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Rescue

"Shay"

"Yousmile faded as she looked down at the crumpled form of Dr Cable

"What’s with her?"

Tally blinked, awed by the transformation of her friend Shay’s beauty see inside Tally; her fear, surprise, and excite but amazement "Youturned"

"Duh," she said "David! You’re both okay!"

"Uh, hi" His voice was dry, his hands shaking as they gripped the powerjack "We need your help, Shay"

"Yeah, I guess you do" She looked down at Dr Cable again and sighed "You guys still kno to make trouble, I see"

Tally averted her eyes frohts "Where’s everyone else?

David’s parents? Croy?"

"Right in here" Shay gestured over one shoulder "All locked up Dr C has been totally bogus to us"

"Keep her here," David said He pushed past Shay and through the door Tally saw a row of s room, each with a tinyset in it

Shay beaht, Tally The thought of you all alone in the wildof course, you weren’t alone, were you?"

Meeting Shay’s eyes, Tally was overwhelain "What did they do to you?"

Shay smiled "Besides the obvious?"

"Yeah Ihow to ask Shay if she was brain daed

"Are any of the rest of theot to be first, because Iand biting" Shay chuckled

"They forced you"

"Yeah, Dr C can be a h"

Tally sed "A relief"

"Yeah, I hated this place The only reason I’m here is that Dr C wanted me to come by and talk to the Smokies"

"You live in New Pretty Town," Tally said softly She tried to see past the beauty, to find whatever was behind Shay’s wide, perfect eyes

"Yeah I just came from thebest party"

Tally finally heard how slurred Shay’s words were She was drunk Maybe that hy she was acting so strangely But she had called the others "the Smokies" She wasn’t one of theo to parties, Shay? While everyone here is locked up?"

"Well, I guess so," Shay said defensively "I ets over her stupid power trip" She looked at the unconscious for to be in a bad h Thanks to you two"

The sound of co metal came from the detention room Tally heard more voices

"Of course, sounds like no one’ll be around to see it," Shay said "So how are you two doing, anyway?"

Tally opened her ood"

"That’s great Listen, sorry I was such a pain about all that You knohat uglies are like" Shay laughed "Well, of course you do!"

"So you don’t hate me?"