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them about the search and of the impending storm.
    "In fact you girls ought to get going before the weather takes a turn for the worse. I wouldn't want you to get caught up in the worst of it."
    "He's absolutely right, of course. We should leave right now before it's too late. There's not a lot I can do to help if it hits en route," said the glamorous red haired ghost who suddenly appeared out of nowhere.
    "Mom, there's nothing you could do... at all, anyway. But yes, are you girls ready to go? We should really leave now."
    As the girls nodded and Lilly ran back into her room to make sure she hadn't forgotten anything, Moira went and sat in the car, leaving them to say their goodbyes in private. She was soon followed by December.
    "Erm, thought I'd better give the two love birds a moment on their own," she winked, climbing into the back with her dead grandmother.
    Ten minutes later, the four of them were en route to Moira's home near Seattle, leaving Oliver with Sammy and Tiffani. The three of them stood looking out of the window as the wind began to howl through the forests beyond. All of them were thinking about the poor missing cheerleader who was out there somewhere, alone. And it was about to get much worse.
     
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    Water gushed from the top of the hill, culminating in a heavy downpour that looked more like a waterfall than rain. But it had been pouring non-stop for over five hours and it didn't look like it was going to stop any time soon.
    Carmelo, Jo and Chris crouched beneath a tall brown tree temporarily protected from the onslaught of water by its overly large leaves. They were soaked through.
    "We've searched everywhere. I just can't think of anywhere else that would make a suitable hiding place for Jemima. I can't sense her either."
    Jo looked at her fiancé. She wasn't ready to stop searching for her old schoolmate. Not just yet.
    Suddenly springing into action, they were alerted to the fact they weren't alone as a combination of scents filled the air. They jumped up, their eyes scouring their surroundings.
    Carmelo was the first to laugh at the sight of their two friends, Tabitha and Zoltan, who had almost managed to creep up on them.
    With a slap on the shoulder, Zoltan grinned, showing a set of razor-sharp white teeth, "We nearly had you there."
"Nonsense... we knew you were there the whole time," Carmelo replied as he playfully punched his buddy on the back.
    "Anything yet?" asked Lilly's cousin, Tabitha.
    "No... you?"
    The two shook their heads in dismay.
    The darkened sky was given a temporary reprieve from the blackness of the clouds as a massive fork of lightening lit up the evening sky, followed seconds later by a deafening clap of thunder that seemed to go on for ages.
    Once the deep reverberating sound had quieted down, Jo spoke softly, "Wherever she is, whatever she is, Jemima will be terrified. We have to find her. I refuse to stop until we do."
    Tabitha lifted her rain splashed eye lashes up to her friend and squeezed her hand as she looked into her eyes. "We'll find her, Jo, we will."
    Another massive clap of thunder almost shook the ground beneath their feet as the lightening continued to shoot bright forks across the sky, lighting up the small islands that sat calmly in the rough waters beyond.
    "That's it!" yelled Chris, all of a sudden. That's why we can't sense her. She's not here on the mainland... she's over there... buried beneath one of those islands."
    "Chris, you're a genius," yelled Carmelo as he stepped out into the open air, where the rain splashed off his face. "Duran knew we wouldn't be able to hear her. The surrounding water is blocking out all the sounds. Anybody ready for a swim?" he said with a grin, looking around at his friends.
    "Well, we're already soaked to the bone. What difference is a bit of ocean water going to make?" laughed Zoltan as the five of them ran towards the water. Not one hesitated as they dived straight into the rough, freezing cold water of the Pacific