"I'm going to get her." Bray announced.
"You really want to see her if she's..." Lex started.
"Don't say that!" Bray yelled back.
"What, are you crazy? It might explode again!" Dal reasoned.
"I'd rather die with her." He replied before heading towards the building.
"He's nuts!" Lex said to Dal.
"Nuts about Amber." Dal corrected.

A minute later Bray walked out the building carrying Amber in his arms like a baby; her arms were dangling limp by her sides. Dal rushed over as Bray lay Amber down carefully on the ground.
"I don't think she's hurt, just unconscious. We just need to wait for her to come round, and just try and keep her comfortable." Dal breathed a sigh of relief, and walked off towards Lex to explain what was going on.

"The others are gonna start to get really worried soon! We've been away at least three times longer than we expected!" Lex was getting irritated.
"But Lex, Amber could die!" Dal snapped.
"That's not what you told loverboy over there!" Lex said in an irritatingly calm voice.
"I'm not saying she will, but what happens if she doesn't wake up? You really think I would tell Bray that that was a possibility?" Dal hissed back.
"Why not? I would!"
"Think about what it would put him through! Lex, you're heartless."
"What?...Dal, where are you going!?" Lex shouted after Dal, who had turned around and walked off in the other direction.
"I'm going for a walk. I need to clear my head."

"Amber, wake up!" Bray was talking to Amber, not knowing whether she could hear him or not. It made him feel better to be talking, instead of just looking at Amber. "Come on, we're in danger of Lex abandoning us." He decided to carry on. Amber had her head in his lap to make it more comfortable for her. "You've got loads to live for, you lead the Mallrats, you've come so far with Dal...everyone likes you; even Lex, somewhere deep down," He took a deep breath. "And...and I think I'm in love with you. I don't know what I'd do if you were gone." Bray had tears running down his face now, and couldn't stop thinking about what she had said earlier - 'It makes you think though. All the things you've done, all the things you wish you'd done...' He ran his hand over Amber's face, and then bent down and kissed her. "Please, wake up! You're so cold...it's scary." Bray put his jacket over Amber, and pulled her closer into him to keep her warm. "Don't go Amber."

Amber's hand suddenly moved. Bray looked at it, stunned.
"Amber? You awake?" He whispered.
"Wh...Bray...what?" Was the mumbled reply. She tried to look up at him.
"You're okay!" Bray smiled, for the first time in hours.
"What happened? Where's Dal?" Bray grinned. Amber was definitely back; firing questions everywhere as usual.
"I think he went for a walk; after he got fed up with Lex. We were really worried about you Am."
"With the exception of Lex." Amber stated.
"Most likely, yeah. I think he just wanted to get home."
"So do I." Amber said, yawning slightly.

They walked silently into the Mall but to their surprise only Ryan was in the café.
"Ryan, were is everyone?" Lex sat down opposite him.
"I'm going to get some rest, I feel wiped out. If anyone needs me, I'll be in my room." Amber walked off up the stairs.
"I think the others are avoiding Tai-San." Ryan said grimly.
"What's she done now?" Lex asked.
"She's ill. We think it's the virus."
"What!" Bray sighed.
"She didn't come to lunch, but when she finally turned up she was sneezing. Then she fainted."
"I need to get these disks to Jack, okay." Dal had taken out the bag the CD's they had taken from Hope Island, and headed to Jacks room. Bray sat down near Lex and Ryan, and soon the other s had come to welcome them back.
"Where's Amber?" Chloe asked, worried.
"She's resting." Bray said.
"That's not like her." Trudy looked confused.
"She's had a bad day." Lex put in.
"What do you mean, 'bad day'?" Salene asked.
"She was knocked out when the building exploded. We didn't know if she was going to make it or not." Bray replied, and told them what happened.

"Tai-San?" Lex poked his head round her door, closely followed by Bray, who wanted to keep an eye on Lex and the 'antidote' he was holding.
"Yes?" She opened her eyes from the trance she had been in, and pulled the blanket she had round her shoulders tighter.
"Ryan says you've got the virus..." Lex started
"He's wrong, I've got the flu!" Tai-San cut in and promptly started coughing. Lex took a step back, then walked towards her holding out the vial of antidote.
"Are you sure? Look, we've got the antidote here." Lex showed it to her.
"It says 'B25 untested', how do you know it's the antidote!" She pushed it away. "Besides, I don't need it." She closed her eyes to start meditating again.
"What!?" Lex shouted. "Amber almost died getting this, and we almost didn't make it out alive. And you refuse?" He was getting angry.
"Lex, calm down. She's right, we don't know if it is really the antidote." Bray started to make Lex get out of the room. He closed the door after him. "Tai-San's not a guinea-pig, she has a right to refuse. And anyway, you didn't really seem to care whether Amber died on that island." Bray said, looking calmly at Lex.
"I did!" Lex retorted.
"You had a funny way of showing it." Bray cut in. Lex was fed up.
"I'm gonna go and see Zandra now. I'll be glad to be with someone who actually wants me to be there." He walked off, leaving Bray standing in the café on his own.