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Disclaimer:I only own Bakira, the Rio Vanesco, The Flame Flowers, Lime Green, Bog's Bowling, Discus Drew', Car'Khl, and a bunch of other stiff. But no AF people!
Chapter 8
"M-m-mud fairy!" Trouble exclaimed.
The teenager rolled her eyes. "Yeah, I get that allot." She sighed. "But I haven't seen the light of day in a while. I've been prisoner here for days. My parents are probably worried sick!"
"How did you get here?" Trouble asked.
"Well," Bakira began. "I was sitting on the steps of my Georgia home when I was just...taken."
Trouble frowned. "Did they tell you why you're here?"
Bakira sat on the plastic bench coming out from the cell wall. "Because I have Bast's Power. What about you?"
Trouble was left silent. Why did she take him and not Holly? What was special about him? "I don't know." He replied finally.
Bakira nodded and Captain Kelp saw a sadness in her eyes. A deep depression, like not knowing your fate or where to go. A lost feeling and longing hope.
Bakira did not seem like the person you wanted to get angry or meet on a dark night.
Trouble sat next to her. Bakira gave a deep growl when she thought he had gotten too close and the Kelp quickly inched away.
Trouble then noticed a large scar on her right forearm. It looked recent.
"Where is that from?" he asked softly.
Bakira gave a small shudder. "From a...knife. When I first used Bast's Power on that woman, she sliced me with a knife that came out of her hand." She pointed to her palms. "I come from a very poor family. Sorry if I sound a bit uneducated to you."
The captain was caught off guard. "No, not at all. My dad's dead and my mom's in a mental institution but that's about as pitiful as I get."
Bakira gasped. "Oh, that has to be hard. Living without a dad."
Trouble shook his head. "No. I never liked him much. He didn't have a single bit of faith in me. Not one bit."
"And your mother?"
Trouble shrugged. "She's more to my brother, Grub. She's in an institution because se hates Opal Koboi. Long story."
Bakira shrugged. "Tell me. We've got nothing better to do."
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Holly gasped at her ankle. The birthmark was glowing bright red.
"As expected." Artemis stated.
Holly stared at him.
Artemis shrugged. "I like to keep up with fairy history and technology."
His phone rang and he opened it. Foaly put it on the loudspeaker
"Hello Butler." He said.
"Butler who? This is Koboi!" cackled a voice on the other end.
Artemis groaned. "How did you get this number?" But he already knew the answer. She was Opal Koboi after all.
Opal noticed this. "Never mind that, Mud Boy. What I want is for you two to come to Lime Green tomorrow night. Yes, both of you. You and Holly. Come down to lower layers. Give me Holly, I'll give you Kelp. Or give me some sort of sacrifice, but I want Short as well."
Holly gasped. What was she doing to Trouble?
"Fine." Holly replied. "We will see you tomorrow at nine." Foaly disconnected the phone. Artemis did not speak. He would not argue, for he knew what had to be done.
Foaly was clicking away at his computer grinning. After a few minutes, Trouble and a girl Holly did not recognize were visible through the security camera.
"Stand over on that pad." Foaly told Holly and she did so. In Trouble's cell, a hologram Holly appeared.
"Holly!" he exclaimed and ran towards her. But it was only a transmitter.
Holly looked at Bakira in uncertainty. " Who's that?"
Trouble smiled. "Bakira, my cell mate. She's got something called Bast's Power."
Holly was relieved to see no bruises on her friend, but got straight to business.
"Trouble, you're under Lime Green and Opal Koboi is your captor."
Trouble's jaw dropped. "Are you serious? I'm only a few miles away from you! I thought we were in Howler's Peak!" Joy flooded his body. They were only in Lime Green, barely seven miles from Police Plaza.
Bakira hung in the shadows and watched the conversation.
"And Juliet?" Trouble said softly.
Holly rolled her eyes. "She's fine. But she told me that she's decided you guys should just be friends."
Trouble shrugged. "A real shame too. She was a looker."
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Things looked good for Car'Khl. A bunch of gold, the smell of defeat, the adventure. And getting to look at Koboi constantly was an added bonus.
But sitting in Spud's Spud Emporium disguised as a lowlife gnome never made anybody keep their chin up.
Two sprites walked into the door. They stopped at a booth and were both talking excitedly.
"Yeah, the Kelps are fallin' apart. Ol' Ann goin' whacko and Trub's gettin' kidnapped. Them is not a happy family no more."
The other nodded. "Greenstine's either. Yeah, the mom's half Mud Maid but you got to admit. Nice people."
"Poor Bakniria. Been 'napped up too. What is it with them crimes rates nowadays?" the hoboish one replied.
The educated one sighed. "Yes. Old man Greenstine must be freaking out."
Car'Khl listened to this closely. Bad news traveled fast.
A/N SORRY my chapters are short lately. I'm working late and I have a small case of writers block. But it's almost gone.
And I have been getting lackey on the reviews because I'm working on a Milla talon-Hand costume! Yippee!
Milla-Talon-Hand
Disclaimer:I only own Bakira, the Rio Vanesco, The Flame Flowers, Lime Green, Bog's Bowling, Discus Drew', Car'Khl, and a bunch of other stiff. But no AF people!
Chapter 8
"M-m-mud fairy!" Trouble exclaimed.
The teenager rolled her eyes. "Yeah, I get that allot." She sighed. "But I haven't seen the light of day in a while. I've been prisoner here for days. My parents are probably worried sick!"
"How did you get here?" Trouble asked.
"Well," Bakira began. "I was sitting on the steps of my Georgia home when I was just...taken."
Trouble frowned. "Did they tell you why you're here?"
Bakira sat on the plastic bench coming out from the cell wall. "Because I have Bast's Power. What about you?"
Trouble was left silent. Why did she take him and not Holly? What was special about him? "I don't know." He replied finally.
Bakira nodded and Captain Kelp saw a sadness in her eyes. A deep depression, like not knowing your fate or where to go. A lost feeling and longing hope.
Bakira did not seem like the person you wanted to get angry or meet on a dark night.
Trouble sat next to her. Bakira gave a deep growl when she thought he had gotten too close and the Kelp quickly inched away.
Trouble then noticed a large scar on her right forearm. It looked recent.
"Where is that from?" he asked softly.
Bakira gave a small shudder. "From a...knife. When I first used Bast's Power on that woman, she sliced me with a knife that came out of her hand." She pointed to her palms. "I come from a very poor family. Sorry if I sound a bit uneducated to you."
The captain was caught off guard. "No, not at all. My dad's dead and my mom's in a mental institution but that's about as pitiful as I get."
Bakira gasped. "Oh, that has to be hard. Living without a dad."
Trouble shook his head. "No. I never liked him much. He didn't have a single bit of faith in me. Not one bit."
"And your mother?"
Trouble shrugged. "She's more to my brother, Grub. She's in an institution because se hates Opal Koboi. Long story."
Bakira shrugged. "Tell me. We've got nothing better to do."
** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** *** *** **
Holly gasped at her ankle. The birthmark was glowing bright red.
"As expected." Artemis stated.
Holly stared at him.
Artemis shrugged. "I like to keep up with fairy history and technology."
His phone rang and he opened it. Foaly put it on the loudspeaker
"Hello Butler." He said.
"Butler who? This is Koboi!" cackled a voice on the other end.
Artemis groaned. "How did you get this number?" But he already knew the answer. She was Opal Koboi after all.
Opal noticed this. "Never mind that, Mud Boy. What I want is for you two to come to Lime Green tomorrow night. Yes, both of you. You and Holly. Come down to lower layers. Give me Holly, I'll give you Kelp. Or give me some sort of sacrifice, but I want Short as well."
Holly gasped. What was she doing to Trouble?
"Fine." Holly replied. "We will see you tomorrow at nine." Foaly disconnected the phone. Artemis did not speak. He would not argue, for he knew what had to be done.
Foaly was clicking away at his computer grinning. After a few minutes, Trouble and a girl Holly did not recognize were visible through the security camera.
"Stand over on that pad." Foaly told Holly and she did so. In Trouble's cell, a hologram Holly appeared.
"Holly!" he exclaimed and ran towards her. But it was only a transmitter.
Holly looked at Bakira in uncertainty. " Who's that?"
Trouble smiled. "Bakira, my cell mate. She's got something called Bast's Power."
Holly was relieved to see no bruises on her friend, but got straight to business.
"Trouble, you're under Lime Green and Opal Koboi is your captor."
Trouble's jaw dropped. "Are you serious? I'm only a few miles away from you! I thought we were in Howler's Peak!" Joy flooded his body. They were only in Lime Green, barely seven miles from Police Plaza.
Bakira hung in the shadows and watched the conversation.
"And Juliet?" Trouble said softly.
Holly rolled her eyes. "She's fine. But she told me that she's decided you guys should just be friends."
Trouble shrugged. "A real shame too. She was a looker."
** ** ** ** *** ** ** **** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** **
Things looked good for Car'Khl. A bunch of gold, the smell of defeat, the adventure. And getting to look at Koboi constantly was an added bonus.
But sitting in Spud's Spud Emporium disguised as a lowlife gnome never made anybody keep their chin up.
Two sprites walked into the door. They stopped at a booth and were both talking excitedly.
"Yeah, the Kelps are fallin' apart. Ol' Ann goin' whacko and Trub's gettin' kidnapped. Them is not a happy family no more."
The other nodded. "Greenstine's either. Yeah, the mom's half Mud Maid but you got to admit. Nice people."
"Poor Bakniria. Been 'napped up too. What is it with them crimes rates nowadays?" the hoboish one replied.
The educated one sighed. "Yes. Old man Greenstine must be freaking out."
Car'Khl listened to this closely. Bad news traveled fast.
A/N SORRY my chapters are short lately. I'm working late and I have a small case of writers block. But it's almost gone.
And I have been getting lackey on the reviews because I'm working on a Milla talon-Hand costume! Yippee!
Milla-Talon-Hand