She wondered if they both had the same thing on their mind as she did. 'Will Elizabeth be okay?' She still remembered the brave being risking her life to save theirs. 'That was noble, and brave.' She wiped another tear as it formed in her eyes. She smiled weakly to herself.
Sloan looked at the small girl, and walked over. "She will be okay." He placed a hand on her shoulder, and smiled gently at the girl. Eliza smiled back.
Then a voice from behind asked a question. "Hey, Eliza?"
Eliza felt herself freeze. She knew that voice. It belonged to the same man who had tried to kill her earlier. She swifted around to see Nigel Thornberry, the evil one, standing behind her. He still had the same menacing expression, but his eyes told otherwise.
She nodded. "Yes?" The poacher scratched the back of his head uneasily.
'This is not going to be easy to say.' He told himself. He finally confronted the girl. "Uhmm...thanks for helping us out back there, and all."
Eliza's eyes glinted in surprise. She came back to reality and nodded her head again. "You're welcome." She smiled. Nigel lowered his head and smiled a little back. He wasn't used to this. Marianne and Debbie stood right beside him. They had the same smiling expression on their faces as well. They were grateful that Eliza had stuck up for them like that.
Debbie clasped her hands together. "I never knew anyone would do that!" She exclaimed, causing Eliza to cover her eyes due to loud noise. The teenager noticed this, and clasped her hand over her mouth. "Oops...sorry." Marianne rolled her eyes, and trotted over to the smaller girl. "Thanks, Eliza." She bent down, and helped her back up.
Eliza had fallen down a few seconds ago. Marianne was helping her up. Eliza didn't know what to say to the poachers except, "You're welcome."
It did take a few hours, but the Thornberry poachers were able to reach the hospital. Eliza, Sloan, and Bree were taken with them, since she wouldn't be alive if it weren't for them. Eliza was sitting down in the back, reading a magazine. It was one of those fashion magazines that Debbie liked to carry around during hunts. It was the only non-poaching readable item that they had which didn't involve dead animals or poachers.
"I can't believe that Debbie sold herself out to this." She muttered, hoping that her alternate sister didn't hear anything. She did.
Debbie glanced over at Eliza. "What was that?!" She demanded.
Eliza bolted up a bit startled, and turned over to the girl. "Uh, nothing!" She lied. 'That was close.' The last thing she needed was to start another fight. She remembered what had happened to Elizabeth when she got into an argument. Debbie didn't seem to believe her, but decided that it would be best to let it go. She shifted her gaze towards the front seat, and lay back down. She pulled out her CD player and headphones. She put them on, and started listening to boy bands. Eliza blinked. 'Guess she's not so different from the Debbie in my world after all...' She then looked out of the window, and saw a white building approaching. 'Wait...building's don't walk. That means that...'
"We're here!" Nigel shouted as he slammed the breaks on the comvee. Everyone inside were thrown forward and landed on their stomachs side by side. They crawled up angrily and shot a glare at Nigel.
"Oops...Sorry." The man apologized as the others crawled back to their feet. They didn't look very happy at all.
Marianne walked over, grabbed her husband by the collar, and said, "Nigel, next time it'd be pleasant if you warn us before you press the breaks!" Nigel laughed nervously, and then lowered his head to his shoulders in shame. Then they heard a door open, and saw Eliza jumping out of the vehicle and running inside the building. Sloan and Bree looked at each other, and then hopped out of the vehicle as well.
"We can't let her in there alone. ELIZA!!" Bree shouted to try and get the runaway kid's attention. Yet she just kept bolting towards the door, looking as if ready to slam it right open. Bree seemed faster than Sloan and was able to catch up to the girl. "Eliza, sto—OW!!"
Eliza burst through the door and into the building to find Elizabeth. Bree didn't look where she was going and slammed headfirst into the manual door. She fell to the ground, and clutched her mouth. "Yow..." She murmured and went back up to her feet. Sloan wasn't far behind her. He ran towards his wife and asked her if she was all right. "Yes, I'm okay." She wiped her mouth and saw a little line of blood. 'Great.'
The Thornberrys were not far behind. They calmly walked over, though a bit startled when Eliza took off like that. "That child can really run, can't she?" Marianne asked Sloan.
He responded, "Well I wouldn't know for sure, but yeah." He rubbed his head a little. He took a deep breath, and walked into the building with his wife. Debbie walked in as well. She thought that people would spring on her right away, but no on did. In fact, no one even seemed to care that the Thornberrys were there.
Debbie sighed. 'Well, at least it won't be so noisy.' She tried to find out which way everyone except her parents had went. She couldn't find the direction. 'Where are they?' She then heard her parents talking to a manager. She faintly heard her father say thank you.
"Deborah!" He shouted as he walked over to his oldest daughter. He held out his hand. "Come over here." Debbie twisted around and moved over towards her father. She didn't know what he could have wanted. The last thing on her mind was something she needed to go through.
"Elizabeth is in room C145, which is on the lower level. Come and follow me." He gestured for his family to follow him. The family headed towards the stairs, each of them hoping that Elizabeth would be just fine. They were at the base at the stops after a few minutes, and looked down the hallways. They split into 2. One was C Hall, the other A Hall. "I guess we go this way." Nigel took the C Hall pathway, and started to look for the number 145. It was the middle door on the right side, and the door was already opened. He peaked inside, and saw Sloan and Bree sitting down in a chair while Eliza seemed to be talking to an unconscious Elizabeth.
"Where is this….machine?" Nigel asked in a dangerous tone as Marianne drove across the desert of April Springs.
Sloan looked up, and strained his eye sight over along the distant horizon. "Over there!" He pointed in one direction, and the woman immediately turned there. They soon found themselves at an old building. The wood was so rotten it was falling down at the slightest touch. The Commvee stopped, and the people climbed out.
"Now show us this machine." Marianne said, and Bree nodded. She walked into the building, gesturing the others to follow. Sloan growled and folded his arms. But he knew there was nothing he could do. 'Damn you, Bree.' He cursed in his mind.
Bree pushed open an old door, and inside was a huge room. The Thornberrys stared in awe at it. She smiled as she pushed a button, which caused a mirror version of the vortex to appear. "This is the vortex that will bring your daughter back." She looked at it, and narrowed her eyes. "We can't control it completely, so it might bring more than just Eliza back with it."
Marianne and Nigel looked at each other with worry. What if Bree was telling the truth? What if something else could come through? If it did, what if it was a monster, something dangerous? But they also wanted Eliza back so badly. They loved her. They couldn't just leave her there in that strange unknown world. They turned back to Bree, and nodded.
"Let's do it." Nigel stated as Bree smiled slightly.
"Okay, here goes nothing." The woman poacher pulled the lever. "But just so you know, this is untested..it might not work…." The Thornberrys didn't have time to argue. The swirling vortex zipped seemingly out of control, and sped its way into the parallel world, and towards the hospital, the one where Eliza was at…
In the parallel dimension, Nigel had just arrived in the room. "Excuse me?" All heads turn towards the door. "I hope we aren't intruding." Nigel asked Eliza, who seemed to be having a private conversation with his daughter. He slowly opened up the door and walked inside the all-white room. He stepped inside and went up next to Eliza, who watched him with a wary eye. She obviously suspected him to suddenly attack her as he had in the forest. But he seemed more concerned about Elizabeth's welfare.
'I thought poachers were heartless.' Eliza thought as she watched the poacher's expression towards the girl. 'They may be different from us, but they're family....just like my family.' She slowly smiled. These poachers weren't as different as they seemed. She was right. She turned her gaze away, and lulled to sleep. Bree had come over to support the child. Bree smiled as Eliza seemed to fall asleep in her arms, and then she noticed that Nigel, Marianne, and Debbie were all in the room. She glanced back at Elizabeth, who still hadn't woken up just yet. Bree picked up the girl and turned to the door.
"Come on, Sloan."
Sloan quickly asked her, "Why?" The woman slowly moved her head towards the family, who had come to see Elizabeth. Sloan nodded his head slowly, and got up out of his seat. "Okay, we'll go now." They were headed towards the door when the ground slowly started to rumble. Eliza was shaken awake by this, but Elizabeth slept like a log. The room shook with some kind of force, and some white light started to draw itself in midair. Eliza struggled out of Bree's grip, and backed up in terror as well everyone did. The poachers formed a protective circle around Elizabeth, and Eliza hid behind Sloan and Bree. A sudden force kicked up, and Eliza felt herself being sucked towards whatever it was.
"Eliza!" Sloan screamed, and held out his hand. He grabbed Eliza's hand, and tried to pull her back. The circle had been completed, and it opened up. A blinding white light filled the room, and everyone had to close their eyes. It was dragging the naturalist Thornberry child towards the hole. The light seemed to get brighter as she got closer. She struggled to stay in Sloan's grip, but her grip was loosening. She had wide eye staring at the white opening, fearing for her life.
"WHAT'S GOING ON?!" She managed to scream before she lost Sloan's grip. Everyone watched in horror as she was pulled in, and the light slowly disappeared. Everyone watched in silence...and the light turned dark.....
"No...NO!!" Eliza suddenly snapped awake. She had some pain in the back of her head, and she rubbed it. She was a little surprised when she saw a little bit of blood. Her vision was quite blurred, and she tried to make out the figures in front of her. 'Where am I?' She thought, and looked at her surroundings. Although blurry, she could tell she was in some kind of desert. 'Australia....' She smiled mentally. She tried to pick herself up, but fell back in pain. She heard someone's voice say,
"Shh...poppit. You've had quite a fall." The voice was masculine, and she knew right away who it had to be.
"D-Dad?" She whispered weakly. She heard the voice chuckle.
"Yes, it's me, deary. Rest now." Eliza's vision was starting to sharpen up, and she could make out her father's worried and relieved expression. She glanced around, and could see Debbie and Marianne as well.
She slowly waved her hands to them. "Hi, guys." She could barely make out Darwin and Donnie, who had come running over to greet her. Donnie gittered excitedly, and started bouncing up and down right next to her. All that movement made her dizzy. She groaned and rubbed her head. Marianne quickly grabbed Donnie to calm him down.
"Oh, Eliza!" She heard the familiar male voice say. She was soon blinded by gray fur. She found herself looking directly face-to-face with her familiar simian companion.
"Hey, Dar." She whispered to her friend.
He just hugged her tighter. "I didn't know what happened to you!" He screamed with delight. Debbie watched, and smiled. She could only hear monkey noises coming from Darwin, but she got used to it. Her sister chattered something in response, and hugged the chimpanzee back.
Debbie walked over to see Eliza. "Hey, Eliza." She sat down next to the younger girl, who coughed a little. "Hey, Debbie." She closed her eyes for a moment, and reopened them.
Debbie asked, "What was it like? In that dimension? I won't tell, I promise." She winked.
Eliza laughed, and cleared her throat. "It was...scary, I can tell you that."
"What happened?" "Well...in that dimension...we're the poachers, and Sloan and Bree were...the good guys."
The bigger sister blinked in complete and utter shock. 'Could she be lying?' "Are you sure?" Eliza nodded her head quickly.
Debbie said, "That's...something new." She sighed and watched as her sister slowly breathed in pain. She gently stroked her little sister's hair, and said, "I'm glad you're okay."
Eliza looked up at her sister, and smiled. "How did you get me out?" Debbie winked. "We convinced Sloan to help us. Bree as well helped convince him." Now this gave Eliza enough strength to pull herself all the way up. She was surprised that Sloan and Bree of this world would ever help them. She was going to ask how did they do it, but left it at that. It wasn't really any of her business, and it was all in the past. 'Nothing to worry about.' She hoped.
"I'm glad to be back." Debbie could help but smile at her sister's remark, and they hugged. While in the embrace Eliza was thinking if what had happened was only a dream. She and Debbie had never been this close before, and Sloan and Bree weren't exactly the nicest people. 'Was it all a dream...or did it really happen?' She wondered.
Somewhere, in the other dimension, while the other Thornberrys and Sloan and Bree watched, Elizabeth suddenly moved her lips. She seemed to have heard Eliza's words, and she whispered, before surrendering to the darkness yet again, her answer. "It happened." She smiled, and the darkness overcame her.
The darkness plagued Elizabeth's mind for the longest time. She didn't remember what had happened to her. The last thing she did remember was jumping in front of something….big…and gray…to save someone. She felt like she was floating around in a void, unaware of what was going on around her. She winced. 'What am I going to do?' She couldn't think of what to do now. It seemed as though her world was falling apart. She saw shapes in front of her in the pitch darkness. They looked wavy and distorted. She whimpered and backed away, until she realized that she couldn't move. More fear filled her mind. 'No!' She heard her mind cry, and then bright lights flashed across the 'void'. She swiftly looked around, and couldn't find a source anywhere. The shapes in front of her took on color, and humanoid shapes. She narrowed her eyes for a better look, but then soon everything went dark…
"ELIZABETH!!!" Marianne screamed at the top of her lungs. They all heard the familiar sound of a long monotone beeping. Elizabeth's heart had stopped. The frantic woman poacher grabbed her daughter by the shoulders and shook her, desperately trying to make her snap out of it. Elizabeth didn't respond.
"Elizabeth! Wake up!" She shouted again. Inside Elizabeth's mind, she was struggling to see. She could faintly hear garbled cries.. 'No, they're more like pleads…' She listened real hard, and finally recognized it as her mother. 'Mom!' She still couldn't move, but she tried her best. She managed to move a finger, and then the monotone sound she kept on hearing stopped abruptly, and began a pattern of short beeps. Marianne let out a sigh of relief. "What a scare." She murmured.
"Well, we'd better be going." Sloan said nervously, rubbing the back of his head. Nigel looked at him, and walked up to him. The two people, total opposites, finally looked at each other eye to eye. The poacher nodded slowly.
"I guess this might change some things between us, won't it?" The poacher chuckled, and the blonde man smiled weakly.
He didn't answer, simply turned around and went for the door. Bree stood up front her seat, and turned to follow her husband. She stopped to give Elizabeth one last look. 'Good luck, kid.' The Blackburns disappeared out of the room, and left the Thornberrys in there, alone with the sickly Elizabeth. Debbie looked down at her sister with worry.
"I hope she recovers soon. That blow really took a lot of her."
Marianne gave her a warning look as Nigel winced in emotional pain. Deborah realized her mistake, and waved her hands. "Sorry, dad. Didn't mean to…."
"It's alright, Deborah. It was my fault." He raised a hand and gently stroked Elizabeth's hair. "I'm sorry…" He whispered.
Then he felt something touch his hand. He looked down, and he couldn't help but smile. Elizabeth had gripped his hand tightly, and her eyes were cracked open slightly. A weak smile made its way along her lips. She opened up her mouth to speak, but what came out sounded like more like a croak than words.
"Hello." She coughed a few times, and took a good look at her family members surrounding her. She looked around, and tried to find Eliza. "Hey…where's Eliza?"
The poachers looked at each other, and hung their heads sadly. "A vortex opened up and sent her to another dimension."
Marianne then added in, "You told her that it did happen…when she disappeared."
Elizabeth slowly blinked in confusion. "I did? How would I have known?" Her sister thought for a moment. 'This is a tough one.'
"Maybe you and Eliza share some kind of…supernatural bond or something."
Elizabeth nodded. That would make a lot of sense, she believed.
Nigel sighed, "They say it may take you awhile to recover, but don't worry, you'll be on your feet soon." He gave his youngest daughter a big hug.
Elizabeth hugged him back, and said, "I love you, dad."
Meanwhile, back in Africa in Eliza's own dimension, not everyone was happy that Eliza was back home. A scream escaped through the window of a dark crimson van. It almost shattered the wooden table that the man had struck with his fist in anger. "How could we have let her go so easily?!" He shouted, and growled with frustration. He rubbed his head, and began to think. Bree was in the back fixing something. Sloan didn't know what, and he didn't bother to ask.
'If only she hadn't gone to the Thornberrys to help them, and made me help them, Eliza would have been gone for good!' He still couldn't believe his wife would betray him like this. But he didn't seem to care. All he wanted was to make sure Eliza doesn't come back again…alive. He looked through his stuff, and found something thick and heavy. A small metal pole, he picked it up.
"Hmm…." He said as he gave the pole a swing or two, "…not bad…" Then a thought crossed his mind. He smiled darkly. 'I think I know how to get rid of Eliza…..' He began to laugh, and then darkness fell. And Eliza felt a sharp pain in her heart, and she shivered. Somehow she knew the danger wasn't quite over yet…
Running from all the situations
You mess me up, bring me down
I'm waiting for the right moment
To lift me up, let you in my life, yeah
Don't wanna live inside without your love
Cuz no one else can make me feel this way
To love me, is gonna take a lot
I can't wait til the end of forever
Believe me, it ain't ever gonna stop
Could it be tonight, or til the end of forever, oh yeah
Driving on a runaway freeway
It's killing me, I know it's eating you
Oh, free me so we can go there
All we need is you to show me the way, oh yeah
Can you see the fear of tears in my eyes
I know you feel me baby, I gotta make it right, yeah
To love me, is gonna take a lot
I can't wait til the end of forever
Believe me, it ain't ever gonna stop
Could it be tonight, or til the end of forever
All my life I've been waiting for a sign to show me
To lead me to the other side
To love me, is gonna take a lot
I can't wait til the end of forever
Believe me, it ain't ever gonna stop
Could it be tonight, or til the end of forever
To love me, is gonna take a lot
I can't wait til the end of forever
Believe me, it ain't ever gonna stop
Could it be tonight, or til the end of forever
There are things in life you'll learn and
In time you'll see
Cause out there somewhere
It's all waiting
If you keep believing
So don't run, don't hide
It will be all right
You'll see, trust me
I'll be there watching over you
Just take a look through my eyes
There's a better place
somewhere out there
Just take a look through my eyes
Everything changes
You'll be amazed what you'll find
If you look through my eyes
There will be times on this journey
All you'll see is darkness
Out there somewhere daylight finds you
If you keep believing
So don't run, don't hide
It will be all right
You'll see, trust me
I'll be there watching over you
Just take a look through my eyes
There's a better place
somewhere out there
Just take a look through my eyes
Everything changes
You'll be amazed what you'll find
If you look through my eyes
All the things that you can change
There's a meaning in everything
And you will find all you need
There's so much to understand
Just take a look through my eyes
There's a better place
somewhere out there
Just take a look through my eyes
Everything changes
You'll be amazed what you'll find
If you look through my eyes
Take a look through my eyes
Whoa! Well, there's the story. All of it. Yeah, it's long, isn't it? I liked how it turned out. I hope you all liked it, too. It's a good story in my opinion. This story is longer than my Mythical Digimon Trilogy. ::so happy:: Well, I hope ya'll enjoyed this as much as I did. Oh, and no, I don't plan on a sequel. Take too long... Oo; But if you want to use the alternate Thornberrys you may. Bye!
Yep, this is the new version of the story. It's a bit longer, chaptered (finally), and the scenes added were put there to better explain certain things. Well, for the most part anyway…the flashback of the Wild Thornberrys Movie was put there for fun. ;
Anyway, here's a scene from the upcoming sequel, "Return to Dark Dimension"! Just so you know, it's kinda long. ;; This is the scene of the first time you see Elizabeth and Debbie(poacher) in "Return to Dark Dimension". And just so you know, when they're sent back, they also go back in time a little, so Elizabeth's evil again. And just so you know.....I can't spell Tembo/Timbo valley correctly. ; Just so you know, the sequel will be R rated.
Oh, yes, the new scene added in the end is to tie in this story with
the prolouge of On The Other Side and epilouge of Return to Dark Dimension,
"Poisoned Lies".
In another part of Africa, near the same location as Eliza had met the evil Thornberrys, the sound of cutting could be heard. The glinting blade raised up in the air, the light of the sun shining off of it. The hand gripped it tightly and it slowly lowered down. The tip of the blade cut under something soft, furry, and thin. It then thrust upwards, creating a thin opening. The furry thing was sliced open, and inside there was a lot of bones and muscle, blood vessels…It was an animal's skin being sliced open! The blade was pulled out, and then continued working down across the animal's stomach. The animal seemed to be a cheetah cub, adolescent, female. The blade was finally set aside, the blade itself slightly stained with the animal's dried blood. The person, Elizabeth, smirked, and pushed her fingers into the animal's body, right under the skin.
She then tightly gripped the skin between her fingers, and pulled outward. The cheetah's skin peeled off quickly, revealing the muscle structure underneath. Ignoring the gruesome sight, she continued to pull across, and then finally ripped the skin from the body. She set the fur aside, and then started working on the legs. She pushed the knife into the front right leg, and cut a thin opening, careful not to damage the valuable fur coat. She heard footsteps coming. She turned around.
"Oh, hello…Debbie." She hissed lightly. "What are you doing here? I thought you didn't like the sight of skinning."
The teenager scoffed, and slowly turned to the side. She adjusted her scarf, made from leopard skin, and said, "I only came here to tell you that mom and dad just got another assignment." She looked down at her little sister, who was still busy taking off the skin of the cheetah cub that they had captured previously. There were 3 others, and they plan on finding them quickly.
Elizabeth put the knife down, and was busy pulling off the fur off the leg. "Interested?" Debbie inquired, smirking slightly.
"Go ahead. I'm listening." Elizabeth said, but never turned to look at her teenaged sister.
Shrugging, the teenager continued to say her message. "Dad and mom have gotten an assignment in Tembo Valley."
"Hmm?" Elizabeth looked at her, rather confused. She asked what kind of assignment.
The blonde chuckled lightly. "It's almost time to catch the elephants, remember?"
Then it hit her. Of course! The elephants! In just a few hours the elephants were going to end up in Tembo Valley. They had worked weeks building a fence by the light of moon, and there was no way anyone would suspect anything to happen in Tembo Valley. It had a reputation of being a quiet place. Thinking that only elephants would be there, the authorities might leave the place alone. The mountains, rigged with dynamite, would explode and frighten the elephants. Then when the beasts were dead and stiff, they'd remove the tusks from the putrid bodies, and leave the bodies to rot. They would be worthless then.
Elizabeth set the cub aside. "Oh, shit, I forgot all about it!" She sprung up, and ran inside the Commvee. "I gotta get ready." She disappeared inside, shutting the door behind her.
Debbie shook her head, and then looked at the dead cub. She shuddered slightly, and backed away. 'Sometimes I wish there was a better way to get a fur coat.' She decided to pick up after Elizabeth anyway, and walked over to the side of the vehicle. She pulled out a large case, colored black. She opened it up, and wrinkled her nose in disgust. A putrid smell filled the air. The bodies of several not-fully skinned animals were inside. She quickly grabbed the cheetah cub, and stuffed it inside, and shut the door quickly.
"Man does this thing stink! If we don't give ourselves up to the authorities, this thing will give us away!" She put the box back, and then walked over to the table. 'Might as well put these up.' She picked up the strips of skin, laced with orange fur, and folded them up. She placed them inside a small containment box where the family hid some of their furs that weren't quite ready for sewing yet. She looked back at the door. Elizabeth hadn't made a peep since she went in there. What was taking her so long? Debbie walked towards the door, and reached for the knob. Then suddenly, the door swung open! Debbie was accidentally hit in the jaw, and was sent falling towards the ground.
"Yeow! Elizabeth! Watch it!!" The teenager screamed as she caressed her injured jaw.
The 12 year old shook her head. 'What an idiot.' "Well next time don't be so close to the door." She stepped out, and was now changed in her poaching outfit. She held a spear, and set it aside. She was wearing her talisman. That was probably what took her so long. The girl always seems to misplace it. Debbie suggested just keeping the stupid thing on, but the redhead wouldn't listen to her. Of course, Debbie never did figure out why her sister wore it in the first place. She just set aside that her sister believed that it brings her good luck.
'What a laugh!' She chuckled in her mind. "I still can't believe I lost track of the time…" The redhead muttered darkly under her breath. Her sister could barely hear what she had just said, so she moved in a bit closer to try and hear.
"What did you say?" She asked softly, only to be interrupted by an abrupt arrival of one of their parents. It was sudden, she admitted. Debbie moved back from her sister and towards her mother, who had returned with a radio in her hands.
"Debbie, did you tell Elizabeth?" She asked, despite the fact that Elizabeth was right there, packing her things. The teenager nodded quickly, and gestured towards the girl, who was now standing there, looking at them. "Eliza, why weren't you getting ready a few hours earlier?" Her mother scolded her daughter, and tapped her foot, waiting for an answer.
The girl snarled. "My name isn't Eliza, okay? It's Elizabeth!" She rubbed her forehead. "And if you must know, I lost track of the time."
"Tsk..tsk…" The woman should her head in disbelief, and placed her hands on her hips. She turned towards the Commvee. "Your father is meeting us in the Timbo Valley. We've gotta leave right away." She hopped inside, and took control of the wheel.
The two siblings looked at each other, and shrugged. "Why don't you take that thing off?" Debbie asked Elizabeth as they boarded the Commvee, carrying the stuff that they needed. Elizabeth was quite annoyed by her sister's questioning. Ever since 2 years ago when she first got the talisman, her sister's been nagging at her about not taking it to so many places. She didn't know the true extent of its power. But Elizabeth couldn't tell her that. It was her little secret. If anyone else found out about it, they'd use it for their own stupid purposes.
'Why doesn't she shut up?' She mentally inquired as she harshly glared at her blonde-haired sister, who was staring at her for an answer. "I'm waiting." The teenager grew impatient.
Elizabeth gave a few snarls, and then calmed down. "Well, it's none of your business why I keep wearing this, OKAY?!" She snapped at Debbie. Debbie flinched and drew back towards the back of her seat, a bit surprised, but not too surprised, by her sister's sudden outburst. The younger girl settled down, and stared out of the window.
'For someone who hates nature, she seems to like looking out the window …' Debbie blinked in a bit of confusion, but her mind was returned on their mission: to capture the elephants for their tusks.