A/N: He guys! I'm not really sure about this chapter. But my sister was pushing me to post, so I did my best. I was playing chess with a friend once, he's really good and he did this move. And he told me it's unbeatable. That's where those lines are from. I hope you like it.

Disclaimer: I don't own Kickin'it.

Love is a dangerous game

Jack's POV

I fight to keep my emotions hidden as I burst through the last line of trees. I can hear the others making their final steps as well. Everyone is looking at me. Wait a second, there are more guys now. Than my eyes find Malcolm. That can only mean one thing. Cray came back. Basically it also means our plan is screwed. See we never planned on actually waiting for Cray. We needed to know where he had left the guys, they could have been anywhere, so we had to hear from someone inside camp. The plan was to signal Jason if I found them and get the hell out of there.

Jason. I search or him between the others. I can't find him. Than Cray's tent right across from me moves. Cray steps out, his face the calm mask I see every time I catch my reflection. But I can tell he's angry. His fists are clenched and his eyes are just slightly narrowed. 'Jack.' Is all he says. I breath, I know Jerry, Eddie and Milan are right next to me. Pretending is probably useless. 'Cray.' I greet him. We're silent for a few seconds. I can feel Jerry shift uncomfortably. 'So, the boys tell me you tried to trick them.' Cray tells me. Chris steps forward and Milan tenses his muscles. 'No.' I say, in barely a whisper. It's enough for him. He grumbles something I do not even want to hear and relaxes.

'Apparently they're smarter than I thought.' I tell him. It's true, I underestimated them. I didn't think they would actually go and get Cray. If they hadn't this would have worked out just fine. Now, now it's going to be messy. Very messy. 'Or you're not as scary as you think you are.' Chris remarks smugly. I turn to him. 'I could kill you in five different ways from where I'm standing right now, I think I'm quite scary.' I smile coldly to him. I can see him swallow and turn back to Cray. He's slowly nodding his head. 'Right, you are dangerous. Even from a distant. Let's make sure you don't try anything.' He says and he snaps his finger at Chris.

He smirks at me and pulls someone from the tent. Just for a second I lose control of my emotions, it's long enough for Cray. He smiles and pulls Kim in front of him. Her hands and mouth are bound, her brown eyes are wide and scared. No that's not even the right word. She's terrified. I want to ask about Jason, but I'm afraid I'll only draw attention to him. 'Love is a dangerous game Jackie, I made my move, and it's unbeatable.' Cray smiles at me. 'Love?' I hear Jerry mutter behind me. I ignore his comment. I turn to Milan. I have to play cool. 'You hear that. He's made his move and it's unbeatable.' I pause. 'Unless… you cheat.' I grin at him. He tilts his head and nods appreciatively. 'I never did like sticking by the rules, did you?' he asks me. 'What rules?' I ask innocently.

'Just give it up Jack, there's no way out. Surrender now and I'll only kill you and the rest of your traitor gang. The ones that made a little mistake can stay, maybe I'll even trust them one day. If you don't, you and anyone who you've talked to in the last month, dies.' Cray threatens. 'Right, and wipe out half of your guys in once? I don't think you would do that.' I tell him smiling. He narrows his eyes at me. Milan shifts uncomfortably. He knows Cray wouldn't care the least bit about killing half of his guys. But what I said will maybe rattle some of the others. Get them to doubt Cray. 'You underestimate me Jack. I don't do sympathy very well.' He tells me smiling. He casually moves a knife from his belt and lays it at Kim's throat. I swallow. I have to fight to keep my emotions in check.

What is this? Why is this so hard for me? I'm not supposed to have so much trouble keeping my emotions hidden? I've been doing this for years. What about this situation makes it different? O who am I kidding. It's Kim okay. Kim makes this situation different. Crap, I told myself not to get emotionally involved. Jason even warned me. I can't believe it, but I care for her. A lot. And it's not helping right now. Kim tries to say something, but I can't understand because of the bonds. I look at Jerry. 'Marcus DiAngelo.' I say to him. Milan frowns and looks at Eddie, he shrugs. But Jerry understands.

Marcus DiAngelo was a nobleman me, Jason and Jerry ran a scam on. Basically took all his money. But he caught us, and made us a promise. If we gave his money back, he wouldn't hand us over to the guards. His proposition was based on a simple fact. The will to survive. If he'd called the guards on us, we'd most likely be dead now. We gave his money back, so he didn't call the guards, we survived. Maybe I can use that. Maybe we can use the same tactic DiAngelo used on us, on Cray. Get him to believe we're going to turn him in. That he can save himself by giving Kim up. Letting her go, let us escape and don't chase us.

Maybe we can actually pull this off. All we need is Kim's brother. And he can't be far. The scream, and he would never let me get away with his sister. I quickly let my eyes fly over the threes. I raise my hand. 'Shh.' I say, and the guys are so surprised they actually get quiet. 'Hear that?' there are footsteps. Very distant, but footsteps. Cray turns to me. 'Good ear Jack.' He is impressed even though I'm pretty sure he hates me. 'King's guards.' I tell Cray. 'How do you know?' he asks, he thinks I may have tipped them of. 'Who else would be marching through the woods making so much noise. And, you do have the princess.' He frowns. I'm right and he knows it. If the guards catch him like this, they'll do everything they can to kill him.

Now let's see if he's willing to solve this the easy way. 'You should let her go, if they find us like this, we're in big trouble. All of us.' He looks me straight in the eye for a few seconds, and then laughs. 'O Jackie boy, that was a nice try. I almost fell for it. You just missed a bit of, spirit.' He tells me, smiling at me. Okay, he doesn't care. Jerry curses under his breath. Okay, that didn't work. As the steps come closer Cray and I just look at each other. We're eye to eye. It's a stare of, a competition. Who's going to blink first. Me, or him. Meanwhile my mind is racing. How do I get Kim out of harm's way, find out where Jason is and I'd also like to get Jerry, Eddie, Milan and I out of here alive. O and while I'm at it, I might as well get Cray arrested. Sure. I can do that.

I just need to figure out how. I want to pace, but I have Cray watching me. No way of communicating with the guys without someone hearing and I have no clue if Jason is even conscious. Okay so a few more complications. Fine. A challenge, I haven't had one of those in a while. I'm still looking at Cray. His eyes are hard and cold, but it doesn't bother me, I'm not even really paying attention. The footsteps are still coming closer. I turn my eyes away from Cray to some of the boys watching. 'Those are the King's guards you know. If they think you helped take the princess, they'll kill you.' I try to look at all the guys individually. 'Trust me, they're not nice.' I tell them, tapping my bound shoulder.

'Yes, what did happen to the invincible Jack?' Cray smiles. He's found a weakness. He's going to use it. 'Walked into an arrow, you know how it goes.' I say casually. He doesn't need to know it hurts. He nods slowly. The footsteps are really close now, some of the guys start to shift uncomfortably. They want to leave, but they're scared of Cray. I look at the latter. 'Your boys are getting scared.' I smirk at him. He hates it when we show weakness. His jaw tightens for a fraction of a second. 'Everybody who wants to, leaves, now.' Cray starts and let's his critical blue eyes slide over the guys. 'But, they don't have to come back. If they do, nasty things could happen.' The threat is very clear in his words.

A few boys run. Fast. The opposite way of the guards. Some stay. Maybe they're too scared to run. Maybe they actually want to stay. All I know is that seconds later, Kim's brother busts through the tree line. When he sees us he freezes. A guard walks into him. Frank lashes out and hits the guard across the head. He quickly backs up and makes his men form a line. 'Ha.' He states cockily. 'I found you.' He smirks. 'Yeah, it took you what? 36 hours. Great job.' I remark sarcastically. Milan snickers. 'I have an Idea to fix this.' I tell Cray, ignoring Frank. He looks at me for a few seconds, trying to determine if I'm tricking him. 'Tell me.' He says. Frank wants to say something but Cray waves for him to keep quiet. He's so surprised, he does. 'You and me, hand to hand fight. Just us. The winner gets total surrender of the other side.'

A/N: Dum dum dum duuuuum. Will Cray fight Jack? Can Jack win? What will happen to Kim? And does Frank have a plan? And where is Jason in all this? I know a lot of questions. See ya next time.