last week had been strange for Molly. First her twin brother had come out as gay to her and immediately afterwards professed his love for her boyfriend. Ever since he had mentioned it she felt weird every time she was with Cody. She had offered to break up with him, but Kyle wouldn't let her do it. "I want you both to be happy, breaking up with him won't do that." he said when she first offered but he was adamant about it.

A few days ago she was absolutely sure of how she felt about Cody, now she second guessed everything he did whenever Kyle was around. More worried about how her brother would react and how he would fell, rather than just being happy her boyfriend wanted to do such things with her.

The blonde boy didn't seem to have noticed the growing un ease in his girlfriend and in fact seemed to step up how much he held her hands or hugged her or kissed her. She still smiled when ever he did anything to not arouse his suspicion but it was half forced. As they walked up the cobbled street he started to speed up and was leaving Bailey and Kyle a good ten or so steps behind himself and Molly.

Kyle watched them as they seemed to happily run off together into the town. When he and Bailey got there the Molly and Cody had already disappeared into a crowd and bailey pulled on his arm to a nearby stall.

A farmers market was visiting and Bailey was happily talking to one of the farmers . Kyle stood back and listened although it might as well have been a foreign language as they both slipped into using a lot of what he assumed was farm slang language as he stared at the two as they continued on with the what's seemed to him like a nonsensical conversation.

By the time bailey had finished with the farmer, Woody and Alison had found them and had saved Kyle from passing out with boredom and confusion.

The four of them walked up the main street Bailey carrying a bag of Home made bread that she said was much better than any of the bread back on the Tipton. It was when they passed a bar that they heard Zack voice coming from behind the building.

They made their way around the back and saw Zack and Tabitha sitting on top of a table talking to two similarly aged boys that none of them recognised. The Blonde boy saw them coming around from the street and raised the can in his hand and beckoned them over with it. "Guys this is Connor and Liam. They live in this pub, they call it a pub."

He giggled as Alison grabbed the bottle from his hand. "This is beer! What the hell are you two doing drinking beer."

"Lass its called Guinness." one of the boys who was either Connor or Liam said looking slightly annoyed at her. "And there's enough for everybody if you want it."

Woody greedily grabbed the can handed to him despite the disapproving look that his younger sister was giving him as he powered through the first can. Kyle sipped his own slowly while Bailey asked for a cider which the Irish boys happily obliged.

They all sat round swapping stories Zack seemed as far gone as the new boys, while Tabitha was obviously more of a lightweight as she has only drank three as opposed to the 6 that her boyfriend had drank but was just as drunk as him. Alison had given up her protest and had about half a bottle of a drink the boys called "Tennants"

Kyle was curious about the Connor and Liam and asked them about themselves which wasn't easy as Zack when drunk got very loud and woody was sitting with bailey and Alison singing old songs. "Our Da owns the old place and disnae mind us having some friends over s'slong as we dinnae drink the place dry." Connor who was the older of the two said.

Zack stood up and stumbled towards them playing with the zipper on his jeans and asked "Connor where can I go for the bathroom?" Connor looked away from Kyle and his brother and pointed to collection of trees behind them and the blonde boy wandered off to do what he needed to do.

It was about fifteen minutes later when Kyle who hadn't had as much to drink as everyone else noticed that Zack hadn't returned yet, Although at that point that was the least of their worries as Molly, Cody, Mr Moseby, Kirby and Miss Tuttweiler came rushing in from nowhere and caught them all in various states of drunkenness.

Liam and Connor quickly disappeared through a back door into the bar as Moseby shouted at them both and talked of informing their parents as soon as possible. Molly pulled the bottle from Kyle's hadn't and fixed Kyle with a angry look that he thought made her look extremely like their mother.

Moseby started to march them all back to the ship and were just on the edge of town when they noticed that Zack was still missing. Kirby was quickly on his radio asking if Zack had returned to the ship. When the word came back that Zack was still missing the three adults placed Cody and Molly in charge and sent them all back to the ship while they went back into the town to look for the wayward twin.

The walk back was uneventful no one really talked and just trudged along in an awkward silence. They were still a few hundred yards away from the ship when Kyle who had sobered up a bit quicker than the others noticed Zack in the field on his left making his way up the hill to some sort of industrial site.

Standing back he made sure no one was paying attention to him and he slipped through the fence and followed Zack up the hill.

The sky had turned by the time that Kyle reached the top of the hill, the blue sky had turned a dull grey. The site was surround by a chain link fence and was empty apart from some trucks loaded up with rocks and a large mine entrance on the other side that he saw Zack wandering into, who he quickly followed.

"Zack? Zack its Kyle you gotta come back everyone is looking for you." he shouted down the mine from the entrance but there was no reply. He looked around for a light and was able to find a generator which was powering the lights already in stalled in the mine. As he walked further down he could see the older boys heavy footprints.

The heat started to rise the further down the shaft. Even the cold air blowing in from the entrance wasn't enough to cool Kyle down. He was constantly wiping swear from his forehead and was finding it hard to follow Zack's tracks. The mine kept splitting off and he got the feeling that even if he found the wayward twin they wouldn't be able to make it back out anyway.

He had been following Zack's track for about half and hour when he com politely lost track of them. Defeated and already sure he was lost Kyle decided on taking a break and sat down. As he sat down he thought about that day and the last week. Whoa he though to himself as he recounted that conversation he had had with his sister just six days ago.

It's a good thing I told her I'm gay, I mean she's my twin sister I cant exactly lie to her can I. Kyle pondered as he stared back up the path he had followed. I suppose she didn't need to know about Cody. I shouldn't have mentioned that part, he's her boyfriend. She's hardly going to be happy to hear I'm jealous of that.

Kyle was about to give up on the search and go back to tell everyone where Zack was when the blonde boy showed up. He walked around the nearest corner and was quite shocked when he saw his friend sitting on the floor. "What are you doing here?" he slurred slightly still affected by the drink.

"I'm looking for you, everybody's worried." Kyle said standing up taking hold of Zack's arm, "C'mon we need to get back." he tried to pull the drunken teenager back down the path unfortunately Zack had other ideas and pulled his arm from his friends grip and pushed him away.

Zack angrily stared down Kyle and pushed him again when the younger boy once again tried to pull him out. "WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOUR DOING?" he shouted at Kyle who stepped back as he felt an uncomfortable rumble beneath his feet.

"Zack don't shout, you'll make the mine collapse." Kyle said as his voice shaking unsure as he once again reached out to pull Zack out of the mine. He was actually able to grab the struggling teenager and pull him about two metres before he was once again thrown off.

"STOP TOUCHING ME." Zack shouted again.

Kyle looked up as dust started to fall slowly in front of him from the roof. "Zack we have to get out it isn't safe in here."

Zack looked up as well and laughed "its fine, stop being an idiot."

"No we have to get out, everyone is looking for you and probably me as well." Kyle replied walking past Zack, "If you want to stay down here fine, be a jackass."

Zack rushed past and pushed the younger boy back down the path. "WHAT THE HELL?" He asked angrily puffing up his chest and pushing Kyle again.

The younger boy tried to push past Zack but was pushed back and when he went to argue again he saw and felt Zack's fist connecting with the side of his face and then fell to the ground. "DON'T YOU DARE TOUCH ME." The drunken teenager shouted as he kicked Kyle in the chest. "COME ON THEN PUSH ME NOW YOU LITTL…"

Zack may have finished the sentence neither heard the rest of what was said. All they heard was the Roof collapsing in on them.

The dust was so thick Kyle couldn't see anything apart from the dull brownish grey smoke. He closed his eyes to protect them and tried to shout "Zack" but ended up swallowing a mouthful of dust instead.

It was a few minutes before the dust started to clear and Kyle was finally able to make out Zack lying on the ground. The brown haired boy crawled over to his friend who was passed out and tried to revive him. "Zack, Zack its Kyle you have to wake up." he said worried as Zack let out a feeble moan.

"Zack, c'mon buddy you have to wake up." Kyle said as panic started to creep over him and his voice cracked. "You need to wake up." tears started to run down his face as he shook the blonde boy.

Kyle slid across the ground to the other side of the small pocket they had been trapped in and looked over Zack. His legs were trapped under the rocks and it looked like there was blood coming from behind the rocks and seeping across the floor.

Kyle started to shake and pulled his legs up to his chest and hugged them close to his chest. "Zack, please be ok" he whispered his voice failing as his tears continued to fall and he tried to catch his breath. "Please wake up, I need you to wake up." The tears finally broke out into full fledged crying as he lay down on his side and started to wail.

Back on the boat Mr Moseby was pacing across his office and stopping every few seconds to look expectantly at the phone on his desk before starting again as he wore a hole into the centre of the room. It was a knock on the door that finally stopped his pacing "Come in." he said to the door.

Cody, Molly and Miss Tuttweiler walked in all with grave looks. "We've searched the entire ship Kyle isn't on board."

Moseby shook his head "This is the last thing I need two drunk students missing." he eyed Molly thoughtfully and asked "Molly I don't know Kyle as well as you, has he ever did something like this before?"

Molly shook her head furiously "No, of course not! He has been feeling… down but that kind of changed when we got back from Greenland."

The heat in the cave was rising, Zack's eyes flickered. One of the lights that had been hanging on the wall had been knocked off and was flickering on and off, inches from his face giving off a bright light and was increasing the temperature even more. He grunted and tried to move away but was still trapped beneath the rock.

He called out weakly for the last person he remembered seeing, "Kyle.." Zack coughed as a large cloud of dust and rock fell from the roof onto his face and into his mouth. Still coughing he called out again and tried to listen for a reply. "Kyle?" he asked, "is that you?" more dust and rocks were falling but Zack was sure he could hear a faint whimper and muffled sobbing.

Lifting his head, Kyle looked around sure he had heard someone talking. He looked over to Zack who was still pinned under the rubble. He started to think he had imagined it until he caught sight of Zack's mouth moving slowly.

Kyle crawled over excitedly, "Zack your ok." He exclaimed as he pushed the light out of the way and looked down on a dazed and confused boy who smiled weakly when he saw his friend grinning above him.

Mr Moseby, Tuttweiler, Cody and Molly were still in Moseby's office back on board the ship. The young couple were sat next to each other on the couch, the blonde boy comforting his girlfriend who was very worried, crying on his shoulder. The worried manager was sat behind his desk drumming his fingers across the phone trying to look calm, while Tuttweiler paced across the room her hands on her hip and her head shaking when a bang on the door made them all jump.

Kirby stuck his head around the door and said "Sorry to interrupt, but the police are here." He entered the room, followed closely by the police officer. "Hello, Chief Constable John Ferguson, now I understand you've got two of your lads missing?" he said looking around and noticing Cody and Molly who were still sitting on the couch looking expectantly at him.

Moseby replied first, "Yes Zack and Kyle, these are there boys family." he said gesturing towards the young couple on the couch.

Molly felt a surge of anger at the two men who were still calmly discussing the situation. She stood up stamping her feet and shouted, "IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY ARE, WHY THE HELL AREN'T YOU OUT THERE LOOKING FOR THEM?"

John eyed the young girl with slight shock. "Actually we've got a report that two young lads were seem climbing up to the mine, someone is checking it out right now, lass." he replied calmly to her as Cody gripped her arm trying to get his girlfriend to sit and calm down.

"Oh, sorry" she replied meekly as she sat down, looking down at her feet. The police officer patted her shoulder, "Not a problem lass, I'm used to getting shouted at by the missus." he said with a laugh, "Best not to think about it, everything will turn out fine, it always does."

A crackle from his radio distracted them, "Excuse me, folks." he said as he reached for the radio and left the room. The four of them sat in silence, still worried despite the calming effect that the police officer had provided. When he returned he could feel the tension, they all turned to look as he entered the room hoping for good news.

"We've found a shoe." he said trying to avoid everyone's eyes.

Cody stood up shaking his head, "You've found a shoe, is that all?

John took a deep breath and looked into Cody's face. "I'm sorry lad, but it's not." The blonde boy slumped down onto the couch, the colour draining from his face. "There's been a cave in. they're about to start moving the rubble."

Tuttweiler handed Cody a glass of water which he sipped slowly as the colour returned to his face. "So they might be ok, is that what your saying?" Molly asked taking hold of Cody's hand.

"We hope." John said solemnly.

"Ok, it's the second half there's, ten seconds left and I get tackled in the penalty box." Kyle wiped the sweat from his forehead as he remembered his last soccer game before leaving. He had started telling Zack stories to help him but he wasn't sure if it was actually boring Zack to death instead. "the referee gives me a penalty, I go to take it and damn he stopped it. He tries to pass it to on of his team but I intercept it and goal, in the last second."

Zack was trying to stay awake, but he could feel himself slipping away again. Not from the story that Kyle was telling him although he was sure that was contributing to it. "Kyle I needed to go." he said letting out a long sigh.

"Huh?" replied Kyle confused "What do you mean you needed to go?"

Zack chose his words carefully between deep breaths. "I needed to go, but now I don't need to go."

"Yeah I'm still confused, what are you talking about?" Kyle said as he moved to sit closer to Zack.

Zack let out another sigh this time of exasperation "Kyle I just wet myself."

Kyle stifled his laugh, "Oh," he said as Zack tried to glare at him. He couldn't contain it any further and let out a long laugh, that Zack joined in on.

Cody and Molly were standing at the entrance of the mine with their Tutwiler and Moseby , all anxiously looking down the shaft for news as men entered and exited it. "They'll be ok." Cody said gripping his girlfriend's hand. She gave Cody a resentful look which he didn't miss and asked, "what's that for?"

Molly pushed him away, "Because of your brother, Kyle might be dying or dead in there."

"Because of my brother?, it was your brother who ran off without telling anyone." Cody replied angrily.

Molly shook her head, "Typical of you two, blame everyone but yourself. Zack and Cody never do anything wrong its always someone else."

Cody looked questionably to the two adults who were edging away from the two teenagers while still watching them out of the corner of their eyes.

"So why haven't you dated anyone on the ship?" Zack said trying to make conversation and move on from his accident.

Kyle shifted on the spot, "What?"

Zack tried to move but instead caused some more of the smaller stones to cascade down. "I mean we've been on board almost three months and I haven't saw you on a date with anyone, unless you count my brother at the welcome aboard dance." he let out a laugh expecting some witty remark back but none came instead Kyle just avoided his eyes and rubbed the back of his neck letting out a his own nervous laugh. "Oh my god, your gay."

Kyle jumped to his feet, ""What, no I'm not." he said just a little to quickly for Zack.

"Yes you are, its so obvious, you spend all your time with Cody, you haven't dated anybody on the ship and something is touching my foot."

The younger boy looked over his shoulder at Zack who was looking terrified down a the where his feet would be under the rock. "Just because I've not been dating anyone doesn't mean I'm gay?" Kyle said angrily "Just because I, wait did u say something is touching your foot.'

Zack nodded still staring at where he though his feet would be, "Be quiet I think I can hear something." he said straining to listen to what he though were voices on the other side.

John and another officer were still lifting some of the rocks when they saw the foot twitching from underneath the rubble. "We've found them, get more men down here and that paramedic ready I want these two out of here as soon as." John said to the officer who bolted up the mine with the message.

Zack was pulled out first carried on a stretcher just as the sun was rising, a sharp rock had went through his leg and was now bleeding heavily now all the rocks had been moved allowing the blood to flow through it, Kyle followed closely behind aided by John who handed him to Molly who hugged him tightly before jumping immediately into a stern telling off.

As Zack was treated for by the paramedic, he looked from Cody who was holding his hand and telling him in a non calm way not to die, to Kyle who looked back worried before Zack closed his eyes and tried to sleep.

Hope you enjoyed it all, After the next one the deal will be more reviews, the quicker I post new instalments. Nothing says motivation like readers eager to read the next installment.

Episode 7 will be up in six days, that's Christmas Eve so that's my present to you all. Hope to see you all back here then and don't forget to review…

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