CH15
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Arrival
Where is she? Jack asked silently over and over. Annie's plane was at least twenty minuets late, and as much as he tried, he couldn't stop the thought from coming. The thought that said Annie's plane had been high jacked like Fi's.
A tear slid down his cheak. Fi was thought to be dead now. As much as nobody wanted to believe it, Clu probably was, too. Although there was no evidence of it that could prove it true, there were also weren't any signs they were alive. Still, he prayed every day and night that he'd wake up, and they'd be there. Or that they'd at least get a call from Clu.
Jack began to mentally list of all the possibilites of why Annie's plane was late. He kept telling himself that it could be the weather, or some other rational excuse, although he couldn't believe it no matter how hard he tried to convince himself. Then he saw her, standing a mere twenty feet away, looking. Her eyes were dark, and half close; it looked like she hadn't slept in ages! Even her normally bueatiful hair which normally shone like the sun was snarled and matted. But he didn't care, she was here, she was safe.
"Annie!" he called out.
Did somebody call my name? Annie turned toward the sound that she might have heard. Her heart skipped a beat. He was here! She immediatly wished she had showered before she came, but that would have been impossible. She had told Jack that her parents ahd been shot. That had been a lie.
The truth? She seriously didn't know. All she remembered was a loud bang... bright orange and red fire... smoke... then blackness. She had woken up in the hospital. They asked her if there was some one they could call, but Anie said she wanted to call herself. Seeing that she had no other relitives, few friends who even spoke english, she had called Jack.
Annie had come to believe it was a bomb. But why would some one bomb their house? Had her parents done something to desereve this? Had she?
"Annie! Over here." Annie started toward Jack, but then she noticed her feet weren't moving, and imediately felt stupid. It wasn't that hard, making your own legs work--but not they were glued in place, paralyzed!
Didn't she here me? She must have, it wasn't THAT loud in here. Whatever the case, she wasn't moving, so he made his way toward her.
"Annie," he said when he reached her, "din't you hear me?"
"No," she lied. But what was she supposed to say. "Yeah I heard you, I just forgot how to walk?" Oh no no no. Only if you want to sound like an idiot.
They stood in an akward silence for a minuet. Neither knew what to say. "C' mon," Jack said. "Mom's out in the car." Jack took her bag for her, and headed toward the exit.
"Jack," he turned at the sound of Annie's whispered voice. Annie somehow got her legs to work, and walked toward him. He set down her bag. They envoloved each other in a big hug. "I missed you," she said.
"I missed you too. I'm so sorry this had to happen to you."
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"We're getting close, I can tell," Clu said. He glanced down at his map, " only a day left, mabe a tittle more. But we're close."
"Good, if I don't get to civilization, soon, I might die," Fi pretended she was having a heart attack, or some other simalar fatal desiese.
"Well, I don't like the idea of you dying, so if you could wait till we make it to civilaiztion before you croke, that would be nice. That way, the doctors can save you."
"Do I really want to be saved?" Fi asked. "Is life really all that great?"
"No, not really," Clu said, wraping an arm around Fi's shoulders. "But I'd prefer that were around."
"Fine, I'll live."
Clu let his eyes roam. This place is starting to look familiar, thought Clu. Clu watched the ground as he walked.
"Clu, are you okay?" Fi asked.
"Uh, yeah...I guess."
Fi shrugged. "Are you sure?"
"THis place is just creeping me out, okay?"
They returned to silence. Clu stared at the passing twigs and other debris. He forgot about where he was, what he was doing, and the time.
"Clu!" CLu jerked to a stop.
"What?"
"You were about to un into a tree, Clu." Clu loked up. Fi was right. "Clu, what's wrong?"
"Nothing."
"Bullshit! You don't almost run into a tree if nothings wrong."
"I don't know what's wrong, okay? This place just seems familiar, and it's freaking me out!"
Clu walked around the tree. Crunch. He looked at his feet. What was glass doing in the middle of nowhere? Clu tok his foot off of it-whatever IT was. "Hey, Fi, check this out." Clu bent to examine the thing. Fi did the same.
"What is it?"
Carefully Clu removed the broken glass, revealing a picture. A picture of Clu, Fil, JAck, and Carey.
"Let's get put of here." Fi got up. "We should get out of here."
HU? What was Fi scared of? Clu listened closely. "Hey, wait! Fi! I lnow how to get out of here!"
"No. WE have to leave here--now."
"OKay, this way."
"Bu--"
"Do you want to leave this place?" Fi nodded meakly, obviously scared. "Then let's go." Clu let Fi gp first, and followed behind. Just as Clu had suspected, they came out at the clearing.
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Arrival
Where is she? Jack asked silently over and over. Annie's plane was at least twenty minuets late, and as much as he tried, he couldn't stop the thought from coming. The thought that said Annie's plane had been high jacked like Fi's.
A tear slid down his cheak. Fi was thought to be dead now. As much as nobody wanted to believe it, Clu probably was, too. Although there was no evidence of it that could prove it true, there were also weren't any signs they were alive. Still, he prayed every day and night that he'd wake up, and they'd be there. Or that they'd at least get a call from Clu.
Jack began to mentally list of all the possibilites of why Annie's plane was late. He kept telling himself that it could be the weather, or some other rational excuse, although he couldn't believe it no matter how hard he tried to convince himself. Then he saw her, standing a mere twenty feet away, looking. Her eyes were dark, and half close; it looked like she hadn't slept in ages! Even her normally bueatiful hair which normally shone like the sun was snarled and matted. But he didn't care, she was here, she was safe.
"Annie!" he called out.
Did somebody call my name? Annie turned toward the sound that she might have heard. Her heart skipped a beat. He was here! She immediatly wished she had showered before she came, but that would have been impossible. She had told Jack that her parents ahd been shot. That had been a lie.
The truth? She seriously didn't know. All she remembered was a loud bang... bright orange and red fire... smoke... then blackness. She had woken up in the hospital. They asked her if there was some one they could call, but Anie said she wanted to call herself. Seeing that she had no other relitives, few friends who even spoke english, she had called Jack.
Annie had come to believe it was a bomb. But why would some one bomb their house? Had her parents done something to desereve this? Had she?
"Annie! Over here." Annie started toward Jack, but then she noticed her feet weren't moving, and imediately felt stupid. It wasn't that hard, making your own legs work--but not they were glued in place, paralyzed!
Didn't she here me? She must have, it wasn't THAT loud in here. Whatever the case, she wasn't moving, so he made his way toward her.
"Annie," he said when he reached her, "din't you hear me?"
"No," she lied. But what was she supposed to say. "Yeah I heard you, I just forgot how to walk?" Oh no no no. Only if you want to sound like an idiot.
They stood in an akward silence for a minuet. Neither knew what to say. "C' mon," Jack said. "Mom's out in the car." Jack took her bag for her, and headed toward the exit.
"Jack," he turned at the sound of Annie's whispered voice. Annie somehow got her legs to work, and walked toward him. He set down her bag. They envoloved each other in a big hug. "I missed you," she said.
"I missed you too. I'm so sorry this had to happen to you."
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"We're getting close, I can tell," Clu said. He glanced down at his map, " only a day left, mabe a tittle more. But we're close."
"Good, if I don't get to civilization, soon, I might die," Fi pretended she was having a heart attack, or some other simalar fatal desiese.
"Well, I don't like the idea of you dying, so if you could wait till we make it to civilaiztion before you croke, that would be nice. That way, the doctors can save you."
"Do I really want to be saved?" Fi asked. "Is life really all that great?"
"No, not really," Clu said, wraping an arm around Fi's shoulders. "But I'd prefer that were around."
"Fine, I'll live."
Clu let his eyes roam. This place is starting to look familiar, thought Clu. Clu watched the ground as he walked.
"Clu, are you okay?" Fi asked.
"Uh, yeah...I guess."
Fi shrugged. "Are you sure?"
"THis place is just creeping me out, okay?"
They returned to silence. Clu stared at the passing twigs and other debris. He forgot about where he was, what he was doing, and the time.
"Clu!" CLu jerked to a stop.
"What?"
"You were about to un into a tree, Clu." Clu loked up. Fi was right. "Clu, what's wrong?"
"Nothing."
"Bullshit! You don't almost run into a tree if nothings wrong."
"I don't know what's wrong, okay? This place just seems familiar, and it's freaking me out!"
Clu walked around the tree. Crunch. He looked at his feet. What was glass doing in the middle of nowhere? Clu tok his foot off of it-whatever IT was. "Hey, Fi, check this out." Clu bent to examine the thing. Fi did the same.
"What is it?"
Carefully Clu removed the broken glass, revealing a picture. A picture of Clu, Fil, JAck, and Carey.
"Let's get put of here." Fi got up. "We should get out of here."
HU? What was Fi scared of? Clu listened closely. "Hey, wait! Fi! I lnow how to get out of here!"
"No. WE have to leave here--now."
"OKay, this way."
"Bu--"
"Do you want to leave this place?" Fi nodded meakly, obviously scared. "Then let's go." Clu let Fi gp first, and followed behind. Just as Clu had suspected, they came out at the clearing.