Chapter 6
Briana flew out the window, still smiling from the bewildered expressions and smirk on the boy's- Jack's- face. She picked up speed as she felt the cold increase her power. She laughed as she did 360's while she left the strange people behind. Right before the workshop was out of sight, she felt something hook her waist and pull her back. She struggled against the hook of the staff, but felt something else grab her leg and flip her upside down. Jack's face came into view as he flipped upside down to match her. "Got you," he joked.
"Let me go, you freak!" Briana cried.
"I think no," Jack replied. Briana stuck her tongue out at him. Despite himself, he smiled.
"Sandy, knock her out," Jack commanded. He took out a ball of dream sand and dropped it on Briana. She fell into Jack's waiting arms. He smiled at her once again and carried her back to the North Pole.
"Hey guys?" Kovu asked, "Shouldn't she have sent her signal by now? It doesn't usually take this long for her to get to Antarctica."
Savannah shot him an exasperated look. "Stop whining, you big baby," Savannah replied. "Your girlfriend is fine." Kovu, rolling his eyes, was still unsure. He sat on the windowsill and stared out into the frozen sky, waiting for the sign. Night fell. Kovu paced back and forth in front of the window, hanging onto his knife while flipping it in his hands. Everyone could see the worry on the other's faces. None of them felt safe.
Savannah watched Kovu walk back and forth in front of the window for what must have been the hundredth time. "Will you please stop?!" Savannah yelled at him. "She's fine!" But even Savannah was starting to question it.
"What if she isn't?" Kovu asked. "What if she's hurt? What if she doesn't come back?"
"Don't say that!" Lilly said, trying to appease the half awake Ariyah.
"She's coming!" Savannah yelled. "She probably is causing another blizzard in Mexico or something. You know she's all about being carefree." Savannah sent another questioning look out the window. "She'll come back, even if it was the last thing she does."
Kovu sighed and sat at the window. "Please come back," he whispered, still loud enough for the friends to hear. Savannah backed away quietly. She knew what she would see if she looked into the other's faces. They had lost hope.
Dark Mist quickly left the trees of Michigan behind as she rose over the many common towns found across the United States. Her eyes were staring down at the tall skyscrapers that rose up beneath her. Flying was one pleasure she had, since she was evil after all.
She quickly stopped around the area of old suberbs she had read about the books. She quickly saw the sign in front if the town she had read about. She smiled ad rose back up in the sky. She had never been better.