After fixing the ship, the couple spent an
enjoyable afternoon in the mountains, followed by a nice dinner at
Summer's favourite restaurant. When they returned to the base Dylan
and Summer found everything in a disarray.
“Why are the alarms going off?” Summer asked
as she ran to the hanger door with Dylan hot on her heels. He just
shook his head in response.
The corridor was completely empty when the entered
it. Everything was dark except for the red flashing lights on the
walls. Nothing could be heard over the loud buzzer that kept going
and going. Dylan grabbed Summer's shoulder and indicated for her to
head towards the kitchen, then pointed at himself immediately
followed by directing his hand in the direction of their bedrooms.
Summer shook her head, yelling something inaudible and then pointed
at her head. He stared at her for a moment and then sat down against
the wall. His eyes become unfocused as he used his mind-sight. Slowly
he made his way down the hall in his mind as Summer crouched down in
front of him. A sharp pain flashed through the front of his head and
then it turned into a dull ache that he gradually grew. He searched
the entire base and found that it was completely empty. Jack, Marsha,
Connor, Tucker and Cindy were no where to be found. He started
heading outside to look but stopped as the pain became too great. He
closed his eyes and let his head fall into his hands for support. He
took slow breaths to try and soothe the pain.
Summer looked at her boyfriend concerned, even
without her empathy she could tell that he was in a lot of pain. She
tried to ask him what was wrong but gave up as it was more than
obvious that he could not hear her. She stood up and pulled at his
arm. He stood up at let her lead him through the halls as he stumbled
every so often. At one point he reached up and touched face and
realized that his nose was bleeding again.
Before long, Dylan realized that Summer had lead
them back into the hanger where she started the ship up again and
they took off out the base. Dylan sat on the floor trying to keep his
headache under raps as Summer drove and tried to contact Jack or any
other member of their team to no avail. She looked back at Dylan and
saw that his form had slumped over. Her breath quickened as she tried
to remember where the nearest hospital was. She softly landed the
ship in the middle of her high football field and hurried over to
Dylan. She stuck her hand in front of his face and felt a rush of air
on her skin. She sighed and put two of her fingers to her neck, there
was a slight pulse.
Summer decided to try her communicator again
before taking off again. At first she received nothing. But suddenly
the very frightened voice of Cindy came through. It was cutting in
and out, and Summer had a difficult time deciphering what she was
saying.
“...Tucker said that...psssh...and Jack
didn't...psssh...Summer where are...psssh...”
And then it went dead again.
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