Chapter 13 – Rendezvousing

Tally and David took the elevator that Tally had taken to get down to Level E to rescue the Cutters back up to Level B. They walked silently down the long hallway and down to the window that Tally had opened to get inside. David crawled up and through first and then grabbed her hand to help her up. Even though Tally had her Special strength and could get through the window with great ease she still liked that David cared enough to help her anyways.

When they were outside of the Town Hall, David was the first to speak up, "Where are we rendezvousing?"

"Outside the city like we originally planned." Tally said.

David nodded and they continued their escape from the city in silence. Even though all the Specials would probably be trying to help Dr. Cable they still had to be careful. They didn't want to get caught again. This time they would face far worse punishment, especially Tally.

As they started to make their way into the outskirts of the city Tally started to wonder what the future held for her and David and the rest of the Smokey's and Cutters. Would they all stay together and create another New Smoke? Would David and Tally go off on their own like they originally planned? Tally wasn't sure but both ideas sounded pretty good to her.

"David?" Tally asked.

"Hmm?"

"What's going to happen?" she asked.

"What do you mean?" he raised an eyebrow.

"I mean what is going to happen now that Dr. Cable is dead and the Cutters and all the Smokey's are okay?" Tally asked him.

David shrugged and put a hand on her shoulder, "I don't know, I guess we will just have to wait and see." he smiled a warm crooked smile.

Tally felt that feeling again. It was the feeling that she had felt so long ago when she was still an Ugly and living in the Smoke. It seemed like such a long time ago when really it was just a year and a half ago that all this really started.

Tally always wondered what would have happened if she told David the truth about the pendant or if she never would have burned it. In a way she was glad all this stuff happened, she got a lot of experience and learned a lot from everything that had happened. If none of this would have never happened Tally could have still been in the Smoke with David but miserable because Shay hated her for taking David away. After everything they had been through in the last year or so she new nothing could ever destroy their friendship.

Besides Tally was happy with David and Shay seemed to be getting really close to Fausto. She had noticed that when she broke them out of the cell. Fausto had had his arms wrapped around Shay when she had bust open the door. Cutters did touch each other all the time but that was different. The way he had been touching her was a whole different type of touching. It was the way that David touched Tally softly, letting her know how much he cared about her.

Tally smiled and knew that Fausto and Shay would probably get together soon, unless they already were together. She would defiantly be happy for them. Fausto and Shay had always been close and Tally had always wondered when they would get together. Tally chuckled to herself. They had probably gotten together a long time ago but she was just so brain-missing that she had never noticed. She was always caught up in her own thoughts.

Tally and David had reached the outside of the city now and were close to the rendezvous point that they had decided on. Tally saw movement coming from a clump of trees and turned on her skintenna.

"Shay? Fausto?" she asked.

She heard a voice at the other end of the skintenna, "Tally-wa are you okay?" it was Shay.

"Yeah David and I are coming. Where are you? Is everyone okay, including Maddy, Croy and Ryde?" Tally asked.

"Yeah we are all here and we are all okay. Hey I think we see you…" Shay trailed off and Tally looked up. She saw a figure making their way towards them. It was Shay and she was running towards them.

When she got there she wrapped Tally in a hug.

"Tally-wa!" she said happily.

Tally smiled, "Hey Shay-la."

"Come on!" Shay grabbed Tally's hand and started pulling her towards the trees where the others were waiting.

Tally and David followed behind Shay who seemed ecstatic to be out of her cell that she had been cramped in for the past few weeks. When they reached the trees they saw all the Cutters, Maddy, Croy and Ryde waiting for them. They all smiled when they reached them.

"Tally-wa!" Fausto said. He went up and wrapped her in a hug.

Croy and Ryde walked over to Tally and David also.

"So I see you found them." Tally joked to Ryde.

He nodded, "Yeah I did but to tell you the truth they kinda found me." he laughed.

Croy and David laughed, "Yeah we found him a little ways outside of the city searching for us." Croy said.

Ryde nodded, "Yeah and you guys scared the crap out of me too, cause I though you were Specials." he laughed.

Everyone laughed. David walked over to his mother who was waiting with open arms. She wrapped her son in a hug and stroked his hair like a mother would do to their child.

"I take it Tally found you?" Maddy laughed.

David nodded and smiled at Tally, "Yeah she found me." he said.

Maddy smiled back, actually more like grinned from ear-to-ear back, "I see." she said.

She patted her son on the back and David made his way back to Tally who was surrounded by the Croy, Ryde and the Cutters who were offering their thanks for her rescuing them. David hung back watching her as she smiled at all of them. Maddy put her hand on David's shoulder and he turned around to look at her.

"Don't let her go." she said.

David nodded, "Don't worry, I won't."

Then they too made their way over to Tally and the rest of the group.