CHAPTER TWO

Annie watched horrified at the scene around her. Pain and suffering everywhere. Maria, her best friend in the whole world, in pain. Maria was so much in love with Ben. She had been in love with him since Annie had first introduced them to each other nearly ten tears ago. It had been one of those rare events of love at first sight. Now Maria was going to lose him forever. She looked at Ben. The blood made her feel nausea. He was going to die. The man she had once loved was going to die. She looked away but saw Meg instead. Even she, Annie Douglas, who had hated Meg since she had came to Sunset Beach, felt sorry for her. No one deserved to watch the people they loved die. She turned and looked at Jude. His eyes so comforting. So full of love.... for her. Annie realized she was shaking. She had never been so scared in her life. Derek was going to kill them all. Crying. She was crying. She didn't want to die. None of them did. It was so unfair. She finally found love. Some thing she had always wanted and needed but never had. Now Derek was just going to take that away from her.

"Over my dead body!" She thought for once silently.

Then she realized how true that might be.

Casey looked into Sara's eyes. He loved her so much. He couldn't believe he had once let her down so badly by confessing his feelings for Meg. Her own sister. But they were back together now. There were no more secrets or lies between them. Casey realized being in a life and death situation really made you think about what's important.

Sara.

He was going to propose to her when they got out of here and they were going to get out of here. He wouldn't let Sara go through the same pain, Maria and Meg were going through, right now. Sara's gorgeous eyes were bubbling up and even his vision was blurry, Ben had been one of his best friends ever since Ben came to Sunset Beach. They had helped each other through so much especially Maria's "death".

Maria. She would never be able to let go of Ben. What Derek and Tess had done to them was evil. To keep two people who loved each other with everything they are apart was cruel. He looked at Maria. She was rocking back and forth; holding Ben's hand and putting pressure on his wound with another. Both she and Meg would be destroyed if Ben died. Meg. She loved Ben with all her heart. He was everything she ever wanted in a man. Everything. She was crying. Ben was her life. If he died so would Maria and Meg.

Casey looked around The Deep where they were held captive. There had to be something to help them escape...alive.