"Gone"

Chapter 8

"Independence Day Part II"


STANDARD DISCLAIMER: See: Chapter 1. The poem The New Colossus (which is engraved on a tablet within the pedestal on which the Statue of Liberty stands) belongs to Emma Lazarus.


The graduate students appeared in the Bensons' backyard wearing full Prydonian regalia as was fitting for such an important celebration; no one had the heart to tell them they were bizarrely overdressed.

Later, Zeta came up behind Nikki and put a hand on her shoulder.

"They seem to be enjoying themselves," he observed, indicating the students. She leaned back against him, resting her head on his shoulder.

"Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breath free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore," she quoted quietly. "Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me."

"How appropriate."


CONTINUED IN CHAPTER 9, "Pills"