Jake
"Ok. Ax, you and Marco get Erek and any Chee who have had medical training. If you can't find them, get Cassie's mom or dad. No. Wait. Cassie, is there anything in the barn that can get her conscious?" I barked quickly.
"Smelling salts? Or no, syringe of adrenaline. In the emergency pack in the surgery room. Second door past the tack closet," she answered.
"Right. One of you go for the Chee, the other get to the barn. Go!"
A Northern harrier and osprey left the cove at top speed. I moved back toward my cousin. Tobias was staring at her impassive face intently. I wondered if he was thought-speaking privately to her. Cassie looked really shaky. I could see her fighting back tears, so I crouched down in the sand and awkwardly put an arm around her shoulders. "She'll be OK Cass," I said. Why had I told her that? I didn't know if she'd be alright. I would've said anything to get that look off of Cassie's face. The minutes ticked by. I got up and started pacing. Cassie reached over and squeezed Tobias' shoulder.
Suddenly Rachel coughed again. I ran over.
"Rachel!" I yelled almost in unison with Cassie and Tobias. Her eyes fluttered as she moved her head a little. Now we were all yelling.
"You have to demorph!"
"Rachel! Wake up! Demorph!"
Her eyelids abruptly snapped open. She sat up quickly in a panic. Her huge bird wings spread out behind her in a twelve-foot gold and white rush of feathers. Tobias grabbed her shoulders.
"You have to demorph now Rachel!"
She didn't say anything. Just nodded. Cassie sidled over and gave me a little side-hug. The three of us watched her intensely. She had her eyes squeezed shut in concentration.
Nothing happened.
Rachel slowly opened her steely blue eyes. A look of horror in them reflected back at us.
I think Tobias caught on first. He walked over and kissed her before she could say a word.
Rachel was stuck. Stuck in half morph