Chapter 29 - Mouse
I stood in fear. Where were mum and Charlie when I needed them? Where was anyone? I was alone totally alone. It was dark and scary and the bad man had taken Ebony away and he might come back for me. Maybe he had seen me, maybe he was coming back for me right there and then.
Patch was still lying on the ground, I ran down to him and tried to wake him up but he would not move. What if he was dead? Everyone would blame me and not like me.
Salene.
Salene would know what to do. Running as fast as I could to Salene's room I climbed onto her bed. Every minute I wasted was another for the bad man to return. Her and Pride were asleep with their arms around each other. I woke them.
"Wha? Wah? Mouse?" Salene groaned
"Salene, Salene, the bad man came and took Ebony away and I think he killed Patch and he saw me an' he's gonna hurt me" I told her quickly pulling on her arm to try and get her out of bed
She got out of the bed asking "Where?"
"At the fountain" I told her trying to get her to hurry, but she stopped to tell Pride
"Wake the others"
I tugged on her hand again urging her to hurry up, this time she followed and soon we were running to the fountain. As soon as we reached the fountain she rushed over to Patch.
"Patch? Patch?" she called as she bent over him
"Is he gonna be okay?" I asked standing behind her
She turned around and told me "He's alive"
Then she took me to sit next to the fountain and made me tell her the whole story. I had just begun to tell her what Ebony had called out to me when the rest of the tribe came pouring in. They stood around, talking loudly, standing too close to me, and asking me questions which I couldn't hear. I tried to hide behind Salene but she didn't protect me from them and I stared crying, I'm not a crybaby but they were so loud and I was so confused.
Finally Salene shouted at the Mallrats and they were quiet. Then as I hid behind her she told them what I had told her.
When she had told them Jay rushed forward looking scary.
"Who took Ebony?" he yelled as I hid behind Salene, scared by his loud voice. Pride came forward and grabbed him.
"Jay, calm down" he said "You're scaring Mouse." Before Jay could answer Patch began to move, suddenly sitting up.
"Where's Ebony?" he asked "Where is he? Where'd he go?" he said sounding scared
"Who?" asked Amber
"Zoot" Patch said still looking really scared.
"Zoot?" said Lex "He's dead!"
"No, no, he was here and he was talking to Ebony, and she was scared of him, and she didn't want to go with him, and then I tried to help her, and he thought he had knocked me out but I heard, him threatening to kill us all if she didn't go with him, so she let him take her away with him" Patch babbled out sounding confused.
"Come on guys, you don't actually think it was Zoot do you?" Lex said disbelievingly looking at the Mallrats "He's dead, its just someone wanna be dressed up" he told them
"No, Ebony would know Zoot, some fool dressed up wouldn't scare her" Bray said sadly
"Yeh" said Amber. I had no idea who Zoot was but by what they said I thought it was the bad man and he was really really bad and scary.
As everyone talked, I saw Jay sit on the steps. I had to tell him what Ebony had said. He looked really sad, maybe it would make him happy. I walked up to where he was sitting and said
"Jay?"
"Yeh Mouse" he said taking his head out of his hands
"Um, Ebony said I had to tell you"
"Tell me what?" he asked looking interested
"She said to tell you that she loves you," I told him. He looked at me really sadly and then disappeared up the stairsAs I stood there unsure of what to do next Salene came up behind me
"Do you want to go back to bed?" she asked "I'll stay with you till you go to sleep," she said
"Yeh" I said her taking her hand.
I stood in fear. Where were mum and Charlie when I needed them? Where was anyone? I was alone totally alone. It was dark and scary and the bad man had taken Ebony away and he might come back for me. Maybe he had seen me, maybe he was coming back for me right there and then.
Patch was still lying on the ground, I ran down to him and tried to wake him up but he would not move. What if he was dead? Everyone would blame me and not like me.
Salene.
Salene would know what to do. Running as fast as I could to Salene's room I climbed onto her bed. Every minute I wasted was another for the bad man to return. Her and Pride were asleep with their arms around each other. I woke them.
"Wha? Wah? Mouse?" Salene groaned
"Salene, Salene, the bad man came and took Ebony away and I think he killed Patch and he saw me an' he's gonna hurt me" I told her quickly pulling on her arm to try and get her out of bed
She got out of the bed asking "Where?"
"At the fountain" I told her trying to get her to hurry, but she stopped to tell Pride
"Wake the others"
I tugged on her hand again urging her to hurry up, this time she followed and soon we were running to the fountain. As soon as we reached the fountain she rushed over to Patch.
"Patch? Patch?" she called as she bent over him
"Is he gonna be okay?" I asked standing behind her
She turned around and told me "He's alive"
Then she took me to sit next to the fountain and made me tell her the whole story. I had just begun to tell her what Ebony had called out to me when the rest of the tribe came pouring in. They stood around, talking loudly, standing too close to me, and asking me questions which I couldn't hear. I tried to hide behind Salene but she didn't protect me from them and I stared crying, I'm not a crybaby but they were so loud and I was so confused.
Finally Salene shouted at the Mallrats and they were quiet. Then as I hid behind her she told them what I had told her.
When she had told them Jay rushed forward looking scary.
"Who took Ebony?" he yelled as I hid behind Salene, scared by his loud voice. Pride came forward and grabbed him.
"Jay, calm down" he said "You're scaring Mouse." Before Jay could answer Patch began to move, suddenly sitting up.
"Where's Ebony?" he asked "Where is he? Where'd he go?" he said sounding scared
"Who?" asked Amber
"Zoot" Patch said still looking really scared.
"Zoot?" said Lex "He's dead!"
"No, no, he was here and he was talking to Ebony, and she was scared of him, and she didn't want to go with him, and then I tried to help her, and he thought he had knocked me out but I heard, him threatening to kill us all if she didn't go with him, so she let him take her away with him" Patch babbled out sounding confused.
"Come on guys, you don't actually think it was Zoot do you?" Lex said disbelievingly looking at the Mallrats "He's dead, its just someone wanna be dressed up" he told them
"No, Ebony would know Zoot, some fool dressed up wouldn't scare her" Bray said sadly
"Yeh" said Amber. I had no idea who Zoot was but by what they said I thought it was the bad man and he was really really bad and scary.
As everyone talked, I saw Jay sit on the steps. I had to tell him what Ebony had said. He looked really sad, maybe it would make him happy. I walked up to where he was sitting and said
"Jay?"
"Yeh Mouse" he said taking his head out of his hands
"Um, Ebony said I had to tell you"
"Tell me what?" he asked looking interested
"She said to tell you that she loves you," I told him. He looked at me really sadly and then disappeared up the stairsAs I stood there unsure of what to do next Salene came up behind me
"Do you want to go back to bed?" she asked "I'll stay with you till you go to sleep," she said
"Yeh" I said her taking her hand.
