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The eight teens sat in a small diner about ten minutes from Lena and Abby's parents' home. No one was saying much as they ate or in some cases picked at their food. Tyler Simms was one of the few that picked at his food.

He had this feeling as though someone was watching them. And it wasn't the bartender that had greeted Abby and Lena with hugs. He would have turned around to scope the diner, but he knew that wouldn't solve anything. Besides he was probably just being paranoid about the whole thing.

Bull shit.

"There's someone watching us," Tyler finally said loud enough for anyone around him could hear him.

"I thought I was being paranoid," Abby replied before she popped a fry into her mouth. "Lenny what do you think?" Abby asked her sister across the table. Lena was staring at something in the direction of the exit.

"I think we've found what we're looking for without actually looking for it." Lena dropped her gaze back to her friends. "Tyler, you can stop frowning now. It's not as cute as your smile."

"You think so?" Tyler questioned smiling.

"Definitely," she replied with a smile of her own. "I love your smile."

"Stop that," Reid said.

"Jealousy is an ugly thing, Reid," Lena said. "But don't worry. Tyler's no threat."

"Damn," Tyler said with the snap of his fingers. "And here I thought I'd get both sisters."

"Keep that up and you get nothing." Abby said. The pressure that had hung over them had eased up as everyone at the table laughed.

"The things people say," Caleb said as the laughter was dying down.

"Well everything is funny when you have a death warrant hanging over your head." Pogue said just to be promptly kicked under the table. "Lena!" He said kicking her back. "It's the truth."

"You have no tact, babe. No tact at all." Kate told him. "I thought we all agreed to leave that to Reid."

"Bitch," Reid said though it was void of any sting. "When is your little friend going to come out of hiding?" He asked Abby and Lena.

"Probably once you leave," Sarah spoke up. "I mean you do give off the vibe that you'll hurt anyone that dares talk to Lena."

"I do not," Reid protested. "Besides she can take care of herself."

"Do to." Sarah and Kate said in unison. Lena rolled her eyes at the three of them. Her gaze landed on the waitress heading toward them.

"This is for you," she said holding out a note to Abby. Abby took the note while everyone stared at her. "It's from a nice young man. Said he's an old friend, but claimed he was too shy to come over here himself."

"Is he still here?" Abby asked as she frowned down at the unopened note.

"He left right after giving me that." The waitress said.

"Sorry but could you describe him for us?" Abby asked. "Considering him being an old friend and all..."

The waitress thought for a moment.

"Brown hair, and stunning hazel eyes. He was about your age maybe a year difference. Hope that helps you." The waitress said. "Is there anything I could get the rest of you?"

There was a collection of "no" around the table and the waitress went to tend to other tables.

"Well get on with it Sunshine. What's it say?" Reid asked. "It's not like we have all day," he added. Abby glared at him as she opened the note and read over it.

"It's an address," Abby said. "Just an address, but I have no idea where this place is." she said passing the paper to Lena. Lena looked down at it and shrugged.

"Don't know it," Lena said. "But there is this nice little invention known as a GPS...Ow!" She shrieked as she jerked her leg up to rub it. "No need to be violent, Abigail!"

"No need to be a smartass, Lena," Abby said grabbing the note away from Lena. "What do you say?" she asked. "Might as well get this over with now right."

"One problem, none of us have a GPS..." Tyler pointed out.

"I've got it covered..." Lena said and was met with many stares. "I'll just ask my mom and dad to borrow theirs."

"You really want us to believe that?" Pogue said.

"Fine...I'm gonna take it without permission. Happy?" she asked.

"Stealing then," Caleb clarified.

"Taking without permission." Lena defended.

"Whatever helps you sleep at night," Caleb replied an amused smile on his face.

"Are you sure that thing's working?" Reid asked as he slowed the car down. They had left the cafe made a quick stop at Lena and Abby's place to steal—borrow the GPS from their parents car. And now found themselves in the middle of nowhere amongst many trees and a single dirt road that ended just before them, proving that GPSs were useless. "This is bullshit." Reid said resting his head on the steering wheel. At that moment Lena's phone rang and she answered it putting it on speaker.

"What the hell," it was Pogue's voice that filled Reid's car. Lena rolled her eyes as she closed the phone shut as she climbed out of the car.

"Where are you going?" Reid asked lifted his head up. Lena poked her head back into the car.

"To get my head bitten off," She said. "Come on." Reid sighed as he climbed out of the car as well and followed her to the two cars behind them. Their friends were climbing out of their own cars some looking more annoyed than anything.

"We have to walk," Lena said before anyone could say anything.

"I'm sorry," Kate said. "Did you just say we have to walk?" she asked looking at the woods that just beyond them.

"It's not too late to turn around," Abby said. Her skin slightly pale.

"There's something there," Lena said looking at her sister with some concern. "And you know it."

"And I don't like it." Abby shot back.

"I don't feel anything," Tyler spoke up. Abby's eyes flashed as she grabbed his arm. Tyler took a sharp in take of breath and pulled away from her. "That's not you," he said.

"It's whatever is out there." Abby said. "I don't think we should go."

"Abby...We've come this far." Lena said. "What if this is the only lead we'll get to stopping Chase and Natalie? We'll never know if we just turn around and never find out."

"What if what's back there is a trap?" Abby countered.

"We're all quite capable of protecting ourselves plus Kate and Sarah," Lena snapped. "We don't go in there, we might as well have just stayed in Ipswich!"

"Lena!" Abby said taking a step forward. Her eyes flashing dangerously with anger.

"Abby!" Lena took a step of her own, her anger matching her sisters.

"Both of you, stop!" Everyone froze and looked at Caleb. "We're going," he said once he was sure they were all listening.

"What?" Lena and Abby said in unison. Before glaring at each other.

"We're going in," he said strongly. "We'll just have to keep our guard up."

The eight teenagers picked their way through the overgrown forest. Many of them not willingly. Even those of which who wanted to proceed within the forest thought this was possibly the dumbest idea they have ever done.

"We're fucking idiots," Reid growled as he ducked under a low hanging branch.

"Fucking crazy is more like it," Pogue mumbled.

"Fucking crazy idiots, then," Reid amended.

"You two big boys scared?" Lena teased, but they all heard the waver in her voice. "Man up," She continued. "Think of it this way. It's a story you can tell your grandkids some day. Nice little moral and everything."

"Really, and the moral of this story is?" Pogue questioned.

"Next time you run from something. Run to another country..." Abby pipped up from the back of the group. "Right Lena?" Lena stuck her middle finger up to tell her sister exactly what she thought.

The group continued in silence as they got deeper and deeper into the woods. It seemed as though they were following a endless road that they were wasting their time. How long was it that they had been walking? They should have seen something by now. Lena sighed.

"Seems like this was—" she was cut off when Caleb slapped a hand over her mouth. She fought her immature reaction of licking his hand to just standing still and looking up at him as best she could.

"Listen," was all he said as he let go of her.

Everyone was silent as they tried to listen for whatever it was the Caleb had heard.

"I don't hear anything," Kate whispered.

"Me neither," Sarah agreed.

"I don't think you're supposed to be able to hear it," Tyler said. "It's a buzzing sound." he continued. Lena and Abby shared a quick look before their eyes flashed white.

"You have got to be kidding me," Abby said. "You can stop it now!" Abby yelled into the trees.

There was a rustle in the bushes and before the eight of them, the trees vanished and a boy stood before them a cigarette hanging loosely between his lips, with a house sitting just in the distance behind them.

"Well," he said taking the cigarette from his lips. "That took you long enough, darling."

It's been far too long hasn't it. I can't say sorry enough, but my muse for this died over the last year and I find that to be a shame because I really liked this story.

I read over it recently and there's so much that I don't like, and I believe the only way to fix that would be to go back and re-write the entire story, add things here and there, subtract things you know the idea.

Hopefully the second time around will be better.

Thank you for supporting me all this time!

If you don't mind could you leave me one last review before I go in for the kill on what you think?

All of you take care,
TwistedRaver