Marco and Kendra stood outside of the school in each other's arms. She had just told him about Gavin missing, and they were both upset about it.
"Oh we've got to go find him," Marco said.
"But where?" looking at him with so much desperation. "Gavin's got a car, he could be anywhere by now."
Grabbing her hands, "We have to at least try. I would hate for him to have done something stupid."
"Okay," she finally agreed. All she wanted was her brother home safe. Yeah they might not get along a lot, but it didn't mean she didn't love him.
"I'm going to round up some people to help us," Marco said as he walked back towards the school.
"Alright, meet me back here in 20mins," she hollered.
"Got yah."
Emma was asleep in her hospital room, dreaming:
Emma was back at Degrassi, walking down the same halls that Rick had had pulled out a gun at her. She looked around, but she didn't hear no one or even see anyone as she walked past the open classrooms. She began to wonder where they had all went.
"Hello," she hollered out. "Is anyone there?"
As Emma walked around the corner, Craig was hunched over as he slowly walked her way. He was having a hard time moving as he, you could see the pain in his face. That's when she noticed the blood upon his hands, as he held onto his stomach. The blood was dripping down upon the ground leaving a trail. Her eyes widen as she stared at it. She wanted to go to him, but her feet wouldn't move it was as if they were glued to the ground.
"Emma...you need to get out of here, Rick said he was coming after you next," Craig cried, having to lean a little against a wall so he wouldn't fall to the ground.
Right then Rick came running down the hall, just shooting, not really caring what he shot. Two bullets hit Craig in the back, causing him to fall to his knees and then slowly falling to the ground.
Emma had terror in her eyes, as she watched Craig get shot, and fall to the ground.
"NO..............." She cried out.
Emma saw the look of agony in his face as those two bullets went through him. How wasn't she shot, she thought to herself, she saw the bullets keep passing by her.
"I love you my Angel," Craig blurted out before taking his last breath, dropping his head.
Rick all of a sudden vanished right before her eyes. She looked all around her, but he wasn't there. How can he just vanish? Emma ran to Craig's side to feel that he had gone cold. Tears ran down her face as she realized he was dead. She just laid her head on his back, as she wept over him.
"I will always love you," she whispered.
Then Manny came down the hall, with a disgust look on her face. "Emma you didn't this to him. If you would just have stayed away from him, or anyone this wouldn't have happened. You wreck everything you tough. You're like a poison to them!!!" she sneered.
"I didn't mean for this to happen," Emma cried out, putting her hands into her hands.
"Well it did, and now look at him, he's dead, DEAD!!!!!!! Who will you kill next...Sean?"
Emma uttered, "No, I didn't mean to. Please believe me." She woke up in a cold sweat, crying out. She didn't deserve to be okay when Craig laid there fighting for his life. Manny had been right, she did wreck everything she touched. Look at Sean now; he was in trouble all the time, hanging out with that bad crowd again.
Spike came in to see her, "Hey honey how are you feeling?"
"Leave me alone! I want you to leave!" she didn't want her mom to get hurt too.
Surprised by the reaction she got, "I won't Emma. I love you!"
"Well I want to be alone," she yelled back turning her back to her.
Coming to sit beside her daughter, facing her, "Joey wanted me to ask you, if you would like to Craig. The doctors have agreed to let you see him."
Those words were like music to her ears, and she wanted to say yes, but then she remembered her dream. "I won't do it. He's better off not seeing me. Trust me I'll make things worse for him."
Spike didn't understand where these words were coming from. She thought they had already gotten through to her. What was with the sudden change?
Rubbing her arm, "Honey, Joey said the doctor thinks you are his only hope."
"Trust me mom, I'm far from it. I would be like poison to him" Turning her back to her mom again, "Now will you please leave!!!!"
Spike decided to let her daughter be for the mean time, leaving her room. Maybe she just needed time to think. She prayed that she would come around.
Marco saw Ashley coming out of the music room, and ran right over to her. "Oh Ash I'm glad I found you," he said a little out of breath.
"Why?" looking at him a little weird.
"I was talking to Kendra, and they haven't seen Spinner since the shootings at the school."
Ash's eyes narrowed, "What?" Putting her hands through her hair, "No, this can't be happening on top of everything?"
"Well it is. I told Kendra that I would round up a couple of people to go search for him, so would you help?"
"Of course I would."
"Can you help me find a couple of others?"
"Yeah. Where will we meet?"
"In the front in about 15mins."
"Alright, I'll see you guys there."
Ashley felt like her whole world was crashing down before her. She seemed to be losing everyone who were her friend, or use to be, left, right, and center. It seemed like the whole world was against her. She wanted to scream, but at this point, she didn't have the time, she needed to find others to help them search.
Spike came up behind Joey, and put her hand on his shoulder.
"Sorry, I couldn't get Emma to come. For some reason she's back in a horrible state. She said she would be like poison to him."
"What? Why?" turning to face Spike.
"I don't know. She doesn't even want me around. Something's got her freaked out."
"I hope he can pull through it without her. Angela needs him just as much as I do."
"I know. Just like Jack needs his sister. If there is anything that Snake and I could do, don't' hesitate to ask us."
"I won't," looking back into Craig's room.
Kendra sat there waiting on the grass for Marco to show up. She was pacing, it felt like forever before he came back. Marco walked along the path with JT, Toby, Ashley, and Hazel.
Ashley comes up to Kendra, giving her a hug, "How are you holding up?"
"Okay, I just wish I knew if he was alright."
"Okay, this is how we're going to do it. We'll go out in pairs to look for him: Hazel and Kendra; Ashley and Toby; and JT and me. If we find him, we need to phone each other," Marco said.
"Okay," Ashley said.
Emma laid on her side looking out the window it was a beautiful day. The weather defiantly didn't fit her mood. She just felt like crawling in a whole and dying, to her life at this point wasn't worth living.
"Emma," Angela yelled as she ran up to her bed, and jumped right beside her.
Emma put on a fake smile, and a sugary voice, "What are you doing here?" She really wished she would just leave, but how do you tell a little girl that.
"Daddy brought me up. I wanted to come and see you."
"Oh...that was sweet...of you," she made her self blurt out. She wanted to be alone, why didn't anyone listen to her.
"Here," handing her a piece of paper, "I made this for you."
Emma looked at it, and couldn't believe that Ang had done this for her. "What's this picture of?"
"It's of Craig rescuing you," pointing it out who is who.
Emma couldn't believe that Angela had done this for her after the pain she's caused her. A tear fell down her cheek, "It's very nice. Thank you."
"You're welcome," she said giving Emma a hug. "You know Craig loves you."
Emma looked surprised, "What are you talking about?"
"He has a picture of you by his nightstand," Emma's eyes widened. "One night I was standing outside his door listening to him talk to himself. He said I love you my Angel."
Emma's heart began to warm up, and she smiled when she heard that. How long ago did she see this she wondered? "Are you sure it was my photo?"
"Yeah, he's had the same photo of you by his bed since he moved in."
"Then why doesn't he tell me?"
"He thinks he's not good enough for you."
"How do you know that?"
"I heard him say it before, but I don't agree. I think you should go out with him that would make him better."
Emma laughed a little, "Ang, it doesn't work like that."
"Well, dad said that I should get you to go see him."
"He did, did he?"
"Yeah!" she smiled. "Dad says that you've been down lately, are you worried about Craig?"
Looking down at her, "Yeah, he's the best. He once helped me find my dad, just like I helped him find you."
"Really?"
"Really! I want nothing more for him to wake up; I would do anything to make that happen."
"Does that mean you will go see him?" she asked with so much hope in her voice.
Manny's voice came into Emma's head, "He's dead because of you."
Emma needed to say no for Craig's sake, but when she looked into Angela's eyes, it was hard to say no. "Alright."
Hugging her, "Goodie!"
