We're-well, I am-bringing Disney back a bit. I get the feeling that some of you noticed that this story has gone far away from the original thing. Sorry, but if you wait until the end, I assure you, it's pretty worth it. So I thank those who have made it all the way to this chapter and who will be there 'till the last chapters (even if you read it like two years from now). It's a pretty long chapter and I spent hours looking back in forth from this chapter to the Animal Kingdom map to make sure I got things right (I haven't been there since I was eight). So I hope you really enjoy this chapter! Please review :3
This Chapter Is Best Read With: Chop and Change by The Black Keys, Rolling In On A Burning Tire by The Dead Weather, Stand My Ground by Within Temptation (my favorite band!)
Disclaimer: Until now, I still do not own the Kingdom Keepers (I know, it sucks right?). I don't own Pocahontas either :( or Simba. or Nala. Crud. Nor do I own the Animal Kingdom :( weh.
Chapter Twenty-five: Pocahontas, Simba, Birds, and Monkeys with Anklets
There was a loud knock on their door. Maybeck groaned. "Who, with the right mind, would knock at this time?" Finn said and stood up, still half asleep. Finn opened the door. "Pocahontas?" Finn asked in shock.
Pocahontas was shivering in the light rain. The end of her skirt was burnt and so were bits of her hair. Pocahontas cradled her brunt hand. "Hello." Pocahontas managed to say.
"Well, don't just stand there Finn! Let her in." Amanda called out from inside.
"Oh right." Finn said and blushed, recovering from shock. "Come inside." Finn motioned for her to enter.
"Thank you." She said and stepped inside. Amanda got up and gave Pocahontas their blanket. Pocahontas thanked Amanda.
"What happened to you?" Charlene gasped as soon as she saw her brunt hand.
Amanda ushered her to sit down. "I was strolling the forest when suddenly something exploded right in front of me. I was lucky that it only affected my hand. I heard Maleficent laugh echo through the forest." Pocahontas explained.
"That just proves they are working with them!" Philby cried through his teeth. Willa nodded in agreement.
"Them?" Pocahontas asked.
"The MalACEs." Willa started to explain. "They're an evil group that no one has ever heard of but they're behind hundreds of killings. They've taken over Walt Disney World. The overtakers are now working with them. The MalACEs are ruled by Adam's uncle…Adam is Elizabeth's boyfriend."
"Oh my…" Pocahontas whispered. Pocahontas looked at Andrew. "Are you her boyfriend?" Elizabeth winced, but nobody noticed. They all thought she was still asleep.
"No." Andrew said flatly. "Her boyfriend was kidnapped. By them."
"Oh my. That's terrible!" Pocahontas exclaimed and turned to look at Willa. Pocahontas grimaced.
"Are you alright?" Charlene asked, moving closer.
"Yes, yes. It's just the hand." Pocahontas said and grimaced again.
"Oh! We have just the thing! Could you wake Elizabeth up?" Charlene asked, walking toward Elizabeth's bed.
"No." Andrew stopped her. "She needs to rest."
"I'm wide awake." Elizabeth said. Charlene backed up as Elizabeth turned around to sit up. "And you guys don't need me to do it." Elizabeth looked at Jess.
Jess looked at Pocahontas uncertainly. "Are…are you sure?" Jess asked, clutching her bottle of nightsar juice.
Elizabeth nodded her head. "Definitely." Jess hesitated then walked towards Pocahontas.
"What's that?" Pocahontas asked as Jess poured a small amount of nightsar juice onto her hand.
"It's nightsar." Jess answered. "It has healing powers. And this will heal your burn." Pocahontas lifted her hand and Jess rubbed the juice on. Pocahontas exhaled in satisfaction.
The burn started fading away and her hand began to look normal. "Thank you." Pocahontas said. Jess looked at Elizabeth who nodded and smiled. Pocahontas stood up and headed for the door. Just as she did, there was another knock. Pocahontas opened the door. "Oh, hello." Pocahontas greeted the visitor.
Willa stepped forward. "Who is it?" Willa asked and moved closer to the door. There, stood a lioness. "Nala? From the Lion King?"
"Yes, hello. Are you a kingdom keeper?" Nala asked.
Willa turned to her friends in shock. "Was it just me, or did you guys hear her talk?" Willa asked.
"Nope. We heard her." Maybeck said. Finn stepped forward.
"Yes. We're all Kingdom Keepers." Finn answered Nala.
Nala nodded. "Good. Simba needs to talk to you." Nala said and turned around, heading for Camp Minnie-Mickey.
"Uh. I think she wants us to follow." Maybeck said and pointed at Nala.
"Yeah, thanks for pointing it out, genius." Philby said and rolled his eyes. Maybeck just grinned. Everybody got themselves ready. Elizabeth grabbed her bow and arrows while Andrew made sure he had his dagger.
"I think it is time for me to get going now." Pocahontas said. "Thank you." Pocahontas bowed her head.
"Pshaw, no problem!" Maybeck said. Philby rolled his eyes.
"In return, if you need my help just whisper my name in the wind." Pocahontas said.
"Sure, we'll just do that." Philby said and nodded. Pocahontas smiled and headed out the door.
"Well, let's go follow the lion." Maybeck said and followed after Nala. The others trailed after him; Andrew and Elizabeth were the last ones to leave.
"So," Elizabeth started "What did you do while you were gone?" Elizabeth acted as if nothing happened last night.
Andrew raised his eyebrows. "Well, I did a couple of things."
"Like?" Elizabeth said and looked at him briefly.
"Like, hunting, spending time in the forest, stealing food and giving them to the poor." Andrew said. "You know, simple stuff." Andrew shrugged and smiled.
"Right. Simple stuff." Elizabeth said and smiled lightly. "So, did you do anything interesting?" She asked him.
Andrew laughed. "I don't know. If you count stealing from the fat mayor of a village and trying not to get killed, interesting."
"What'd you steal from him?" Elizabeth asked casually.
"Food. Money. Clothes." Andrew answered.
"What would you need the clothes for?" Elizabeth asked. "And the money?"
"The clothes weren't for me." Andrew said. "They were for the poor people in the village. So was the money and food."
"Wow." Elizabeth said. Andrew looked at her and smiled. "Way to go Robin Hood." Elizabeth smiled back.
"Those people deserve better. They needed some leader that didn't put them in jail because they would give him money or whatever."
"Spoken like a true leader." Elizabeth said. "They should have asked you to be their leader."
"They did ask me. They wanted me to." Andrew said.
"Then why didn't you?" Elizabeth asked, puzzled.
"I didn't want to be." Andrew shrugged. "I didn't want to be stuck in one place. I wanted to travel around, help other villages."
Elizabeth smiled. "You're definitely the modern-day Robin Hood."
Andrew smiled. "Thanks." He said. "So what about you? What did you do?"
"Adam and I became DHIs over at Hong Kong." Elizabeth said. "Turns out its just Orlando and Hong Kong that had DHIs. I don't know why they didn't have any over at Anaheim or California or Japan." Elizabeth shrugged. "I don't know why they didn't add more to our group…well, pair."
"It was just the two of you?" Andrew asked.
"Yeah. We could've used some help but it was fine with just the two of us." Elizabeth smiled to herself.
"Good for you." Andrew said sarcastically.
Elizabeth didn't let it bother her. "So, did you meet any girl during your…um…missions?" Elizabeth asked, raising her brow.
"No." Andrew shook his head. "I only had my heart set on one girl." Andrew looked at Elizabeth briefly then looked away. Elizabeth stayed silent.
Just as Elizabeth took another step, her vision fogged up and her head started aching. Just like it did before she had her first vision of Adam…
An image appeared. It had a figure of a boy and a lion. The image began to focus, and Elizabeth started to see clearly. Just then, the lion and the boy began to move. Elizabeth noticed the lion was Simba, and the boy was Adam. Elizabeth felt like she was staring right at him but he could not see her. No one could.
Elizabeth focused on Adam. He wore a loose brown shirt that men used to wear long time ago—the ones that men during the Elizabethan period wore under vests, linen. He wore black pants; Elizabeth saw parts of his pants were ripped. His hair was messier than usual and he looked paler than ever. He was getting soaked. This happened yesterday. Elizabeth thought as she remembered the hard rain.
What did they do to you? Elizabeth thought in horror. Elizabeth raised her hand up to touch him. She hesitated, she thought he saw her but he didn't. Elizabeth brought her hand to touch his face. His skin was cold, which made Elizabeth jerk her hand away. Elizabeth's eyes locked on his, Elizabeth saw suffering, pain, and worry. Just then, Simba roared. Elizabeth turned around.
"Simba? What's wrong?" Elizabeth asked and walked closer to him. The lion did not notice her either. Elizabeth turned around and noticed Adam had a knife in his hand. Simba had a rope tied tightly around his neck. Adam stepped closer to the lion. Adam lifted the knife. "Adam! Don't!" Elizabeth cried and closed her eyes
Elizabeth heard the knife cut through something. Elizabeth opened her eyes. Simba was still alive although there was a cut in his neck that bled. Adam's dark figure towered over Simba's. Elizabeth saw pieces of rope on the floor. Adam turned around; Elizabeth followed his gaze and found two men approaching him. Elizabeth remembered those two men from her last vision. Slim and Frisk. Elizabeth thought harshly.
Adam turned to face Simba. "Go!" Adam hissed. "Get out of here! Go!" Elizabeth could see he was desperate. Adam kicked forward, not exactly touching Simba. Simba hesitated then ran.
"Adam…" Elizabeth said, but this time she knew he couldn't hear her. Adam's eyes were closed and a pained frown was on his face.
"OY! DIPSTICK!" Elizabeth heard Slim call out. Adam took a deep breath, bracing himself. Frisk laid a hand on Adam's shoulder and both he and Frisk looked over, possibly looking for Simba. But Simba was long gone.
"Little dipstick" Frisk frowned. "Where's the big cat?"
"You let 'em get away didn't yah?" Slim cried, accusing him.
"Are you sure?" Adam asked calmly. "Maybe you need your eyes checked, 'ol Slim." Frisk tsked and shook his head.
"I don't need my eyes checked you ass!" Slim exploded shaking his fist.
"Aw, calm down little Slim." Adam said. "You don't want to get into a baby tantrum."
Slim grabbed Adam's shirt like a bully and pulled him down to look him in the eye. "Don't mess with me dipstick." Slim growled. "Remember the last time?" Slim untied the lace that prevented his chest to show, and exposed Adam's broad chest, which had a huge purple-ish bruise. Elizabeth gasped. Slim poked the bruise lightly and laughed when Adam moaned in pain.
"I'm sure the boss ain't gonna like to hear that you let the cat get away." Frisk whispered in his ear. Slim chuckled. Frisk spun Adam around and pushed him with so much force that Adam fell to the ground.
Slim kicked Adam's stomach hard. Adam was gasping for air. Slim and Frisk laughed. Slim grabbed his shirt like a bully again and looked him in the eye once more. "You're good as dead, dipstick." Slim released his grip. Slim and Frisk chuckled then walked away.
Before her vision ended, the last thing Elizabeth saw was Adam suffering on the ground. Once her vision was over, Elizabeth once again found herself panting.
"Elizabeth? Liz? Oh Lizzy?" Andrew asked, shaking her shoulder. "You okay?"
Elizabeth turned to face Andrew. Andrew raised his eyebrow. "Yeah. Yeah I'm fine." Elizabeth replied and they continued to walk. The others were far ahead, nearing the place of The Festival of The Lion King.
"What was that about?" Andrew asked.
"I'll tell you later…" Elizabeth said then started picking up speed to catch up with the others. Andrew shrugged and stayed silent.
A minute later Andrew and Elizabeth caught up with the rest who were talking to Nala and Simba. "Elizabeth! What took you so long? Are you alright?" Willa asked and ran up to her.
Elizabeth nodded. "Yeah, yeah, I'm fine." Elizabeth reassured her.
"Thank you for coming." Simba said then turned to Elizabeth. "May I ask for your name?"
"Elizabeth." She answered. Simba nodded.
"A fellow…named Adam, told me to tell you that he's fine." Simba said told Elizabeth.
Elizabeth shook her head. "I don't believe him. He's far away from fine." Elizabeth said then walked closer to Simba. "May I…" Elizabeth asked reaching for his neck.
Simba nodded his head and stiffened. The others watched closely. Elizabeth's hand brushed Simba's golden fur lightly. Simba winced when Elizabeth's cold and soft fingers touched his cut. "How'd you know about this?" Simba asked.
"Elizabeth…did you have another vision?" Willa asked.
"So that's what it was?" Andrew said and smirked. "I thought you saw something like Maybeck's butt crack." Andrew chuckled.
Charlene snorted. "That's what you get for wearing your pants without a belt." Charlene said. Maybeck was fuming.
"What did you see in your vision, Elizabeth?" Amanda asked as Elizabeth studied the wound.
Elizabeth pursed her lips. "I saw Adam. And Simba." Elizabeth said but didn't turn around to look at her friends. Instead she kept inspecting his wound. "It took place yesterday, didn't it Simba?" Elizabeth looked up briefly at Simba who nodded. "Adam helped Simba escape but accidentally cut him. It isn't that deep. Nothing but some nightsar would help." Elizabeth motioned for Jess to come forward.
"There?" Jess asked and pointed to the cut. Elizabeth nodded then watched as Jess rubbed the juice on Simba's wound.
"Anything else you saw in your vision, Elizabeth?" Willa asked.
Elizabeth pursed her lips again, not wanting to reply. "Yes. I saw a few other things." Elizabeth answered.
"Like?" Willa pressed. Elizabeth closed her eyes and frowned, her lips a thin line. Mark placed a hand on Willa's shoulder, telling her that Elizabeth didn't want to talk about it. Willa sighed and nodded.
"Thank you, for healing Simba's wound." Nala thanked Jess and Elizabeth. Elizabeth opened her eyes and nodded while Jess smiled.
"Simba, what happened?" Finn asked Simba who felt better after Jess rubbed the nightsar juice on his cut.
Simba looked at Elizabeth. "Do you want to tell them?" Simba asked. Elizabeth shook her head. "Alright. Yesterday, these thugs—"
"They're called MalACES." Philby informed him.
Simba nodded in gratitude. "Yes, these MalACES raided the place. They weren't completely alone. Pirates from the Caribbean accompanied them."
"I think it's pretty obvious, from the start, everyone included those pirates." Maybeck rolled his eyes, remembering when the Pirates and Stitch chased Finn and him.
"They were looking for me. Thank goodness Nala and most of the others were out somewhere else or they would've taken them or worse…" Simba shook his head. "Your Adam was the first to find me. He was a pretty good fighter too," Andrew snorted. Elizabeth shot him a nasty look. "I thought he would kill me but thankfully he didn't. He doesn't seem to belong there, doesn't he?"
"Definitely not." Elizabeth said and shook her head.
"Simba, Nala said you needed to talk to us about something?" Finn asked.
"Yes," Simba nodded. "I would feel much better if you all searched around the park, for the animals. I'd like to know what animal isn't there. They could be a threat."
Finn nodded. "Of course. We will. But we should warn you, the MalACE's base is located in the forest, the red neck forest." Finn said.
"Thank you. I'll be sure to stay away from that place." Simba said.
Finn turned to his friends. "Guys, we'll split up and do a search. Boys search the forest, girls you look around for the animals. Meet back at the tree when you're done."
"At least stick a guy with us Finn!" Amanda cried.
"You've got Elizabeth remember." Finn winked and eyed Elizabeth's bow.
"Right." Elizabeth said and smirked. Elizabeth winked at Finn. "At least you've got another fellow hunter with you." Elizabeth winked at Andrew.
"Yeah. Since Maybeck's not man enough to kill a guy." Andrew smirked.
Elizabeth chuckled. "I AM MAN ENOUGH!" Maybeck exclaimed. "I'm just not like you." He sniffed and crossed his arms defensively. Charlene placed her hand on Maybeck's shoulder, to help him calm down.
Elizabeth and Andrew laughed to themselves. Willa got the feeling that there was a sort of sibling bond between the two. "Alright we better get going." Finn announced. The girls sighed and said their goodbyes before watching them go.
"Take care Simba." Willa said then motioned for the girls to start walking towards the Kilimanjaro Safaris.
"You know, I'm betting that there aren't any animals here anymore." Jess said and looked around as they passed Pizzafari and the Tree of Life.
"I agree with Jess." Elizabeth said.
"You know, Elizabeth, your mood swings are starting to bug me, no offense." Charlene said.
"None taken." Elizabeth said and smiled. "And sorry, about my mood…"
"I know. It's okay. I understand what you're going through. But it would just be great if I knew what mood you were in." Charlene said and smiled.
Elizabeth laughed. "I'll do what I can." Elizabeth said and placed her hand on Charlene's shoulder.
"Thanks." Charlene sighed.
As the girls approached the Kilimanjaro Safaris, Willa said, "Okay, based on what I hear right now—which is absolute silence—I'm siding with Jess."
"That makes two of us." Amanda said.
"I can't disagree with any of you." Charlene said. "This places is starting to creep me out." Charlene shivered.
"Yeah. Just thinking about what might jump right out of that bush…or…or…what if someone hiding has a weapon and—" Amanda panicked.
"OKAY! Okay. Thanks, Amanda. That helped." Willa said sarcastically.
"Heh. Sorry." Amanda squeaked.
"Keep your eyes open." Elizabeth said and looked around, bow and arrow ready. The others nodded and turned all of their senses on.
The girls walked quietly, making sure not to draw any unwanted attention to them. The passed the Kilimanjaro Safaris. No animals, as the girls suspected. The girls crept on to the Pangani Forest Exploration Trail looking out for anything unusual.
Charlene was paranoid. She would always turn around and announce that she'd heard something, but there wasn't really anything. "Charlene, I think you turned your senses on too much." Amanda said.
"Does that even make sense?" Jess asked. Amanda shrugged.
"Wait. What if all the animals are being kept in the places they're supposed to go when the park's closed?" Amanda asked.
"I highly doubt that Amanda." Elizabeth whispered.
"Yeah. I mean I don't hear a single thing. It's either they've created a new way to keep the animals quiet or the MalACEs have them." Willa said. "Which, in my opinion, I believe. Haven't you been paying attention?"
"Yes. I have." Amanda defended herself. "But really, I just wish the animals weren't taken and used for bad." Amanda sighed.
"Not all of them." Jess said. "We still have the Disney animal characters!"
"But Stitch's an overtaker." Amanda said.
"Isn't Stitch an alien?" Elizabeth asked.
"Good point." Amanda said. Elizabeth chuckled. Amanda sighed.
"Come on, there's not much to see here…" Willa whispered. The others followed her lead and made their way to Rafiki's Planet Watch. On the way, Charlene complained about how much her feet hurt since they had to walk all the way there.
"Why can't we take the train?" Charlene whined.
"Because! The train could be controlled by an overtaker or they've programmed it to lead anyone who rides on it to the MalACE's base!" Willa exclaimed.
"Stupid overtakers." Charlene grumbled to herself and started acting like Maybeck.
The whole Rafiki's Planet Watch search was the same as their search in Africa. No animals. The girls headed onto Asia with occasional complaints from each of them about how tired they were. Each of them were equally—except Elizabeth she hated the MalACEs and Overtakers the most, but more of the MalACEs—ticked off at the Overtakers and MalACEs.
Once the girls have covered Flights of Wonder, they were all frightened to search the Maharajah Jungle Trek, because of the exotic animals—especially the tigers and komodo dragons. But they were able to assure themselves that none of those animals were there. Thankfully, they were all taken. The idea of what the Overtakers and MalACEs planned to do with them, terrified the girls.
This is bad. One would think
This is not good. Not good at all. Another would panic.
The girls were convinced, since having searched most of the park, that there weren't any animals over at the Kali River Rapids or in Expedition Everest. The girls turned around and headed for the Tree.
Elizabeth heard some squawking up in the air and lifted her head to gaze into the sky. Sailing across the gloomy grey sky, Elizabeth spotted a bird. A bird she has never seen before.
"It looks like a cross between a duck…and…is that…a tiger's tail?" Amanda cried, looking up at the sky.
"I've never seen anything like that." Willa said, not exactly gaping.
"I bet it's some hybrid bird…" Jess said in awe.
"I have to say, it kind of looks amazing…" Charlene said then turned around to see Elizabeth aim her arrow at the bird, ready to release. "Elizabeth! What are you doing? Don't just kill that bird!" Charlene panicked.
But it was too late, Elizabeth released the arrow and it flew up, piercing through the bird's feathers and skin. "What have you done?" Jess gasped.
Elizabeth kept her face expressionless. "I've seen these birds before. Messenger birds. My parents sent them back and forth several times. There's probably a lot more somewhere." Elizabeth said and bent over to look at the bird closely. "Look." Elizabeth pointed at the bird's ankle, it had an anklet with a red ace. "It's got an anklet. A MalACE anklet."
The other girls gasped. "You're right." Willa said and moved closer.
"Check this out." Charlene said and pointed at the back of the bird. It carried some sort of duffel bag.
Elizabeth turned the bird over so it's back was facing her. She opened his bag and inside it, she found a note. Elizabeth took the note and read it aloud, "Sir, that Pocahontas is long gone. The deaths took care of her in the forest. No sign of her ever since, sir. And I'm sure Frisk and Slim didn't tell you that your nephew let the lion get away. Just to inform you sir, we are at base 1, that park idiots call the Magic Kingdom. We're awaiting orders sir." Elizabeth looked up at her friends. It betrayed rage and pain.
Willa knew what Elizabeth was thinking. "Elizabeth. No." Willa said sternly. "You don't stand a chance against those men."
"But I have you guys with me!" Elizabeth shouted.
"We're not going with you and risk our lives! Elizabeth, revenge isn't the way. Killing them won't get you Adam back." Willa shouted back.
"Well, what am I supposed to do?" Elizabeth cried. Tears began falling down her face.
Willa walked over to Elizabeth and hugged her. "We'll figure something out. We'll get him back. Don't worry." Willa whispered.
"Come on. Let's head back to the tree. We'll wait for the boys there." Charlene said and started walking back to the tree. Amanda and Jess followed after her, then Willa who still had her arms wrapped around a weeping Elizabeth.*
After three hours staying inside the tree while it poured outside, the girls were starting to get worried.
"Do you guys think they're okay?" Jess asked.
"We're are they?" Amanda asked frantically.
"I hope nothing happened to them." Willa said worriedly.
"I just hope Maybeck's man enough to get back here and face me." Charlene said furiously, but they knew she too was extremely worried. Elizabeth was the only one who stayed quiet.
"We have to go look for them!" Amanda said.
"No." Willa said. "Finn said to stay here and wait until they come back!"
"But what are we suppose to do here?" Amanda exclaimed.
"I don't know!" Willa cried throwing her hands up, exasperated. That's how the argument between the two girls started…until there was a knock on the door.
"I'll get it." Charlene said and walked toward the door.
Amanda turned. "FINN!" She exclaimed and ran to the door. She spread her arms wide then wrapping her arms around a soaking Finn. "I was so worried." Amanda breathed.
"I know. I'm sorry." Finn said and stroked her hair. The other boys went inside to greet the others. "Got into some trouble."
"What trouble?" Elizabeth asked and turned to Andrew.
"Monkeys." Andrew replied gruffly.
"You guys got beat up by monkeys?" Charlene asked and crossed her arms.
"No." Maybeck replied defensively.
"We were just unlucky." Philby said, his shirt off. Philby winced as Willa examined his wound on the left side of his chest. "The monkeys were in the forest. They attacked us."
"Is that how you got that?" Elizabeth asked and at his chest. Philby nodded and smiled at Willa who rolled her eyes.
"What was weird is that those monkeys had anklets with an ace on them." Finn said. He was already preached on his bed staring at the ceiling.
"We're guessing that they're with the MalACEs." Philby said.
"They are." Elizabeth said. All eyes were on her. "We saw a messenger bird" Elizabeth looked up at Andrew. "It carried a message saying that Pocahontas is dead and that Adam failed to kill Simba."
"What happened? Where is it now?" Mark asked.
"It's dead." Charlene said simply.
"Oh." Mark said. Charlene lifted her eyebrows as if to say, yeah, I know.
"Well, nothing really happened in the forest." Maybeck said and shrugged.
"Besides the monkeys." Andrew added.
"Besides the monkeys, yes." Maybeck said and nodded.
"How about you guys?" Philby asked.
"Nothing." Jess said.
"There aren't any animals in the parks." Willa said.
"At all?" Finn asked.
"None at all." Amanda said and shook her head.
"That's a problem." Mark said.
"It sure is." Charlene said and yawned.
Maybeck checked his watch. "I think it's late enough." Maybeck told everyone. "We had a long day."
"Don't forget tiring." Amanda pointed out.
"Let's get some rest." Finn declared and climbed under his sheets. Everyone else took his lead and slept.
Elizabeth walked over to the light switched and turned the lights off. "Good night." She whispered then walked back to her bed.
"Night kid." Andrew said and kissed Elizabeth's hair. Elizabeth looked at him briefly, but her expression betrayed nothing.
"Night Andrew." Elizabeth said and laid her head down. This time, Elizabeth waited for the nightmares.