I haven't been crazy about my last 2 chapters. And I promised a good 13.

Sorry updates have been so slow. It's been a really busy couple of weeks for me.

So, here's chapter 13. Make of it what you will.

Cathy's POV

"So what do I do now?" Penn asked.

"You take a card from the pile," I answered.

"Why?" Penn asked, seeming even more confused. "He told me to go fish. I may not know a lot about Earth, but I do know that picking up a card is definitely not fishing." I laughed. Danny shook his head.

"Who knew teaching someone how to play go fish would be this hard," Danny commented jokingly. "We could've just taught him how to play BS; you just lie about whatever card you're putting down and hope you don't get caught."

"Great. Just what we need; more lying," Penn said, losing his usual spark. Ever since we'd been captured, Danny and I had been 'hanging out' in a room with Penn. He actually seemed nice. Not faking it like his brother, or brothers. Penn seemed like a little kid mixed up in a tangle of screwed up adults; even though Max and Adrien were our age, they seemed a lot older.

Never once in our short time together had Penn said anything negative, or anything about this evil plan of theirs.

"What do you mean by that?" I asked, troubled by what he'd said.

"There's a lot of lying going on here," Penn explained. "It's becoming some what of a game: which lie will unravel first. Or who's gonna get burned when this is all over." Penn looked down. Something else was bothering him.

"Who do you think will be that one?" Danny asked. "The one that gets burned?"

"My guess would be Sam," Penn answered, still looking down. "Or Chris depending on what happens. Or me." He looked up at us sadly, his eyes locking on mine. He knew something we didn't. And that something was killing him.

"What do you mean by…"

But the door opening and Sam coming in cut me off. She'd been hanging out with us a lot too. And it was the real Sam, not the crazy one that quit the MBC.

"Sam? Where were you?" Danny asked.

"At home," Sam answered, her voice quiet.

"What happened?" I asked. I knew something was wrong. I couldn't tell if the boys could. Maybe it's a girl thing.

"Chris came over," Sam replied, still quiet.

"And…?" Danny prompted. Yeah, he had no clue t=she was upset. Oh Daniel… what are we going to do with you?

"I let him leave without telling him anything," Sam admitted, tears starting to slide down her cheeks. I ran over to her and wrapped my arms around her. "Now he'll never find us! And the world's gonna be destroyed!"

"Not necessarily," Penn piped up. "I don't think Mom intends to destroy the planet exactly."

"Why didn't you tell him anything?" Danny asked.

"I couldn't because…" Sam stopped midsentence. Almost like she wasn't allowed to tell us the truth.

"Because…?" Danny prompted.

"Because Nossida put these things in you two and Chris that would kill you three with the touch of a button," Sam admitted. "That's why I haven't been talking to you three; in fear that I'd say something wrong and cost you your lives. It's okay now because you two know about this, but I still can't tell Chris anything. Cause I don't want to lose you three." I hugged her tighter.

"I'll be back in a little while," Penn said suddenly and stood up, heading for the door.

"Where are you going?" I asked. Penn turned around in the doorway and looked me straight in the eye.

"I have to go make sure the plan is still on for tonight," he said. And by the gleam in his eyes, I knew that there was a deeper meaning to that. What that was, I didn't know.

Penn's POV

I had only one shot at this. I knew that I could only be missing from the house for so long before Axel or Adrien found out I had left. And they'd know exactly where I was going. And they'd come after me. Or worse…

I shrugged off all those ideas and ran down the street I'd been looking for straight to the second house on the left. I knocked on the door.

"Hello?" a younger boy who looked a lot like my 'target' per say asked after he'd opened the door.

"Hey. Is your brother home?" I asked, in a bit of a hurry.

"Yeah. Why?" the boy asked. He seemed a little nervous and wary of me. Good. That means he knows not to talk to strangers.

"I know how to help him save the world," I replied. "Get Danny and Cathy back, save Sam, all of it." The young boys eyes widened. Now he got it.

"Hold on a sec," he said and ran further into the house. He returned a moment later with the guy I was after.

"John says you know how to help me save the day?" Chris phrased it as a question, looking at me with unsure eyes. I smiled.

"Not just the day," I said. "But the world, your friends, and the girl you love." Chris smiled back slowly.

"I'm in."

Action's gonna happen in the next chapter! I promise you that!

I hope this chapter wasn't too bad. I enjoyed it.

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