CH 18- It's Not Sunset!

AN- I tried to make this one longer...I just can't do it! Agh! Oy vey, everybody!

"Okay you guys," I said. "I'll sneak into Jet's room and figure out what's going on."

"Or you could just get out of here and then let the rest of us out," Laura pointed out.

"No," I said. "This is better. I might be able to find out why Sarah's acting so weird."

I became invisible and slipped through the bars of the cell door. I quietly stalked down the hall until I came to a room. It was fairly large and had a small chair. An empty glass lay shattered on the wooden floor. I bent down to examine it, and found that some of the shattered glass pieces were lightly coated in some smelly liquid. Blegh. It made me feel as if I was on another one of my notorious sugar highs. Then I saw a small smooth stone. I picked it up and started tossing back and forth between my hands. I started to get a little dizzy and, after that, tired. I shoved it quickly into my pocket, just in case. I decided that it was pointless to stay invisible, so I became visible and kept on looking around when the door to the room opened. I wasn't fast enough. Jet was at the door, and Sarah was at his side, smirking.

"Sarah?" I had to ask. It seemed unbelievable. She nodded and Jet pulled me to the cell.

"Sunset isn't too far off," he said as he threw me in. Sarah massaged her forehead and closed her eyes again. After he walked off, her eyes opened instantly and had that same cold, unforgiving stare. What's going on? I thought back to what had happened in the room. That drink, if it was a drink, really made me feel like jumping around like an idiot. That stone was just really strange. The colors and everything made me feel dizzy and tired, as if I was being hypnotized. Hypnotized! That's it! He gave her that drink as a sedation and then hypnotized her with that stone! If there's anything I know about hypnosis, its that there's a certain word or phrase that makes the person slip in and out of trance. I just have to figure out what that word is. I didn't come up with the answer in time, and Jet approached the cell with a grin on his face.

"There is about an hour's time until you leave. Sunset should come soon enough," he said. He left. I need to tell the others that Sarah's hypnotized without her hearing. I soon thought of a plan. I didn't have much time though, and I noticed that she had placed her hand back on her head. I looked down at the charm hanging from my bracelet. It was huge, might I add. Some Tarantino thing. I carefully pulled it off and threw it across the cell.

"Whoops!" I said. "I dropped my charm over there! Can you get it for me, Aang?"

He shrugged and brought it to me. Just as he turned to leave I grabbed his collar.

"Sarah's hypnotized," I whispered. "Jet has her in a trance, it sucks by the looks of it. The trance, I mean. It's not a very good one. I'm trying to figure out what he says to keep her in a trance. I still need to figure that out."

"If you've noticed," Aang whispered. "Whenever he comes and talks to us, she-"

"Acts like she has a headache! It must be something that he says then! Thanks!"

What had he said every time? He only mentioned when we would leave. That's it! I've got it!

"It's almost time," Sarah said. It was one of the few things she had said within the last 48 hours. "There's something I should tell you. Jet asked me to stay here with him instead of leaving with you guys."

"So?" Laura asked.

"I said yes," she said.

"What?" Katara asked. "Are you out of your mind?" Aang and I were the only ones who sat there. We knew that she didn't really mean it.

"Are you crazy?" Laura asked. "What's the matter with you? Stay with Jet?"

"Are you listening to yourself?" Sokka asked.

"Sarah," I said calmly. "Sunset." She looked at me as if I was crazy.

"What?" she asked.

"You heard me," I said. "Sunset."

"Sunset? What does that have to do with anything?"

"Still wanna stay with Jet?" I was prepared to hear her shout, "Eew, you sikko!" but I never heard it.

"Yes," she said.

Oh crap. Sunset isn't it!

"But Sarah!" I shouted. "Listen to yourself! Stay with Jet? Can't you see? He's controlling you with this!" I pulled the stone out of my pocket. The moment she saw it, she reached for it. I moved my hand and she pushed me to the ground. She pinned my arms down and reached for the stone.

"Katara!" I called out as I threw it. Or pretended to. Sarah, thinking that I had actually thrown it, went after Katara and I got up and racked my brain for some possible way to pull her out of her trance.

AN-yes...okay...hope you liked it...look for the next chapter..