Up in the Team Magma plane, Arinia was so out of it that she wasn't even aware that her enemy was sitting beside her watching her every move.
Just then a Team Magma General walked over and looked at Arinia, "Any chance of her regaining consciousness anytime soon?"
"I doubt it. She got a heavy dose of chloroform so it might be an hour or more until she wakes up." The Admin replied.
"Good." The General ruffled Arinia's hair. "It's too bad that this little girl had to be captured by us, if she had stayed away from Team Aqua then this wouldn't have been necessary."
"I think that one of the Team Aqua members loves her." The Admin replied. "I saw one holding her and I think he was the one who told her to run. The fool! No girl can outrun me or anyone in our team!"
The General nodded, "Yeah, true, but one thing's for sure the boss is going to reward us handsomely for bringing him a little girl for his plan."
The Admin touched Arinia's face, "She looks so young….. Why'd she have to choose to be a friend to Team Aqua and not us? If she had chosen us instead then this wouldn't have been necessary like you said.
The General nodded, "True, though I think it was love that made her choose the other side, but that won't be enough now that she's in our hands. It's now up to our boss whether she lives or dies."
Arinia shifted in her sleep and both the Admin and the General looked at her in interest.
"Well, it appears that she's going to be okay." The General said.
"Yeah, the boss'll be happy to hear that." The Admin said.
Arinia shivered and the General looked shocked, "Aw…… The poor thing's cold…… Here let me get her a blanket." The General went to get a blanket for Arinia and he returned with it in a few minutes and when he did he gently wrapped Arinia in it and once he did so Arinia stopped shivering. "That's better…… I know she's our captive but there's nothing set in stone that says that we can't take good care of her. If the boss says otherwise then it's another story entirely."
"Exactly." The Admin replied.
Arinia continued to sleep in a rather fitful sleep since her body was fighting the chloroform trying to wake her up since she deserved to have a chance to defend herself from her captors.
"Keep a close watch on her, and let me know when she wakes up." The General said looking at Arinia once more before he stroked her hair again.
"Yes, sir! Oh and by the way, where do you think Maxie will hold her until he needs her for his plan?" The Admin asked.
"Hmm……. I'm guessing that Maxie will keep her in a nice locked cell until the time comes for her part in his plan." The General replied.
Arinia shifted again and moaned a little in her sleep and the Admin looked at her, "She seems to be waking up……. How's that possible!? With the amount of chloroform she was given I would have expected her to sleep for almost a complete hour."
"Well she can't wake up, that would ruin everything……. I'll get a sleep potion to put her back to sleep." The General said walking off to get the potion.
Arinia now opened her eyes and asked, "Mark?"
"I'm not Mark, honey, and you're now a prisoner and you're in a tough spot since we don't treat people tied to Team Aqua nicely, and on top of that, you can't escape us since you're flying with us in our plane and unless you can take out everyone here including me, you're trapped."
Fear glittered in Arinia's eyes since she now knew that she was a prisoner at the hands of Team Magma and the Admin just looked at her. Just then the General returned with the potion and the Admin seized Arinia and unbuckled her and then positioned her so that her head was in his lap. Then he forced her mouth open and the General stepped forward and poured the potion down her throat. Arinia struggled as much as she could, but the Admin was way stronger than her and was able to easily subdue her as they forced her to take the sleep potion. Once the potion had been poured down Arinia's throat, the Admin now buckled her back into her seat and the General covered her up with the blanket again. Arinia looked shocked that at least one of them was caring for her somewhat.
"Don't get any ideas, girl, I don't have any sympathy for you so don't even go there." The General said looking at Arinia grinning evilly.
Arinia lowered her head and tried not to cry, but that proved to be the hardest thing she ever had to do since she really wanted Mark at this moment.
"You want your lover, don't you?" The Admin asked her.
Arinia nodded, a tear sliding down her cheek. The Admin and the General both laughed at her since they weren't about to comfort her since she was a friend of Team Aqua and they could've care less whether her relationship with Mark ever worked out.
"The potion should be kicking in now and she should be dropping off soon." The General said grinning evilly.
As if to prove him right, Arinia yawned and the General smiled. "Yup, it's working now. Sweet dreams, child."
Arinia's eyes fluttered shut as she tried to fight the potion, but that proved to be futile since about five minutes later the potion completely overpowered her and made her slip back into a deep sleep.
"Good, she's asleep now, we won't have to worry about her trying to escape." The Admin said grinning at Arinia's sleeping form.
"Right, now keep a close eye on her, though I doubt that we'll have any trouble from this little thing." The General said also looking at Arinia's sleeping form.
"Yes sir! I'll do that." The Admin replied.
The General now walked away back to his seat and the Admin continued to keep a close eye on poor little Arinia. About four hours later, the plane began to descend as they landed atop their base building. Arinia was still sleeping when they landed so the Admin unbuckled her and lifted her into his arms while keeping her carefully wrapped in the blanket. The Admin carried her out of the plane and into their base and once he did so he saw the General again.
"She's still breathing, correct?" The General asked, clearly wanting to make sure that their little prisoner was still in good health after being given the potion several hours earlier.
The Admin held her so that he could listen for a heartbeat and when he heard one he said, "Yes, she's still alive, she's only asleep, she'll be perfectly fine whenever she finally wakes up again."
"Good. Come on let's go show Maxie that we brought him a little girl for his plan." The General said starting to walk towards Maxie's office.
The Admin nodded and followed him to Maxie's office. When they reached his office, the General knocked on the door to Maxie's office.
"Come in." A voice called from within the office.
The General now opened the door and walked inside with the Admin following closely behind him carrying little Arinia and when they did the Admin carried Arinia over to Maxie.
Maxie looked surprised as he looked at the little girl, "A girl? You caught one!? Good work! Now go put her in a nice cell and make sure that she doesn't freeze since she has a big part to play in my plan."
The Admin nodded and started to leave the room when Maxie said, "Make sure that you tuck her into the bed in her cell so she'll stay warm."
"Yes sir, I will do that." The Admin replied.
He now left the room and went to put Arinia in the cell that Maxie had designated for her. A few minutes later, the Admin reached the cell Maxie had wanted him to put little Arinia in. The Admin opened the door to the cell and carried Arinia into it, and when he did he pulled the covers on the small bed back before he set Arinia on the bed and unwrapped her from the blanket. Then he set the blanket on the bed and moved Arinia into her bed and placed her under the covers gently laying her head back into her pillow. He now tucked her in and covered her with the blanket again so that he could be sure that she wouldn't get cold. The Admin turned to leave her when Arinia started to stir.
"Mmmm, where am I?" Arinia asked sleepily.
The Admin turned around, "In a cell, and you'll be held here until the time comes for your part in the boss' plan."
Arinia shook her head quickly and the Admin laughed, "Ha! You don't want to, but you won't have a choice! You'd better do it or the boss might kill you when he no longer has any need for you."
Arinia looked scared, "That's right, be very afraid, I told you that we don't treat people tied to Team Aqua nicely!"
The Admin now turned to leave, and Arinia closed her eyes and began seeing all of the fun times she and Mark had shared together. Still thinking on this, Arinia started to cry since she wanted to be where Mark was more than anything, but as a prisoner at the hands of Team Magma that wouldn't happen since they didn't care what she thought or what she felt as long as their plan succeeded. The Admin now left her, locking her in as he went. Arinia heard him close the door and heard a click that signified that he had locked her in. Arinia looked up and saw that the door was now locked shut, Arinia began to get very afraid when she found this out since she wasn't especially fond of enclosed spaces. Though after a minute or two Arinia tried to calm down since she figured that getting all worked up over something she couldn't change wasn't worth it since she was sure that Mark was going to do his best to save her from Team Magma. With that thought in mind that she still had hope of rescue, Arinia closed her eyes again and went back to sleep.
