Chapter 8
Brenna was sitting next to the bed where Saga was lying when Valiant came in.
"Oh... She's not awake, yet", he said.
"Nope... And I really need fresh air. Would you mind staying here for a while? I need to go outside", Brenna answered.
Valiant nodded and Brenna left the room.
On another boat Gunnar also sat next to a bed and talked to the person lying in it.
"Grimborn betrayed us", he said. "He decided to help the Haddockgirl instead."
"Help her with what?"
"Find the hidden World... We have to figure..."
Gunnar was interrupted.
"You have to follow them, idiot! Grimborn knows where the hidden world is! We can't risk that they find it first!"
"And what should I do when I found them?"
"Show them what happens to the traitor; The traitor dies in the end, the traitor always dies."
"But how should I find..."
"Ask your prisoners. Maybe they know. Just think of something or you will bear the consequences! And now leave!"
Gunnar lowered his head and left the room.
"Find Grimborn and when you found him bring him and his little friends to me!", he said to his guards.
"What are you gonna do when you have him?", Toya asked when the others left.
"What the traitor deserves. And I also have the perfect task for you: Take care of my prisoners. You will fail at capturing Valiant anyways", Gunnar told her and left. Toya went to the prisoners under deck. When she entered the room with the cells the four prisoners stopped talking immediatly.
"Do you have to hide something or why do you stop talking?", she said while entering and sat down in front of a cell.
"None of your buisness", Ylva replied. "Why are you here anyways? We are chained up in cages so technically we wouldn't need a guard since we can't break out anyways. Oh wait, I know. They don't treat you as good as you said and think you are not able to do something else."
Ylva hit Toya's soft spot. Toya stayed silent because she knows that Ylva is right. She told them how great Gunnar treats her and how he accepts her but in the end she was the one to do the dirty work.
"I think you are right, Ylva", Ove said amused.
"None of your buisness!", Toya just said. "And if you don't behave I'll have you executed." The prisoners decided to stay silent so they won't say anything wrong anymore.
Toya just looked at the ground.
Why am I still here?, she thought. No one really accepts me anyways. Well, Valiant did, he's so different from the rest... He's probably the only reason why I haven't left. But he left, he betrayed Gunnar and he will be punished with dead. I can't let that happen but what can I do?
She looked up at the prisoners in the cells.
Maybe... they could help. Maybe I am better with them too.
"Since we are stuck here together for a while, I should introduce myself. I am Toya from the defenders of the wing. What are your names?", she broke the silence.
The four prisoners looked at her confused.
"I am Ivar Ingerman and... ", Ivar said but was interrupted by Ylva: "Are you insane? This could be a trick?"
"I think thier leader knows who we are anyways", Verda said. "By the way; I am Verda, Ivars sister."
"I am Ove Jorgenson."
Everyone looked at Ylva now.
"Fine", she said. "I am Ylva the Mutinous."
"That's your lastname?", Toya asked.
"Not really. My family doesn't really has a lastname just titles."
"Oh", Toya said and then it was silent again.
After a while Toya left the room with the cells and the four prisoners were alone again.
"I still think she's spying on us", Ylva said as soon as Toya was gone.
"Calm down. I think she's just a poor girl who can't help herself otherwise", Ivar said.
"Maybe she needs help to get out of here", Verda said.
"Or maybe she just needs information about us she can tell her boss. I bet that's what she's doing right now", Ylva said again.
Before anyone else could say anything Toya stepped back in.
"I thought you might be hungry so I checked if the others are gone and got you some food and water", Toya said and have it to the prisoners.
Ivar, Ove and Verda thanked her and started eating. Ylva, who still didn't trust her hesitated to take the food but after a while her hunger was stronger than her doubt and she started eating too.
Valiant was sitting with Saga for a long while, hoping that she wouldn't wake up before Brenna returned, because she is probably still angry at him. His hopes got crushed when he saw Saga move and open her eyes. First she seemed confused but when she saw Valiant she got angry again.
"I am surprised, that you still dare to show yourself. You are the reason all of my friends are captured by some psychopath! I bet you also lied about knowing where the hidden world is!", she screamed at him.
"Saga, I...", he started to explain but was interrupted by Saga: "Save your breath I am out of here!"
Saga got up and headed to the door, that just opened.
"Calm down, drama queen", Brenna said while entering. "Let the poor boy explain."
Saga stared at her as if she had just seen a ghost.
"How...?", was the only thing she could say.
"Like I said: let Valiant explain", Brenna said while she closed the door again and sat on the ground.
Saga sat down too and looked at Valiant, expecting him to explain.
He hesitated for a moment and then started to explain: "Short after you fell asleep, I saw ships heading towards the island. I recognised these ships. They were from Gunnar, my kinda ex-boss, so I decided to save your friends, or at least Brenna, 'cause she seemed smarter and braver than the other two. I gave her the map to the hidden world, so she could find it, because the only way we can defeat Gunnar is with dragons. Then I wanted to save you. You must know, he's after you. He wants to avenge his father, that was killed by your father and he wants to marry you. I wanted to bring you to safety and then go after Brenna but you two kinda crossed my plans. After you got knocked down, I brought you to the ship and Brenna came to me, thinking I did something to you. I took her with me to the ship and now we are on the way to the hidden world."
Saga listened to Valiant until he finished then she simply said: "Thank you... Thank you for saving me."
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Who do you think was Gunnar talking to?
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