blackamber- this one took me a while too... what is wrong with me lately?
Bryan- (drinking Ice tea) I blame writer's craft, it's sapping all your creativity away
blackamber- where'd you get that?
Bryan- (looks at drink) I don't know... it kinda just appeared
blackamber- oh... okay...
Bryan- So... any announcements today?
blackamber- let me see (takes file of announcements out again) we've done that one... that one's for the next one... hmm... AH! Here we go (hands announcement to Bryan)
Bryan- "blackamber was serious about the question regarding whether or not Norah should be pregnant..." don't know why that was important but okay... oh... there's another part, "as Bryan said, her creativity is being drained by writer's craft... and may take a while to write chapters... she will once again appreciate audience input and ideas to help her write the chapters at a steady pace... remember there aren't that many left now."
blackamber- ONTO THE STORY!!
Ray- you didn't do a disclaimer yet...
blackamber- oh... right... umm...
Ray- blackamber doesn't own anything except the story and her own characters
blackamber- thank you Ray, now onto the story
Recap:
"Oh my God," Claire gasped at the explosion.
Amy's face paled and her eyes widened. He can create his own… he just… Tala… "TALA!!"
"What just happened there AJ?"
"I don't know Brad, it's hard to see through all this smoke."
"Claire, get me down there right now!" Amy yelled, jumping to her feet and knocking the older girl on the floor, popcorn and all.
"Oh no you don't," Norah scolded, appearing from nowhere and shutting off the TV, "you need to rest."
"Norah! How can I possibly rest after that!? I need to be there, please," Amy begged.
"Amy, you may think you're strong enough to do this, but your not. Not yet. You're not strong enough to fight, let someone else do it for a day," Norah argued.
"I DON'T WANT TO FIGHT!" hollered Amy, "I want to see my boyfriend! Please Norah; I need to know he's okay."
"Norah, I think you should let her go," the popcorn covered Claire spoke up from where she was dumped on the floor.
Norah looked between the twenty-six year old and the young teen and sighed in exasperation, "I'll call Derek and tell him your coming."
Amy privately cheered and stopped herself from jumping on the woman and hugging her. "Come on Claire, get off the floor and let's go… and clean that popcorn off too!" she called, racing out of the family room.
"Not so fast!" Norah yelled, stopping Amy in her tracks, "you're still recovering, I expect you to take it easy while your out. This means, you can't push yourself, aka, no running!"
"Yeah, yeah, yeah, just let me go!" howled Amy.
The ride over to the ACC seemed like an eternity for Amy, she wondered if Tala was taken to the hospital, or if he was at the infirmary in the center. "Has Derek called you to say where Tala was?" Amy asked.
"No, he hasn't. You would have heard my cell if he had, dork," Claire teased, "I'm sure he's fine."
Amy wasn't so sure. She nearly jumped out of the truck when Claire finished parking and raced to the entrance. Only to be stopped by Derek at the doors. "You're supposed to be taking it easy, remember," he reminded. "I know!" Amy practically screamed, "is he okay?"
"We don't know, the paramedics haven't arrived yet and I can't get close enough to check him out myself," Derek explained.
Amy dodged around him entering the center. "Why? What happened?"
"The rafters above the dish and half of the ceiling came down. Cole seems unscathed, but their not letting anyone down there," Derek continued to describe.
"You're a doctor though, how could they not let you through?" Amy demanded, tears filling her eyes.
"I know," Derek squeezed her shoulders, "they're just being careful. I'm not trained for rescues, I'm trained for saving lives."
"What's the difference!?" Amy did scream this time.
"A fireman rescues the people from events like this," Derek sighed, "the ceiling is too unstable to-
Amy didn't want to hear anymore, ignoring Norah's words once more; she broke into a run towards the inner arena. Climbing up the first flight of stairs to the seats directly above the Blitzkrieg Boys side, she dodged security and jumped into the stadium.
"Amy? What are you doing here?" Kai asked, being the first to notice her entrance.
"Why do you think I'm here?" Amy countered, looking at the destruction, "oh God…" She began to tremble at the sight.
Kai moved beside her, hugging his sister to him as she broke down. Although he still wasn't fully comfortable with what was between her and Tala he attempted to console her. "It's okay; he's going to be alright. He's tougher than this."
"How'd you get down here?" Spencer asked, trying to help by getting her mind off what was before her. "Security is supposed to be pretty tight up there."
"They were busy with some rioters who wanted to tear Cole apart for bringing the roof down," Amy sniffed, "they didn't even notice me." Her gaze locked once more on the rubble, I can't just stand around and do nothing. She freed herself from her brother's hold and cautiously approached the debris, looking up briefly at the rest of the ceiling, judging whether or not it would come down on her. You're safe, little warrior, I'll protect you, Hien's voice ran smoothly through her mind.
With her bit-beasts reassurance, she moved more confidently towards where the dish was. Her heart leapt at the sight of a certain someone rising, seemingly unhurt, or at least not seriously. She launched herself into the red-haired boy's embrace, tears of relief flowing from her eyes. "Thank God you're okay," she breathed into his chest.
"That's one way to put it," Tala groaned, "I'm not sure if 'okay' is the best way to describe someone who has just had a ceiling dumped on them though."
"Your sense of humour is as dry as ever," Amy laughed lightly against him.
Tala grunted a little in pain, causing an immediate frantic response from the girl in his embrace. "Oh my God! I'm sorry, did that hurt?"
"Its fine," he murmured as she loosened her hold on him in fear of hurting him further. "What are you doing here?"
"I was watching the match and obviously after seeing Cole's move I had to come down, I wasn't about to pace around at home wondering if you were okay or not," Amy responded. "It's my fault this happened."
"What?" Tala blinked at her before holding her tighter in reassurance, "no it's not."
"Yes, it is," insisted Amy, "it's because you and Kai rescued me that you got hurt… that or because I dumped Cole and am now dating you. Either way, if it wasn't for me he wouldn't have 'dumped the ceiling' on you as you so affectionately stated."
"Well, with an argument like that, there's no doubt that it was all your doing. So I accept your apology," Tala sarcastically said.
"Stop mocking me," Amy glared before breaking into laughter, "I'm so glad you're okay."
"Yeah, I'm pretty happy about that too," Tala smirked.
Amy turned her head slightly to look at her brother who was standing now beside the amazingly slow paramedics. (This isn't an insult to Canadian paramedics… I just find in a lot of shows, paramedics are usually late…) "Do you need help getting over there?" Amy asked, motioning past the pile of rubble.
"No, I should be fine," Tala said, fighting the urge to kiss her. An impulse that was caused when he saw the blast forming; at that point he didn't think he'd ever see her again… but of course, he knew that although Kai was cutting them a little slack, he would absolutely snap if he ever saw them kiss.
Amy had taken this opportunity to turn towards Cole, while Tala made his way to the others, she marched towards the dish until she was glaring across from him. "Prepare yourself Cole," she growled darkly, getting the boys attention, "I'm not going to go easy on you."
The dark haired boy grinned at her, "I was hoping you'd say that. The match would be quite boring if you did."
Amy removed her newly formatted blade from her pocket holding it out in front of her, "tomorrow, you're going to pay for everything you've done, and not just to me."
"I look forward to it," Cole mused as Amy turned away again, oh yes, Amy, I'm looking forward to see you finally break…
blackamber- YAY! He lives!
Tala- no thanks to you!
blackamber- (blinks) you're... actually... mad at me?
Amy- you almost killed him... he has a right to be... and I am as well
Kai- Hmph
blackamber- well... Kai's always mad at me so I don't really care about that...
Kai- idiot
blackamber- that means "I love you" in Kai language
Kai- it does not!
friend from previous chapter who will remain unnamed- stop demoralizing him, fool!
blackamber- you guys never let me have ANY fun
Tala- R&R before she tries to kill me again to get attention
