AN: This one's a bit dark for Becca, but she's getting older. So, yeah. Um, as usual, review. Short, but Becca's style is the short, cliff-hanger type. Usually, I have her writing in first person present-tense, but because she's telling the story from the past leading up to her current position, it's in past-tense. Anyway. Here it is. Please review!
Chapter Six: Suck It Up
We woke up in a different room.
The Throne Room.
Ed was straining against the chains that were holding him against the wall. I looked down and found out that I was chained as well.
Crap.
This was not good.
Note to Self: Stop stating the obvious.
Jason stood in front of us, watching curiously as we struggled. "What do you want?" Ed asked, stopping for a second.
"I don't really know what I want with you," he answered, contemplating Ed like he'd never thought of that.
"So you captured us, but you don't want anything with us?" I asked, incredulous.
"Well, I figured that, given the IQ level of my helpers, it would probably take several years, some of the world's best teachers, and night classes for them to have the capabilities to actually find you and get you here."
An Ogre growled. "We did not keep you alive so you could shame us."
Jason answered without turning away from us. "I liked you better when all you knew how to do was grunt and smash things."
The Ogre growled again, but didn't attack. Jason's eyes locked in on mine. I suddenly almost felt sorry for him. He'd probably lived his whole life here, walking the icy halls under Jadis watchful eye, and now he was stuck ordering Ogres around. No wonder he captured Ed and I – he'd wanted some company.
Well, I've never been very good at being good company, so the kid was just gonna have to suck it up.
I started sounding like Alex, but it was justified. Because, let me tell you, when I start sounding like Alex, that means I'm ticked. And I mean ticked.
I didn't care how lonely he was, just how quickly he was going down.