Pierce -
I groggily opened my eyes in time to see a lithe silhouette slip out of the hotel room's door.
My first two thoughts were, "Dear Gods, my arm hurts" and, "Wait...who left the room?"
It took me about two seconds to look at my bullet-wounded arm, Abby's empty bed, then speed off after her. What was she dong?!
It didn't take even a minute to catch up with her, and I caught and steadied her as she began to fall. "Whoa, there." I said, turning her around to face me, "What are you doing?" I demanded, trying to to look as angry/worried/emotionally screwed over as I really was.
Abby's eyebrows furrowed and she bit her lip, "I was looking for Alissa..." she looked down.
I let out a sigh, "You can't. Not in your condition." she looked like she was about to protest so I added, "But, I will."
Abby stood up straight, "But, I want to help...!" she attempted, her voice raising minutely to a whine.
"And I can't leave you here alone." I kneeled down, "Here, get on my back and I'll carry you. They're probably long gone from this hotel, so we need to get out."
Abby looked at me for a minute, then tried to smile as she got on my back, "...Alright."
As soon as we got outside of the hotel, we found that we weren't the only ones who had been left at the hotel. There was a small group gathered up and conversing.
"Hey." I called, drawing their attention, I nodded my head in lieu of waving, "Did ya miss us?"
That Rika girl looked over at us, and then at Moon, "Okay. I think that might be all of us, then."
Moon shrugged.
I walked up to them, "Everyone else has been taken?" I asked.
Rika--Gods, I hope that's her name, cause I'll feel stupid otherwise--nodded, "Yes."
"Huh." was all I could say, because three familiar figures raced toward us, "Ice!" I called, glad to see a truly familiar face.
He and Nanuke were half-dragging Shadow as they approached us. Nanuke looked at all of us and explained, "They took Kallik and Echo." she said gravely.
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I just felt the need to post.
Rika, Moon, Nakuke, Ice, Shadow, and Abby were all at least mentioned in there. ^^;;
