(12:41 A.M.)
(July 5, 2011)
After I had hung up the call with Scar's captors, I sat for a moment, thinking. Kate was 다음 to me and the rest of the rescue party was still in the living room.
A 분 또는 two later, a thought occurred to me. I picked my phone up and dialed a number, hoping that she was still awake.
"Hello?"
I sat bolt upright. "Pen, it's Colby."
"What's up, bro? I haven't heard from 당신 또는 Scar in a while. How is she, anyway?"
I chuckled humorlessly. "Yeah, that's what I'm calling about, Pen. She's gone missing."
"Oh no! What happened?" she asked.
"I left the house for a bit to go grab her something and when I got back, she was gone. Anyway, I'm putting together a rescue and I need your boy and his powers to help."
She sighed. "That's the fourth time in six months that you've needed him up there."
"Yeah, I know, but this time we really need his help."
"What were all those other times?" she asked, curious.
"Scar and I appreciate his company."
"Ah."
Another thought occurred to me.
"Look, if 당신 want, 당신 can tag along, make sure everything's copacetic. How good are 당신 with a gun?"
"There's 총 involved? I'm not sure I want him up there with that going on."
"Remember that 일 out in L.A.? I saved both of you. I never collected on that debt. And now I need him, and you, and 당신 don't want to help?"
She sighed again. "Alright. We'll both come. What time should we be ready?"
"I'm sending Trudy to pick 당신 up."
"I'll be ready for her."
"Thanks, Pen."
I disconnected the call and immediately made another.
I could tell 의해 one word that I had woken someone up.
"Hello?" said a voice blurred 의해 sleep.
"Trud, it's Colby. I need your help," I said urgently.
I heard her start to come online. "What do 당신 need?" she asked.
"I need you, the Merlin, any 총 당신 can get your paws on, which I know is a lot, and I need 당신 to stop in Oklahoma for a pickup."
Her sigh sounded like a hiss of static.
"I swear, if it's that girl and her boy, I'm gonna 펀치 당신 when I get there," she said with a laugh.
She was serious.
"Well, I'll get ready for the hit, cause that's who I need."
"Hot damn, Colby, what do 당신 need me and the 총 for?"
I told her the very condensed version of what had happened with Scar.
Her voice reflected her instant awareness.
"I'll get in the air right now. Did 당신 tell them that I'd be picking 당신 up?"
"You know I did, Trudy."
"Acknowledged. Trudy, out." she said and hung up.
I turned to the assembled 늑대 and humans.
"Alright, I got us a little extra help. My friend Trudy is a pilot for the Air Force and she's bringing a bird and some 총 up."
"What about this Pen and her boy?" asked Sweets, who had calmed down after her shortsighted outburst.
"They're friends," I said. "The very best."
I smiled.
(July 5, 2011)
After I had hung up the call with Scar's captors, I sat for a moment, thinking. Kate was 다음 to me and the rest of the rescue party was still in the living room.
A 분 또는 two later, a thought occurred to me. I picked my phone up and dialed a number, hoping that she was still awake.
"Hello?"
I sat bolt upright. "Pen, it's Colby."
"What's up, bro? I haven't heard from 당신 또는 Scar in a while. How is she, anyway?"
I chuckled humorlessly. "Yeah, that's what I'm calling about, Pen. She's gone missing."
"Oh no! What happened?" she asked.
"I left the house for a bit to go grab her something and when I got back, she was gone. Anyway, I'm putting together a rescue and I need your boy and his powers to help."
She sighed. "That's the fourth time in six months that you've needed him up there."
"Yeah, I know, but this time we really need his help."
"What were all those other times?" she asked, curious.
"Scar and I appreciate his company."
"Ah."
Another thought occurred to me.
"Look, if 당신 want, 당신 can tag along, make sure everything's copacetic. How good are 당신 with a gun?"
"There's 총 involved? I'm not sure I want him up there with that going on."
"Remember that 일 out in L.A.? I saved both of you. I never collected on that debt. And now I need him, and you, and 당신 don't want to help?"
She sighed again. "Alright. We'll both come. What time should we be ready?"
"I'm sending Trudy to pick 당신 up."
"I'll be ready for her."
"Thanks, Pen."
I disconnected the call and immediately made another.
I could tell 의해 one word that I had woken someone up.
"Hello?" said a voice blurred 의해 sleep.
"Trud, it's Colby. I need your help," I said urgently.
I heard her start to come online. "What do 당신 need?" she asked.
"I need you, the Merlin, any 총 당신 can get your paws on, which I know is a lot, and I need 당신 to stop in Oklahoma for a pickup."
Her sigh sounded like a hiss of static.
"I swear, if it's that girl and her boy, I'm gonna 펀치 당신 when I get there," she said with a laugh.
She was serious.
"Well, I'll get ready for the hit, cause that's who I need."
"Hot damn, Colby, what do 당신 need me and the 총 for?"
I told her the very condensed version of what had happened with Scar.
Her voice reflected her instant awareness.
"I'll get in the air right now. Did 당신 tell them that I'd be picking 당신 up?"
"You know I did, Trudy."
"Acknowledged. Trudy, out." she said and hung up.
I turned to the assembled 늑대 and humans.
"Alright, I got us a little extra help. My friend Trudy is a pilot for the Air Force and she's bringing a bird and some 총 up."
"What about this Pen and her boy?" asked Sweets, who had calmed down after her shortsighted outburst.
"They're friends," I said. "The very best."
I smiled.
