Chapter 33

"Not Again!"

Rosella entered the Petalburg Woods, and hadn't gone too far when she heard a bush rustle.  Rosella tensed up, and got ready to run, should she need to.  Rosella eyed the bush suspiciously for a few minutes.  Then Archie stepped out from behind it.

"Well, what a surprise!  I didn't expect to see you here."  Archie told me.

I backed away from him, startled.

Archie took a step towards me, and I took off running through the undergrowth that the woods were famous for.  At the rate I was traveling, it only took 5 minutes for me to reach a clearing, and when I did I wished that I had thought to run back towards Rustboro.  I thought this because when I ran out of the grass, I crashed into two Aqua Admins.  When they saw me, they grabbed me, and held me tightly until their boss arrived to deal with me.  About 10 minutes later, Archie emerged from the undergrowth, and came over to where the Admins were holding me captive.

"Boss, this is Rosella, is she not?"  One Admin asked.

"Yes, this is definitely Rosella."  Archie confirmed, after looking at me.

"Well, well, well.  What do we have here?  Little Rosella, that's who we have."  Archie said, trying to frighten Rosella as much as he possibly could.

I struggled to break free of the Admins' hold on me, but it was useless.

Archie saw me struggle because he said, "You're not getting away this time, my dear."

Now he turned to the Admins and said, "Take her back to base."

The Admins obliged, practically dragging me as we went.  Archie followed us closely behind, so that he would be able to grab me should I be able to break free.  In both ways, I was trapped.  There was no way that I was going to be able to escape from them.  They dragged me to the Petalburg Beach, and once there, they forced me to board their ship.  Once I was aboard, the Admins took me to a small room, and locked me in.  The room I was placed in only had a table and a chair in it.  This room had no windows.  Once again, I was trapped.  Now that I was safely stashed, the ship began to move.  I sat down in the chair, and prayed that Maxie would somehow get word that I was being held prisoner.  Their ship took me to their base near Lilycove.  Once there, the Admins forced me to stand, then they grabbed me, and led me off their ship and into their base.  I saw Archie briefly before he went to get something, which I assumed was intended for me.  While he was gone, one Admin released my arm, and the other Admin grabbed it so that I couldn't go anywhere.  The Admin, who had released my arm, went to get something, and he returned with them in a few minutes.  He returned with a chair and a long rope, and he set the chair in the middle of the room, while continuing to hold the rope.  The Admin, who was holding me, dragged me over to the chair, and forced me to sit.  I had no choice, but to sit.  The Admin continued to hold my arms tightly behind my back, until the second Admin cut a piece of rope and bound my wrists together.  Then he took the rest of the rope, and tied me to the chair.  Escape was out of the question.  I was frightened beyond belief.  A few minutes later, Archie returned with a potion.  The potion as it turned out was a sleep potion, though I didn't know that at the time.  All I did know was that he was holding something, and that it meant bad news for me.

Archie walked over to me and he said, "Revenge is so sweet when the victim is innocent."

The Admins all nodded, while wearing big grins.  I knew that I was in trouble, I just didn't know to what extent.  One Admin grabbed me to make me be still.  Since I was wiggling, trying to get loose.  Then the second Admin grabbed my mouth, and forced it open.  The Admin continued to hold my mouth open.  Archie now stepped forward with the potion in his hands.  The second Admin now leaned my head back.  Archie now poured the potion down my throat.  It was a rather bitter tasting potion, but it did its job and I knew no more.  The reason I knew no more of what happened to me was because the potion had put me to sleep.  I went limp against my bonds.  The Admins released their holds on me, and untied me.  Once I was untied, they lifted me up and handed me to Archie.  Archie took me from the Admins, and carried me to a cell.  Where Archie planned to hold me until he received the proper incentive for him to release me.  He took me in the cell, and laid me on a small cot.  Then he took a blanket, and covered me with it before he left me.