Well, I told you it'd be up by at least Monday, and I was right! So, here's lucky number 7!
"Talking"
"Singing"
"(blank) talking"
Disclaimer: I don't own the Secret Saturdays
Chapter 7
When Zak woke up, he was confused. When had he fallen asleep? And, more importantly, why was he in another cell?!
Ugh, today was just not his day... That is, if today was still today.
It didn't take him long to see that his parents were in there, and awake as well.
"What happened?" Zak asked them, but they didn't answer. They didn't answer more so because a handful of guards came up rather than them not wanting to answer.
They were roughly jerked out of the cell and taken down the hall, thinking the worst.
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"Greetings and bienvenue, Saturdays." It was V.V. Argost. He had been behind the charade this whole time.
"You!" Zak shouted. "What do you want with us?" Argost just laughed, and ignored Zak.
"Have you met my newest friend?" He asked instead, and beckoned someone forward.
The person came slowly, as if they were ashamed of what they were doing.
It took a moment for Zak to realize who the person was, because they looked so different.
It was Brittany.
She was wearing a floor length red gown that had long sleeves that clung tightly to her lithe frame. The skirt part of it was skinny too, but it had enough room for her to put her legs out a reasonable length for her strides. Her hair was wound behind her in a tight French braid, and she seemed upset.
"Brittany?!" Zak gasped, not able to believe it. She had been working for Argost this whole time? Brittany looked over at them, eyes full of remorse, however, it seemed like she couldn't stand having her eyes on them, because she quickly averted her eyes.
"Just… Just get it over with already." Brittany told them, her voice cracking. She held out her hand, and Zak was roughly dragged over to her. Her hand latched on to his wrist, and she led him over to a huge, glassless window.
"I'm sorry, Zak." Brittany murmured as they walked over to the window. "I really am. I never wanted this to happen." Zak just ignored her, breaking Brittany's heart even more.
They arrived at the window, and Brittany opened her mouth and began to sing.
"Legendary one," She sang, surprising Zak. He remembered that voice! That was the voice of the person who had sung before he woke up the first time in this place!
"Please answer my call." Brittany continued. "Please come to us, Legendary one. We want your help, please come. Legendary one, please answer our call." Tears were streaming down Brittany's face, Zak could see that.
As if answering the call, water came sprouting up in front of the window, spouting like a fountain. From beneath the fountain produced a huge sapphire hued head of a dragon with deep glaring emeralds for eyes.
"Legendary one." Brittany's song landed on not quite a sour note, but close enough to it.
It only took a moment of looking at the creature for Zak to realize that it was a Cryptid. One humongous, gigantic, Cryptid.
"Legendary one," Brittany spoke. Her tone wasn't quite formal, but it wasn't quite stiff either. "These men want the jewel." Zak nearly jumped when he realized that the Cryptid could understand Brittany, and it took less time than that to realize that Brittany wasn't speaking a real language any more.
Brittany was a Cryptid.
"Child. Why do you need me?" The Cryptid's tone was harsh, and by its voice Zak could tell it was male. Tears were streaming still down her face even as she said the words.
"Please, Legendary one," Brittany asked the dragon, before lifting her arm and turning on her heel and pointing at the men, "Destroy them!" The dragon blinked once, before nodding.
"As you wish, Zetsumei." The Cryptid replied, and Zak hardly had time to react before he was being dragged, fast, to the side of the window.
"What are you doing?!" Zak demanded. "Are you crazy?!" Brittany glared at Zak, before reaching above his head and knocking a stone block out. Dropping out of the hole was The Claw.
"Trust me," Brittany told him. "I know what I'm doing." She handed him The Claw and was off and on the Dragon's back before he could blink.
Zak didn't waste any time running over to his parents, who the guards had left to fight the Dragon.
"Not them!" Zak heard Brittany screech, and turned around to see the Dragon making a swipe at him, his parents, and his brothers.
But, the claw never made contact.
Instead, there was a huge pale blue orb surrounding them.
"What?" Doc said. "How is this possible?" Brittany smiled a soft smile, before turning the Dragon back on the others.
Once she was sure the Dragon wasn't going to turn back, she was off of the dragon and scampering over to them.
"You better get out of here," Brittany told them. "It's taking a lot of concentration just to keep him focused on them. I don't want you to be here when my hold snaps."
"We have experience with this type of thing," Zak told Brittany. "We can handle this." Brittany shook her head.
"No, you don't understand Zak." Brittany contradicted. She motioned towards her neck, where a silver necklace hung with a cross on it hung. "You have to get out of here." Zak's eyes widened in realization.
He knew what Brittany was talking about now.
"Would you two mind letting us in your conversation?" Drew asked, a look in her eyes saying she was just a bit confused. Zak's hand went up to his neck, but Brittany's hand snapped out and snatched it.
"Not now." She hissed. "This isn't time nor place for that." Before Zak could say anything or yank his hand away from the Siren, her eyes widened.
"The song," She growled, tone furious. "Put your hands over your ears." When they didn't move, Brittany glared.
"Now!" She all but snapped. "You have to trust me!" Hesitantly but quickly, they all covered their ears just as a screeching melody started.
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-Scarpaw Signing Out-