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Chapter 11
I ran over to her almost instantly, she stood, and we wrapped our arms around each other in a tight hug, and tears of joy and disbelief rolled down my cheeks. I smiled "Lucy. It's really you" I whispered.
She whispered back, early returning the hug "I never thought I'd see you again." All I could do was nod as I chocked back more happy tears. It was really her! The happiness that consumed me was indescribable and unimaginable, and I swore that I would never let anything keep us apart ever again. I let her go and moved back a little only enough to see her face. Unable to keep the smile from my lips, I said "It…it's so great to see you."
"You too" she said.
All of a sudden, the sound of a remote control door opening, caught my attention, and I whirled around, keeping Lucy behind me protectively. I wasn't about to have her in any danger. I kept my body tense like a coiled spring, just in case there was any sign of a threat. When I saw who had come through, I clenched my fists and glared "Nice building, you over-grown fish" I snarled.
Blowhole shook his head "Tisk tisk Christiana, it's quite unwise for you to use such language" he said.
I could tell by his tone that it was nothing close to a warning, but a threat. I growled in reply "Well I'm not as helpless as you think I am bottlenose." It took only seconds for the 'pins and needles' tingling feeling to go all through my body. I took a step forward, preparing to use my magic, but when I thrust my hands forward…nothing happened. This both confused and worried me. Why weren't my powers working?! They had never refused to work before! I looked at the bracelets, and an answer came to me.
My theory was confirmed with Blowhole chuckled. He explained, clearly amused "Those bracelets prevent the magical abilities in you and Lucy from working. It's an invention of my own, and I'm quite pleased that it works."
Lucy replied hotly "Well don't expect these to last too long. We'll get out of these."
The evil dolphin thought for a minute, before countering "Hmm, yes, you and Christiana do have that annoying habit of escaping my traps and attacks. Never mind that, though…" he smiled deviously at us "You will not be able to use your abilities this time, and that is going to be the only way you'll escape. I hope you are comfortable girls, because you two are going to be staying here for quite a while." He turned on his scooter, and went out of the room.
I yelled just as he reached the door, fury in my body "You won't get away with this!" Okay, that sounded really cliché.
He turned to me and smiled menacingly "Oh Christiana, I already have" he responded, and continued out the door.
Once it was shut again, I turned to Lucy "How long have you been here?" I asked.
"A while. You don't want to know how long, so let's just leave it at that" she answered.
I did. I asked instead "Are you sure there isn't any way out of these things?" and gestured to the bracelets.
My friend nodded "Positive" she replied forlornly.
Tentatively, I inquired "Have…have you seen…?"
Lucy replied "Sarah? Yeah. I noticed the mind control thing…" her voice was traced with anger as she added "Blowhole really crossed the line by doing that."
All of a sudden, the door reopened, and Sarah herself came in. I gasped and my heart stopped…she was dragging and unconscious Vincent and Elliot behind her. She threw them to the floor in front of us, and smirked "Brought you company" she said.
Lucy pleaded "Sis…"
She snapped back at her "Don't call me that! I'm not your sister! My master told me so."
"But he's lying…" continued my friend in the same tone "Please, you have to break the mind control."
Sarah snorted at her, and turned back to Vincent and Elliot. She produced something from one of her pockets…two sets of bracelets that were identical to the ones Lucy and I had. I looked at the bracelets, and then back to the guys. That was when, to my relief, I saw something.
Elliot opened his eyes and winked at me.
As soon as Sarah bent down to place the bracelets on Vincent, he attacked. It all happened so quickly, but so slowly at the same time. He shot up from the ground, punched her, and then grabbed her by the collar of her shirt before she hit the floor.
Lucy squealed "Vincent, don't! That's my sister! She doesn't know what she's doing, she's being mind controlled!"
I saw his body relax slightly, and he dropped her. He turned to us "Don't worry, I wasn't going to kill her or anything. I was just making sure she was knocked out" he said.
Elliot stood up from the ground, and turned to Lucy and I. He clasped his hands together "Now, let's get you ladies out of these. They can't be too comfortable" he said.
"How? We can't use our magic to get out of them" I said.
Vincent grinned "Maybe you girls can't…" I saw flames weave between his fingers and palms on both hands "But we can." The boy put his hands on my wrists, and I felt the heat of the flames. He must have seen the look on my face, because he assured me "Don't worry, they won't hurt you. It only hurts non magic users. Besides, I'm focusing them on the metal, not you." I nodded, and before I knew it, the metal bracelets fell off.
I turned around, and saw Elliot touching Lucy's wrists. The bracelets soon fell off her, and she embraced him in a hug "I missed you so much" she said.
I stared "You two know each other?" I asked.
My friend nodded when Elliot released her "Yeah, we've been friends for a while" she answered.
I nodded "Alright. I'll question you on that later, but right now we've all got to get out of here and stop Blowhole from whatever he's doing" I said, going for the door.
Lucy asked, following me "Where are the penguins?"
Elliot answered "They're alright the nerve centre of this place. They'll meet us there."
I continued to the door, not believing my luck. Would it really be that easy? Could we just walk out of there?
All of a sudden, I heard Vincent running towards me "Christiana! Watch out!" he yelled. I didn't know what I was supposed to watch out for, but I sure as hell didn't want to find out. Suddenly, I sensed something coming towards me from the side, and I moved away just before a panel of spikes would have gone right through me.
Vincent asked, eyes wide "How did you know that was going to do that?"
I shrugged "It's sort of a sixth sense" I answered.
"Good…" answered the boy "We're going to need that."
After we got out of the room, Elliot, Vincent, Lucy and I were faced with a large control room. I kept Lucy behind me protectively, and Vincent and Elliot were beside us. The room seemed deserted and quite, apart from a clearly disabled device in the centre of the room which looked a lot like one of Blowhole's inventions. I smiled "Well, the penguins obviously already took care of that" I said to no one in particular.
The response I got was not the one I wanted. Blowhole's voice came from the back of the room "Yes, unfortunately, they did. They got away, so now…" he appeared from the shadows "I'm going to take it out on all of you" he said. Blowhole pressed a button on his scooter, and cages with what looked like plasma bars enclosed Elliot and Vincent!
Blowhole, clearly satisfied, smiled slyly "Sarah…" she came out from beside him "Defeat them once and for all" he commanded.
She nodded and smiled menacingly "It would be my pleasure master" she replied. I wasn't able to react…before Sarah jumped at me, holding me in her grip.
"Christiana!" Lucy screamed in fear. Then, she lunged herself at Sarah, grabbing her around the neck. Annoyed, Sarah snarled "Get off!"
She threw her off easily, and Lucy fell to the floor. Sarah whirled around to face her, infuriated. I took the opportunity to stand up, but she turned back to me. The girl didn't catch me off guard, and as soon as she turned around, I kicked her in the leg.
Big mistake.
Sarah grabbed me by the collar of my shirt and used the other hand to press her nails into my arm. I yelled in pain, and she grinned sinisterly.
Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Lucy stand up and face Sarah "Leave her alone!" my friend yelled. Sarah dropped me, and headed over to Lucy I ran over to help, but she grabbed her "You're nothing but a pest" she snarled, and threw my best friend onto the floor as if she was nothing but a ragdoll.
To my relief, I saw that Lucy was still breathing. But unfortunately, she was also knocked out cold. Before I could react, Sarah grabbed me from behind and threw me onto the floor. A lobster struck me on the head, but was thrown back when a slapped it away. I hissed in pain and held me head, which was bleeding only a minuscule bit, but it still hurt.
I winced "You won't get away with this" I said…again. Okay, and once again, that just sounded really cliché. For some reason, Sarah released my arm. This gave me the opportunity to attack her, which, to my surprise, actually worked. With a moment to spare, I looked to see how the boys were doing.
Vincent, who had managed to escape Blowhole's trap. Elliot, however, was still struggling against his trap. Vincent turned to his enemy "I never liked fish anyway."
Blowhole, clearly frustrated by his insult, snarled "I am not a fish, I am all mammal, I assure you boy."
I was terrified, and did the first thing that came to mind...I scratched her cheek with my nails as hard as I could. Sarah hissed in either annoyance or slight pain (or both), which allowed me to escape her hold. As soon as I started to run, she grabbed me from behind roughly and threw me to the ground again. I rolled on the ground once more, before stopping. I put my hand out to steady myself, and hissed and winced in pain instantly. I had cut my finger on a sharp piece of broken glass that had obviously come from somewhere, and now that finger was starting to bleed as well.
Suddenly, a familiar female voice came from beside me. It was commanding and stern "I've had enough of you, Blowhole!"
I turned around, and saw Lucy standing up, glaring at the dolphin. He glared back "I'll deal with that other annoying girl" he muttered, and nodded at someone in the shadows.
Suddenly, a lobster came at her from the side and grabbed my best friend by the collar of her shirt and thrust her against the wall. Between that and being thrown on the ground like a ragdoll, she must have been in serious pain. I tried to stand and help her, but right after I put weight on my right foot, I hissed in pain and fell back to the floor. I grimaced as I held my right ankle with the hand that didn't have a bleeding finger, and was helpless.
Frantically, I glanced to the side, and saw Vincent…and Blowhole with a black eye, well, on his good eye, that is. Despite the situation, I couldn't help but smile. He'd punched him! He just punched Dr. Blowhole!
The dolphin stumbled backwards as a result…and pressed another button on his scooter. A booming male voice echoed through the building "This building will self destruct in 19 seconds."
Panicked, I tried to stand, but realised again that this was impossible. Vincent rushed over to me and helped me to stand by embracing me and pulling me up with his whole body. A wave of heat rushed over me, and I momentarily forgot about the countdown that echoed around me.
Vincent asked me softly "Can you walk?"
I shook my head "No" I answered. He nodded, and produced a remote from his pocket. He looked at me, and held my hands "Christiana. There's something I need to tell you. I…"
Elliot interrupted him "Vincent! Press the button!" he said. He did, and I suddenly felt my body floating as I was blinded by a bright flash of light.
We landed outside of the building, and so did Lucy and Elliot. I stood up from where I lay, and Vincent was beside me. The penguins were waiting for us, and Kowalski explained "That button that Vincent had was a second transporter. As you can see, it got you out of the building a second before it exploded." I turned quickly towards the building, which was now in ruins. How had I not noticed that?! Kowalski continued to explain "Sarah got out as well, but we're not sure where she is."
I turned to Vincent as he stood up "What was that you were going to say?" I asked.
"Pardon?" he asked slightly nervously, facing me and now standing upright.
"Before, in the building, you were going to tell me something" I said. He nodded, and slowly closed the gap between us. Vincent smiled, and then he drew me closer and did something amazing.
He kissed me…passionately.
