When Dusk Falls
Chapter 10: Rekindled Bond
Chloe carried Max to a peaceful spot on her territory. Both girls blushing and not really looking at each other; not even saying a word.
Chloe gently sat her down on the grassy field; in the center, kneeling down next to her.
At the edge of the field was a separate large stretch of forest. Chloe dropped down next to Max, sitting.
She sighed away their silence.
And Max watched her patiently.
Chloe looked at her quietly.
"...Fine...", she sighed and took out her phone and scrolled her contacts; clicking Max's name and selecting unblock. Then flashed the screen at Max for confirmation.
"There, hippie happy"? Asked Chloe.
"Yes, hippie is very happy", Max smiled teasingly.
Chloe rolled her eyes and smirked a bit. She put her phone away.
Max watched Chloe's pocket, strangely focused before looking back at Chloe.
"Chloe, where do your phone and clothes go when you transform"? Asked Max curiously.
"Well that was random... Uh I don't know, some anime or voodoo magic shit or something, happens", shrugged Chloe.
"You kinda suck at these explanations", stated Max with a teasing grin.
Chloe nudged her a little.
"Oh shut up. I may act like I know everything, but the secret is I don't Maximus", smirked Chloe.
"Well duh. Still, haven't you questioned any of this"? Asked Max curiously.
Chloe leaned back on her hands and gazed up at the blue-ish grey sky, distantly, frowning slightly.
"Well, yeah... I mean who wouldn't ? But, no one seems to know the answers to it; any of it. I've even asked around...", replied Chloe calmly.
"I guess the fact we're in the middle of a pest problem, with things we thought were just in the movies and stories; we all have just shrugged off the physics of reality. Some don't care anymore and just accept this shit at face value. Honestly, its actually the vast majority now", shrugged Chloe casually.
Max looked down at some rocks, and a few sticks; and twigs scattered around them.
She grabbed one of the sticks and idly poked at the rocks. Chloe watched her.
"I guess I can't blame them. I mean I thought the fur would grow through your clothes; like you know how when you wear a hat and you can feel strands of your hair poking through it sometimes"? Mumbled Max a bit.
"But then again, if that were the case they'd definitely rip and when you change back, you'd be naked or really tattered. Same goes for them falling off as you change form; I doubt they'd be on underneath , no matter how loose the clothes are, theres no way they'd fit a werewolf in hybrid and especially in dire wolf...", stated Max idly.
Chloe laid back in the grass, tucking her arms behind her head, crossing her leg over the other partially.
"No kidding, can you imagine being mid fight with a Were in hybrid and he stops the fight, "Oh, hold on a sec" and roots through his fur to find his phone to answer; he walks away casually telling his mom he's busy fighting and can't talk" ? Asked Chloe with a snicker.
Max laughed.
"Imagine if its the barbie ringtone, total mood killer", Max teased.
Chloe laughed.
"Hella awkward ! If its on vibrate, "Hang on mate, me hips' buzzin'" The awkwardness is endless", Chloe teased playfully, faking an Australian accent .
Max laughed.
"So lets just assume they go into another dimension or something, sound good"? Asked Max.
"Dude I was already there, you're the one who asked", teased Chloe.
Max laughed.
It felt good to just be relaxing and bantering with each other again.
They sat there for a bit, Chloe was quiet in thought.
Max played with the rocks and stick.
Then Chloe sat up, sitting cross legged and looking down in thought; slouching forward and fidgeting with her fingers.
"...Um, h-how's the leg"? Chloe asked quietly.
"It, doesn't hurt anymore. I managed to avoid the intended damage I think. It hurt a lot, but thankfully wasn't too deep... Sorry about your shirt...", Max replied calmly.
"I'm, glad... Don't worry about the shirt; I've torn the sleeves off tons of shirts. It was time to change it up and tear something else off", Chloe replied lightly.
They were quiet again.
Chloe sighed a bit, furrowing her brow.
"... I'm sorry Max...", She stated.
Max looked at her curiously and saw Chloe tense her hand and look at it.
"Its...Its my fault you got hurt... I dragged you into this bullshit, now your life is on the line, because you're with me... This isn't even on the list of things I wanted to happen, when I saw you in the cafe four days ago. Five if you count today I guess...", continued Chloe shamefully.
Max reached over her closest hand, placing it on Chloe's shoulder.
"Chloe its not your fault, I ignored the warnings. Anyway it doesn't really matter now, whats done is done, right ? Now whether we, or you specifically, like it or not; we're in this together", Stated Max gently.
Chloe was quiet a moment, before reaching up and placing her hand over Max's, keeping her eyes downcast.
Max felt her cheeks flush lightly at the gesture, with a brief twitch of surprise with her hand. Then she settled.
Chloe seemed to be lost in thought again, before giving a light sigh; releasing Max's. Max pulled back.
Chloe glanced at her briefly.
"...Max, when you were in Seattle. I was in a dark place even before all the werewolf bs, and I met someone... Rachel Amber. Or, well, she met me...", Chloe started calmly.
"She was seriously peppy and high on life, care free, adventurous, sarcastic and... Beautiful... I was a loner and she didn't seem to oblige that lifestyle. So she convinced me we should start hanging out", Chloe continued.
Max watched her and listened.
"Five months into our friendship, we're close and everything is possible, we... Became more than friends... Then a couple months into that section, shit hit the fan...", She stated, her voice starting to darken a bit.
"People were being hunted down and slaughtered like cattle everywhere, by things we all thought were myths, or made up horror movie shit. It was chaos. The people tried to fight it, but they either died or became one of the monsters; nothing felt safe...", Stated Chloe solemnly.
Max looked down sadly. "Shit...", replied Max quietly.
Chloe sighed, closing her eyes partially.
"Then one day, Rachel and I, stumbled across Nathan and his pack after school. Asshole wanted to bolster his pack number, we refused the "honour" and escaped to warn everyone else...", Chloe continued bitterness started edging into her tone.
"We were cornered and injected with some drug and blacked out... When we came to, we were in the junkyard by the edge of town, tied up. Nathan wasted no time sinking his fangs into me", Chloe stated bitterly, her eyes narrowing sharply.
"The pain was unreal, you can't even imagine. Don't let the movies fool you, the change was instant, no full moon crap. I just wanted the pain to stop, I hated it, I wanted to die and be done with it. So I let myself lose consciousness through it", stated Chloe darkly.
"Jesus, Chloe that sounds horrible", replied Max fearful for her.
"It really was... I don't know how long I was out. All I know is, I forced myself awake when I heard Rachel scream for me. Nathan had already bitten her, but I could barely tell, everything was a blur; I couldn't see, as if I was looking through a fogged lens...", Stated Chloe trying to piece together the thoughts into words.
"... I had turned..., all of my senses were dulled I was wild and drifting in and out of awareness of everything. Then Rachel also turned wild and I couldn't speak or call out to her, I didn't have a voice... She fought back and Nathan cut her down right in front of me. Everything shattered. I... Blacked out again...", Chloe trailed off a bit in anger.
"I felt myself moving , but it wasn't by choice. I felt the rage choking me, like a lump of red hot bile trying to burn from my throat. I wasn't going to give in... I kept on fighting myself for consciousness and eventually I got my wish and saw that I was covered in blood... But I didn't know if it was my own... Or someone else's... But I was in the forest now and had no idea which one of Arcadia's forests it was, and I was dizzy, feeling sick and exhausted", Chloe ranted darkly and bitterly; clenching her hand into a tight fist.
"Holy shit Chlo, thats fucking intense", replied Max worriedly.
She tossed aside the stick and put her hand to her forehead, trying to process it all.
"Yeah, you're telling me...", replied Chloe rubbing her neck and getting up walking away.
Max watched her pitifully, then blinked in confusion.
"So after I got my head together, I went back to the junkyard for answers. I, found Rachel's body and she wasn't alone; a few members of rich boy's pack were also bloodied and in the dirt along with a handful of wild ones...", Continued Chloe. kneeling briefly.
"I... had to bury her that evening and cried like a bitch for the rest of the night; then by morning, I decided it was time to make the lives of the Prescott's a living hell", stated Chloe in a mix of sorrow and rage.
She walked back over to Max and dropped the stick beside her, not entirely aware. Standing beside Max, staring off in the distance momentarily, before looking at the photographer.
Max looked at the stick, picking it up and examining it for anything that made it special.
"I'm sorry Chloe, for your loss, everything you went through", replied Max sympathetically and softly.
Finding nothing of importance about the stick, Max figured Chloe was messing with her and stubbornly chucked it aside in another direction.
"Yeah well I've gotten used to it, unfortunately. Since it happened, I scared the hell outta Nathan when I walked through the doors of Blackwell again. After some "friendly" chats, he opted to have me kicked out of school by picking a fight and blaming me for it, with assists from his pedigree poodles", stated Chloe
Walking away again, grabbing the stick and returning it to Max; dropping it beside her. Then stared off into the distance.
Max looked at the stick and a smirk of amusement came to her face. She watched Chloe sit down beside her again, bracing on her hands.
"He's even more of an asshole than I thought", replied Max.
"Understatement, Max", replied Chloe casually.
She sighed and shrugged. " But there you have it", stated Chloe.
They sat there in quiet a moment, looking at each other.
Max slowly picked up the stick again.
They still watched each other a bit...
Max casually tossed the stick again, it thumped to the distant grass... Chloe slowly and subtly drummed her fingertips on the soil next to herself.
They kept their eyes locked intensely, silence shrouding them...
"God damn it Max"! Chloe caved bitterly and got up, retrieving the stick once more and dropping it beside the now laughing hysterically Max.
"Sorry, I couldn't help myself, its so cute"! Max laughed.
"Oh shut up ! I can't control the impulse", Chloe grumbled bitterly, blushing darkly in embarrassment.
"Do you chase cars and mailmen too"? Asked Max teasingly.
"Bite me, smart ass...", replied Chloe crossing her arms, vaguely annoyed.
Max laughed.
Chloe looked around the field surrounding them.
It was a little passed 5:00 pm now. The streets had emptied out and were very distant from them; hidden behind multiple rows of trees and tall shrubs and bushes.
The field held some flower patches in it. They were deep in Chloe's territory. The wild ones knew to avoid the area including the second forest.
Chloe looked to Max's leg then the warm smile on max's face. Chloe smiled lightly at the warmth.
"Max, want to have a little fun"? Asked Chloe with a charmingly impish grin.
Max looked to her curiously, then at the stick and back at Chloe.
"Sure, what do you have in mind, more fetch"? Max asked teasingly.
"No but put that in your bag anyway", replied Chloe before taking a few steps away from her.
Max quirked her brow a bit, but put the stick in her her camera bag with the hard-plastic case.
Then she looked over at Chloe.
"So whats your idea"? Asked Max curiously.
Chloe changed into her dire wolf form, pressing her massive paws on the grass and shaking out her mane.
She looked at Max's surprised expression gazing up at her.
Chloe crouched down low to the grass.
"Get on little hippie, you're getting you're own private wolf back ride", Chloe stated playfully.
"Whoa what ? A-are you cereal"? Asked Max standing up slowly.
"Hell yeah, climb on dork", replied Chloe in an almost smug tone.
Max beamed a smile and closed the small gap between them as fast as possible, bracing on Chloe's shoulder, Which was still almost matching Max's standing height; shorter by mere inches.
Max swung her injured leg over first, and pulled herself up the rest of the way.
She sat just behind Chloe's shoulders and sunk a little in Chloe's fluffy long fur, her legs barely visible among the bright golden brown-beige pelt.
"Grab hold of my mane Max and hang on tight, its going to get very windy, the instant you're ready for a full sprint. And don't worry about hurting me, I'll barely feel the grip", assured Chloe calmly.
Max took hold of Chloe's poofy scruff and held on as she felt Chloe stand up to her full dire wolf height.
Max looked around at her new height in amazement.
Chloe rose her head and it leveled up with Max's neck; though Max was still able to see over Chloe's head.
"Wowzer, you're way taller than I thought, and thats kinda saying something. This is incredible~", Stated Max in awed disbelief, looking around.
"Alright, enough sight-seeing dweeb. Lets get you used to it. Hang on", stated Chloe playfully.
She started walking around. Max held on , adjusting her body with Chloe's movements.
"Good job Max, move with me, just like that", stated Chloe walking in a circle.
"Kay", agreed Max smiling.
"Don't hold on so tight with your legs, you'll wear them out too quickly and when you need to hang on, they'll be too tired, especially with that injury. And pretty soon, it may get hard for me to breathe. So keep yourself loose", advised Chloe calmly.
"Sorry, got it... Why is this sounding kinda sexual...", muttered Max blushing darkly in embarrassment.
Chloe laughed. "Well, you are riding me", She teased.
"Oh shut up", replied Max shyly blushing more. Chloe laughed again.
"Anyway, when I'm turning, you've gotta lean with me, just like when we rode my motorcycle", stated Chloe calmly.
"Alright", agreed Max.
"Lets pick up the speed a bit, and you let me know when you're ready for a full sprint, It'll be an instant speed increase, so hold on tight", stated Chloe. She picked up the pace, bit by bit, Max adjusted her grip to match up.
"Thought I was supposed to be loose"? Asked Max with a quirked brow.
"When I'm walking. Running is a different story. I don't want you falling off", stated Chloe calmly. Speeding up more, Max adjusts again.
The wind from the movement getting more prominent, brushing lightly through their hair and fur.
"Okay, makes sense. I'll get the hang of it eventually", mumbled Max calmly.
Chloe sped up a bit more, casually running but not full on.
Max took a steadying breath, tightening her hold efficiently.
"Okay Chloe, I'm ready"! Stated Max with determination.
Chloe broke into a full sprint instantly, the wind rushed by them swiftly and heavily as they raced through the massive football field sized grassland.
The wind rushing through Chloe's fur and Max's hair and clothes. With Chloe's size and speed they cleared the giant field within seconds and entered the forest.
They burst into the forest, Chloe expertly navigating the terrain.
Max couldn't stop the smile spreading on her face; her eyes lit with wonder as she looked around.
She could feel her heart pounding in excitement.
Chloe splashed through trickles of water as she raced.
Max looked up at the towering pine trees, and despite their break neck speed, things seemed slow as Max took in the beautiful landscape; watching two blue jay fly around each other; climbing higher in the sky.
"Chloe ! This is awesome ! I'm getting an adrenaline rush just being on your back like this. I can only imagine how you're feeling right now", Max cheered.
"Glad you're havin' fun, while I do all the work", Chloe teased playfully.
Max laughed.
"This is just a taste of my own version of freedom now a days. Now hold on tight Max, its not going to be just running for long", Chloe stated.
Max held on, and Chloe started swift zig-zags and jumping over obstacles.
"Keep hanging on, I'm going a bit sideways", warned Chloe.
"Side ways"? Asked Max in slight concern. "Yep"! Replied Chloe unfazed.
Max held on. Chloe lunged forward at a tree and twisted her body a bit and had her front paws press against and push off of the sturdy trunk; her back paws immediately mimicked the movement, pushing off the tree.
She raced on and repeated the tree launching.
She jumped fairly high branches, occasionally pushing off a branch.
Then she'd run back and take a different route.
Max didn't really notice, she just laughed as the wind raced around them; enjoying the freedom she was feeling with Chloe.
Chloe ran through the forest, breaking into a small clearing with a stream and waterfall.
Max looked at the natural falls in amazement.
Chloe pressed her front paws hard to the dirt by the stream, her back paws pressed down behind them as her front paws lifted fast, the back following as she leapt over the wide stream.
Max watched the waterfall as they flew passed.
Again it felt like they were in slow mo as Max embraced the sights. Her eyes drifted from the falls, to the clear water stream below them; she watched some trout swim through the water beneath the surface.
Then Chloe landed her front paws on the other side, her massive body, bending and flexing; absorbing the landing as her paws lifted forward.
Her back paws landed and propelled her forward as she darted into another instant run, once more zig-zagging and jumping around like a giant gazelle.
They came to a rise in the land and Chloe darted up it.
"Hey Max, are your essentials water proof"? Chloe asked casually.
"My camera, cell, music, wallet and bag ? Uh, yeah. My bag has the hard plastic case over and zipped shut, and everything is inside it; but why- Oh fuck...", replied Max trailing off.
Chloe leaped off the high land rise and soon a splash erupted from a clear water pond.
Chloe surfaced and casually swam around, then swam to the shallow end to stand up. Panting, her fur drenched and draping down over her eyes.
The water rapidly dripped off her fur coat.
She looked to Max on her back, still hanging on, completely soaked; water running off her thick plastic bag casing.
Max's bangs slowly sliding down her forehead veiling her eyes.
Her expression stoic.
Silence...
Max spat the water out like a park fountain. Chloe laughed and ran on.
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Soon Chloe was walking nicely, panting tiredly and contently.
They were almost completely dry due to the wind their running had created previously, acting as a blow-dryer.
Chloe exited the forest and started walking up a trail on a hill.
Max looked around.
"Hey wait, this place...", Max started quietly.
"Recognize it"? Asked Chloe with a gentle knowing tone, glancing back over her shoulder at Max.
"Y-Yeah, the old lighthouse. We used to play here all the time when we were kids and still thought we were pirates. This takes me back, its been so long... I'm glad to see it's still standing", Max replied with a nostalgic smile looking around.
She could practically hear the distant and faded laughter of their childhood, easily able to pictures shades of their younger selves racing around chasing each other and playing.
She looked to the map stand nearby, and visualized Chloe writing on it in bright red marker, the location of their tree house deep in the forest, she could hear Chloe's younger voice echoing.
"There, now we can always find each other if we're ever separated~" Chloe's younger voice echoed.
Max looked over at a tree that still stood tall and had their names carved into it, with BFF carved under them. Once more visualizing the slightly older kid versions of themselves creating the carving.
Max guessed Chloe was thinking about it too, as looked back and saw the massive wolf's tail, wag slightly.
Max giggled a bit; smiling.
Then Max alerted a bit, when she snapped back to the present day.
"Wait Chloe, isn't it dangerous for you to be here"? Asked Max worriedly.
"Don't worry, its been abandoned for a long time. The light still works but the humans avoid it; too close to the forest, even if its wild one free", stated Chloe casually.
Max looked around and did notice somethings were in disrepair, though strangely not much.
"Since shit went to hell they only work maintenance on if they really have to. But now they keep it to once a year", Chloe replied calmly as she reached the top of the hill.
She made her way to the bench on the cliff overlook.
"Can it even function like that"? Asked Max.
"It has to now", replied Chloe calmly.
They passed the bench and stopped, staring out at the sea; the sunset glittering over the waves.
A light breeze stirring their hair and fur.
Max smiled and took out her camera.
"Um, sorry if the click of the camera shutter hurts your ears Chloe, but I gotta take this amazing shot", stated Max softly.
"No worries", replied Chloe casually.
She flattened her ears to her head to dull the sound.
Max checked through her viewfinder and scanned for the best shot.
Then she took the picture of the sunset on the water, with the orange, and red sky, with pinkish purple clouds centering it all in a perfectly symmetrical and well rounded image; as though the clouds were the arms of the sinking sun, trying to embrace the rippling water.
Max's camera hummed a bit as it printed the image and she took it, waving it to clear the image and checked it, smiling with joy.
She showed it to Chloe, who perked her ears again.
"Nice shot", She praised.
"Thanks, I love the golden hour", replied Max as she put away her camera and photo into her bag securely.
Then she paused.
"The golden hour... Chloe ! Its almost dusk ! We've gotta get back"! Stated Max nervously fearful.
"Chillax before you shut down your heart Maximus. I know what time it is, And I know what I'm doing. We're here for a reason", replied Chloe calmly.
She walked away from the cliff and approached the lighthouse, making her way around the side.
She stopped and looked up at a high window.
"We, are ? It wasn't just for a flash back to the past"? Asked Max curiously and nervously.
"Yep we're staying here tonight", replied Chloe calmly.
She lowered herself to the ground, before rearing back on her hind legs and growing to her hybrid form.
Max instantly clung to Chloe's neck fairly tightly, as her seating was angled out from under her abruptly; Chloe stood up to her full fourteen and half feet height.
"Alright hang on hippie", She ordered calmly.
"Already trying to Cujo"! Replied Max.
Chloe chuckled, then crouched low, before pushing off from the ground in a leap.
She grabbed hold of the open windowsill and hung there a moment.
"Alright climb my back and get inside", Chloe ordered calmly.
Max slowly started to climb, gingerly.
"Max, I've got a lot of fur, if you need to grab hold of more, do it. I'll barely notice; especially around the scruff of my neck. I don't want you falling, so don't be shy", Stated Chloe casually.
Max did so and managed to climb over Chloe's bowed head and tumbled through the window with a light thud.
"Ow ! Stair number One eighteen is crammed in my kidney" groaned Max sorely.
She got up, rubbing at her lower back.
Chloe snickered, then pulled herself up, reverting to human form. Max helped pull her in.
Chloe landed on the steps next to Max and turned around to a large sheet of silver, with a one sided handle, leaning against the wall.
She took a shaky breath and looked Max over; who look back at her in confusion and curiosity.
"Yeah, you're too scrawny", Chloe stated casually.
"Hey" ! Replied Max bitterly crossing her arms on her chest, half glaring at the punk.
Chloe faced the silver sheet and took a steeling breath and grabbed the thick sheet. The silver mildly heated against her palms.
Slowly and faintly starting to burn her, Chloe sharply inhaled from discomfort, and as fast as she could; she lifted the sheet into the window, jamming it inside securely, with the handle facing her.
She pulled her hands away from it cringing a bit, as her palms lightly faintly sizzled almost, with steam rising up thinly.
Slowly her hands cooled and recovered.
Max was worriedly at her side.
"Chloe are you okay"? She asked in concern.
"Yeah I'm fine, just the were mutt allergy. Its over with. Come on, lets get to the den", replied Chloe calmly.
She took Max's hand, guiding her through the darkened stairway.
Max blushed paley at the grip.
"Den"? Max asked curiously.
"Yep, the cabin you were at before, was temporary shelter, remember ? Just a place abandoned and unclaimed. And since the other place I had, I was chased out of by my mother and step prick. This is now the only place I really feel at home and vaguely safe", Chloe replied calmly and a bit bitterly.
Chloe paused and crouched down, growing to Dire wolf again and laying down for Max to hop on once more.
Max climbed on, careful of her injured leg.
Chloe stood up and started racing up the winding steps...
They arrived at the top viewing deck of the lighthouse in good time.
Chloe exited the large hatch at the top of the stairway, ducking down to get through with Max.
She padded in and over toward a large king sized tent with a massive opening, just behind the light's large pillar in the center of the room, rotating fairly quietly.
The tent was pressed against the farthest wall, under a section of the expansive window that covered the cylinder walls.
"Home sweet home", Chloe commented casually. As Max gazed around in nostalgic awe...
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~A note from Pure Set~
NEW UPDATE AT THE END OF THE NOTE !
And there is Chapter 10.
I know this one was shorter than the last nearly half dozen, but thats because it is a cool down chapter.
To give your nerves and eyes a break from the long and intense; it also plays the part of a Q and A chapter, letting you learn just a little more.
… I also didn't need to change anything in it, so theres that aspect too.
I hope you enjoyed a couple of the scenarios, I'm sure at least a few of you wondered about or perhaps even hoped for, namely the Wolf back riding lesson and a casual game of fetch~ Lot of fun to write those scenes.
The wolf back ride was inspired by How to Train your Dragon 2's song "Where no one goes" If anyone is curious~
I apologize for any spelling/punctuation or grammar issues.
I will check back and update to clean them up, but I did just pull an all–nighter on already lacking sleep, as I tend to do.
So I do not doubt that there may be some luring around the corners tauntingly...
I frequently update to correct things and sometime I even add or change things in Chapters, so check back every so often if you wish.
Moving right along ! Next in line is...
Chapter 11: The Den
It is a longer chapter, but it is also a Q and A.
The chapters are going to get longer and more intense again, so I hope you enjoyed your cool down.
I have a lot of things going on right now, so understand that Chapter 11 will for sure take much longer to get out.
I'd also like to write ahead at least one more chapter before uploading 11, but it will be out as soon as possible, as the usual.
Thankfully at this time, I do not believe I need to add or change anything in it.
Anyway, thank you for reading~ Hope you enjoyed~ And thank you for your patience~
Leave a review if you so choose, it keeps me going~
I apologize for any spelling or grammar issues, I will check back and update to clean them up, but I did just pull an all – nighter on already lacking sleep, as I tend to do, so I'am not surprised if there are some to be found.
I frequently update to correct things and sometime I even add or change things in Chapters, so check back every so often if you wish.
UPDATE: AUGUST 3, 2016. Things are still very hectic, with personal, family, and friend problems, a couple that are life or death. So unfortunately Chapter 11, will take longer, and I apologize for the lengthy wait, I will work on it, as soon as I can.