Chapter 7 – The Plan

Tally watched as David paled. "She's what?" he croaked.

"She's trying to erase your mother's memory. That's why she wanted me to come and get you guys as soon as possible." Croy said.

"That—I—Why…" David stuttered. Tally could tell he was too shocked to even put together sentences.

"I can't believe Cable would do something like that." Tally said.

"Face it Tally, she may like you and the Cutter, although I'm not sure why she would have captured them if she liked them…" Croy said.

"Because they are cured and they are HER cutters. There not the way SHE wants them to be. Now she captured them to make them her Cutter minions again." Tally growled. "But not if I have something to do with it!" she screeched.

Croy and David looked at her with wide eyes. Tally was fuming with anger. She couldn't remember at time when she had been so angry before. At Cable, at Shay, at David, at anyone. She looked back at Croy and David who noticeable flinched when they caught her gaze. She tried to relax and caught David's gaze and said with a firm voice, "Don't worry David I'm not going to let Cable touch your mom." she said softly.

David nodded and Tally continued, "We might even get along now…" she said.

"You and my mom?" David asked.

"Yeah." Tally nodded.

Tally became silent and focused on her hoverboarding. She ignored David and Croy's worried stares. Tally could tell she was still fuming with anger. But Tally tried not to take that anger out on Croy or David, especially David. His mother was maybe going to die if Tally didn't do anything. Tally kept all of her anger buried inside her, just waiting to take itself out on Cable. Anger made Tally see things clearer and make her more focused.

The rest of the trip they made in silence. As they grew closer to Diego Tally became more and more excited about fighting Dr. Cable. And the more she thought about Maddy, Shay, Fausto and the other Cutters the angrier Tally became. How dare Cable lock up her boyfriend's mother and try and kill her like she had his father. How dare she corrupt Shay and Fausto unwillingly again? If anything Dr. Cable was the reason Tally and Shay were always on different sides, but Tally had always blamed David when really it was all Cable.

A little while later the 3 of them reached the outskirts of town. David and Tally gasped. And Croy just looked at the city with a stony expression. There were hover cars everywhere. Most of them were guarding the main entrance to Diego. Using her Special vision Tally saw some of the Specials with a couple of Smokey's. They were leading them to a hover car and pushed them inside, most likely taking them to become Pretty.

Croy said it would be good if Tally would turn on her skintenna and see if she could get in contact with the other cutters. Tally turned on her Cutter skintenna. At first she didn't get any response but after a moment she got a meek reply.

"Tally?" a voice whispered inside her head.

"Shay?" Tally asked. Shay sounded tired and weak. A moment later Tally felt someone else reply through her skintenna.

"Tally is that you?" a male voice asked.

"Fausto!" Tally exclaimed.

"Tally, where are you." Shay whispered.

"No Shay, where are you." Tally asked calmly.

"In Cables new headquarters. She has me and Fausto and the rest of the cutters locked up." Shay explained.

"Yeah she is going to turn us Special again." Fausto sighed.

"Where is Cables new headquarters?" Tally asked.

"In the Diego Town Hall." Shay answered.

"But watch out Tally there are Specials everywhere. If they find you they will stop you and make you Special again." Fausto warned her.

"I'm still Special you guys, I never got cured…well not with the cure. But I still have everything Special about me…" Tally said softly.

"Then why are you helping us if you aren't cured. Shouldn't you be helping Cable?" Shay hissed.

"Cable is going to be dead by the time I get done with her…" Tally said in a cold tone.

Tally could hear Fausto chuckling through her skintenna.

"Same old Tally. Always trying to kill people. We know you're not cured." he laughed.

Shay laughed along with him, "Yeah Tally just relax."

"No I can't relax. Has she already tired to erase Maddy's memory?" Tally asked.

"What are you talking about?" Shay asked.

"Cable is trying to erase Maddy's memory, like she did with David's father. I can't let that happen…" Tally said softly.

"Wait, weren't you in the wild. How do you know all about this when me and Fausto didn't?" Shay asked.

"Croy." Tally answered.

Croy's head popped up at the sound of name. She waved him off. He went back to eyeing the city with David.

"Croy?" Fausto asked.

"Yeah he came and got me and David in the Ruins." Tally said.

"David is with you guys too, is Croy with you now?" Fausto asked.

Tally nodded but then realized they couldn't see her and then answered, "Yeah he is."

Tally felt a rustling beside her. It was David.

"Tally we need to hurry up." he said.

"Is that David?" Shay asked.

"Yeah it is. Listen describe where you guys are at?" Tally said.

"We're in the town hall." Fausto said.

"I think she needs more description than that." Shay laughed. "We're underground. There is a basement type thing under the town hall and Cable has us locked up down here." she said.

"Okay we should be there in a few minutes." Tally said.

"You can't be serious." Fausto said.

"Oh I'm completely serious." Tally said.

"Tally; there are Specials everywhere how are you going to get past them with two Smokey's on your tail in just a few minutes." Shay said.

"Crap I forgot about that." Tally said.

"Forgot about what?" David asked. He was waiting impatiently beside her.

"How are we going to be able to get past the Specials with you and Croy on my tail? You two are Smokey's. If they see you it will be trouble." Tally said. David shrugged and Tally continued. A plan was forming in her head.

"You and Croy should stay here. And I will go get the cutters. You still have that devise to listen in on our conversations. Keep it on and if there is trouble you will know. Just use the same code as last I'm. One ping means yes and two means no." she said.

David nodded all though she could tell he was reluctantly agreeing.

"Be careful." he said softly.

"I will." Tally said, she offered him a smile.

Tally started to get up but David pulled her back towards him. He gazed into her Special eyes for a moment before pulling her towards him for a kiss. She kissed him long and hard, like she would never see him again.

After a few moments they pulled apart to take a breath but neither pulled away from the others grasp. David leaned his forehead against hers softly and said, "I love you Tally…"

Tally grinned and kissed him again, "I love you too." she said.

He nodded and she slowly got up and gave David one last glace and then looked over at Croy who was staring at the couple opened mouthed. Tally laughed to herself and snuck out towards the Town Hall.