Or... If you do want Elexhiia to die, we could try and use this as a serious BANG to get this thread off the ground, which I've been planning and plotting how to do! So... Also, if SC isn't writing for now, I'll take over the villian again. Or perhaps we could even add another... Thoughts? Top with this thread! TOP! Poke, kick, shove!

No dear Tovah! Actually, since this thread is dead, I'm just going to use your death as a serious BANG to get this thread going! I'm just going hard with this post, not sure what I'm going to write, but it's just going somewhere. So for the !BANG! I'm going to have the villian kill Elexhiia off, and if that doesn't fly, we'll do something else.

We'd been searching all night, without a trace of the boy. We met up at the bridge as agreed. Elexhiia and Felix looked pretty dismal. "Nothing," they reported sadly. The night was dark. Nobody was around, and even the street lights cast hollow light upon us. "Well," Elexhiia started half heartedly. "We still have this." She held up the small bottle of time tears. "I'm not sure how many of us it will get home, but we can see." We all looked at each other. A few of us had the chance to go home. The rest might have to stay, and figure out another way. Suddenly I heard a scuffling behind us. I turned just in time to see a figure hurl something toward us. I shrieked and tried to duck, but it skimmed my cheek. Dora screamed, and Errol and Felix yelled. I stood slowly, and stared in the direction where the object had come from. Errol and Felix ran after the fleeing figure. I stood motionless. This all happened in a matter of seconds. I felt blood trickling down my cheek. Dora gasped. I turned, and what I saw caused tears to come to my eyes. Elexhiia stood, a shocked expression. She held a blood-coated knife in one hand, her hand on her stomach, blood seeping through. She staggered and collapsed. I knelt beside her, and moved her hand. A large red splotch was growing bigger on her shirt. Her face was pale, and her breath came in gasps. I yanked my jacket off, took the knife, and slashed it into strips. Dora knelt beside me and started helping. I placed the strips on the wound, trying to clot the blood. Elexhiia had her eyes closed, her breath coming in gasps. Errol and Felix returned, their eyes growing wide at the sight of Elexhiia. "Run down and wet these rags," I said, passing some of what used to be my jacket to Felix, who ran down to the river and dipped them in. Errol knelt down on the other side of Elexhiia. Felix came back and handed Dora the rags, which she applied to Elexhiia's forehead. She coughed, and her eyes fluttered open. She stared at us all. Then, hands shaking, she pressed the time tears into Errol's hands and said; "Use them for yourselves. I'm glad I could know you all. Even you," she said, looking at Errol during the last part. Then she gasped one last time, and she didn't move again.

So this is really really pathetic, but I thought Elexhiia and Errol to make peace somewhat.  So ya'll can totally change this. But I wanted a bang here! So, Elexhiia is dead. We've got to move from here. So. SOMEBODY ELSE WRITE!!!

Yes, I quite agree with True! I didn't necessarily want to let her go either. Please write one last part, dear Tovah!

Okay, so, yeah! Elexhiia's not really dead, so, I'm tweaking the death scene slightly from our view, and going on.

Dehlia ~

I watched as Elexhiia, slowly drawing her final breathes, began to shimmer, like a mirage. We all leaned back slightly. She gave a final smile, and was gone. "Where did she go?" Felix asked. Errol studied the bottle of time tears. "Perhaps to another place in time," Dora suggested. "Maybe she isn't dead after all." I nodded in agreement. "I think Dora's right. Now, what to do now?" I looked at everyone. It struck me that Elexhiia had been our plan. But now... Nobody was quite sure. "We go for the other bottle of time tears," Dora said resolutely. Again I nodded. "Between that bottle and another, we should be able to make back to our own times," I said, staring at the bottle in Errol's hand. The sky was still dark, but I knew we only had a few hours till daybreak. "Let's get some sleep, then go looking," Errol suggested. He leaned against the bridge and shut his eyes. Felix lay down, cap over eyes. Dora and I slipped farther under the bridge and lay down. A pang hit me hard suddenly. The fully realization that Elexhiia was gone came tumbling on me like a ton of bricks. We'd only known each other for a short time, but even through our differences, I'd rather grown to like her. A tear escaped my eye. And I feared what tomorrow would bring. If we'd lose another one of our group.

Okay, so please! Somebody write the next piece! We need a SERIOUS goal, not just catching Max! Ideas?

@ Tovah; Sure! That sounds good!

So, I'll write the next part...

Dehlia ~

I wasn't sure how long I'd been asleep. Not long, evidently. The sun was just starting to come up. I listened to the steady breathing of Dora, and one of the boys shifting. Errol then startled me and jarred the others awake by stating; "Guys, we're going to New York City." I sat up and stared over at him. "What?" I asked, not fully comprehending what he just said. "We're going to New York City," he replied simply. "Why?" Felix asked, sitting beside up next to Errol.  "How?" Dora asked almost simultaniously with Felix. "Yes, how?" I also asked, staring at Errol, wondering if Elexhiia's death had harder of a toll on Errol than I thought. "I may not be the expert on geography, especially not in this time, but New York City, New York is over two hundred (looked on map, I think I'm right) miles away! I haven't seen any buggies, and even so, we don't have any money." I paused a moment. Errol had the time tears in his hand. "Why do we need to go to New York City?"

So, I'll stop here. Why do we need to go to New York?