"NO! It was YOU! You just used MAGIC! I thought you said that you didn't even know anything about magic!" yelled Lori now turning to stare up at Dusty...in shock."But how is that possible? I don't have any magic? How could I do that?" asked Dusty as now in shock."I don't know anything about magic, " he thought."No it was you. I thought I felt it before when you first appeared. Now I know! I felt you do it again just now!" said Lori still staring at him in shock. She wasn't sure what to make of. Like she had told me in a dream; she was mine and I was hers from now until the end of time.Kira took my hand. "Come," she smiled as she looked at me through the tinted visor of her helmet. We were heading to what looked like a small copse of purple-leaved trees on the far side of a blue-tinged valley that moved and swayed due to the slight breeze wafting over the landscape. As we made our way, I saw what looked like snub nosed lizard-like creatures about a foot long scuttling around with long. " She stopped. "Or killed themselves." I added in a hard voice. She nodded, looking away. Susan came over and gave me great big hug, tears pouring down. "Just don't let it happen to you, little brother", she finally added. Then I lost it, and we just stood there in each other's arms for a long time. Several Kleenex later we called it a morning and headed back to our bedrooms.Mike and I were hightailing it out of town, dodging bullets as we tried to outrun Preacher Nicholson and. The night had come Scarlett slid on a long coat over her outfit. Although her body tingled with anticipation she couldn’t help but wonder that when she came face to face with this man would he spurn her advances, be angry completely uninterested. With only one way to find out she reached for her purse and keys and left to find out.The guy’s apartment seemed unusually quiet as she approached it. The door was unlocked as agreed. Moving slowly down the corridor towards Colin’s room Scarlett tried.