I'm sorry guys, this one is short and generally poorly written. : I'll do a better job next time.
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Chapter 4
"Who are you?" The soldier questioned them, holding his spear a little closer to Shagar.
"Oh, we're just a bunch of school kids out for the weekend," Shagar said as innocently as she could, being careful not to let that awful guilty smile creep across her face. "Just passing through and such. The camp caught our attention, that's all. Nothing exciting ever happens out here in the middle of nowhere. It's just sort of different."
"Oh?" The soldier didn't sound, or look, convinced. Then again, they were probably trained to be suspicious of everything. "Where's your school?" He pushed.
"I'm not authorized to tell you that, sir," Shagar replied with a smile. She wasn't keen on giving out that little piece of information.
"We've been strongly encouraged not to talk to strangers," Freezachu chimed in behind her with just a hint of humor in her voice.
"Really," grumped Mr. Suspicious. He seemed to relax a little bit, but still seemed confused. Shagar had a feeling he was a new recruit.
"That's the truth, sir," Aliela insisted, stepping up to confront him. She looked calm, but Shagar knew that on the inside, she was probably laughing at this.
"Uh-huh," the soldier responded sarcastically, still looking rather unimpressed. By now Shagar was fed up with his attitude. He's barely listening! If anything, he was stalling until someone else came along to handle it. But she was careful not to show her distress. Instead, she tried to cut to the chase.
"So, are you gonna let us go or not, mister?" she nagged, looking annoyed. "We gotta be back at school by sunset."
She saw Kinko nod in agreement out of the corner of her eye. She had a feeling Kinko didn't want to be out here anymore anyway.
The soldier pondered it for a moment. Shagar glanced at Freezachu, who was busy scanning the camp, presumably for any escape route. At that same moment, Mr. Suspicious looked around a little bit as if to make sure no one was looking. It was rather ironic. Shagar got the idea he really wasn't supposed to let anyone go.
"Yeah, I'll let ya go," Mr. Suspicious agreed reluctantly. He pulled his spear away, as if he no longer had any use for it.
Shagar relaxed just a little bit.
"But I never wanna catch you guys back here again, you got that?" he added, pulling his spear out again and prodding Shagar with it. Her temper flared.
"Pfft, like I wanna come back!" she grunted. "What a horrible welcome wagon!"
Mr. Suspicious eyed her angrily like he was having second thoughts on letting them go. "Intruders don't deserve welcoming," he pointed out.
Anyone with some sense would have left it there, but Shagar wasn't one of those people. Oh no. Her thoughts were already returning to her previous daydream about Earth Kingdom soldiers and armies and border disputes. His final comment had nearly caused her to snap.
"Oh, I'm sorry," Shagar scoffed with a resentful glare. "I didn't know intruding on your own land was a crime, because last time I checked, this wasn't Fire Nation land!"
"Maybe not yet," Mr. Suspicious vowed, "but it will be soon!"
She gave him a look of disbelief and let a smile creep across her face. It would if there weren't people living out here, she thought. A variety of Pokemon and animals lived out here in the desert; they just didn't come out during the day. Most of them were antisocial too, which was why they lived out here instead of back in town. If some Fire Nation troops wanted to try and push their way onto this land, let them. They wouldn't be here long before those grumpy Pokemon were all over them.
"Well, you let me know how that goes for you," she taunted. "Good luck."