Chapter 3- The Portal

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Me and Jack eventually find them in the Egypt area looking at a tomb thing. When we get closer, I spot each of the boys with a arm around one of the girls. Mike with Sky. Grace with Zane. And Maddie with Buck.

"Well you guys have been busy" says Jack walking over to them, "I am guessing you all partnered up?"

"Yea" they all say with happiness and worry in their voice.

"Are you two ok with it?" Asks Mike to me and Jack.

"Of course!" Replies Jack with excitement.

Then they all turn to me. I force up a smile and walk over to them.

"Tell me all about it!" I reply with as much happiness in my voice I could master.

"Well we all made out" replies Buck.

"BUcK!!" They all shout at him with embarrassment and anger.

"Sorry!" He replies completely ashamed.

"I thought so" I say "where are the places I have to avoid?"

"Ok! Sky and Mike did it behind a big T-Rex in the Jurassic area!" Replies Buck with excitement.

"Buck and Maddie did it in the janitors closet!" Adds Mike.

"Zane and Grace?" Asks Hack to the two silent goths to our left.

"Future area" replies Zane with a proud look on his face. Jack then turns to me.

My smile grows "I new it!" I say with joy.

"What?" Asks Maddie confused in my response.

"I guessed that you guys would make out in those areas!" I reply trying to hold in my laughter "was it good?"

"Yea" they all reply at the same time.

We stand there in silence then crack up laughing. "What about you two?" Asks Sky through the laughter.

"Nothing happened" I reply "just talked"

"About?" Asks Mike like he was a detective on a case.

"Stuff" replies Jack clearly getting uncomfortable.

"What kind of stuff?" Asks Maddie with a cheeky grin.

"No Maddie, nothing in your ideas is right" I reply crossing my arms over my chest.

"You don't know what I was going to suggest!" She barks.

"I didn't but I could make a very educated guess" I reply with confidence. The then spot the click behind them, "shit"

"What?" Asks Zane.

"The teacher wanted everyone back to the lobby at 2:35! It's 2:45!" I reply with fear in my voice.

Everyone looks at each other then bolt to the lobby but in a few minutes.

We are lost.

"Check the map again!" Buck demands.

I look down at the map in my hands then back up at the sign a few feet from us.

"According to this and the sign...we are in the furthest part of the museum" I reply.

"Hey!" Someone yells behind us.

We all turn around to see a lady speed walking over to us with her blonde hair in a pony tail and wearing the uniform of the workers in the museum.

"Your the missing eight! Quickly come with me!" She walks past us but we just look at each other. "Hurry up if you want to catch the bus!" She yells out.

We all jog up to her as she waves her way through the museum. After a few minutes of speed walking, we finally see the T-Rex bones at the front of the museum.

She leads us out the front of the museum but all the busses and students and staff are gone.

They wouldn't of left us behind? They should of known we weren't accounted for?

"Dam! They already left" says the blonde lady.

"That's fine, I can call our teacher to see what's going on" I say taking out my phone.

"No need!" Says the lady very quickly "I can get a bus to take you guys back"  she gets out her phone and calls someone and walks away.

Everyone comes to me in a huddle.

"They would of done a head count before they left, right?" Asks Zane.

"Yea, our bus would of stayed till we were found" adds Grace.

"So why did they leave?" Asks Jack.

I quickly text our teacher but a few minutes pass and there's no answer.

"A bus is on its way!" Says the lady in a cheerful voice as she walks back over to us.

"Umm...miss?" I ask her.

"Rena" she replies with a smile.

"Ok, Miss Rena, does your museum do announcements for missing people?" I ask her.

"Well of course Isabella! Now there's your bus" she walks away from us and to a black bus pulling up. "Go on! Get in!" We all get in the bus and the driver closes the door.

"To Waterfall High?" Asks the driver.

"Yes" I reply as we head to the back. Once we all sit down, I turn to the others. "We need to get off this bus" I say in a whisper.

"Why?" Asks Buck.

"I never told the lady my name" I reply.

"She probably sore your name on the missing list with your photo" adds Sky.

"That's the thing, we won't missing" I reply.

"What do you mean?" Asks Maddie.

"I mean, the teacher would of never of left if students won't accounted for, so we must of been accounted for" I reply, "someone has replaced us, we are in dan-"

"So! Isabella! How are ya going?" Asks the driver before I could finish.

I look up.

"Great! How are you?" I yell back trying to stay calm.

"Good! How is your family? Wait! Didn't they die?! Right! Your an orphan now!" He says.

Shock and fear consumes my body. I get up and walk down the bus to the driver.

He looks up to see me, "hey there!" He says but I ignore him and grab his throat with my hand and squeeze.

"Bella!" Yells Jack racing down the bus and pulling me off the driver with the others running over to us.

"How did you know?!" I yell at him breaking Jacks hold, "no one knows that! What do you want with us?! With me?!"

He turns to look at me with a huge grin on his face.

"I need you to die"

Fear freezes my body and my heart stops.

He then opens his window and jumps out leaving the bus running. I just stand there in shock as everyone tries to figure out how to drive a bus.

When there all yelling, I just turn and look out the window to the road ahead.

I feel a strong power start to surround the bus and see a white, blue and purple portal open up in-front of us. 

The bus enters it and everything goes white.

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