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Chapter Twenty Eight: Home at Last!

Carthak

Last time we saw Susan:

As Susan heard the guards fighting to capture the kidnappers she felt a little hand grab hers.

"Susan, I'm scared." whispered Kala.

Susan looked down and smiled at the younger girl, said "It'll be ok" and gently squeezed her hand.

And now our feature presentation:

The guards were doing a good job keeping the kidnappers away until.

"We're loosing!" said one

"I can see that!" replied another

"Let's get out of here!" suggested a third

"I agree." said the fourth and final kidnapper.

And with that they all disappeared to the head quarters. (But I'll talk about that later)

Susan, and Liam waited for something to happen, Kala still held Susan's hand very tightly.

"Liam, I think we should get to the palace before they come back with friends."

"Yeah, you're right." He said as he sheathed his sword and they started down the street.

They reached the palace just after dark and found Kally and Kaddar standing in the court yard waiting for them. When Kala saw her she ran forward and gave her first her mother then her father a big hug. After being greeted by his daughter Kaddar led Kala up to her room to talk to her and so she could get cleaned up. Once they were gone Kally gave her brother a hug and thanked both Susan and Liam for helping her children. A few minutes later a servant walked up and showed Susan where she would be staying. Susan cleaned up and was happy to find that some how a night gown was waiting on her bed along with a tray of food and a note that said:

You must be tired I made sure you'll have clothes tomorrow and that no one will bother you to night. Eat and get some sleep I'm sure Gary will want to talk to you soon as do I. I'll see you tomorrow and thank you again

Kally

Susan sighed and thought… this was crazy but at least I don't have to try to stay awake… I hope Gary doesn't want to know anything supper specific.

She ate and then climbed in to bed and fell asleep as soon as her head touched the pillow.

When she woke up the next morning she wondered were she was. Susan was so used to the chatter of other people that the silence was alien. It took her a couple of moments for her to remember what had happened. She got up and found the clothes Kally had written about, she quickly changed and brushed her hair and was getting hungry when Liam knocked on the door. Liam had come to get her so they could walk down to breakfast.

After breakfast Susan, Gary, Liam and Kally talked about what had happened. Susan started from when the pirates attacked Pirates Swoop.

"… Then Liam, Kala and I got back here." She concluded, then it was Liam to tell what had happened while he was helping to rescue Kala and Kadin (Susan too but that's not important) after they had finished Gary asked:

"But what happened to Rachel? Where is she?"

"I'm not sure I assume she's home but I really don't know."

"This isn't good… what if she ended up with whoever's behind what happened here?"

Everyone prayed that that hadn't happened. Susan, Liam and Gary stayed there for a few more weeks before returning to Tortal. Once there Susan's happiness to be back was countered by the anxiety that came from knowing she would have to tell Tomy what had happened to Rachel.

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