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All She Needs Is You
"Amber? You coming with us?" Bray poked his head into her room. She was sprawled out over her bed, fiddling with the shell that Sasha had given her not so long ago on the beach.
"Who's going?" Amber sighed. The tribe had decided that some of them should go and check out Hope Island for any trace of the antidote they had found out about a few hours earlier, when they paid a visit to the ransacked Government buildings.
"Dal, to work any computers and stuff as Jack's got a broken leg; me, and...Lex." Bray replied, sighing and wondering if Lex could ever be any use to anyone. "Oh, and Cloe's insisting we take Bob along with us too."
"She would!" Amber smiled. "Fine, I'll come...let's find the others, we want to be home before it's dark."
Soon everyone was gathered near the fountain.
"Bob, be a good boy for them." Chloe bent down and stroked him.
"Good luck!" Zandra hugged Lex.
"Zan, you sound like we're not going to come back! We'll be home by tonight." Lex said. 'We hope.' Amber muttered under her breath.
When they reached the beach Dal pointed out Hope Island.
"Well, looks like a long swim!" Amber said.
"Amber!" Dal and Bray retorted at the same time.
Soon they had found a boat to row across in and were ready to set out.
"Wait a minute guys, I need to do something." Amber walked over to the edge of the water and dug deep into her pocket. Bray saw her hurl what looked like a necklace into the sea. She came back over and climbed into the boat.
"What was that?" Bray looked at her.
"Nothing." Amber replied looking at the ground. "Well come on, are we gonna go or not?!" She quickly changed the subject.
An hour later, the group had successfully negotiated a minefield and were standing in front of a plaque on the wall. Dal wandered off.
"Hope Island Research Laboratory, opened 1992" Amber muttered, as Lex tried to push open a door. It didn't move. "Lex, if you read the notice on the door stating 'This door is kept locked at all times' before you tried opening it we might get somewhere!" Amber was getting fed up and just wanted to get the information they needed and go home.
"Oooh, who snapped your knicker elastic? No, let me guess...was it loverboy here?" Lex teased her. He was really beginning to get to her these days.
"Shut up Lex!" Amber snapped back, just as Dal appeared from around the corner.
"Where did you go?" Bray asked.
"I thought I'd do something useful while you lot were winding each other up. I got the generator up and running again." Amber turned and pushed a door. It moved, even if it was quite heavy. Bray helped her open it and they walked in. Amber screamed as she saw the skeleton lying there, seeming as though it was...looking at them. She backed away and bumped into Bray.
"Sorry, I..." she trailed off shiftily, looking up at him.
"Can we get a move on?" Lex said.
"You miss him, don't you?" Bray asked Amber. They had found some peace outside, and were lying on their backs talking.
"Who?"
"Sasha." Bray said hesitantly.
"I don't think I would have liked to go with him...he's rootless...keeps moving on all the time. I don't think my conscience would let me leave you...the Mallrats. It seemed a nice idea at the time though." She sighed. "I almost regretted my decision afterwards though, half of you were missing...and the mess! You didn't even lift a finger..."
"I had good reason to."
"Like what?" Amber looked at him.
"It doesn't matter..." he said lamely.
"Really?" Amber asked, and Bray sat up. "You really didn't like him, did you?" She added.
"Can you blame me?" he said, gazing out at the sea.
"I...Bray look at me." Amber put her hand on his arm. "I..." she started again, but was cut off by Lex once again.
"Guys, Dal needs you inside." He announced. "Now!" he added when neither of them moved.
The next few minutes seemed to go into a blur. The next thing they knew the four of them and Bob couldn't find a way to get out of the building. They were being tortured mentally with all the recorded messages relaying their fate.
Amber walked over to Bray and sat down next to him, away from Lex and Dal.
"Dal keeps saying he can't breathe, and the more I try to convince him it's all going to be okay the less I believe it myself. I'm scared Bray." Amber's eyes started to well up.
"We're going to get out of here, if it's the last thing I do!" Bray said.
"But who are you trying to convince? I think you're being to optimistic." Amber sighed.
"Amber, don't think about it. Don't think like that." Bray held her.
"It makes you think though. All the things you've done, all the things you wish you'd done..." Amber looked up at him sadly. Suddenly the door opened. Dal and Lex had managed it.
"See, everything's gonna be fine." Bray smiled as they stood up.
"Phew, I'm glad that's over." Lex said.
"Wait, I've left my jacket inside. I won't be a minute." Amber jogged off back to the building and opened the door.
Then, suddenly, the building exploded with no warning at all. The others stood rooted to the spot.
"Amber..." Dal whispered.
All She Needs Is You
"Amber? You coming with us?" Bray poked his head into her room. She was sprawled out over her bed, fiddling with the shell that Sasha had given her not so long ago on the beach.
"Who's going?" Amber sighed. The tribe had decided that some of them should go and check out Hope Island for any trace of the antidote they had found out about a few hours earlier, when they paid a visit to the ransacked Government buildings.
"Dal, to work any computers and stuff as Jack's got a broken leg; me, and...Lex." Bray replied, sighing and wondering if Lex could ever be any use to anyone. "Oh, and Cloe's insisting we take Bob along with us too."
"She would!" Amber smiled. "Fine, I'll come...let's find the others, we want to be home before it's dark."
Soon everyone was gathered near the fountain.
"Bob, be a good boy for them." Chloe bent down and stroked him.
"Good luck!" Zandra hugged Lex.
"Zan, you sound like we're not going to come back! We'll be home by tonight." Lex said. 'We hope.' Amber muttered under her breath.
When they reached the beach Dal pointed out Hope Island.
"Well, looks like a long swim!" Amber said.
"Amber!" Dal and Bray retorted at the same time.
Soon they had found a boat to row across in and were ready to set out.
"Wait a minute guys, I need to do something." Amber walked over to the edge of the water and dug deep into her pocket. Bray saw her hurl what looked like a necklace into the sea. She came back over and climbed into the boat.
"What was that?" Bray looked at her.
"Nothing." Amber replied looking at the ground. "Well come on, are we gonna go or not?!" She quickly changed the subject.
An hour later, the group had successfully negotiated a minefield and were standing in front of a plaque on the wall. Dal wandered off.
"Hope Island Research Laboratory, opened 1992" Amber muttered, as Lex tried to push open a door. It didn't move. "Lex, if you read the notice on the door stating 'This door is kept locked at all times' before you tried opening it we might get somewhere!" Amber was getting fed up and just wanted to get the information they needed and go home.
"Oooh, who snapped your knicker elastic? No, let me guess...was it loverboy here?" Lex teased her. He was really beginning to get to her these days.
"Shut up Lex!" Amber snapped back, just as Dal appeared from around the corner.
"Where did you go?" Bray asked.
"I thought I'd do something useful while you lot were winding each other up. I got the generator up and running again." Amber turned and pushed a door. It moved, even if it was quite heavy. Bray helped her open it and they walked in. Amber screamed as she saw the skeleton lying there, seeming as though it was...looking at them. She backed away and bumped into Bray.
"Sorry, I..." she trailed off shiftily, looking up at him.
"Can we get a move on?" Lex said.
"You miss him, don't you?" Bray asked Amber. They had found some peace outside, and were lying on their backs talking.
"Who?"
"Sasha." Bray said hesitantly.
"I don't think I would have liked to go with him...he's rootless...keeps moving on all the time. I don't think my conscience would let me leave you...the Mallrats. It seemed a nice idea at the time though." She sighed. "I almost regretted my decision afterwards though, half of you were missing...and the mess! You didn't even lift a finger..."
"I had good reason to."
"Like what?" Amber looked at him.
"It doesn't matter..." he said lamely.
"Really?" Amber asked, and Bray sat up. "You really didn't like him, did you?" She added.
"Can you blame me?" he said, gazing out at the sea.
"I...Bray look at me." Amber put her hand on his arm. "I..." she started again, but was cut off by Lex once again.
"Guys, Dal needs you inside." He announced. "Now!" he added when neither of them moved.
The next few minutes seemed to go into a blur. The next thing they knew the four of them and Bob couldn't find a way to get out of the building. They were being tortured mentally with all the recorded messages relaying their fate.
Amber walked over to Bray and sat down next to him, away from Lex and Dal.
"Dal keeps saying he can't breathe, and the more I try to convince him it's all going to be okay the less I believe it myself. I'm scared Bray." Amber's eyes started to well up.
"We're going to get out of here, if it's the last thing I do!" Bray said.
"But who are you trying to convince? I think you're being to optimistic." Amber sighed.
"Amber, don't think about it. Don't think like that." Bray held her.
"It makes you think though. All the things you've done, all the things you wish you'd done..." Amber looked up at him sadly. Suddenly the door opened. Dal and Lex had managed it.
"See, everything's gonna be fine." Bray smiled as they stood up.
"Phew, I'm glad that's over." Lex said.
"Wait, I've left my jacket inside. I won't be a minute." Amber jogged off back to the building and opened the door.
Then, suddenly, the building exploded with no warning at all. The others stood rooted to the spot.
"Amber..." Dal whispered.