A/N: Sorry for the late update. I've just been a little busy lately. And remember, criticism and reviews are always welcome!

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I was soaking wet, exhausted, starving, and in pain, but how quickly Angel ran to me made me smile. She threw her arms around me, and I couldn't help but notice how much she'd grown in the past few years.

Angel grinned up at me, and I could see the happiness twinkling in her eyes. Just as I began to hug her back, I felt another two arms around me. It was Gazzy.

I wasn't very surprised that these two were the ones that rushed to me. Angel had been the only one who had known that I'd been planning to leave, and she was the first to understand. She had been with Gazzy all these years, so she had probably explained it all to him.

My smile dimmed a little when I looked up at the others. Iggy was obviously angry with me for leaving. The uncertainty on Nudge's face let me know that she, too, had something against me.

Fang was the only other one who didn't resent me. I'd spoken to him about it early yesterday morning; he understood why. He just thought that it had been one of those incredibly stupid decisions that I tended to make.

But it had worked. For three long years, it had worked.

The smile was gone completely when another wave of vertigo hit me. The Erasers hadn't hurt me as much as I'd hurt them, but…they hadn't been too nice.

When the dizziness had cleared, Gazzy and Angel were watching me with worried eyes. Fang's gaze, neutral as ever, was locked on me. Nudge looked confused. Iggy hadn't noticed anything, so he was looking (more or less) at his lap.

I forced a reassuring smile at the group. "I'm fine," I said. "Just a little…" And then the world was spinning violently, much worse than it had since the fight. "…a little…"

And then everything was black.