I closed my eyes when Doc leaned over Walter with... I closed my eyes when Doc leaned over Walter with the syringe
“Sleep well, friend,” Doc murmured
Walter's fingers relaxed, loosenedI held on to them–I was the one clinging now
The minutes passed, and all was quiet except my breathingIt was hitching and breaking,
tending toward quiet sobs
Someone patted my shoulder“He's gone, Wanda,” Doc said, his voice thick
He pulled my hand free and rolled me carefully out of my awkward position into one that was
less agonizingNow that I knew Walter
silver chanel wouldn't be disturbed, the sobs
were not so quietI clutched at my side, where it throbbedYou won't be happy otherwise,” Jared muttered in a grudging toneI tried to
open my eyes, but I couldn't do it
Something stung my armI didn't remember having hurt my armAnd in such a strange place,
just inside my elbow…
Morphine,Melanie whispered
We were already drifting nowI tried to be alarmed, but I couldn't be
No one said goodbye,I thought dullyI couldn't expect Jared… but Jeb… Doc… Ian wasn't
here…
No
omega geneve automatic one's dying,she promised meust sleeping this time…
When I woke, the ceiling above me was dim, starlitThere were so many starsI
wondered where I wasThere were no black obstructions, no pieces of ceiling in my viewJust
stars and stars and stars…
Wind fanned my faceIt smelled like… dust and… something I couldn't put my finger onThe musty smell was goneNo sulfur, and it was so dry
“Wanda?” someone whispered, touching my good cheek
My eyes found Ian's face, white in the starlight, leaning over meHis
chanel j 12 hand on my skin was
cooler than the breeze, but the air was so dry it wasn't uncomfortableWhere was I?
“Wanda? Are you awake? They won't wait any longer
I whispered because he did“What?”
“They're starting alreadyI knew you would want to be here
“She comin' around?” Jeb's voice asked
“What's starting?” I asked
I tried to sit up, but my body was all rubberyIan's hand moved to my forehead, holding me
down
I twisted my head under his hand, trying to see…
I was outside
On my left, a rough,
ceramic chanel tumbled pile of boulders formed a miniature mountain, complete with
scrubby brushOn my right, the desert plain stretched away from me, disappearing in the
darknessI looked down past my feet, and I could see the huddle of humans, ill at ease in the
open airI knew just how they felt
I tried to get up againI wanted to be closer, to seeIan's hand restrained me
“Easy there,” he said
“Help me,” I pleaded
“Wanda?”
I heard Jamie's voice, and then I saw him, his hair bobbing as he ran to where I was
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