You will be ok
Riley didn't know where the voice was coming from but it brought her comfort in the darkness. How did she end up in this predicament? She didn't want to open her eyes; she felt cold wind brush across her shoulders. She turned on her side and hugged her body to herself. Warm skin floated across her, it surprised her and she opened her eyes and was blinded by bright sunlight.
She was lying on a hill, the grass felt wet beneath her. She saw a hand and reached out to intertwine her fingers with it. Riley held it close to her body fearing if she let go it would leave. Black hair cascaded in front of her eyes.
"Hi there"
She knew the voice and it brought tears to her eyes.
"Please don't leave me here"
"You know I can't stay, I'm not really here"
"Warren, I'm scared"
"I know, but you're strong and brave"
"Yeah right"
"You are and now you have to be because I have to go" With that he evaporated like he had before, into that god awful black smoke.
Riley wanted to scream to kick someone. It all sucked. Everything was moving around her and then it went black, but she wasn't unconscious she was awake, and slowly opened her eyes except no one was there. She was in the bed at the medical wing at sky high, where was the nurse and her parents? She was awake though hopefully, it looked like it should. She could control her own movements and this is where Parents and Principal Powers would have taken her. It had all been a dream, but where was everyone. Something was wrong and she could feel it. She made her way out of the medical ward and into the school, the hallways were empty. Maybe it's Saturday. She walked through the halls and then came to where Medulla's class was; she looked in the window and saw Cassie. She tried tapping on the glass to get her attention.
"Hey Cassie open the door. What's going on?"
Cassie wouldn't respond though, she was backing up toward a lab table; she had tears in her eyes and her hands up defensively in front of her. And then the smoke figure came into view, he was pushing Cassie back against the desk. Riley stared with her mouth open, and beat furiously on the glass and tried opening the door, but it was locked and wouldn't budge. The smoke came up to Cassie and put a shapeless hand to her chest right where her heart was.
"Cassie over, here HEY OPEN THE DOOR!"
Cassie screamed once and the fell to the ground, Riley gasped and pulled harder on the door.
"CASSIE, GET UP! PLEASE!"
Riley looked down at the door handle and gripped it with two hands, then she looked back up at the window and there it was. It was staring back at her, but not with eyes, just a black apparition of a face with no features and then it smirked again.
Riley screamed and fell away from the door, she could see fog leak from under the door way so she started running, she didn't know where, but hopefully to somebody. She was screaming and tears were streaming down her face.
"HELP ME PLEASE! He's got Cassie!"
Yet no one came, she ran faster. When she rounded a corner of the hallway she collided with a solid body. It was one of the teachers and her father. She hit the floor and closed her eyes, she tried standing but her dad was holding her down so she struggled against him. That's when everyone showed up, staring at her not doing anything. Her father was trying to hold her down, but she kept struggling.
"You have to help Cassie, He's got her" she began mumbling to her dad, but he wouldn't listen, just held her down.
"Riley… RILEY! Cassie's ok. Please stop struggling, Cassie is OK!"
"NO I saw her, he killed her"
"Riley… you're seeing things just settle down"
Finally Riley curled up into a ball, and sobbed into her chest. How was this happening she had witnessed her friend die and now it wasn't real?
"I want it to stop… please… make it… stop" She grabbed onto her dads arms, clutching him hoping he too wouldn't fade into fog.
"I'm trying baby, I'm trying"
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Will and Layla were standing among the onlookers who had gathered around to see Riley. She was curled in her Dads lap, crying so much. Will pulled Layla by the hand and went to the cafeteria where the rest of the group was. Layla went back out to find out what happened to Jo and to find Cassie.
Will found Magenta and Zach sitting at their regular table; Ethan came up with Nicole and sat down. Will put his hands on the edge of the table nearly snapping the end off.
"Umm… Where? Where is Warren?"
Magenta pointed with a fork to a boy walking in from the other side of the cafeteria. Will wanted to get to him before someone else who saw the scene got to him and made him freak out.
"Hey Warren come here"
Warren walked over to the table and sat his tray down, he looked at Will and then to the others. Silently asking them what was going on, Magenta shrugged and Zach raised an eyebrow. Will sat down in front of Warren, but wouldn't meet his gaze and kept his eyes on the table.
"Riley woke up today"
Warren dropped his fork and stared straight at Will but the boy still wouldn't look at him and Warren's hopeful expression changed. Will cleared his throat and then continued.
"But… it wasn't good. She… uh… was running through the halls. Apparently she had seen Cassie be killed and so she was hysterical. It doesn't look good nothing is helping"
Warren didn't want to hear that, he stood up and headed out of the cafeteria. Riley had to get better she couldn't just die, some one was doing this, but no one would tell him who or how to stop them. Warren walked outside and headed out onto the front lawn. The sky was overcast; it figured the weather would reflect his mood. Warrens stopped and sat on the concrete wall on the side of the steps. He was there for only a few minutes when something started flying in, it was a car like the flying bus kids took to get to school, but it wasn't a bus it was an armored car. It touched down and some guys wearing police uniforms along with the Commander and Jetstream stepped out. They opened the back doors and led out a man in a white prison outfit and large cuffs on his hands and feet. They led the man toward the hospital entrance in the school. Warren went back in; he hoped they had gotten Riley into her room. He had to see her.
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Warren walked through the halls of the hospital wing, no one was around and that was odd. He found Riley's room and went inside. Cassie and Layla were sitting holding her hand she was asleep again. Layla looked up and noticed Warren come in so she stood and let him take her spot next to the bed. He took her hand in his and rubbed his thumb along her palm. Layla put a hand to his shoulder.
"She will be ok, I'm sure that everyone is looking for a way to help"
Damn Layla and her optimism, it was infectious. "Where is everyone right now?"
"We don't know, I found Cassie to bring her to Riley, but when we got here no one was around. Riley was here though."
"Why would they just leave her here by herself after what happened"
"I'm not sure I…"
The door to the room was pushed open and Warren's mom came through, she saw the kids and her expression became worried.
"What are you kids doing down here?"
"We came to see Riley" Layla said quickly fearing she was in trouble "We didn't know we weren't allowed to see her, Sorry"
Becky rushed over and tried to push the kids out of the room. Warren though wasn't moving and he was blocking Layla and Cassie from leaving.
"Mom what is going on?"
"Look, Hun you can't be here right now we're trying to help Riley, but you have to leave."
Warren still didn't move, then he heard footsteps coming down the hallway and his mom became more frantic to get them out, but Warren wasn't going to stand aside and let some one do something to his girlfriend without his knowledge. The door was pushed fully open and the Commander and Jetstream came through walking with a cuffed man. That's when Warren recognized who it was…
"Dad?"
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