I'm back!!!!! So what did you guys think of Zane coming back? And Shay? I know I'm bringing charactors back into the story right and left, but I need to now or later in the story things aren't going to make any sense at all. Also, my internet is still being screwy. I'm not going to be able to update every night like I used to be able to, but you can expect an update every Wednsday, or whenever my internet is up. I put an extra chapter on tonight not just because I wanted to post it while I could, but also I figured I owe you guys that much. I hope you all still find it worth your time to read and review this story and I'm incredibly sorry about the delays.

You know the drill. None of these charactors are mine. They're all Scott's. Blah blah blah. Now on with the story!

Tally was having a hard time believing what she saw. So many things from her past had just popped up over the past few days. The rangers. The Smoke. Az. And now Shay. She felt torn in several different directions. Some of the things she saw brought back hard memories for her. A lot of things from her past she didn't want to remember. She wanted to blotch them out completely and not have to deal with the pain they gave her. At the same time, however, she felt stupid. For almost five years now she had been traveling with David. For five years now she'd been working to get over everything that had happened and everyone she had lost. For five years she had been trying to keep her spirits high, but not at all succeeding. So here she was, holding hands with the man she loved, staring into the face of her best friend, wondering how she could possibly not be happy at that moment.

"Tally. David." Shay said, her face sarcastic. "I see you've been enjoying your alone time."

Tally blushed. Shay hit that point head on. She was very much enjoying the time she had with David. Of course, she knew that with the Philadelphia problem it probably wouldn't last much longer. But what was worrying her more was that David was keeping something from her. He was obviously upset about something, and it didn't look like he was planning on telling her. It was true that they had gone through a ruff spot in the past, but since the Mind-Rain, there didn't seem to be any reason for either of them to be lying to the other. Well, that's what Tally thought. David seemed to be thinking something else entirely.

"What are you doing here?" David asked through his bewilderment. Tally bit her lip to keep from laughing. David didn't look the least bit concerned that Shay had decided to suddenly appear out of nowhere, an action that could only mean something bad. Instead, he looked more like his hoverboard had broken and he was confused as to why it wouldn't start.

"Oh, just dropping by." She said nonchalantly. Sure. Thought Tally. Shay decides to randomly journey through the wild and just so happens to bump into David and me.

David raised his eyebrows. "Just dropping by?" There was a silence.

"Well, I was on my way back to Diego…. I had just seen the Smoke…. and I thought I come find you guys. I needed to talk to David actually."

David just nodded. "Are you still going back to Diego? We just came from the Smoke as well. We could travel together."

"Ah." Said Shay awkwardly. Tally had no idea what could possibly be awkward to Shay about traveling to Diego. "Okay." She finally said. "That would be…. good, I guess." She sounded very unsure about something. Tally made a mental note to ask her about it later.

"So…. I guess you saw Az then." She said. David smiled.

"Yes." He said grinning. What was with him today? Ten minutes ago he was acting all bogus with his little secret and his "you could've died" talk. Then he gets all awkward with Shay and suddenly is grinning like a littlie being given a giant bag of candy.

"And you talked to him too, right?" She asked him, an over serious expression clouding her usually sarcastic expression. David just nodded.

"So he must've told you about…"

"Shay." David cut her off. "Do you think we could talk about this later? Tally and I have wasted three days waiting here while she recovered from a, um, incident. We really need to keep going." He added the last part urgently. David and Shay knew something Tally didn't, and she was determined to find out. If David wasn't going to tell her what it was, then she would get Shay alone later and figure out what was going on.

Shay nodded with a mysterious hint of disapproval and began to fold up her hoverboard without another word to them.

David had spent the last twelve hours terrified that Shay would tell Tally about Zane. If she had talked to his father, then she knew about him also. Now, however, his worry over that topic had dulled down some. Now he had something else to worry about. After a day of flying Tally had almost passed out while hoverboarding, and hadn't even protested when David made the call to stop. That was strange for Tally who always seemed obsessed about timing. Usually when they were in a hurry to get somewhere Tally would want to keep flying until David was practically begging her to stop. Specials could stay awake an energized for about three days without feeling the slightest bit tire. Pretties, who were designed to be able to spend all night partying could stay alert for about thirty six hours, assuming they didn't get drunk. Uglies, however, could only last a little over a day, and that's not taking hoverboarding into consideration. What scared him now was that Tally wasn't able to last even that long. She had been asleep for an hour now, and he had been repeating to himself over and over in his head that she was special, the arrow must've not entirely wore off yet, and that there was nothing at all wrong with her. But no matter how many times he said that to himself, he still knew that something was the matter with the girl he loved.

Shay, however, was looking at Tally as if she were just taking a nap after a particularly stressful afternoon. She turned to him.

"David." She said, her voice serious. "You're going to have to tell her."

And, of course, there was Zane. David sighed, realizing sadly that his time of peace with Tally was most likely at its end. But David did not give up easily. Philadelphia would give into the Mind-Rain. Whatever was wrong with Tally he would fix. And, he would absolutely not loose her again.

So it looks like David is pretty stern about keeping his secret from Tally. What does Shay think about all of this? And what's with Tally passing out like that? Well, these questions will be answered very soon. Maybe not all in the next chapter, but soon. (As soon as I get the chance to post, and my computer isn't acting up, that is.) Anyway, please review, and I'll post again as soon as I get the chance!