Part 10
I just sat there, with the scroll in my hand. A mixture of fear and anger swirled inside me. It seemed that I was the only one in the room.
"Maya?" Po asked.
At the sound of Po's voice, I snapped out of my trance-like state. I looked up to see that everyone was staring at me with concerned expressions.
"Yeah Po?" I answered him.
"Are you ok? You seem worried" he asked with concern in his voice.
I quickly regained the composure I had before I had received the message, and reassured him that I was fine. Then I excused myself from the table, and walked to my room. I read the scroll, and relaxed once I saw that Amy had sent it instead of my dad. I approved her plan in my head, but when I saw that she didn't want me to go after her, my heart sank. I was conflicted; I mean, how can she expect me to just stay here and pretend that nothing had happened! I heard a knock on my door, and put the scroll on my bed. Then I opened my door, and found myself staring at Tigress. I let her into my room, shut the door, and sat down on my bed again.
"Maya, who was the scroll from?" she asked me. I knew I couldn't lie to her; she'd be able to tell. So I told her the truth.
"I thought it was from my dad at first since it had his address on it, then I read it and found out it's actually from my cousin, Amy" I told her.
"I thought you'd be happy to hear from her" Tigress said. She tried to sound like she understood, but I could detect her confusion.
"I am, it's just that she wants me to do something that's impossible for me to do. She told me that I shouldn't help her escape, but she should know by now that I would NEVER leave her alone in a bad situation" I said.
"Did she say why you shouldn't go rescue her?" Tigress asked me.
"Apparently, Dad told her the whole house was rigged with traps, so I couldn't escape. Hopefully, he doesn't know about my secret entrance" I replied.
"Well, if you ever need to talk, you know where to find me" she told me.
Then she told me goodnight, and walked out of my room. I lay down on my bed, and listened to the crickets chirp their songs to each other. 'I wish Amy were right beside me, I need to know why Dad is after me' I thought. After mentally telling Amy goodnight, even though I knew she couldn't hear me, I fell asleep.