Chapter 10: Caught
The morning came. The sky outside was remarkably clear and bright. The cool winter sun covered the snow with flashing light, enough light to hurt the eyes.
Ivan was up as usual, having man to man conversations with Picard. Sheba was soundly sleeping. Picard was telling him Sheba would get mad if wakened up early.
He told him the time when Felix accidentally tripped over her when he was sleep walking and how he received a strong jolt the next morning.
Sheba woke up on her own and saw the two sitting around and talking.
" Good morning guys." Sheba yawned and fell out of bed.
" Good morning Shebs," Picard replied, "had a good sleep?"
" In fact I did." Sheba nodded slightly and looked out the window.
" Hiss!" Sheba let out a cat like hiss as the sun and snow blinded her.
She quickly turned around, " it's very bright outside..too bright for me."
" Cat." Ivan mumbled.
" And a feisty one too." Picard snickered under his breath.
" Excuse me!? What did you say?" Sheba scolded back at the two, who were sweatdropping.
"Nothing...we are just talking about this feisty ugly cat that came to my door when I was little and how my uncle caught it and ate it for dinner." Picard tried to make his backstabbing story make sense,
" really my uncle likes to eat cats."
" Very unlikely," She hit the two guys up side the head softly," why couldn't have Jenna or at least another one of my kind be with me on this escort?"
" We can try and act like it."
" No that's all right, where's breakfast?" She wondered.
" I'll cook some for you. What do you want?" Picard got up and went to go prepare breakfast for Sheba, " me and Ivan already had ours."
" Just give me the usual, you know like back in the day."
" Okay, as you wish." Picard got a quick start on cooking her breakfast.
She tried not to look at Ivan, or she would start blushing red all over her face. She said nothing and stared into space.
After breakfast all three of them went across the flat snow covered valley. A ring of mountains surrounded the valley. A few small forests laid nestled at the bottom of the mountain ring.
Picard showed them the shortcut he was talking about earlier. It was a cavern in the far northern end of the valley. With reveal, they were able to see better in the dark cavern.
The cave was narrow and small. It was made centuries ago to get pass through the uncharted areas of the mountain. The sound of small waterfalls rushing silently through the cave bounced off the walls of the cave.
Ice crystals hanged from the cave roof in different colors, just like the auroras of Imil.
"Shh.... I hear something." Picard stopped to listen to some odd noises, " it sounds like humans, someone's here."
Before the Jupiter Adepts could respond, five Tolbi officers zapped both of Ivan and Sheba's psynergy with a strange looking device.
" Picard get outta here, save yourself!" Sheba yelled as she was grabbed and pulled away from him. The soldiers heard this and quickly searched were they got caught.
Fortunately, Picard cloaked himself with the cloak ball that Isaac let him keep.
He followed the troops in the large center of the cave. Ivan was captured as well, since he was going to be executed for taking Tolbi's most valuable hostage.
"You stupid children." The Tolbi soldier pushed them both into a small jail cell. " Once lord Babi gets confirmation of your capture, you will both die."
"You won't get away with this." Sheba snapped seriously, " as the child of the gods you will be deeply punished for you evil deeds."
"Silence you stupid slut!"
" Don't call her a slut!" Ivan pelt the soldier with a rock." Don't underestimate her power!"
"Why you little...." The soldier struck a knife through the cell bars, but another soldier grabbed his arm, "stop! If you kill them now they will become useless!"
" You're right, let's use them first." The soldier went back to his post.
" I hope Picard come quickly. I don't like the sound of this." Sheba whispered into his ear since she didn't have any psynergy left to use mind read.
" I won't let them hurt you. Picard will come, I can feel it." Ivan whispered back.
" I'm scared Ivan." Sheba held onto his arm. " What if they do something bad to use now?"
Ivan grasped her hand, " nothing will happen to us, don't worry about it."
Picard saw his chance to save them. He sneaked in near the jail cell. The guard was alert. Picard estimated that there was at least 15 soldiers in the area alone.
He began his attack. With his psynergy he used frost onto an unexpected soldier, which froze him solid. The other soldiers gasped and trembled with fear as they saw one of their soldiers all the sudden frozen without warning.
They surrounded the frosted pillar as Picard planned. Then he summoned a wall of water came splashing in on them. With the help of glacier, all of the soldiers became frozen.
" Now for the weapons." Picard snatched the 2 rods and the Ivan's sword and came dashing towards the jail cell.
" Here you two!" Picard opened the jail cells with the key he took from the frozen guard. He tossed two psynergy stones to them. He then gave them their weapons.
" They've escaped! Get them!" The commander barked and about twice as many soldiers came darting in.
"over here you guys!" Sheba saw wingless dragon like raptors. The creatures had small triangle shaped ears. Two small horns stuck out at each side of the monster's head and a smaller horn between its nostrils. The creature was about the size of a horse.
" Wow, Oradons!" Ivan hopped onto one, " I used to see these everywhere in Xian!"
" There great for transportation and very friendly too!" Sheba quickly used telepathy between her and the animals and told them their situation.
" They understand what's going on, let's hurry!" Sheba tugged on the reins and rode off with the others.
" This way leads us out!" Picard took the lead," these guys are pretty fast."
" There not usually this fast, but I'm sure they went trough training in Tolbi." Sheba said, controlling the Oradon with ease.
A/N: BAKOOM! all done! You never know when I and my buddy Ultros will appear!...as long as you don't tease the octopus kids...
The morning came. The sky outside was remarkably clear and bright. The cool winter sun covered the snow with flashing light, enough light to hurt the eyes.
Ivan was up as usual, having man to man conversations with Picard. Sheba was soundly sleeping. Picard was telling him Sheba would get mad if wakened up early.
He told him the time when Felix accidentally tripped over her when he was sleep walking and how he received a strong jolt the next morning.
Sheba woke up on her own and saw the two sitting around and talking.
" Good morning guys." Sheba yawned and fell out of bed.
" Good morning Shebs," Picard replied, "had a good sleep?"
" In fact I did." Sheba nodded slightly and looked out the window.
" Hiss!" Sheba let out a cat like hiss as the sun and snow blinded her.
She quickly turned around, " it's very bright outside..too bright for me."
" Cat." Ivan mumbled.
" And a feisty one too." Picard snickered under his breath.
" Excuse me!? What did you say?" Sheba scolded back at the two, who were sweatdropping.
"Nothing...we are just talking about this feisty ugly cat that came to my door when I was little and how my uncle caught it and ate it for dinner." Picard tried to make his backstabbing story make sense,
" really my uncle likes to eat cats."
" Very unlikely," She hit the two guys up side the head softly," why couldn't have Jenna or at least another one of my kind be with me on this escort?"
" We can try and act like it."
" No that's all right, where's breakfast?" She wondered.
" I'll cook some for you. What do you want?" Picard got up and went to go prepare breakfast for Sheba, " me and Ivan already had ours."
" Just give me the usual, you know like back in the day."
" Okay, as you wish." Picard got a quick start on cooking her breakfast.
She tried not to look at Ivan, or she would start blushing red all over her face. She said nothing and stared into space.
After breakfast all three of them went across the flat snow covered valley. A ring of mountains surrounded the valley. A few small forests laid nestled at the bottom of the mountain ring.
Picard showed them the shortcut he was talking about earlier. It was a cavern in the far northern end of the valley. With reveal, they were able to see better in the dark cavern.
The cave was narrow and small. It was made centuries ago to get pass through the uncharted areas of the mountain. The sound of small waterfalls rushing silently through the cave bounced off the walls of the cave.
Ice crystals hanged from the cave roof in different colors, just like the auroras of Imil.
"Shh.... I hear something." Picard stopped to listen to some odd noises, " it sounds like humans, someone's here."
Before the Jupiter Adepts could respond, five Tolbi officers zapped both of Ivan and Sheba's psynergy with a strange looking device.
" Picard get outta here, save yourself!" Sheba yelled as she was grabbed and pulled away from him. The soldiers heard this and quickly searched were they got caught.
Fortunately, Picard cloaked himself with the cloak ball that Isaac let him keep.
He followed the troops in the large center of the cave. Ivan was captured as well, since he was going to be executed for taking Tolbi's most valuable hostage.
"You stupid children." The Tolbi soldier pushed them both into a small jail cell. " Once lord Babi gets confirmation of your capture, you will both die."
"You won't get away with this." Sheba snapped seriously, " as the child of the gods you will be deeply punished for you evil deeds."
"Silence you stupid slut!"
" Don't call her a slut!" Ivan pelt the soldier with a rock." Don't underestimate her power!"
"Why you little...." The soldier struck a knife through the cell bars, but another soldier grabbed his arm, "stop! If you kill them now they will become useless!"
" You're right, let's use them first." The soldier went back to his post.
" I hope Picard come quickly. I don't like the sound of this." Sheba whispered into his ear since she didn't have any psynergy left to use mind read.
" I won't let them hurt you. Picard will come, I can feel it." Ivan whispered back.
" I'm scared Ivan." Sheba held onto his arm. " What if they do something bad to use now?"
Ivan grasped her hand, " nothing will happen to us, don't worry about it."
Picard saw his chance to save them. He sneaked in near the jail cell. The guard was alert. Picard estimated that there was at least 15 soldiers in the area alone.
He began his attack. With his psynergy he used frost onto an unexpected soldier, which froze him solid. The other soldiers gasped and trembled with fear as they saw one of their soldiers all the sudden frozen without warning.
They surrounded the frosted pillar as Picard planned. Then he summoned a wall of water came splashing in on them. With the help of glacier, all of the soldiers became frozen.
" Now for the weapons." Picard snatched the 2 rods and the Ivan's sword and came dashing towards the jail cell.
" Here you two!" Picard opened the jail cells with the key he took from the frozen guard. He tossed two psynergy stones to them. He then gave them their weapons.
" They've escaped! Get them!" The commander barked and about twice as many soldiers came darting in.
"over here you guys!" Sheba saw wingless dragon like raptors. The creatures had small triangle shaped ears. Two small horns stuck out at each side of the monster's head and a smaller horn between its nostrils. The creature was about the size of a horse.
" Wow, Oradons!" Ivan hopped onto one, " I used to see these everywhere in Xian!"
" There great for transportation and very friendly too!" Sheba quickly used telepathy between her and the animals and told them their situation.
" They understand what's going on, let's hurry!" Sheba tugged on the reins and rode off with the others.
" This way leads us out!" Picard took the lead," these guys are pretty fast."
" There not usually this fast, but I'm sure they went trough training in Tolbi." Sheba said, controlling the Oradon with ease.
A/N: BAKOOM! all done! You never know when I and my buddy Ultros will appear!...as long as you don't tease the octopus kids...