Late again. Darn it. Why did my friends have to have an outer wall and tunnel with that snow fort? Oh well, Chapter 8 is here with an old character. Enjoy.
The Boy's Story Chapter 8: Kidnapped!
"What took you so long?"
Cala walked into the secret room of the underground resistance to find Josele waiting for him with no words of congratulations. "Well?"
"I got lost in the Materiwood south of the castle," Cala mumbled, trying to hide the markings on his left hand.
"The Materiwood? What are you, stupid? Koringwood is EAST of the castle. What the hell were you doing there?"
"Judges found me and chased me there," Cala replied.
"So you got caught!" Josele exclaimed. "With that in mind, I'll bet you didn't even find the map."
Cala suddenly exploded. "You know what?! I wouldn't even have tried to find the map if I had known that this is the thanks I would've received! You could at least have been a little grateful for finding the map that'll keep the underground hidden! But if that's how it's going to be, then I'm out of here!" With that, he stormed out of the cottage without looking back. Without even knowing where he was going, he marched east.
Maybe I should have been a little less mean to her, one side of him thought. Maybe she doesn't know how to act any other way. No way, another side of him countered. She was being an asshole. She deserves to be found. But not the others, the first side said. They didn't do anything. Ezel and Klondae deserve for me to give them the map. It was my mission. They assigned it to me.
Cala was so busy thinking that he hardly noticed a snake-like sound coming from behind him. Suddenly a Bangaa grabbed him from behind and held a knife to his throat. "Remember me?" he slithered in Cala's ear. His eyes grew wide from fear. Shaskata was back for revenge.
Cala was thrown into a burlap sack bound and gagged. "Take him to Aisenfield, and make it sssssnappy," Shaskata told his goons. "But knock him out firssssst." Cala took a sword hilt to the gut and was out instantly.
When he awoke, he was still bounded and gagged. He seemed to be in a peaceful-looking field. Shaskata or his goons were nowhere in sight.
Suddenly a yellow blob appeared from around a rock. It didn't notice him at first, instead eating a dead squirrel. It quickly turned to notice Cala. After sitting there for a minute, it slither off. Cala was glad for it to be gone.
His happiness didn't last for long, however. The blob returned with several other blobs of a different color. Following them were some dangerous-looking wolves, some red, some blue. With them came large turtle creatures, and with them were giant bugs. More and more animals kept coming, and soon Cala was surrounded. The creatures looked ready for a fight...and a fresh meal.
Chapter 8 stops here. It would be longer, but a cliffhanger makes sure you come back for No. 9 and keeps what I have in mind a secret. Plus, there's kind of this test that I should be studying for right now instead of writing. Please R&R, I need the mail.