A Romanov Adventure

I hope you like this chapter. This is where you see the main point of the story come in.

Alex is walking down the hall with his new medallion in his hand. "Wait until Svetlana sees this." He smiles.

"Hey! Romanov!" Alex turns and sees a few boys coming his way and they look happy to see him.

"Grigory," Alex says in a calm, "It's so great to see you and your friends."

"Listen, Romanov. I told you to stay away from my girl."

"Who? Svetlana? Oh, no. You see, we're just friends."

"When I'm through with you, you won't be," Grigory pushes Alex.

"Now I don't want to fight you, Grigory."

"What are you? A mama's boy?" Grigory laughs, but it's not funny to Alex. Alex pushes him harder and the fight begins. Alex fights bravely, but Grigory hits Alex hard. So hard it knocks him down. They finally left. "Come on, guys. Let's get out of here."

As they run away, Alex gets on his feet. "Jerks!" He wipes the blood off his lip and walks away. Then he stops as he see a dim of green light coming from a room next to him. He pushes the door open and walks in. There was dark, so he turns on a lamp. In the room, there's nothing but chairs, tables, shelves, etc. He sees the the green light as he draws closer. He reaches down and gets the object; it a green stone in shape of a skull. "Whoa. What is this?"

"Hello? Is anyone there?" a voice calls. Alex quickly hides the stone in his pocket and leaves the room. "Alex?" It was Svetlana, "What are you doing? And what happen to your lip?"

Alex covers his wound. "Uh, I was just walking around and Grigory beated me up. But I'm fine."

"Oh. I told him not to beat you up and I told not to call me "his girl"." She spots Alex medallion, "I like your medallion."

Alex holds his medallion. "Thanks. My mom gave it to me this morning. It has-"

"The two headed eagle. Papa told me about it."

"Really? Where is he now?"

"At a meeting. Come on. I'll show you." She grabs his hand and leads the way.

In the meeting room:

"Thank you for coming, today," Joseph, the general, gets the meeting started, "As you may remember from our previous meetings, we are disgusting about the agreement we are having with France. France is one of the allies of England and the United States. Even thought we have a pact with Germany, we have been detecting some activities from the country that may break the pact. Our goal is to have a pact with France in case this happens."

When they're at the meeting doors, they stop, "Well, here we are," She looks down at her hand, "Alex, you can let go of my hand, now."

"Oh! Sorry," He quickly releases his hand from hers. "I wonder what they're talking about in there?"

"It has to be important." Alex presses his ear on the door. "Alex, what are you doing?"

"I can listen to what they're saying." Svetlana listens with Alex. "I hear my mom."

"I hear her, too."

Joseph continues. "Once we join with France, we hope to have more assists on handling with Germany. Anastasia has agree to meet with the prime minster in Paris."

Alex is shock. "What?"

"We're leaving first thing tomorrow," Anya tells Joseph.

"I'm sure you're ready to leave for Paris. You done everything you need to prepare you departure."

"Yes. Everything's ready to go," Anya says with confidence, but she knew there was one thing to do; telling Alex. Sadly, she doesn't have to do that.

Alex backs away from the door slowly, "They're leaving and they didn't tell me."

Svetlana turns to him in shock. "I'm so sorry. But I'm sure there was a reason."

"No. There isn't. I have to go." Svetlana watches Alex as he walks away.


Meanwhile in limbo, Rasputin is trying out his new powers, but he tends to fail. He's furious. "Why isn't this working? This power is useless! I must have the stone!" he continues to practice.

Then, an insect name Grim comes in. "Rasputin? Sir?"

"Quiet! Can't you see I'm busy."

"But sir-"

"Didn't you hear me? I don't have time listen to what you have to say."

"It's about the stone."

Rasputin suddenly stops and turns to the insect. "What about it?"

"Well, it been, somehow, found."

"What?" He grabs Grim in his hand, "Who found the stone?"

"We're not sure," Grim coughs, "All we know is that it's at the Catherine Palace."

"Anastasia," Rasputin snarls as he releases Grim, "She must of found it."

"B-B-But it doesn't have any effects on morals. Remember? And we also know that she's leaving for Paris tomorrow."

"Paris? That's it! That's the perfect spot to claim revenge. Grim! Get the others ready. Tomorrow, we're heading for Paris."

"Oh, goodie. Paris! With the lights and the romance and-I mean. Yes, sir."


Back at the palace, Izzie is practicing his yoga peacefully. "Aww. Finally. I can do my evening yoga in peace and quiet."

Then, there is a knock on the door and Ryan comes in. "Izzie! I have to tell you something!"

"Not now, Ryan. I'm doing my yoga."

"But it's important!"

"What is more important than my peaceful and quiet time?"

"Alex is missing."

Izzie eyes widen. "What?"

Ryan repeats."I said 'Alex is-"

"I heard you the first time! How can you lose that boy?"

"Me? I thought you were gonna watch him."

"Absolutely not. It was your turn."

"No. It was your turn."

"Your turn!"

"Your turn!"

"It was so your turn!"

"All right! That it! I'm ending this right now!"

"Not unless I end it first. Come here!" Ryan starts to fight Izzie. As they continue to fight, Anya comes in. "Ha! Ha! How do you like me now?"

"Hey, guys."

Ryan and Izzie freeze in their position; Izzie holding Ryan's ear and Ryan holding Izzie by the throat."Oh! Anya!" Ryan releases Izzie, "What a pleasent surprise," He chuckles.

"Have you two seen Alex? I really have to talk to him."

"Who? Oh! of course," Izzie chuckles, "Your son. Well, um. What if we were to say that a certain someone-"

"Who is not you," Ryan points out.

"And that person was relatived to someone else-"

"Who is definitely not Alex."

"Who for some reason-"

"Is for the moment or until time may say. Letting by gones be by gones, eh . . . He's missing."

Anya is in shock. "What? What do you mean missing?"

"Well, it means he's not here," Anya gives Ryan a look, "O.k. Look. We haven't seem him all afternoon and I'm pretty sure he's just fine."

Izzie turns to Anya. "Is there, by any chance, he was with you?"

Anya shakes her head. "No. I was gone all afternoon. I was at the-Oh, no."

"What is it?"

Anya starts to worry. "I really have to find him. Keep looking and let me know if you find him." She hurries out the room.

Ryan looks at Izzie. "For the record, I'm blaming you for this."

Anya walks down the hall, then Dimitri comes out of the bedroom. "Anya, what's wrong?"

"I'm now known as the worst parent of the year. Alex found out about the trip and now he's gone."

"What? How did he find out?"

"It doesn't matter. I have to find him."

"What are you going to tell him when you find him."

Anya stops and turns back to Dimitri. "Something I should have done in the first place."


Meanwhile, Alex is sitting on top of the palace, looking depress. He looks at his medallion, but it doesn't cheer him up.

Then, he feels a hand on his shoulder. "I figured you be up here," he turns and sees his mom behide him. She sits down next to him, "This is a nice hiding spot you have here," She sees Alex's bloody lip. He turns away. "Alex, what happen to your lip? It bleeding."

"Why would you care? You're going to be gone for the next few days, anyway."

Anya sighs. "How did you-Never mind. That's not important now. Alex, listen-"

"Why didn't you tell me?"

"I didn't know how to tell you. I didn't want to-"

"Make me feel left out?" Alex looks away.

"Yeah," She confesses, "I didn't know what I was thinking. To be honest. I was just trying not to hurt your feelings."

He lifts his head. "So. I guess I'm staying home then."

Anya grins. "Now, I would be crazy to do that. Especially with Ryan, who knows what he'll do. I guess you'll just have to come with us."

Alex turns to Anya. "Really? But I thought-"

"I can't leave you here all upset and sad. Not after what I did."

Alex hugs her. "Thanks, Mom."

"Your welcome. Now, before we do anything else, we need to fix your lip and get you pack. Come on in." Alex runs in with joy. Anya sighs. "Oh, Anya What have you gotten yourself in to?" But she meant it in a good way.