A/N - So I got myself into another play...although it's just a little skit, I have to write this one. For a while I may not be able to post as often as I have been because I'm going to start having practice two times a week for a while. Anyway, enjoy! -bitemark

PS. DUN DUN DUN.

Chapter 20

"Oh, excuse me," I stepped aside as if I though I thought I was standing in his way. "Can I help you?"

"Oh, I'm sorry. You must not be Sings Like the Wind. You look exactly like her. She went on a vacation at least half a year ago and never came back. Her students miss her terribly." He told me. I helped Wanda get two packs of water down from the shelf.

"Oh my, how sad." I said. "And what's your name?"

"Oh! I'm sorry. My name is Eyes Pointed Toward the North, or, Dr. North for short. And yours?"

"Ah, a seaweed?" He nodded. "My name is Song of Flight, and my friends name is Eyes of Many Colors."

"Nice to meet both of you," We started walking toward food.

"Where do you work Dr. North?" Wanda asked, signaling that he needed to stay with us. I grabbed a few bags of chips off the shelf and anything else I saw that I knew different people in the caves would like.

"I work at the Art Institute of Arizona," he answered and followed us to the checkout lines with the few things he had. "It's more up north."

"Oh, that sounds nice. Eyes, we should travel up north some time. You're always talking about a change of scenery," Wanda said and giggled. I smiled.

"We should. It sounds pleasant!" I took as many bags as I could and Wanda did the same while Dr. North gathered his stuff.

"Here," he took some bags from Wanda and I. "Let me help you to your car."

"Thank you so much!" I said as we walked out to the van, which was parked right up front. He put the bags in the back and we shoved him in the van.

"What?" he looked around at all of the people in the van and swallowed. We shut all the doors quickly and I was handed a white cylinder.

"Sorry Dr. North," I said and sprayed his face. He took in a breath to say something and shut his eyes, the Sleep taking effect immediately. This was the heavy duty stuff used for emergencies.

"Who is he?" Ian banged on the dash and Wanda jumped. I sighed.

"He was my old boss," I told them. "I never expected him to be here. I'm sorry guys." I couldn't do anything right.

Don't say that.

Why not? It's true.

No. It's not. You're about to do something that's amazing. She was referring to me giving her her body back. She didn't want me to go, but she was anxious to have her body back. I couldn't blame her.

"No, it's okay." Jared said. I looked at him and smiled. It made me feel a little better.

"What are we going to do with him?" Ian roared and I flinched.

"Calm down Ian. It's not up to you or me. You know who it's up to," Jared told him calmly. I saw Wanda reach one handover and grabbed Ian's. He looked over at her and smiled, his bad mood disappearing instantly. My heart broke, I would never be able to comfort Holden like that. He would hate me after what I was about to do.

Tears welled in my eyes as I looked out of the window and un into the clear midday Arizona sky. There were tiny little clouds floating around and the sky was a bright blue, contrasting with the deep red of the desert floor.

What a beautiful day to be someone's last. I said nonchalantly.

Stop. Leeann commanded. Stop. Please don't be like that!

I'm just enjoying what I have left. Leeann wanted to cry, but wasn't connected to her tear ducts at the moment. I looked down at my hands as we drove over the bumpy dirt road back to the caves. We pulled up to the caves and everyone jumped out, our first priority was to get Dr. North into the caves before he woke up. We got him and the bags into the caves and took him to Doc's office.

"Who's this?" Doc looked up from his book and walked over to meet us as Jared and Ian laid Dr. North's body on the cot as he stirred slightly.

"My old boss," I told him. "He recognized me in the grocery store. I'm sorry."

"For what?" Holden's voice rang from behind me as he grabbed my hand.

"For making myself a nuisance," I told him. Doc glanced at me sadly, he knew I was trying to talk myself into it. I looked down and he looked away.

"You're not a nuisance," Holden told me. He was making it very hard for me to be uncaring. He kissed my temple, "I'm glad you're safe." I smiled and Dr. North opened his eyes and looked around.

"S-Sings?" His eyes landed on me as he shifted uncomfortably.

"I'm sorry Dr. North. We can't let you go," I told him.

"Bu-but you came here," he said shakily. "To live wi-with a bunch of…humans?"

"Yes," I nodded and stepped forward. Holden was tethered to my hand so he took a step forward also. Dr. North shrunk down into the cot. I smiled at him.

"We won't hurt you. Have you ever wanted to go to another planet?" I asked him. "Which has been your favorite so far? We can send you there." I laid my hand on his.

"I'm not a skipper," he told me and jerked his hand out from under mine. I let me hand fall back onto the cot. "Please let me go," he pleaded. I shook my head.

"I can't, Dr. North. Not now. Not now that you know where we are," Holden squeezed my hand for comfort and my heart ached. I looked down and Dr. North's breathing hitched.

"You're going to kill me. They're going to kill me. They're going to kill me. They're going to kill me!" He repeated, his eyes darting wildly around the room. I shook my head again.

"We're not going to kill you," I told him, "We'll send you to a ni-"

My sentence got cut off my Dr. North's eyes rolling into the back of his head and his nose started gushing blood. His body convulsed and he started foaming at the mouth as his hand trembled over the sheets, clenching and unclenching. I screamed as Holden pulled me to him and held me to his chest. I screamed; I wanted to look away but I couldn't stop watching. I looked back at Dr. North and Doc was the only one close to him trying to quite the gush of blood from his nose. Holden started pulling my out of the room but I resisted, using him as a crutch instead.

"Wh-what happened?" I sobbed, clutching Holden. I never wanted to let go. Doc had a pair of stethoscopes in his ears and was listening to Dr. North's chest. He closed his eyes and shook his head, sighing.

"The soul inside Dr. North's body shredded his brain," Doc told me and covered him with a sheet. I didn't want to look anymore.

You're not going to do that to me are you?

How could you even ask that? I was shocked as Holden pulled me out of the room. I would never do that to anyone. Definitely not you. You're like my sister.

I'm sorry. I'm just - I'm just, She didn't have a word to describe what we felt; horror wasn't strong enough.

A/N - Review please?