A/n: So this is it. The end. Oh well. I hope you all liked this story. Review, it's your last chance.

Chapter 12: The End

"Oh, god, oh god!" Gabriella screamed. Troy hugged her close to him as they kept moving. He needed her to keep quiet right now. They were all running as far and as fast as they could. They were slowed by obstacles such as trees and gun wounds… and blindness. Chad was having a really hard time. More than once he suggested they just go on without him, but he was ignored completely.

Troy's foot hurt so badly, but what could he do? They just had to get as far away as possible. None of them had any idea where exactly they were going. They just had to find someone, anyone to help them. Hopefully they could find a town where they could hide and call the police.

Troy tried not to think about the men behind them; but it was hard. The men with guns. Even if they found help, what could innocent people do against seven or eight men with guns? Would they just be handed right back over? Or killed? Troy could feel the end of this journey nearing. He didn't know how, but he just knew it was almost over. He didn't know how it would end, but he was sure it would. Today. Soon.

"Guys! I see an opening up ahead!" Sharpay yelled. It was true, the forest was getting lighter. They were nearing a clearing. All the while they were running, the kidnappers were running faster. They didn't have any handicaps. If just one gunman caught up, they were finished. It was over. Troy briefly pictured their six bodies lying abandoned on the forest floor.

They got closer and closer to the end. They were starting to think they might actually make it out when…

BAM! A gunshot echoed nearby. They could almost hear the bullet zoom towards them. They all automatically ducked. Gabriella screamed, pointing at the dark masses close behind them.

A cold sweat lined Troy's face. Fear swept them all. For a moment they were frozen in place. Another bullet sent them sprinting. Troy helped Chad along, since he was a bit stronger than Sharpay. Gabriella sobbed up front with Sharpay shaking. Zeke tired to lead with Ryan trying to shush the girls.

"Troy, for the last time, I'm just slowing down the group!" Chad was getting really annoyed. If they just went ahead, they could go so much faster. And… he would be all right. He just couldn't stand the thought of them all getting caught because of him. Again, no one acknowledged he had said anything. The clearing was getting closer and closer.

"Come, on guys, we have to go faster!" Sharpay shrieked. They were panicking. Great. They stumbled often. They were bleeding from minor cuts and scrapes, but they just kept going. Sharpay couldn't remember the last time she'd run this much. She had a huge stitch in her side but she could've cared less.

The bullet wound in Zeke's arm had opened up again. He was bleeding freely but he ignored it. He was a bit light headed but he just kept going. With Troy helping Chad, he had to lead right now. He had to go the fastest and find the way out.

Ryan was numb. He just couldn't focus. How was this happening? It couldn't be. They were running through a forest with murderous kidnappers chasing them. This was not how he'd planned to spend his week. All he could do was move his legs in the attempt to get away.

Gabriella couldn't stop crying. She just had to hope they would get out of this. If she let go of that hope, she wouldn't be able to go any farther. She just cried to herself and moved forward. She wouldn't look back. And then…

"Stop running you little bastards or I swear to god I'll shoot!" the too familiar voice of Bobby shouted. The teens ignored him and ran faster. Another bullet whizzed by. The men were thirty yards away. The clearing was twenty.

Pushed by strength non e of them knew they had, they got to the clearing. Shock dazed them for a moment. An empty, abandoned road. It was over. They couldn't escape. They were about to die.

The men neared. They too were panting. They looked furious and pleased at the same time. Twenty yards away now. The teens had no strength left. They were about to collapse where they stood, watching the murderers near.

Instinct took over. They saw the men with their guns out. Fear gripped them. They stood frozen to the cold, hard ground. The kidnappers neared, now just ten yards away. Bobby called out, "If you bastards try to run again, I swear I will shoot you all!" and to prove his point, he pointed the gun at them. It was over. They could see in Bobby's face that he was going to shoot them anyway, whether or not they cooperated. And there was no way in hell they were going back to that warehouse.

"Guys! Go! I'll hold them off!" the speaker jumped; a shot sounded and the remaining teens were sprinting again.

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Kidnapped Teens Found at Last

Their story has gripped the entire nation. After four days of searching, the eight teenagers of Albuquerque were finally found. As you know, they were kidnapped by eight men from a local coffee house in Albuquerque, NM. This is the story the police have pieced together using fingerprints, witnesses and sequencing of data.

Kidnappers: Bobby Langly, Eddy Langly, Lou O'Byrne, Joe Roger, Rich Tyler, Steve More, Hal Neincamp, and Neil Tulous.

Kidnapped: Troy Bolton, Chad Danforth, Gabriella Montez, Sharpay Evans, Ryan Evans, Zeke Baylor, Kelsi Neilson, and Taylor McKessie.

The teens were taken from the favorite local coffee shop at 10.52 a.m. on Saturday, November 25, 2007. Witnesses testified that their drinks were drugged by the employees (kidnappers) of the business. The other occupants at the time were threatened with guns and were forced to immediately leave. The men took the teens in a van that was parked in the back. The police arrived only minutes later and then pieced together what had happened.

After that? Almost four days of absolutely no news. The parents of the teens pleaded on national television to please bring back their children, but to no avail. The school the teens attended canceled for the week, in light of the circumstance. Terror and anxiety has gripped the country. But it's over now. And I'm sad to say that it is a gruesome ending.

The teens were given little food and were drugged many times. They were covered with numerous bruises and cuts. This is what we think happened: Kelsi Neilson was killed by an overdose of said drug. Taylor McKessie was shot with a gun with Bobby Langly's fingerprints on it. Eddy Langly was found dead with a bullet from Bobby Langly's gun. We're not exactly sure what happened next, almost a mile away from the first two deaths, but we can guess. We think Chad Danforth wrestled for Bobby Langly's gun. He won and shot Bobby Langly in the chest, killing him. Bullets from the same gun were found in Lou O'Byrne and Joe Roger. All two men are dead. A bullet from the gun of Rich Tyler was found in Chad Danforth's head.

Next, we found Ryan Evan's finger prints on Rich Tyler's gun. Bullets from the gun were found in both men's stomachs. Zeke Baylor's finger prints were found on the gun that killed Steve More. Zeke Baylor was then killed by Hal Neincamp.

Sharpay Evans and Gabriella Montez were both found dead with bullets in their chests from Neil Tolous' gun. Because they were found a good thirty feet from the rest of the bodies, we think they were trying to run away to safety.

Lastly, we found Joe Roger's gun in the hands of Troy Bolton. The bullets from the gun were found in Hal Neincamp and Neil Tolous. Troy Bolton had one bullet in his head and one in his chest from bother men's guns.

Three bodies were found in the warehouse where the teens were kept by the men. The other thirteen bodies were found on an abandoned road found by an old truck driver. The last thirteen had already been dead for at least twelve hours before they were found.

Kidnapped Teens Found at Last, but does it really make a difference? We were far too late. Eight innocent lives were wasted. The country has gone into a period of national mourning. The teen's friends and families cannot even begin to cope with all that has happened. The memorial service is Friday night at 6.30.

Escaping from one life only leads into another.

A/n: I know it's a violent ending. But this was the only way I could think of to end it. I know this story wasn't very good, and I, personally hated the ending, but I'm happy if you liked it. Review!