Ninth PSI

[a_gentle_boy]

[He awoke in a bed.  That was strange.  He had gone to sleep on a chair, having successfully made it around the neighborhood to visit anyone who was ailing.  The Netherlands hadn't yet returned when he'd snuck back into the house, pretending as if he had never left in the first place. What was even stranger was that he was apparently in his pajamas and . . . looking out the window . . . There was no haze.  There was no rubble.  There were no hazmat men.  There were no corpses.

 . . .

He slowly walks downstairs as if in a trance and sees the familiar sight of his kitchen.  Tears immediately coming to his eyes, the boy rushes to the telephone.]

Hello?!  Is this Mayfield?  Am I . . . Am I back?!   Did we win?  Did . . . Did we all make it?  Is everyone.  Is everyone OK?  Mr. Netherlands?  Mr. Netherlands, did we beat them?

Is this real . . . ?  If this is really Mayfield, someone please answer me.  There were so many things we found in Westport.  And last night -- Last night, that voice.  Richard Grey's last message.  You all heard it too, right?

EDIT:
Kay's right.
We all found clues over there that everyone should see.  I have a copy of the note that Kay and I found in the library and the one that Miss Alice and I found in the car.  If anyone wants to come see them, that's fine.  We should all get together sometime soon.

Comments

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

Do you still feel hurt anywhere? If you do, it probably means you didn't, um. Die.

[shamagaladin.livejournal.com]

....I still feel a little bad, I guess....[fff WANTING to feel bad now.]

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

That's . . . good? Maybe. I'm not sure. I guess it's better not to have died.

[shamagaladin.livejournal.com]

I'd rather be beat up than dead, I guess. I wrote down what I remembered of the message we heard.

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

. . . Ah! Oh, no. I forgot most of it already. I was so excited about being back . . . Did you get most of it? Maybe everyone should write down what they remember so we make sure to get it all!

[shamagaladin.livejournal.com]

[Don't worry, Lucas! Med'an to the rescue!]

I think I did. All of the names, and...the part about sacrifices...and about standing together, as one.

Where do you think it came from? Could that man - Richard Grey - could he still be alive?

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

. . . Mr. Netherlands said he found his body. Richard Grey's . . .

[shamagaladin.livejournal.com]

What?! His body?! [NOT AS KEKAKU!!]

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

Yes. It was impossible to tell if it was him, but the man had a wallet and identification.

[shamagaladin.livejournal.com]

[Well....that puts a wrench into his theories.]

....but we only heard the message this morning. [...] It really must have been recorded and left for us...

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

Uh-huh . . . I think he might've even said it. Didn't he say that it was likely that he'd been defeated if we heard the message?

[shamagaladin.livejournal.com]

[...] Yes. I think so. [...] But what do we do now?