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Taylor disappeared and Dekka kicked furiously at the dirt It had all happened too fast for her to do much more than watch

Mike Far from behind the truck where he’d hidden Mickey was facedown and terribly still The rehtmare

Dekka felt a flash of anger at Sae Well, she didn’t want to be in charge Saernails

Brianna…The thought was like a knife to the sto

She had never even told Brianna how she felt And noas too late

So landed on the pavereat deal like chicken bones Cooked chicken bones

Dekka looked up She et a clear view

Ten stories up, eerie in the blazing light atop the turbine building, so her arms Very fast

Time seemed to stand still Dekka couldn’t breathe She stared hard, not wanting to be wrong, not willing to believe until she was sure

“Breeze?” Dekka whispered, amazed

Dekka lowered her head for just a moment and thanked God Brianna Alive

Alive and as impatient as ever, by the look of it

No way Brianna could hear her over the noise of the plant How Brianna hadfroet down

Dekka waved She even displayed a rare smile Brianna, alive

Brianna stuck her hands on her hips as if to say, “What’s keeping you?”