Chapter 16: Not Safe Anymore

Ronjad looked out into the sea. All he could think of is what going on. Glowing fish are attacking people, friends have turned to enemies because of that alien signal, and giant creatures are appearing all around the islands. "I just hope I can make it off this island in one piece," thought Ronjad.

Lovrina, Madison, May, and Blue were playing poker, and so far, May was winning. Lovrina put her hand in her pocket and took it out nodding sadly. "Nothing left to gamble with to get everything back?" said May eyeing her. "How about if you flash Ronjad, I give you back all your stuff and everyone else's stuff too." "No way!" said Lovrina. "Do it!" said everyone. "But your boyfriend, Madison," said Lovrina. "Forget it," said Madison, "He's survivor, I'll get over it."

"Why did I sink this low hanging out with them?" said Lovrina. "Need something?" said Ronjad seeing her. Lovrina sighed. When she looked up at him again, and he was staring in amazement. But he wasn't looking at her at all, and was looking at something else. "Sakura?" he said softly and took off past Lovrina. Lovrina looked behind her, there was a girl lying on the beach. "No way," said Lovrina.

Sakura was laying in the hospital bed asleep. Ronjad stared at her and then look at Ash. "This is strange," said Ash, "I don't remember seeing her on the boat when everyone was on the deck." Ronjad nodded, "Do you think she's infected?" "Who's to say?" said Ash.

Lovrina was asleep again and back in the crystal forest. She looked around the place, no one was there. Yet. "Hello?" said Lovrina. A girl appeared out of nowhere. Lovrina couldn't see her face, because she was covered in the shadows. "Hello," said the girl. "Hello?" said Lovrina, "Who are you?" "You know soon enough," she said then a huge noise came out of nowhere and she woke up.

Lovrina woke up and looked around her. Ronjad was in front of her holding a bullhorn. "Good your up," he said, "We're having emergency meeting of our alien stop project." "Why didn't you just wake me up without the bullhorn?" said Lovrina grumbling. "It's funnier," said Ronjad with a grin.

Ronjad and the alien project members (Lovrina, the pilot, Ash, and now May and James) meet inside the jail. A lot of people were talking about Sakura and the infected people.

"As you know Sakura as appeared and you all remember, well besides pilot and Lovrina, she was the one of the people left aboard the boat, meaning she might be infected," said Ronjad, "First of all, I we need ideas on how we can be able to figure out if she might be infected, anyone have in idea?"

"How about if we test there DNA like what CSI does?" said James. "First of all," said Ronjad, "We need expert in DNA." "I can do that!" said James. Everyone stares at him. "What?" said James, "I took 3 years in Team Rocket as a DNA scientist before I was down graded to grunt work." "And it was all down hill for you, Jessie, and Meowth since then?" said May with grin.

"Ok," said Ronjad, "Anymore?" May raised her hand. "Yes?" said Ronjad. "How about if we watch her day and night?" said May. "Spying?" said Ronjad, "That's against the law and invades her life. I love it!"

The pilot and May went to the cells of Brock and Kait. Both of the prisoners didn't look at them. "Time for your supper," said May. She dropped the shields and slid the food on metal trays to them. She quickly turned the shields on again. The pilot looked at them. He watched as Brock picked up his tray and crumbled it up into a metal ball. "You can't stop us," said Kait, "No one human can."

Sakura laid in her bed asleep. Ronjad and Lovrina watched her quietly. "Why did I stuck with her doing this?" thought Ronjad. Lovrina thought the same thing and cursed under her breath. Both of them looked at each other, Ronjad stuck his tongue out at her, but Lovrina did the same thing, but when Ronjad turned away, she blushed.

Sakura started to open her eyes. She looked at Ronjad. She looked around some more. "Where am I?" she said. Ronjad sighed in relief. It looked like Sakura wasn't infected at all from what he was viewing. But he couldn't be sure, for the nicest face could hide a fierce foe.

Sakura got up and looked around again. "Here am I?" she repeated. Ronjad spoke first, "There was terrible accident on the boat during the storm, from everyone was left on the boat including you, you were the only one survived." Sakura gasped, "Everyone's dead?" "What I mean is that Josh, Brock, Tracey, Kait, and Pan are dead." Sakura look like she was going to cry. "Don't worry," said Lovrina, "Everything is going to be all right." But she was far from right.

For the next week, Ronjad and Lovrina watched Sakura very carefully. Everyone else in the group wasn't helping them watch Sakura at all. James stayed by Jessie's side in her room recovering, May was all ways together with the pilot somewhere private or with him at the hospital after an accident, and for some reason Ash was all ways finding an excuse to be with Melody privately.

Someone was also spying as well. Madison was spying on Ronjad and Lovrina from a far. They were always together doing something. She was growing concern that Lovrina might be, for some strange reason, was trying to steal Ronjad away from her, but not for Cipher reasons. So now then during week, Madison kept pulling Ronjad away from his spying job to remind him they were together.

All and all during that week, it wasn't that strange. Sakura was acting normal. She was talking to everyone. She was very normal. Lovrina couldn't help but think that she might be faking all of this. But Lovrina forgot about that idea. But at the end of the week, the trust is destroyed.

At the weekly meeting, Ronjad and Project A.C. (Alien Crush, it's the new name they gave to their group) members meet at the jail. There topic of this meeting was if they should stop the spying on Sakura. Half the group voted Yes and the other voted No (Ash, Lovrina, and newest member to join Riche voted Yes and James, May, and the pilot just out of the hospital voted No).

"Come on!" said Riche, "I recently joined to group because of my research skills and just looking over all the research and journal entries on the watching of Sakura I have to say I think we should drop the spying." Ronjad whispered to Ash, "He good at this case hearings and debates."

"I'm not going to listen to the new comer," said May. "But aren't you new?" said Ash. "Just a week," said May, "But I been this group longer and I say we keep watch on her!" "We're going to be here all night!" mumbled Ronjad, "I'll be back, and I'll just grab a soda."

Ronjad had to return all the way back to the hospital, because he forgot to add a vending machine to the jail. "That will be next week's debate," said Ronjad grumbling while he grabs his soda from the hospital's vending machine, "Should we add a vending machine." Ronjad then heard a voice. It was Sakura and she was talking to someone. Ronjad recognized the person she was talking to. It was Josh.

"So they fell for to whole thing?" said Josh to Sakura. "It was too easy," said Sakura, "I had to do was act innocent like, and I won over their trust easy." "So when do you want to release the signal?" said Josh. "I'll do it tomorrow night over the intercom when all the members are in the hospital," said Sakura. "Then it's settle," said Josh, "See you tomorrow night with the new people."

Ronjad felt a chill come over his soul. She was lying to them the whole time. Just get his and everyone else's trust so they turn us into them. Ronjad had to warn everyone; otherwise no one would be safe anymore. "Ronjad?" said Sakura in sweet voice, "Is that you?"

"Where's Ronjad?" said Ash. "Yeah," said May, "He should have been here by now." James looked out the window; Ronjad wasn't coming up the path. "Not coming," said James, "He'll be here; I'll get back to work on the DNA of our infecteds." Lovrina was worried, where was he? Then she thought about something else, why did she care about him? She hated him, but yet…

"Oh!" said Sakura, "Ronjad, didn't know you were coming." Ronjad stared at her. She was smiling. Ronjad knew what was really behind that smile of her's. It was dangerous force only he could stop at that moment. But he was against the wall and she was blocking his way out. "Something wrong?" she said, with a frown. Ronjad started to guess she was starting to think she was guessing he overheard her. He had to escape, but he couldn't.

Madison walked into the hallway. She looked around. She saw Ronjad pinned against the wall with Sakura getting closer to his face. Madison froze, was her best friend trying to steal him away from her? "Stop!" said Madison running towards Ronjad and Sakura, "Leave my boyfriend alone!"

Sakura looked toward Madison running at her. She couldn't send her flying otherwise that blow her cover. So she took off into another room. She thought to herself, "Did Ronjad hear me? No, he couldn't have."

Ronjad sighed a relief as Madison ran up to him. "Thank you!" said Ronjad happy and then he kissed her hard and ran away. Madison was totally confused, but she shrugged it off. "If he kissed me," thought Madison, "He still loves me."

"There he is!" said the pilot looking out the window, "Ronjad's coming!" Everyone looked out the window too. Sure enough he was running down the path towards the building. Lovrina noticed he was very frantic, but why?

Ronjad burst into the room panting hard. "Where were you?" said May. "Never mind that," said Ronjad, "Pilot! Did you finished those stun guns to capture an infected person?" "Yeah," said the pilot, "But they haven't been tested out yet." He showed Ronjad two of them and he grabbed it and ran out the door. "Why do you need those?" said May running after him. "I'll explain on the way!" said Ronjad.

When they reached the hospital, all the lights have been shut off. Ronjad and May ran inside into the lobby. "Where would you set off the signal?" Ronjad said. "How about the power room or the security room?" said May. "Good idea!" said Ronjad, "You check the security room and I'll look in the power room." Then they headed off for the rooms.

May ventures into the security room. "Very dark in here," said May, "I wish there was a light." Then the light came on. "Cool!" said May, "It's like God like powers!" "Actually," said Josh stepping out from a corner, "It's just a light switch."

Ronjad runs down stairs into power room. "Pretty dark," said Ronjad, "Should have grabbed a flashlight." Ronjad saw light from a door way under the door crack. He opened the door, and the light flowed into the hall. Ronjad gasped at what he saw.

May screamed. Josh started walking towards her. "You can't save us," said Josh, "You can't save yourself (Sound familiar anyone?)." May pulled up her stun gun and shot him. The electric bullet hit him, he started to shake and was launched to the ground. May looked at the gun, "These really work!"

Ronjad looked around him. A huge speaker that was set up against an air duct. Ronjad guessed when the sound came out, the voice waves would enter through the ducts, and sound would then travel out the air openings and infected everyone. Ronjad started to leave, but he tripped. When he looked it, it was a human body.

The body's face was mangled in different shapes. Ronjad looked in terror. "Shame," said Sakura watching out of the shadows, "He was just down here, I had to see if he could be one of us, but I guess not." Ronjad jumped to his feet and raised the gun. But Sakura was quicker, she punched him and launched him through the wooden door shattered it.

Sakura put her foot on his stomach and beginning pushing on him. Ronjad begin to gasp for air. "I could just make you one of us," said Sakura, "But you know too much." Sakura raised her foot and stomped her foot through him.

She would have done that. But May ran into the hall just as Sakura raised her foot. Then May shot her. Sakura started wobble and was launched to the ground. Ronjad jumped to his feet. "Thank you," said Ronjad.

Later in the jail, they placed Sakura and Josh into their new cells. Ash shook his head. "I thought she wasn't infected," said Lovrina. "How can we trust anyone any more?" said the pilot, "They could be infected." "I wish I knew," said Ronjad. Then they left the prisoners.

Author Notice: This chapter was based off Threshold, no real episode of it just a plot similar to it.

I also asking for more reviews now, when it reaches the 90 review mark of my story I'll update again. Which is 5 more reviews

By the way, you didn't mention when I forgot Melody's age. Here is everyone new and people I missed to tell about their age:

Melody: 18

Bianca: 20

The Pilot: I'll tell you all sooner or later.

Also some great news too! I wrote a new story! It's called The Rebirth. It's about Cipher after Pokemon XD: Gale of Darkness. Enjoy the story! Because I'' soom updated it.

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