A/N: Hello there readers! Here's chapter 29. I hope I haven't kept you all waiting too long. This chapter was a bit difficult to write. Well without further a do, here we go, chapter 29. Enjoy.
Olivia stood at the ready near the control rooms of Expedition Everest, waiting for Philby to signal her on her headset, alerting her that he was ready. She was wearing green contact lenses that she had purchased at the drug store so that she still looked like a green eye to the Overtakers. She was nervous about so many things; whether or not she would be able to fool the Overtakers, if the plan would work, and the mess with Charlene was still in her mind. What if things never got better? Or worse, what if she had done worse to Charlene than she could remember?
What if she didn't know some of the things she did as a green eye? She shook the thoughts from her mind. Right now, she had to focus. Just then, she heard Philby in her ear piece.
"Ready?" he said.
"Ya." she replied, trying to keep the message as simple as possible in case someone over heard. "I'm going in."
"Roger that." said Philby. "Oh and Olivia, good luck."
"Thanks" Then, she took a deep breath, put on her best worried face and ran into the control room of Expedition Everest, where Sally Ringwald was waiting.
"INTRUDERS!" she shouted, breathing heavily. Sally quickly rose from her seat.
"WHAT?!" she said.
"Intruders." Olivia repeated. "And I think it's the Kingdom Keepers." Soon, Sally was bolting out of the room. Just as Sally was leaving the room, Olivia whispered to Charlene and Amanda in her microphone.
"Get ready. She's coming."
"Roger that." said Amanda. A few seconds later, Olivia heard Sally scream.
"What are you doing?" but then, her screams were muffled. Olivia walked out of the room and saw Amanda and Charlene locking Sally in a closet. Amanda gave her a thumbs up. Charlene barely looked at her. Olivia shook it off. She had to focus.
"You're good." She whispered to Philby. "The coast is clear. Get into that control room." Then, with one last glance at Amanda and Charlene, she began to run towards the room where the prisoners were being held.
As she reached the area, she heard Philby's voice in her ear piece.
"We're good to go. I'm turning up the temperature in the room to one hundred degrees in five, four, three, two…" Then, Olivia reached the door to the room with the cells. Willa was waiting there with three bottles of water.
"Ok…." she said. "Remember. Two of these have a super strong sedative in them. As soon as the pirates take a sip, they'll pass out, and they should be asleep long enough for us to get everyone out of here. Now, to make sure it's not suspicious, we've got a bottle of water for you too. Your's doesn't have sedative obviously, just make sure you drink the one with the blue dot on the cap."
"Got it" said Olivia. She peeked out the door and a nervous look found its way onto her face. Willa put a hand on her shoulder.
"You can do this." she said.
"Thanks" said Olivia." She took a deep breath and walked into the room.
Two pirates stood guarding the cell. They were sweating profusely, taking short quick breaths, obviously hot. Olivia didn't blame them. Philby had done a good job. She was sweating herself. Gathering up all her courage, she walked up to the pirates.
"Hey boys." she said, trying to be as convincing as possible. "Her grace Maleficent would like me to let you two know that we're having problems with the temperature control. So, she asked me to bring you guys these bottles of water." Olivia was sure her heart was beating as fast as it could possibly beat.
"And how do we know that you're not a traitor?" said the rounder of the two pirates. "Ya how?" said the other.
"Well, for one thing, it's water. Second, look at my eyes. They're bright green." The rounder pirate leaned in close to look at her. Olivia her breath; he smelt like rotten fish guts baking in the sun.
"I suppose that's true." he said, leaning away. "But you could be wearing store bought contacts. We've been warned about that. Give us another reason."
"Well…" said Olivia. "There are three bottles here. I'm drinking one too. Why would I drink something that would harm me?"
"Good, point." said the skinnier pirate. "Well, then" said the other, taking a bottle of water along with his companion. "Bottoms up."
"Bottoms up!" Olivia repeated with them.
She had been so nervous, that she had forgotten to check for the blue dot. It wasn't until the ice cold water touched her lips, that she saw the blue dot on the skinny pirate's bottle. Suddenly she remembered and her eyes grew wide. She pulled the bottle from her lips and spit the water onto the floor, but it was too late. She passed out where she stood along with the rounder pirate. Willa's eyes grew wide.
"Um ,guys." she whispered into her headset. "We have a big problem."
"Hey, what's going on here?" the skinny pirate shouted. Then, Maybeck and Finn, who had been standing by to tie the pirates up, ran out into the room. With one swift blow, Maybeck punched the pirate in the face, knocking him unconscious.
"Good punch." said Finn.
"Thanks" said Maybeck. "Get a bottle of the sedative water."
Finn proceeded to grab the rounder pirate's water bottle and brought it over to Maybeck. Maybeck held the pirate's mouth open and Finn poured the water down his throat. Willa tossed the two a bundle of rope and they tied up the pirates and dragged them out of the room. Then, Maybeck ran back out, picked up Olivia and carried her into the room. Jess and Willa were locking the pirates up in a closet, just as Charlene, Amanda and Finn were running in. When Charlene saw Olivia, limp in Maybeck's arms, she gasped and her heart nearly stopped.
"Oh my god. Olivia, is she…"
"No." Willa said, cutting her off. "Just asleep. She accidentally drank the sedative."
"Thank god!"
"I thought you hated her." said Amanda.
"I do." said Charlene, trying to back herself up. "It's just…"
"No time for discussion." said Philby. "Who's got the keys?" Jess tossed the ring of keys to Philby, who ran out with Finn to open the cells.
"This is it, this is really happening." said Willa to Amanda, a tear in her eye.
"What's wrong?" said Amanda. "Nothing, I'm just so happy and so proud of us and I can't believe we actually did it."
"We didn't do it yet." said Jess, running up. "We still have to get everyone out of here. Come on!"
Everyone went running towards the cell door. Willa was on the verge of crying. She couldn't wait any longer. She wanted to run into her mom's arms, hug her tightly and stay there forever. As Finn fit the key into the lock and all the captives started cheering, Finn too wanted to cry. He couldn't wait to see his little sister.
All the keepers were on their toes, their stomachs tingling with anxiety. Amanda and Jess were crossing their fingers together, while Charlene and Willa were holding hands, practically in a death grip. As the cell door opened the captives rushed out, shaking the keepers' hands, thanking them, the couples holding hands as they walked out.
Willa stood on her toes, leaning left and right, looking for her mother, but she couldn't find her. Her heart sank as she remembered what the Overtakers had said about killing her mom. She clutched Charlene's hand harder as a tear fell down her cheek.
"What's wrong?" said Charlene. Willa could barely speak through her cries.
"I can't find my mom and… I don't know if she's alive." Willa fell onto Charlene's shoulder, bursting into sobs.
"It's okay…" said Charlene, hugging her best friend tightly. "I'm sure she's here." Just then, Willa heard a familiar voice behind her.
"Willow?" Willa looked up and saw Ariel standing there. Wiping a tear from her eye she said
"Ariel hi!" and hugged her.
"Thank you so much" said Ariel.
"It's nothing." said Willa. "You would have done the same for me. You saved my life once." Ariel smiled.
"Well, I have to go." she said.
"Bye" replied Willa. Then, Ariel took Eric by the hand and ran to Melody who was standing across from her. Just then, a frantic Finn, looking just as distressed as Willa ran up.
"I can't find my little sister!" he said. "Have you seen her?"
"No…" said Willa. "Have you seen my mom?"
"No, sorry." Just then, Amanda and Jess came running up.
"Have any of you guys seen Wanda?" said Amanda. "We can't find her anywhere!"
"I don't like this" said Charlene. Philby and Maybeck soon joined the group.
"Come on" Philby said. "We have to get to the trains. It's the only way to get everyone out in masses. I'll run back to the control room, turn on the ride and turn off the ride alarms. There's a set of stairs over there. It takes you to the section of the ride where the train faces the yeti. You guys have to get everyone over there. I'll use the controls to stop the ride there and people can climb in. I'll send a few trains by and you can contact me on the headset once everyone has gone. Then you guys climb into the last one and I'll run down to the loading area."
"Wait" said Amanda. "You mean the part of the ride with the yeti that actually turned out to be Chernabog where Finn, Jess and I almost got killed? That part? What a wonderful idea! Let's all go there."
"It's our best option. And your sarcasm is not appreciated."
"I'm just saying! We could be marching into a slaughter!"
"It's the only way that we can get out with less chance of being caught. I know it's a long shot, but it's our best chance."
"Okay" said Amanda and all the keepers nodded their heads.
"Well, I'll go then" said Philby. Willa ran up to him.
"Let me come with you." she said.
"I can't" said Philby. "It's gonna be more dangerous for me. I don't want you in that kind of danger."
"No one goes alone." said Willa.
"I have to this time." Willa threw her arms around him.
"Please just be careful" she said.
"I will" Then they broke apart, and Willa walked back to join the other keepers.
"Come on everyone keep up!" Willa said as she, along with the other keeper led the freed prisoners to the staircase.
"I'm tired!" said Princess Aurora.
"We all are but we have to keep moving to get out of here!" said Charlene.
"My feet hurt." said Cinderella.
"Only a little bit longer." said Jess. Finally, the group reached the staircase.
"Here we are!" Finn shouted to the group. "We just have to get up the stairs." Just then, he heard a familiar voice coming from another hallway.
"Hey Whitless." said Luowski, emerging into the light. Willa gasped.
"Relax" said Finn. "We knew we were probably gonna meet resistance. Besides, it's just Luowski. One of him against a mob of us. We can totally take him."
"You honestly though I came alone?" said Luowski. "Wow, you really are whitless Whitman" Sally Ringwald stepped out from behind him.
"Ah I see you've escaped then." Finn said to her. She just stared at him silently. "Fine, no problem. We can take two people." Hugo Montcliff stepped out on the other side of Luowski.
"Easy" said Finn.
Willa could tell what kind of strategy he was using. He was trying to psyche the green eyes out, by making them think that he wasn't scared of them. She had to admit, she was a little scared, but not very. Like Finn had said, there were three green eyes, and a mob of them. There was nothing to worry about.
Then, something hit her. Finn's mom was a green eye. The Overtakers knew that he wasn't going to hurt his own mother. Then, another thing hit her. Right after her mother had become a prisoner, she had been briefly made a green eye. She for sure wasn't going to hurt her mom. This was getting slightly more difficult.
As she continued to think, the evidence added up in her mind. Finn's mom was a green eye, her mom was a green eye, Meagan was a green eye, at one point Olivia had been a green eye. They hadn't been able to see her mom, Finn's sister or Wanda when all of the prisoners were leaving the cell. No, the prisoners that they couldn't find, the Overtakers hadn't killed them, they had… it hit her like a ton of bricks.
"Amanda." she said. "We've got a big problem."
"What?" said Amanda
"Well, you know how we couldn't find Finn's sister, my mom or Wanda when everyone was leaving the cells. Well think about it…" but before she could finish what she was saying, Finn's mom stepped out from the hallway and he stumbled back, trying to keep a straight face, but he couldn't, he was slowly breaking.
Then, more started to come. Willa's mother stepped out and so did Meagan. Willa was hurt, but not surprised. This was not good, her suspicions were being confirmed. If she was right then she knew that one of two people was coming out next and neither one was going to be good.
A few seconds passed, it felt like long minutes to Willa. A foot stepped out from the hallway, and it wasn't an adult sized foot. Willa rushed up to Finn, ready to put a hand on his shoulder in comfort or to hold him back from doing something suicidal to the mission. Finn froze as his little sister stepped out and stood next to his mother. Her eyes were two irises of ghostly green.
At first, he couldn't speak. Willa slowly brought up a hand and placed it on his shoulder. Then, his face turned from tear stained and shocked, to red and infuriated. Willa grabbed his other shoulder as he attempted to charge. Amanda ran up to help her. Together, with difficulty, the two of them were able to hold him back.
"Finn…" Willa whispered to him.
"They corrupted my sister." he growled.
"Finn" she repeated. "You have to stay calm. I've figured this out, the worst is not over." Finn looked at her confused, but as he thought and added up the evidence in his mind his eyes grew wide.
"We have to turn around." he said. "We have to go get Philby"
"Turn Around!" Jess, who was standing closer to the crowd, announced. "Go ,go , GO!"
Everyone began to turn and run, the princesses picking up their skirts, their princes taking them by the arm. The keepers knew they had to get out of there and they wanted to do it before the shock of what they knew was coming hit them. They were too late. Just before they turned around, they saw Wanda step out and join the resistance, with two stone cold irises of ghostly green.
The keepers along with all of the characters and cast members who had been trapped ran as fast as they could towards the control room. Maybeck and Charlene dragged Olivia with them, each of her arms draped over one of their shoulders. Willa knew the green eyes were not chasing after them, yet. They were going to try to psyche the keepers out and scare them into coming back, into surrendering. But they would come eventually, and the keepers needed to get out of there before that happened.
Finally they reached the control room. Willa ran in, panting.
"COME ON!" she screamed to Philby. "We've gotta get out of here pronto!"
"What's wrong?" said Philby. "I don't…"
"We've got big problems. The Green Eyes showed up; all of them. And I mean all of them. Luowski, Sally, Hugo, My mom, Finn's mom, everyone."
"Okay, that's bad, but why is it so shocking?"
"There's a few new editions." said Willa.
"What do you mean? Who?"
"What prisoners couldn't we find when we were opening the cells?" Philby thought for a moment and then his eyes grew wide.
"No!" he said. Willa nodded. Then, the two ran out of the control room, and through the hallways with the rest of the crowd.
A/N: Well that's it! Did you like it. Okay I have a few items to discuss
1. Just so you all know, I now have a parody of "Last Friday Night" by Katy Perry on youtube. It tells the story of the first two KK books and yes, I wrote it. Im not allowed to show my face so it's just my voice set to pictures, but you should check it out anyway. Please? For me? My youtube channel is theatregirl1018. If you watch it, let me know what you thought in a PM or review.
2. Another thing that I have decided to do with my youtube is items related to my fanfiction for my wonderful readers. So, the first thing I am going to do is read one of the chapters and put the audio track on my channel so you can all hear me read a chap from my fanfiction. What we need for this to happen is for everyone, all of you who are reading this, to vote for which chapter you would like me to read. So, in a review please vote for which chapter you would like me to read. When I post my next chapter I will count up the results, record the track, put it on my channel and let you guys know the winner in an author's note.
THIS WEEKS SNEAK PEEK TRIVIA: There has been a rumor circulating around Kingdom Keepers fan pages everywhere about something that will occur in KK6. Recently, people have discovered that Ridely actually DID announce it in an interview with a twitter fan page, meaning that the event is not a rumor. Everyone has been really mad and sad and crying about it and its making the wait for Dark Passage even longer. What is this confirmed KK6 event?
As always, the first three to get it correct receive a sneak peek from chapter 30. See ya!
Keep calm and eliminate the Overtakers!
-kingdomkeepers365
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