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Chapter 2
I stood there, my head aching from the blow but I wasn't thinking about that. He was gone, like the figure out of my dream, he was gone, as improbable as it seemed, he had been there and now he was gone.
Suddenly out in the corridor I heard footsteps and Siva calling me, ever since we had talked we had become much more like the sisters we never were before. Stumbling out into the corridor I met Siva
"Ebony, I've been looking for you, I saw you and Jay." she began but I never gave her chance to finish, the hairs on the back of my neck we standing on end and I knew we had to get everyone out now before Zoot did something terrible.
"Fine" I said trying to push her along in front of me as I walked down the corridor. "Ebony what's wrong?" asked Siva obviously confused by my strange behavior, I glanced about looking, constantly checking for danger.
"We have to get out of here now" I told her
"Why?" asked Siva
As she said it we entered the main foyer where the recent battle had taken place, it was still filled with the mixed war band of Ecos, Mall Rats and city kids. Above the rest of the crowd I could see Jay, he turned and looked at me concerned but I didn't stop, there wasn't time. I made my way over to the closest group; it consisted of Amber, Pride and Salene
"Salene, Amber" I said as I approached them, I spoke with urgency, we had to get out fast, the feeling of wrongness was worse and to cap it all I had a headache and I felt dizzy from hitting my head "We need to get everyone out" I told them
"Why?" asked Salene "Ebony, all the Technos are dealt with, the dangers over" "Zoot's back" I told her simply, there was no other way to tell them.
"Zoot?" repeated Amber "He's dead, I was at his funeral" she told me as if I was stupid
"He's not," I said feeling really dizzy "I've seen him, I've spoken to him"
"That's impossible" Salene said but I could hear the uncertainty and fear in her voice. I really didn't feel well, I could feel myself swaying gently but I couldn't stop myself
"He's alive and back and." my sentence faltered and that was when the dizziness overtook me.
Jay
I saw as soon as she came in the room something was wrong. She had lost her usual veneer of coolness and calmness and she was constantly glancing about her as if she thought something was going to attack her. With Siva in tow she went up to Pride, Salene and Amber, she began talking to them and I could see she was getting frustrated and she was scared, Ebony scared? It took a lot to scare Ebony; concerned I began to push through the crowd towards where the group was standing. As I watched Ebony began to sway gently on the spot and then as if she had just fallen asleep on the spot she closed her eyes and fell to the floor.
"Ebony!" I yelled the word tearing out of my throat, desperately I fought to get through the crowd but everyone seemed to be in my way. Finally I made it out of the crowd and into the circle of people surrounding Ebony's limp body. Ebony lay on the floor looking like a giant rag doll with Patch bent over her. I knelt opposite him next to her reaching out my hand to stroke her braids, which were cascading over the floor like a halo around her head.
"What's wrong with her?" I asked Patch desperate to know
"Its just a concussion" he stammered "She'll be fine she just needs to rest"
"The Zoot thing was just the concussion right Patch?" asked Salene from somewhere in the circle of people, her voice scared
"I think so," said Patch stammering because everyone was watching him
"I'll take her back then" I said firmly
Picking up Ebony's flimsy body in my arms and resting her head against my chest, I began to carry her back to the hotel. Behind me I heard Salene giving orders for the hotel to be searched, to check Ebony had been seeing things, and for everyone else to return to the Mall.
Chapter 2
I stood there, my head aching from the blow but I wasn't thinking about that. He was gone, like the figure out of my dream, he was gone, as improbable as it seemed, he had been there and now he was gone.
Suddenly out in the corridor I heard footsteps and Siva calling me, ever since we had talked we had become much more like the sisters we never were before. Stumbling out into the corridor I met Siva
"Ebony, I've been looking for you, I saw you and Jay." she began but I never gave her chance to finish, the hairs on the back of my neck we standing on end and I knew we had to get everyone out now before Zoot did something terrible.
"Fine" I said trying to push her along in front of me as I walked down the corridor. "Ebony what's wrong?" asked Siva obviously confused by my strange behavior, I glanced about looking, constantly checking for danger.
"We have to get out of here now" I told her
"Why?" asked Siva
As she said it we entered the main foyer where the recent battle had taken place, it was still filled with the mixed war band of Ecos, Mall Rats and city kids. Above the rest of the crowd I could see Jay, he turned and looked at me concerned but I didn't stop, there wasn't time. I made my way over to the closest group; it consisted of Amber, Pride and Salene
"Salene, Amber" I said as I approached them, I spoke with urgency, we had to get out fast, the feeling of wrongness was worse and to cap it all I had a headache and I felt dizzy from hitting my head "We need to get everyone out" I told them
"Why?" asked Salene "Ebony, all the Technos are dealt with, the dangers over" "Zoot's back" I told her simply, there was no other way to tell them.
"Zoot?" repeated Amber "He's dead, I was at his funeral" she told me as if I was stupid
"He's not," I said feeling really dizzy "I've seen him, I've spoken to him"
"That's impossible" Salene said but I could hear the uncertainty and fear in her voice. I really didn't feel well, I could feel myself swaying gently but I couldn't stop myself
"He's alive and back and." my sentence faltered and that was when the dizziness overtook me.
Jay
I saw as soon as she came in the room something was wrong. She had lost her usual veneer of coolness and calmness and she was constantly glancing about her as if she thought something was going to attack her. With Siva in tow she went up to Pride, Salene and Amber, she began talking to them and I could see she was getting frustrated and she was scared, Ebony scared? It took a lot to scare Ebony; concerned I began to push through the crowd towards where the group was standing. As I watched Ebony began to sway gently on the spot and then as if she had just fallen asleep on the spot she closed her eyes and fell to the floor.
"Ebony!" I yelled the word tearing out of my throat, desperately I fought to get through the crowd but everyone seemed to be in my way. Finally I made it out of the crowd and into the circle of people surrounding Ebony's limp body. Ebony lay on the floor looking like a giant rag doll with Patch bent over her. I knelt opposite him next to her reaching out my hand to stroke her braids, which were cascading over the floor like a halo around her head.
"What's wrong with her?" I asked Patch desperate to know
"Its just a concussion" he stammered "She'll be fine she just needs to rest"
"The Zoot thing was just the concussion right Patch?" asked Salene from somewhere in the circle of people, her voice scared
"I think so," said Patch stammering because everyone was watching him
"I'll take her back then" I said firmly
Picking up Ebony's flimsy body in my arms and resting her head against my chest, I began to carry her back to the hotel. Behind me I heard Salene giving orders for the hotel to be searched, to check Ebony had been seeing things, and for everyone else to return to the Mall.
