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?She's a friend; don't be afraidShe helped me bring you back
?Where is Summer Song? She was scared?
I ducked out the door while she was distracted
I heard Doc answer the question behind me?She's going to a new planetDo you remember
where she was before she came here??
I could guess what her answer would be from the name
?She was? a Bat? She could fly I remember? but it was? not here
Where am I??
I hurried down the hall to find help for DocI was surprised when I saw the light of the great
cavern ahead?surprised because it was so quietUsually you could hear voices dior handbag before you saw
the lightIt was the middle of the dayThere should have been someone in the big garden room,
if only crossing through
I walked out into the bright noon light, and the giant space was empty
The fresh tendrils of the cantaloupe vines were dark green, darker than the dry earth they
sprang fromThe earth was too dry?the irrigating barrel stood ready to fix that, the hoses laid
out along the furrowsBut no one manned the crude machineIt sat abandoned on the side of
the field
I stood very still, trying to hear somethingThe huge cavern was silent, and the silence tiffany jewelry imitation was
ominousWhere was everyone?
Had they evacuated without me? A pang of fear and hurt shot through meBut they wouldn't
have left without Doc, of courseThey would never leave DocI wanted to dart back through
the long tunnel to make sure Doc had not disappeared, too
They wouldn't go without us, either, sillyJared and Jamie and Ian wouldn't leave us behindLet's? check the kitchen?
I jogged down the silent corridor, getting more anxious as the silence continuedMaybe it was
my imagination, and the loud thumping of my pulse in my earsOf course there must be
something to hearIf I balenciaga giant brief bag could calm down and slow my breathing, I'd be able to hear voices
But I reached the kitchen and it was empty, tooOn the tables, half-eaten
lunches had been abandonedPeanut butter on the last of the soft breadApples and warm cans
of soda
My stomach reminded me that I hadn't eaten at all today, but I barely noted the twist of hunger
The panic was so much stronger
What if? what if we didn't evacuate soon enough?
No!Mel gaspedo, we would have heard something! Someone would have? or there would
be? They'd still be here, looking for usThey wouldn't give up until they'd checked gucci backpacks for cheap everywhere
So that can't be it
Unless they're looking for us now
I spun back toward the door, my eyes darting through the shadows
I had to go warn DocWe had to get out of here if we were the last two
No! They can't be gone!Jamie, Jared? Their faces were so clear, as if they were etched onto
the insides of my eyelids
And Ian's face, as I added my own pictures to hersJeb, Trudy, Lily, Heath, Geoffreye'll get
them back, I vowede'll hunt them down one by one and steal them back! I won't letthem take
my family!
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