Chapter Twenty-five- Operation Jailbreak
Peter paced the muddy ground outside. Where was Pocahontas? Suddenly, Peter saw three men come outside, and someone was struggling to get loose. Only when the struggler was locked inside the carriage did Peter realize that it was Pocahontas in there!
"No! Pocahontas!" Peter screamed as he trotted down the street to the carriage. Pocahontas's face appeared behind the metal bars.
"Peter! Peter, they're taking me to the tower! Help me!" She cried. Peter couldn't run anymore. He nodded as he caught his breath. Then he ran back towards Thomas's house.
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"Help! Somebody, help!" Peter called between puffs of air. Thomas, Kelly, George, Carrie, Wendy, Nakoma, and Samuel Smith came running out of the house.
"Peter! What is it?" Wendy asked.
"Pocahontas…carriage…ran…tower…" Peter gasped out between breaths.
"What? What about Pocahontas? Peter, spit it out!" Nakoma commanded.
"Pocahontas was taken to The Tower!" Peter said.
"WHAT!" Everyone asked at the same time.
"She was taken to The Tower." Peter repeated.
"Why?" Nakoma asked. Thomas was pacing around, muttering something to himself.
"I don't know." Peter answered.
"Thomas, what are you saying?" Wendy asked.
"John is going to kill me." Thomas said.
"No he's not. Because we're going to break her out of The Tower." Samuel Smith said.
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Within thirty minutes, Samuel Smith had everyone ready for breaking Pocahontas out of jail. Meeko, Percy, and Flit weren't too far behind. At the tower, Samuel Smith turned back to the others behind him- Thomas, Nakoma, Wendy, Peter, and George. He sighed. This wasn't going to be easy. Not one bit.
"OK, here we go. Peter, you know some of the guards, so you distract them with Thomas. Wendy, you and Nakoma find Pocahontas. George, you come with me." Samuel Smith said. Everyone nodded. Then they took off.
"You there! Halt!" Someone called after Nakoma and Wendy.
"Now what do we do?" Nakoma asked Wendy.
"Just follow my lead." Wendy said. She and Nakoma stopped and turned towards the voice.
"Where are you going?" The guard asked. Nakoma looked at Wendy nervously.
"Nowhere." Wendy said coolly. The guard looked at them.
"I think you're looking for the savage from the New World." He said. Nakoma's temper was flaring up. No one insulted her best friend. But unlike John, Nakoma contained her anger. The guard knew they were looking for Pocahontas because of what Nakoma was wearing.
"Maybe we are and maybe we aren't." Wendy said bravely. Nakoma admired it and was glad Wendy was so brave at the moment. Nakoma was so scared she could have fainted.
"Get outta here." The guard said. Wendy saw that keys were hanging by a hook on the man's belt. She suddenly kneed the man in the ribs and grabbed his keys. Flit suddenly sped to Nakoma. He was ready to find Pocahontas.
"Find her, Nakoma! Percy, sniff!" Wendy commanded. Flit, buzzing with concern, sped through the large tower. Percy had never been taught to trail yet he quickly sped through the tower as well. Meeko, on the other hand, was a little staggery from the bumpy horse ride there. He wasn't much of a help. Nakoma ran through the halls with Wendy, finally bumping into Peter and Thomas.
"Find her?" Thomas asked.
"No. You?" Wendy asked.
"No!" Then the four started to call her name.
Meanwhile, Pocahontas was sitting in a very cold cell. She now knew what John felt like. She had visited him many times and knew how cold it was, but she had never known how lonely and cold a jail cell could be. Pocahontas took John's compass from her belt bag. She sobbed as she looked at it. The arrow was pointing out the window. It was pointing towards her home. It was once again pointing to John. But what could she do for him now? She, too, was locked up now. There was nothing she could do. Suddenly, she caught site of John's letter, too. She picked it up from the damp ground and reread it. She cried even more as she put it and the compass back in her belt bag. Suddenly, Pocahontas heard her name.
"Pocahontas! Where are you?" It was Wendy!
"Wendy! Wendy, over here!" Pocahontas called, running to the door. Wendy looked over at the cell door from which Pocahontas's voice was coming from.
"Pocahontas!" She said as she rushed to the door with Nakoma not far behind. She unlocked the door and Nakoma hugged her hard.
"Pocahontas! Are you OK?" Nakoma asked.
"Yes, I'm fine, but I need to really talk to King James." Pocahontas said. The others nodded and they ran off towards the entrance. Samuel Smith and George were waiting.
"Let's go!" They said. Pocahontas scooped up Meeko and Percy as Flit buzzed around her head. When they reached Thomas's house, Kelly ran out of the house.
"Are you OK?" She asked Pocahontas.
"Yes, Kelly, I'm fine, but John won't be if I don't talk to the king again!" Pocahontas said.
"It's alright, Pocahontas. You'll get in to see the king again." Samuel Smith said. Pocahontas sighed a sigh of relief.
"Thank you, Samuel. Thank you."
A/N- Phew! She's OK and out of The Tower! But will she still be able to get through the king's head? Read on tomorrow morning hopefully before seven AM and find out!
-Robin