Enter: Yakko
I shut the door behind me. My legs feel like jelly, so does my stomach. She's alive! I don't know weather to hug her, slap her, throw up, or break down again. I shake my head. Holy shit she's alive… I take a step and my legs nearly give out. Stumbling with my arms stretched out I make my way to the kitchen. I open the door to find Toulouse packing up his pots and pans. He's been a great guy. He took us to his room after Dot 'died' and let us cry it out. Actually, let me cry it out. Wakko hadn't made a sound until Dot had crawled up out of the floor. After a while I had picked Wakko up and gone back to our room.
He turns around.
"Hey Yakko." His eyes are red. "N-Norman wont get away with this. D-don't worry. Are you ok? Yakko I'm so sorry." I open my mouth to tell him, but nothing comes out. I close my mouth, open, and try again. Still nothing. For once in my life I'm actually speechless. I close my eyes, shake my head, and motion for him to follow me.
I lead him to our room. Wakko is still holding Dot, but she isn't crying anymore. Wakkos eyes are closed and he looks almost asleep. I look over at Toulouse. His jaw hangs open in an almost comical gesture. He shakes his head and walks over to Dot. Without a word he takes her out of Wakkos arms and sets her down on a cot, lifting her chin with his finger he takes a look at her neck. Its raw and bruised, but it could be worse. A lot worse. She's alive!
"I'll be back in a second." Says Toulouse. I turn to Dot.
"Dot, I'm sorry I hit you. I really am, I just…Dot you were dead. You were dead, I watched you die! I'm glad your alive, I really am. Just don't ever scare me like that again. I mean, what were you thinking doing that?" I pull her in and hold her.
"I was thinking about both of you." She says. Her voice is weak and rasping. I wonder if her voice box hadn't been crushed. "I was thinking that if this worked all of us would be saved. And that if it didn't, I don't know what would happen to you two. Yakko, I was so scared! All the time I kept thinking that it might not work!" She starts to cry again.
Crap, I hadn't even stopped to think what this was like for her! Toulouse comes back in with some bandages and a glass of water. I put Dot down and think.
"Toulouse, how long until we land?" I ask. Toulouse is trying to get some water down Dot, but she's choking on it. He thumps her on the back.
"In two hours." Dot finally gets the water down.
"I've gotten as much gold as I could fit in the sack!" Pipes Dot. She sounds a lot better, though her voice still rasps a bit. I look at the sack for the first time since I saw it emerge from the floor. Its filled to the brim with gold! Enough to get us home for sure!
"But how are we going to get off the ship before it explodes?" Asks Wakko.
"Don't worry," Says Toulouse. "I know away."