"Special Thanks to my mama she helped me with all my mistakes and told me what she thought now it your turn please be very brutal honest and I will change anything that needs to be of course changed. Thanks for taking your time and reading this. Hope you enjoy!"

Renee Roget

Armed and Ready

Chapter 2

The Punishment

"DArtagnan!"

All four musketeers rose with excitement at the sound of their captain's voice. Oh, no, here we go again. They all thought.

DArtagnan still holding the rapier to the captain of the guard's throat began very slowly slipping his rapier off his throat.

"Captain Eric, I give my dearest apologies for this matter."

"The Cardinal will hear of this!" He said in a stern voice. Then he and his men walked out of the cafe.

DArtagnan began. "Captain I was just", but before he could say a thing Captain Duval said, "To my office."

He added as he turned to leave "All of you!"

They stared at each other wondering who was going to go first. DArtagnan began to walk behind his captain. Then Siroc, Ramon, and Jacques followed him. They all walked more slowly than the first.

While walking to the garrison, they began to talk and try to make up a very good alibi. Siroc was thinking by himself, but the rest were talking to each other.

At the Garrison

"I can't believe you disobeyed my orders! And you!" Turning to look at Dartagnan. You could have heard his fiery in his tone a mile away. Shaking his finger a Dartagnan. "Explain!"

DArtagnan did not say a word because they hadn't figured out a way to solve their problem, so he just looked at Captain Duval.

"Now! I haven't got all day!"

DArtagnan was about to tell Captain Duval it was his fault instead of Jacqueline's, but as he opened his mouth to say something Jacqueline spoke up.

"It's my fault, if I hadn't gotten angry when the new captain of the guard grabbed that young woman. I wouldn't have gotten into the fight, which resulted in my comrades joining the fight."

Duval looked took back for a moment then started to laugh.
"Lepont. I'm very surprised at you. You getting into a fight," Captain Duval said trying to spit out the words during his outburst of laughter. "And I'm more surprised over it being a woman."

"My best musketeer has been with DArtagnan far to long," sounding more amused by the minute. They all burst out laughing, even DArtagnan was laughing. When the captain stopped laughing, so did the musketeers.

"But as your punishment you are to give the dungeons, stables, and the kitchen a good ole spring cleaning to pay for the damages."

All of their mouths dropped, but they dare didn't say a word.

" You didn't think you were getting off that easy did you!" laughing to himself , " You can start tomorrow as for DArtagnan and Lepont have patrol in an hour, and before you go ,Ramon, don't eat the chickens.■

"You are all dismissed!"

They walked out of the room and down the hall to Siroc's lab.

"Now, what are we going to do amigos? I have got a date tomorrow with Maria, the barmaid." saying it to no one in particularly.

When the door was closed behind them, Dartagnan said, Jacqueline what were you thinking? You could have gotten in terrible trouble if it weren't..."

"I know if it weren't for you, Siroc, and Ramon, I would have been exposed. I'm going to get ready for patrol. Meet you there in forty-five minutes." she then swiftly left to go to her room and change out of the tore pants she had ripped during the fight.

"Why doesn't she listen?"

"Dios, mio, I just realized something you like her don't you."

"Oh, this should me interesting to see how it turns out because she can't stand you, but you like her. I wonder..." Siroc said trailing off into his studies again after he and Ramon had ragged their friend.

"I'm leaving now to go to my room before you say anything you regret."

As he left the room, he heard fits of laughter from Siroc and Ramon. While his on thoughts were on Jacqueline, and what if she'd been exposed. At arriving at his barracks, his thoughts were interrupted.