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A man in black stood in front of me. A bloody sword was in his hand and he was getting closer...
No, not again. I tried to back up, but my legs wouldn't move.
The sword was moving back and forth in front of my face, taunting me. I couldn't get away. I was backed into a corner that was supposed to protect me, but was only going to ensure my death...
I will not die. Not yet, at least. Not here.
The sword got closer, closer to me. As I watched, frozen in fear, the man pulled the sword back and plunged it into my stomach. Pulling it out, he plunged it in again.
I found my voice and screamed.
"Cayla!" I heard Jonny yelling.
Don't worry, I think I'm going to heaven. Maybe I'll see you there someday...
"Cayla, wake up!"
You don't wake up from dying...
I felt a stinging slap across my face and my eyes flew open. Where was I? This wasn't the dining room where I was stabbed. The lights are too bright. I can't see...
"Cayla!" Jonny's voice came again, "It's only a dream!"
My eyes adjusted to the light. I was in Jonny's room, in bed. Jonny was sitting next to me with his arms around me. I was still in one piece. I leaned against him and started to shake.
The door flew open, "Jonny, Cayla's not in her bed," Race said frantically, "She screamed and now we can't find her and-" He stopped short.
Great I thought This is so embarrassing. I screamed out loud and now everyone is even more worried... I realized Race was talking to Jonny again. He did not look too happy...
"Now let's see," Race said, "Our room is 4 doors down. I don't think there's anyway that you could've heard her scream, get out of bed, go into her room, and bring her back here without us seeing you since we went running the second we heard her scream, too. Want to explain how it is that she's here, then?"
"Race," Jonny said, "I don't think you need me to explain anything. You've got your suspicions, and right now, I don't feel like proving you wrong. Don't you think we could discuss this when we all feel better? Especially her?" Jonny pointed to me.
Again with the slightly confused. What are they talking... OH! Race thinks that Jonny and I... For some reason, I felt like laughing. I almost died and Race thinks that is the first thing that comes to my mind? It's really funny. Either that, or I was bordering on being hysterical again...
Race looked at me, then back at Jonny, "We talk at breakfast," he said, then looked at me again, "You gonna be all right, munchkin?"
"Yeah," I said, "As well as I can be, at least."
"OK, then," he turned around with only a slight hesitation and went out into the hall. I could hear him saying that I was fine that it was just a nightmare, and why not go back to bed because everyone will feel better after some more sleep?
I lay back down on the bed and Jonny fell down next to me, "I didn't think they'd get that idea," he said.
"I thought that maybe they would sometime, but not right now, not after this," I said, "Maybe it's just the tension."
"Well, we had to here Race freak out sometime," Jonny said, "We might as well just add this onto the rest of the problems and deal with them all later. You think you can sleep?"
"I think so," I said, "'Night, Jonny."
"Good night."
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I woke up at 1 pm the next day. So much for talking at breakfast... Where was Jonny?
I got out of bed and cautiously opened the door. The guard was still there. I walked across the hall to my room and went inside. Once I saw that it was safe, I closed the door and got dressed. Then, I went back into the hall.
"Excuse me?" I asked the guard, "Do you know where everyone is?"
"Right down here," he said, "They told me to bring you to them whenever you were well enough to come."
We walked down to the room that everyone had been in the first day we came. The guard let me in and I stepped inside.
The sight of everyone sitting on the pillows looking like they were at a funeral almost made me cry again. Jonny looked slightly angry and I figured Race got ahold of him before I came down.
Jonny got up and pulled me towards my pillow, which was next to him again. I didn't think I'd be moving it this time. When I sat down, Race asked if I felt any better.
"No," I said, "I don't feel better."
Race and Dr. Quest exchanged a small smile.
"What is so funny?" I asked, "In case you somehow managed to forget, people died here last night!" My voice was getting shriller.
They lost their smiles, "No, Cayla. That's not it at all," Dr. Quest said, "We are simply happy that you're not trying to pretend that you're OK with people dying here last night."
"That's good to know," I said, "Now what?"
"What do you mean?" Jonny asked.
"I mean, what do we do now?" I asked, "What's going on?"
"We're leaving," Race said, "Surge and his henchmen somehow managed to find out where we were. We're more equipped to deal with them at home than here. We don't want to be the cause for more people losing their lives."
A lump rose in my throat, "I don't think that's a good idea."
"Why not?" Hadji asked.
"If they know we're here," I said, "What's to stop them from shooting us out of the sky? They'll be expecting us to run."
"We killed all of the people they sent to attack us," Race said, "They have no way of guessing our next move. There is no way they can regroup another force to blow us out of the sky before we can get far enough away so that it won't matter."
"Why don't you eat something?" Hadji's Mom said, "Then you can pack and be all ready to go."
"Thank you," I said. I didn't want to leave. What was to stop them from having people waiting for us when we got back?
Before I could ask though, a servant brought me some breakfast, and once I was done, I was sent upstairs to pack.
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Once the jet was loaded, we all said good-bye to Hadji's Mom and headed out for home. The plane ride seemed to take forever because I kept staring out the window, expecting to see a missile chasing us down.
Race came over and sat besides me, "How you holding up, munchkin?"
"I don't know," I said, "I feel so stupid for waking everyone up last night."
"Don't feel stupid. Nightmares are perfectly all right." He paused, "Speaking of last night..."
"I know what you're going to say," I said, "You already talked to Jonny; I could tell by the way he looked when I came down today. Nothing is going on, at least not like that. I woke up from a dead faint that I clearly remember you causing," I said. Race winced, "I was very, very scared and I went to the person who was closest to get a little comfort. That's all. Now chill out."
Race looked me in the eyes. I stared back, "OK, I believe you," he said, "I never said I didn't. It was just-"
"It's OK," I said, "You were just being overprotective and you have a right to be."
"Thanks," he said.
"No problem," I said, "Would you leave me alone for a little bit? I need to think."
Race got up and went back to his seat. I went back to staring out the window, waiting for the attack that never came...
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