Chapter 38: Lost Memory
Will and the others searched the island but there is no sign of Phobos anywhere and it made no sense. "He couldn't have gone very far." Will said trying to think of where Phobos could have possibly gone when Cornelia fell to her knees and holding her head. "Cornelia!" Will yelled running over to her with the others following. Cornelia sat there for a second in pain, her skin glowed yellow; and then looked up with yellow eyes. The group stood there not sure what to do and then Cornelia let out a breath. She began breathing heavily but it quickly calmed. "Cornelia, what happened?" Will asked worried.
"Phobos, he isn't on this island and neither is Astrid." Cornelia said with a touch of fear in her voice. "Irma, if you go to the ocean, can you see where the two are?" Cornelia asked. With that said the group flew to the ocean and Irma stepped in and like Cornelia, Irma hunched over in pain, holding her head.
Irma's skin glowed blue and then she looked up, her eyes glowed blue. Irma finally came to and pointed northeast as she tried to begin to breathe normally. "I don't know where Phobos is however."
"Come on, let's move." Will said helping Irma up and into the air. The group then headed northeast with Irma in the lead.
A good ten miles out into the ocean and on an island, Astrid washed up on shore, her body cut and bruised. Astrid finally began to wake. She looked around for a second and wondered where she could possibly be. Astrid then started coughing up water and even a little blood with it. She tried to stand but soon collapsed into the sand. Astrid crawled over to a nearby tree and tried to pull herself up. Once she was up, she fell back down onto the ground and into some mud.
Soon an old woman came over and saw Astrid in the mud, luckily on her back. She went back to the village for some help and in only a half an hour and Astrid was in a bed. Astrid woke up and then shot up from the bed but was gently pushed down again. "My dear, you must relax. My name is Sigrunn, what is yours dear." Sigrunn asked.
"My name is, is, I don't know. I don't remember anything." Astrid said laying on the bed trying to think.
"You poor child." Sigrunn said not sure of what to do except try and help to restore the girls memory. Sigrunn grabbed some clean clothes out of a dresser and set them on the bed. "You change when you feel like it and I'll be in later with some food and some medicine for you." Sigrunn then left leaving Astrid, who is a bit frightened, alone in the room.
Astrid slowly took off her clothes and set her dirty clothes on the floor. A small object and a piece of paper fell from her clothes when she put them on the floor. She had to admit that she is chili and was happy to get out of her clothes. Astrid put on the dry clothes and then climbed into bed not noticing the objects that fell from her clothes.
Sigrunn knocked on the door, let Astrid know it is her, and was then told to go in. "Good to see you changed." Sigrunn said as she put a bowl of soup on the stand next to Astrid. She then picked up Astrid's old clothes and accidentally kicked the two unseen objects under the bed. Sigrunn looked at the clothes and knew that her clothes are destroyed. "These are of no use to you dear." Sigrunn threw them into a bucket near the door and then went over to Astrid and cleaned her cuts. "The water is a dangerous thing dear; all types of things could have killed you. Judging from your clothes, you are lucky to be alive. I must say that I expected more then just minor cuts and bruises to have to fix up."
"Sigrunn, I woke up earlier and coughed up blood." She coughed again into her hand and blood sat on her hands.
"I will be right back with something to take care of that, now relax and eat the soup." Sigrunn then left again.
Astrid picked up the soup and began to eat. Her head is pounding and she could feel it throbbing. It worried her a little but maybe she would be lucky.
Sigrunn was gathering supplies when five girls came walking up to her. "Excuse me, I don't mean to disturb you but we have a question for you?" Sigrunn thought the girls odd but friendly. "Have you seen a girl around here anywhere? She has blonde hair, she is about this tall." Will said holding her hand above the ground to show height. Will continued to describe her.
Sigrunn wasn't sure if she should trust these girls or not. "No I haven't, now I am very busy." With that said she grabbed the things she needed and left.
"She is lying Will; it appears that Astrid has lost her memory. Fact is she doesn't trust us." Irma said.
Will became frustrated but knew that the woman did what she thought best and then Will realized something. "Irma, when could you read minds?" Will asked.
"I…don't honestly know. I can influence people to do things but I don't remember being able to ever actually read minds. It has to be this knew advancement. Anyway it doesn't matter. We aren't going to be able to see Astrid until her memory is back." Irma said getting off the topic.
Back in the house, Sigrunn had come in and started to take care of Astrid. "Take a sip of this drink every once in a while and you should be just fine in a week." Sigrunn handed Astrid the drink. Astrid took a sip and then spit it out disgusted. "I know it's gross but it will help." Astrid took in a deep breath and then swallowed a little. She set the glass down with a disgusted look on her face. At this point she wanted nothing more then to have her memory back unknown to them, the key to helping restore her memory is under the bed.
A/N: I hope you enjoyed the chapter.