'They're Amazons?' Said Lex in disbelieve.
'Yes. The queen found out that they had lost their memories, so she recruited them.'
'But how could she do that? When a person looses his memory they don't lose their personality as well. Now, correct me if I'm wrong but Cloe and Tai-San don't seem like girls that would do these things to people.' Said Ram.
'You're right. But all Amazons take pills. The queen says they're vitamin pills, but I think those have something to do with the behaviour of Cloe and Tai-San. I tried to convince them once, when they brought food here, that they shouldn't take the pills anymore, but I don't think it worked. And even if it did, maybe they're already to far gone…'
(…)
'Leiha!' Somebody shouted from a throne. Another girl walked quickly over and bowed for her queen.
'Yes, my lady.'
'How many prisoners have you taken?'
'There were eight woman. All useful for conception. There was also a little girl, no older then three or four years. We've taken her to the training centre. Another one had a baby boy, probably one year old. We left him with his mother until the full moon is there and he will be sacrificed. There were also seven men. We overheard a conversation they had in the cell, and apparently one called Jay is the brother of that boy called Ved.' Reported the Amazon girl. 'The prisoners call themselves Mallrats. They also claim to know two of our new recruits. The two that we captured nine months ago that lost their memories. Trisha and Lea.'
'Really. Now that's interesting… That's very interesting.' Said the queen slowly. 'You may go now.' she said quickly, when she shot up. The girl Leiha bowed and walked away. The queen snapped her fingers at someone and called out 'Freia! Come here.' Another girl walked up to her. 'I want you to bring me Trisha and Lea.' The girl nodded and walked away. I Now, let's put you two to the real test. Are you Amazon or not, Cloe and Tai-San? /I
(…)
A while later Cloe and Tai-San, or now Trisha and Lea, walked through the corridors of the main building on the Amazon island. They walked in silence, with straight faces. Finally, they reached a guarded door. They showed the four guards a letter from their queen that said that they should let Trisha and Lea through. The guards briefly nodded and opened the door to the cell.
(…)
Lottie was crying in the arms of Ruby. They had been there for hours now and still nobody from the Amazons had shown up. They didn't know if that was good or bad, because they had also heard the horrible stories about the Amazons, and more importantly, what would happen to them. Amber was also crying for her baby Bray and Trudy was already in complete panic about Brady. When they woke up, Brady was gone. One of the other prisoners had told her that she was probably sent to the training camp. None of them knew what to do.
After what seemed like ages, when the sun had already set, one of the Amazons brought some food to them. It wasn't bad at all, because the Amazons took good care of the people that had to bring the next generation into the world.
Suddenly they heard footsteps on the hallway outside. Then silence, and finally the door opened, and Cloe and Tai-San walked in. They looked around while the Mallrats stared at them in shock. None of them knew what to do, what to say, or what to believe. Was this real? Was it something in the food that made them crazy? Cloe and Tai-San walked around a bit and finally found what they were looking for.
'You. Give me your baby.' Said Cloe to Amber.
'W… What? Cloe? What are you… why are you…' stumbled Amber.
'Who is Cloe? What are you talking about?' Asked Tai-San.
'Tai-San. It's us. The Mallrats. Don't you remember us? Cloe? Please, try to remember. We're your friends.' Said Salene almost in tears.
'You're lying. Now give us your baby!' Said Cloe to Amber again. Amber just sat there. She didn't know what to do. She held baby Bray close to her chest and just cried. Tai-San got tired of waiting and stepped forward and took the baby with force out of Ambers arms.
'NOOO! What are you gonna do to him? Give me my baby back! I want my baby back.' Ambers voice became softer until it was only a whisper. 'I want my baby
back.' Outside, they heard the fading footsteps of Tai-San and Cloe, with baby Bray in their arms.
(…)
A while later, Tai-San and Cloe arrived at the queen again. They bowed slightly and showed her the baby.
'My queen, here is the baby you asked for. His mother was quite hysteric and didn't want to give him up but we have him now.' Tai-San spoke, with her head bowed slightly as a sign of respect.
'Good. Good. If there's not anything else to report, then you can bring him to the offering chamber already. The girls there will take care of him until it is time.'
'Well… there was one thing my queen.' Said Cloe. 'The new prisoners also called me Cloe. She said that Trisha's name was Tai-San, and they seemed to know us. But, we have never left this island before. Isn't that what you said? And, how is it that the boy called Ved, also calls me Cloe and Trisha Tai-San? And…' She was stopped by the queen.
'My dear that's enough. It is all a conspiracy of the non-believers and the unpure. They do not know you, they only want to make you believe that so you help them escape. This is your home. We are your family.' The queen spread her arms to mark her words. 'Come here for a moment Lea and Trisha. Sit with us. Freia, bring the boy to the offering chamber.' Freia took Bray out of Tai-Sans hands and they walked to their queen. The queen sat on a large sofa surrounded by other Amazons. They all made a little room and Cloe and Tai-San sat down at both sides of the queen with their feet beside them. 'My dear girls, I'm so sorry you had to be exposed to the hedonism of the prisoners. Why don't you both take the vitamin pill and go to bed early.' The queen snapped her fingers twice and another servant approached them, carrying a trey with two pills and two glasses of water. Cloe and Tai-San both swallowed the pill and laid their heads down on the shoulders of the queen. She stroked both of their heads, kissed the top and closed her eyes as well.'
(…)
'Aah, I'm going crazy here!!!' Shouted Jay a few days later in frustration. They had been here for four days now and they still didn't know what to do. They could hardly talk because Ved had told them that everything they said would go straight to the queen.
'Calm down man. There's nothing we can do right now. So instead of wasting your energy with being mad, you should try to think about a way to get out of here.' Said Slade.
'Well easy for you to say. I have to save baby Bray for Amber. She'll never forgive me if I don't.'
'What is it with you and this Amber-chick. When did you became her b!tch?' Said Ved.
'I am NOT her b!tch! Now shut up.' Said Jay. Ved threw his hands up defensively.
'How much time do we have to get out of here again?' Asked Jay.
'I already told you three times! The next full moon is in four days.'
'What about the Blue Moon?' Asked Jack suddenly. 'You never told us when that is. How much time do we have for ourselves to get out of here?' Ved looked away. He seemed reluctant to answer that question.
'I… well, not much time.'
'How much?' Asked Jack more intense this time.
'Four days. The next full moon is also the Blue Moon.' Said Ved softly.
'WHAT?!'