Rool on Chapter Four - thank you for all the reviews, and definitely more
people should write some more Captain Planet fan fic. Doesn't matter if
you've never written anything before, just write Captain Planet fan fic and
make it a respected fandom!
*~*~*~*~*~*~* The four Planeteers ran towards the mines; it was the only lead they had, and it also seemed logical - the perfect place for Looten Plunder to imprison Linka.
"Hey!" Some one called out and began to jog towards the Planeteers.
"Yes?" Kwame asked.
"Are you Linka Pquetrakova's friends?" asked the dark haired girl.
"Yes, we are. Do you know where she is?" Wheeler asked, concern in his eyes.
The girl smiled, her red-toned lips twisted in an almost-smirk. "Da, she is fine. Off with Nikolai. The two are inseparable when Linka is home."
Gi and Ma-ti looked at Wheeler with unmasked pity.
"I am Tatiana, Linka's friend. Wheeler, Linka has mentioned you. Come with me to Linka's grandmother's house and you can see her." Tatiana flipped her hair. Linka had been missing all day. But this was a hot guy - Linka would turn up somewhere soon.
"No, we really need to go and see the mine demonstration," Kwame said firmly, seeing right through Tatiana's act.
Without another word, Kwame lead the rest of the Planeteers towards the mine. Ma-ti, Gi and Wheeler turned questioningly to Kwame.
"She was lying about Linka; she is not a friend," Kwame said confidently.
None of the others had a chance to reply. They saw the demonstration. Looten Plunder stood on a makeshift stage, smiling.
The mine was crammed full of huge drums and garbage. . . And explosives. There was a huge steel door that would close over the entrance to the mine. . .
"Stop!" Ma-ti yelled.
People went silent as the Planeteers shoved their way through the crowd to get to the stage.
Nadia spied the Planeteers, recognizing their similar clothing to Linka's and from their photographs. Then Nadia felt cold all over. Where was Linka? It was obvious to Nadia that the American boy was more than friends with her grand-daughter, and if they both felt the same way (which Nadia, after seeing Wheeler, was positive of), they should be somewhere secluded, doing what young people did, rather than having her grand-daughter missing and her prospective boyfriend interrupting Mr Plunder's assembly.
"What did you do to the mines?" Gi yelled.
"I purchased them," Looten said. "Is that a problem?"
"It is if you intend to turn the mines into a waste pit," Ma-ti retorted.
"Where's Linka?" was all Wheeler said.
Then the old lady in the front row caught his eye. She had heard his last statement and looked almost panicked. She had grey hair in a tight bun, and wore a long dress. Her eyes were completely black from where Wheeler stood and she almost creeped him out with her distress.
"Linka? Oh, the other Eco-Brat," Looten Plunder nodded. "I haven't see her."
"Liar," Wheeler stated flatly.
"I've made sure she'll never make trouble for me again."
*~*~*~*~*~*
Linka was tired. She was bitterly freezing, she was on edge and she was scared. She'd been tired up in there for hours, and she'd only loosened her wrist ropes enough so that she could feel them. Now her legs had fallen asleep. And the lantern was almost burnt out. And snow was falling on her head and, now she was wet.
Leaning backwards, Linka closed her eyes. She felt totally drained, and her Communicator hadn't registered any new messages, probably wasn't even on because of the lack of any light.
And there was a horrible cracking noise. Linka jumped with horror and fright. The far left corner had shattered, and a huge coal cart had fallen through the floor, and everything was tilting towards the hole.
*C'mon, Wheeler,* Linka squeezed her eyes shut. *I really need help.*
*~*~*~*~*~*
"Leave Mr Plunder alone!" yelled someone in the crowd. "He is doing us a favour!"
"He isn't! He will dump toxic chemicals in the pit and it will effect the land! Soon, you will all get sick and die from the fumes. It will seep into the earth and your gardens!" Kwame yelled.
'He will make this town rich!" cried another voice.
"Is that all you care about?" Gi shouted. "Money? Being rich?"
"Why does the land matter if we are rich?" came a voice. "If we have money we will not need the land."
The Planeteers glanced at each other. "We need to find Linka, she can convince them," Ma-ti said.
"We've finished loading the mine, sir," Bleak called. "We're shutting the door."
"Ma-ti, use your ring and try and find Linka," Wheeler urged.
"Heart." Ma-ti's eyes closed and he tuned into Linka's thoughts. "Yes, she is here. In the mines."
They watched as Bleak and several more of Plunder's men managed to shut the huge steel door. Then Ma-ti focused on Tatiana. Pushing Kwame's previous comments about Tatiana's lies about Linka, he jumped off the stage and ran towards her.
"Tatiana!" Ma-ti called. She turned around. "Linka is trapped in the mine. She's going to be blown up!"
Tatiana stared at Ma-ti for a moment and turned to walk away.
The other three caught up with Ma-ti. "What did she say?" Wheeler asked.
"Nothing."
Suddenly, something gripped Wheeler's arm. The old lady with the grey hair and dark eyes.
"My grand-daughter," she said, fear in her eyes.
Mishka saw his grandmother badgering some random people and went to calm her down. "Nonna, Linka will be fine."
"Linka?" Gi asked. "Do you know where she is?"
"Nyet. You are her friends? Nikolai and Tatiana say she is fine but she is not; I know it," Nadia babbled.
The Planeteers exchanged looks. "Try and communicate with Linka, we need to call Captain Planet!"
"Heart!"
*~*~*~*~*~*
Linka was vaguely panicked. She was alone in a mine, the floor was crumbling and.she was wet. Stupid snow.
/Linka/, Linka froze, hearing Ma-ti's voice. /We need to call Captain Planet. Can you?/
Linka sat up fast, to look around for an opening to the sky or something. One of the ropes caught on a loose nail and it broke away a little. And some more snow fell.
Linka looked up.
/Da, I can./
*~*~*~*~*~*
Ma-ti's eyes opened and he nodded at Kwame.
"Then let our powers combine. Earth!"
"Fire!"
*~*~*~*~*~*
Linka pulled her arm away and aimed her ring to the small gap in the roof. "Wind!"
*~*~*~*~*~*
Gi saw Linka's power meet the other two. "Water!"
"Heart!"
"By your powers combined, I am Captain Planet!" The green haired superhero flew in the air.
"Go Planet!"
In a split second, Captain Planet had evaluated the situation. He saw Bleak fumble for the matches to light the explosives.
Flying towards the mound above the mine and plunged into the thin layer of earth, and into the cave-like room Linka was trapped in.
"You looked tied up, Linka," Captain Planet joked, grabbing her and successfully pulling her free of the restraints. Flying outside the mine via the roof, Captain Planet and Linka were only just clear of the mound when the explosives detonated.
*~*~*~*~*~*
AN: Oooh, suspense (more what Linka and Wheeler will say to each other, than anything else.) Hope your loving this, and the next chapter will be the last I think (depending on how the next chapter goes, there might possibly be a sixth.)
*~*~*~*~*~*~* The four Planeteers ran towards the mines; it was the only lead they had, and it also seemed logical - the perfect place for Looten Plunder to imprison Linka.
"Hey!" Some one called out and began to jog towards the Planeteers.
"Yes?" Kwame asked.
"Are you Linka Pquetrakova's friends?" asked the dark haired girl.
"Yes, we are. Do you know where she is?" Wheeler asked, concern in his eyes.
The girl smiled, her red-toned lips twisted in an almost-smirk. "Da, she is fine. Off with Nikolai. The two are inseparable when Linka is home."
Gi and Ma-ti looked at Wheeler with unmasked pity.
"I am Tatiana, Linka's friend. Wheeler, Linka has mentioned you. Come with me to Linka's grandmother's house and you can see her." Tatiana flipped her hair. Linka had been missing all day. But this was a hot guy - Linka would turn up somewhere soon.
"No, we really need to go and see the mine demonstration," Kwame said firmly, seeing right through Tatiana's act.
Without another word, Kwame lead the rest of the Planeteers towards the mine. Ma-ti, Gi and Wheeler turned questioningly to Kwame.
"She was lying about Linka; she is not a friend," Kwame said confidently.
None of the others had a chance to reply. They saw the demonstration. Looten Plunder stood on a makeshift stage, smiling.
The mine was crammed full of huge drums and garbage. . . And explosives. There was a huge steel door that would close over the entrance to the mine. . .
"Stop!" Ma-ti yelled.
People went silent as the Planeteers shoved their way through the crowd to get to the stage.
Nadia spied the Planeteers, recognizing their similar clothing to Linka's and from their photographs. Then Nadia felt cold all over. Where was Linka? It was obvious to Nadia that the American boy was more than friends with her grand-daughter, and if they both felt the same way (which Nadia, after seeing Wheeler, was positive of), they should be somewhere secluded, doing what young people did, rather than having her grand-daughter missing and her prospective boyfriend interrupting Mr Plunder's assembly.
"What did you do to the mines?" Gi yelled.
"I purchased them," Looten said. "Is that a problem?"
"It is if you intend to turn the mines into a waste pit," Ma-ti retorted.
"Where's Linka?" was all Wheeler said.
Then the old lady in the front row caught his eye. She had heard his last statement and looked almost panicked. She had grey hair in a tight bun, and wore a long dress. Her eyes were completely black from where Wheeler stood and she almost creeped him out with her distress.
"Linka? Oh, the other Eco-Brat," Looten Plunder nodded. "I haven't see her."
"Liar," Wheeler stated flatly.
"I've made sure she'll never make trouble for me again."
*~*~*~*~*~*
Linka was tired. She was bitterly freezing, she was on edge and she was scared. She'd been tired up in there for hours, and she'd only loosened her wrist ropes enough so that she could feel them. Now her legs had fallen asleep. And the lantern was almost burnt out. And snow was falling on her head and, now she was wet.
Leaning backwards, Linka closed her eyes. She felt totally drained, and her Communicator hadn't registered any new messages, probably wasn't even on because of the lack of any light.
And there was a horrible cracking noise. Linka jumped with horror and fright. The far left corner had shattered, and a huge coal cart had fallen through the floor, and everything was tilting towards the hole.
*C'mon, Wheeler,* Linka squeezed her eyes shut. *I really need help.*
*~*~*~*~*~*
"Leave Mr Plunder alone!" yelled someone in the crowd. "He is doing us a favour!"
"He isn't! He will dump toxic chemicals in the pit and it will effect the land! Soon, you will all get sick and die from the fumes. It will seep into the earth and your gardens!" Kwame yelled.
'He will make this town rich!" cried another voice.
"Is that all you care about?" Gi shouted. "Money? Being rich?"
"Why does the land matter if we are rich?" came a voice. "If we have money we will not need the land."
The Planeteers glanced at each other. "We need to find Linka, she can convince them," Ma-ti said.
"We've finished loading the mine, sir," Bleak called. "We're shutting the door."
"Ma-ti, use your ring and try and find Linka," Wheeler urged.
"Heart." Ma-ti's eyes closed and he tuned into Linka's thoughts. "Yes, she is here. In the mines."
They watched as Bleak and several more of Plunder's men managed to shut the huge steel door. Then Ma-ti focused on Tatiana. Pushing Kwame's previous comments about Tatiana's lies about Linka, he jumped off the stage and ran towards her.
"Tatiana!" Ma-ti called. She turned around. "Linka is trapped in the mine. She's going to be blown up!"
Tatiana stared at Ma-ti for a moment and turned to walk away.
The other three caught up with Ma-ti. "What did she say?" Wheeler asked.
"Nothing."
Suddenly, something gripped Wheeler's arm. The old lady with the grey hair and dark eyes.
"My grand-daughter," she said, fear in her eyes.
Mishka saw his grandmother badgering some random people and went to calm her down. "Nonna, Linka will be fine."
"Linka?" Gi asked. "Do you know where she is?"
"Nyet. You are her friends? Nikolai and Tatiana say she is fine but she is not; I know it," Nadia babbled.
The Planeteers exchanged looks. "Try and communicate with Linka, we need to call Captain Planet!"
"Heart!"
*~*~*~*~*~*
Linka was vaguely panicked. She was alone in a mine, the floor was crumbling and.she was wet. Stupid snow.
/Linka/, Linka froze, hearing Ma-ti's voice. /We need to call Captain Planet. Can you?/
Linka sat up fast, to look around for an opening to the sky or something. One of the ropes caught on a loose nail and it broke away a little. And some more snow fell.
Linka looked up.
/Da, I can./
*~*~*~*~*~*
Ma-ti's eyes opened and he nodded at Kwame.
"Then let our powers combine. Earth!"
"Fire!"
*~*~*~*~*~*
Linka pulled her arm away and aimed her ring to the small gap in the roof. "Wind!"
*~*~*~*~*~*
Gi saw Linka's power meet the other two. "Water!"
"Heart!"
"By your powers combined, I am Captain Planet!" The green haired superhero flew in the air.
"Go Planet!"
In a split second, Captain Planet had evaluated the situation. He saw Bleak fumble for the matches to light the explosives.
Flying towards the mound above the mine and plunged into the thin layer of earth, and into the cave-like room Linka was trapped in.
"You looked tied up, Linka," Captain Planet joked, grabbing her and successfully pulling her free of the restraints. Flying outside the mine via the roof, Captain Planet and Linka were only just clear of the mound when the explosives detonated.
*~*~*~*~*~*
AN: Oooh, suspense (more what Linka and Wheeler will say to each other, than anything else.) Hope your loving this, and the next chapter will be the last I think (depending on how the next chapter goes, there might possibly be a sixth.)