Disclaimer: I own none of the characters in this story except Harvey, Kylie and Flick.
Elsewhere, Zil and those of his human crew who stood by him for the last ten years were up well into the night planning for the upcoming attack which they were to undertake. Zil was controlling the operation and was at that moment over-seeing the preparations. He stood there with a smug smile on his face; everything was running according to plan. This will be the one to bring them down he thought. Except he was unaware that Sam had a psychic on his side, though Flick had been on Perdido beach for a while, Zil had never known about her psychic abilities…
Sam and Astrid are up before dawn, preparing for the day ahead; the announcement to the council and then, if they approved, informing the town and the start of planning. Though they had forgotten about Little Pete's ever closer fifteenth. Astrid was full of excitement, her raggedly-cut blonde hair bouncing around her shoulders as she struggles to sit still at the dressing table.
"Calm down," Sam said, resting his hands on her shoulders and placing a kiss on the top of her head. "You're jumping around like a frog with no pond" he teases before sitting beside her and pulling her close. "You ready?" he whispers in her ear
"Yeah, have been since we woke this morning," she replied, resting her head on his chest, "when are we leaving?"
"We could go now if you want, and tell them as soon as everyone has arrived"
"Let's call it a plan." Astrid said, standing up so quickly that she knocks Sam off balance, and off of the stool.
"We'll walk slow, getting there quickly will just make the wait when we get there unbearable." He emphasises the last word before grabbing her hand and whisking her out of the house.
Flick awakens, breathing heavy, a trace of sweat down her back. She used to call them nightmares, but that was before her life became one and before she realised that they were visions. Only this time she awoke with a vision she couldn't decipher…
Astrid and Sam arrive at the council house, buzzing, but were surprised to find Flick stood there, already waiting. They muttered a few greetings and Sam unlocked the door (as only he and Edilio had a key) to let Flick in. Sam was about to follow when Astrid placed a hand on his shoulder and leaned in to whisper "can we watch the sunrise?" before giving him a quick kiss and dragging him to the side of the steps where they sat to watch the sun rise over the wall, with a view of the sea.
The two of them were there until Edilio turned up,
"Forgot your key mate?" he asks "and you're here early, could you not wait to start working today?"
"The door's open already, we let Flick in, and she was here before us, she looked kind of spooked but it was early and didn't want to ask." Sam replied
"As for being early," Astrid continued, "we have some news we couldn't wait to share with everyone, and it is good news!"
"For once!" cried Edilio enthusiastically before entering the council house. Sam and Astrid followed. When they entered, they weren't expecting what they saw: Flick rocking back and forth in a little ball on the floor…
Up on the cliff top, Lana and Quinn were enjoying a game of tennis in the early morning sunshine.
"There's something behind you!" Quinn shouted
"Nice try, but you're not beating me that way" Lana replied
"I'm not joking." Quinn looked scared.
"Give up already, though you almost had me fooled with that look upon your face." Lana laughed.
"I'm serious!"
Lana turned around to find a hovering green orb of light that was dancing around as if it was about to attack her before darting out of the gates where it hovered, seeming as if it was waiting for her.
"What is that?" Lana asked.
"I don't know" came Quinn's muffled answer.
"I think we should follow it."
"You can't be serious, it's scary"
"Where's your sense of adventure, coward." Lana ran after it forcing Quinn to drop his racket rather reluctantly. Quinn sprinted to catch up with Lana
"I still think this is a bad idea"…