Chapter 9 – Return Of The Gunner
Eva was shocked. Jordan wasn't serious, was he? He waved at her and smiled. Eva went over to him to find what was going on.
'What are you doing?' she asked.
'Being your gunner of course! I have a good story to explain my disappearance. I'm only doing this because I know you'll struggle without me. I'll make sure they believe me!' Jordan grinned.
Eva shrugged and led him into the Earth pit.
'Wait,' she said.
She ran inside and put on a huge smile and went to Don, Stan and Koji. When they stared at her she just said something surprising.
'It's a miracle! Jordan has appeared out of nowhere!' she yelled at them.
They waited for a few seconds but then realised she was telling the truth to them. They ran outside. Jordan had his back to them. When they yelled out his name, he turned around and smiled.
Eva thought Jordan acted really well. She guessed when you have to hide your Avatar status you had to be good at hiding things. When they asked Jordan what had happened he told his story.
'I was incredibly hurt by Canaletto. The Avatar cared for me until I was strong enough when I was sent back to Earth. I have been here for some time now. I was hoping when I heard about the championships you would be here. I was right,' Jordan smiled.
It was an impressive story. Eva knew Jordan must have spent ages practicing what to say. But he hadn't finished.
'But the Avatar told me this was the year the prophecy comes true,' Jordan then said in a confused voice.
'Are you sure?' Eva asked.
'Yeah, but it comes true in an unexpected way,' Jordan shrugged.
Eva couldn't believe it. She really could bring Maya back to life now. Jordan had said it was true. Eva started to hope more than ever. She just had to win the race. No one would stop her.
'We only need the Arrow now!' Koji said excitedly.
He and Stan told them they would deliver the Arrow to the place. They had repaired it in case it was ever needed again. They just needed to get it. They left and Don started coming up with reasons for Eva missing school.
Jordan and Eva were left out in all the madness. They decided to walk around. After a few minutes they stopped.
'Do you think they believed me?' Jordan asked.
'I don't know,' Eva answered truthfully.
Jordan sighed and kicked a stone. It bounced for a while down the path until it stopped at someone's feet.
Eva and Jordan looked up at the figure. Eva recognised the person.
'I was very surprised to see you in the audience today,' the evil voice said.
Jordan looked at Eva. He had no clue what was going on. He had been too busy today to see Molly. He had watched her sometimes. He had a feeling something very bad happened.
'If I can't strangle you to death, I will have to kill you and your partner!' the evil figure yelled.
He grabbed Jordan's neck in one hand and Eva's in the other. Too late, Jordan realised Eva had been in big trouble today.
The great Chaos, leader of the Crogs, had them both, right where he wanted. He was going to make sure Eva didn't live this time.