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A/N: Hi everyone, it's been a while since I
uploaded so I hope you haven't all forgotten me. Anyway I'm going on holiday
for 2 weeks soon so I've written my longest chapter ever to keep you
going. I'm gonna try an upload a really short 6th chapter as well
but no promises on that one. I'm gonna use my holiday to get in some serious
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A/N 2: Oh yeah and huge thanx to all my reviewers
– you're incredible all of you!
Chapter
5: The return.
The first time Mithros had transported Krissy it had been very fast. So fast you almost didn't notice. But this time it was excruciatingly slow. Krissy watched in amazement as Tortall transformed into a swirling mass of florescent colours, kind of like a giant walkthrough kaleidoscope. Krissy figured that it was probably so slow because Mithros hadn't been backed up by the rest of 'them' or maybe it was because she was being sent away from him instead of to him so it took more effort. *Or maybe,* she thought sarcastically *maybe it's just me going absolutely mad.*
Slowly
the tunnel she was in seemed to end and Krissy landed in a heap on a freezing
cold, hard floor. Last time the transportation had barely affected her but now
her whole body ached, she felt tired and basically like she wanted to sleep for
a week.
When she
had just about dredged up enough energy
to open her eyes she heard screaming, quickly followed by something (or several
somethings) landing heavily on top of her. The fact that the pile on top of her
was wriggling and groaning made her realise that the pile was a pile of people.
*So I will send the teachers with you* she remembered *Mithros.*
"Uuunnhhh." Someone moaned.
Krissy struggled to drag her self from under the
pill.
"Kris? Is that you?" a familiar voice asked.
"Jordan?" Krissy whispered, trying to raise her
head and look around but collapsing instead.
" Kris are you okay?" the voice insisted " Oh God,
what've they done to you? How did you get in here?"
"Not them, they're friends." Krissy croaked
through her dry throat, "Look after them. I'm dead on my feet – I have to
sleep. Please, Jordan?"
The voice turned sympathetic and cool hands lifted
her head onto a lap. "Of course you can sleep now. You're here with me and
you're safe. We'll take care of you and everything will be fine. I won't let
anybody hurt you. Not ever. I promise."
"Everything will be fine." Krissy repeated weakly
before the world went black and she gladly slipped into the darkness of
peaceful oblivion.
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Sound pricked at her consciousness
"Who do you think they are?"
"I haven't got a clue but we'll know soon enough I
guess."
"Yeah, Ella said she should wake up later today
and the others tomorrow."
"Do you think they're the ones who got Krissy this
way."
"Jordan said not." The first voice pointed out.
"Yeah but he also sent people to guard them."
Voice number 2 replied.
"I suppose."
The voices receded and she retreated back into the
enveloping darkness.
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A teenage girl with long chestnut hair that
reached the small of her back, was rummaging on the highest shelf. The shelf
was full of bottles and boxes and plastic carrier bags.
"What're you looking for?" Krissy asked.
The girl jumped nearly out of her skin, knocking
half the stuff on the shelf over.
"Kris! You're awake!" the girl squealed "How are
you feeling? I should go get Ella."
"Rocket, calm down. You can get El in a minute.
Now did she by any chance give you anything for my throat?"
"Oh! Of course. How could I of forgotten? She said
she left it by the bed and that you were to drink all of it. I'll come and help
you."
"No it's okay Rocket. I'm not an invalid you
know."
" Oh, I didn't mean to imply… I mean I… um.." she
stammered.
" I know what you meant." Krissy said smiling.
She turned and saw a cracked mug filled with a clear
liquid that smelt like lemons sitting there. *Yep,* she thought *I'm definitely
home now* She casually scanned the rest of the room as she took a sip of the
drink.
"Blurrrghhh! This stuff's awful! It's like
drinking mud!"
Rocket giggled. "Good. It'll serve you right for
giving us such a fright. And you have to drink it – Ella's orders."
Krissy made a face and looked at the mug. Then she
necked it all at once.
"Urgh! Oh yuck! Man that's awful!"
"Glad to know you appreciate my potions, Krissy."
Someone said from behind.
"Ella!" Krissy jumped up and ran over to her to
squeeze her tight.
"Yeah, yeah, I missed you too." Ella said
laughingly.
Then Krissy let go and hit her gently on the arm.
"Ow! What was that for?2 Ella demanded.
"Making me drink that sludge."
They started laughing together but Ella quickly
sobered up and whispered
"Krissy, what happened? Where did you go? Who are
those people you were with?"
"Were with?" Krissy echoed "Where are they
now?"
"In another room – it's bigger."
"Is that the only reason?" Krissy asked
suspiciously
"N-o," Ella admitted "Jordan also thought it was
easier to watch them there. He's had the guys take turns at watching them."
Krissy snorted in disgust.
"Kris," Ella begun "What were we supposed to do?
We didn't know what connection they were to you, whether or not they were
dangerous. As a matter of fact we still don't know!"
"Are they still asleep?"
"Yes, they'll probably wake up later today or
tomorrow. And don't change the subject dammit!" she spoke angrily and was waving
her hands about violently. "Kris stop evading the question – I need to know – what
happened? We were worried sick about you. Jordan hasn't slept in days for
worrying about you, trying to find you and then when you came back he was
hovering around you constantly, bugging me about 'was I sure you were okay?'
and 'when would you wake up?' "
A soft look passed across Krissy's face.
"He should've known I can take care of myself,"
she whispered "He needn't have worried."
"Needn't of worried? Krissy he worries about you
constantly. As in all the time. Telling Jordan not to worry about you is like
telling him not to breath. Impossible!"
"I'm sorry, El. I don't mean to be a pain but I'm
just not sure if you'd believe me." She said calmly, "And you don't have to worry
about Kel and the gang,"
"Who?"
"The people I was with." Kris clarified.
"Oh. Kris, I…"
"Ella I wanna see them."
"What, now?" Ella said startled.
"Yeah. Please El, it's important."
Ella considered it for a minute. She gave Krissy a
sideward glance, then sighed and said "Okay, but anyone asks I'm totally
blaming you."
Krissy chuckled "Deal."
Ella led Krissy out of the room in silence. Down
the long walkway that went round the building, and off into a corridor. She
stopped in front of a room Krissy had always known as an empty storeroom.
"A storeroom? You put them in a storeroom?"
"It was the only place big enough." Ella replied
defensively.
The she turned to the two guards. They were both
tall burly guys with mousy brown hair, brown eyes and bushy eyebrows. A blind
man couldn't have missed the fact that they were brothers.
"Hi Mike, hi Matt. Krissy and I need to visit the
new people."
"Ella you know what Jordan said – nobody in nobody
out. That's why you left your little potion thingy for them."
"Oh come on Matt. Kris says they're safe. And
really nice. It's really important." She wheedled.
"Safe? Yeah they may be safe but I wouldn't say
they were nice exactly. Not unless your idea of nice is as weird as their
fashion sense."
Krissy frowned, "How would you know anyway?"
"One of them just woke up that's how. And he's
definitely not nice." Mike said.
"He woke up? When? Let me past. Now Mike. I wanna
see who it is." *It can't be Fal,* she thought *nobody could ever say he wasn't
real nice.*
Mike interrupted her musings.
"No Krissy. I already told you once."
"Mike I'm not in the mood. Let me past."
He wavered for just a second and Krissy pounced.
"Thanx Mike. You won't regret it." She said as she
slipped past him. Krissy opened the door quietly and glanced around quickly,
taking note of everyone she saw. *Who'd Mithros brought with her?* She mentally
checked people off when she saw them. *Kel, check. Neal, check. Merric, check.
Where is he?* Just then she saw him out
of the corner of her eye lying unconscious on a makeshift bed like the others
*Faleron, check.* she thought.
"Looking for someone?" came a scathingly familiar
voice from behind.
*Oh no! Not him!*
"Well, well, look what the cat dragged in, finally
deigned to join us then?" he said.
Krissy turned and looked at the boy standing in
front of her. The face was just as familiar as the voice.
"Shut up pretty boy. Your long blond hair and baby
blue eyes aren't gonna save you here. You're in my world now Joren."
"Yeah well, we'll see."
Krissy just glared, turned her back on him and
stormed out.
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