Chapter 9

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     Mara woke slowly. It was dark. Then she remembered what happened and sat up quickly. This was a mistake and she almost passed out again from light-headedness.
     Mara too her time and slowly got to her feet. She saw she was in a prison cell. Then she saw Alan, in the cell next to hers.
     "Alan!" She almost cried in relief that he was okay and right there beside her.
     Alan slowly awoke, having heard her voice.
     "Mara?" He said groggily.
     "Yes! It's me!"
     "Where are we?" Alan said, standing up.
     "Looks like a prison of some sort."Mara replied.
     Alan shook the bars, testing their strength."A fairly new one. Or an old one that's been restored and maintained."
     "Alan."
     "Yeah?"
     "I'm scared." This was he first time in her life that Mara had admitted fear to anyone.
     "Don't be,"Alan said."I'm here."
He reached his hands through the bars of the cell towards her. There was a medium sized gap between the cells, so Mara and Alan had to reach to take each other's hands. But once they did, they just sat, feeling the warmth and comfort the others hand was providing.
     "So there's nothing going on between you two huh?" A voice said from the semi-darkness.
     Alan and Mara yanked their hands away from each other, blushing.
     They looked to see Pearl staring at them from another cell about 10 feet across from them.
     "If you two have something going on, there's no point in hiding it. We would find out eventually."
     "There's nothing going on between us Pearl!" Mara exclaimed angrily.
     "Are you sure about tha-" Suddenly a door opened, letting bright light into the dim room. The 2 Inklings and human raised hands to cover their eyes.
     An Inkling strolled into the room.
     Mara gasped when she saw who it was.
     "CC?!" She exclaimed."How could you!"
     "Don't blame me, blame the Octarians." CC said lazily, looking at her fingernails.
     "Why would you do this CC! You helped Alan, then you helped the enemy squidnap us!"Mara shouted.
     "Nothing personal." CC said. But Alan noticed a strange look in her eyes.
     "BEGONE THOT!" Mara screamed as CC.
     CC sighed."Fine." She turned and left, slamming the door shut behind her, plunging the room back into darkness.
     "Damn,"Pearl said."That sucks."
     Nobody responded. Pearl sighed and walked around her cell, trying to find a way out.
     "It's no use Pearl,"Alan said."If I couldn't find a way to escape my cell, I don't you can either.
     Pearl ignored him and kept looking. She didn't find anything.
     She sat down on the bed, anxiously fidgeting. She hummed to herself quietly.
     I hope they're looking for us. Mara thought. The Inklings should've noticed that Pearl and Marina didn't broadcast today.
     She sighed. She settled back down and reached hey hand towards Alan. He took it and they say there like that for a long time.

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     "But wait there's more!"sudden exclaimed.
     *Back in Inkopolis*
     The Octoling girl pressed herself against the big glass window trying to see Pearl and Marina.
     "Where Momina?" She said to herself.
     She looked up to the massive screen where Callie and Marie we're talking to the Inklings in the Square, giving them the daily news.
     "There." She said.
     She starts walking in the direction of Callie and Marie's studio.

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