managed a smile but instantly slumped to the floor.
Q held her. “Taylor? You okay?” He shook her.
She had fainted again. Q knew he had to take her to hospital but first there was something else that he had to do. He took a knife and cut the scientists free.
Q picked Taylor up and ran out of the building. The hovercraft was still where they’d left it.
He wondered where the hospital was. He looked up at the sky and there was his answer. Up there was a long pole with a first aid sign on it. Q figured it was about a mile away. He sat Taylor in front of him in the hovercraft and stepped on it.
In a few minutes he pulled up in front of the hospital. He stopped so rashly that the hovercraft almost overturned.
He carried Taylor and ran through the doors.
“I need help!” he yelled. Immediately a few people came and took Taylor.
After a few minutes a man in a white coat came up to Q. He figured that the man was probably a doctor.
“Are you the boyfriend?” he asked Q.
“No!” Q said “I mean no,” he said, this time a little softer.
The doctor just smiled. “Well, she’s fine. She just suffered a mild concussion.”
“Concussion?” Q asked, suspiciously. He was formulating a plot in his mind.
“Don't worry, there isn’t any brain damage.”
“Is she conscious?”
“Yes. You can go visit her if you like. She’s in room 32a.”
“Thanks, doc,” he said and ran to the end. He opened the door.
“Taylor? You there?”
“Yeah. Come on in.”
She was sitting upright on a white cot. Her hands toyed around with a dagger.
Q went and sat next to her on the bed.
“How are you feeling?”
“I’m better now.”
She came a bit closer to him. Her voice became more serious. “I need to know everything that happened.”
So Q told her all about the coffee brown haired cat prowler.
“Anyway, what happened to you?” It was Q’s turn to ask the questions.
“I was walking around with Jake. I told him that we should check on you but I didn’t get any reply. He just went missing. Then I heard you running so I ran up the stairs. Then…..”
Her face changed. Q figured that she had just remembered something very important.
“I was climbing the stairs to help you when I felt everything around me becoming colder. Suddenly this dark form came out of the shadows. It welcomed me and called me a young one.”
A memory struck Q’s mind. Was this dark form the same one in his games? Was it the same one he’d seen in his dreams? So many questions ran through his mind. He decided to focus on them later.
“Well, let’s forget about it for now. Doctor says you’re fine so we can go back to Demon Riser now.”
“How are we going to get there? I can’t walk that far. Not in this condition.”
Q grinned. “I kind of borrowed a hovercraft from a certain friend of ours.”
Taylor laughed. “A certain friend whose gonna have to explain to me why he disappeared.”
They both laughed. Though Q had a feeling Jake’s disappearance had something more to it than it seemed.
He helped Taylor up and walked her out.
Q could swear that the doctor winked at him. What was that all about?
They rode on the hovercraft towards the beautiful sunset on the horizon. Their adventure had just begun and they were already knee deep in trouble.
School Again
Taylor woke up to a ray of light shining on her face. It was morning already. She rubbed her eyes and looked around. Q lay fast asleep in a chair right next to her.
She smiled at him. She vaguely remembered Q carrying her from the hovercraft. Then she recalled the incident at the lab.
Her face turned serious. She needed to know who the intruder was and what she wanted. She had to be a person from the academy. She had to be a traitor.
Speaking of traitor, she wondered where Jake had disappeared last night.
She looked for Carlos but instead saw a piece of paper on his bunk. She picked it up and read it.
“Dear Taylor, I’ve
Q held her. “Taylor? You okay?” He shook her.
She had fainted again. Q knew he had to take her to hospital but first there was something else that he had to do. He took a knife and cut the scientists free.
Q picked Taylor up and ran out of the building. The hovercraft was still where they’d left it.
He wondered where the hospital was. He looked up at the sky and there was his answer. Up there was a long pole with a first aid sign on it. Q figured it was about a mile away. He sat Taylor in front of him in the hovercraft and stepped on it.
In a few minutes he pulled up in front of the hospital. He stopped so rashly that the hovercraft almost overturned.
He carried Taylor and ran through the doors.
“I need help!” he yelled. Immediately a few people came and took Taylor.
After a few minutes a man in a white coat came up to Q. He figured that the man was probably a doctor.
“Are you the boyfriend?” he asked Q.
“No!” Q said “I mean no,” he said, this time a little softer.
The doctor just smiled. “Well, she’s fine. She just suffered a mild concussion.”
“Concussion?” Q asked, suspiciously. He was formulating a plot in his mind.
“Don't worry, there isn’t any brain damage.”
“Is she conscious?”
“Yes. You can go visit her if you like. She’s in room 32a.”
“Thanks, doc,” he said and ran to the end. He opened the door.
“Taylor? You there?”
“Yeah. Come on in.”
She was sitting upright on a white cot. Her hands toyed around with a dagger.
Q went and sat next to her on the bed.
“How are you feeling?”
“I’m better now.”
She came a bit closer to him. Her voice became more serious. “I need to know everything that happened.”
So Q told her all about the coffee brown haired cat prowler.
“Anyway, what happened to you?” It was Q’s turn to ask the questions.
“I was walking around with Jake. I told him that we should check on you but I didn’t get any reply. He just went missing. Then I heard you running so I ran up the stairs. Then…..”
Her face changed. Q figured that she had just remembered something very important.
“I was climbing the stairs to help you when I felt everything around me becoming colder. Suddenly this dark form came out of the shadows. It welcomed me and called me a young one.”
A memory struck Q’s mind. Was this dark form the same one in his games? Was it the same one he’d seen in his dreams? So many questions ran through his mind. He decided to focus on them later.
“Well, let’s forget about it for now. Doctor says you’re fine so we can go back to Demon Riser now.”
“How are we going to get there? I can’t walk that far. Not in this condition.”
Q grinned. “I kind of borrowed a hovercraft from a certain friend of ours.”
Taylor laughed. “A certain friend whose gonna have to explain to me why he disappeared.”
They both laughed. Though Q had a feeling Jake’s disappearance had something more to it than it seemed.
He helped Taylor up and walked her out.
Q could swear that the doctor winked at him. What was that all about?
They rode on the hovercraft towards the beautiful sunset on the horizon. Their adventure had just begun and they were already knee deep in trouble.
School Again
Taylor woke up to a ray of light shining on her face. It was morning already. She rubbed her eyes and looked around. Q lay fast asleep in a chair right next to her.
She smiled at him. She vaguely remembered Q carrying her from the hovercraft. Then she recalled the incident at the lab.
Her face turned serious. She needed to know who the intruder was and what she wanted. She had to be a person from the academy. She had to be a traitor.
Speaking of traitor, she wondered where Jake had disappeared last night.
She looked for Carlos but instead saw a piece of paper on his bunk. She picked it up and read it.
“Dear Taylor, I’ve
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