Chapter 9 – Taken Away
Molly went into the Arrow's turret. Jordan was getting into the pilot seat. It was strange for Eva watching her and Jordan switch positions and act so natural about it. She glared at them hatefully.
Molly was still wearing the protective jewel. She hadn't taken it off yet.
Eva had a worry deep inside her that something was going to go wrong. But Molly was protected. Everything would be fine…
Once they dropped, Eva went outside. She could see them in the dark, almost craved out race track. The walls around them stood tall. Eva remembered this race…something bad happened in it.
She saw Sul. She then remembered. Sul had been caught in that trans-dimensional portal that day. He was winning the entire competition right now.
She was glad she and Aikka had warned him. It was a bit better than leaving him surprised when it happened.
Eva longed to be using the Arrow, but Jordan wasn't using her rocket seat. It just wouldn't be the same for her. She could only watch what was going on all around her…it wasn't fair.
But this race was different. Sul wasn't going to disappear today. She hoped he wouldn't at least.
Eva felt someone around. She looked around, but there was no one there.
She shrugged and sat down, dangling her legs down over the edge and she watched the race.
Aikka watched the Arrow very carefully. He saw it at one point turn back, along with Ning, Skun and Ondai. It tempted him so much…so he turned around too.
Sul wasn't shocked when he saw the group of star racers. They started firing at him and it was then he realised there was someone else watching behind them. He sighed and gestured to the star racers.
Aikka was there, but he was helping up some people.
'This is weird,' Stan muttered.
'Just get on G'dar,' Aikka said.
Everyone was soon on G'dar but the weight was too heavy.
Aikka turned around. He saw the other star racers.
'I wasn't following you! Well, I guess I was…could you lend me a hand?' he called out to them.
The Arrow cautiously flew forward.
'Can we ask, where is Ruby, or whatever you call her here,' Rue asked.
'We have used the name Ruby. She is up in the Avatar ships right now…she will be watching the race,' Aikka told them.
Everyone grinned. As soon as the Arrow hood opened and they had stopped staring at Molly, they got on.
Eva watched them from above. She grinned with pleasure.
'Are you enjoying the scene?' a kind vice said.
Eva knew who it was. She turned around and smiled at the small old creature.
'Yeah! I'm going back home for real! I'm so happy right now! They really did believe me in the end!' she grinned.
'What if something bad happens that pulls you apart?' the voice asked.
'As if. We are safe now. Nothing could ruin this day! The race is almost over and I can be back with them!' Eva told him.
The star racers all were being lifted up by beams at this point. All except Aikka's star racer and the Earth team's Arrow. They were flying towards her.
'Are you sure nothing could ruin this day? Then who am I?' the voice asked.
'That is easy. You are Satis and…' Eva froze.
She remembered Canaletto's words. Satis was evil here…he was standing right next to her. She turned around. Satis was gone. She sighed with relief. She then looked back…they were so close.
'Besides, you can't get Molly. She is protected,' Eva smirked.
'It wasn't Molly I was after. You hadn't finished your drawing…' the kind voice then said.
A flash of the picture she had fixed came into her head. It had been the one where they were all arguing. The one with the missing Eva. She had added bars and two hands clutching two of those bars on top.
It had looked like the person was watching the scene from a jail cell.
She had always worried that person was going to be Molly…but now, she realised the truth. She realised Aikka and the Earth team had decided to go into the beams first. Eva jumped up and paced around.
'Please don't let me be right, please don't,' she begged.
'You are right…' the voice said.
'I don't want to be right. I don't want to…' she sighed.
'You are the one…' the voice echoed everywhere.
'Why me?' Eva whispered.
Jordan and Aikka almost jumped out of the Arrow.
'That voice…she is in danger!' Aikka yelled.
'We have to hurry!' Jordan replied.
Molly and the other Jordan ran with them and they headed for outside. They were so glad to see Eva standing there. Jordan and Aikka ran up to her and hugged her.
'I'm so scared,' Eva whispered.
'There, there. Nothing is going to go bad,' Jordan smiled weakly.
'We will make sure of it,' Aikka said.
Molly and the other Jordan smiled at them. They saw something but were flung into a wall before they could do anything. They tried to yell but they were too hurt.
'I just want to go home,' Eva sighed.
Jordan and Aikka sighed. They held her and then, suddenly, she turned to dust. They made a useless grab at her, but she was gone.
'Molly!' they both yelled at the top of their voices.
Satis laughed and laughed. Canaletto gasped.
'Satis! You did this!' he yelled.
'There is nothing you can do now!' Satis laughed again.
'What do you mean?' Canaletto asked him angrily.
'I have her in the one place you can not get her! Unless you want to let out little old me of course!' Satis smirked.
Canaletto realised where Satis was talking about.
'You monster!' Canaletto cried.
'I know. Now I can finally get what I want!' Satis laughed over and over again.
Molly and the other Jordan stood up slowly. Aikka and Jordan were desperately looking around, hoping that Eva really hadn't disappeared.
They turned around to the other two.
'Why didn't you say?' Aikka asked them.
'We tried to!' Molly yelled.
'You obviously think we can read minds! We didn't hear a word from you both before she disappeared!' Jordan cried.
'Don't blame it on us!' his other self shouted.
The other Aikka and everyone else arrived. They quickly took sides, and started yelling and shouting.
They were all so upset Eva was gone…
Eva blinked her eyes open. She slowly looked around. She was in a giant bird cage in a giant cavern.
She saw a giant link. She stood up and grabbed the bars of the cage and looked at it closely. She saw everyone arguing, all of them were upset and confused.
Eva blinked.
'No…' she whispered.
She tried pretending it wasn't real. She tried pretending she was having a bad dream and she would wake up soon. She tired so hard to get rid of the link in front of her at that moment.
'What are you thinking?' a mocking voice said.
'Shut up,' Eva scowled.
Satis shrugged.
'You will be in here for maybe ten thousand years. I wouldn't want to stay with an unkind roommate…' Satis smirked.
Eva wanted him to stop. She stared at the link.
'It came true…I tried to stop it but the thing came true anyway!' she yelled.
'Ah, I see you thought it was Molly. You were wrong. You hadn't finished that picture. When you arrived here, I knew my plan had gone wrong. You are from the future by a few years. If my plan had worked, then you would have been dead by now,' Satis told her.
'But why did you want me? Why not someone else?' Eva asked.
'Because you were the main part of my plan. You had the most knowledge and besides, you were the one, who arrived here,' Satis reminded her.
Eva sat on the floor. She was a prisoner…no there was still hope…
'You can't get out of here! If the Avatar was to get you out, I would get out as well! It looks you are stuck here for ten thousand years!' Satis laughed.
Eva lost hope. She looked sadly at the link. They were all still arguing. A tear ran down her cheek.
'I wish it wasn't hopeless,' she whispered.
Canaletto heard the faint words. He glared at the arguing group. They had no idea where Eva was and they weren't making any attempt to find out.
'Quit blaming yourselves!' he yelled.
He disappeared. The others stopped arguing.
They all stared into the distance and couldn't look at each other.
Eva saw it.
'Thanks Canaletto,' she whispered.
Satis smirked and fired a beam at Eva. She dodged it.
'Are you nuts?' she yelled.
'Well it seems like I'm going to hurt you sooner or later. So why shouldn't I hurt you later? I could get the knowledge you know easier, but this is more fun!' Satis grinned evilly at Eva.
Eva knew it could be impossible to live. But she still had hope…and maybe that was all she was living on.