With everything going on, to say Sean was worried would be an understatement. He was good at worrying. It was one of many things he did exceedingly well
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Wyatt orbed Savannah over to the Lighthouse Cottage as soon as she asked. Which was good, because there was no way that Savannah would have gone alone right now. She was in no mood to be walking alone and wondering what darkness was real and what wasn't.
She gave her big brother -- her whitelighter and goddess that hurt like hell -- a faint smile before swallowing hard and looking at the door.
"Sean and Annja will probably make me stay with them tonight. I'm all Sean has ..." Savannah clenched her fists at her side to get her control back.
Taking a deep breath, she knocked lightly on the door.
Sean answered the door quickly. "Savannah? What's wrong?" The look on her face told him something was, even if he didn't know what exactly and even if she was trying to hide it. She was family, he knew how to read her.
He shook his head and stepped back. "Come on in." He turned slightly to call to Annja who was at the door.
She looked over to where Wyatt had stuck around for a few moments and then she looked back at Sean and Annja. Her only relatives unless Eve made it back here with Gwynn.
"They're all gone," she whispered, struggling to keep her voice even and calm. "I'm the only one left and that's thanks to Wyatt."
Once Wyatt knew Savannah was going to be safely inside, he orbed away back to Isabel before the door closed. If she needed him ...
Yeah.
Savannah looked up at Sean and then at Annja and that was when she felt herself get shaky and she had to grab a hold of Sean so that she didn't hit the floor.
"Johnny, Paige, Lucas, The Pack, Benicio, the Cortezes..." She looked up into his face and her eyes were already filling with tears. "Bryce. The rest of the Nasts. They're all gone, Sean. Gone like they've never existed. No one outside of us and Fandom even remembers them."
"That explains why I couldn't get through to Bryce when I tried calling," Sean said, wrapping his arms around his little sister and holding her tightly. "Someone will figure this out, Savannah. Someone always figures it out."
Annja came up and hugged her husband and her sister-in-law, offering what comfort she could.
"I haven't been able to reach Garin, either," she said softly. "Not for about two weeks. Roux has no idea what I'm talking about when I try to get him to remember."
"This..." Sean just trailed off and shook his head, not sure what else to say. Whatever else he said would only be useless platitudes and he wouldn't do his sister or his wife that disservice.
"Savannah, you're staying here tonight." Said in a tone that gave the impression he wouldn't take no for an answer.
"I was hoping you'd say that," she whispered, still clinging to him as tightly as she could. That was when her knees gave out and she started crying in earnest. Five days of losing people and not being able to do anything and no sleeping or eating had finally caught up to her.
"I don't know where Mom is," she shuddered, trying to stop the tears. "She was going to go get Gwynn and Tim. I'm sure Tim can get them back here somehow. But I haven't been able to reach her since Johnny disappeared." She took a gulping breath.
"Johnny is just gone. Oregon is, too. So is Florida and New York. If Wyatt hadn't shown up when he did ..."
"You'd be gone, too." And that would be Sean letting loose a shudder of his own. He couldn't stand the thought of something happening to his sister, especially not something like this.
"You need to get some rest, sweetheart," he said gently. "You're exhausted."
She nodded. "I was hoping that you'd say that. I'm trying not to feel too clingy but you and Annja are all of the family I have left and I can't ... I can't."
"So good thing I said it, then, huh?" He gave her a grin he didn't exactly feel. "Under the circumstances, I'd say you're perfectly allowed to be clingy."
She gave her big brother -- her whitelighter and goddess that hurt like hell -- a faint smile before swallowing hard and looking at the door.
"Sean and Annja will probably make me stay with them tonight. I'm all Sean has ..." Savannah clenched her fists at her side to get her control back.
Taking a deep breath, she knocked lightly on the door.
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He shook his head and stepped back. "Come on in." He turned slightly to call to Annja who was at the door.
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"They're all gone," she whispered, struggling to keep her voice even and calm. "I'm the only one left and that's thanks to Wyatt."
Savannah, you're not exactly making sense here.
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More than a little.
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Yeah.
Savannah looked up at Sean and then at Annja and that was when she felt herself get shaky and she had to grab a hold of Sean so that she didn't hit the floor.
"Johnny, Paige, Lucas, The Pack, Benicio, the Cortezes..." She looked up into his face and her eyes were already filling with tears. "Bryce. The rest of the Nasts. They're all gone, Sean. Gone like they've never existed. No one outside of us and Fandom even remembers them."
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Look, it was Fandom. Bad shit happened regularly.
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"I haven't been able to reach Garin, either," she said softly. "Not for about two weeks. Roux has no idea what I'm talking about when I try to get him to remember."
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"Savannah, you're staying here tonight." Said in a tone that gave the impression he wouldn't take no for an answer.
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And then he had a thought. Eve. Had she lost Eve, too?
He was almost afraid to ask.
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"Johnny is just gone. Oregon is, too. So is Florida and New York. If Wyatt hadn't shown up when he did ..."
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"You need to get some rest, sweetheart," he said gently. "You're exhausted."
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He ran a hand over her hair. "You're staying here until we know what's going on. I'm not letting you out of my sight."
Under the circumstances, he didn't think she'd mind.
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