Chapter 9
"Alright, Frost. What do you want?" Jack growled. In front of him, Bella shifted into a battle stance, ears flicking back.
"I want my Furret back, what do you think?" Frost snarled. Shinx stood in front of her, sparking. "Shadow Rush, Shinx!"
"Bella, Shadow Ball! I don't have your Furret anymore," he added as the two attacks collided. "And I'm reclaiming that Shinx today!"
The two were about halfway to Agate Village, by Jack's reckoning. The scrubby desert provided a dreary background, but it faded into the background, especially in comparison to the heat of the battle.
Frost frowned...then grinned mischievously. "Oh, really? Shinx, return! Go, Swablu!"
Jack's eye twitched slightly. Really? Just...really? She was doing it just to screw with him, she had to be. She had been perfectly willing to use Shinx until he said he wanted it. "Fine, have it your way. Bella, Dark Pulse and follow with Swift, no more playing around!"
The resulting explosion nearly knocked both trainers off their feet, but they managed to stay upright...although the Swablu wasn't nearly as lucky. It hadn't been very strong to begin with.
Frost seemed to know this; while the dust settled, she took off, abandoning her Swablu. Jack looked skyward; what kind of heartless trainer was she? Of course, he answered himself, all of Snagem seemed to be like this. It shouldn't be as surprising as it was.
The Swablu didn't fight the capture too hard; Jack liked to think that it hadn't been under Frost's control for too long and still remembered how kind trainers could truly be. He glanced at the lavender and silver ball before stowing it, scowling; now Frost knew he didn't have the Furret, she might take a gamble and track Andy back down on the hope that he had it.
What should he do? He wanted to warn Andy, certainly; the guy didn't deserve to lose the Furret, too. But he didn't have his number, and it could take awhile for Geranium to pass the message along. He had no idea where Andy was headed, either.
His second option was to track Frost down; she couldn't have gotten too far away, after all. But he had no clue as to the direction she had taken, and she was remarkably good at disappearing. He could easily get lost in the surrounding desert searching for her.
His third option was to ignore the Andy-Frost situation and press on with his quest to get Thorn back.
As he called Bella back, he finally decided that the third option was best. Cora was more important to him than anyone or anything else, and he couldn't allow his concentration to be broken this easily. "I'm sorry Andy," he whispered guiltily to the wind. "Please forgive me, and good luck against your adversaries." He turned and fled down the path towards Agate Village.
A/N: Yeah, it's short and a filler, but I'm forcing myself through writer's block. I know that if I can force myself to keep writing, even if it's all fillers, I can get this plot moving again. I am not giving up on this story, either.
I'm thinking about dabbling a bit more in the YGO universe, but every idea I come up with turns out a crossover, so I hope you guys don't mind ^.^;
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