Chapter 6: caught
" Okay got that!" I asked. " Yah, lets do it!" Zidane said. I started running towards where the men were taking Vivi and found them stuffing one in a box. " Hey, what are you doing here?! Get her!" one man shouted. I ran across the bridge next to the conveyor belt and ran as fast as I could. I knew Vivi was safe and that Dagger and Zidane would come to his aid soon, but the only thing I had to worry about was to not get caught.
..Vivi are you okay?. ..Yes.. ..Why would they stuff you in a box?.. .I don't know. but then someone came running and distracted the men. ...That was The Guard. ..Her name is Heather. ..Right Heather. I was running for my life now.I had just reached the light when the men tackled me. They had yanked my hands behind my back and tied them together with a flesh cutting wire. " OWW," " Now what should we do?" " Just stuff her in a box, there she'll keep quiet." And like they said they stuffed me into a small uncomfortable box and out a piece of tape over my mouth. " That'll teach ya!" They said as they put on the lid and it grew dark. I couldn't fall asleep because I knew Zidane and the others wouldn't find me unless I moved around and screamed, but I can't scream and I would kill myself if I moved. " Hmm, I wonder how far Heather got." Dagger said. " Well, if I know her she probably escaped and is inside the inn playing the Violin." Zidane said. "She plays the violin?" Vivi asked. " Yah, she plays pretty well." " Yah, I always used to fall asleep to her quiet music, and sometimes I would sing to some of the songs." Dagger said. " Maybe we could ask her to play more for us." Vivi said. Steiner was talking to the old man Morrid, who is crazy about coffee. " Do you know when the next airship leaves to Alexandria?" He asked. " It should be leaving soon." Morrid said sipping coffee. Steiner saluted him and he was off. " Hey guys I think I heard something!" A man said, suspecting Vivi, Dagger and Zidane's presence. " Oh no! we have to hide!" Zidane said grabbing Vivi and Dagger and rushing into the conveyor belt. Then the next thing they knew they were stuffed into boxes. " Look, a scary tin man is coming, run!" a man said seeing Steiner. The men ran into the underground factory and closed the door behind them leaving a tall crate filled with boxes. Steiner came up to it and noticed it was moving so he poked it with his sword. Zidane came out of the top and yelled, " You idiot! You almost stabbed Dagger!" Everyone came out of the crate and Steiner was blaming Zidane for his own problems. Then another Black waltz came up to them. " You might have beaten Black waltz #1 but lets see how you fight against black waltz #2!" It was battle time and the group was finding it a lot harder to fight without Heather. Every time Vivi used fire, the Black waltz would use more powerful fire. " I'll show you the real way to use fire!" He kept on saying from time to time. But in the end all thanks to Steiner's trance they just barely made it out alive. I was still in the crate and I was still surrounded by darkness. But despite all that I managed to hear what was going on around me. " Hey, what are we going to do with this one?" " Put it on the Airship to Alexandria, with the others." " Dang it, how could I tell the queen that I came back without Garnet.Oh man am I going to fry!" I said to myself as the men loaded me onto the airship. When the men had left my crate fell over on its side. " I screamed in pain because the wire cut even deeper into my skin, but no one could really hear me. I listened carefully and heard Steiner's voice. " Why, why did I not stay with the princess, I bet she is probably still back in Dali ." " Steiner!" I yelled but my words were muffed up. " Huh, who said that?" " It is me, Heather! I am in a crate!" Zidane came up on deck and Steiner like always accused him. " You, what have you done to the princess?!" " Don't worry she is fine, she is below in the engine room. I tried rolling around in the crate but every time I tried I would yelp out in pain. " Who said that?" Zidane said hearing my screaming.
He kicked my crate and I yelled out in great pain. " Steiner , poke it with your sword." " No, Please no crud this is the end!" I yelled. I heard the sword go through and it sliced my arm a bit. " OWWWWW!!" I screamed. Zidane opened the hole that Steiner poked and opened the box I was in, and there I was. " Heather, what are you doing in there?" Zidane ripped off the tape on my mouth " OW, I got caught you moron! Now help me up!"
" Okay got that!" I asked. " Yah, lets do it!" Zidane said. I started running towards where the men were taking Vivi and found them stuffing one in a box. " Hey, what are you doing here?! Get her!" one man shouted. I ran across the bridge next to the conveyor belt and ran as fast as I could. I knew Vivi was safe and that Dagger and Zidane would come to his aid soon, but the only thing I had to worry about was to not get caught.
..Vivi are you okay?. ..Yes.. ..Why would they stuff you in a box?.. .I don't know. but then someone came running and distracted the men. ...That was The Guard. ..Her name is Heather. ..Right Heather. I was running for my life now.I had just reached the light when the men tackled me. They had yanked my hands behind my back and tied them together with a flesh cutting wire. " OWW," " Now what should we do?" " Just stuff her in a box, there she'll keep quiet." And like they said they stuffed me into a small uncomfortable box and out a piece of tape over my mouth. " That'll teach ya!" They said as they put on the lid and it grew dark. I couldn't fall asleep because I knew Zidane and the others wouldn't find me unless I moved around and screamed, but I can't scream and I would kill myself if I moved. " Hmm, I wonder how far Heather got." Dagger said. " Well, if I know her she probably escaped and is inside the inn playing the Violin." Zidane said. "She plays the violin?" Vivi asked. " Yah, she plays pretty well." " Yah, I always used to fall asleep to her quiet music, and sometimes I would sing to some of the songs." Dagger said. " Maybe we could ask her to play more for us." Vivi said. Steiner was talking to the old man Morrid, who is crazy about coffee. " Do you know when the next airship leaves to Alexandria?" He asked. " It should be leaving soon." Morrid said sipping coffee. Steiner saluted him and he was off. " Hey guys I think I heard something!" A man said, suspecting Vivi, Dagger and Zidane's presence. " Oh no! we have to hide!" Zidane said grabbing Vivi and Dagger and rushing into the conveyor belt. Then the next thing they knew they were stuffed into boxes. " Look, a scary tin man is coming, run!" a man said seeing Steiner. The men ran into the underground factory and closed the door behind them leaving a tall crate filled with boxes. Steiner came up to it and noticed it was moving so he poked it with his sword. Zidane came out of the top and yelled, " You idiot! You almost stabbed Dagger!" Everyone came out of the crate and Steiner was blaming Zidane for his own problems. Then another Black waltz came up to them. " You might have beaten Black waltz #1 but lets see how you fight against black waltz #2!" It was battle time and the group was finding it a lot harder to fight without Heather. Every time Vivi used fire, the Black waltz would use more powerful fire. " I'll show you the real way to use fire!" He kept on saying from time to time. But in the end all thanks to Steiner's trance they just barely made it out alive. I was still in the crate and I was still surrounded by darkness. But despite all that I managed to hear what was going on around me. " Hey, what are we going to do with this one?" " Put it on the Airship to Alexandria, with the others." " Dang it, how could I tell the queen that I came back without Garnet.Oh man am I going to fry!" I said to myself as the men loaded me onto the airship. When the men had left my crate fell over on its side. " I screamed in pain because the wire cut even deeper into my skin, but no one could really hear me. I listened carefully and heard Steiner's voice. " Why, why did I not stay with the princess, I bet she is probably still back in Dali ." " Steiner!" I yelled but my words were muffed up. " Huh, who said that?" " It is me, Heather! I am in a crate!" Zidane came up on deck and Steiner like always accused him. " You, what have you done to the princess?!" " Don't worry she is fine, she is below in the engine room. I tried rolling around in the crate but every time I tried I would yelp out in pain. " Who said that?" Zidane said hearing my screaming.
He kicked my crate and I yelled out in great pain. " Steiner , poke it with your sword." " No, Please no crud this is the end!" I yelled. I heard the sword go through and it sliced my arm a bit. " OWWWWW!!" I screamed. Zidane opened the hole that Steiner poked and opened the box I was in, and there I was. " Heather, what are you doing in there?" Zidane ripped off the tape on my mouth " OW, I got caught you moron! Now help me up!"