PART 8
WOOTWOOT!
(I don't know why, but my pages keep freaking out on me…like bolding everything or underlining everything. I don't mean to so that…just so you know. I guess FF doesn't quite like word processor…)
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This means WAR!
Prisoner of War
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"Wipe that ugly grin off your face!" Akari spat, literally spat, at Gill's smug expression.
"You don't much like not being the one with the upper hand, now do you?" He said softly, grinning wider. Now you know how it feels. He thought.
She was wiggling ferociously in the little net above his head, causing Chihaya much discomfort, and nearly frothing with anger over being duped like that.
"Why, you little….." She snapped at him, leaping forward in the net in an attempt to make it break, which only caused it to swing violently. Chihaya's hand flew to his mouth as his face turned an avocado green. "I think I'm gunna puke…" He mumbled. The poor guy…
She immediately stopped but clung to the net desperately and growled, "When I get out of here I'm gunna--"
"Exactly." Gill interrupted with tilt of his chin. "When and if you get out of there… If you hadn't noticed, you are a good deal off the ground, there is nothing near you to help you break free, and neither of you is equipped with a sharp instrument…" He sounded so cold and mechanical, as if he was stating the weather.
"And, no." He added with a quick death glare at Luke. "He will not be interfering as well."
Luke made a sad-wet-puppy-in-the-freezing-rain look, mouthing, "I'm sorry," to Akari and Chihaya.
Gill glanced at the watch on his pale slender wrist. "I believe it's time we take our leave." He said to Luke, then turned with a polite and innocent smile to his victims. "I sure hope things go well for you, that you can get out of there soon. I heard it's going to rain tonight. And well,…" His smile twisted maliciously. "…that would be unfortunate…"
He turned and started walking away with Luke at his heels, Chihaya watched them blankly, and Akari was spitting flames.
"I wouldn't worry about us if I were you! What really would be unfortunate is you waking up in the middle of the night and realizing all your teeth have been knocked out!!!!" She yelled to his back.
Chihaya raised his eyebrows and Gill twitched noticeably, then glanced over his shoulder at her coldly. "Do I really cause you so much displeasure…?" His voice oozing with mock sadness.
Her eyes narrowed threateningly.
"Good!" He said with an absolutely wicked grin curling his lips. He then looked away and walked down the hillside.
Akari's hands were balled into fists. "I hate that blasted little…jerk…" she hissed venomously, then threw her hands up in the air with exasperation. "Gah! He got the last word!"
"No he wont." Chihaya said, pulling his face up to the net and then yelling, "Dirt bag!" He froze as if listening. "There ya go." He said, very self-satisfied.
Then coming up over the hill they heard the rise and falls of a voice that very well could have been someone saying, "Shut up, you trash!"
"Hmm….never mind." Chihaya said with a shrug.
Akari sighed, slipping her legs through the netting at the bottom and letting them dangle. "You sure you don't have a butter knife on you or something?"
"No, I left it in my other pants. I thought the being caught in a net gag wouldn't be pulled 'till tomorrow." He said teasingly.
"How are you so calm…?" She asked in mild amazement.
He shrugged again and smiled. "Well, I figure this is probably one of the lesser tortures Gill could have put us through, considering what we have done to him. I'm also pretty sure someone will notice us gone within the next hour or so, or Luke will spill his guts and help will be on the way…" he looked at her with his soft violet eyes , "And there's nobody else I'd rather be stuck in a net with… So I figure we got things pretty good!" He said laughing.
"Sheesh! Your so annoying with your cup half full attitude!" she teased, blushing slightly. "Half empty is the way to go. That way you are never disappointed, and you can be surprised when something goes good."
He thought about this with a tilt of his head. "I cant really agree with you on that…" He said. "But at least we balance each other out!"
She laughed and shook her head. "But we are still caught in a net. And I don't know about you, but I'm not waiting around for someone to come save us. Plus…" She looked up at the sky which was slowly being covered by heavy dark clouds. "…it does look like it's going to rain."
"Rain never hurt anybody." Chihaya said, rubbing his eye sleepily.
"Sure." She said. "But lightening has. And we are in a tree on a barren hillside. Although it's a small chance that it's going to be a thunder storm, and a small chance we could get hit by lightening… I'm not so sure I want to take that chance…"
Chihaya nodded. "Good point. Let's get out of here!" Then as an afterthought he asked. "Do you think Gill knew that putting us out here in a net could be possibly life threatening!? We never pulled any pranks on him that he could have died from!"
She shrugged as she pulled herself to her feet and fiddled with the ropes that held the net in the tree. "He could have been scared to death I suppose…"
Chihaya shook his head. "No…he couldn't possibly be trying to kill us…could he…?"
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Gill sat in his favorite chair reading a book. He was completely enveloped in his 'happy place' where everything was nice and quiet.
A loud snarling snore interrupted his paradise. The snore belonged to Luke, who was sprawled on the floor in an induced coma. (A.K.A, given enough candy that he passed out.)
Gill felt so content, so satisfied, so proud, that he had finally gotten back at those pesky pieces of trash.
The whole plan had gone perfectly...well it ended up perfectly. First Chihaya found the diary he had planted that day he poured a bucket of paint on his head. Then he and Akari read it and had no idea what it meant. So that's when Gill had to help them out by feeding the information to Luke in a round about way so that he wouldn't catch on that he was a pawn. (He didn't need to worry.) Then with the help of Luke they cracked the code and were able to discover the location of his most secret, secret. (Which, of course, didn't exist.) Then they triggered the net just as he had planned and now were hanging six feet in the air with no way to get down.
Perfect…
A bolt of lightening fluttered outside the window, illuminating the sky and the landscape briefly before a roar of thunder.
Oh good. It is raining! Gill thought happily as he glanced out the window. I can't wait to see Akari looking like a drowned rat.
He flipped a page in his book happily. Nothing could tear him from this pleasure. Not even Luke's snores.
Wait a second…
Gill glanced up over the top of his book.
Wouldn't a tree in a thunderstorm be unsafe…?
He contemplated carefully what to do.
Oh well!
He turned back to his book but found he kept reading the same line over and over.
But what if…something bad happens…? (shoulder angel)
Who cares they deserve it! (shoulder devil)
They deserve to die!? Umm…that's a little extreme… (shoulder angel)
Extreme!? Did you forget what they have done to you!? They have made a fool out of you TWICE! When are you going to start standing up for yourself? And who said they are going to die!? Most likely nothing will happen, they will just get wet. Go back to enjoying your book. (shoulder devil)
But what if something does happen…what would you do…if they got hurt…That would be taking things too far. (shoulder angel)
Wimp. (shoulder devil)
Gill snapped his book closed one second, and the next he had his raincoat on and was running into the storm.
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Gill ran up the steep hill, the mud licking his legs and splattering in his face. The rain prickled his eyes, nearly blinding them. He could hear nothing but the sound of the wind and the thunder barreling across the sky.
He leaned against a rock to catch his breath and brush his rain slicked hair away from his face.
The Nose Rock was just up ahead with the tree he had left Akari and Chihaya in. It was whipping its branches about wildly as if in some dance as the wind howled in his ear. His raincoat lashed against his legs and he squinted his eyes until they were nearly closed as he made his way up the final stretch of the hill.
There he stood.
The wind and rain beating him to the bone.
The net was torn and lay limp on the ground.
Completely alone.
I told you… (shoulder devil)
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Akari and Chihaya sat drinking hot chocolate in the inn as they watched the rain fall steadily out the window.
"Sure is coming down hard." Akari said in between bites of her chocolate chip cookie.
"Yeah." Chihaya agreed, blowing on his hot chocolate. "Good thing we got out when we did or we might have been caught in that mess."
Akari shivered. "Oh yeah, and it looks so cold out there. Luckily I had those fingernail clippers in my pocket. I usually never carry those around."
"It's as if you knew we would need them today."
She nodded, sipping from her mug. "What do you think we should do to get him back?"
"Don't know. It has to be something good though. Something to top his prank for sure."
"Of course! But what!?"
"Well since now we know that the diary we had was a fake…the one Gill had earlier must be the real one. I bet there are some good things--"
Just then the door burst open, the bell above the door jingled abruptly, and there stood Gill. Drippy from head to foot.
"Gill!?" Chihaya exclaimed, nearly dropping his hot chocolate mug on the floor. "What are you doing out in this weather!?"
Gill raised his head slowly. His cold blue eyes piercing, his hair flattened to his head and curling on his forehead and cheeks, and his lips set in a firm line as he stood there shivering.
He took in their dry clothes, the cups of streaming hot chocolate, and the comfortable atmosphere then quickly swiveled on his heel and stepped back outside.
"Wait!" Akari ran to the door and called after him. "Are you okay?"
He jerked his head over his shoulder and spat, "Do I look okay?"
She frowned and crossed her arms over her chest. "You look like a drowned rat."
His eye twitched and he whipped his face forward again, continuing on.
"We got out!" She yelled tauntingly to him.
"I can see that!" He yelled over his shoulder.
Wow…I bet you feel like an idiot. (shoulder devil)
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End
Introducing the shoulder angel and devil of Gill! YAY!
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