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Melchior's POV
I noticed that Tron kept his eyes on Cassie the entire time. So, I nudged Lorena. She smiled at me and took my hand. I squeezed hers tightly. She looked at me questioningly. The sailer was moving at a good pace, but we wouldn't be there for at least another hour, maybe two. It still left us about three hours to get Cassie back. I led Lorena down into the depths of the sailer. She frowned.
"What is it, Melchior? Are you not feeling well?" Her brows furrowed in concern.
"No, I am fine. But, didn't you see the way the other two were looking at each other?" The right side of my mouth twitched up. Her mouth formed a perfect O.
"Yes, actually. I was wondering about that… You don't think that they…" She trailed off.
"I don't know, Lo, I really don't." I shrugged. "Until then, however…" Lorena cut me off by pushing her lips against mine.
Cassie's POV
I watched Lorena and Melchior disappear deeper into the sailer. They left me alone with Tron, which was awkward. I rocked on my heels. What did I do? I paced quietly. Tron was staring out at the Sea, so I left him alone. I didn't want to bother anybody, really. I already felt like a nuisance.
I didn't even know any of this existed… I felt like I had nothing, no knowledge. I started to hum.
"Mama who bore me, Mama who gave me, no way to handle things, who made me so sad, Mama the weeping, Mama the angels, No sleep in heaven or Bethlehem…" I saw Tron turn towards me and watch me. I kept singing. "Mama who bore me, Mama who gave me, no way to handle things, who made me so bad, Mama the weeping, Mama the angels, No sleep in heaven or Bethlehem…" I sighed. This song just made me think of the fact both my adoptive and real mothers were dead, my adoptive father dead, and my real father is slipping away from me every second. I started to cry. The wet tears flowed down my face in a steady stream.
I felt a hand on my shoulder. I looked up through my tear filled eyes. It was Tron. "Are you alright?" I nodded and wiped my eyes.
"Just a memory. I'll be fine." I sat down on the floor. So did he. God… Something about him just drove me nuts. I didn't know what it was. But just something about him…
Somebody hit me with a frying pan already. I couldn't stand it. My brain was already fried enough. I was really losing it, wasn't I? Ha! A sign that I was, talking to myself. Pull yourself together, Cassie. Pull it together.
Melchior poked his head out. "We're here." I looked up. The blue light of the Portal lit up everything. It was beautiful, truly beautiful. "Let's go before…" He trailed off. "Let's just go."
Tron's POV
We stepped off the solar sailer onto the platform. Cassie's eyes stayed locked on the Portal ahead of her. She didn't move. Melchior and Lorena were already far ahead. There was something wrong. She was trembling now. I could hear her mumbling to herself.
"Cassie, is there something wrong?" I moved to stand in front of her. She raised her eyes to look at me.
"I feel terrible."
"Why?"
She let out a long gust of air. "For leaving Dad here." I didn't know what to say to that.
"He wished to stay. You cannot blame yourself." She threw her arms up.
"Well, what do you want me to think? I barely meet him then get him ripped away from me! This always happens! Everyone I ever care about is taken from me somehow!" Her voice dropped to a whisper. "Dad… Mama and Papa…" Her voice trailed off.
"I am sorry." I saw her face drop. I reached for her hand. "We should get you back to the User world." I tugged on her arm. She walked next to me. I tried to let go of her hand, now that I had gotten her moving.
She didn't let go.
Cassie's POV
Why the hell didn't I let go? Don't ask me, because I REALLY didn't know. I guess I was just afraid. Was I?
We walked towards the Portal. I stared at it. The raw energy just flowed from it. I knew if I walked into it, I probably wouldn't come back here. I let go of Tron's hand reluctantly. I started to walk forward. The other three were right behind me. I stopped, about three feet from the Portal. My ticket home. I turned back to look at them. Lorena was smiling.
"I'll tell Flynn that we got you here without MUCH trouble." I nodded and hugged her.
"Don't worry. Just go." Melchior's voice was quiet. I hugged him too. I looked at Tron. He was just standing there, staring at me. I walked to stand in front of him.
"Thank you for saving my life." I looked up at him. He nodded. "I hope I can come back one day and see you all again."
"That would be nice." Tron's voice was full of some emotion, I just couldn't tell which one. I stepped into the Portal. Dad had told me what to do once I got here. I pulled the disc off my back and lifted it above my head. I felt it float up and away, towards home. I glanced once more at the three programs standing outside. Lorena was in Melchior's arms, and both were smiling at me. Tron was staring at me. Something about it made my heart pound just that much harder.
And then I was gone, whisked into the tunnel of energy, leading me home.
Sorry if this is a slightly sad chapter... It was different but I rewrote it because I kind of have the blues and I thought it would work in this chapter.
Review please, while I go sob to Those You've Known and shove my face with Peach Rings...