I needed it then. My stomach had really begun to gyrate, and my vision had started growing colored. I noticed I was sweating, even though the day was cooling down. Actually, I felt as though I was about to pass out. What had those women fed me?
It was finally dawning on me that Marcelina's fearfulness back in the hut had nothing to do with betraying Alex Goddard. It was because she knew she was betraying me.
Well, damn her, I'm not going to let Alex Goddard win, no matter what.
"Marcelina, please help me. I've got to get Sarah out of here. Now. I don't know what poison drug he's giving her, but he's driving her insane."
"We'll take care of her," she said. But I could barely make out the words. They echoed bouncing around in my head.
"I'm really getting dizzy." I glanced over again at the women standing by the door. "Please tell me what they—?"
"The elixir," she said. "For tomorrow at sunup. That's when you'll see his real power."
I'd begun experiencing white spots before my eyes—and for some reason I had a vision of the Army Jeeps parked up the hill. I didn't know how the two were connected but in my jumbled thoughts they seemed to be.
Just get Sarah and get out into the air. Walk, don't think, and you can do it. . . .
I pulled her next to me and struggled toward the door, the women studying us, unmoving.