Author's Note: Here's chapter 3 of "Abandoned." Enjoy! I lost power, like I said, so I could type the chapters but not post them because I couldn't connect to wi-fi yesterday, but I have it now! Otherwise, this chapter would have been up the same day I posted chapter 2. I had just finished it and was working on the Author's note at the end when the power went out, then came back on for a probably around like 2 minutes (just a guess) then went back out! So, anyway, again, enjoy! And to answer your question, ilovethisstory, Kim and Jack do have little crushes on each other in this story that I might turn into Kick at the end!

Jack's POV

The first thing I notice when I wake up is how sore I am from sleeping against a tree. The second thing I realized was that it seemed lighter out than when I had fallen asleep. If it was later, shouldn't it be darker out? I lift my hand up to my face to look at my wristwatch. It's 9:00 . . . . . A.M. I had slept through the entire night in the woods against a tree. Wow, no wonder I felt sore. Although, it was noting compared to the pain I still felt from my mom leaving me. Was I really a burden? Did my friends feel that way about me too? Did anyone really love me at all? These were all of the questions racing through my mind, but I pushed them all away, not wanting to think about what had happened to me yesterday. My friends had to be worried about me, but I couldn't go back home, not yet. Everything was still too fresh in my mind, and on top of that, I really wasn't ready to face anyone yet. They would ask me questions: Where have I been? Was I ok? Why did I flip out on Rudy? I was in no mood to answer these questions, so I splash my face with some of the cool water from the stream and start walking again, just thinking.

Kim' POV

The guys and I had searched for several hours for Jack last night, but there had been no luck. I hadn't wanted to stop, but it got dark, and Rudy had said that we needed to stop for the night, since it would be next to impossible finding him in the dark. Plus, he didn't want us getting lost. I told him I could take care of myself, that he doesn't have to worry about me, and that he should be worrying about Jack, but he insisted that he drive us all back to our houses so we could get some rest and search again tomorrow. So, it was currently 9:05, and I was waiting in front of the woods for Rudy, Jerry, Milton, and Eddie to show up. I was getting really impatient and slightly annoyed waiting for them. I look at my cell phone: It's now 9:10. They were supposed to be here 10 minutes ago. Ok, I was done waiting for them; I had my cell phone if they wanted to find out where I was. So I started walking, and I got a call 5 minutes later from Rudy. "Kim, we're here, where are you?" he says. "I'm looking for Jack, since you guys decided to be late," I snap, slightly annoyed. "Sorry, Kim, Jerry got his arm stuck in-" he started, but I cut him off. "I don't want to hear it, Rudy, just hurry up, I'm not that far into the woods – Rudy?" He doesn't answer. That's just great. His cell phone probably died or something. Well, we were probably going to split up into groups anyway, so I would just search by myself. Then they can divide themselves into two groups. I had to get going if I wanted to find Jack. I was really angry with his mother right now, so let's say it was kind of a good thing that she had skipped town, because otherwise she would be getting a big piece of my mind right now for hurting Jack so much that he would run away.

Rudy's POV

"Kim?" I ask one more time into my phone. It was no use, it was dead. "I told you that you should have charged it last night, Rudy," Milton scolds me. "Yeah, Yeah, the Mighty Milton is always right," I mock him. "Come on, let's just go find Jack AND Kim now," I say, slightly annoyed that she had started searching without us. I just hoped she wouldn't get herself lost. The last thing I needed was two lost kids on my hands. I blamed myself for Jack running off. I had really upset him. What was I thinking, telling him that I understood? That was like the worst thing to tell an upset teenager in a bad situation, because they didn't tend to think that anyone understood what they were going through, even if you did understand, which I did. My parents had left me with my grandparents when I was younger than Jack, because they "couldn't handle my antics," so I knew what he was going through right now. I just hoped we could find him so I got the chance to tell him that he was not alone in this.

All Knowing POV (No One's POV)

As Jack wandered aimlessly through the forest, lost in thought, he failed to notice the sign, the sign that said, "Private Property Keep Out." He failed to notice the guards lurking in the shadows. He failed to notice until they jumped out in front of him.

Jack's POV

"Ahhhhh!" I scream as three buff guys jump out in front of me. I know it made me sound weak and scared, but I hadn't noticed them before, and they really startled me. I regain my composure and get into a fighting stance, but they don't come after me, instead yell, "Freeze, hands behind your back!" I look them up and down. They were definitely not cops, so who were they? I come out of my fighting stance, confident that I was not in the process of being arrested and feeling slightly less threatened. "And who are you?" I ask them. "Shut you're mouth. You're trespassing on private property." I don't pay attention to the last part, I only really hear "Shut you're mouth." I glare at him, feeling anger course through me. "Excuse me? Ok, you know what, I'm not having the best week, so why don't you just go back to where you cam from quietly, and I'll go back that way? Deal?" I grumble. The biggest guy just looks at the guys behind him, and then looks back to me, smirking. "What?" I ask hostilely. "You're coming with us, kid," he says to me. Then the other two move forward to try and restrain me. I throw a few kicks at them and they are on the ground. The biggest guy scowls at me and says, "You're going to regret that." I'm in the middle of rushing at him when he pulls out one of those little blow-dart tubes and blows into it. I feel a pinching, stinging sensation in my right arm, and I stop, looking down at it to see a dart stuck into my skin. I feel my mind go fuzzy, my vision dims, and my last thought is "This is really not my week," as my knees buckle and I fall to the ground and pass out.

Author's Note: Well, how was it? Yeah, it's a cliffhanger, sorry! Where did Jack end up that it's Private Property? Will he be ok? Who are the "buff guys" working for, and what did they do to Jack? I'll tell you in the next chapter! Review!