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Gemma sat in silence with Rudy, Nana and Mrs. Reyes, none of them knowing what exactly to say to each other to fill the silence. After Mrs. Reyes had cleaned Gemma's cuts she had lost track of time, but she did know that they had been waiting for too long. Something had to have held them up, and Gemma found herself standing up that she was too anxious to remain seated. There were so many things that could go wrong.
She and Jaime were barely able to make it out alive, in fact they probably would have been dead if it wasn't for Jaime's Nana. Worst of all was that the Scarab must have been damaged or was still recovering from the transfer.
Carapax was still out there and stronger than ever. And that thought alone had Gemma beginning to pace across the aircraft.
"Can you stop that now you've got me all anxious." Rudy said as he leaned back against the pilot seat. He was sitting there making sure they were ready to leave the moment the others returned, but the fact that he had leaned back was a bad sign. At least Gemma was taking it as a bad sign.
"Sorry." She muttered as she took a seat, but the moment she did multiple footsteps were heard coming up the ramp into the aircraft.
"Rudy we need to go." Milagros ordered as she ran inside followed by Javier, Jenny and Jaime. They all were out of breath from running but the panic in their eyes said that they were still in danger. Regardless Gemma felt herself release a sigh of relief knowing that they were all accounted for.
"What?" Rudy asked not having enough time to be relieved that they had seemingly come back in one piece.
"Like right now. Let's go!" Jaime yelled and as he did a series of explosions were heard in the distance. The chilling sound immediately had Rudy making the aircraft take flight.
It was as if everyone held their breath until they all felt like they were a safe distance away from the island. The Reyes family all looked at each other their happiness fleeting as they realized that they weren't all present. That Mr. Reyes was gone and that their family would probably never be the same again.
"Ahora podemos llorar." Nana declared and those seemed to be the words that the Reyes family needed to hear so that they could finally allow themselves to really feel their grief. A grief that they had been denied.
