A/N- More Shrek/Artieness. Also more of the Ogre Protection Unit for Manga Girl no 6.
Ch 10
Somebody watched as Snowgre walked to Merlin's room. He was the leader of the Ogre Protection Unit. His name was Marriott. "Soon I'll get revenge on you for betraying me and your fellow officers! You'll be sitting in a cell soon anyway along with your royal teenage friend." He thought as he followed him.
He was wearing night vision goggles and was holding a cross bow. He was wearing a blue suit of armour unlike the normal purple suits his men wore. When Snowgre walked into the room, he saw Merlin tied up on the floor with a gag over his mouth. He was about to remove it when he heard laughter and turned around. He shivered in fear when he saw Marriott. "Surprised Snowgre? I knew you weren't really one of us officers. I had a feeling you were under cover working for that loser Merlin. You're coming with me!" he told the ogre teen.
"What if I don't? I'm not going with you Marriott, no matter what you say or do!" he replied angrily. "Oh I think I would if I were you. We've just arrested a friend of yours." Marriott explained as the others came in carrying Artie in his beast form. Snowgre was worried. "Let him go! He's got nothing to do with this!" he yelled as he prepared to lunge at him but was kicked in the furry chest by Marriott. "He's the bait to bring Charming and Lancelot to us! After that, we're going to hurt them both!" he said as he and his men left without a trace.
Snowgre rubbed his chest as he got to his feet slowly. "Great Snowg just great. Because of you, Artie's been kidnapped by those Ogre Protection Unit freaks and Marriott will hurt them. I know Charming and Lancelot are jerks but they need to be saved. Shrek would do the same." He thought as he untied Merlin. He saw pain in the teen's eyes as he helped him up.
"Don't worry we'll get Artie back. I know those guys blame Charming for crimes against your kind but they need to be protected no matter what. Who knows what they could do? I hope your cousin doesn't find out about this! He'll be wanting to go rescue Artie." Merlin told him. He then ran to Artie's dorm room. Shrek was still on the floor in blankets curled up in a ball. "Are you okay?" he asked him. "No. We need to get Artie back. It's my fault the OPU took him away." he answered. "No it's my fault. Marriott found out I was under cover and that's why he captured Artie. Let me get him back. I know you're not yourself... after being locked in the prison for a few weeks." Snowgre replied.
Merlin understood as he watched Snowgre go off. Hexia was waiting for him in his room. "Hey where were you? I was waiting for you." she said smiling. "Something came up between friends and I had to help them. I should've told you." he replied kissing her. She understood as she hugged him. Artie was angry as he tried to use his strength to bust open the bars of the cell but it was no use. "I can't believe they're using me as bait to get Charming and Lancelot into their clutches." he thought as Marriott approached his cell.
"I know that you're Shrek's friend and that Snowgre will be trying to break you out of here but my men are waiting to catch him." he said. "Why're you doing this? I haven't done anything to you." Artie asked angrily. Mariott laughed at him. "I'm doing this so that ogre kind can be superior over humans. You think we're nothing but dumb beasts but we're not. Soon you'll all see." he told him. Artie felt anger bubble within him. Mariott and his crew were bullies like Charming and Lancelot but they had power rushing to their heads. "I hope that my friends can stop them." he thought as he sank to the ground in defeat. "Wow. So this is the King of Far, Far Away. A loser." Marriott cackled walking away. Artie roared in anger at that. He then saw somebody come out of the shadows. It was an ogre girl with black wavy hair. She looked about ten years old and slender bodied. "I don't think you're a loser Artie. I know you're an awesome ruler." she said to him. "Who're you?" he asked her. "My name is Magia. My brother Shrek is your friend, right? I have been in here since I was five. Those Ogre Protection jerks took me away from my brother and my parents a long while ago and I haven't been with them since." she explained gently.
Artie was amazed to hear that. "Don't worry Magia we're getting out of here. Snowgre will help us. I know it." he told her as she lay in his arms. She hoped they'd be free soon. But Magia then glowed with magic as she and Artie vanished. Mariott was angry at that. "That little brat used her Ogreix powers to make them escape." he thought. Artie was amazed to wake up in his room at Worchester. Magia smiled at his confusion. "How did we get here? I thought we were stuck in the OPU prison." he asked her. "I... used my magic to help us escape." she replied. "What do you mean you used magic to get us out of there?" Artie asked confused. "Ogres are born with magic inside them called Ogreix. I used mine to help us escape. Where's my brother?" she explained to him gently. "He's with Merlin." Hexia answered.
"Let me guess. He needs therapy so Merlin's using his self help books to do it?" Artie replied. Hexia nodded to him. "Stay here, okay? I need to talk to your brother, okay? I'll be right back." Artie told Magia as he left the room. He then walked down the hall and down stairs. He then walked in hearing Merlin in the middle of his therapy session. "Artie you're back! But how?" Shrek said hugging him. Artie laughed at that. "Your sister helped me." he answered. Shrek was in shock at that. "Magia's here? Where... was she?" he told him. "She was in my cell in the OPU prison. She's been missing you and your parents but I'm not sure where they are after twenty five years." Artie explained to him. Merlin was amazed by that.