Chapter 4 – Croy

"Croy?!" Tally asked in disbelief.

"Tally!?" Croy said, almost in the same tone.

"Yeah." Tally nodded.

Croy shook his head, "You're a Special now…"

"Yeah, well it wasn't like I actually had a choice…" Tally muttered.

"What do you mean?" Croy asked.

"Well after you guys left me and Zane…" Tally stopped short at Zane's name.

"What about you and…" Tally cut him off.

"Don't…don't…please don't say his name…" Tally said softly.

Croy gave her a confused look, "Why?"

Tally felt tears coming to her eyes and she wiped them away vigorously.

"He's dead." she said.

Croy looked at her sympathetically. "But Maddy said he wouldn't…" Tally cut him off again.

"He was crippled and…and…I couldn't be with him because he was crippled. My operation made it unbearable to be around him and I told him I couldn't be with him because of it. He went to Diego and asked for all new motorskills and to push them as far as they could go…for me…" she choked off. "When the war happened they left him in the hospital bed and his body, they thought the new brain tissue was a disease and his body destroyed it…everything. He couldn't even breathe on his own." Tally said quietly. "They needed the beds in the hospital for the injured people…so they took him off of the machines…while I was standing right there. And it's all my fault." Tally said sadly. By now tears were falling freely down her face and she knew Croy was wishing her had never would have asked her about this.

"I'm so sorry Tally." Croy said softly.

"It's okay…" Tally said, rubbing her eyes a little bit.

She heard a shuffle above them and Tally looked up to see if David was awake.

"Whats up there?" Croy asked.

"David." Tally answered, still wiping some tears off of her cheeks.

"Really?" Croy asked.

"Yeah. He was tired and he went to sleep and then I saw you and I thought you were an intruder and yeah…" Tally trailed off.

"I'm sorry I didn't mean to scare you or anything." Croy said.

"It's alright." Tally told him.

Just then they both heard a shuffling sound above them.

"Tally?" David's voice cried out.

"Down here!" Tally called back.

They watched as David poked his head through the hole at the top. He could see Tally but not Croy.

"What are you doing down there?" he asked.

"We've got us a visitor." Tally smiled.

David looked confused and moved farther out of the hole. By the time he saw Croy he was smiling.

"Croy?" he asked.

Croy nodded.

"So what are you doing here?" David asked.

"Maddy wanted me to come--" Croy said.

"Is something wrong?" Tally asked.

"Yeah there is…" Croy answered quietly.

"Well what is it!?" David asked in a worried tone.

"There is no time to explain anything, we have to leave now. Tally you might be their only hope. She'll listen to you!" Croy said.

"Who will listen to me? Maddy?" Tally asked.

"No. Dr. Cable." Croy answered. He ran out of the tower and jumped on his hoverboard, signaling Tally and David to follow him. They jumped on their hoverboards and followed him.