Special thanks to ZaneWalker for letting me use this story idea, hope you find this satisfactory!

Disclaimer: Damn, you caught me. Obviously I own this. I'm just making you guys wait for the next season cause I love hearing your theories. Purple ninjas, Pythor having a brother, the introduction of Finn(if you know who I'm talking about, then I'm impressed.)

hopefully this is going to be the best chapter, simply because it is the perfect number.

Without further hindrance, I give you Chapter eight!

Fallen, Lost, and Alone

Chapter Eight: Don't Leave Me Hanging

Jay's POV

Cole said we needed to split up. The parking lot was full, but I hadn't seen anyone yet, or even heard someone. I walked down the science hall, which smelt like vinegar and bleach mixed with old gym clothes, a smell that usually permeated schools.

That was when i heard it, a soft banging sound from down the hall. Several quick taps, and then silence. It repeated. Morse code. Dit-dit-dit-dit. Dit. Dit-dah-dit-dit. Dit-dah-dah-dit. Help. Running down the hallway, I found a classroom with the door wide open. there was the tapping sound again. it was coming from the supply closet. opening the small door, a girl in a bright yellow shirt fell out, a bruise forming on her face. I peeled the tape off of her face.

"Look, we don't have long! This was a distraction! ZJ's in trouble! They're after him. I don't know what they want with him, but they want him." the girl said, moving her hands animatedly.

"Who's ZJ?" I asked, and the kid face palmed, and pulled out her cell phone, shoving it in my face, there was a boy with short blonde hair, craning over a textbook, pencil in hand, with a look of concentration on his face. she changed the picture, this time it was the same guy, his hair a little longer, and obviously bothering him. he was looking up at it with a small smile on his face.

"That's ZJ, he's one of the smartest kids at school and I wanna know what the hell those freaking snakes want with him." She turned off her phone, grabbed her book bag, which was sitting under a desk, and walked out. I ran after her, and as we passed under a light, I read what was on the back of her shirt.

And Nerds Never Quit.

"So you consider yourself a nerd?" I asked, we both continued walking. "Look, I need to know as much about ZJ as possible, then my friends and I might be able to figure out why they want him. Did he ever fight with anyone, did someone not like him?" She turned around.

"There was this one guy who was trying to beat ZJ for the spot on the team, some arrogant jock dude, when he found out ZJ got the spot, he freaked out and shoved ZJ into the lockers, shouting something about how he had wanted to do this for a friend of his. Other than that guy, no. ZJ's not really into starting fights."

Number eight; become captain of the biology quiz bowl team.

"Was that guy's name Cole by any chance?"

"Yeah, you know him?" I nodded. She punched my arm, hard. "Give that to him for me. The jerk deserves it."

ZJ's POV

I picked up the box, slowly turning it over in my hands. Did I really want to know what is inside of it? Couldn't it possibly be something that would be dangerous?

Placing it back on the table, I stood up, looking around the small room for a possible escape route. Twisting the door knob, I was surprised when it actually opened. Did they really think that I was too scared to even attempt to leave?

Now wasting a moment, I stepped out into the hallway, looking at the dimly lit corridor. There didn't seem to be any of the Serpentine around, but I stuck to the wall, trying to not make too much noise. A shadow appeared on the wall to my left, coming closer to me by the second. Turning on the ball of my foot, I started running, not caring how much noise my footsteps made. They knew that I was making that noise, that I had figured out that the door was unlocked. I could hear them shouting, getting closer. Glancing over my shoulder, I saw a small army getting closer by the second, armed with weapons. Turning around, I saw that they were coming from the other way as well.

Something fell over me, a weighted puck smashed into my face, and the weights on the net began to slow me down. A rope caught my ankle and I weakly struggled to get it off before I tripped. With a ginger touch, I checked my nose for blood. Looking at my hand as they came closer, tying the rope around my legs, I saw no blood. It would be a nasty bruise then. My hands were yanked behind me, and I heard my shoulder make a sickening pop.

Tears streamed down my face, and I bit my lip, trying not to scream. It hurt so badly. Several of them grabbed onto the rope and began dragging me, my elbow grazed against the rough stone ground. A rope was tied to part of the net that was above my head, and then I found myself raised high off of the ground. The net was the only barrier between me and the snakes.

Leaning against the netting, I whimpered as my shoulder throbbed slightly. It was becoming numb, and felt distant.

What did that mean, was something really wrong with it? All sense of feeling in my arm began to leave me, and another tear rolled down my face. This couldn't be happening. It had to be a nightmare, there was no way that this was really happening to me.

Coughing to clear my throat, I found my voice again. "You still haven't told me why you want me!" My throat felt raw, probably from all the crying. A dull spear poked my lower back, and a guard hissed at me to shut up.

Rolling onto my uninjured side, which proved to be very difficult, I closed my eyes, and a dream immediately greeted me. It wasn't a visible dream though, it was more voices, except these were different, they had more emotion, more of a tangible element to them.

"And just for the record, there ain't nothin' in this world I'm afraid of."
"Except for dragons."
"Dragons aren't from this world, Zane. I said, ''in this world''."

AHH! I love you guys! It's only been eight chapters, but you guys love me! as of now, 57 reviews?! Damn! That's a lot of love to me! I love all of y'all and every time I read a review, it makes me the happiest person ever cause I feel so loved by all of you!

yeah...this chapter was really letting me make you all feel sorry for our poor little hostage child...

is anyone an artist(as in willing to draw shit for nothing in return except my happy internet squeeing?)? I kinda wanna see how you guys picture ZJ. I'd been working on it, and it was SO CLOSE to being done(much like this chapter) but it got wiped.

But yeah, if you want to draw ZJ, go for it, and let me know when it's done! I'd love to see it.

I promise, there is going to be more whump towards this kiddo. I promise. (yes, everyone's guesses have been right the entire time.)

Especially when they're funny! I love it when you guys make me laugh!