"Why did you ask me to accompany you to your apartment?" Antoinette asked as Tintin opened his apartment door.
"Well, whoever these people are... The people that took your father, suppose it has to do with the Dynasty, and they want the next hier?"
Antoinette's eyes lowered to the floor "You're probably right," She said quietly.
"Come one," Tintin let her in to his apartment "Let me pack my luggage, then we shall go to the airport."
Antoinette nodded and Tintin exited the room, leaving Antoinette to explore his study: scanning his desk, notes, newspapers, and everything else a brilliant journalist could possibly own. She smiled widely at a picture of Tintin and Captain Haddock holding a model ship. The headline of the newspaper was "Boy Reporter and Sea Captain Discover The Unicorn!" In the corner of the picture she found Snowy's fluffy tail, she giggled slightly. If any group of people were to be searching for her father, she was glad it was these three.
Antoinette had first discovered Tintin's stories when she was only eight years old, which would have made Tintin himself about thirteen. He had just gotten the job as a journalist and was eager for a good story. Antoinette could vaguely remember seeing the young journalist holding a large treasure map that would later be donated to a museum. She was instantly fascinated with this young boy who seemed to go on the most amazing adventures. It astonished her that someone so young could be so brave. Every new newspaper that came out was another one of Tintin's adventures, and that could entertain her for hours. He became her idol. She longed for adventure, but her father wanted her to carry on the Dynasty.
"Tintin!" Yelled a scottish brogue "Tintin I've packed and ready for the airport!"
Antoinette walked out to the living room, where she saw the sea captain himself: Captain Haddock. "Um, Misiour Haddock, you're coming to Nice with us?"
Haddock spun around on his heels into her direction "Lasse, who might you be?"
"Antoinette DiAzio," She stuck her hand out.
"DiAzio..." He mumbled while shaking her hand.
A proud smile crept to her face "I heard you liked our wine."
"DiAzio! I don't suppose you're Dominic's daughter, are you?"
"That would be me," she playfully grinned at the captain "Pleasure to meet you capta-"
"Pleasures all mine, Lasse!" Exclaimed Haddock "Please, call me Haddock!"
"Are we ready?" Tintin said, walking up to the middle aged sea captain "Haddock, do you have your things? Excellent! Lets go to the airport!"
Tintin, Antoinette, Haddock and Snowy made there way down the stairs when something whizzed passed Haddock's ear; cutting off a few strands of hair. A loud KAFLUMP came from beind, and a small, darkened, smokey cirlce emerged on the wall.
"A bullet!" Tintin shouted.
"Get down!" Antoinette shouted then pulled the two guys down to the landing of the staircase.
"Billions of blistering blue barnicles!" Haddock shouted as bullets flew by their heads.