Chapter 16 – Winning An Unwanted Prize
Eva jumped up and down with excitement. She was going to be free! She just knew that someone from the Earth team would let her out. She just did.
'I can't believe it! Your plan still hasn't worked even after all your rearranging and everything! I'm going back to my own universe soon and nothing can stop me!' Eva stuck out her tongue at Satis.
Satis smirked.
'I would not be too sure about that,' he muttered under his breath.
The Arrow slowly rose up. Everyone was celebrating.
'I can't believe we actually won!' Molly yelled happily.
'You were right Jordan! We really did have a chance of winning in the end!' pilot Jordan smiled.
Avatar Jordan smiled weakly. How were they going to react when they got told that they would have to become Avatar? They didn't know…were they all still expecting a wish? He hoped not.
'What are you going to wish for?' Molly asked.
They were.
They finally got back into the Earth ship. Everyone was about to get out of the Arrow when…
'Hey! I'm disappearing!' pilot Jordan yelled.
His hand was slowly turning to dust and within a minute, he had completely disappeared from the Arrow.
'Where has he gone?' Rue asked.
Everyone didn't know, but Avatar Jordan knew one thing for certain. This wasn't good.
Pilot Jordan appeared in a circular room at the top of the main Avatar ship. He saw a small pyramid, like he had seen the night before, but other than that, he didn't recognise the place.
He looked around and shrugged.
'I take it I don't get a warm welcome then,' he muttered.
He walked around slowly and then saw that on the walls there were portals. He saw one with the Earth team symbol above it.
'It looks like I should leave,' Jordan sighed.
'Do not bother,' Canaletto appeared.
Jordan shivered. It sort of annoyed him how the Avatar appeared out of nowhere. It also freaked him out a little too, but he wasn't going to admit that.
'Congratulations Jordan. You have won the Great Race of Oban. You are the new Avatar,' Canaletto told him.
Everyone could hear what Jordan's answer was.
'What are you talking about?' Jordan yelled.
In the Earth Avatar ship, Avatar Jordan quickly looked down to avoid the glares of everyone. He was hoping nothing bad would happen. But it was all going wrong and he couldn't stop it.
'What I mean is that this is the true nature of the Ultimate Prize. If you do not accept it, then no one will. Do you know what the cost is if you do not accept?' Canaletto asked pilot Jordan.
'No, I don't and I don't care,' Jordan spat on the floor.
Eva was watching below and she clutched the bars tighter and tighter with each word she heard.
'Don't make the same mistake as me,' she muttered.
Her words echoed up into the pyramid room.
'What did Ruby do wrong?' Jordan whispered.
'I think she refused. She was the pilot after all. I do not know what happened but I am sure if it ended up the way it has, it will not be something she wants anyone else to face again,' Canaletto answered.
Jordan hesitated.
That was all the time Satis needed. His chains cracked along with Eva's. Canaletto quickly realized what was going on.
'Make a choice now!' Canaletto boomed.
Jordan didn't know what going on until Satis flung him to the side.
'Oh. I am sure you will heal. Or maybe you will have no time to heal because you will be praising your new Avatar,' Satis smirked.
Jordan got up and ran to the pyramid. Before Canaletto could stop him, Satis simply destroyed the pyramid, leaving Jordan completely surprised. Canaletto was shocked as well.
'What did you do that for? You will not be able to crown yourself Avatar in the temple and you know it!' Canaletto said angrily.
'Of course I will. You have obviously forgot about one little thing,' Satis laughed.
Canaletto quickly realized what it was.
'Jordan, once I do something, run out of here as fast you can and make sure she comes with you,' Canaletto said urgently.
Canaletto turned around and a glow appeared in front of him. After a minute, Eva appeared.
'Run!' Canaletto yelled.
Eva was happy to be out of the bird cage but she knew it wasn't over yet. She ran with pilot Jordan to the portal.
Jordan went through to the other side and Eva had her hand through when…
'It is not going to be that easy, you fools,' Satis smirked.
Eva was thrown backwards. Satis then simply raised an eyebrow and all the portals cracked and shattered into a million pieces.
She was trapped.
On the other side of the portal, everyone was staring at the broken portal.
'We have to do something!' Molly shouted.
'Wait a minute! I need to talk to someone about something very important,' Jordan grabbed his other self and dragged him into another room.
'Why didn't you tell us what the Ultimate Prize really was?' pilot Jordan muttered angrily.
Avatar Jordan was silent. He didn't know what to say. Satis in the Avatar ship had plenty to say though.
'Well I see you are probably wondering why the pilot did not receive the Ultimate Prize in the end. After all was it not your partner that got the job instead of you?' Satis taunted Eva.
'I didn't do what I should have done. Does that make now any different?' Eva muttered under her breath.
'In a way. After all it is not going to be the partner this time. I have a way to crown myself and make my plan work this time. No one can stop me!' Satis laughed.
It took Eva a few seconds to work it out.
'You are going to use…me?' she raised her eyebrow.
She giggled.
'What for? I'm kind of useless right now? You would be in a better position if you did what Canaletto did in my universe. And he lost. Like you will,' Eva smiled.
'Are you so sure? Do you want to reconfirm your decision? After all, you have touched the pyramid,' Satis smirked.
'So?' Eva asked.
'It means he can use you to activate the pyramid…and crown himself as…' Canaletto stopped.
Eva remembered the only way he was stopped last time was because her Jordan had stepped in. If there was no one around this time apart from Satis…
Eva quickly looked at the portals again. They were all broken.
'They will not simply repair themselves you know,' Satis chuckled.
Eva scowled and saw a way out. Only, it didn't look safe, well, it would kill her. But if that's what saved the universe, then she knew she should do it.
'Uh, you're not going to use me,' Eva pointed out.
'Why not?' Satis taunted.
Eva gulped. She couldn't believe she was about to do what she was going to do.
'You see that archway? How there are loads of those around this room?' Eva started to sweat.
'Yes, but you know that they led out into…' Satis smirked.
'The sky. Yeah, I do. That's why I was pointing them out,' Eva got more and more tense.
Canaletto saw what was going on.
'Do not even...' he started.
'You can't rule the world if your crown doesn't get placed. It will hurt people but it will save everyone else. Stop the pain,' Eva said confidently.
'So…what do think you are going to do?' Satis laughed.
Her Jordan could hear what was going on.
'I can explain things later. Right now, I'm kind of worried about my Molly. I think she is in serious danger,' Jordan went pale.
He ran back to where the portal shards lay. Everyone was still figuring out what to do with the current situation. Pilot Jordan came back through after a minute.
'Also, what exactly did Ruby mean by that I shouldn't do the same mistake that she did?' he asked.
There was a sudden silence.
'Mistake?' Molly raised her eyebrow.
'Yeah, when I said I was going to refuse the Ultimate Prize she then…'
'You were going to do what?' everyone yelled.
'I know now why it was a bad idea. But I wasn't expecting it. I mean, who would expect that creepy Satis guy to come and…'
'Yeah, well that isn't helping my…'
'Eva what do you plan to do?' Satis smirked.
Eva felt dizzy and sick. She could tell Satis was trying to make her unconscious to stop her doing what she had to do.
'You know,' Eva muttered.
Canaletto tried stopping Satis but was simply flung away.
'I'm going to get rid of the one thing that you need. Me.'
Eva ran as fast as she could and ran straight out of the archway. She stopped at the edge of the Avatar ship. She couldn't do it.
She felt dizzy and sick. Eva knew she was blacking out, like Satis wanted. But maybe, just maybe…
'Wait…is that her over there?' Don pointed to a small Eva from the Earth ship.
Everyone stared at her.
Eva's eyes were closing; her mind unable to stop what was going to happen next.
'I am…not…your little…tool…' Eva breathed heavily.
Satis wasn't prepared for what happened next. Eva's eyes fully closed, making unconscious and she tipped backwards.
And she fell backwards into the sky below…
im still really sorry about not doing this earlier
i really cant promise ill update this incredibly soon
but id still like it if you reviewed
and i really will try and focus more on this, ok:(