Chapter 6
�You think that JC turned into that deer?� Justin asked after awhile.
��What?� Joey responded.
�Well, he couldn�t just disappear��Justin stated.
Tap�tap�tap�
�There�s that dang tapping again�� Joey mumbled.
�You know, I�m beginning to think Justin was right about the deer thing.� Chris said, glancing behind him.
�Huh?� Chris asked, looking at him.
�Why else would a deer be following us?� Chris said pointing behind him, where a deer was. Then, when it realized it was spotted, jumped behind some bushes. Joey blinked.
�Ooookay�. So if it was him, why would he hide?� Joey questioned.
�Um�Justin?� No response.
�Justin?� They both looked over to where their friend had been standing, just to find a frog there.
�Oh no! He�s been turned into a frog!!�You don�t think a witch did it, do you?� Chris sarcastically remarked.
�����..He has not been turned into a frog! That isn�t him!� Joey said pointing at the frog.
�Oh yeah? Then where�d he go?� Chris looked around. Joey rolled his eyes and turned around and started walking again, when he heard it�
Tap�tap�tap�
He just then realized that was the noise he�d heard right before JC disappeared, then again right before Justin disappeared. He turned around, only to see a parrot on branch up above where Chris had been, but Chris was no where in sight��
�Uh oh�I got a bad feeling about this�� Joey thought.
After a while of searching for the others, Joey began to wonder if Justin was right. �What if they really had been turned into animals�Nah�couldn�t be�could it?� Joey shook his head, trying to make since of things, but of course, it didn�t work.
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Lance didn�t know how long he�d been out, because there was no way to tell time where he was. There was no light, and his watch had been lost in the wreck. When he tried to stand up, he stumbled back down, due to his left leg, which had been bitten by a snake. He got up more cautiously this time. He leaned against the wall for support, then started forward. He didn�t gotten far, when he heard a growling sound�he looked around, but couldn�t see anything. When he looked forward again, he had to do a double take. There in front of him were his friends, brothers, and it looked like they were looking at something. When, suddenly someone, or something, came up behind JC and put their arms around his waist, and over his mouth, and dragged him away�It went unnoticed by the others. They were to busy looking at something. Then they began to look around confusedly, and then they walked forward. A few minutes later, the same thing happened to Justin, then to Chris. Joey was the only one left that he could see. Then his image began to fade away�
�No�come back!� Lance weakly called out.
Was that really what was happening to the others? He hoped not. He then noticed something he had not before. He could see a light up ahead. Most likely the light was coming from a hole in the brick that surrounded him. A possible way out of his current surroundings. That gave him more strength, enough to reach it. It was just enough space that he could climb through. Bright light blinded him for a few minutes. When he could see again, he noticed he was in some sort of a camp�but there was no one there, at least not that he could see. Then out of the corner of his eye, he saw a few Indian-looking men dragging something behind them. As they got nearer he noticed that that something was a someone, and that that someone was JC.
�Well, I see you made it out.� Lance jumped and turned around, to see the guy whom had let him try to escape. The guy laughed.
�What are you so surprised about? You thought you would really get away?� He laughed again. �Silly boy, I was just testing you. Seeing how tough you were. You have proved successful thus far. Lets see how you take this next one�� The guy evilly laughed again, and then Lance�s world went black.
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JC woke up to the sound of rushing water. He struggled to open his eyes, after what seemed like forever, he finally was able to see his surroundings. He was on the hard, cold, dirt floor of a cave. He hadn�t remembered how on earth he had gotten here�One minute he was walking with the others, and the next� �the others! Where were they?! He looked around, but didn�t see them. He got up and stumbled around, trying to find his way out of where ever his currently was� He had then remembered being taken from behind by someone� although he blacked out before he could see who it was. He wondered why there was no one that he could see� �You would think someone would be on guard here�� he thought. Then he heard something. �Someone�s coming� He needed to hide�but where in a cave like this? Who ever it was was getting closer. He just ducked low to the ground and hoped whom ever would not see him. Who ever had stopped walking. He looked to see who it was�
�Lance?� JC asked, very surprized, jumping up from the ground and running to his friend.
�Get away from me, man! Who the heck is Lance?!� Lance yelled at him.
�Lance? Don�t you remember me?� JC looked at him, thinking he must of hit his head or something�
�No. Am I sopost to?� Lance looked at him like he was crazy.
�Yeah. We�ve known each other for like�6 years.� JC pointed out. This was defiantly Lance�but had something happened to him?
�Did those guys that took me do something to you?� JC asked, not really expecting an answer.
�No. They probably did something to you.� Lance remarked, sarcastically. JC glared at him.
�Geez�what happened, man? You used to be so nice�� JC said to him.
�Nice? Oh�you mean like this?� Lance punched him, really, really hard. Hard enough to knock JC down. Then Lance started kicking him until he was bored of it, then left. JC sat still until he was sure that Lance was gone then sighed. �What happened Lance?� Was the last thought in his mind before he blacked out.