A/N: Writer's block is the stupidest thing on earth…anyways, here we go for chapter 10!!!! Yay for chapter 10!
------WHEN THE RAIN FALLS
Chapter 10: 6 is a Magic Number
The screen exploded into little pieces as the paperweight carried its course through the computer. Sparks flew and Tahu shielded his face. When he lowered his arms, the room was being shrouded in a foggy smoke. He checked to see that he still had the memo, and threw the paperweight out of the window.
Meanwhile, the other five kids were distraught. Makuta had sent anonymous ransom notes to their parents, and if they didn't pay, they would be killed!
"Hey!" They heard a guard shout. "Listen!"
His radio crackled. "A boy has escaped with possible incriminating evidence. All units respond. Repeat, all units respond!"
The guards at the door left, leaving the kids in silence. A rap on the door shocked them, and Tahu entered the room.
"Guys, we have to get out of here now!"
"But, Tahu!" Gali said. "Weren't you just escaping?"
"Paperweights sound surprisingly like an escaping boy stumbling," Tahu said with a grin.
He grabbed Gali's hair pin and Gali unlocked the cuffs. Soon, the six were heading for the back exit.
"Makuta should be out cold," Tahu explained. "Paperweights are heavy. One in the forehead and…thunk! Out like a light!" They creaked open a large metal door, and began their walk into the night. Kopaka's flashlight aided them in their trek, but they did not get very far before they heard a scream, no, a roar, come from behind them.
"What the?" Lewa gasped.
Makuta was boring down in them with one big lump on his head.
"You kids runined everything!" he screamed. "Now you get what you brats deserve!"
The man was inhuman now, and no longer seemed aware of what was going on around him. He was focused on those six unfortunate kids.
"RUN!" shouted Kopaka and Onua.
The command was unnecessary. They were gone, like they had been shot from a gun. But for, them, that simile was lost on the actual bullets flying past them. Once in the woods, they quickly lost Makuta, but he did not give up.
"Once I find you, you insolent little…" I'll have to stop him there, but he spouted out enough choice words to scale Mt. Everest.
Hiding in the darkness, Gali breathed heavily. She had been seperated from the group, and now she struck it out on her own, trying to remember the way she had come.
"Right at the big oak tree, and then follow the old trail," she muttered. She walked, and then broke into a run. She could see lights in the distance. In minutes, she was in her backyard.
She could see her parents in the dining room. Her mother was crying, and her dad was comforting her.
Gali ran up to the window.
"MOM! DAD! I'm over here!" She yelled, as she banged the glass. Her parents looked up, saw their daughter, and ran over to the door.
"Gali!" They both cried. They hugged for a few minutes, but then she realized what she should do.
"Mom, Dad, I need to call the Police."
She ran inside and dialed 911.
"911, what is the nature of your emergency?"
"I need help from the police to catch a kidnapper."
"What is your name?"
"Gali Riviera."
"Where is the kidnapper currently?"
"He is over by TAKAMU Corp.! The culprit is Makuta Atrozie!"
"Pardon me?" The operator said. "Atrozie? Are you sure of this, young lady?"
"Dead sure. He also has five other captives my age."
"I will have a squadron sent over immediately."
Five minutes later, Gali was face to face with a police officer.
"You say that Makuta Atrozie is a kidnapper, and he has five teenagers hostage?" The police officer asked.
"Yes." Gali responded.
"Well," The officer said, uncomfortable by the looks shot at him by Gali's parents. "Let's go see what this is all about."
Gali, the officer, and two other policemen walked into the woods.
After a few minutes, they could hear voices.
"You wouldn't dare!" A boy said.
"Of course I would. You kids have made enough complications."
Gali almost smiled. "They kept him talking to stall and got him monologuing. Typical bad guy."
They crept closer. More voices. Shouting now. A thud and a scream.
"Oh my god!" Gali hissed.
The police officers heard this and moved into the clearing where the other kids and Makuta were.
He immediately shot an officer in the arm.
The other two were caught off guard and were in a state of shock.
Makuta butted another with his gun.
Gali came out of nowhere and jumped on his back.
"You made us suffer and planned to do the same to Mata Nui. So now, I'm returning the favor."
She punched his temple.
He was knocked unconscious immediately. Gali fell to the ground and picked herself up. The remaining officer helped the kids and then turned his attention to the other officers. They were still alive, no doubt of it, but one needed medical attention and the other was wounded with severe head trauma. Finally, he saw Lewa, lying in a small but growing pool of blood. Gali saw it too, and fainted.
They helped the officers, Lewa, and Gali back to her backyard and they were whisked to a hospital. Anxious parents met again with their kids, after a night of torment and suffering.
As the four kids looked up, they saw the sky. It looked like it was going to rain, but for some reason the cloud just didn't seem ready to. The clouds broke up as the sky cleared.
Pohatu, Kopaka, Tahu, and Onua looked at one another, and smiled.
Ending notes: HOLY SCHNITZEL! I didn't even know I could write something like that! Anyways, the story is not over, but the next chapter may end it. The ending is upon us, and get ready for the grand finale. Don't cry anonymous reviewer! Sequels are lined up!