I must warn you all about this chapter. It's a little short, and they may be a little out of character, and hopefully not too much. You may notice that I'm kind of repeating the same story lines over and over, but you can blame it on my love for Days of Our Lives, and the fact that I watch it everyday, because all they do is repeat story lines...oh and sorry that it's taken me a while to write, but I'm working on 2 different stories at the moment...so be patient. Here it is, chapter 9.

Cindy stood before the King. In her mind, he wasn't a king, though; he was a coward who took pleasure in other people's pain.

Her feet still shackled together, and her hands securly behind her back, Cindy had been led to where the King was.

Neither spoke; instead, they stared menacingly at one another, neither daring to avert their gaze.

Finally, Goobot spoke.

"Hello child! Are you finding things comfortable?" he asked mokingly.

"What do you think egghead? I've been locked in a room for hours. I've been deprived of food, sunlight, and my one phone call. Other than that, though, things couldn't be better!" Cindy retorted smoothly.

For a moment, Goobot seemed to lose his composure, but quickly regained himself.

"Now Cindy, is that any way to talk to royalty?" he asked.

"Technically, I'm royalty, also, and you're not exactly rolling out the red carpet!"

"You vile little child! You're nothing but a little girl, and you expect me to respect you?" asked Goobot.

"If I'm just a little girl, then why are you going through all this trouble just to kidnap me?" asked Cindy.

"Because, I need you. You see, if I have you, then the Gorlocks will not come to the aid of Earth!" said Goobot.

"Duh! I already know that." said Cindy, who was tired of hearing the same thing over and over.

"Yes, but what you don't know is that I'm going to use you to get them to help me!" he said and then laughed.

"How're you going to do that? I mean, they won't help you just because you have me. They may think I'm worth keeping alive, but they still have their honor." retorted Cindy.

"Which is why you're going to convince them to help me." said Goobot.

"That's what you think!"

"No, that's what I know. If you don't help, then little Jimmy goes bye bye!" said Goobot.

"Oh really? How're you going to get rid of him? He's smart enough to know an alien when he sees one!" said Cindy.

"Wow, I'm surprized to hear you defend him after what happend with Tara!" said Goobot.

"How did you know about that?" she asked.

"It's all a part of my plan. I mean, I wouldn't have even gotten you here if it weren't for my most trusted spy." said Goobot.

"What spy?" asked Cindy, although she alread had her suspicions.

"Tara, of course!" replied Goobot.

there it was, please review