Mabry stared in horror and coughed blood again. "Gone . . . must . . . have . . . gotten . . . it . . . away." She shook her head wearily. "Tell . . . them . . . she . . . was . . . looking . . . for . . .a . . black . . . stone . . . it . . . felt . . . wrong . . . and . . . she . . . found . . . it." She stopped for several moments to breather heavily. "She . . . turned . . . into . . . you." She looked at Songbird sadly. "Warn . . . them."