Chapter Five- Spying
Robin ran back towards her best friend and John. At least they knew what Janet Ratcliffe looked like! She would be easier to know in a crowd.
"How did it go?" Someone asked. The girls spun around.
"Aiyana!" They said together.
"Well?" Aiyana asked again.
"We met Janet." Sophie said.
"And?"
"I don't think we trust her. I don't and I know Robin doesn't." Sophie answered.
"You can bet that I don't trust her. There's something about her that I don't trust." Robin said, crossing her arms over her chest.
"She did seem pretty nice, though, Robin. Maybe she isn't that bad."
"I don't know, Sophie. There was something about her that just…I don't know, just spooked me, that's all." Robin said.
"Well, we just have to make sure she stays away from John. If she earns John's trust, then there's basically nothing we can do." Sophie said and Robin nodded.
"Come on, let's get back."
...oOo...
Two weeks passed and John and Janet spent a lot of time together. This caused Pocahontas to be a bit paranoid.
"What if he's forgotten all about me?" She asked the girls one day.
"Stop talking like that! He's not forgotten about you!" Sophie said. "He asked you to marry him for goodness sakes!"
"But that was before Janet showed up!" Pocahontas said.
"Pocahontas, John loves you. End of story." Robin said. "And anyway, I don't think John would have anything to do with Janet."
"Why?" Pocahontas asked.
"Why? One, she's Ratcliffe's sister. That really should be enough. Two, she's hiding something. Three, what is she doing here? Fourth and foremost, she's a Ratcliffe. You can't trust them." Robin said.
"I know, but John isn't normally this quick to judge people. After all we've been through!" Pocahontas said, shaking her head.
"You're right." Sophie said.
"Then why does he trust her?" Robin asked.
"I don't know. I think that he's just acting on first impression." Sophie said.
"But that's not like John!" Pocahontas protested.
"True. There is defiantly something going on here." Robin agreed.
"But what?"
"I think that Janet is just trying to convince John that she's not like her brother. Then I think that once he trusts her, she'll put whatever her plan to get rid of him into action." Robin said.
"I think Robin's right, Pocahontas." Sophie said. "Janet is trying to gain his trust. She might try to earn ours too." She said.
"I think so." Pocahontas said. "Maybe we should warn John about it."
"Yeah, we should." Robin agreed. They went off towards the settlement.
...oOo...
"Thomas, have you seen John?" Pocahontas asked Thomas.
"No, he's been showing Janet Truman around." Thomas said.
"Janet Truman?" Robin and Sophie asked at the same time.
"Yeah, she's new around here." Thomas answered.
"Truman?" Robin repeated.
"Yeah. Truman. Her last name is Truman." Thomas said.
"Thomas, Janet Truman is Janet Ratcliffe!" Pocahontas said.
"What? She told me that her name is Truman!" Thomas said. "And John said so, too!"
"John? Why would he do that?" Sophie asked.
"I think he's trying to help Janet. He of all people knows what it's like to have a reputation. He had quiet a rep for being an adventurer." Robin said.
"I think so. I think he's just trying to help her. But why her?" Sophie said.
"John would help anyone who asked him for it." Pocahontas said.
"Very true. He would help anyone who needed it and maybe he's right. Maybe Janet isn't like her brother." Robin said, but her mind was full of doubt. It was possible that Janet wasn't like her brother, but it just wasn't probable. Probability was the key word in this mystery.
"I guess we just have to ask him about it." Pocahontas suggested.
"Good idea. I could ask for you, if you like." Thomas said. Pocahontas shook her head.
"Thank you, Thomas, but I'll ask him." She said.
"Alright. Good luck, guys!" Thomas said and Robin looked at Sophie.
"This is too weird, Soph. There's somethin' screwy goin' on around here." She said.
"I think you're right. We need to find out what Janet Ratcliffe is up to."
...oOo...
Robin crouched next to Sophie near Janet Ratcliffe's house.
"She's inside!" She whispered to Sophie. She and Sophie looked in the window. Janet Ratcliffe was sitting at a table near the fireplace writing a letter or in her diary.
"She's writing something." Robin said.
"What?" Sophie asked.
"I dunno." Robin answered.
"Listen! She's reading what she wrote out loud." Sophie said and Robin listened closer.
"Dear brother, I have arrived here in Jamestown and it's beautiful. But what I can't believe what John is trying to do."
"John is trying to do something? What?" Sophie hissed.
"I don't know." Robin answered she listened closer.
"I can't kill her. I just can't. I don't care what John says I have to do. I will not harm her! I can't!"
"Kill her? She means Pocahontas!" Robin said louder than she meant to.
"But I guess I have to because John says I must. I have to kill Pocahontas. For John."
"John wants Janet to kill Pocahontas?!" Sophie asked in a shocked voice. Robin stood up.
"No!" She screamed and Sophie clamped her mouth shut.
"Run! She's coming!" Sophie hissed and she and Robin ran off out of the settlement.
"I can't believe this!" Robin said between breaths.
"I can't either! She was writing to Ratcliffe! And according to what she was reading, John wants her to kill Pocahontas!"
A/N- Plot twisty! Uh oh! I don't like where this is going! John wants Pocahontas dead! Maybe he got brainwashed or somethin'.
-Robin