Howard woke a day later inside of the East Branch.
Everything in his memory was a blur, but he vaguely remembered seeing Harley shoot into the air with a metal rod lodged into her arm. Instantly, he screamed, "Monica", while he pulled the blanket off his body! This was terrible! He instantly moved to wipe sweat off his head before he jumped to his feet.
Finally, his vision cleared and he looked over only to find Monica crying in the corner. Howard instantly felt a terrifying feeling enter into his gut! Something terrible must have happened!"
"Monica, what happened? Where's Harley?"
"You-you shouldn't have fallen asleep," Monica's depressed voice entered in Howard's ears. "I-I can't sense Annibell or Reslan anymore! What-what are you doing?! Hurry up and go find them!"
"Don't blame him!" Harley walked into the room with a large bandage over her shoulder. "Ugh, Howard, we have bad news. Can you sit down for a minute?"
