Hey guys! Detective Mackers is back with another chapter! Sorry I didn't update yesterday. I was waiting for Cryaotic to post The Crooked Man [P3] and since there's time difference, when Cryaotic posts the video, it's usually 12AM in the morning where I am. I was also watching Cry playing Parasitic Eve (each video is so damn long :U) Anyways, thank you for all the reviews guys! I do read all of them and rest assured, if you ask a question, I'll answer it at the end of each chapter so feel free to ask away :) In fact, I'll try to respond to the reviews at the end of the chapter! So anyways, Enjoy! In case it wasn't clear last time, even though Raven is not part of the Late Night Crew anymore, she still is in this story.
Also congratulations to Krism and Minx who are an engaged couple! If they just so happen to read this, then congratulations! I just found out now. I don't know when Krism proposed, but she did. I don't know when...don't try to ask me. I just found out this morning from watching CrySpy on YouTube :/ Don't post hate about them here, let's all be civilized people and be tolerant.
Enjoy the chapter!
DISCLAIMER: I don't own Victubia. Gabbi Nilsson does. Go check her out! She has a deviantArt account, a YouTube Channel, and a Tumblr for Victubia!
CHAPTER III: Escape! ...Then what?
Cryaotic had spent a good thirty minutes working on the seal and he could feel it weakening, but so was he. He could only reassure Marzia that he could hold on long enough to break the seal.
"Maybe you should take off your mask, Cry." Marzia said, extending her hand to take of his mask. "It'll help you breathe better."
"No!" Cry nearly slapped his friend, but he managed to push her hand away rather violently. No one must know. She looked at him in shock and hidden fear. He felt his skin crawl with guilt and anxiety.
"Sorry, I'm not taking this mask off. It's important that it stays on." He said simply. "Things to hide, promises to keep. You know, that kind of stuff."
Marzia was afraid, but she decided that she was going to question his reasons. After all, Cryaotic is the only one she can count on right now and she really didn't want him to bother him too much. Although, she wondered what secrets her husband's best friend had. Apparently no one has seen his face, ever. Not even his long-time friend, PewDiePie. Some people thought he was uglier than an ogre, some people say that he was handsome beyond belief. Others claim that he had some sort of lasting injury to hide, but Marzia suspected there was something sinister involved, otherwise, Cryaotic wouldn't have acted so harshly and nervously.
"Maybe you should rest a bit then." Marzia said, perplexed with the situation. "Maybe I can take over."
"To be honest, I don't think you're a magic-user and it's impossible to teach someone born without the magic." Cryaotic said as he endured another jerk of pain when he shifted positions. "And besides, I think I'm almost through."
And with that, the wall of the carriage started to split open and they could finally see the outside world. It was only as big as Cryaotic's hand though and he began pushing the hole bigger.
"And we are out." He stated indifferently.
"I don't think horses can jump over rivers." Ken stated as they came into a stop.
Pewds, Ken, Minx, and Krism were off on their own organized search party, looking for their two missing friends. They had borrowed horses from Minx's stable as they are able to get to places cars wouldn't reach, as well as lasting longer as long as there were water and food for them. A young boy who was attempting to sneak out at night saw a suspicious carriage go into the woods that night and quickly reported it to the queen as soon as he spotted her. For his bravery, Queen Minx managed to convince his mother not to ground him for sneaking out, although he was left with a warning. As generous as the queen was, she decided to give him a young beautiful colt as a gift. Soon afterwards, they left to go to forest in hopes of catching up to the mysterious carriage.
"I guess we'll have to get down and lead them across." said Krism, dismounting her horse with ease. The horse named Snowshoe turned her head towards her rider in wonder, in which Krism petted in response. Just like her name, the horse seemed to be wearing snowshoes. "Good thing we didn't wear our regular dresses today."
"That would have been a pain." Minx said rubbing the head of her horse, Prince, which was the best-looking horse of them all, definitely a horse fit for a queen.
"Aw man, my pants are gonna be soaked. I should of worn shorts." Ken said as he stuck his hand in the water, checking the temperature. His horse, Bear, gently rested her head in the water to take a sip. "Man, it's cold. What I wouldn't do to walk on water."
"Maybe when we rescue Cry, we can get him to walk on water." Pewds said with a giggle. "With all that voo-doo magic he has stored up, I'm pretty sure he can." Although he was terribly concerned for the well-being of his wife and best friend, he tried to assure himself that they were fine and probably on their way back. His golden horse, Stephano, whinnied in response, as if he understood.
"I'm taking off my shoes." stated Ken, ripping off his fancy boots, and putting it in the bag which has been equipped on Bear. Afterwards, he started rolling up his pants.
"Good idea, Ken, I don't like getting my royal feet wet." Minx said, taking her riding boots off and handing it to Krism who put both her shoes and Minx's shoes in her backpack. Then the lady handed the queen the reins of her horse.
"Come on your Highness," Krism said mockily. "Let's get a move on before you get too cold."
Minx shot her an annoyed look and she quickly snatched the reins to Prince away from Krism and marched boldly across the river. Krism chuckled and followed close behind, mostly to keep an eye on her Queen. Pewds and Ken soon trailed behind. By the time the boys reached the other side, Pewdiepie was sure that he had leeches all over his foot and quickly sat down on the bank to examine his feet.
"Will you look at that…" Ken said as he tried to pry a leech from his toe. It came off and his foot was blotted with blood. He saw his horse, Bear, stopping irritatedly at the ground and he steadied her before pulling off at least three of the little bloodsuckers.
"Maybe we should have put on our shoes after all." said Krism as she helped Minx peel off all the leeches off her foot before attending to her own.
"I didn't get that much, maybe because they all went to Minx. She went first after all." So far Pewds only had two leeches on his right foot. He quickly removed them and went to work getting the leeches on all the horses. "They don't seem to be bothering the horses much. Maybe these are human leeches."
"Are there such things as those?" asked Minx as she stomped angrily at a writhing leech she pulled out. When she was sure it was dead, she threw it back into the water. "Hey Krism, remind me to put a sign on the river that says 'Beware of Leeches'."
"Yea, definitely, Cry's gonna have to owe us big time." Ken said jokingly rubbing off all the blood with a handkerchief.
"I wonder where they are." Pewds said sadly. Minx and Krism shot him a sympathetic look, but he didn't notice as he stared off into the darkness of the woods.
"Are you crazy?! I can't job off a high moving carriage." Marzia nervously clung to Cry, making sure that he didn't leave her alone.
The hole that Cry had made was now big enough for both of them to go through. Lord Cryaotic had immediately suggested that they leave as soon as possible, but Marzia was terrified of the prospect of jumping off a high speed moving vehicle.
"If we don't jump, then how are we supposed to escape?" said Cry who was now perplexed with the situation. He put his fingers where his temples would be if he wasn't wearing a mask. "Okay, how about we jump together. You hold my hand and I'll jump, you follow. Got it?"
"Promise me you won't leave me behind, right?" Marzia said clutching his hand with an iron hand.
"I won't, but please don't break my fingers." said Cry as he edged closer to the hole. "I need those to count the money I earn in the bar."
Cryaotic looked off the carriage. It wasn't moving too fast. He peered over to see if he could make out whoever was driving it, but he didn't take the chance. If he spotted them, they could end up in a nasty fight he knew that he could lose. If he was alone, Cry would of tried to crash the carriage and confront whoever abducted them, but he didn't want Marzia to be endangered too. Pewds will have his head if his wife didn't make out if it in one piece.
"Okay, one the count of three." Cryaotic said. Marzia gripped his hand. "One…two…three!"
Cryaotic jumped out and Marzia soon followed. The masked man managed to land somewhat gracefully on the ground and caught Marzia. He quickly flattened themselves across the ground in hopes that the carriage wouldn't see them. He put his fingers to his lips to signal to Marzia to be quiet. Cryaotic only moved until he couldn't hear or see the carriage any longer.
"Coast is clear." Cryaotic said. He rubbed his gloves together, trying to get the dirt off. "You okay?"
"I think so." Marzia said, changing her position so she could stand up.
Cry stood up as well and looked back where they came. It could be a long walk back. It could last forever. He looked around and saw that both sides of the path was a small ridge that one could easily fall down if not careful enough. Marzia, having regaining enough energy to walk around, investigated the area round them with curiosity. She peered over the edge of the ridge, wondering what was down there.
"Marzia! Don't stand there!" Cry's voice rang out.
The warning came too late and Marzia cried out in shock when the ground beneath her gave way. Cryaotic raced over to see if she was alright and he could make Marzia out.
"Marzia! Are you okay?" he called out. She didn't answer. "Marzia!"
Marzia didn't stir when Cryaotic called her. Cry quickly reassured himself that she must have just knocked herself out. He wondered how he could get her out of there. If he tried to go down himself, he could end up just like her and they would be in more of a pickle than they were now.
After a moments time of thinking the masked man looked around to see if anyone was there. Then crouching down he put his hand on the bottom of his mask to take it off.
"No one is looking." He reassured himself as he reluctantly started to take off the mask. "Just for a while. No one can get hurt. Just for a while. It's okay."
Okay, Okay. I turned Stephano into a horse. Is that a problem? Alright, try to imagine a gold horse wearing a turban and holding a sword. Yea, while you imagine that in your head, I am confirming that Cryaotic does have a problem, but the mask. Okay, I'm not spoiling, but Cry is much more than he seems. Anyways, on to answering to reviews! You don't have to read this, but if you asked a question, you should at least check if I answered :) I'm also answering the questions from any chapter, so even if I'm already ahead on another chapter, you can ask a question about a previous chapter. So yea... I could send everyone a message, but not everyone has an account here.
NEXT CHAPTER: The Lost and it's Lookers
ANSWERING REVIEWS...
jolocaspe1:Yay! A new chapter. Yay! I love this fanfic! Oh and hey, How often do you update? Oh and are you gonna use Markiplier?
Aww shucks, I'm glad you like it :) How often I update? Maybe at least once every two days or sometimes every day. It depends how busy I am. I still am on Holidays until Wednesday, January 15th 2014. So let's say...once every two days until then. Markiplier? Oh don't worry, he'll be part of the story. He has a part to play that I have planned later on. He is included in the original idea so it'll be weird for me not to use him. Also to answer your first question from the first chapter, it's spelled "Victubia" which is a combination of the word Victorian and YouTubers.
The Gingey Gamer: This is so awesome! I love how you've managed to keep them all in character!
Gee, you are too kind. I'm happy you like it :D There's something you should know about me and I hate it when I go out of character, so every time I write a FanFiction, I always research as much as possible about every character or person to make sure I mimic their personality as accurately as possible.
queen elizabeth ii: sweet! I actually just found victuba on deviantart today and thought it looked pretty rad. i cant wait to read more! c:
I'm glad you enjoy my story, but it's Gabbi's story you should be more excited for! That's so great you found it! It is a wonderful idea and I probably couldn't of thought of it (not a very creative person ^^"). I can't wait for Gabbi to start it up, I can't wait to start watching/reading the motion comic!