6.
All Zach and Lori could do was watch in fascination as the man who had practically appeared from thin air, started to "work" his way into the wound in Claire's head.
Zach who had seen Claire's powers in all their glory wasn't as fazed as Lori who had nothing but desperate belief for the Bennet girl to really be alive.
The man, Gabriel, had first used some type of motion with his hand to literally carve off pieces of Claire's head. Thus, leaving the brain of the semi-dead girl exposed to the barn occupants.
After a few minutes of literally staring and feeling around Claire's brain, he had actually started to remove the remaining branch pieces that had been lodged in far to deep.
'It won't be long now.' Zach thought to himself. 'Claire, please wake up.'
For the second time that night, Zach and Lori jumped out of their own skins. When Claire's eyes had suddenly shot open all Zach could do besides back away in surprise was smile.
He was right!
Gabriel quickly pieced back the pieces of Claire's skull and waited for her to finally rise up from the table her body had been placed on.
"Claire!" Lori shouted as she hugged the blonde girl.
"Hey...Lori" Claire said as she looked at Zach in a strange way.
All of a sudden the reality of the situation came flooding back to him.
"Claire..." He looked away. "We...need to talk..."
To be continued...