There was the sharp sound of gunfire behind them from the Library. But nothing struck them. Silver appeared in front of them and looked relieved.
“Nothing to worry about,” she smiled “just the Librarians cleaning up the mess of zombies you just made. Come and have some tea, it’ll calm your nerves.”
Tea sounded like a good idea to Ghost. He really hated the after-effects on adrenaline and how long it took for the effect to wear off leaving him to feel his normal calm self again. Amber was slightly flushed from the running and the aldrenaline made it impossible for her to sit still.
The tea helped though. Ghost wasn’t entirely sure what was in it, but he trusted Silver.and it made him feel much better. It would probably calm Amber down too, he mused, if she would actually get around to drinking it instead of pacing all over the place.
“So, did you get it?” Silver asked gently.
Amber patted her left pocket. There was a look of quiet panic in her eyes as she found it was empty. As she started to frantically search her pockets, Ghost stood up in one fluid motion and without so much as spilling his tea and calmly reached towards her. “Calm down” he said softly. The air around her coat blurred slightly as he reached into one of the pockets and snapped back into focus as he pulled out the cd. He smiled.
Amber breathed a sigh of relief and went back to pacing.
He handed to over to Silver. She opened it and carefully removed the cd. Then she paused.
“It’s very important it’s not been scratched at any point” she said softly.
Ghost nodded. The cd blurred for a moment and then looked normal again. Silver turned it over and examined the back of it with a smile. Carefully she put it back in its case.
“So do you two have any more plans for today?” she asked brightly.
“Well I think Amber’s planning on wearing her own little path into your ground,” Ghost teased “but otherwise, no.”
A few seconds later he saw Amber‘s distracted look replaced with a more pointed look in his direction as she realized what he’d said.
“Well in that case I have something a little more productive for you to do, if you want?” she smiled mischievously at Amber.
Amber tilted her head to one side questioning, a sending her hair tumbling down over her shoulder. Silver nodded up towards the where the children’s playground had once been and tried to look innocent. With a shrug, Amber headed off towards it knowing she was perfectly safe there. Ghost went to follow, but Silver shook her head.
“Just her. For you I have to apologize, kinda.”
Ghost knew that look. “What have you done?” he asked quietly dreading the answer.
“Well I hear she’s been rather interested in whips as of late…”
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