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It was over.
Really over.
At first I was in shock. Had I just done that? Had my plan actually succeeded? Had I never believed it would? Maybe I had excpected to fail.
Maybe I was dreaming and any minute I would wake up to the real thing.
No... it was real. I could tell it was real when I was tackled into a bone crushing Kat style hug. "CALLYPSO!!!"
"Can't breath!" I gasped.
"Sorry" Kat was grinning ear to ear. "That was the most exciting most awesome experiance of my entire fricken life!"
"No joke" I breathed looking around.
Actually there were some people left. All of the maids still stood in shock along with a few younger black jackets that no doubt had not come from books. They looked a whole lot less threatening without the others around and they now stood pale as paper.
"Move it or lose it people!" I heard Kat call loudly to the remaining people "Let's GO, GO, GO!"
When Kat says to leave you leave. She's persuasive like that.
Of course she was waving a fallen black jackets gun around so that might be part of it.
I caught a black dress fleeing the scene and I realized that Mortola was alive along with the other maids.
Whatever, the old lady hardly scared me when she was alone.
"MO!" Meggie who had just come out of a stunned state jumped off the platform and hugged her father tightly as she could.
"Heart felt reuninon." Kat sighed.
I rolled my eyes.
Farid was working buisily with picking the lock on the cage where Elinor and Resa sat while Elinor cursed the cage.
"I'm so glad your plan worked" Mo said coming over to me. "Kat gave us the full story on what you wrote. We owe our lives to you."
"This lock is annoying" Farid muttered.
"Oh move over you idiot" Kat sighed pushing Farid out of the way and she opened the lock in a matter of seconds.
"I don't want to know how you know how to do that." I sighed.
Kat shrugged and grinned that mysterious grin of hers as Resa and Elinor exited the cage.
That's when I saw the dark shape rise up from the corner of the cage and lunge forward grabbing on to the closest thing to him.
Kat.
"Basta?" I couldn't even keep the shock out of my voice "Why the Hell are you alive!?"
"What you aren't glad to see me sweet heart?" Basta mocked.
Kat launched a stream of curses at him trying to twist around to see his face but he tightened his grip around her neck and she was cut off.
"You better let her go" I threatened my voice a growl.
"Or what?" he sneered. "You'll kill me with your pen and paper? I heard all about your damn plan."
"Yeah and you better be grateful you're still alive Bastard!" I snarled "But no one is here to help you now. Don't think this is going to help you."
Kat was turning blue from lack of air.
"Oh I'll get away." Basta snarled "I'll choke you're little friend if you don't let me past."
"Let the girl go" Elinor said sharply "I didn't excpect us to have a happy ending but now we do and you aren't going to spoil it for me you no good Bastard."
"Kick him Kat!" I told my friend "Kill him for all I care!"
Kat probably would've gladly but Basta shoved her into me and knocked us both to the ground. When I looked up again he was gone.
"Of all the luck" Kat muttered rubbing her neck "He's right behind me and I still don't get a good look at his face! But that voice was just insanley familier!"
"Like a rasping cat" I muttered getting up. "Ah, damn it why did he have to survive."
"There aren't any cars left in the parkinglot." Farid announced.
"Don't tell me we have to walk again!" Elinor groaned.
"We should rest for the night." Mo sighed "It's been a long night for all of us."
"No kidding" I muttered. Then I noticed the book was gone. Basta must have taken it. Damn him.
That night I volenteered to take first watch. That's when Dustfinger came to camp.
"What do you think you're doing" I asked?
He jumped "The book. I want the book."
Of course he did. I sighed "It's gone Dustfinger. Basta took it."
"Him and Mortola are still alive" Dustfinger sighed "I saw the whole thing from the roofs." he gestured to the houses.
"Entertaining wasn't it?" I asked dryly.
Dustfinger laughed bitterly then smiled "You are a master of your trade Callypso. I believe this is good bye."
"Where are you going?" I asked un able to resist.
"On a search" Dustfinger looked off into the distance "I need to find a copy and get someone to read me in again."
"Good luck" I smiled and then hugged him.
I seemed suprised but he smiled "It was nice knowing you Callypso." and then he dissapeared into the night. I saw Farid follow him as I sat back down.
He was devoted.
It was morning when we actually found a car and Kat hot wired it for us. Again I don't want to know where she learned how to do that.
We began the long drive back to the village where Fenoglio was.
I watched the village grow smaller in the distance. It was weird leaving here in triumph. Like finishing a book almost and being left hanging.
I was glad it was over though.
It seemed like forever ago that I was first brought here. I was scared out of my wits then.
But for better or worse this had changed me more than I could even imagine.
And later I would look back on this, a distant memory, and remember.
Just remeber.
Because what else is there to do at the end of a story?
End of book one...
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