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"He’s alive," he whispered, clutching his side while the world changed beneath his feet

The ice disappeared, and the grass and flowers sprouted up once more The pirate ship and Claire’s speedboat were set free from the frozen stretch of sea, and in the distance, Alex could see the flash of a faux dia the air, followed by Spike Furious herself, juain

"Yes!" Lani cried, turning to hied Alex as the people of Artimé cheered and ran to the lawn to celebrate "Artiain!"

But Alex hardly noticed as going on around hih his rasp, a dazed look on his face Lani watched him quizzically as he stripped off his robe and thrust it at her

"Here," he said in an odd voice "II need you to take care of things My sisters, and Arti’s happened, you see, and I" He searched the crowd, looking for sorabbed his shirt, forcing his attention back to her "Alex, what in the world are you doing?"

Finally he looked into Lani’s eyes "I’ve got to go," he said simply

And before his stunned friend could reply, Alex ran to Sky’s side, took her hand, and spoke earnestly into her ear Her eyes greide And then she nodded Alex kissed her cheek and darted off alone, al Artiméans He veered off the lawn to the shore, and continued toward the lagoon And once he arrived at the spot where platyprots often perched, he splashed through the water, dove, then surfaced and cli white boat named Claire

He stood at the controls, and at his co it around, pointed it to the east, and without a single look back at the land and people he loved, he set out, full speed ahead, in search of the broken half of his soul