Life on the Isle

Chapter 6: Lost

"Stay here Cj!" Harry ordered and left, making Cj roll her eyes.

He could not just tell her to stay there when Hettie was missing! She jumped out the window (nothing new) and hurried to Zevon's house.

"Cj? What are-"
"I need your locating potion. Now."
"Oh. Just a minute."

He disappeared and came back with a vial and gave it to her. Cj thanked him with a kiss and rushed away before Yzma could see her.

She had to drink that potion and say the name of the person she wanted to locate. Magic may not work but potions were mkre than just magic. A barrier can't stop them.

In meanwhile Harry got caught by his father.
"Where's your sister?!" he barked.
There was no way he already knew that Harriette left.
Captain Hook grabbed Harry by his collar.
"I- I don't know where Harriette is! I was-"
But a loud 'smack' was hearable when captain Hook hit his son in the face.
"Don't you lie to me!"
"I'm not lying! I- I swear!" Harry said quickly and blood slowly dripped from his nose.

"How do you not know? She keeps watching over you." Hook sneered. A nasty grin suddenly spread out in his face. "Ah, I see. So she realised you and the youngest brat were worthless and left now did she?"

"Don't say that!" Harry snapped, not thinking his words through. "You don't know her."
Hook laughed. "Oh I don't know her. Right. Well, anyway, we both know I'm right."
Harry felt himself get angry when Hook slapped him. He sighed. At least Cj was safe at the Hook house. Oh if only he knew.

Cj hid in an ally as she drank the potion, it was disgusting but she had to.
"Harriette Hook..." she said softly and her head started to hurt.
She dropped the bottle, which shattered into pieces as it hit the ground.
She grabbed her head with both hands as many things flashed through her head.
Suddenly, the pain was gone.
"Found you." she said softly.

She ran to the place when she heard a slapping sound. Her eyes widened when she saw her father slap Harry.

"Harry!" She yelled out.
"Cj?" He glared at her. "I told you to stay at the Hook house!"
"And I didn't listen." She deadpanned.

Hook chuckled darkly. "Ah, the little brat. Surely, you know where your sister is."
Cj stayed quiet. Hook let go of Harry and aimed at her.
"Tell me where she is!"
"Why do you care?"

Hook grabbed Cj's collar and Harry scrambled to his feet.
"No! Leave her alone!"
"Tell me where your sister is!" he barked in Cj's face.
Harry tried to help Cj but his father kicked him away.
Cj watched how her brother lost his ballance and how his head hit the bricks of the street.
"Harry!" she yelled and Hook looked at Cj.
"Where's your sister!" he shouted again.
"I don't know!" Cj lied, while being worried of her brother... who didn't move at all.
"LIAR!" Hook barked and tears filled Cj's eyes.
"You don't care about us anyway... so why don't you just kill us?" she said with defeat in her voice.
She was done with all the pain and all the running.
Her sister was out there, she was so close... But it wouldn't stop anyway...
Not now, not ever...
Hook looked at his daughter with anger.

"You're not gonna tell me?" He said softly.
Cj stared at him.
"Well have it your way then." He said.

He dragged her to the Hook house and Harry was still on the ground as Cj yelled to her father to stop, while being worried about her brother.

Hook trapped her in a broken closet where glass shards and daggers were. Cj gulped. One wrong move and she was dead. Literally.

Cj felt like crying. Harriette was gone, Harry wasn't there, she was trapped. Life felt like a bigger mess than usual. A whimper left her mouth and she started sobbing. Why them? What did she and her siblings ever do?