Imprisoned: The girls had no idea where they were being carried off too. Their eyes had been covered as soon as they got far enough away from the trap. When they could finally see, they were taken by surprise. They were in a cell.
The creature that had carried them slammed the door shut and angrily snarled through the bars before walking away. 'Where... Are we?' said Star while examining the walls of the cell. Jackie was sat down, not speaking a word. 'Jackie, are you okay?' She broke out of her trance with a giggle. 'Oh yeah I'm totally fine, I was just thinking about how both times I've gone to another dimension, I've ended up in some sorta trouble.' Star laughed weakly as Jackie got to her feet. 'More importantly, we should try and figure our way out of here. I don't think these guys running into us like they did was an accident.'
Star nodded understandingly. 'Ludo has to be here.' Though she didn't realize she had dropped her wand until this moment. She felt dread, worrying about what could have picked it up. Jackie noticed her sudden change of attitude. 'Relax Star, we can find another...' But Star cut her off. 'No! You don't understand! I've already lost my family's book, and now some other monster probably has my wand too!' Star was on the verge of tears. 'But what about Marco?' This seemed to calm her down. 'I couldn't tell, but it sounded like he was putting up a fight to me. I bet if anyone got the wand, he did.'
Star wiped her eyes. 'How are you not... Scared by all this, I mean isn't this too much for you to handle?' Jackie walked to the front of the cell and looked out. 'You're right. I should be scared.' She let out a small chuckle. 'But I'm not. I know how Marco is. I bet right now, him and that frog guy are already on there way here and they are going to get here no matter what it takes.' She paused for a moment. 'And you know him too, so what I should be asking is... Why are YOU scared?' Star fell back against the wall and sat in silence. There was a strange hissing sound and a dim yellow light that seemed to come from the lock.
'Star!' Jackie yelled under her breath while she examined the lock. 'It's open!' Star jumped to her feet as fast as she could. She glanced at it with amazement. 'Was that... Me?' She was staring down at her hands. 'It looks like it.' Jackie slowly began reaching for the door, but pulled back when she heard footsteps. The two of them backed away from the door, so they didn't look suspicious.
A few seconds passed before a pair of their captors came into their view. 'I didn't expect it to work, but come take a look.' they both sat silently listening to their conversation. 'Well, I'll admit I didn't believe you at first.' one of the rats was pressing his nose through the bars, grinning. 'There was a third one too, but he managed to... Get away.' The second rat looked guilty. 'Hmph. Well this other Mewman may be trouble if he was able to fight off that many of us. Best be on the lookout for him. as for these two. Well they could be useful, can't imagine they'd help in the mill, so just keep an eye on them.' And with that the other Rat left.
'Couldn't tell you're boss that your men couldn't take on a 14 year old huh?' Jackie sniggered at him. 'Don't think just because were keeping you in here that means I can't come in there and teach you a lesson!' He seemed to spit his words through the bars. 'I'd like to see you try.'
Star almost felt like stopping Jackie, but then she saw the look on her face, she was definitely planning something. 'Then take a real good look.' The creature laughed maliciously as he took out the cell key.
As he put it in the door, the cell opened slightly, and he paused for a second, confused. Before he had a chance to react, Jackie charged the door, flinging it open so fast that it pushed their guard backwards into a wall behind him, knocking him out cold. She turned around and reached her hand out to Star, who was gawking in amazement at what she had just seen. 'Come on, let's go find Marco.'