-Chapter 9-
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"Do you know how it feels to be alone, Linka?" a
dark voice said to the girl who bravely sat untied and ungagged in a
small chair, in a locked room. "You seem to have forgotten that I, Zarm,
have kidnapped you from your dearest Wheeler. Hah! Well, I shall soon
change your mind about being a Planeteer, when you find out what I will
do to you."
She said nothing to Zarm for a few seconds. Then, slyly, she replied
with a deep-rooted sense of strength. "Even if I wanted to forget about
Wheeler, I couldn't. And even if I were to hate being a Planeteer, there
would be nothing to stop me from staying just to make you mad, Zeek!"
She knew that calling him by something close to his name, but not by his
exact name, she would get on his nerves, but she didn't like this guy one
iota, and therefore found it easy to make fun of him.
"For the last time, it's Zarm, not Zeek!" the weird guy squeaked
with anger, but it only amused Linka. She had never seen a grow guy
throw a tantrum over something so tiny as a name! She had to bite her
tongue to keep herself from laughing.
Even though her face was trying to keep from laughing, Linka's heart was
crying, trying to reach the one she cared about most, aside from her
dear grandmother and brother Mishka. In her heart she was pleading with
Wheeler's.
Wheeler, it said, please help me! I want out of this dump. Oh, hurry!
I'm very afraid. But, Wheeler, above all that I say, I want you to know
this- I love you!
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About halfway between Hope Island and Misery Isle, Wheeler gasped.
He was sure that was Linka's voice he had heard! He turned to Ma-Ti, who
had seen his face change from worrysome to energetic. "Can you try to find
out what Linka is telling me, Ma-Ti? I can feel her calling me- I know it's
her!"
"Sure enough, Wheeler," his friend said. Holding his ring
up to his forhead, he focused on his target and whispered, "Heart!" As the
invisible waves pulsed, Wheeler hoped that Linka was alright and was not at
all tired anymore. "She- she says to help her quickly and that she is
afraid. And-" Ma-Ti paused, surprised at what else her heart had said.
"And?" Wheeler said, afraid that maybe Ma-Ti had lost contact with her
before the message had been finished- or that she hadn't gotten to finish
it!
"And she said, and I quote, 'But, Wheeler, above all that I say, I want
you to know this- I love you!' And that was all that she said!"
Looking out the window, watching unseeingly as they approached Misery
Isle, the last three words Ma-Ti had spoken from Linka's heart filled his
with determination.
I must get Linka back to safety, he thought, if not for her sake, then for
mine- I love you too, Linka! The last five words were thought as if she
could hear them being said.
And those words had been heard by her heart.
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"Do you know how it feels to be alone, Linka?" a
dark voice said to the girl who bravely sat untied and ungagged in a
small chair, in a locked room. "You seem to have forgotten that I, Zarm,
have kidnapped you from your dearest Wheeler. Hah! Well, I shall soon
change your mind about being a Planeteer, when you find out what I will
do to you."
She said nothing to Zarm for a few seconds. Then, slyly, she replied
with a deep-rooted sense of strength. "Even if I wanted to forget about
Wheeler, I couldn't. And even if I were to hate being a Planeteer, there
would be nothing to stop me from staying just to make you mad, Zeek!"
She knew that calling him by something close to his name, but not by his
exact name, she would get on his nerves, but she didn't like this guy one
iota, and therefore found it easy to make fun of him.
"For the last time, it's Zarm, not Zeek!" the weird guy squeaked
with anger, but it only amused Linka. She had never seen a grow guy
throw a tantrum over something so tiny as a name! She had to bite her
tongue to keep herself from laughing.
Even though her face was trying to keep from laughing, Linka's heart was
crying, trying to reach the one she cared about most, aside from her
dear grandmother and brother Mishka. In her heart she was pleading with
Wheeler's.
Wheeler, it said, please help me! I want out of this dump. Oh, hurry!
I'm very afraid. But, Wheeler, above all that I say, I want you to know
this- I love you!
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About halfway between Hope Island and Misery Isle, Wheeler gasped.
He was sure that was Linka's voice he had heard! He turned to Ma-Ti, who
had seen his face change from worrysome to energetic. "Can you try to find
out what Linka is telling me, Ma-Ti? I can feel her calling me- I know it's
her!"
"Sure enough, Wheeler," his friend said. Holding his ring
up to his forhead, he focused on his target and whispered, "Heart!" As the
invisible waves pulsed, Wheeler hoped that Linka was alright and was not at
all tired anymore. "She- she says to help her quickly and that she is
afraid. And-" Ma-Ti paused, surprised at what else her heart had said.
"And?" Wheeler said, afraid that maybe Ma-Ti had lost contact with her
before the message had been finished- or that she hadn't gotten to finish
it!
"And she said, and I quote, 'But, Wheeler, above all that I say, I want
you to know this- I love you!' And that was all that she said!"
Looking out the window, watching unseeingly as they approached Misery
Isle, the last three words Ma-Ti had spoken from Linka's heart filled his
with determination.
I must get Linka back to safety, he thought, if not for her sake, then for
mine- I love you too, Linka! The last five words were thought as if she
could hear them being said.
And those words had been heard by her heart.