Chapter 6 – The Link
Eva grinned. Everyone was having a good time. Aikka had done some sword tricks, Jordan had brought out some music and Stan and Koji had done some fancy lighting around the Avatar ship.
Maya looked as stern as ever though. Everyone else was so happy they didn't care.
It was nice to be there, but Eva knew she was going home soon. Well she hoped she was anyway.
She didn't know if her Jordan had believed her. She hoped he had. It clawed deep down inside her that maybe he wasn't coming. Maybe he thought it was just a myth that she still existed…
Eva sighed. If that was what he thought then at least she had her friends here. She just hoped they would accept her.
'Uh Molly,' she turned Molly around.
Molly was eating some of the cake that was there. She quickly swallowed it.
'What is it?' she asked.
'I want to ask you something privately,' Eva said.
Molly nodded and they both went outside.
'If my Avatar doesn't come, would you sort of adopt me? I mean, I wouldn't be well any trouble but…' Eva sighed.
'Don't think like that! You have got to believe! I mean your Avatar obviously cares for you. He does, I just know it. I'm sure he honestly does care about you more than you know…' Molly started.
'I know he cares about me. I just don't think he will come because…he doesn't believe in me! He doesn't believe I am alive after all this…he would be here now if he did! I just don't know if I should wait for something that just might not turn up. That's why I am asking you if things went wrong…' Eva stopped.
'You can. Don't worry about it. I'm sure they will come for you. In fact I bet they have planned it already. You'll see,' Molly smiled.
Eva stood up. She looked at Molly and shook her head.
'I guess I'm tired. You guys have fun without me. I'm going to bed,' Eva walked off sadly.
Molly sighed. She knew they were doing something weren't they?
In the other universe though…it was a different story. It was early morning, unlike the night where Eva was.
Rue walked outside with Danny. They looked around to see if there were any signs of the others. Ever since they had told everyone from Earth about Eva and her story, everyone seemed to suffer. They always checked outside because most people looked for peace to think about it. No one was there.
'Mourning day two,' Danny muttered.
'Why hasn't Jordan listened to that supposed Avatar who knew something about her?' Rue asked.
'He's too busy being angry at Canaletto. The voice supposedly sounds like him. He thinks the voice is teasing him. He even said there was her voice last night,' Danny sighed.
Rue smiled. Maybe there was hope. Ever since they had broken the news to the other humans…things hadn't been the same. They hadn't told Rush. They had just told the rest of the FFMA to go to Earth, while they stayed on Nurasia.
They had gone back there after the Crog Imperium. It was comfort but the loss still hurt a lot.
The FFMA wouldn't return for a few weeks…at least. Earth was quite a big planet and without Sani now to tell them other planets where Eva could be, the FFMA had no choice.
'Come on, let's try and find someone,' Rue said.
'What is the point? No one of them will believe the voice either,' Danny shrugged.
'We need to talk to Jordan then. He is the one hearing the voice after all. He could try and tell us something more than before. Or he could let us talk to this voice. We could also go to Aikka. He could make Jordan do it. It is worth a shot,' Rue shrugged.
Danny grabbed Rue's shoulders and shook him hard.
'Are you an idiot? Jordan and Aikka are the two worst people to go to!' Danny yelled.
'Just because they are suffering the most does not mean they won't believe us!' Rue shouted back.
They started arguing and pushing and shoving each other. They yelled and made a lot of noise. After a few minutes, they were pulled apart by one of the maids of the Nurasian palace.
'Quiet! Do you want to wake the whole of Daul?' she asked.
'Sorry Amber. We are just so annoyed though that Jordan hasn't even checked his voice he is hearing and that Aikka won't convince him to do so!' Danny muttered angrily.
Amber sighed and ruffled their hair.
'Yes, I know what you mean. No one will listen to kid's ideas anymore, will they? I think they should go for it as well. I thought they would be jumping with joy if they even had the slightest hint that Eva was alive,' Amber smiled weakly.
'I guess we all got that wrong,' Rue muttered.
'Hey, I heard a little secret. You can use Jordan's powers when he is asleep by touching his forehead. You could try it out,' Amber grinned.
'Yeah!' Rue and Danny yelled.
They both ran off to find Jordan's room. They quickly turned around.
'Thanks Amber!' they smiled.
'Anytime,' Amber replied happily.
Rue and Danny then ran down the corridor. They came to Jordan's room. They slowly opened the door.
'Oh great,' Rue muttered.
Jordan was lying on the Nurasian seat, asleep. On the floor though, leaning against the bed were Stan, Koji, Rick, Aikka and Don. They were all there.
'This could be our chance though,' Danny started walking over them.
Rue almost yelled at him but then took a deep breath and started walking over them himself. They both eventually reached Jordan. Rue sighed and touched his forehead. It glowed.
He then concentrated. After a minute he heard a voice.
'What is it?' a familiar voice said.
'Uh, we want to see Eva. Also known as Molly or Ruby…' Rue gulped.
'You are not the Avatar of that universe. But seeing as you have done this, can you do a…communications link as you so call it?' Canaletto asked.
'I guess,' Rue muttered.
Rue quickly went around everyone who was asleep and covered their eyes.
Then the wall went bright and an image appeared. It was of Canaletto. Danny and Rue shivered with fear.
'I see you are not using permission. I can control the link from now though,' the image said.
Rue removed his hand from Jordan's forehead. It stopped glowing but the link still remained.
Danny and Rue sighed with relief.
'You want to see Eva don't you?' Canaletto asked.
Rue and Danny nodded.
'I will get her,' Canaletto said.
In the Avatar ship near him, a few minutes later, Eva was being shaken awake. She opened her eyes and glared at everyone who was staring.
'Can't I sleep?' she grumbled.
'You have a link with someone with your universe. Someone who wants to talk to you!' Molly yelled.
Eva was wide awake once the words went into her ears.
'Let's go!' she yelled.
Jordan, Aikka and Molly decided to go with Eva. They ran up to Canaletto. They were panting from running so fast in such a short time. Canaletto turned around.
'Are you ready?' he asked.
'Wait…a minute…who is…it who is…wanting to…talk to me…now?' she asked breathlessly.
'A duo. One is Nurasian and one is Byruss. They didn't have any permission from the Avatar,' Canaletto said.
Eva grinned.
'Rue and Danny!' she yelled and ran over to the pool.
She looked into it. It wasn't white like before. She saw Rue and Danny. She also saw the others.
'Wow, they have let themselves go,' Eva muttered.
Rue and Danny's mouths were open. Their mouths were even wider when they saw Molly, Aikka and Jordan.
'This is so cool!' they both yelled.
They covered their mouths in shock. They looked nervously around. Everyone in the room that was asleep stirred slightly. They both sighed with relief.
'That was scary,' Rue muttered.
They were all staring in wonder at the other world on the other side of the link. There was a long silence.
'Uh, why are you so worried they are going to wake up?' Jordan asked.
'We sort of did this without their permission. They think we are crazy for doing this…' Danny shrugged.
'It looks a bit gloomy over there,' Molly smiled weakly.
'Maybe it is. But I want to ask something. What is going on?' Rue asked.
'She appears a few days ago. We find out she is from over in your universe. We have to call her Ruby. Your Avatar does not believe she exists. You two do this. Is that me over there?' Aikka pointed to his sleeping self.
'Yes. It is. Actually wait a few minutes,' Rue said.
He and Danny quickly covered the others with covers.
'So they don't hear. They would kill us if they knew we were doing this. I suppose we will tell them later,' Danny shrugged.
Eva sighed.
'So you two are the only ones out of the lot of you who believe this all?' she asked.
'Oh, that is harsh,' Molly muttered.
Rue and Danny nodded sadly. Eva groaned.
'How am I going to get back then?' she asked.
'We don't know! It's hard to convince them! I wish they would listen for once to us…' Rue muttered.
Someone appeared at the door. It was Danny's sister Opal.
'Danny! You and Rue are in so much trouble!' she yelled really loudly.
'Opal! Don't yell so loudly…' Danny hissed.
'You have a sister?' Eva asked.
'Uh and that very sister has got us caught,' Rue muttered.
Opal stared at screen.
'You could have told me that you were talking to her!' Opal crossed her arms angrily.
Jordan raised his eyebrow.
'Actually, what did you mean by getting caught?' he asked.
Something disturbed the link. Canaletto began to lose control of it. It wasn't the Avatar from the other universe. It was something else…
'Hurry! You do not have much more time left!' Canaletto warned them.
'You have to come here!' Jordan yelled.
'You can't just leave her here!' Aikka shouted.
'No one can be that stupid or heartless!' Molly then said.
Eva stared at the pond. She was silent. She could tell Rue and Danny were having their own problems. Pond ripples spoiled their view and they were becoming more distant to the others.
'You are in so much trouble!' a group of people yelled.
Eva looked longingly at the pond.
'Please help me,' she whispered.
The pond went black. The link was broken.