Page 61 of Legend of Scorpio
Go where? Where are you sending me?
Back to where you belong.
Before Rebecca could ask another question, she found herself being tugged, as if drawn through a dark tunnel, terrifying. Where did she go? What would happen to her? What?—
“Doc! Can you hear me?”
Rebecca blinked at the bright sunshine on her face before her eyes could focus on Scorpio leaning over her.
“Where am I?” she murmured. “What happened?”
“You’re at the very top of the tower,” Scorpio exclaimed, dragging her into his arms. “How did you get here? I thought I lost you when I exited the portal and you were gone.”
“I… I…” She scrunched her face as she tried to recall. There was a fleeting memory of darkness and a bright light, vague andalready fading, which led her to mutter, “Last thing I remember is you holding me tight and the pain from being shot.” A pain she no longer felt.
She shoved at Scorpio and went to tug at her shirt, only to realize she wore nothing. Not a single thread. Astonishing, but even more surprising?
Her unmarred chest. She ran her fingers over the flesh. “I thought I was injured.”
“You were,” Scorpio stated in a low voice. “Badly, too. I wasn’t sure you’d live. Wherever you went healed you.”
“How long was I missing? There’s not even a hint of a scar.”
“A few hours, during which I panicked, trying to figure out where you ended up, only to have the tower suddenly go bonkers. I was climbing the stairs to the command level when it wrapped me in a pod and shot me up to the top.”
His explanation didn’t ease her confusion. “But how did I get here? I thought you said no one used the top floors.”
“No one does, so you can imagine my surprise when the tower insisted on bringing me here. Once I saw you, I understood.”
Rebecca pushed herself to her feet and glanced around. The rooftop appeared made of solid stone that sparkled. The blue sky stretched for miles around. What she didn’t see?
“Oh, no. The orb!” She glanced at her hands as if it would magically conjure it.
“Guess it got lost in the transition.”
“I’m sorry.” Her lips turned down.
“Don’t be. Fucking thing’s been nothing but trouble. The important thing is you’re here. safe and unharmed. Although you’re probably freezing.” He stripped his shirt and handed it to her, but she shook her head.
“I’m not actually cold.” A strange thing to say since she could feel the coolness of the air.
“That’s weird.”
“No weirder than any of the other stuff that’s happened,” she quipped.
“Well, even if you aren’t getting frosty, we should head inside and let the others know to call off the search. The crew’s been popping in and out of portals, trying to see if you accidentally ended up somewhere else. Aquarius has been scouring the web for news of an injured woman suddenly appearing. while Aries has been trying to get Sage to clarify.”
“Clarify what?”
“She kept saying ‘All is as it should be.’ Which wasn’t helpful, I’ll admit.” He tucked his shirt around her. “While you’re not cold, you might want to wear this unless you want to give the boys a show.”
Still somewhat discombobulated, she slid her arms into the sleeves. A dazed feeling hung around her mind, tickling her with the sense she’d forgotten something. But did it really matter? She was alive. Healed. Safe.
With Scorpio.
He linked his hand with hers as he directed her to the stairs that descended from the roof into the tower. The chamber they entered took her by surprise. Windows wrapped around the open space that held a massive bed, a pair of couches and chairs, bookcases, a dining table, and a bathroom area that had its privacy curtain pulled open. “Does someone live here?”
“Not that I know of.” Scorpio frowned as he glanced around. “We only use the first dozen or so floors.”