This chapter is dedicated to 'pieface98', who is the author of 'The First Experience'. They are one of my favorite authors, who actually commented on one of my stories (To Forget)! I didn't notice until more recently, I died of happiness! Anyway, they did leave, but you should check out their stories!

I dropped a tear in the ocean. The day you find it is the day I will stop missing you.

- Anonymous

Chapter Eight

Fabian's POV

"Why are we having yet another meeting?" Alfie complained, sitting down. "Last time we were here, we did absolutely nothing but sulk! Shouldn't we be out there, actually looking for Nina?"

Amber hit the side of his arm, and Alfie whimpered, rubbing where she hit him. She smiled to herself, looking satisfied.

"Well, Amber and I have more information on this hooded guy." I stated clearly, making sure to get everyone's attention. After I had my private meltdown, I decided the rest of Sibuna really needed to know about the video over Nina's phone. We were still waiting for another video, which we were only assuming we would get.

"What kind of information?" Patricia questioned back, hope clear in her voice. I smiled slightly, I was glad she had it. I wasn't sure if I really had any hope, which is terrible to say. I wanted no more than to find Nina, but I wasn't sure at all if we could do it. These weren't teachers we're against, it's a man who knows what he's doing, a complete wacko.

"Well, the hooded man is named Mr. A, and he hacked Nina's phone, which let us have a video conversation with him, even though I'm not sure if he saw us…" Amber started out, before going into her own thoughts. She actually seemed to be trying to sort it all out in her head.

Patricia and Alfie both waited for her to continue, but Amber stayed in her thoughts. I decided to take over, not knowing how long she would be in them.

"Either way, we saw Nina, she seems to be hurt. He said something about how the worst has yet to come, but that was about it." I responded, trying to see if I missed anything. He really didn't give us much, but apparently, whatever this was, hasn't even really started. What was the worst to come? He already kidnapped Nina in the middle of the night.

Nobody said anything for a while, everyone silently searching through their mental notes, trying desperately to pull something valuable out. The fact was that there was nothing, and we would just have to wait.

"I'm sorry, Fabian." Someone murmured, causing me to get out of my trance. I eventually realized it was Amber, who had started shaking. I could see where she was heading; it was the same path I took yesterday.

"No Amber, you-"

"I should have been in my room! None of this would have happened, and Nina would be safe with us!" Amber cried, tears freely cascading down her cheeks. Alfie reached over and hugged her tightly, and I glanced down.

I didn't want her taking the blame. If it was anyone, it was me. I had known something bad was happening, but I didn't do anything. I let it go, because I thought it could wait. But I was wrong, so so wrong.

I refused to bring any of my sorrows into Sibuna. I know it wasn't Amber's fault that she started crying, but I wouldn't let myself act negatively around them. None of them knew Nina like I did, but they were all great friends with her, and that was hard.

I hear a familiar static sound, and whip my head to the side, glancing at Amber's side table. It was Nina's phone, having another fit.

Wait, that meant a call from Mr. A!

A wave of hope rushed through me, and I reached over and grabbed it, waiting for Mr. A to come around with his infamous hood. The others looked at me questionably, but Amber moved away from Alfie to gaze at the screen.

"Is it a video?" Patricia asked, and I nodded fast, waiting for it to show up. Patricia and Alfie came closer to me, as I kept the phone tightly in my hands. How long was it going to spaz before it showed up?

The phone let out a scream similar to the one before, and all of us jumped. I was never going to get used to that.

It was like a ringtone that only stopped when it wanted to. It would get to the call on Mr. A's terms.

Nobody said anything when Mr. A's hooded face came on to the screen, you could have actually heard a pin drop. Victor would have been very pleased with the silence we were giving off.

"Oh, so I see the whole gang this time. Sibuna, is it?" Mr. A sneered, giving off a dark laugh. "Nice to meet you all, even though it's indirect. Don't worry, we may soon come face-to-face."

"Tell us what you want, you creep!" Patricia exclaimed, already getting fessed up with the man's actions. He only continued his laugh, swinging the camera over to the left, taking his hidden face out of the picture.

We could now see Nina, who was currently strapped to a chair. She was once again unconscious, unaware of her surroundings. But what really set me off was that she was restrained by ropes, which also was holding something else.

That freak strapped a bomb on her. The clock clearly stated the time of twelve hours.

"Nina!" Amber yelled, grabbing the phone for me. I glanced up at her, what was she doing? Nina seemed to be completely out of it, she wasn't going to respond.

But how dare that psycho strap a bomb to her. What was the point of that? What did he gain from killing an innocent teenager? All he would be looking forward to would be a life in prison… If he was caught. But I wouldn't let him set that bomb off, I don't know how I would do it, but Nina wasn't going to turn into ashes on my watch.

Mr. A brought the camera back towards him, and smirked. I was positive he could see all four of our reactions, and was probably satisfied with all of them. This is what he wanted, to scare us. This had to be one of his main sickly goals.

"Tick tock, goes the clock. You have twelve hours exact, Sibuna. Figure out my clues, or the girl gets it." He scorned. I could hear Nina mumble some inaudible words in the background. I didn't dare say anything; I didn't want him touching her.

"Fabian and Nina are quite a couple, oh yes. Maybe the spot where it first began could aid you. Have fun on your search, Sibuna."

And with that, the screen went dead.

Dun dun dun! Sort of a cliffhanger, but not entirely! Well, Sibuna is in some deep shiz now! They got twelve hours to save Nina, or she goes cablooey! I don't know how to say that, but they said it on TUFF Puppy..

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Next update: July 18th, 2013

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