had become so intricately involved in what was currently happening.  The white tents of the NICD, the covered bodies on the lawn of the town library, the army barricades and the mindless actions of ordinary people – it all seemed surreal and dreamlike to her.  She could only imagine how Jimmy must feel, and she wished she could tap her magic heels and just fly away with him, away from this hell they found themselves in!  But this was not the Land of Oz, and she was not Dorothy, which did not explain why the witches and the monsters seemed so real! 

The Hummer pulled up outside of the Arminel Hotel a few moments later and she and Jimmy were ushered out of the vehicle and then led up to the main building.  There were people everywhere, most of them local residents of the town, sit...

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