There was a long pause."I'm not going to make it tonight. I'm still working on my dress for the wedding," she said.Bobby stopped himself from pointing...out the wedding was still two full days away."Oh... okay. I'll bet you'll be beautiful in it." He waited for a response, but nothing came back from her. "Do you want to get together tomorrow?" he asked."I'm not sure," came the flat reply. He waited for her to explain why she wasn't sure, but that was apparently all she wanted to offer."Okay.... "I came here for power. I passed your test. Where is the powerpromised? I went through pain. More pain than you can know, youmysterious piece of shit. Give me the power. I deserve it. I've earnedit!"The room echoed with Penny's shouts. She waited to hear the Voicerumble back to her. Instead, she heard a wind whip up from down thetunnel she entered through. She turned around and saw a black smoke,almost a fog spiraling towards her. She opened her mouth to scream, andthe smoke charged into her.. Lena andthen... he'd been looking for something. He got tired again and had torest. Yes, that was it. He'd wandered into this park and, though hisback probably wouldn't thank him for it, he'd chosen the tree over thepark ben--His train of thought ground to an instant halt. On the bench in thedistance, he saw several more ravens. They were perched on the seat, alllooking in his direction. They weren't alone.Sean looked around and started noticing them everywhere. On the old,junked cars lining. " What?!?" Vee exclaimed."April ... when will you stop bringing home strays?" MoM!" You surely remember what happened last time?" That was different," said April. "They found me, I didn't find them." You had to stay until the last one died," said Mom."I know ... losing Simone and David was very hard on me." I think they helped you grow up."Vee looked at Gary and Gary looked at Vee... "Grow up?" In your term I am very old, but in Mother's eye I am a Young Adult. Company is just a kid ... or so.