Savvina grinned. "Such a blurry memories...I don't really know." She then dryly turned away, murmuring. "Okay, I didn't tell him."
Savvina shrugged. I could tell this to her. "He's a jerk and I don't think he needs to be here." The last part was totally a lie - but she didn't want to worry Chastity.
Chasity felt a bit cheated. "I thought . . . I thought everyone had to be here? If not, what am I doing here?"
Savvina confidently smiled. "If he doesn't come doesn't mean it won't work. I mean, we got everyone else, don't we?"
"If you've got all but one square of the Rubix cube, can you still figure it?" Chasity asked, thinking back on the thing that had occupied her for a month, figuring it over and over untill she could do it very quickly, but she knew each cube mattered.
Savvina shrugged and looked back at the road. "It's going to be alright. We can pick him up on the way." She had to admit - it wasn't easy saying that.
Why am I lying? Why am I saying these things to Chasity? Why am I being a jerk? Julian heard something inside his head. The car was still rolling along slowly and Julian was feeling anticpation now. But thsi voice he heard in his head. It was Savvina's. He could hear her thoughts. Or at least her subconcious thoughts. Julian watched as he black converse disappeared for a second. If he could hear her thoughts. Maybe she could hear him. Savvina I am going to my dad's work with him. I am a bit worried and scared. And also...I think I am disappearing. He hoped the message got to her. He hoped she didn't hate him so much she didn't want to talk to him.
Savvina suddenly felt a bolt of unknown phrases jumble up in her head. She slowly comprehended it, first recognizing it a boy's voice and then as English. After she understood, she gasped and slapped her head. She was talking to Julian! How could he?! However, captivated by the cool telepathic style, she decided to try for herself. Can you tell me which street you are on?
Julian looked up at the sign. Ember. I am on Ember just turning to Woodridge. Savvina...I don't want to disappear. Julian seemed almost impressed that this telepathtic thing was working. It is not telepathy my children. Your fears are resonating with on another. Julian looked down at the floor. His converse not disappearing anymore. He looked at his reflection. "What if this is the last time I see my reflection," he mumbled to himself.
Savvina didn't know what to tell the girls. That she was hearing things in her head which were actually messages from Julian who was fading? Nah. She turned to Chastity, with a worried expression. "I have to go for a bit. Be right back. Promise." She then turned away, though she knew being alone with Jesse might petrify her. Hopefully, Jesse would control it though. Hopefully. She jumped over the fence and ran to her brother's car. She had already stolen the keys, now she needed to drive it. She wasn't too good at it, but it was worth a try. Climbing in, she pressed hard on the accelerator as she zoomed past her house, aiming for Woodridge. She had been there only once, but right now the path became so clear. I'm coming, Julian. She thought to him assuringly.
Julian giggled a little. A little happiness crept in heart at this moment. Look Savvina I am sorry about what happened a dinner. I am fighting my concious a lot. A lot of the time I am depressed an a bit suicidal. I am really sorry. Will you forgive me...and we can we still be.. The words stumbled in Julian's mind for a bit. Friends. And also can I say something? It should be the other way around the boy saving the girl. Julian giggled in his subconcious a little. The thought of Savvina maybe going read face as she heard his theorology.
Savvina nodded as Julian said those words. At first she thought that was just another of her 'subconscious desires', but it was different in tone than that so she accepted it as his words. Apology accepted. Upon his mentioning of friends, Savvina gulped down and smiled. Sure. It took a while to say that though! At his last comment, she laughed, somewhat blushing. You get your turn someday. She saw a black car cross into Woodridge, and she followed it. Behind you Julian. What's the plan?
Slow down Savvina. I have a plan, but I need you to slowdown or else we are going to the hospital. "Dad! You're going to hit a deer!" Julian said trying to fake the sounds of panic. His father hit the breaks, Julian smiled knowing he would. He just hoped Savvina had slowed down enough for him to get into her car. Or someone elses car. Savvina whose car is that?
Savvina first thought he meant that metaphorically, but when he explained it better, she immediately lifted her foot from the accelerator. Suddenly, the car in front stopped, but then another panic hit her. There was a car beside her. It was her Dad. Julian, I'm in the white one. Come fast. If Dad catches me I'm toast.
Julian scrambled into the white car and buckled himself quickly. He smiled at Savvina. "This is kinda exciting like a robbery," Julian said, "Now hit the accelator and squeeze through both cars...if you don't know how I can do it..I have done it plenty of times." Julian smiled at Savvina again. "Thank you for the help and thank you for forgiving me,"
Chasity shifted her feet uncomfortably. She didn't show her fear as the world began to grow again. Jesse seemed nice, and she was only one person - but Savvina's yard was huge. "Jesse? Do you mind if we wait in the barn?"
Savvina grinned and took the chance to prove to Julian that she was not that bad a driver. Okay, it wasn't that he had challenged her, but it was in her blood. She pushed the accelerator aggressively and simply whispered: "Hold on tight." She let the rear-view mirror smash into her father's car, which wasn't a polite or sensible thing to do, but some sacrifice had to be made. She sighed as she went past them, and then kept her speed high enough to lose them. Finally, she breathed in and turned to Julian, smiling. "Sure is a robbery. I robbed ya!" She giggled, and then said saliently: "Welcome."
Julian smiled he sure felt that the black abyss in his heart was lifting. "You sure did rob me," Julian paused, "i am going to get in a lot of trouble for the stunt I did...adreline really gets to us doesn't it." Julian felt as he did before the fight. He felt comfotorable with Savvina again quite quickly acrually. It might be the high excitement that bound their friendship actually. "So, do we have any plans?" Julian said. Julians eyes grew wided and almost in awe. He noticed how close they were to the city labs. It was giagantic with large steel windows and a larg dam. It seemed to reflect the blue cloud filled sky. "Its huge..."
Savvina giggled. "Nopes. All I know is, Chasity and Jesse await me back home, and AJ and Michael are late. What to do with them? We've reached the place." She then gazed at the metallic shine which reflected off into her eyes.
"My father's labs," Julian whispered the words trembled on his lips. He didn't know why, but he felt something deep and connected with this place. Julian suddenly remembered the blond boy in the picture. Why was he remembering something like taht all the sudden? Julian saw his thumbs disappearing again. "Its happening again...," he said in a very low whisper. he didn't know if Savvina could see him becoming something of a ghost.
Savvina gulped down as Julian suddenly looked ghost-like. She wanted to scream but she restrained because it would cause unwanted panic. Suddenly, she felt Julian nearby. No, the other Julian. Suddenly she felt a jerk and then found herself possessed. Maybe, she wasn't sure. She looked back at the fading boy and spoke like a robot: "Don't worry Julian. You're just transforming." Like that was reassuring.
Julian head began to split open or felt like it was exploding. It was the worst migrane he had ever felt. An earthquake inside his mind. He saw a white room and in the white room were whit coats. Whote beds, white walls, white machines. Everything in a white room. The only color in this endless whit was blond. "In the white roome," he managed to say, "The white room we will be able to speak...in the white room you will be able to say...in the white room you will be able to help or at least I hope...I am taking back myself now." What did that mean? Wasn't he who he was? Wasn't he Julian Ultzer? Wasn't he? He watched as the his body began to fade. Until there was nothing nothing more. He had no thoughts and he had no dreams. Only dreams he created. "Now come to me,"