As Pride walked the hallways of the abandoned mall he wondered why the
Mallrats would have left so many of their things behind. Lex had left
behind his picture of Tai-San as well as her crystal. All the pictures
Mouse and Charlie had made for Salene had been left behind they were
something that she had treasured so much. Lovingly he picked the pile up so
he could give them to Salene when she woke up. He moved to the room he had
shared with Salene and was surprised to find it strangely intact. All the
things that he loved were still there. He sat on the bed and picked up his
knapsack from beneath the bed. There was a candle with his picture beside
it.
"Oh, Sal." He whispered.
"She kept this room the way you left it." A familiar voice said from behind him.
Pride turned around. "Amber?"
Amber stepped from the shadows. "Pride," She gasped coming towards him. "How?"
"I don't know."
"Do you know where Salene is? I've been looking for her for two days. She came out here for her yearly visit."
"Yearly, How long has it been?" Pride said confused.
"It's been two years." Amber said quietly.
"TWO YEARS!" Pride exclaimed. "Where have I been for two years?"
"We thought you were dead."
"I saw the gravesite." Pride said nodding. "But wasn't my body there?"
"Well that's what we thought too but obviously it wasn't."
"I have to get back." Pride said distracted.
"Where Pride?"
"Back to the farm, Salene's there."
"Is she all right?"
"No, she's been beaten. She's feverish and I came here looking for medicine."
"From Patch's hospital?"
"If there's any left."
"There is, I managed to secure it before we fled the city."
"What happened here Amber?"
"Ram's computer took over. It was going to release a virus before Mega defeated it. We were afraid that the virus was still going to be released so we fled the city by boat."
"The others?"
"They're with the Ecos. We caught up with them at their camp in the mountains. We've been there ever since. We'd better get back to Salene she needs this medicine" Amber said indicating the bag she had retrieved from the alcove above Pride's closet.
"Oh, Sal." He whispered.
"She kept this room the way you left it." A familiar voice said from behind him.
Pride turned around. "Amber?"
Amber stepped from the shadows. "Pride," She gasped coming towards him. "How?"
"I don't know."
"Do you know where Salene is? I've been looking for her for two days. She came out here for her yearly visit."
"Yearly, How long has it been?" Pride said confused.
"It's been two years." Amber said quietly.
"TWO YEARS!" Pride exclaimed. "Where have I been for two years?"
"We thought you were dead."
"I saw the gravesite." Pride said nodding. "But wasn't my body there?"
"Well that's what we thought too but obviously it wasn't."
"I have to get back." Pride said distracted.
"Where Pride?"
"Back to the farm, Salene's there."
"Is she all right?"
"No, she's been beaten. She's feverish and I came here looking for medicine."
"From Patch's hospital?"
"If there's any left."
"There is, I managed to secure it before we fled the city."
"What happened here Amber?"
"Ram's computer took over. It was going to release a virus before Mega defeated it. We were afraid that the virus was still going to be released so we fled the city by boat."
"The others?"
"They're with the Ecos. We caught up with them at their camp in the mountains. We've been there ever since. We'd better get back to Salene she needs this medicine" Amber said indicating the bag she had retrieved from the alcove above Pride's closet.