Aww I've been so lazy lately, you know, with summer break coming, you JUST DON'T feel like updating, but I can't leave you guys hanging at a cliffy like THAT…well actually I already have, but yeah… uh…huh I wrote a note about ideas for this fic a couple months ago and I can't understand what I wrote, like really weird things, eh, it must have made sense when I wrote it…
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Someone: Well actually I had like half a chapter done and I thought I'd be able to get it done faster than 3 months…I didn't though L
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Wolfrat: Yesh yesh, cliffy happened, but cliffy will be over soon, but I may make a new one…
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Thanks all for the reviews! Sorry for the extremely long wait…
Onto the disclaimer
Disclaimer: I don't own Opal! (Haha, that sounds sorta cool…)
And here it is!
Part 8
"Why look,"Opal said slyly, tugging on the rope around Foaly neck. "It's Holly Short, gosh, long time no see, Captian."
Holly was completely speechless.
"Lost for words my Elvin friend?" Opal said, slipping the rope off Foaly and walking towards Holly. "Probably wondering why I'm here, aren't you."
"Opal…" It was the only word Holly could get out of her mouth.
"Mhmmmm" said Opal, bending down studying the unconscious Grub. She looked at the back of its head, where Holly had smashed it. Instead of red blood, it was pink, oozing onto the cave floor.
"Looks like you've destroyed one of my robots," Opal said. She kicked it over, and stood up, fumbling with something on the belt at her side. "I always knew that temper of yours would get you into trouble one day, oh well, I have plenty where that came from."
And with that she raised her tranquilizer gun and shot her.
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Holly awoke very dizzy. Her cheek was pressed up against something cold. She turned her head, seeing Foaly staring straight at her.
"Foaly, where's Root and Butler?" she said, standing up slowly, to avoid throwing up.
Foaly was busy studying the walls that were surrounding them, which to Holly looked like thick titanium.
"I don't know, I didn't get to see, I was unconscious from Opals extremely tight grip on my throat, incase you didn't notice. I would guess that right now we're in some kind of cell or prison, maybe the others are too.
"Foaly, that creature that attacked Root, it isn't Grub it's a robot, one of Opals inventions."
Foaly turned to look at her, an unsatisfied look on his face.
"Yes, that was defiantly one, its eyes were made of glass, but I'm not too sure about Artemis though, there were some characteristics that may suggest he's not mechanical. His breathe seemed realistic, I don't know though. Right now, let's try to get out of here."
Holly looked around the small room thoroughly; there was no door at all.
"Ok, I take this wall, you take that one."
They both crept along the walls, feeling for any hidden exits, seeing as it was Opal, she would be sure to keep them locked up any way possible.
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Even though she tried to hide it, fatigue, hunger and thirst was slowly taking its toll on Holly.
What I would give to have one of those warm pretzels sold a block from the LEP building right now, she thought to herself.
She glanced over at Foaly, he too looked tired, he wasn't trying to hide it though. Maybe it was a technique of his, he was a genius after all. She was glad she had been stuck with him, she needed a good friend.
They'd been searching for almost fifteen minutes, before Holly finally broke the silence by calling Foaly excitedly.
"Foaly, come look at this!"
Foaly came over and peered over her head, where her hands were rested on a small crack low on the wall. Her finger moved down to the very bottom on the wall, where there was a slightly larger crack running just along the edge. The metal walls were slightly scratched there, indicating somebody or something had scratched it.
"Try putting your fingertips under it,"said Foaly he himself now also getting a bit excited.
Holly did so, and to her great surprise it slid open quite easily. Was this a fluke? Or did the Opal set them up? Either way, they had found an exit. Holly peered past the door, where there was a narrow corridor with a door at the end. There were no fairies in sight.
"Looks safe to me," said Holly, quickly slipping under the door.
Foaly looked uneasy.
"Foaly, come on, somebody could come any moment."
"Yeah, hate to break it to you holly but I'm not 3 feet tall."
Holly looked at Foaly, then at the opening. It wasn't going to be the most comfortable squeeze for a centaur his size.
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It took them a bit, but eventually Foaly popped out the other end of the door. Holly slid back down the door, trying to make it look normal. The new corridor was lit, but not very well. The walls were still made out of metallic material.
"So I suppose we should just see where that door takes us, we have no other choice really. If I had some magic in me, I'd be able to shield and check for guards on the other side."
"But you don't, so we can't. Do you have anything we could defend ourselves with?"
Holly checked herself all over, disappointed to find the only thing she had was the suit on her body.
"Opal must have stripped us of everything we had. Great, now what do we do?"
"We'll just have to take a chance then"
"That's a big chance to take Foaly, if there are guards out there, I don't exactly feel like getting shot again. There has to be a better way. Maybe there's a secret door along these walls."
Foaly stared at her.
"Ok fine, I'll never forget it if we get caught"
Holly took a deep breath and turned the knob of the door and kicked it open. Instantly a loud blaring siren went off and the lights dimmed a blue colour.
"D'Arvit!" Holly swore.
"Heat censor tinge, said Foaly. "We have to go now, this blue light is making it easier for them to find us."
"Down here" said Holly, and she started running down a wide hallway, the sirens screaming in her ear. Up ahead in the hallway she could see glass lining the walls. She looked at Foaly, who she could tell didn't feel comfortable about passing them any more than she did.
As they got closer, Holly saw something moving in the closest one to her. She realized in horror that it was a fairy, hidden under a layer of fur. As she passed more, she saw different fairies; elves, sprites, all locked in their separate glass cells, some more fur than the rest, most moving around. Why were there fairies from underground here on this island?
She passed by one after another, but one caught her eye and she stopped dead in her tracks. The elf was furless and wearing a jumpsuit. It was staring motionlessly at the ceiling of its cell.
It was Corporal Grub Kelp.
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HA! Hehehe…. ANOTHER cliffy, this is becoming some sort of hobby… torture readers… hehe –puts fingertips together- Ok, I'll try to cut down of the cliffies, I know as a reader also, cliffies are annoying, but you have to admit a little cliffhanger here and there doesn't hurt…
So anyway, I'm off to write the fifth chapter of my new fic which I'm not posting till I'm done. Please review, tell me what you think is going to happen next.
Oh yes, and about Who Wants to Be the Dorkiest LEP Officer Ever, read my bio. I may or may not attempt to re-write it, just so you all know.
In the meantime…
Yours until chickens express their love for me,
.:The OddBird:.