Chapter Nine- Operation Keep Them Together 2
Robin and Sophie made their way to Powhatan's hut. It was early morning and hardly anyone was out.
"Is Pocahontas up?" Robin asked Sophie. Sophie shook her head.
"No. I over heard Powhatan talking to one of his warriors about it and he said that Pocahontas wouldn't even be allowed to talk to John." Sophie explained.
"We'll tell her." Robin said finally and Sophie agreed. They crept around silently around Powhatan's hut.
"I'm telling you, I had nothing to do with the ambush!" It was John's voice.
Ambush? Robin and Sophie both thought.
"And you expect me to believe that?" Powhatan asked. "How do I know you didn't have anything to do with the attack made on a few warriors this morning?"
"I'm not lying to you, Powhatan! I swear! Please believe me!"
"I don't believe you. Hotu, take him away." Powhatan demanded. Sophie and Robin looked at each other.
"We'd better tell Pocahontas, huh?" Robin asked and Sophie nodded. The two ran towards Pocahontas's hut.
"Pocahontas? Pocahontas, wake up!" Robin said. Pocahontas sat up, not wanting to awaken.
"Robin? Sophie? What is it? Is something wrong?" She asked sleepily.
"Yes, Pocahontas, something is very wrong." Robin said and Pocahontas was finally awake.
"What?"
"Pocahontas, there was an ambush by the English this morning before anyone in the village was awake. Your father…is blaming…John for what happened." Sophie said. Pocahontas stared at her friends in disbelief.
"What? Why?" She asked, hopping to her feet.
"Because he's English. Because he's different." Robin said, growing angry.
"But why? John had nothing to do with the ambush, I'm sure of it! I've got to ask John about it!" Pocahontas said.
"That's another thing, Pocahontas. Your father has forbidden you to even speak with John at all. He's back in the prison hut, closely guarded." Robin said. Pocahontas sank back onto her bedding.
"What about you?" She asked them. They shook their heads.
"Nope. Not even us. No one in the village is permitted to speak with him. He's going to be there for about a week or two, just until your father decides what to do with him." Sophie said and Pocahontas stood up again.
"Oh, I know what he's going to do to him! I know exactly what he's going to do to him! He's going to kill him! He's going to have John killed! And there won't be anything I can do about it!" Pocahontas said, the anger and hurt relevant in her voice. Robin and Sophie looked at each other. She was upset. Really upset. Sophie gulped. Robin did, too. This wasn't fair. John had had nothing to do with the ambush, they knew! They trusted John. If he said he had nothing to do with it, he had nothing to do with it.
"Pocahontas, calm down." Sophie said. Pocahontas looked at her, then at Robin, and sat down, knowing that if she didn't on her own, they would make her.
"I'm alright, now. I promise." Pocahontas said and the girls relaxed.
"What are we going to do?" Robin asked.
"I don't know." Pocahontas answered.
"Maybe we should go talk to your father about it." Sophie suggested. Robin nodded. That sounded like a great idea! (A/N- That was sarcasm!) Robin and Sophie agreed to go see what Powhatan was talking about doing to John before Pocahontas went to see him. They left Pocahontas's hut, feeling confident. Little did they know that this mission was going to be different and harder than anything else.