Chapter 10; Speculation
"AH!"
Holly woke up to hear Alan's shocked and angry cry. Everyone was woke up by it, and they all saw exactly what it was that had made Alan scream as soon as they opened their eyes. The wagon was still there, but the horses were gone and so was the pieces of the holy mirror. Those weren't the only things gone, so was the twins. Everyone was speechless for a moment before Alan finally screamed.
"THOSE LITTLE BRATS!!!"
"Y-You think Senki and Genki did this?" Colt looked shocked.
"There is no way Genki would..." Tiger began in denial.
"No way he would huh?' Alan pointed towards the missing horses. "I think that he *did* ! Your friend and his brother just robbed our sorry assess! I can't believe we fell for their 'Oh, we were kidnapped from our home by a mean scary monster, and we want to help you.' crap! Ah! What morons we were!"
"Genki would not betray us chi!" Mocchi growled at Alan angrily.
"He was acting strange." Hare frowned hurt as he thought about Genki's behaviour. "Maybe that wasn't really Genki."
"What do you mean Hare?" Suzo arched his eye confused. "It looked like Genki to me."
"Just think about it. They said they were brought hear by Deyarteb, doesn't it strike you as odd that both got away from one of the most powerful baddies ever relatively unharmed, and it's even odder that Deyarteb or any of his followers would put stones in their bodies to make them even stronger, and hear is the real confusing part. We all know how desperate Deyarteb is to get the completed mirror, why would he let them escape so easily with both a piece of it and the power plate? It seems that during their escape with the iron bird that they did not even run into him, only his follower Lain who was rather weak against the new powers Deyarteb gave them. Oh, and why would Deyarteb after trying to bring Genki over to his side, why would he leave Genki alone in that room where Senki could easily get to him, or where he could wake up and escape. It almost sounds as though..."
"Deyarteb *wanted* them to get away." Tiger concluded. "But why?"
"That Tiger is a million gold question. One theory is that maybe Deyarteb tricked us. Maybe those are just two more of his followers taking the guise of Genki and Senki...maybe a real Senki doesn't even exist, Genki never mentioned having a brother last time he was hear." "So your saying we were tricked by two doppelgangers?" Colt blinked confused.
"That is a theory but..."
"But, chi?"
"But that does not add up well. If Deyarteb took so much care in finding a Genki double to deceive us then I find he would of gotten him to act more in character. I also don't see the reason he would have in making him a twin brother either. Senki only weakens the doppelganger theory."
"How come?" Tiger, despite himself, looked slightly interested in Hare's theory..
"Well, think about it. If those two were actors then wouldn't Deyarteb of picked the stronger of them to play Genki's role. The Genki we knew was energetic, hyper, cheerful, but the Genki we met yesterday was weak, sickly and gloomy while Senki was healthy. If they were actors it would make more sense for Deyarteb to of cast the healthy twin as Genki and the sickly one as Senki instead of the other way around, which means that it must really of been Genki and Senki last night."
"So all in all this leads back to them just being brats." Alan concluded temperedly.
"Hold on. The other theory is that maybe those stones embedded inside of them did something to them, maybe they are being controlled like zombies by Deyarteb, which would explain Genki's detached attitude and, well despite being the healthy one, Senki isn't exactly the life of the party either."
"So their being controlled?"
"Maybe. Another thing that is on my mind is that...well..." Hare looked a little uncomfortable with what he was about to say.
Holly felt a sick feeling in her stomach. She refused to believe that Genki would do such a thing to them. He couldn't of...he wouldn't of....he was there friend.... "Well." Hare finally continued. "It strikes me as very odd that in both of those great massacres the twins were present, but not only that but..."
"But...?"
"In each case, Genki and Senki were separated from each other. I don't know if that has any importance but...it's strange."
"Genki would not steal from us no matter what chi!" Mocchi looked pissed off at hoe this whole conversation had went. "He and Senki were probably kidnapped by baddies, chi!"
"Get real!" Alan scolded. "Kidnapped with no commotion what so ever? Oh, and why would the baddies take our horses, huh? Can you tell me that?"
"Alan stop it." Holly's voice was quite but it was spoken in a way that quieted everyone. She was clutching her skirt in her fists, fighting to hold back tears that were threatening to fall from her eyes. Just the mere thought that Genki had betrayed them caused her heart to ache in her chest. She refused to believe that it was true, still she could not deny the facts but...there had to be another explanation for it. There just had to be. "Let's just go find them, and let's hear what they have to say for themselves about it."
"But Holly..."
"I know in my heart that Genki would not turn his back on us. I believed in him back then, and I still believe in him now. Even if he has changed, he is still our and always will be our friend."
"AH!"
Holly woke up to hear Alan's shocked and angry cry. Everyone was woke up by it, and they all saw exactly what it was that had made Alan scream as soon as they opened their eyes. The wagon was still there, but the horses were gone and so was the pieces of the holy mirror. Those weren't the only things gone, so was the twins. Everyone was speechless for a moment before Alan finally screamed.
"THOSE LITTLE BRATS!!!"
"Y-You think Senki and Genki did this?" Colt looked shocked.
"There is no way Genki would..." Tiger began in denial.
"No way he would huh?' Alan pointed towards the missing horses. "I think that he *did* ! Your friend and his brother just robbed our sorry assess! I can't believe we fell for their 'Oh, we were kidnapped from our home by a mean scary monster, and we want to help you.' crap! Ah! What morons we were!"
"Genki would not betray us chi!" Mocchi growled at Alan angrily.
"He was acting strange." Hare frowned hurt as he thought about Genki's behaviour. "Maybe that wasn't really Genki."
"What do you mean Hare?" Suzo arched his eye confused. "It looked like Genki to me."
"Just think about it. They said they were brought hear by Deyarteb, doesn't it strike you as odd that both got away from one of the most powerful baddies ever relatively unharmed, and it's even odder that Deyarteb or any of his followers would put stones in their bodies to make them even stronger, and hear is the real confusing part. We all know how desperate Deyarteb is to get the completed mirror, why would he let them escape so easily with both a piece of it and the power plate? It seems that during their escape with the iron bird that they did not even run into him, only his follower Lain who was rather weak against the new powers Deyarteb gave them. Oh, and why would Deyarteb after trying to bring Genki over to his side, why would he leave Genki alone in that room where Senki could easily get to him, or where he could wake up and escape. It almost sounds as though..."
"Deyarteb *wanted* them to get away." Tiger concluded. "But why?"
"That Tiger is a million gold question. One theory is that maybe Deyarteb tricked us. Maybe those are just two more of his followers taking the guise of Genki and Senki...maybe a real Senki doesn't even exist, Genki never mentioned having a brother last time he was hear." "So your saying we were tricked by two doppelgangers?" Colt blinked confused.
"That is a theory but..."
"But, chi?"
"But that does not add up well. If Deyarteb took so much care in finding a Genki double to deceive us then I find he would of gotten him to act more in character. I also don't see the reason he would have in making him a twin brother either. Senki only weakens the doppelganger theory."
"How come?" Tiger, despite himself, looked slightly interested in Hare's theory..
"Well, think about it. If those two were actors then wouldn't Deyarteb of picked the stronger of them to play Genki's role. The Genki we knew was energetic, hyper, cheerful, but the Genki we met yesterday was weak, sickly and gloomy while Senki was healthy. If they were actors it would make more sense for Deyarteb to of cast the healthy twin as Genki and the sickly one as Senki instead of the other way around, which means that it must really of been Genki and Senki last night."
"So all in all this leads back to them just being brats." Alan concluded temperedly.
"Hold on. The other theory is that maybe those stones embedded inside of them did something to them, maybe they are being controlled like zombies by Deyarteb, which would explain Genki's detached attitude and, well despite being the healthy one, Senki isn't exactly the life of the party either."
"So their being controlled?"
"Maybe. Another thing that is on my mind is that...well..." Hare looked a little uncomfortable with what he was about to say.
Holly felt a sick feeling in her stomach. She refused to believe that Genki would do such a thing to them. He couldn't of...he wouldn't of....he was there friend.... "Well." Hare finally continued. "It strikes me as very odd that in both of those great massacres the twins were present, but not only that but..."
"But...?"
"In each case, Genki and Senki were separated from each other. I don't know if that has any importance but...it's strange."
"Genki would not steal from us no matter what chi!" Mocchi looked pissed off at hoe this whole conversation had went. "He and Senki were probably kidnapped by baddies, chi!"
"Get real!" Alan scolded. "Kidnapped with no commotion what so ever? Oh, and why would the baddies take our horses, huh? Can you tell me that?"
"Alan stop it." Holly's voice was quite but it was spoken in a way that quieted everyone. She was clutching her skirt in her fists, fighting to hold back tears that were threatening to fall from her eyes. Just the mere thought that Genki had betrayed them caused her heart to ache in her chest. She refused to believe that it was true, still she could not deny the facts but...there had to be another explanation for it. There just had to be. "Let's just go find them, and let's hear what they have to say for themselves about it."
"But Holly..."
"I know in my heart that Genki would not turn his back on us. I believed in him back then, and I still believe in him now. Even if he has changed, he is still our and always will be our friend."