Elmer stared down at Lona as Michael worked, relieved to see that
she was breathing a bit better now and the pain that she had been in after
the ghost had brought her back seemed to be easing. He glanced down at her
stomach and then up at Michael, not even wanting to ask him about the baby.
How... He didn't see how the baby had any chance of surviving with how sick Lona was and what the boy had done to her. Although he didn't want to speak it, he felt the words starting to slip out. "How..." He bit his lip forcing himself to stop. He shouldn't even think about the baby. I mean,
he didn't know what Lona intended to do about the situation, if she would have wanted him involved, well more involved than he had to be to make the baby.
I don't know," Michael murmured as he finished removing the last vestiges of the damage that Paul had done. The original problem though.
There was very little that he could do to correct that.
Elmer looked down at Lona again. He didn't want them to lose the baby but if he might lose her.... Okay, so normally Lona wouldn't give him the time of day but wasn't there always hope? The baby though.
"Isn't there something that you can do?" Lona was starting to stir slightly but there wasn't any sign that she was going to wake up any time soon.
"Not without a healer." Michael said as he turned towards the door. He thought he had heard something. "Susan?"
"Professor, are you okay?" Susan called as she stood anxiously in front of the pile of rubble. Okay, they made it down here safely but now how were they going to get through that? There was no way that Aubrey and Breanna could banish all of it.
"As all right as we can be. Tell me help is on the way!" he called back to her.
"Well, I told Dr. James about the cave in and there might be an off chance that he'll call the headmistress to organize a rescue." Susan said,
the tone in her voice conveying exactly how likely she thought that was.
She looked over at Dr. Hook who was examining the rubble, tugging experimentally at various parts of it. "We'll figure out something though!"
Peter was also watching Hook trying to figure out how to clear a path for them. 'Hey," he said silently as he glanced over at Mary. Snout boy can go through walls, right? Could he...."
"I don't know," Mary said as she motioned to Antubis to come over.
Her brother was so close. A moment later Hook was brushed aside by a large, fluffy tail as the giant anteater lumbered over to the pile with the two girls holding onto his fur and stepped right through.
"Michael?" Mary called softly as they stepped into the hallway beyond the rubble. She glanced nervously around, expecting Paul or Gottreich to appear at any moment. Mona tugged at her arm, causing her to jump slightly before realizing who it was. The other girl pointed at the pile and then motioned towards Antubis.
"You better go and get the others," Mary said as she scratched Antubis behind the ears for a moment before motioning towards the pile again. As he vanished through the debris, she took one more nervous look around before starting down the hallway with Mona following her.
"Michael?"
Michael looked up when he heard the voice calling his name. Not one of his students but.... He shook his head, not sure that he wasn't imaging what he thought he was hearing. It had been so long. "Mary?" he called softly and then louder. "Mary?"
"Michael?" He looked up and suddenly there was a familiar face standing in the doorway, staring at him with a hopeful expression on her face. Was this her brother? Mary watched as the man in front of her stood, looking for any sign of the small boy that she remembered. She slowly eased into the room followed by Mona. "Michael? You grew up." she said softly.
Michael nodded, drawing every bit of energy that he could muster,
willing himself solid once more. For over a hundred years he had dreamed of this moment, of finally being able to hold his sister and a little thing like death was certainly not going to stand in his way. He reached out,
tentively touching her and then scooping her into his arms. "Sister,
welcome back." he whispered as he held her tight, his face almost buried in her hair. "Welcome home."
How... He didn't see how the baby had any chance of surviving with how sick Lona was and what the boy had done to her. Although he didn't want to speak it, he felt the words starting to slip out. "How..." He bit his lip forcing himself to stop. He shouldn't even think about the baby. I mean,
he didn't know what Lona intended to do about the situation, if she would have wanted him involved, well more involved than he had to be to make the baby.
I don't know," Michael murmured as he finished removing the last vestiges of the damage that Paul had done. The original problem though.
There was very little that he could do to correct that.
Elmer looked down at Lona again. He didn't want them to lose the baby but if he might lose her.... Okay, so normally Lona wouldn't give him the time of day but wasn't there always hope? The baby though.
"Isn't there something that you can do?" Lona was starting to stir slightly but there wasn't any sign that she was going to wake up any time soon.
"Not without a healer." Michael said as he turned towards the door. He thought he had heard something. "Susan?"
"Professor, are you okay?" Susan called as she stood anxiously in front of the pile of rubble. Okay, they made it down here safely but now how were they going to get through that? There was no way that Aubrey and Breanna could banish all of it.
"As all right as we can be. Tell me help is on the way!" he called back to her.
"Well, I told Dr. James about the cave in and there might be an off chance that he'll call the headmistress to organize a rescue." Susan said,
the tone in her voice conveying exactly how likely she thought that was.
She looked over at Dr. Hook who was examining the rubble, tugging experimentally at various parts of it. "We'll figure out something though!"
Peter was also watching Hook trying to figure out how to clear a path for them. 'Hey," he said silently as he glanced over at Mary. Snout boy can go through walls, right? Could he...."
"I don't know," Mary said as she motioned to Antubis to come over.
Her brother was so close. A moment later Hook was brushed aside by a large, fluffy tail as the giant anteater lumbered over to the pile with the two girls holding onto his fur and stepped right through.
"Michael?" Mary called softly as they stepped into the hallway beyond the rubble. She glanced nervously around, expecting Paul or Gottreich to appear at any moment. Mona tugged at her arm, causing her to jump slightly before realizing who it was. The other girl pointed at the pile and then motioned towards Antubis.
"You better go and get the others," Mary said as she scratched Antubis behind the ears for a moment before motioning towards the pile again. As he vanished through the debris, she took one more nervous look around before starting down the hallway with Mona following her.
"Michael?"
Michael looked up when he heard the voice calling his name. Not one of his students but.... He shook his head, not sure that he wasn't imaging what he thought he was hearing. It had been so long. "Mary?" he called softly and then louder. "Mary?"
"Michael?" He looked up and suddenly there was a familiar face standing in the doorway, staring at him with a hopeful expression on her face. Was this her brother? Mary watched as the man in front of her stood, looking for any sign of the small boy that she remembered. She slowly eased into the room followed by Mona. "Michael? You grew up." she said softly.
Michael nodded, drawing every bit of energy that he could muster,
willing himself solid once more. For over a hundred years he had dreamed of this moment, of finally being able to hold his sister and a little thing like death was certainly not going to stand in his way. He reached out,
tentively touching her and then scooping her into his arms. "Sister,
welcome back." he whispered as he held her tight, his face almost buried in her hair. "Welcome home."