Here's chapter ten! It's a little shorter than the rest of the chapters but that's okay. Meh, this one isn't all that interesting but the next one will be going back to-

Oscar: ME!

Scarlett: Stop being so self-centered!

Oscar: Hey! I'm not being self-centered!

Scarlett: Oh, yeah? *takes out scimitars*

Oscar: What's with you and the cuttlesses?

Scarlett: THEY'RE SCIMITARS!

Oscar: Same thing!

Scarlett: I'M GONNA KILL YOU!

Ahem. Anyway! I hope you like this chapter! *dodges a scimitar* Hey watch where you point those things!

10

Tracy

"Liam!" I cried dropping to my knees next to him. I grabbed his arms and dragged him out of the elevator. A few people came running over to see what was wrong. I grabbed his wrist to feel for a pulse. I felt a very slow, unsteady beat. Some people helped me carry him over to a couch but then they kind of stood there awkwardly.

"Can somebody get me a washcloth?" I asked frantically. They just looked at each other than back to me and Liam. I huffed angrily and ripped a piece of my jacket of. I began to clean up the blood covering Liam. Soon the piece of fabric was dripping with blood. I threw it onto the floor and ripped off another strip from my jacket. Eventually I had mopped up most of the blood and there was a big pile of bloody shreds of my jacket lying next to me. I noticed a few places on Liam would not stop bleeding so I wrapped them tightly with long pieces of my jacket. I noticed a spot on Liam's stomach that kept seeping blood through his clothes. I slowly blew out of my mouth. I was gonna have to take off is shirt. I grabbed the hem and quickly pulled it over his head and arms revealing a deep gash in his stomach. I took my jacket off. I tore off what I could use and flicked the useless piece of clothing aside. I wiped the blood around the wound then tightly tied a long strip of my jacket around it with the knot at his back. He needed a shirt but I couldn't put the one he originally had on him… I picked at the hem of my own shirt thinking. Then I realized I was wearing two shirts. I was still wearing what I wore when I went out to Shadow Lake in the middle of the night. The shirt I was wearing on top was a boy's shirt. I took it off. I pulled it onto Liam. It was a good thing he was wearing shorts and didn't have any terrible cuts above his knees. That meant that his shorts weren't too bloody and I didn't have to take them off. Now all I had to do was wait for him to wake up.

After what felt like an hour Liam's eyes snapped opened and he groaned.

"Liam?" I asked. "Are you feeling okay?"

He tried to sit up but winced sharply and lay back down. He looked over at me. His eyes widened.

"Tracy!" he said. "You're okay?"

I nodded. He looked down and noticed my shirt and all of the makeshift bandages.

"Um…" he started.

"I kind of had to rip up my jacket and use it as cloths and gauze."

"Oh, you didn't have to do that!"

"If I hadn't you would have lost too much blood…" I answered trailing off.

"And is this your shirt?"

"One of them. I had to replace yours because it was too bloody to put back on you."

"Oh," Liam's face went bright red.

"I didn't take off your shorts," I said quickly.

"Yeah, but you took off my shirt," Liam mumbled.

"Are you mad at me?" I asked, worried.

"No! No, it's fine. Really. I'm just, not used to getting taken care of by a, uh, girl."

I smirked.

"What happened that got you beat up so bad anyway?" I asked. Liam's face darkened.

"Well, Vaati wasn't quite finished with us. He came back and demanded I tell him where you were. I kept my mouth shut and, well… you saw the results of that," Liam answered with a slight snarl.

"Liam!" a girl suddenly shouted. I saw Zoe running towards us from the elevator.

"Hey, Zoe," Liam said.

"I saw that man attack you and disappear! You collapsed into the elevator and I feared the worst…" Zoe said and she looked on the verge of tears. "But I'm so happy that you're okay," she made a move as if to throw her arms around him but realized that, that probably wasn't the best idea and restrained herself.

"Um, hey Zoe," I started. She turned to me. "Uh, that whole incident with Slade… uh, do you know what that was all about?"

Zoe's face fell. "Oh, um…"

"Are you not allowed to tell me?" I guessed, disappointed. Zoe nodded sadly.

"I would but I've been sworn to secrecy by the goddesses…"

"Wait, what?" had I heard her right? Did Zoe really just say "goddesses?" Zoe's eyes bulged in horror.

"No! What? Did I just say that? Nothing! It's, ah, nothing. It's nothing."

I eyed her suspiciously but decided not to argue. I sighed.

"Oh, alright," I mumbled. Suddenly part of the ceiling swung down and a boy dropped to the floor. He was out of breath and his eyes were wide.

"Attention!" he shouted. Everybody was already looking at him.

"I've got good news and bad news," he panted. "The good news is that we found the holder of the Symbol of Strength!" a few people cheered.

"What's the bad news Gary?" a girl called.

The boy, Gary, blanched.

"The bad news is, uh, Ghirahim found her first,"

Welp, you already know what happens in that situation! Or do you?! MWAHAHAHA!

Scarlett: You really need to work on your evil laugh!

And I'm sure you can do it SO much better than I can!

Scarlett: Yes, actually I can. *cackles evilly*

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Oscar: You just got PONED!

STAY OUT OF THIS!

And in response to the one review I got from Guest:

I will continue! I'm glad you like it! It makes me happy! ^^