uh, the sneak peek chapter is after this one!
yay! sorry, felt like cheering...
well, hope you enjoy this chapter!
(why not add something else that surprises eva?)
Chapter 8 – Plot
Eva woke up. She was sweating all over. She had a bad dream. She had seen everyone she had known well from her universe…gone in a trans-dimensional portal in an instant.
It was dawn. She noticed she was the only one there. She stretched her arms and got out of bed.
She got dressed and went outside. There was a calm breeze around. She saw Aikka in the main Avatar ship.
'I guess I could go and see him,' she shrugged.
She went through the portal. She saw he was tracking Molly and Jordan. She sneaked up behind him and tapped him on the shoulder.
He quickly turned around and pulled out his dagger. He sighed with relief and put away the dagger when he realised it was safe.
'Don't do that!' he hissed at her.
'Sorry,' she muttered.
They both saw Molly and Jordan go into one of the small temples. They both went inside to see what was there. The room was empty.
'They went in here,' Aikka said.
Eva knew what was going on. She kicked the circle in the middle. It flipped around just as she had guessed. She shook with anger.
'This happened to me but I didn't expect them to do it,' Eva said angrily.
'What do you mean?' Aikka asked.
'Follow me,' Eva told him.
She jumped down the chute the circle had hidden. Aikka followed her. They ended up in a dark cavern. Eva took Aikka to a small tunnel they both could fit in at the same time and see what was at the other end.
They saw Jordan and Molly. Aikka looked as though he was going to go out and talk to them. Eva held him back.
'Stay back. Just watch. I had to do this because you were on the other side,' Eva muttered.
They watched. Ning and Skun came up. So did Ondai.
'So why did you call this meeting? I am not so sure I want to talk to the slaves of the Crogs,' Skun muttered.
'We broke that alliance with them during our stay here,' Molly said.
Aikka looked at Eva. She looked so mad…he knew she knew what was going on here. But it hadn't been her who had done this…it had been him…
'We both have the common enemy here. Sul. Except for the last race and one or two other times, he has won the races. We have to stop him,' Jordan told them.
Aikka opened his mouth wide with shock. He didn't dare say anything though in case they heard.
'We are suggesting we form an alliance to get rid of him. If we stand together, we have a better chance of prevailing. Are you in?' Molly asked.
Molly and Jordan put their hands out on top of each other. There was a silence.
'I am in,' Skun said.
She put her hand on top.
'I will go with her,' Ning then told them.
She put her hand on top.
'With the five of us, there is no chance Sul will prevail,' Ondai finally said.
He put one of his mechanical arms on top. They had formed their alliance. Eva was disgusted and she crawled out of the tunnel with Aikka. He was shocked and horrified at what he had just seen.
Eva gestured they should go. Aikka nodded. They started walking back when a white thing came flying by.
Aikka and Eva were shocked.
'Ah!' they yelled.
They quickly covered their mouths. But then they both realised they didn't care anymore.
'Who is there? We know there is more than one of you!' Skun yelled.
Jordan and Molly realised who it was. They felt so guilty and ashamed. Everyone started going after Eva and Aikka.
Eva and Aikka found a small hiding place and went inside.
Skun, Ning, Ondai, Molly and Jordan passed after a few minutes. Once they were out of sight and hearing, Aikka sighed with relief.
'I can't believe…' he muttered.
'What? That you did it or that they did it?' Eva asked.
'Both. I did it in your universe but then they did it now…no wonder you say things are mixed up here,' Aikka got up.
Eva got up as well. They both leant against a wall.
'Wait! I heard something!' Skun said.
Eva and Aikka knew it would take to long to get back into their hiding spot. They panicked and then fell backwards. They saw a set of stairs. They looked in front of them and saw the wall had gone.
They blinked. The wall was back…and they were on the other side of it.
'Uh, should we go up?' Eva asked.
'We don't have much choice,' Aikka sighed.
They both started climbing up the steps. They eventually reached a cosy room. Eva recognised it as the room Satis had once taken her to. All the portals were there. So was Canaletto.
'Ah, Ruby. Just the person I wanted to talk to,' Canaletto said.
Eva saw the portal with Sul and his symbol on top of it. Aikka saw it to.
'Uh, can it wait?' Eva asked.
'Well I think you would want to know sooner. In fact I have good news. The people from…' Canaletto saw the flash as Aikka and Eva ran into the portal.
He sighed.
'…your universe are coming today. And that is not your portal,' he finished.
Aikka and Eva fell out at the other end. Eva saw the rising shapes in the centre of the Avatar ship. They were in the right one.
They both walked down the steps. As if on cue, Sul then came out in his usual robes and floating state.
'Sul! You are in danger!' Aikka yelled.
'Last time, you caused the danger, if I am correct. But that was another time, another universe,' Sul smirked.
'This time it is Molly and Jordan instead of Aikka,' Eva said angrily.
'You seem quite annoyed at this,' Sul noticed.
'Well done. We wanted to warn you before it happened! Well, you ended up in a different universe last time…' Aikka sighed.
'That was not because of you though. It is ok. I will be careful. You can be annoyed by your friends and their decision. I will be fine,' Sul told them.
'I suppose you will. You defeated them last time,' Eva smiled.
Sul nodded and floated away from them.
'Good luck with the race. It starts soon,' Sul said.
Aikka and Eva nodded. They went through the portal. After walking for a few minutes, they saw Molly and Jordan.
'Quick, pretend something!' Eva hissed.
Aikka raised his eyebrow. Eva groaned and decided to do the acting herself.
'Hey Aikka! I just wanted to ask you, what do you think caused that link break?' Eva acted like she had just seen him for the first time that day.
Aikka then quickly knew what to do.
'I really don't know. Hello Molly and Jordan. I haven't seen you all day. Neither has Ruby. Where were you?' he pretended he didn't know.
Molly rolled her eyes.
'Nice try,' she muttered.
'I think they are doing a good job,' Jordan replied.
Molly sighed and raised her eyebrow.
'What did you hear?' she asked.
'Was that conversation meant to be private? If it was, then sorry because I have a big mouth,' Eva smiled sweetly.
'And so do I,' Aikka innocently said.
Molly grabbed Eva and shook her.
'You heard all of it!' she yelled.
She let go of Eva.
'Well, by the last thing you said, you have obviously told someone about it. Who did you tell?' Jordan asked.
'Someone from my universe. That is all I am going to say about it,' Eva then walked off.
'Uh, me too,' Aikka quickly said.
He walked off too. Molly thought for a few minutes. She gasped and ran up in front of Eva.
'You told Sul! Of all the people to tell, why him?' Molly shouted.
'Because, I can't believe my other self would do this. I didn't do it back on my universe, Aikka did it. Earth never had an alliance with the Crogs too. So I might as well tell someone because I don't think I know my own race,' Eva muttered.
She then walked off. She went into the Earth Avatar ship. She looked at the picture she had changed a bit the night before. She had been planning on showing it to Molly…but it was too late now.
Besides, it was not a very important picture. Eva left it on her bed and then went downstairs.
The race was about to start.
Things were going wrong.
In the Arena of the Heart, Canaletto waited. A group of people appeared. Canaletto sighed and teleported them to as close to the Avatar ships as possible. He didn't have too much power left as he had all the race stuff to control.
He went back. Eva's universe had just sent her a present.
they are here!
go eva's universe!
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(i probably will put it up sooner though...)