James: Hey everyone, Happy Saturday and time for another update. As of last week, I hated Mel for torturing me and has cut me some slack again to type this up. But now that I said my hellos again, time to find a way to escape before she gets back. *puts laptop aside and looked around to find the knot on the ropes* Glad she at least left my hand untied for me to undo the gag. *reaches up to untie the gag and found the knot that tied his ankles together and carefully and slowly untied the knot to free his legs* Okay. Now what?

Mel: How about you sit back down and stay for awhile? *hits a button and metal cuffs come out from the chair, clasping onto James' wrists, legs, ankles, and chest* You really think I wouldn't plan for something like this?

James: Honestly I didn't see that coming. Now let me go! *struggles to find a way to escape*

Mel: So now lets get this back in place... *picks up gag and fixes tightly over her brother's mouth* Better. Now, enjoy the chapter and at the end I'll have a few more guests come and help me with the fun! :) Enjoy!

Chapter 13: Nightmares

*A couple hours later*

James: *turns down the street to a neighborhood that has a few homes and drove down to one the he was searching for until he found it and pulled into the driveway and garage and killed the engine. Looks at his sister and softly shook her shoulder as she was asleep* Mel, we're here.

Mel: *yawn* We are? *looks around the garage and nodded* Yep. I recognized this place. *and got out of the car with the others climbing out*

James: *grabs a bag from the trunk and Cole and Kai grabbed one too while Melody carried a sleeping Lloyd. Walks up to the door and unlocked the door*

Everyone: *enters the house and were amazed to see the huge space the house had*

*The house was two-stories high with a large kitchen that had an island in the center to use for cooking. A living room with two couches and lounge chairs. A dining room with a glass tabletop that was in a sunroom with the curtains closed with the backyard hidden. A laundry room to wash their clothes as they'll be staying for some time. Three bedrooms for the owners and two guest rooms with personal bathrooms each for whenever James and Melody had friends over from the other lake houses for sleep overs. One had six bunkbeds and the other room had separate beds*

Jay: Wow! This place is huge!

Mel: Shhh! *whispers* Don't wake Lloyd up.

Jay: *whispers back* Sorry.

Mel: I'm gonna lay him down in one or the guest rooms and help him change into a pair of pajamas. *heads upstairs*

James: While my sister does that, why don't you guys partner up and head upstairs and check your rooms.

Nya: Dawn and I have no choice so we'll be on our way up. *and both head upstairs*

Kai: I call being with Zane. I don't want to sleep next to a car engine and a mumbler. Mainly Cole and Jay.

Jay and Cole: Hey!

Lucas: I guess I'm with Lloyd then. Almost like at home on the Bounty. But will you be okay in your own room, James?

James: Don't worry. I haven't seen any suspicious vehicles on the way and my room interconnects with yours so if I'm ever 'in danger', you're right next door. So go ahead and check them out.

Guys: *head upstairs and into their room*

Jay: Ha-ha. This is almost like at home! *runs up on a top bunk on one of the sets of beds* My spot!

Mel: Jay, I don't you to quiet down. *helping Lloyd put on a pair of soft green pajamas and placed him in the bunk next to him*

Lloyd: *felt the comfort of the bed and stirred in his sleep and snuggled with the blanket*

Lucas: Well he's still asleep so that's good.

James: Yea. *opens a door from the side of the room to show his room and walked in* Home sweet home.

Mel: Whatever Jimmy. I'm gonna go check on the girls. *left the boys alone and walked into the other guest room to see Nya and Dawn gazing at the room*

Dawn: I love the theme here. It has that wilderness look outside, but inside it looks so...modern of an actual lake house would be.

Mel: Thanks Dawn. My dad had the kitchen redone and replaced the old floor with hardwood floors to give off that feel of home. He even redone the bathrooms so we can feel like we live here forever. But wait until morning because when we have breakfast. The morning sun and the view will amaze you.

Dawn: Can't wait then. What are we going to do about breakfast since we'll be here for awhile to escape those people?

Mel: Please don't remind me. I'll go ask Jimmy about that. *leaves the guest room and headed towards James and others*

*With James*

Zane: I love this space and everything about this home. Your dad must've put a lot of work to make it livable.

James: He did. *walking out of the bathroom was connected to both rooms* The floors in the kitchen were ugly that he ripped them off the foundation and replaced it with hardwood floors and added the island for my mom since she wanted one in the house. Over there is the bathroom we'll be sharing since it's interconnected to my room and yours and I have laid out toothbrushes for you guys to use. Just remember which one is yours.

Mel: James? *walking in the room*

James: Yeah Mel, what is it?

Mel: Since we got here, what are we going to do for breakfast in the morning?

James: I already had a plan before we got here. I'm gonna wake up early in the morning and have one of the guys come with me to help. We'll just buy breakfast and then spend a day to get supplies for the stay. You should get some sleep. You look exhausted.

Mel: You should too. Good night, Jimmy. *kisses his cheek good night and left*

Zane: Would it be alright if I come with you, James? I'm usually the morning person here.

James: That's fine, Zane. Well it's getting late and we all should head to bed for the night. Tomorrow is going to be great. Good night, guys.

Guys: Good night, James. *each took a bunk and instantly fell asleep*

*in Melody's room*

Mel: I better get to bed, don't want to be tired tomorrow... *crawls into bed, listening to some soft music to lull her to sleep. Falls asleep, in her dream* I looked around and everything was beautiful. My twin, my friends, and I were hanging out around the house. Everything was calm and perfect. Then it changed. Out of nowhere something reached out and grabbed Cole, Kai, Jay, and Zane and dragged them away. Me and the others tried to help but they disappear. I picked up Lloyd and held him close, standing next to James and Lucas with Dawn and Nya on the outside edges. The two girls screamed suddenly and were dragged away. Lloyd was trembling in my arms, and the four of us tried to get away. I passed Lloyd over to Lucas because I was getting tired. James grabbed my hand and we ran faster. All of a sudden, a ear piercing scream and a gasp of terror was heard from Lucas and Lloyd and they disappeared. I stood frozen, not knowing what to do. James picked me up bridal style and ran. Then I felt myself falling as my twin was dragged out from under me. I finally found my voice and I screamed. I screamed for all it was worth yelling, pleading because I was alone. My greatest fear, being purely and utterly alone. I have never been alone, James is always with me, and he was gone. I continued screaming and yelling my twins name, shouting NO! But there was no one to hear me. I was alone.

*With James*

James: *turning in his sleep as he dreamt the night away* I could see myself in the woods with everyone behind me as we were hiking in the woods. I heard a scream and turned to see Jay was missing and everyone was huddling around to stay close. Suddenly the ground started shaking and splitting apart and everyone was separated from us only leaving me with Melody, Lucas, and Lloyd. I watched as something crawled up from behind Zane, Cole, and Kai and pulled them underground. Melody hugged Lloyd close to her as the same thing dragged Nya and Dawn down and we ran away. Melody gave Lloyd to Lucas and I grabbed her hand to run faster and felt sick to my stomach as I heard a high pitch cry from Lucas and Lloyd and saw smoke rising in the sky and saw the woods on fire. I picked up my sister bridal style and ran as fast as my legs could and tripped on the hard ground and my sister was out of my grasp. I saw she was far from me and I ran to reach her, but no matter how far I tried to reach her, she was getting farther away from me. I cried out her name to run to me and she would. Suddenly I saw the thing that took my friends reach from the ground and grabbed my sister's ankles and slowly dragged her away. My fear of losing my sister was frightful to me as I always protected her from danger and I couldn't save her and watched her disappear from my eyes. I screamed in hurt and anger as she was gone and saw the forest fire increase with my pain and I saw my hands engulfed in black flames and slowly engulfed my body and wouldn't extinguish. I was burning alive, but didn't feel the fire kill me, but somehow increase to my pain of losing my sister until I saw darkness. *jolts up screaming from his dream and was breathing fast, speaking* What a horrible nightmare! *hears another scream down the hall* Melody! *climbs out of his bed and ran to his sister's room and sat by her side as she screamed his name* Mel, wake up! It's alright! I'm here!

Mel: *wakes up to see her brother and embraced him in a tight hug while crying her eyes out* James, you're here still!

James: So are you. I was scared for you.

Mel: As was I.

James: Were you having a nightmare?

Mel: Yes. Were you scared for me like I was for you?

James: Yes. I don't want to talk about it though.

Mel: Me either.

James: I'm glad you're alright. Just try to sleep again. We're both alright.

Mel: *wouldn't let go of her twin* Please stay with me. I don't want to be alone.

James: *sees the fear in her eyes and nodded* Alright I will. *crawls in next to her and softly stroked her hair* I don't want to lose you.

Mel and James: *both fell asleep and didn't have anymore nightmares throughout the night*

*Later*

Mel: *wakes up in the morning with James next to her* You'll never leave me and I'll never leave you. *snuggle deep into her brothers arms* To be candid with myself, I'm scared... No, terrified. My dream proved that to me. I don't know if I could survive without my brother. He is my... Other half. I feel protected, complete, safe, and just pure joy. My mom's nickname for us was the Viv Twins. Viv is Latin for life, so she called us the life twins, and her own way that meant we were each other's life. Now that I think more deeply about it, it's so true. We rely so much on each other for, well, everything. I'd never say this out loud, but James is the one that will always be my best friend. *with that last thought, she fell back asleep in her brother's arms*

Mel: Aww! Sweet twin moment! Feeling... Conflicted... I can't read this and hold my only brother hostage... Oh what can I do! *looks at her brother, struggling, and rereads the story* Oh James! I'm sorry! *undoes James' gag and restraints* Will you forgive me? *hugs twin then hangs head, feeling horrible*

James: *smiles and hugged his twin* I forgive you. I can't stay mad at you for what you've done to me. Just don't do it again if I do something to annoy you.

Mel: thanks... I just get so carried away sometimes... Well, sorry to those of you who didn't get to help me, but we'll get you in here as a guest at some point, I promise. To answer the reviews, I guess the song we chose last time was very popular. And yes, it would be bad if Lloyd got sick again and KOKO OVERCOME! Why are you only getting four hours of sleep!? We'll talk more about this later. Well everyone have a good week and see you next time! :)

James: Bye and see you all next weekend. And Koko get ready for the rant you're about to face. Oh and also check out our weekend randomness stories we've been doing. You can say that they're...random. *chuckles* Anyway, have a good week and see you next time.