Hey guys ...
Sorry for the delay. Lately, I experienced a considerable bustle; School, the scout which will soon hold a camp, performing arts events, and much more. Once again, I am sorry.
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Chapter 9: In danger
After dinner, Martha's family doing normal activities. Martha's parents relax while watching a television to relieve fatigue on activities during the day. Blu and Jewel as usual lying on the roof.
"Hey Blu..." Jewel said, "Doesn't matter if we lay on this roof? I mean, if this roof will not collapse?"
Blu chuckled, "Don't worry... Despite all the material on this planet are fragile, but it is not easy to be destroyed."
"Oh..." Jewel responded flatly.
"Unless you are pressing your belly fat ..." Blu went on to said jokingly.
"My belly is not fat!" Jewel said with exasperation, "Just I have healthy belly. My stomach is normal!"
Blu just chuckled, while Jewel turned from Blu.
"Hey..." Blu said, "What do you think about this planet?"
Jewel turned her head and looked at Blu, "This planet?" she said. Then she looked at the dark sky lit by starlight, "I think this is an incredible planet, just like Earth."
Blu smile, "I'm glad to hear you say that... Because I still have not figured out how we return to Earth." then, Jewel glanced at Blu, "Jewel... I'm sorry that I made you in trouble and I'm sorry because still have not found a way to return to earth. I'm really sorry."
Jewel smiled and looked back at the sky, "Oh Blu... You don't need to apologize. As long as we are together, we feel like on earth, and like at home. You and me..."
Jewel and Blu looked at each other, "Thank you, Jewel ... I feel lucky, because you press the button for me. If not, maybe I've gone on earth, nor on this planet."
Suddenly, Martha came in and said with an expression of confusion, "I'm sorry to bother you guys. But, did you see my book? The blue book with paintings of clouds on the cover."
Blu and Jewel immediately approached Martha, "Sorry Martha..." Jewel said, "We did not see your book."
"Oh no." Martha said with a stricken face.
"Where did you put it?" Blu ask.
Martha was trying to remember, "Uh... I... I left it on the table. Oh no... the book was lagging behind in the classroom... I should go to pick it up now. Thanks for your time..." Then she left Blu and Jewel.
"Wait Martha!" Blu exclaimed, before she went downstairs, "Now it's late, and would be very dangerous if you go alone. Is not it better if I'll go with you? "
"No... I will be fine. Besides... it's only 9 o'clock. Would not it be nice of you to watch television in the family room? I will not go long." Then, she ran downstairs, without say anything about it to her mother.
"That girl..." Blu said with wonder.
Jewel smiled, "Calm down, a girl know what to do."
"Well..." Blu said as he breathed, "But I have a bad feeling about this..." He said in his mind.
Now at Guivick School, where the only educational institution that only known on this planet. A Place when at noon so crowded by Lyonesse pupils, but now just looks deserted building and creepy. There are only a few of visible light illuminating the school, and apparently no security guards there. Suddenly a glimpse of shadow appear from the 20th floor of the school building, and walking down the hallway, but it disappeared instantly in the darkness. A few minutes passed, is now the shadow reappeared on the 16th floor The shadow stopped in front of a locker and looking for something.
Turns out it was Arthur. He's standing in front of a locker with a broken door, or rather, it is a locker where he was tricked in the morning and then helped by Blu by damaging the door. Whether what he was doing, he was seen looking for something. He gouging iron plates under the lockers and found a hole in which there is a small chest.
"Finally, I found this thing." He said with a sigh of relief, "I have to give it to him." He put it into his bag and closed the hole and clean up the locker as normal. It seems to cover the evidence.
"What are you doing here?" Suddenly, he heard someone said to him. A hoarse voice.
Arthur panic and slowly turned around to the source the voice, "No... sir." And it turns out it was a figure of the headmaster, "I just took my stuff that I was left in the classroom." Arthur said nervously.
The headmaster did not say anything for a moment, "Very well... You'd better be home soon, because it's getting late night."
"Alright, sir," replied Arthur, briefly. Then, he walked into an elevator, while the principal soon disappeared in the darkness. He pressed the button to the first floor, but when he pushed the button, he went out of the elevator just before the elevator doors closed. He hid in the darkness and follow where the principal go with caution.
Arthur trailed the principal with walk slowly while tiptoe, until he see him, walked into his office. He can not follow him into his room, and he could only peek through the keyhole in the door. And it turns out, the principal is not alone in his room, but he along with two foreign birds who are he has never see before.
Arthur can not clearly see the physical characteristics of both the mysterious birds. However, he could hear what they are talking about.
"Mr. Frank... can I help you?" The headmaster asked nervously.
"Do not worry..." It is known that the mysterious bird named Frank. A bird that has a wound across his left eye, with gray feathers, "We just want to know where is it stored. You know what i mean? "
"With all respect, sir... I really do not know where that thing." The headmaster replied nervously, "I've been looking for it for one week, and did not find anything."
Frank smiled cynically, then stomping his wings to the table, and generate a loud noise, "You know... Our boss really wants it. And if what is desired by our boss is not fulfilled... you know what will happen." A bird who standing behind him, pulled out a gun from under his wings.
The principal's face expresses a sense of panic and cold sweat started pouring, "Okay, okay... I'll look for it tonight."
"Good." Frank replied, then the bird who standing behind him, hiding the gun behind his wings, "I want it is found this evening, and you have to hand it the next night. Do you mind?" Frank said gruffly. The headmaster nodded with fear, "Good... good. Sorry for our rudeness. I hope we can do business." Frank went on to say.
Back to Arthur who eavesdropping on their conversation, "What!" exclaimed Arthur in his mind. He thinking about a small crate who he found not long ago. "I'd better get out of here." He stepped backward slowly. Trying not to make a sound.
However... "Hi Arthur." Suddenly a sound came from behind him, "What are you doing here?"
Arthur shocked and slowly flipped his body to source of the sound, and apparently the source of the sound it is... "Martha, you scared me." Arthur said with a sigh of relief.
"You look scared... Indeed, what is going on?" Martha asked in a voice loud enough."
"Shhs... We have to get out of here. Because in here is dangerous." Arthur replied in a whisper.
"What? Dangerous !?" Once again, Martha asked in a voice loud enough.
"Shhs... keep your voice down." Arthur whispered, and then he looks back, more precisely to the principal's office. He saw the door open slowly. "We have to get out of here." He whispered and immediately pulled Martha's wing, and running in a hurry toward the dark hallway. However the chest which found by him fell from his bag because his bag was open. "Oh no..." Arthur stopped and quickly returned to take the chest. However... when one of the mysterious bird saw the chest, Arthur does not pick it up, and returned to Martha's side.
"Arthur..." Marhta whisper with frightened, "Who is he?"
"I do not know... But he's definitely not a good bird." Arthur opened a locker door slowly, "You hiding in there."
"But... what about you?" Martha whispered.
"Don't worry about me... I'll be back." Martha entered into a locker and Arthur locked it from the outside. Then, he walked into the darkness. Martha can only see him disappear in a dark hallway and pray that he will be fine.
Meanwhile, the mysterious bird who saw a a chest, call his colleague, "Frank... Look what I found."
A bird with a wound in his left eye came over to him, and pay attention to the chest, "It's not possible... It had been found by someone."
Suddenly, a chair flew towards Frank and it made him shocked and immediately pulled out a gun from his pocket and shot the chair into pieces. As a result, Frank accidentally dropped the chest and Arthur get out from the darkness, ran towards them both and take the chest. It happened so quickly that Frank and his colleague did not see who he was.
"What's that?" Frank said in a shocked tone. Then he realized that the chest was taken by him. "What! the box was... taken by him."
Arthur ran as fast as he could, but Frank's colleague faster than him. He was in front of Arthur and pointed a gun at him. Arthur slowed down and throw the chest which held by him. Automatically, Frank cried out to his colleague in order not to shoot the chest, probably because it is important, and Arthur knew that if he did not probably going to shoot the chest. The chest that thrown by Arthur right on his head and Frank's colleague passed out and fell to the floor, along with the chest. Arthur swiftly take the chest.
"Ha ha... You lose!" Arthur said proudly. Frank only silent at the end of the hallway, and slowly approached him, "Get out of here before the cops come. Your friend is already falling, and the next is you." Arthur went on to say.
However, Frank who was only silent, suddenly wicked laugh, "Ha Ha ... Lost? Seriously." He raised a familiar bird to Arthur. And the bird is...
"Martha!" Arthur shouted with shock.
"Surprised?" Frank said with a wry smile on his face.
"Arthur... Please..." Martha said with a weak tone. A fear appeared on her face.
"Let her go!" Exclaimed Arthur.
"No... before I get the chest!" Frank replied, "Give me the chest, or..." He pulled out a small knife and stick it on Martha's neck.
"Cunning bird!" Arthur looked confused, and tried to think of something. Then he smiled, "Okay... in the count of three."
"Oh..." Response Frank
"One..." They both prepared to make an exchange.
"Two..." Arthur's left wing looks reaching something.
"Three..." Arthur threw the chest, along with Martha released by Frank. Martha running toward Arthur with fear, and the chest floated in the air. When the chest floating in the air, quickly... Arthur pulled out a gun which taken from Frank's colleague, prepares to firing bullets toward the chest.
However... the figure of another bird came out of the darkness and very quickly took the chest and capture Martha. His left wing bleeding due to the bullet fired by Arthur. Apparently he protects the chest.
"Who are you?" Arthur asked in confusion. The figure looked up to him, "The principal... What are you doing?"
The headmaster only silent and walked toward Frank, carrying a chest and Martha...
"Let go of me!" Martha yelled, slapping trying to escape.
"Mr. principals... What the heck is this?" Arthur looked confused, "Please let her go."
Frank smiled cynically, "Good job, Mr. Headmaster. Getting the thing which sought and also get a bonus, a beautiful bird as captives." Martha looked very frightened. Tears of fear running down her cheeks.
"Mr. principals... You!" Arthur said with a disappointed and angry. Suddenly someone hit his head from behind.
And it turns out that hit him is Frank's colleague who was awakened, "Feel my revenge, boy."
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That it's, end of the chapter 9th. Sorry if it's bad, but I hope you guys enjoyed it.
If you have any suggestions or proposals regarding an illustration of a city on another planet, I would be grateful. Because the next chapter, Blu and Jewel will investigate an organization known as...
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