"Tyr?" Beka awoke in his arms. She felt him jump underneath her.
"Yes?" he said after a moment.
"Nothing."
"Ah ha..." Tyr's voice trailed off. After a moment he added, "So are you feeling well?"
"Is that a trick question?" Beka laughed slightly, triggering a loud cough. She let her hand slip under Tyr's. He didn't respond, but he didn't object. "Did I hurt you? I mean, when I saw those... things?"
"No. You could never possibly hurt ME." The corner of his mouth twitched. Even when Beka couldn't see her own hand a centimeter away from her face, she knew that he was grinning. She could feel it. They sat for a long time, Beka moving slowly up and down on top of Tyr's broad chest as he breathed.
Suddenly: "Tyr! Did you see that?"
"See what?"
"Light!"
"Beka- there's nothing there..."
"No! I'm serious! I just saw something! A light!" Tyr tried to calm her down. "I'm not crazy Tyr! Why don't you believe me?" She struggled in his arms. "I'm not crazy..." she whimpered.
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"You all right, Harper?" Dylan asked into the darkness.
"Oh, I'm great. Wonderful! JUST peachy... Can you see anything?... 'Cause I can't see a damn thing here--- where ever we are."
"I think we're underground."
"Naw, really? I thought we were on the beach."
"Harper, are you feeling sick at all? Anything out of the ordinary?"
Harper paused for a moment, noting his throbbing headache, unnatural drowsiness, and uneasy paranoid feeling that made his heart race. "I'm fine, just a little head ache- WHOA! Did you see that?"
"See what?" Dylan sat up in alarm, hand automatically reaching for his sheath but finding nothing there.
"A light! Or at least... I think I saw a light. That couldn't have been my eyes playing tricks on me 'cause I can't see anything!" He swung his arm out into the darkness in front of him. "OW!" he yelped and recoiled his arm.
"What happened now?"
"There- no... that can't be..." Harper groped around in front of him. "Dylan! You won't believe this!"
"What? WHAT!" Dylan was crawling over in the direction of Harper's voice until he bumped into him and they both toppled over. Harper yelled at the top of his lungs at the initial contact. "Harper! It's me! Calm down! What was it you were say-" He stopped. "Hu-- Harper... there's a wall right in front of us..." he whispered in amazement.
"Yeah, and it HURTS too!" Harper rubbed his hand.
"No, no, this is good..." He paused a moment, feeling about the stoney wall. "This may be our ticket out."
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sorry this chapter's so short! i'm kinda pressed for time these days! hope you enjoy! there's a lot yet to come, so stay tuned... heh heh... so many tricks up my sleeve... *LAUGHS EVILLY* ok. more soon. please r&r!!!!
"Yes?" he said after a moment.
"Nothing."
"Ah ha..." Tyr's voice trailed off. After a moment he added, "So are you feeling well?"
"Is that a trick question?" Beka laughed slightly, triggering a loud cough. She let her hand slip under Tyr's. He didn't respond, but he didn't object. "Did I hurt you? I mean, when I saw those... things?"
"No. You could never possibly hurt ME." The corner of his mouth twitched. Even when Beka couldn't see her own hand a centimeter away from her face, she knew that he was grinning. She could feel it. They sat for a long time, Beka moving slowly up and down on top of Tyr's broad chest as he breathed.
Suddenly: "Tyr! Did you see that?"
"See what?"
"Light!"
"Beka- there's nothing there..."
"No! I'm serious! I just saw something! A light!" Tyr tried to calm her down. "I'm not crazy Tyr! Why don't you believe me?" She struggled in his arms. "I'm not crazy..." she whimpered.
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"You all right, Harper?" Dylan asked into the darkness.
"Oh, I'm great. Wonderful! JUST peachy... Can you see anything?... 'Cause I can't see a damn thing here--- where ever we are."
"I think we're underground."
"Naw, really? I thought we were on the beach."
"Harper, are you feeling sick at all? Anything out of the ordinary?"
Harper paused for a moment, noting his throbbing headache, unnatural drowsiness, and uneasy paranoid feeling that made his heart race. "I'm fine, just a little head ache- WHOA! Did you see that?"
"See what?" Dylan sat up in alarm, hand automatically reaching for his sheath but finding nothing there.
"A light! Or at least... I think I saw a light. That couldn't have been my eyes playing tricks on me 'cause I can't see anything!" He swung his arm out into the darkness in front of him. "OW!" he yelped and recoiled his arm.
"What happened now?"
"There- no... that can't be..." Harper groped around in front of him. "Dylan! You won't believe this!"
"What? WHAT!" Dylan was crawling over in the direction of Harper's voice until he bumped into him and they both toppled over. Harper yelled at the top of his lungs at the initial contact. "Harper! It's me! Calm down! What was it you were say-" He stopped. "Hu-- Harper... there's a wall right in front of us..." he whispered in amazement.
"Yeah, and it HURTS too!" Harper rubbed his hand.
"No, no, this is good..." He paused a moment, feeling about the stoney wall. "This may be our ticket out."
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sorry this chapter's so short! i'm kinda pressed for time these days! hope you enjoy! there's a lot yet to come, so stay tuned... heh heh... so many tricks up my sleeve... *LAUGHS EVILLY* ok. more soon. please r&r!!!!