Sam's POV

I looked around and people were running in the opposite direction of where the noise was coming from.

"What on earth is going on?" Jay asked looking in the direction of the noise as well.

"I don't know but you guys stay here and I am going to see what's happening" I said and started jogging towards where everything was happening but I got stopped by someone catching my hand.

When I turned around I saw Jay worried and not happy about me going away.

"Are you crazy? What if you get hurt out there? This city is way more dangerous than I expected and I am not letting you run out there and get yourself killed" Jay said with a very upset tone and I looked at Luke who looked at me in understanding on why I needed to go.

"Jay she's Sam, she is always curious and knows how to get out of situations like that, I am sure nothing will happen to her" Luke said in the most positive way he could.

Jay sighed and nodded and I started running in the direction of the noise once again, this time nothing stopping me.

Once I got as far as possible from the guys I used my super speed to get there as quickly as possible. I transformed at the same time and got there, and saw the faces I am way too sick of at this point.

They were in a robot type thing walking around and stealing things that they needed for who knows what.

I could tell they spotted my presence as the robot thing faced towards me.

"Hello hello hello" Dr Pontus said, in between his cliché evil laughter, so I cracked my neck and brushed my shoulders, as I was getting ready to fight them.

-Few days after-

Luke and I have decided that enough was enough and that we all needed a break. Especially me and Rachel from all this saving and such.

As I mentioned before to Jay, I wanted to organise a road trip, and I needed a car that could hold in 13 people.

Thomas mentioned he wanted to bring his sister along, and Zack has finally came back from his family holiday thing, so 13 people was what it added up to.

It was actually going to be 15 but Vicky's brother and his girlfriend dropped out of the idea because of their own holiday they were planning together.

So, me and Luke decided to pay a visit to the local bus hire, so we could hire a mini bus. However, the only person that would be able to drive it was Vicky, so soon after we picked the perfect bus, we had to call Vicky over to pick it up for us and drive it to my house so we can leave it there for the next day, as we were all going to meet at my house, with our stuff ready and us going in to the bus and having a small trip down to San Jose which was Thomas's idea.

The trip down was only 1 hour drive, but I could already tell that having 13 different types of people in one bus will turn into something interesting to say the least.

"Hey Vicky, come over, we need you to drive the bus down now" I said through the phone to Vicky, who was most likely in the middle of a book, seeing how she had the 'I hate this but fine' tone when she said she was coming over.

"Who would have thought that we were all going to go as a group to a different type of place and spend few days together...ah I am glad I'm here with y'all crazy ass bitches" Luke said laughing slightly and I giggled and rolled my eyes at his attitude. Typical Luke indeed.

After Vicky has come and we drove down to place the bus down, it was finally the trip day.

Eventually everyone gathered together and were ready for the trip ahead of them. I even knew the perfect first attraction to see.

Alice came down and then outside of our house, locking it securely, while dragging maps under hear armpits like the perfectionist she is. She said she doesn't trust Google maps so she was going to direct Vicky herself, which Vicky did not object to, but she did warn Alice that if she gets lost because of her, she'll put her in time out at the back of the bus and she'll use Google maps while never letting Alice navigate her again.

So finally, after we put our bags at the back of the bus where we still had spare seats, we got to our seats.

Vicky sat at the driver's seat, while Alice following her sitting next to her at shot gun.

I sat just behind Vicky, by the window which is my favourite spot, and of course Luke sat next to me. On the opposite side of us was Thomas and Helen, Thomas sitting next to his window.

Behind me sat Zack and Jay, Zack sitting near the window, probably avoiding any interactions with Jay, as though he knew their personalities would clash if any conversation were to take place.

On their opposite side sat Gemini and Hiro, which was not a suprise to anyone. Gemini sat next to the window, just in case Rach would throw something at her.

Behind Jay and Zack sat Rachel and Xander, Rachel sitting next to the window for some fresh air when needed, and to avoid having to see Hiro and Gemini together, while on their opposite side of them sat Felix by himself, so taking advantage of that, he put his legs across the other seat to make his journey a bit more comfortable.

"Okay let's go guys, make sure you have your seat belts on, and see if someone pisses me off, I am not afraid to return home and have you guys go away and think of what you've done, is that clear? Good, now let's rock n roll!" Vicky said, while we all looked at each other but shrugged the situation off.

During the trip, Luke couldn't help but take pictures, either selfies of himself with other people, because who was he to listen to Vicky about keeping his seatbelt on and staying in his seat, while also he kept on taking pictures of others, mostly for blackmail and birthday material.

"For god's sake Luke, get that camera away from my face or I'll break your phone in the most perfect half ever, you'll regret you'll life choices" Alice said, slapping away Luke's phone, while Luke rolled his eyes at her, and turned away his phone from her.

"Wow, we got some drama queen over there with her attitude that she should shove it up her-" he was cut off when Vicky made a fake coughing sound to remind them that they should behave, so Luke just turned around and started braiding my hair like the usual, while Alice went back to reading out the map to Vicky.

No one POV

While everyone was either chatting or driving the bus, like Vicky was, Hiro decided that it was a mildly amazing idea to bring a lot of snacks for the trip, however he didn't survive long as he fell asleep just after few minutes.

Gemini was reading her precious books, and laughing her head off at some parts, and perhaps, talking too loudly to herself about things that she found unpleasing.

Rachel couldn't take it anymore, so she commented "For the love of good things, lower your damn voice Gemini, can't you see that Hiro is sleeping?" Which made Gemini chuckle, while shrugging at Rach replying with "Haha! Nope!" Although she did lower her volume because she did care about not waking Hiro up.

She also decided that it was a good idea to read about the place they were going to, so she was at least the only one that was well informed, so she started looking up things and reading about them which made her positive about the trip that was ahead of them.

Eventually, Xander got bored because Rach is too busy looking out the window and being amazed by the ocean.

Eventually though,  Rachel called out to Vicky.

"Omg Vicky look, there is a nice beach with a wonderful ocean, can we stop there and have a look about ?" Rachel asked, still mesmerized by the sight.

"Nope, not the now, maybe AFTER we get back from the trip I'll allow it, but since I am driving, we are obeying MY rules" Vicky replied, and Rachel huffed.

Both Xander and Rachel then kept asking if they were there yet, which did irritate Vicky after a while, but she did not let that distract her from driving.

Eventually Rachel also spotted a yellow car which caused her to lean over and punch Felix in the arm who has been on his phone, either watching some anime, listening to music or reading some fanfics about who knows what, being moody about having to be there as he's not one for trips. Once Rachel punched his arm however, Felix glares at her and was already plotting the perfect way to get revenge while she laughed at him.

Eventually he went off to look out the window and scare people off from looking in his direction by giving them the serial killer stare.

At some point, Sam went onto her phone and send Jay some funny pictures she found, which lead to Jay and Luke swapping seats as Jay wanted to have conversations with Sam, while also because Vicky had to move Luke further away from Alice, as he was annoying her which was distracting Vicky from the car ride.

Thomas looked disgusted while seeing Sam and Jay together, while Helen was either on her phone or taking naps, while to distract himself, Thomas got out a book and read.

At some point the music came on and few people sang along to it like Xander and Jay, while Jay also eventually sang some road trip songs.

"Honestly, we are going to have so much fun on this trip!" Jay said happily like the ball of positivity he is.

"Yeah, fun...." Vicky mumbled while looking more done than ever in her life as she slowly realised that she doesn't want to be there with that bunch of kids and she got mad at the fact that her butt hurt from sitting for so long.

Luke eventually joined in with the singing, but of course he had to go the extra mile and sang louder than everyone else, which eventually had him feel bored, looking out the window, which struck an idea in his head.

"Omg, can I drive now? At least for a bit?" Luke asked, while going down on his knees, which gained a reaction from Jay.

"Hey no! I want to drive it first!" Jay responded, while Alice looked at them both annoyed.

"If anything, I should be the one who should get a shot first, and besides, I would be much more responsible behind a wheel than you two combined" Alice remarked and Vicky just stayed quiet.

Xander causally flipped drivers off that drive past their bus, since he was bored, while Rachel fell asleep next to him.

"Oh, we should go to that shop there, or maybe that place over there" Xander said as he pointed to different buildings as he didn't want to be on the road anymore.

"Actually, let's all calm down, we should stop at Starbucks over there as well" Sam added in.

Zack sat in the background, while either looking out the window and reading a book, or sticking his hand out the window for the sake of it, there wasn't anything in between.

"Ah, I want to buy something, let's stop by that gift shop" Jay added in to Vicky's irritation which soon lead her to slightly explode.

"Ya know what, let's play the quiet game. Everyone shut up or die!" Vicky snapped while slightly looking to her side and back onto the road to keep her balance while everyone went dead silent, or at least the people that weren't sleeping or reading books.

Alice started reading a book, knowing that Vicky already knew where she was going, while also knowing she'll irritate her by saying anything anyway.

At one point when Felix got bored, he stood up to some people's surprise and opened the window which was quite normal to some, until he decided to climb out it.

"Parkour for the win suckers!" He yelled while slowly climbing out to the top of the bus.

Gemini looked at Felix, trying to standup to go to him but also because her butt hurt from sitting too long, however her seatbelt kept her in place.

"Felix what the hell are you doing, the fuck?!" Gemini yelled and everyone else turned around.

Alice kept reading her book, knowing farewell that her boyfriend is being his typical self, and knowing that this is easy for him so harming himself like this is highly unlikely for him.

Thomas looked at Felix and stood up in shock.

"Felix, omg Felix get back in here, there is a van coming this way omg!" Thomas yelled at Felix while Jay looked at him with amusement but stood up too.

"Thomas! Felix ain't gonna listen to you, idiot!" Jay yelled back at Thomas, while Felix eventually got up on top of the bus while everyone freaked out and started yelling for him to come back, of course besides Alice and Vicky, and the sleepy heads; Rach, Hiro and Helen.

"Fuck sake Jay! Felix is out the damn window!" Thomas yelled in a panic and since he was also annoyed at Jay.

Finally Vicky couldn't take this whole thing anymore.

"I swear to all things good, if you guys don't stop I'm gonna turn this thing around so fucking fast, your grandchildren will have back problems from the pain I'll cause, so sit your asses down, shut up and listen to music!!" Vicky yelled out which automatically shut everyone up and everyone sat down on their seats.

At one point one of Sam's favourite songs came on, which got Zack show some weird dance moves, while Luke just looked like he wanted to stab someone.

"Honestly, how have we not crashed yet though?" Zack commented, fixing his glasses and Luke just shrugged.

Gemini got bored so she read road signs while Hiro eventually woke up and tried not to get car sick from eating too much and from how fast Vicky was driving although she was trying to be careful as she didn't want to die on this road today.

Sam's POV

After it seemed like forever, we arrived to our destination. San Jose.

Rachel had finally woken up, and did not feel the amount of minutes we had to drive around to get here, while we, the others were glad we got here eventually.

Helen was also woken up by Thomas, and we all got out of the bus, leaving our stuff behind and locking the bus so that no one would get in.

"I suggest we go visit the Winchester Mystery Mansion thing first since it seems interesting and apparently it's like a maze with traps etc but obviously this won't get us killed...I hope" Gemini said to the group, gathering up what she has learned from the books she has read on the way here that I've seen.

"Yeah no, we pass on any of your suggestions" Rach replied, glaring at Gemini, who glared right back at her.

"Okay guys, calm down there, Gemini's idea sounds really good and you should be more open to what she says Rachel, not just look at it with a negative perspective" Vicky said, this time much more calmer sounding, than on the bus.

Perhaps it was because driving makes her angry, or perhaps because she received a big hug from Zack who knows how to calm her nerves down, but that's besides the point.

(A/N just throwing in a disclaimer that I have no real idea what really happens in the Winchester Mansion when people visit it, other than the fact that it's a huge maze, however for the purpose of plot, I made it a little bit more interesting, so please do enjoy)

We all decided to make a visit to the Winchester Mansion.

It took us a bit of time to get there but once we did, we were stunned.

The building itself looked amazing as well as complicated, which definitely given away it's maze vibes. We were waiting at the entrance of the mansion for the person who was going to tell us more about it and explain what we needed to do, etc etc.

After two or so minutes, a guy with a very old fashioned red coat and vibe to his clothing came out of the mansion and bowed to us.

"Hello and Welcome to the wonderful and mysterious Winchester Mansion. I'm here to tell you what exactly you'll be doing. As you may all know, this house has been built in a random way which makes it complicated to go through rooms, which is why this going to be a challenge for the lot of you. I must warn you that you'll all be split up, have a fair chance of loosing one of you in the process, and perhaps, if not careful, could be a victim of any harm done upon them, so please do take this as a warning and as an opportunity to back away from this if you truly feel like it" The man explained and we all looked at each other, but none of us wanted to back away, as much as it was scary for us at this point.

"Fair well, during your challenge of going through this complicated piece of art, you'll have to face challenges which are needed if you want to go through, like thing and missions you need to complete to get to the next level, and of course, during those times you'll have to face hidden doors, halls, trap doors and everything in between. Also, just to clarify, this mansion is known to be hunted..." The guy paused and then smiled slightly at us "have fun" he finished and walked towards the big wooden doors to open it for us.

I looked at the group that was now hesitant to step inside, but most of us here have either super powers, or faced worst things than this, so I looked at them and signalled for them to follow after me, which to my satisfaction, they all did.

Once they all stepped inside, the doors automatically closed, leaving no light in the room what so ever, making the room pitch black to the point it was just darkness you could see.

Finally, when torches on the walls started to cast light all over the room, I realised that it was only me, Jay and Thomas who were left in the room.

"Eh guys, where are the others?" I asked them and they looked around and were as confused as I was.

"I have a bad feeling about this, but the guy did say we were all going to be split up" Thomas replied, scanning his surroundings.

"I didn't think we would end up being split up so soon" Jay said, his voice trembling as he did.

"Okay guys, we took this challenge upon ourselves and we aren't going back down now, let's go!" I yelled, in the most confident voice I could muster out of myself, and I started walking towards a nearby hall, while hearing soft footsteps behind me, knowing that Jay and Thomas decided to follow along.

Luke POV

After we entered the mansion and the door closed on us, we were left in darkness, until the lights came on and I found myself in a random room, with Vicky and Alice....ugh not her.

"Oh Jesus how did we end up in here? Where are the others?" Alice asked, looking quite spooked at the fact none of the others were here apart from us.

"I honestly don't know, but I am guessing this is one of the chambers in the house" Vicky replied, looking around the room, and finding clues along the way, about where we were at this very moment.

"Good observational skills there gorj but how on earth did we end up in here if there aren't any doors?" I asked, while spreading my arms and spinning around, indicating for them both to look at all the four walls, that clearly did not show any signs of doors we could go through.

"I am already scared and we haven't even done anything yet. How the hell...I am not even going to ask-" Alice said, but was soon cut off when Vicky looked down on a dresser that had a very dusty looking mirror on it, and there was a note with instructions, that had big golden calligraphic words saying 'challenge' written on it.

That's just fab isn't it.

I looked into the mirror and saw that my hair was kind of messy so I started styling it to look good while I let Vicky read the letter out to us.

"Hmm, the letter says that the challenge we have is for one of us to show a true affection to another member of the group that they truly feel attracted to in some shape or form" Vicky said, then raised her eyebrows, as she seemed quite confused.

However, something caught her attention on the letter, as she looked at it closer.

"There is also a very thin print that says 'it may seem like there is no doors, but not all doors look the same. Sometimes, you'll see yourself in them" Vicky read out again and we all turned around heads to the mirror in front of us that was oddly placed next to the dresser, placed on a wall, and to mine and Alice satisfaction, this one was much cleaner looking.

"Soooo, what exactly are we going to do?" Alice asked, looking at both me and Vicky, as to ask if we had a clue of any sort as to how to complete this challenge to get out of this sick looking place, however, Vicky nor I could come up with any plan what so ever.

Until, the words on the letter struck me like a lightning.

One of us was supposed to show some kind of affection to the person they feel attraction in any kind of way, and it was supposed to be in front of a mirror.

"Alright troops, one of us gotta show some love to another one of us" I smirked and Vicky and Alice had some funny facial expressions, when the most impropriate things went through their heads, as they looked at me in small disgust.

"Not that kind of thing. You know what, I'll do it for the team" I said as I dragged Vicky next to me in front of the mirror and hugged her in front of it.

But...nothing happened.

Ugh, what's happening?

I did the same thing with Alice, and that did not work at all, which wasn't a big of a surprise.

Both Alice and Vicky did the same thing, but the mirror didn't even move an inch. As if an light bulb appeared above my head, I got an idea.

I went in front of the mirror, and kissed it, as though I was kissing myself, but all that really did was gain some really disturbed and confused stairs from Vicky and Alice.

"What? I thought it would be worth a try. Ya know, since I find myself the most attractive and showing affection to myself would make a lot of sense. Also perhaps the mirror has feelings to ya know" I said, casually, and I could tell I was already annoying Alice to bits.

When I looked at Vicky, she looked like a light bulb also just appeared above her head.

"Actually Luke, you are brilliant! That's what we were supposed to do all along, but show MORE affection to the person we find attractive in some way!" Vicky said and I looked at her puzzled, turning around and looking at my reflection, and then turning back towards her.

"Honey, if I show more affection to myself, it will hurt my-" I was cut off when Vicky yelled in frustration.

"Not what I meant! See how we were hugging each other? That wasn't enough! Luke, out of me and Alice, who do you find more attractive?" Vicky asked, although I could tell she regretted that question because it was quite stupid.

"Well obviously you dummy, definitely not Alice, god her face gives me nightmares" I replied, dramatically fanning my face.

"Well I would find it weird if you found your cousin attractive...oh wait you do, but it's Sam" Alice remarked and I gasped while Vicky rolled her eyes, and before I could snap back at Alice, Vicky came up to me and leaned in very close to my face.

"Erm what are you-" I was cut off when Vicky placed her lips onto mine, and kissed me very slowly.

It felt strange but I kissed back and finally I could hear the squeaky noise of the mirror swinging open and Vicky pulled away, while walking towards the entrance, as we were finally free.

Alice followed suite, while I stood there for a second, feeling my cheeks burning.

"Capricorns sure know how to kiss don't they" I whispered to myself while smirking and walking after the two girls while the mirror shut itself behind us.

Zack POV

After we found out that we were mysteriously split away from our group, me, Helen, Xander and Felix were on our way, through some creepy looking corridors, to get ourselves out of this place, while avoiding any traps that could potentially cause some trouble, which none of us wanted.

Or so I thought.

"Do you think those ghost that hunt this place also get lost and have to call friends ghost through their ghost phones like 'yo, I have no idea where I am, so like could you help me out?' and then the other ghost would say 'dude you can go through walls, don't worry about going through all that crap of a maze'" Xander says to Felix, and they both laugh at it.

"Right, that sounds like some ghost on drugs that are still finding out about their identity" Felix laughed, and Xander chuckled.

"I mean since it's 21st century, they are probably considering if they are in the LGBT community or something like 'yo, I think I might be gay dude' while the other ghost is like 'thats sick dude, me too' and then they make out'" Xander says in between laughter, which causes both Felix and Xander to burst into laughter.

I started rubbing my temples from all of their immature behaviour, while fixing my glasses on my nose, thinking about how Vicky might be doing right now.

"Can you guys grow up already, we aren't here to goof around, but to think and analyse, and try finding ways in which we can escape this place" I said, looking at them both behind me, and they just shrugged while Helen just rolled her eyes.

"I am honestly so over you guys. I wonder where my brother went and if he's doing okay, I should probably go check on him" Helen said while trying to walk off.

I couldn't let her do that, so I grabbed her arm and stopped her from going anywhere.

"No no no honey, this isn't how it will all end. I am not letting kids go off like that on their own. We are sticking as a group and get ourselves out of here as soon as possible, before these two blow our brains out" I say, sounding like a mature mom or something and she just snaps her arm away from me and stays in place.

"Alright then but I ain't with them, they are your problem, not mine" Helen said, looking at the other two in disgust as they chatted away looking like two idiots.

"Got ya, now let's go guys!" I yelled and we all continued walking again.

Rachel POV

I was already dreading the fact that my group vanished as we entered the building, but the fact I ended up being in the same room with both Gemini and Hiro made my blood boil. This was not going to be as fun as I was hoping it would be.

We were currently standing in the kitchen, which did not help with the fact that Hiro was always hungry and wanted food, especially when he was scared.

"So, should we get ourselves out of this place now since we aren't really having any luck finding a way out in a kitchen" Gemini said, looking quite inpatient, which added to my satisfaction that she was also suffering every second of every minute, having to be around me.

"Hold on, trying to look for snacks to calm me down" Hiro's voice echoed across the kitchen, as he stood on the other side, looking through endless shelves.

"I am pretty sure there is no food  in this place, and if there is, I am sure it could poison you by now, as it has been here probably a long while" I explained and Hiro looked disappointed, but given up on looking and walked towards us, and we left the kitchen.

None of us really said anything, apart from Hiro pointing things out. All I could really do was give Gemini glares from my side, while she would do the same back.

"You know what, I don't understand what's your problem with me" Gemini snapped at me and I looked at her and raised my eyebrows.

"Oh now you wanna play dumb huh? It's pretty obvious really, and I am sure you already know what really makes me hate you" I replied, with a calm voice, but very much strick and serious in its tone.

"Well it's not really my fault is it? See my personality really clashes with yours, and I wanted to play around with you, since you really wanted my boyfriend to yourself. It was me simply saying for you to back off, that's all that is to it" Gemini said, quite confident in her words, and I was honestly going to explode.

"Oh really now? Well, it's not my fault I had a crush on him since the first day I came to my school. I never planned on stealing him because I wasn't going to become my mum and have him cheat on his girlfriend like my mum cheated on my dad. I was jealous, I'll admit that, but what really through me off from having any tolerance towards you was your way of showing off everything you did. From stealing my missions, to showing off the fact that you have Hiro and I don't, to showing off how you're better than me in any way, and that's what really made me hate you" I snapped at her, while Hiro kept quiet and Geminis expression looked puzzled, and it wasn't mad but more confused as though she was confused of her own actions.

This wasn't going to be fun for us at all.

Thomas POV

Me, Sam and Jay found ourselves in one of the chambers which we had to go through to get ourselves further into the house to find an exit.

Jay kept on whispering things to Sam's ear which made her giggle, and he kept his arm around her waist, and from time to time he wound kiss her head.

I felt like a third wheel in this situation, while also hating it to bits. I didn't understand what was his problem and what she saw in him.

He was the typical guy who would flirt with all the girls like a play boy. What does he have that I don't?

Then it hit me.

I'm not badass. I don't look cool in any way, nor I'm attractive, while he is all of that. Sam has the same personality to herself, which matches her well with him, while I'm just a simple looking nerd.

But guess what! That doesn't mean I wanna give up on her and something happening between us.

After few minutes of walking we ended up in a kitchen of the mansion, but it seemed as though someone was already here before us, as the door was slightly left open.

We three stood together, trying to keep each other safe, until some noise came from the corridors and Sam freaked out and took a hold of my hand, holding my arm with her other hand to keep herself close to me.

I kept her close while my cheeks were burning, and Jay looked at us confused until Sam looked at what she has done, and took a step back, also looking flustered as anything, which made me chuckle a bit.

Jay didn't say a word, but I could tell that some realisation hit him, but he hesitated, and didn't say anything when it did.

We decided to leave and continue with our search, until it suddenly got dark. As dark as it did at the beginning. However, after few seconds the torches light up once more, but this time it was only Jay and me in the room.

"Wait, where is Sam?" Jay asked, looking around, worry flashing across his face, while I freaked out and did the same.

"She was literally here few seconds ago next to us" I replied and we both started running around and calling out her name but we couldn't find her.

"Sam, I swear if this is some kind of a sick prank, it isn't funny anymore and you can come out now, we aren't 10 anymore" Jay called out, but Sam was no where to be seen.

"We need to find her" I said, although having to team work with Jay wasn't really good for me, it was best for the sake of Sam.

Vicky POV

All three of us were looking around different rooms and had to go through different secret passage ways which weren't as awkward as the first one, until we reached one of the Dining rooms.

It looked like one of those dinning rooms of some evil guys from horror films and I wasn't for it.

"I would never want to eat in a place like this that's for sure" Luke commented and then a spooky noise came from around us, which made both me and Alice jump as we hugged onto Lukes arms.

"What the hell was that noise?" Alice asked, her voice shaky.

"The guy did say it was haunted. You would know if you listened" Luke spoke back to Alice, and she give him a glare while me and her stopped holding onto his arms.

I rolled my eyes until the whole room went pitch black for few seconds, which made us all gasp or even scream in panic, until the lights came on and Luke was no where to be find.

"Luke? Where are you? Luke for god's sake this isn't funny, we get it you have opportunities to scare us but this isn't a good time!" Alice yelled out, and I looked around but Luke wasn't anywhere, like he vanished.

"This isn't good, we have to find him, and the others as well! Quickly!" I yelled and both me and Alice ran out of the dinning room.

Gemini POV

It has been few long minutes since Rachel burst out on us, and none of us said anything ever since.

"I wish the others were here with us" Hiro said and me and Rachel both nodded in agreement.

"I am already sick of this place, and I wish we could just get out already, what if we'll be here for days?" Rachel said and Hiro nodded but then he paused in his tracks.

"What if, there are clues in this house as to how to get out but we have been missing them? This mansion use to be something that was going to be a house for a couple until one of them died, so perhaps they had a way in which they planned on getting through it as an every day house" Hiro said, looking around and analysing the walls and me and Rachel looked at each other surprised until all the lights went off.

Once they came back on, Rachel disappeared.

"Where is Rach?!" Hiro freaked out and I started looking around, using my powers to scan around surroundings but Rachel wasn't anywhere near us which was really freaky.

Felix POV

We all ended up in another hallway, which we came to be in after some challenges and creepy rooms we visited.

"This is honestly boring as all hell now, like I don't smoke but I would totally start right now because of how bored I am" I commented on this situation, leaning against a wall in front of us as we made a stop.

"Stop whining, we are all as unpleased about this situation as you are, all we have to do is get out" Helen snapped back, crossing her arms, looking as though she hated everything and everyone around her.

All of a sudden, the wall behind me started moving and I quickly went away from it, as it opened revealing stairs going down stairs.

Zack came closer to analyse, until he took one of the torches from the left wall and slowly made his way downstairs.

"Dude what are you doing, we don't know what's down there!" Xander commented and Zack slightly turned towards him while stopping on one of the upper stairs.

"Well, but that could also lead us to the outside world, and if anything, we can protect ourselves" Zack replied casually until all the lights turned off, even from his torch.

When they came back on, it was only me and Zack who were standing by the stairs while Helen and Xander were missing.

"Where are those two?" I asked and Zack looked around, but signalled for me to follow him down stairs.

"I don't know, but I have a feeling they decided to make a run for it downstairs, and if they haven't, we are coming back to get them" Zack said and I nodded slowly, as we finally ended up in a big room, which was filled with all kinds of old things, like a basement but much different.

We started looking around, but there was nothing really remotely interesting to look out, nor there was any exit door, not even Helen and Xander.

However, on one of the walls, something caught Zack's attention. It was a map.

A map of the full building to be precise, and 4 small shinning dots on it which I assumed was the four groups that we could have been split up into.

However what was more confusing is that they flashed around, like they were going crazy and one of the dots was just above the dot that was representing us.

Zack decided to take a picture of the map, until he heard a loud screaming coming from above us.

No one's POV

Where Vicky and Alice were, they were still trying to find both Luke, the others and an exit.

When they were in one of many rooms in the house, they heard footsteps from outside, and they prepared themselves with something to protect themselves with and finally when the person came in, and as they went for an attack they saw that it was none other than Helen, who looked at them and flinched.

"Helen?" Vicky asked and put the chair down that she was going to attack with.

"Oh goodness, thank all that is good that I found someone. It all went pitch black and I found myself in different corridors I were in before hand, while I couldn't find Zack, Felix nor Xander who were with me" Helen explained and Vicky gasped.

"Omg you were with them? Damn it, we lost Luke" Vicky replied and Alice nodded along and Helen sighed.

"I honestly hate this place so much" Alice commented before Helen could do the same and Helen decided to just nod in agreement.

Suddenly a squeaking noise came from the floor, and all three of them looked down to see  where was it coming from until a trap door opened under Vicky's feet and she started falling while her screams echoed the room while Helen and Alice called out her name while running for her to catch her but there was no use as soon Vicky was down falling and the trap doors closed.

Zack POV

The screaming filled the room, and both me and Felix looked up, to see what it was and where it was coming from, until trap doors opened above my head and a figure came falling down, until I caught the person in my arms.

It was none other than Vicky.

"Vicky? It's you!" I yelled in excitement to see her and Felix looked in surprise that she was here.

"Zack?! Felix ?! Omg I can't believe it!" Vicky smiled and hugged me while jumping off and hugging Felix.

"What happened?" I asked, as I looked at her for some explanation on why she just fell down from the ceiling.

"Long story, but to summarize it, me, Alice and Luke ended up together, but then Luke went missing and we found Helen who said was with you guys until she lost you guys and run into us, while at that point a trap door opened under me and I fell, until you caught me" Vicky explained and Felix looked at her in shock while I sighed in relief knowing that Helen is okay but then that also doesn't explain where Xander went.

"Wait Alice is up there? Shes okay right?" Felix asked Vicky and Vicky nodded smiling.

"Don't worry, she's all fine, she's with Helen at the moment, but we really have to go find the rest as well as an exit, I don't want to be here any longer than I am" Vicky said in a serious tone and we both nodded in agreement as we left towards upstairs.

"I've also found a map of this house so that can help" I mentioned and Vicky looked in surprise as I've shown her the picture and she smiled widely.

"This makes things a lot better" she replied and we went walking towards other rooms.

Rachel POV

I have somehow ended up by myself in a drawing room, trying to find Gemini and Hiro, as they disappeared on me. The fact that I was alone in this creepy place did not make the situation for me any better as I was scared out of my mind.

I kept on hearing noises and I I hid behind one of the furniture's that I couldn't make out what it was, as someone came in to the room.

I was way too scared to come out so I closed my eyes and kept quiet as I heard footsteps coming closer and closer, until I started shaking and tears fell down my face from fear, until a soft hand touched mine and I slowly opened my eyes which met gorgeous grey eyes.

It was Luke.

"Luke? You're here! Thank God, I have been all along for the past 20 minutes!" I said and hugged him and he chuckled.

"I've lost Alice and Vicky too, so I've been wondering by myself as well until I heard noises and found you, but you don't have to be scared now" Luke replied, hugging me back and wiping tears off my cheeks, and I smiled at him.

We had a small moment of pulling away and smiling at each other until we heard a female voice calling out from the corridors.

"Help me! Anyone? Is anyone here?!" The voice called out, and while Luke and I looked puzzled, so we left the room and saw a figure in the distance.

"Hey you okay?" I called out, while the figure turned around and gasped.

"Rachel? Luke? Thank god I found you!" The person called out while jogging towards us and finally I saw the black and blue silky hair of none other than Sam.

"OMG SAM!!" I ran up to her and hugged her tightly.

"You don't even understand how long I've been walking around trying to find anyone. I've lost Jay and Thomas, and I've been scared ever since" Sam said and Luke also came up and hugged her.

"I've lost Vicky and Alice, but then I found your pretty friend over here and then you came about" Luke said while winking at me and I started blushing, but thank god it wasn't that light for them to notice.

"Well I lost Gemini and Hiro, so that's just fab isn't it" I said and Sam sighed.

"I feel bad for brining you guys here honestly, we should have just picked a nicer place" Sam said with shame in her voice while Sam shook his head.

"Don't worry Sammy, it's all good, I mean, we can tell some pretty cool stories after we leave" Luke said and laughed a bit while Sam rolled her eyes while I giggled.

Jay POV

Me and Thomas have been endlessly looking for Sam with no success which was getting frustrating for the both of us.

I could tell that Thomas had feelings for Sam, which was why I had a plan on how to mess with him when we finally get out of here, of course not to be mean, but to see if he's really worth my sugar cubes heart.

Thomas paused mid way his walk, and I looked confused at him until he shushed me before I could say anything, and that's when I heard footsteps.

We both looked around the corner, until we saw three people coming this way, and by further inspection, it was Gemini, Hiro and Xander.

"Oh thank god we found someone" Jay said while Thomas nodded and then proceeded to walk around the corner and waving at the others who jumped when they saw us but sighed in relief.

"Oh thank god we found others" Hiro mentioned, and Thomas agreed.

"Definitely, but we lost Sam, and we need to find her and others of course" Thomas commented, catching himself at the last part.

"We lost Rachel, and then ran into Xander when he wondered around screaming like a girl because he lost Helen, Zack and Felix" Gemini commented, smirking at Xander who gasped at her.

"I didn't scream like a small girl, I was just a bit scared but I was still calm okay, you just found me when you were passing by!" Xander called out but no one believed him really.

In front of us there was a door that we all decided to go through, and when we did, a strong ray of daylight and wind hit our faces.

I started laughing and yelling in excitement at the fact that we were finally out of the building, and I could finally see the outside again.

"I can't believe we got out!" Hiro said and automatically when we were out, the door quickly shut itself, as well as locking itself behind and we couldn't go back in.

"Now we can't find others" Gemini said in fear and we looked at the building in panic while trying to open the door with no use.

Alice POV

Me and Helen felt like we were walking in circles because of how some of the rooms looked exactly the same, and we haven't yet managed to run into anyone, nor did we find Vicky to check if she was okay.

"I want to see my brother again" Helen said, getting upset instead of scared or mad now.

I nodded and remembered that Sam and Felix are out there somewhere and I still haven't found them.

Suddenly, Helen and I heard footsteps of multiple people coming from around the outside and we quickly went out to see who was coming and it was none other than Sam, Rachel and Luke!

"Omg, you guys are here!" I called out, hugging my sister, then Luke and Rachel, while for the first time feeling glad I found Luke.

"It's so good to see you guys honestly" Sam replied laughing a bit while also hugging Helen who seemed glad to see them too.

"Me and Vicky thought you just ran off without us btw" I commented towards Luke and he gasped dramatically.

"I would never...ran away from Vicky like that" he said while smirking smugly while laughing and I just give him the death stare while the rest of them sighed and laughed a bit, but I was just honestly glad we found someone.

We all started looking around together, this time keeping an eye out for one another, as well as for the others and the exit out of this hell.

Finally, we found ourselves in front of the old library, and once we came in we heard voices coming out of the library.

Once we stepped in we saw Vicky, Zack and Felix looking around the library and I gasped in excitement while they turned around and smiled widely at us.

"Omg thank god you guys are here!" Vicky called out, while hugging each of us, however all I could do was run to Felix and hug him tightly while feeling glad I found him, while he chuckled and hugged me, also feeling happy to see me.

Zack came up and hugged Helen, being glad he found her because she was in his group, while also hugging Luke, Sam and Rachel and so did Vicky.

After our group greeting, it was time for some serious talk.

"Alright, now that we have most of the group, we need to find the rest and get the hell out of here" Sam said and we all nodded.

"I did find the map of this place and there might be a secret passage way here that could take us to a different part of the house which could lead us to the others and the outside" Zack commented and then turned around, looking at the bookshelves until when he moved one of the books, the shelf started shaking and moving left, showing a gap in the wall, big enough for us to walk through.

"You are a genius my dude" Luke commented, while kissing Zack's cheek playfully and walking towards it, and having others following Luke, while Vicky giggled and Zack just looked kind weirded out, but I don't blame him.

When we all finally walking all the way through, we found ourselves outside in the mansions gardens, finally seeing the outside that I was convinced I would never see.

Sam POV

"I can't believe we made it out!" Rachel called out, laughing in happiness while we all did the same, until we realised that the opening we came out of closed after us and we couldn't get back in to find others.

"Now we can't go back in! What about our friends who are still in there?!" Felix freaked out and so did Luke afterwards and we tried finding a way to get back inside which wasn't something all of us wanted to do but it was for the sake of our friends, however we heard voices from other side of the tall fence, and once we came out of the gardens, we saw the rest of our friend group standing by the door, trying desperately to open it with no use.

"Omg guys, you are out of there too?! Omg!" Rachel called out and the rest of them turned around and called out in happiness as we all ran at each other and had a group hug.

"Thank god you guys are safe" Thomas said and we all just couldn't believe this moment would happen.

~Hour or two later~

After that horrible nightmare of a mansion, we all went to a park to goof around on the playground, like the idiots we are, while gaining stares from other people who probably thought we were too old for a playground for 5 year olds.

We have also visited a zoo and some shopping centers because we had to take a breather from what happened in the house, but after a fun day it was finally time to go home.

We all stepped inside our bus, as the sun was setting down and the sky was becoming much darker than it was before.

We all took our previous seats, and Vicky started driving us home.

"This was a day I'll definitely never forget, even if someone brain washes me" Gemini commented.

"Can't agree with you more" Xander replied and we all laughed.

After few minutes some of us started to become sleepy, and so did Vicky, but she kept her control over the bus by telling Alice to splash water on her every once in a while.

At one point Alice didn't have much water left, so Vicky ordered her to switch places with Thomas who had his water that he could do the same with, so they did.

Suddenly, we heard a huge noise like something broke, and Vicky started freaking out as the bus took on speed.

"Vicky what are you doing?" Felix called out from his seat and she started panicking while Thomas tried also controlling the speed but noticed that the pedals were broken, and it wasn't an accident but someone must have broken them before they left and they decided to finally let go and break completely now.

"Guys, someone messed with the pedals and now we can't stop the bus!!" Thomas yelled and I freaked out, and stood up, and so did others.

No one POV

Vicky was trying to think of a way in which she could freeze the bus to stop it but she knew there was a risk of the bus tipping over, or freezing in place, causing other cars to crash into it, which could really do a lot of damage at the end.

Thomas looked terrified, trying to think of something, while he knew his magic wouldn't do much help either, although the water could slow the bus down, but that was also a danger for them all and for others, especially since he could reveal himself to others that he has powers.

Gemini being the demigod also couldn't come up with an idea, especially since she couldn't really stop the bus with her magic, nor would shadow teleporting it somewhere else would help as her magic can really do that, and if she could, it could cause some damage to the people in the bus.

Alice hugged onto Felix, freaking out that they could die.

Helen freaked out as she also knew that her magic wouldn't help, for the same exact reason as why Vicky's wouldn't help.

Jay freaked out and Luke looked at Sam and Rachel for any answers, while they both freaked out.

"Rach maybe you can do something?" Thomas turned around towards Rach and she looked in panic towards him, while Sam was confused on how he knew.

Jay was puzzled until he noticed that there were cars in front of the bus, coming nearer and nearer.

"Guys there as cars in front of us that we will crash into!!" Jay yelled and both Sam and Rachel panicked on what to do until they all saw purple electrical waves going around the bus in symmetry, like some kind of energy was taking over the bus and slowing it down, until a dark purple portal opened in front of the bus and once they went through it they appeared in front of Sam's house while the bus was just there, standing in place.

Sam looked around and saw none other than Alice and Felix , Alice calming down her purple electricity coming from her arms while Felix eyes stopped glowing purple and he stopped his black/purple flames from his hands.

Everyone looked at them in shock, especially Sam.

"What?" Sam whispered in total disbelief while Alice looked awkwardly at her.

Finally I've wrote this chapter, which was one of the more exciting ones I must say.

Over 9000 words which is a new record for this book but I had to make it this long, hence the excitement behind it.

The last part has been something I've been planning on doing from the start of the book and the fact I had the opportunity to finally include this is amazing.

Thanks for reading and see ya guys next time.

Bye

~Vickyxx