Chapter seven: Guilty!
Holly sat next to John's hospital bed. She smiled. "How are you feeling?"
John groaned. "Horrible. The fairy warlocks were able to heal the wound and stop the bleeding but it feels as though something were still inside of me that they missed."
"Don't worry," said Holly. "I'm sure you'll feel better soon."
"I sure hope so. Thanks, by the way, for saving me back there. Without you, I probably would have died of blood loss."
"No problem," Holly said, putting her hand on his. "It's part of the job. Besides, Haven needs you. You've probably arrested more criminals than Major Kelp, Chix Verbil, and I put together."
John smiled, strait brown hair framing a handsome face. "Say, you never told me what happened while I was unconscious. Did Koboi escape?"
"No. We caught her. Her trial is tomorrow afternoon. I wouldn't want you to be snoozing through that." She and John laughed.
"Guilty!" The judge said. "I sentence you to five hundred years in Howlers Peak."
"But that's a goblin prison!" Opal protested. "You can't send me there!"
The judge smiled. "I can and I will. Five hundred years."
Holly smiled with satisfaction.
On the other side of the city, John smiled, too. Opal was finally arrested and would be in Howlers Peak for five hundred years, maximum security.
"Hope you enjoy prison." John chuckled softly. He closed his eyes and everything was black.
If you didn't get that last sentence, you will in the next chapter. One more chapter to go! One thing: should I write another one, or move onto other things?