You're Not a bad Person

Chapter 18

Unexplained Creature

Sapphire stayed by the dark blue grass. It was still night, about 2:00am and she was still afraid to come back. Shooting stars flared in the black sky that spread across the night. They flew and died. She stayed there, reading. She had already read a quarter through it. It really drew her attention. It was about a boy whose family was murder by outlaws and he grows up in a slaughter school, learning kill skills and everything about guns. It caught her heart and she wondered how the little boy got on. The boy was her most favourite character in it. The Author didn't identify his name in anyway except for boy, but his attitude and his temper reminded Sapphire of…

"Hmmm," She cupped her chin in her hand and read on.

Colours flashed.

Sapphire glanced around suddenly, and then she saw a figure by nearby Yuki bushes.

A little Mudokon girl, in a bright saffron dress, was playing alone among a tangle of massive tree roots. Her face was hidden by a screen of low-hanging foliage. "Hey…" Sapphire got up, closing the book and took a step towards the Mudokon girl. Mudokons didn't exist at this part of Oddworld, so how did-

When Sapphire pushed aside the branches the girl was gone.

Someone giggled. Sapphire turned, and behind her, saw the Mudokon girl dart behind an old abandoned wooden building. Sapphire smiled, and came around the building's other side. "Now miss…"

The Mudokon girl wasn't there. Impossible. Where else could she be?

Ah. Sapphire smiled, and looked up.

The Roof was empty.

In the distance, she heard a scrambling noise. The girl was standing a hundred yards away, clear from the building.

Weird.

"Hey!" Sapphire shouted. "How did you-"

The girl smiled, and suddenly her features changed, flicking in the speckled moonlight. She looked like an old Mudokon woman, a very old, wrinkled Mudokon who, as Sapphire squinted at her for a better look, took a single, quick step behind the wall of crumbling stone, and was gone.

Beyond Odd. Edging over, in fact, impossible. Sapphire hadn't expected to see impossible things for-

She heard another giggle behind her. The little Mudokon girl was standing were Sapphire rested in the last hour.

"All right," Sapphire said. "If this is hide-and-seek, you win."

No response. Sapphire took a step closer. The little girl didn't move. "Who are you?" She pointed at herself. "My name is Sapphire. What's your name?"

The little girl smiled and held up a cluster of Yasmine blooms and Roses. Sapphire's mind reeled.

"Your Shaman Stone, the one Sam the Mudokon Queen gave you. You do not have it."

Sapphire took a deep breath. "No, I don't sorry. It's back at Vykkers Labs."

"Sam wants to give you this." In her other tiny hand, she handed Sapphire a Ruby Shaman stone. "Sam will speak to you when she can. For now, keep this safe…and secret."

"Thank you," Sapphire whispered softly, putting the necklace around her neck with Rose's Grandfather's necklace and smiled.

"Those Clakker women," The little Mudokon girl said. "They will seek your Rocket Launcher."

Rocket Launcher? Sapphire doesn't have anything like that. Sapphire tilted her head. She wasn't bothered about that question, she had other questions.

"Why?" Sapphire asked.

"Didn't you see your face? Your heart aches so. They tore your lover away from you."

"My lover?" Sapphire gasped. "But, Bart's nothing like that to me."

"You'll see." The little girl smiled. In the sky above, the colours flashed again. The little girl pointed behind Sapphire. She turned and saw three Yasmine blossoms, a rare flower in Oddworld with a bright cerise colour and beside it, was a single red rose.

When she turned back around, the little girl was gone.

Sapphire stood by herself, stunned. What the hell was that all about? Either she was seriously hallucinating, or…

The old Sherlock Homes the Slig came in her mind; when you eliminate the improbable, whatever else remains, however impossible, must be the truth.

She shook her head, confused. Perhaps she needed sleep. The night was getting chilly and her muscles ached in tiredness. Sapphire dug her hand under the t-shirt and looked at the Ruby Sharman necklace. It was just like her own Shaman necklace, but her stone was Sapphire. She sighed deeply. Hopefully, Bart would have finished his dirty business with that Clakker and the night was safe enough to sleep.

She returned to the Rosebud Inn.

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Hmm, Rocket Launcher? That's different. Or maybe I just put that in randomly because it sounded fancy. ^-^ Oh well, Sapphire's now got contact with Sam again, and let's just hope she can get back to her soon.

Disclaimer:

In all respect to Lorne Lanning and his world of Odd, I do NOT own anything in this, I only own my OCs:

Sapphire the Big Sis Slig, Rose the Landlady Clakker, Billy the Landlord Clakker, Dave the 'Multitasking' Slig and Furlong the big bro Slig, Danni the Vykker and Ruby the Slig, Corey and Joey the Big bro Slig.

OCs owned by friends who allowed me to put them on this:

Bart the Big Bro Slig © My Good Friend Jason. :D