To anyone who even remembers/was reading this story: Hello! I'm back from the dead! Well, kind of. I just had this idea sixth hour, on Friday the 13th (creepy), and I wrote this chapter in class. It's short. Shorter than the rest (except maybe the first one) and I know that. I'm sorry. But I achieved what I wanted in this one.
I have no idea when the next one will be up. If I have a stroke of genius (snort) then I might pop something up. Otherwise, your guess is as good as mine (I'm pathetic, I know :D)
Anywho, thanks for sticking w/ this.
I'm dedicating this chapter to bbblfl. Because not only is she a brilliant writer, but just rocks in general. (Not that the rest of you don't...)
Hopefully this doesn't suck terribly. On with the show.
Ch 10: Ghost of You
"Father Dom and Adam–" I paused to compose myself. "They've been infected."
It took a snack break and a lot of arguing before we finally came up with a plan. Jesse and Paul were to go stay with Father Dominic and Adam in the hospital. Saben, Hector, and I were going after the antidote. Afterwards, we'd meet the others at the hospital, administer the antidote, and then take on Qain.
Piece of cake, right?
Hahaha.
No.
That's why I would just like to take this time to say; I. Hate. Heights. Hate them. Heights and I...we just do not click. Not at all.
So when we arrived at the location of the cave, it's no wonder why my dinner tried to creep back up my throat.
"Whoa."
I gaped up at the bluff before me. The cave entrance was about 150 feet up, with only a narrow path to get to it.
"No kidding," Saben sighed next to me, as she pulled on the jacket she's brought. She looked about as thrilled as I felt. Which isn't saying much.
"We have to go up that?" I asked in dismay, still staring at the cliff. I know I sounded scared, but come on. Jumping out my window is one thing. Climbing up a creepy bluff, with the ocean snarling like a monster waiting for it's prey to fall, is another.
"No. I'm going. You're staying down here. In case anything goes wrong."
She didn't sound too happy at the prospect, and frankly I couldn't blame her. Like I said, heights and I are a no go.
"Why can't Jes–Hector just bring it down to us?"
"He's already tried," she sighed heavily. "But he couldn't. Qain has some device that disrupts a ghosts frequency. They can't touch solid matter when near the device."
"Right," I said, not pressing any further. I took a seat on a boulder next to us. There were tons of them scattered along the beach near the cliff. Needless to say, being surrounded by these boulders made the scene even more ominous. Think about looking down from a cliff and seeing those things waiting for you. It reeks 'inevitable doom.'
"I'll just wait here for you, then."
Saben gave me a smirk that reminded me of Paul. You know, half amused, half disgusted. That one. Then again she dated Paul, so why wouldn't some of him rub off on her.
Ok. That sounded really wrong.
Nervously, she trudged her way up the path. She'd been doing just fine until about half way up, a hefty breeze came off the ocean, causing her to nearly lose her balance. I watched her clutch onto the cliff and flatten herself against it to keep from getting blown away. As she started on again, I found that I felt like I was choking. No one was strangling me; I'd been holding my breath. I guess you don't have to actually be the one scaling the heights to feel the effects from them. Heh.
As I let out the withheld breath, Hector materialized beside me.
"She'll be okay," he looked down at me with his dark eyes. They seemed identical to my Jesse's, yet still so different. Jesse's were loving and warm, while Hector's were more pained and lamentable.
"I know," I said quietly and turned back to watch Saben. She'd made it to the top in one piece.
"And yet, something still bothers you, Susannah."
After watching her disappear into the cave, I answered him.
"What if this doesn't work. What if they die anyway?"
I'd been wondering this ever since we'd been informed that Father Dom and Adam were infected. After all, Saben had never found the antidote before. Just because they found it this time, doesn't mean it was going to work.
I am such a negative person.
"Then it is meant to be," he replied sadly. "One can only change fate so much."
I was about to respond when I heard a scream. It was barely audible over the wind, but I still heard it. And from the look on Hector's face, he'd heard it too.
He muttered a curse in Spanish that burned even my non-comprehending hears, before dematerializing.
I jumped off the boulder and began pacing. This was not good. I kept glancing up at the cave, waiting for her to exit okay, but she never did. Something was wrong, I could feel it.
My fears were confirmed when Hector rematerialized a few minutes later. Saben was with him, and she had the antidote vials.
But she also sported a lovely ghostly aura.
Bwhaha. I complain about cliffhangers like there's no tomorrow, and yet here I leave you with one. Bwhahhaha.
Thanks to everyone who reviewed chapter 9! huggles And who plans to review 10...(shifty eyes)