Chapter 3

"The Plan is Revealed"

Mark looked stunned once Team Magma had succeeded in taking his girlfriend away that he sank to the ground and cried for a minute at the outset since he never wanted to lose Arinia to Team Magma for any reason.

Mark cried for a minute before he pulled himself back together, then he said, "Okay! We have to get her back! Who's with me?"

"We're right behind you!" Mark's grunts exclaimed.

"Thanks guys, I knew I could count on you to get my girlfriend back." Mark said.

"No problem, now shouldn't we report this to Archie? He might have some idea where they took her." A grunt suggested.

"Yes, we should……… If anyone will know where they took her, he will." Mark said.

Mark and his teammates now began walking back to their base.

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Meanwhile back in the Team Magma base, Arinia was still sleeping when the Admin came back to her cell with some food. The Admin unlocked her cell and entered and came over to Arinia and shook her awake. Arinia woke with a jolt and pulled away from him scared that he would hurt her.

"Relax, I won't hurt you, I only have some food for you." The Admin said trying to reassure her holding out the bowl of rice to her and gave her a spoon.

Arinia took the bowl and the spoon from him and the Admin held her drink while she ate.

"I hope he won't poison me…….." Arinia thought while she ate.

Arinia finished her meal of rice and the Admin took the bowl and spoon from her and handed her the drink that unknown to her contained a tasteless sleep potion. Arinia looked at the drink and sniffed the liquid and couldn't detect anything amiss so she drank it, and as soon as she finished it she began to get drowsy.

"You fool!" The Admin laughed. "Your drink contained a tasteless sleep potion! You'll sleep for twelve hours now and by the time you wake up our plan and your use will be complete!"

"What does that mean?" Arinia asked.

"Well, since you can't do anything to stop us, I'll tell you. It means that while you're sleeping the boss is going to offer you to Groudon to get it to grant a wish of his." The Admin replied.

"Offer me!?" Arinia exclaimed alarmed.

The Admin laughed, "Yes, offer you. The prophecy said that Groudon would grant anyone one wish if they offered him a young girl in exchange."

"That's crazy!" Arinia shot back.

The Admin laughed, "Crazy or not you can't do anything about it since your fate is to sleep for twelve hours and when you wake up you'll be an offering to Groudon!"

Arinia now yawned and laid back down and the door to her cell opened and a carriable bed was carried into her cell by some grunts and they set it on the ground before they seized Arinia and moved her into it despite her protests. Arinia tried to get free, but the Admin held her to the little bed until the sleep potion overpowered her and she slipped into sleep; then he removed his hand and tucked her in. Now that she was asleep, the grunts lifted the bed up and carried it out of her cell and carried it through their base and outside and loaded it into their van. Then the grunts piled into the back around Arinia's bed so that they could guard her, not they needed to since she was sound asleep and wouldn't awaken for many hours. Now that everything was in place, the van started to move taking everyone to the place where Arinia would be offered to Groudon to make Maxie's wish a reality.

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Mark and his teammates ran back to their base, hoping that Archie would know where Arinia had been taken.

Mark and his teammates arrived at base soon afterward and Mark hurried to tell his boss that Team Magma had captured Arinia and had taken her away for some reason that Mark didn't totally comprehend. All Mark could do now was speak to his boss and see if he had any suggestions to offer that might help find Arinia.