Captive of Magma
by Lucky-Racer
Rating: K+
Chapter 8
A/n: I know, I know, I'm taking a cutscene from two chapters ago to start off this one. But it wouldn't really make sense to take one from Chapter 7 now would it? Because Ch 7 didn't have any of Sasha in it at all :P Besides, this is picking up right where 6 leaves off. Happy? lol
Previously, previously XD on Captive of Magma:
"Look, Jor-" I cut myself off; my very low attention span had been diverted. Poking out from under Joren's solid navy shirt, a black and white printed point of a collar stuck out. It looked very… familiar. My eyes widened in disbelief. Was he…?
"Hey, hey! What's this?" I demanded, pulling on it.
"What do you think you're doing?" He bellowed, jerking back and making to slink back into the woods. My beliefs were confirmed.
"He sent you here, didn't he!" My temper was flaring by the second. "If someone's going to spy on someone else, they should at least do it themselves!"
All the yelling had been attracting some weird stares from Misty, Ash, and Brock all along, but at the mention of the word "spy", they all came rushing to me at once.
It looked as if he were moving in slow motion. Joren was calling his Hondour and snaking deeper into the woods, throwing his apple to the side. He gave me one last look of pity before taking off at a full sprint, all the time with me thinking one phrase.
How could he?
I mean, my own brother… send someone to spy on me? Why? What were his motives? Why didn't he just spy on me himself? Maybe he couldn't bear spying on his own sister, so Shelly had to get someone else to do it? These questions and many more swirled through my head at a very fast pace, making me even more confused.
I sighed and slowly sunk down to the ground, trying to sort out the mess and web of thoughts in my head.
When Cody disappeared… that was when Joren showed up. Joren was wearing the Team Aqua uniform… it was poking out of his normal clothes. So it was obvious that Commander Shelly sent Joren to poke around after me to see what was up. But why? And wasn't Cody closer at the time to me…? She could have just sent my own brother…
Unless…
Unless Cody was in trouble. And Commander Shelly (the leader of Team Aqua) thought I had something to do with it. This couldn't be what happened… could it?
Ignoring the strange looks coming from Ash, Misty, and Brock, I began to set up my sleeping bag. As soon as it was ready I flopped down on it, tired from all the stress of the day; my head was beginning to throb.
"What are you doing, Sasha?" Ash demanded. "We want an explanation!"
"Yeah…" Brock added, "This whole thing is getting kind of weird…"
"You guys, I promise I'll explain everything later. Just let me rest for a while…" I said, starting to drift off.
"But..!" Ash protested.
"Ash! Let her sleep," Misty said softly, gently placing a restraining hand on his arm. "She looked really troubled… but knowing her, she'll probably tell us we need to know."
Ash's features softened as he gazed over at me drifting off, apparently only now realizing that I'd been through a lot. "Yeah… I guess you're right…"
Coming up next along with a much needed longer chapter nn):
Err… Why is Cody in trouble?
A/n: The plot is piecing together nicely… don't you think? Not as many gaping holes as before:)
cue applause Yay.. I finished this chappie in one night! I know that it is ridiculously short, but don't worry, the next one will be reallyyy long to make up for it :D
Expect it posted by the end of not this, but next Friday.. XD
Until next time!