AN – I should be writing Chemical Burns however this idea came smashing in, that's what I get for playing Far Cry 3 right before bed. The plot semi-resembles it but that's it, M Warning: Gore, Violence and Character death are prominent in this story, you have been warned. Like always I own nothing and please support the Official Release.

The goal was to reach ten thousand dollars; it seemed like a dream that we could spend our senior class trip somewhere Tropical. The ten grand was only to get there and pay for hotel, food, etc. and anything else you needed you brought extra money for. Palmyra sounded like it would be a dream and that made everyone work that much harder, everyone being the whole gang of course. Robbie made a comedian act with Rex and put on shows, Jade, Tori and Cat had a benefit concert. Beck, well he just did things that made him, him which was easier since he and Jade remained spilt but still friends. That left Andre who performed with the girls and at the same time got a record deal at the last moment, he alone brought in the entire amount since the company had given him a black credit card for the trip hoping that it would be incentive enough for him to return and join their label. Pulling up his Slap page Robbie checked everyone's status to see what they were doing, first up was Tori, always Tori since he had a small crush on her, luckily Trina graduated and wouldn't be coming with them this trip.

Tori – OMG Trina somehow convinced mom we needed a chaperone, luckily they asked Alex to come too. Let's just hope he stays on his medication.

Oh course, it was just his luck that Trina would be coming along as well.

Jade – Let's just leave her somewhere a la Tom Hanks
Tori – There's an idea that I think my parents won't completely agree with

Beck – Remember your passports everyone, already put mine into my pants for tomorrow
Sinjin – You have traveling pants too?
Beck - ….No

Andre – How long is the flight?
David – 13 hours, that's like ten movies.
Andre – I might just watch a tv show I've been waiting to see
David – Teaching Lies?

Cat – Mommy made me make sure we bring extra medicine for Alex

Rolling over his bed Robbie checked his backpack which would be the only carry on he would be allowed to bring. Like all times he traveled he kept an extra pair of socks and boxers in it along with his allergy medication and pearpod, anything else he might need right at the hand including books and a DVD player. Thinking about the flight he hoped that he sat next to Tori and could share his DVD player with her and in turn headphones. Making sure to grab his headphones as well he got a look from Rex where he sat.

"You better not forget me, I would love to see the ladies sunbathing," Rex said and Robbie sighed, of course he wasn't going to forget Rex, however Rex was going in the checked luggage.

"Yes and you're still being checked no arguing about it.' Continuing to pack Robbie went to bed early since they needed to all be at the airport by seven am.

The next morning Robbie sat in a little coffee shop waiting for boarding; it wouldn't be for a few hours however he was still ready to go. The first person to arrive was the Vega's, Tori coming and sitting down next to him causing him to smile but assume it was only to get away from Trina. Complaining about how early it was and the fact that they asked her to step out of line to be rescanned. A little while later Cat, her older brother Alex and Sinjin came in chatting it up. Eventually Jade, Beck, Andre and Mr. Sikowitz arrived as well. Cheering for the trip they broke into groups playing cards, chatting or catching up on sleep that was much needed. Within a few hours they were all in the plane which would make one stop and a transfer before arriving. Counting himself lucky he got to spend the first part of the trip here in between Tori and Cat which Andre, Beck and Jade behind them and Trina, Alex and Sinjin in front. Just as he had hoped Tori asked to listen to his DVDs with him but an hour into the movie she was already asleep on his shoulder. Brushing her brown out of her face he admired her beautiful olive skin and soft features as she breathed slowly.

"She's cute when she sleeps," Cat muttered, "And it makes me sleepy as well." Yawning Robbie soon found two girls sleeping on him and the yawn of Cat was indeed quite contagious as he too was soon asleep as well.

The landing didn't actually wake Robbie up, instead it was Tori trying to squeeze by so when he opened his eyes he saw her very nice rear and his first thought was that she must be a runner to keep it toned.

"I'm sorry to wake you like that, I was going to get my things then wake you." Yawning and stretching Robbie smiled.

"It's okay Tori, we here?"

"Yeah the transfer, the plane is smaller so I don't think we'll be sitting together but I hope we are on the return."

Blushing at her comment he nodded quickly and rose to gather his things. She was right, the next ride was on a much smaller plane but the series of islands they were going to couldn't handle the larger planes. Palmyra was a normal tourist location and it was apparent the moment they landed as they were greeted by beautiful women in grass skirts and muscular men with no shirts. On the way to the hotel they lost Sikowitz to the grove of coconut trees and it wasn't sure if he heard their room numbers. Thanks to the upgrade by Andre the rooms were, one for Robbie and Sinjin, one for Andre and Beck, Cat and Jade, Tori and Trina then Mr. Sikowitz was to bunk on any of the couches in the rooms.

With five days of paradise bliss the gang decided the beach would be the best to relax. While Cat played with Sinjin in the ocean Jade, Tori and Beck worked on their tans while Andre strummed his guitar and Robbie got drinks. At the bar he asked for several fruit drinks and while he waited he heard a man giving a sales pitch of sorts but being show down. Sitting next to Robbie he smiled.

"Hey would you like to hear about this amazing island, it's only an hour away called Hanoi and it is an untouched paradise."

"If it's so perfect then why are you telling people about it?"

"Look kid, no lies, my tribe doesn't let me go to the island but I lost something very important to me there. I hide my request in a free trip to the island so my family doesn't find out it went missing. It's a small wooden totem carved into a sea beast."

"Help me with the drinks," Robbie said carrying them back to his friends.

"Who's the new guy?" Jade asked as Sinjin and Cat came up for their drinks.

"You can call me Hank, my island name is a little hard to pronounce, I was telling your friend here that I know of an island untouched by human hands and wanted to know if you wanted to explore it."

"We have paradise right here," Beck explained.

"Yes but on Hanoi you can see true nature, know untouched piece of the world."

"What's the catch?" Jade asked and he held his hands up looking over at Robbie, "There's a fruit tree on the island, the Dragonstar tree whose fruit my mother loves but I cannot go onto the island. I was hoping that if I ferry you over you could find some for me? I will return just before it gets dark."

"It sounds like a crazy adventure that we will have forever," Cat said excited and the others agreed Sinjin was just happy to be involved and not yelled at. Back in their rooms they told Trina and Alex about it, Trina was all about it but Alex was not. He said they could go but he was fine just staying here. Lying in bed that night Robbie watched an old movie while falling asleep and dreamt of him and Tori becoming stranded but making a wonderful life for themselves. The next morning everyone met Hank at the docks and climbed onto his ship, like he said it was only an hour away and soon they were standing on a beach where no one else had been before. Each had a backpack or bag of daily survival including a lunch, Hank asked them to remember to pick up after themselves as he left.

"What do you think we should be doing guys?" Cat asked hyper as always.

"I think we should locate the tree first then explore from there so we have a base if anyone gets lost," Tori said and they all agreed. Walking through the forest Trina noticed that there weren't any bugs then smacked Tori who made the comment that it meant less complaining, less talking. Pulling Rex's head out of the backpack Rex started to quip but fell silent as they arrived at the edge of a cliff. Far down below was a lake of some sorts. Kicking a rock off the edge Sinjin counted as it fell and watched it sink.

"Guys, there's a path leading up on the other side," I think we could jump off here and walk back up.

"That's a long walk," complained Trina quieting for a moment as Beck removed his shirt.

"Come on and relax Trina," Andre said moving over to a series of stumps and looking at it, "We can stash our things here then jump down, splash around for a bit and climb back up." Doing so as he pulled his own shirt off he took Jade's things and Beck's, prepared for the day they both wore swimsuits.

"Anyone who wants to jump, jump, we'll meet you back where Hank dropped us off," Beck explained as Andre ran and leapt off the air screaming in joy as he sailed down into the cool water. Laughing Beck followed suit joined by Jade and a fully clothed Cat giggling like a mad woman. Looking over at the Vega girls Robbie shrugged.

"No way, I am not doing it," Tori said with Trina nodding but froze her eyes widening. Before Robbie could ask why someone came up behind him and smashed his head with an object and his world went black. Fading in and out he heard Trina swing and the sound of someone being slapped. Crying as he felt himself being dragged away. A flash of some sort of rifle slung around his capture's body then the darkness overtook him completely.

Opening his eyes some time later he groaned tasting blood in his mouth which he spat out to the side. For some reason his glasses were still on his person however the left lens was cracked. Struggling to wipe the dirt from them he found that his hands were bound behind his back that was when he took in where he was a cage.

"Anyone there?" he gasped out softly but loud enough for someone to hear as a man in a red shirt came over and sat down behind him.

"Hello Mr. Shapiro, I hope you had a good rest. Don't be too alarmed I found your name in your wallet, I must admit I have never seen a ventriloquist act before would you mind showing me?" He was friendly but scary at the same time. "We have your doll over there if that will make you more comfortable. Well say something damnit!"

"Where are my friends?" Rex asked earning a clap from the man.

"That is amazing, your lips they did not even move. As for your friends, the two pretty girls, well they are safe at the moment. Pretty girls like them go for a lot when it comes to ransom and a reward, the others in your group are still out there but they would be better off with us here then out there. The tribals on this island man, they eat people." Robbie's eyes widened.

"Are you going to kill me?" Rex asked softly earning a laugh from the man.

"Of course, you are only worthy for entertainment but I don't see your act lasting that long." Pulling Robbie's bindings from the cage and allowing him to stand up, still tied up the man walked over to Rex. "See you can only have a few acts with this dummy before it gets stale, but Emanuel over there, he is making you a special doll out of molded c4, one screw up and boom!" With that he tossed Rex aside and he exploded, triggering a mine that the man had set up for display. "See you run, you die but if you stay you die so it just depends on you mate." With that he turned and walked over to a series of shacks. Unable to cry for his lost friend Robbie's mind raced towards escaping and getting to his friends. For now Trina and Tori were alive and would stay that way but he wanted to get them and find the others as soon as possible. Watching the guards and their movement Robbie used a skill he learned in dance class to get his bindings in front of him and, using a rock, began to but away at the rope. Once it was gone he resumed the position and made some noise. Catching on of the guard's attention Robbie waited until the man was leaning over he grabbed the guard and kneed him in the face. Picking up the gun, just in case he crept into the camp, moving pass the remains of Rex he did shed a tear before moving on. There was a pair of guards talking which caused Robbie to pause to listen in while they did.

"I hear Raul ordered the girls to be taken to the March Caves in order to get them all pretty for the video he wants to make for their parents."

"Ha, you gonna go check it out?"

"Nah, Raul's crazy man, he'll cut your ear off if you make a noise that upsets the work. Nah with him being in the March Cave I'll be on the other side of the island."

"So in San Ri then?"

"You know man, just drinking a few."

They laughed and Robbie continued on stepping lightly unless there were more mines planted around the camp. Once he was out he heard men shouting and he started to run, turning and firing randomly into the trees. Return fire came back but without seeing him it was completely random. Ducking Robbie through his hands over his head and slipped on some wet leaves tumbling forward and crashing down the side of the hill. Rolling and bouncing he smashed hard into a tree and once again passed out. A squeaking sound woke him up to the sight of a monkey sniffing him, pushing the small creature off of him he smiled and looked around. The smile vanishing when he realized where he was, though his body hurt he knew he had to move, he could either walk to island looking for the bar, the cave or the others. Not knowing where to go he simply started to walk, heading towards where they had stored their things before they were captured. Struggling with the weapon he pulled the ammo out and counted it before putting it back in, the movies made it look so much easier. Sighing he rose and continued into the forest, some days he wished he was more athletic but he guessed that if they were stuck here for a long time then he probably would. Somehow he made it back to the jump and there was no sign of anyone at all. Good news was the bags were already gone which might mean that the others were here and now gone, maybe they were at the beach.

Running towards the beach Robbie came out to empty sands but before he could cry he heard someone shouting. Heading towards the direction of the shout he saw more men with guns and hid behind a fallen tree, from here he could see it was that one man, Raul, with Cat and Sinjin. Edging his way closer Robbie tried to listen in on them.

"Girlie you should just tell me where your friends are otherwise something bad might happen."

"I don't know where they are," cried Cat and Sinjin looked hurt, torn between comforting her and not getting killed.

"What if you're lying to me?" he asked shooting Sinjin in the leg. All three of them gasped as Sinjin screamed and fell to the ground. Laughing Raul stepped over him towards Cat. "How about you come back with me to camp and I'll let you see your other friends? Tori and Trina."

Seeing the recognition in her eyes from their names she nodded and reached for Raul's hand. Leading her over the crying Sinjin he shouted, in Spanish, for them to string him up by the bullets. Once they were gone the other men hung Sinjin upside in the tree by the leg that was shot. Laughing they left him there to die. Once he was sure they were all gone Robbie ran out and climbed the tree, letting Sinjin down easily. Carrying the boy, who had passed out Robbie, led him along the beach for a while until he saw a small cave. Pulling him inside he went outside and pulled some branches to cover the opening. Not knowing what to do about his leg he figured that wrapping it would be best and he tore off a section of his shift to wrap the leg waking Sinjin up with fresh tears.

"Rob? What's going on?" he cried.

"I'm not sure buddy, honestly it looks like this unpopulated island isn't as unpopulated as we though. There's someone who is going to sell Trina and Tori, probably Cat back to their family for lots of money. I haven't seen Beck, Jade or Andre though, have you?"

"After we climbed out of the water a group of men tried to capture us, I jumped back into the water and made sure Cat who hadn't got out yet was hidden with me."

"Were they in red shirts?"

"No, they looked like natives with clothes of leaves and animal hide."

Those must have been the natives Raul had been talking about and if he was bad enough to do that to Sinjin and he thought the natives were worse that would mean they were in for a long time. Finally the realization of it all caused Robbie to cry and he let himself do it because no matter what happened in this cave would stay here, with Sinjin hurt it was up to him to find the others.

In any other light no one would have voted Robbie to be the hero, but it wasn't like he had any choice. If he just gave up and hoped Beck, Andre or even Jade came to the rescue; he might as well just go back to Raul and see what punishment he'd receive. He had a gun, a full clip and a hurt friend, as he gathered some wood outside the cave he wondered what would happen next. A gun shot caused him to drop the wood and hit the ground, scrambling to bring his own gun up he scanned the woods. Another pop behind him and he rushed back to the beach without grabbing the wood. Crawling into place behind the exposed root of a tree Robbie scanned the beach and saw a young man running away from two men in red chasing him. It was Andre! Seeing Andre turn and fire randomly at the men Robbie gulped, he had to help. Taking aim, with shaking hands he readied in on one of the men. A shot rang out and the man in his sight fell but Robbie hadn't fired. Lowering the gun he saw that Andre had paused near the cave and simply shot the man, he looked to be having a break down at the sight as the other man came close. Taking a deep breath he raised the gun and fired.

A few minutes later he and Andre were back in the cave hugging, "Man I was so terrified," cried Andre as they pulled back. "When I came out of the water there were these men, yelling at us in some language I didn't know. We thought that Hank was mistaken about no one living here and they were just natives but Jade tried to pull away and they hit her. Next thing I know there are more of them and they're grabbing us, that's when I saw Sinjin dive in for Cat. What happened to him?" Sinjin watched with heavy eyes and said nothing.

"He saved Cat's life but those men found them and threatened Sinjin if Cat didn't come with him and to prove it he shot him."

"Oh crap I'm sorry man," Andre said, meaning it since Sinjin acted a whole lot less weird then he did those first few years. The truth was that he acted out to hide the fact that he was gay and came out to the gang last year who accepted him completely.

"It's okay, at least they didn't hurt her."

"He was brave Andre, you and Beck would have been proud. He took care of Cat, making sure that she wasn't hurt."

Moving over to Sinjin Andre squeezed his shoulder, "Thanks man," earning him a smile since it was known among the boys that Andre had a thing for Cat.

"Enough beating around the bush, we're going to need real medical supplies if we want Sinjin to be okay," Robbie said bringing it all back around. "Were the people that were chasing you the ones who caught you?"

"No, actually we were being taken somewhere when those men attacked. I fought to get away and ran pass them grabbing this gun from the car before continuing on. I wanted to look for the beach and maybe flag down Hank if he was close to shore or something."

"So we have natives and criminals on the island with us and it seems neither one of them wants us here. I heard some men talking about Tori and Trina," he broke to make sure he wasn't crying and almost did when he felt Andre put a hand on his shoulder. "They were being taken to a cave called March Cave on the other end of the island. If we keep low in the trees just at the edge of the beach we should be able to see anyone coming."

"What about Sinjin?" asked Andre and Robbie sighed.

"Either he comes with us or one of us stays here with him."

"No, just give me some firewood, I can use my glasses if need be, and something to eat I should be fine."

"Andre did you get your backpack and the others?" Andre shook his head which perplexed Robbie, if he didn't take them who did? "Well I have a few granola bars and half a bottle of water." Andre had two bottles of water but kept them for him and Robbie, Robbie waited with Sinjin as Andre went to located fruit in the trees.

"What if I die out here?" Sinjin asked after a few moment of silence. Robbie remained quiet while he looked at the ocean from between the leaves.

"When we get to a boat we'll bring it around and get you on board. Honestly the worst case is you lose the leg," he said with a smile that faded when he saw Sinjin's serious expression.

"Worse case is that we all die."

Andre came back a few moments later and all three hugged before Andre and Robbie headed out. Their hike only took a few hours of which they kept in silence before they came over to a ridge and peeked over. Down below there was a vehicle driving into the mouth of the cave with several men in it and a flash of long, red hair. Robbie placed his hand on Andre's shoulder to keep him from running down there to save her.

"You need to not be dead in order to save her," he reminded him and Andre nodded.

"What's the plan?"

"Just wait and watch, like I said they need the girls alive at least for now so we have that, let's just sneak around there and take stock of what is going on." Andre smiled looking at his nerdy friend.

"Video games?" he asked and Robbie smiled as well.

"Yeah a little, but Sinjin…this is real, there's no do overs."

Nodding Andre checked his gun and went his separate ways. Before he got that far he felt Robbie's arm.

"Whistle 'Make it Shine' that way we can know not to shoot each other."

Staying low and creeping around Robbie counted five men who were lingering about, very lax however since they weren't expecting any visitors it made sense. At the same time it felt like it was more than normal since they had guests. Getting closer to the cave Robbie hid behind some barrels and peeked inside catching himself from calling out to Tori who they had inside a cage with her sister and Cat. He wanted nothing more than to rush over and hold her in his arms. A low whistle through the trees made him look around for it and creep his way back towards the spot he had come from. Returning to Andre he knelt down near him.

"I saw five men and the girls in a cage," Robbie told his friend.

"I noticed three more and a man who appeared to be their leader, Raul?"

"Yeah, that's the one I escaped from. What should we do?"

"Well Raul was talking about his boat down there, that he wants to make the movie with the girls then take them to a smaller island off shore where they will wait for a reply."

"They have a boat?"

"Yeah, sounds like it."

"Okay well first things first one of us could head back into the forest that way," he pointed, "There was a small camp that I passed with a few men in it. Looked like a scout building or something," Andre explained, "One of us can go there and cause a problem, bring the men away and then head in and rescue the girls, maybe even take the boat. And when I say one of us I meant me, I also remembered some barrels marked explosive, maybe I can use the gun to make some fireworks. Just stay here and wait for the bang then head in when they run off."

Not wanting to agree but not knowing what else they could do Robbie nodded, "Just don't get too close, if you can."

"No promises, smile Robbie, we'll get through this." With that he turned and headed into the woods. Leaning against the rocks while cleaning his gun Robbie heard and felt the signal, a massive explosion one could even see the fire ball in the distance. Turning Robbie watched as three men and Raul climbed into the truck and took off shouting, which left two behind. Making his way down the hill he peeked inside and saw one of the men listening as Cat sung him some songs. It must have been a while since he heard good music because he was tapping his foot along. Tori was on the other side of the cage taking care of Trina who was crying. Before heading inside he looked around the outside looking for the final guy and found him smoking a cigarette. Coming up behind him he couldn't bring himself to shoot the man but instead pictured him hurting Tori and smashed him with the butt of the gun. Going down and staying down he turned his pockets out hoping to find the keys but instead found some extra ammo. Making his way inside he threw a small pebble at Tori who looked up and all the sorrow and anguish that was once there was all gone. Before she could speak he motioned for her to be quiet, moving up he smashed the final guy's head before Cat could say anything.

"Oh my god Robbie I am so happy to see you!" Cat cried out trying to hug him through the bars. Turning the man's pockets Robbie found the keys to the cage and opened it being tackle by all the girls. Though he in heaven especially with smelling Tori who despite being captured in a cage on an island still smelled good he snapped back to reality.

"We need to get the keys for the boat," he said and Tori stepped up.

"The leader, Raul kept them in a box over there," she pointed to a desk, "He took it out a few hours ago and returned with some video recording equipment, what were they going to do?"

"Ransom money, demand a lot for your safe return."

"What about you?" Tori asked with real concern in her eyes, "They caught you with us but you escaped."

"Yeah but only because they…were going to kill me." All the girls, including Trina, gasped at that.

"No way, that cant be true," Trina said but Cat grew quite.

"Have you seen Sinjin?" she asked and Robbie nodded.

"He's at the beach, we can get him one we get the boat over there. Andre should be coming back soon as well, he's the one that caused the distraction." Robbie explained as he searched for the keys, discovering them he told the girls to hurry and they climbed on board of the boat which looked more like something a modest traveler would have, probably stolen. Looking at the controls Robbie realized he had no idea how to drive it when Trina came to him.

"I learned to impress a boy I liked," she explained and started it up. Suddenly there was some noise just outside the cave and Trina started to work faster. Taking aim Robbie lowered the gun as he heard someone whistle 'Make it Shine'.

"Andre hurry up," Robbie shouted as Trina got the boat backing up, they all froze as Raul walked in with Robbie in his arms and a gun to his head.

"Be a good boy and drop the weapon," Raul snarled as Andre struggled.

"No don't let him get you, protect the girls" Andre shouted as Raul smacked him up side the head.

"You stop what you are going and I will let you take your black friend here and one girl and go back into the forest."

Rushing onto the side of the ship Cat looked over at Andre, "Andre!" she called out.

Sinking his teeth into Raul's arm Andre broke free and rushed towards the boat which started to move out again. Stretching out her arm to catch Andre's hand as he jumped off the dock towards her time seemed to slow down. Robbie saw what was going to happen and brought his own gun up, but not fast enough as Raul started to fire at Andre. Bullets flew as Robbie returned fire, most hitting the floor sending clouds of dirt into the air and into the wooden crates that were resting there. None hit Raul but there was another one of those oil barrels right there and a few bullets hit it causing an explosion that threw Raul back.

Sailing around the island Trina turned off the engine and returned to the others who were huddled around Andre he had been shot twice in his back by Raul. As far as Robbie could tell no bones were hit but that was all he could tell. Tori, who studied medicine for a bit after watching a lot of reruns of Extreme Hospitals, told everyone that it wasn't a through and through that the bullets were still inside since there was no clear exit wounds. Stopping the bleeding was hard but not impossible and using the med kit that was onboard they managed to keep it down, now he was resting in the main cabin area. On the deck of the ship Robbie was leaning over the side approached by Tori who mimicked him.

"You saved us Robbie, you and Andre both, you were so brave."

"I couldn't imagine them hurting you Tori, so I did what I had to do."

"And now?"

"We go back for Sinjin then decide where to look for Beck and Jade, than we are getting out of here."

"Where's Rex?" Tori asked softly and the memories came flooding back and this time he didn't stop the tears. Tori held him patting his back as he told her how Raul had blown Rex up and how he escaped. Looking into her eyes Robbie thought he saw something and took a chance, leaning in closer to kiss Tori. Just before they kissed Cat screamed and the jumped apart. Looking where she was looking he spun and told Tori to get her down into the cabin and for Trina to leave now. Robbie searched the compartments on the boat and found some binoculars, turning back to the shore he looked across at a single tree with a young man hanging upside down by the leg that most likely was shot. He was obviously dead with a sign that said "This is my island gringo, what I order goes. He stays like this and soon you will be dead." Trina pulled away calling out who that was, lowering the binoculars Robbie felt fresh tears and walked over to her.

"It's Sinjin, we need to find Jade and Beck and get out of here as soon as possible."

"We can't just leave and come back with the police?"

"No, if they were willing to do that to Sinjin, a kid barely eighteen they probably don't care about Jade and Beck. We have to find them and save them first then return to the main land and get the police."

Having new found respect for her sister's friend Trina nodded and said something very rare, "Robbie, thank you for saving us, for saving me." Robbie smiled back then returned to the cabin to check in on the others.