Chapter 6

"Captured Again"

Maxie carried Arinia into a dark part of the ship. She was terrified. Arinia's eyes grew even wider as she began to see where he was taking her.

"You're going into a prison cell for the rest of the trip. Got it?" Maxie said evilly.

Arinia trembled in fear, not liking what was happening. Maxie came to the cell door, which was open. He walked inside it and roughly placed her on a very uncomfortable bed. He then walked out of the room, shut the door and locked it. Arinia started to cry, she didn't like that she had been captured again and that she was being treated like dirt.

Maxie stood at the door and smiled. "Someone will come and deliver your meals three times a day. Don't expect to eat well, though! HA!" Maxie laughed and walked away, smiling evilly.

Meanwhile, Mark sat in the infirmary on the bed where Arinia used to be. He was swearing to himself in defeat. "I lost her...I could have...no..."

A Team Aqua Executive came over to Mark, "We'll get her back, I know we will, you just need to have some hope....."

Mark sighed. "I hope you're right."

"You got her back once, we can do it again, we just need to track them down to find out where they're taking her." The Executive said.

Mark sighed again. "I wish it actually were that easy..."

"We'll get her back, you'll see. We won't let you down, somehow or another, we will get your girlfriend back." The Executive told him sincerely.

Mark looked up at the Executive. "She's not my girlfriend..."

"Then what is she?" The Executive asked.

"We're just friends," Mark explained, "We're friends but she happens to be a girl. We're not that close yet."

"Poor girl...... Maxie's going to be so mean to her...." The Executive said, his voice trailing off after each thought.

"I know...that's the sad part." Mark shook his head. "Curse him..."

"We'll get her back, now come help us find out where they took her." The Executive told him.

Mark jumped up. "Got it."

Mark and the Executive left the room to go figure out where Team Magma was headed with Arinia as their prize.