He could barely think at all. His only thoughts were the scream his mouth couldn’t deliver. The blackness before his closed eyes became red, and the... black again. -=- He watches, curious, as the cat examines its prey. In a moment, he knows, it will pounce on the tiny baby mouse, ending its life. Probably it will play with it for a while, harassing the terrified creature until at last the terrible journey is ended. Although he knows he could stop this if we wanted, he does not move. He has. "Not all bad," Josh said. "These guys like to pass people. Keeps their interest up."That was said as much for some of the other mushers standing around as it was for Mark. Starting twenty-first, Josh would have a rougher trail to deal with than the early starters, and passing teams slowed both teams down. At least, he had the option of doing a lot of the passing on the railroad grade, where the broken trail was wide, making for a fairly quick pass, and the hard layer of older snow beneath the. I was studying at my desk. It sits near the window that looks out over the quad toward the front of the school and the Administrative Building. As I looked up, I noticed three police cars pull in, one after the other.I knew that someone was in trouble, and I for sure, didn't want to find that it was me. In my head, I started thinking, "If they weren't looking for me then I'd just write off the cost. If they were looking for me, then I'd be safer taking some action." Therefore, I started to. Except my mother is also involved with the call. Several incidents and shocks later, I am told the two of them, my mother and Jacob's mother have been planning to get Jacob and myself together in the hopes that we'd form a couple??? Then when I thought things had hit the limit of weirdness, Jacob disappears."Excuse me, miss. Are you Ashley Cork?"I turned and saw a typically dressed Marine. "Yes. Why do you ask?" Because my friends and I have been looking all over this base for you. That Stone.