Chapter 24
Mist
I awoke, feeling disoriented at first, to the sound of yelling. Once I had a grasp of where I was and such, it worried me for a sec. It was coming from near the lake. That was enough to get me worried. But after a second of listening I was able to get a gist of what was happening and let go of that worry, only to have a new one replace it.
From the sound of it Nova had kissed Shadow (I say kissed, but apparently Shadow had passed out from lack of breath, so i'm guessing it was a little more than just a kiss) against Shadow's will, and Iggy caught him.
I sat there for a moment, hoping that they would calm down a little. No such luck. The yelling only grew more fierce and there were brief pauses where they probably started getting physical.
Sighing I got up to join Nudge Total, and The Gasman's in splitting them up. I stepped in the clearing where the lake lay. I walked over to the others slowly, trying to stay out of the way of the two boys fevered attacks.
"Oh, you're awake! Did the yelling wake you?" Nudge asked.
"I guess so. Is Shadow all right?" I responded.
"Yes, she'll probably wake soon… I can't believe she fainted!" Gazzy smirked.
"From what I've gotten, she didn't exactly faint." I said, defending Shadow's dignity, "For her sake, lets just say she passed out from lack of breath…"
Total laughed at that, "But that would ruin all the fun, the least we could get out of this is a little teasing! Payback, you know?"
I could tell that they were trying to keep the mood light. The look in their eyes suggested how worried they really were. "We should probably stop them before they tear themselves apart." I suggested as the fighting grew even more fierce, if that was possible.
"We could try, but we would fail, and probably get hurt in the process. Why the Igster gets in the mood, there's no stopping him!" Gazzy exclaimed.
Sighing I gave up and sat down on the sand next to Shadow. The weakness was starting to catch up to me now that I wasn't so worried. Nudge sat down next to me and Total and Gazzy sat on the other side of Shadow.
Trying to be inconspicuous about it, I gently touched Shadow's shoulder and concentrated with all my might.
It was something I had learned during my time hear at Galaxy Cliff… It took many many many years of practice on my part, and sacrifice on theres to help me practice… but I've mastered the ability to heal people. According to how bad their injuries are, affects how much energy it takes away from me. Shadow just passed out, so I won't feel a difference.
Shadow gave a little moan, and I started to worry if she was more hurt than I thought, but her response to being awoken ended my fears, "Just 5 more minutes, I don't want the blissful nothingness of my dream to end." I could tell she was 100% continuous and knew what was going on. Good thing for her, bad for Nova. "How long have I been out?"
"About 3 hours." Total responded.
"They've been at this that long?" She asked raising her eyebrows.
"Ya, and it seems like this is only the beginning if we don't find a way to split them up." I said, once again trying to get them to at least try to make the boys stop. The sooner they stop fighting, the sooner I can go to the island.
But, much to my dismay, the others all shook their heads in unison. All except Shadow, who seemed to be weighing the pro's and con's in her head.
"Like I said before Star, trying to stop Iggy when he is in the mode is like trying to stop a speeding train on it's tracks." Gazzy said, smiling a little.
"Well, you might not be educated enough to know this, but stopping that train can be done in many ways. For example, you could remove the tracks." I replied.
"Oh really? And how would you do that? That's harder than you're making that sound."
"Easy. Honestly Gaz, I thought you, of all people, should know this. You blow the tracks up." I said with a well deserved smirk.
Gazzy looked shocked for a moment, then he started rolling with laughter. They all did, me included. For a moment we forgot the heated fight going on behind us. Until we realized it had stopped. Both boys were looking behind us towards something in the distance. (well Iggy was listening to something in the distance, but you get what I mean)
We all turned to see what they were staring at and gasped. They're, coming closer and closer to the cliff, was a huge ball of black mist. I knew at once, that this was not good.
(end of chapter 24)