I don't own any characters except my own. Anastasia belongs to 20 century fox and Don Bluth.
As Jean stood by the phone in silence, his mind started to spin. How was he going to drain Dowger Marie's bank account? Still if he wanted to save his girlfriend's life, he had no choice.
Meanwhile, Anya was putting on her work uniform as she went over the details of her new job. She was to sweep the floors and clean the windows. To make her first few weeks easier, Anya would be working with an experienced maid named Chloe. She had long blonde hair that was tied up in a bun and had blue eyes.
"First day on the job?" She questioned.
"Yes, how long have you been at it?" Anya asked.
"Most of my life. My mom was a maid." Chloe answered.
"How about you?" She added.
"I only moved to Paris a short while ago and my husband and I only got our citizenship yesterday." Anya explained.
"Lucky for you, I'm an expert in cleaning." Chloe stated. "Follow me to the living room." She added as she lead Anya down the hallway. As Anya followed Chole, she couldn't help but think how strange it was to be walking down this hallway as first as a princess and then as a maid. However, no matter what she became, Anya would always just be Anya.
The former princess pulled herself out of her thoughts as Chloe stopped walking and found herself in the living room. It reminded Anya of her own living room in the palace, they were both large and had huge windows that showed both the lovely city and the garden outside. However, one major difference between them, was that Marie's living room was made for just one person and the occasional guests.
Chloe then handed Anya a broom and a pan to sweep the dust into. With that, Anya began to sweep the floor and to her surprise, she took to it like a natural. Then again, she did some chores at the orphanage where she lived for many years before turning eighteen.
"Not bad." Chloe phrased before she added "I thought you said that this was your first time working as a maid?"
"It is, But I did do some chores at the orphanage." Anya replied before she realized she might have said too much. However, Chloe said "I'm so sorry. I have a feeling that your parents would be proud to see the woman you have become."
Anya wasn't so sure of that, still she hoped that her family would support her marriage to Demeti and love her no matter what like her Grandma if they lived, but Anya understood all to well that her marriage to Demeti would be looked down upon by the Russian imperial court.
Then Anya was brought out of her thoughts as she heard a man yell "Get down in the ground! Now!"
Anya and Chloe fearfully did as they were told. Anya threw herself to the floor with her hands up as she did so, she suddenly remembered that night….
An angry mob brought into the palace. Now Anastasia and her family were being led to their deaths. The princess took all of the faces of her parents and her siblings as she was trying to memorize every detail of their faces. Suddenly she felt guilty for every fight she ever had with her family. However, she didn't have the opportunity to dwell on her family for very long because they were suddenly led to the cellar and were blindfolded. At once, the princess and her family realized they were going to be murdered.
The princess heard her little brother start to cry and beg their captors not to kill his family so long as they killed him.
Nikolous and Alexandra told him to be quiet and asked to be killed instead so that their children could live.
To her shame, Anastasia said nothing. Then their captors spoke and said that they had intention of letting any of the royal family go. With that, the soldiers started to fire upon the royal family.
For what seemed to be forever, the room was filled with the sounds of gunfire and screams. Then there was nothing but silence.
Then the captors of the royal family left, had they know that Anastasia had survived the gunfire, they wouldn't have left.
Once Anastasia was sure that the people responsible for the death of her family were gone. Anya allowed herself to silently cry for her loss before she started to think of a way to escape from this place.
As Anastasia peaked through her blindfolds, she had to suppress the urge to openly sob. Her family...her loving family was gone, forever.
The sight of her family covered in blood made her want to throw up! However, a strange idea suddenly came into the young princess's head.
She could use their blood to make her look dead! Anastasia became disgusted with herself for even thinking of such an idea, but she didn't see any other way out of this nightmarish situation.
Fighting back her disgust, Anastasia rolled herself in her family's blood and laid still. Her determination paid off when the executioner's came back and picked up the bodies onto a wagon.
Amazing Anastasia managed to stay still as they brought the wagon outside. She even managed to stay still as they were digging unmarked graves for herself and her family.
Thankfully, her opportunity to escape came when one of the grave diggers decided to take a break. Once Anastasia was sure he was gone, she forced herself off the wagon and hurried away from the palace as fast as she could.
The princess ran blindly until she was hit by a carriage.
As Anastasia felt herself slip into unconsciousness, she heard Chloe's voice whispered "This is no time to daydream, Anya!"
Anya blinked as she found herself brought back to reality, a reality that currently involved being held hostage by a crazy gun person.
Forcing herself to look up at the man, Anya could see that he was scared and worried for someone and this was all against his will.
As soon as Jean laid eyes of the red-headed maid, he quickly discovered that this was the same woman who looked a lot like the princess Anastasia and who he overheard claimed to be her on his way to the flower shop.
At once, a million thought began to spin inside, Jean's head.
Oh, she can identify me? Does she even remember from this morning? Did she even see me this morning? Does she know that I overheard her and her husband this morning? Is she really Princess Anastasia? Can she help me? The frightened young man thought to himself.
Jean pulled himself out of his head as he said "You and you, come with me!"
Still scared out of their wits, both Anya and Chloe did as Jean ordered and followed him to a closet.
"Get in the closet!" He ordered Chloe as he pointed his gun at her.
As Chloe hurried in the closet, Anya went to join, but she was stopped by Jean's gun.
"Not you. You're coming with me." Jean ordered as he locked the closet door behind Chole.
Finding her courage, Anya asked "Why me? I just a maid."
"I know who you really are." Jean said as he grabbed her by the arm.
As he started to drag her down the hallway, a million thoughts started to run through Anya's head.
How does he know who I am? Did he overhear me and Demeti talking about my past on my way to work? She thought to herself.
Then she thought of Demeti, Pooka, Sophie, her landlady and her grandma. Would she ever see them again and will she make it out of this alive?!
Anya was then brought out of her thoughts as several guards called out "Where do you think you're going?!"
At the sight of the guards, Jean held the gun to Anya's head as he said "Put down your guns, unless you want to see the long lost princess Anastasia belle to bits."
At once, the guards lowered their weapons.
"Very good. Now I'd like to see the Dowger empress. I have somethings to discuss with her." Jean stated smoothly.
Anya found herself wishing that she knew how to disarm a person with a gun. That knowledge would be very useful right now.
If I only I could get him to tell me… Anya thought to herself.
Suddenly an idea flashed into her head.
Get him to talk! She realized. At once, Anya pulled herself out of her thoughts as she said "I don't mean to interrupt…"
"I didn't say that you could talk?!" Jean hissed.
"I know! But I just want to know how do you know who I am? Are you with Geb?" Anya questioned boldly.
"Geb? Who's Geb?" A confused Jean replied.
For a moment, Anya was unsure if she should even tell Jean about Geb and how he almost killed her, but spared her as long as she kept her true identity secret.
Then, that moment was gone as Jean said "I said, Who's Geb?"
As he pressed the gun to her forehead, he heard an elderly woman's voice call out "Get away from my granddaughter!"
Anya's heart lept as Jean spun her around to see her Grandma arriving with her guards.
At the sight of her only living grandchild in the arms of this maniac, Marie felt both angry and hurried at once.
Pulling herself together, she asked "What do you need?"
"I need to access your bank account and I need to know who this Geb is." Jean replied.
Anya quickly blurred out "He was the man sent to kill me! The communist government of Russia didn't like that I might be alive, since my very existence poses a threat to them. So they sent a soldier named Geb to kill me, but when he arrived I dared him to kill me since I would be with my family again. However, this made him falter and he decided to spare me and tell the government that my survival was nothing more than a rumor."
As Anya finished her story, she noticed that Jean's demeanor has changed. He looked less like a madman and more like a frightened person, however Anya could tell that he wasn't scared for himself but for some else that he cared deeply for.
Finding her courage, Anya bravely asked "Is someone you care about in trouble?"
"Why don't you mind your own business?" Jean demanded.
But Anya fired back with "You brought into my grandma's house and took me hostage. It's my business now."
Jean paused as he realized that Anya was right, however before he could reply, Anya added "If you tell us who's in trouble, maybe we can help and not press charges?"
"Anya!" Marie cried out in shock and disbelief that her granddaughter would be so merciful towards the man who had taken her and her co-worker hostage.
"Please Grandma?" Anya pleaded.
Next to her, Marie could see that Jean's resolve was fading even more. Marie nodded in agreement as Jean let out a sigh as he said "Alright, some folks-I don't know who they are, they took my girlfriend and they demanded that I steal all of your money in order to get her back!"
At once, relief and understanding flooded Marie's face as she said "I should've known that you couldn't betray us. Do you know how they found out that you work for me?"
Jean shook his head as he said "I don't know. All I know is that they kidnapped my girlfriend."
"Don't worry, we'll get her back." Anya assures him before she added "Did they say where to meet you?"
Sometime later, Jean seemingly found himself all alone as he stood in the middle of a dark alleyway with a sack with what appeared to be a huge amount of money.
He kept looking at his watch anxiously, waiting both his girlfriend and her kidnappers to arrive. After standing in that spot for what seemed to an eternity, Jean finally heard the sound of a car approaching him. As the car stopped, two men got out of the money and said "Hand over the money."
"Where's my girlfriend?!" Jean demanded.
One of the men let out a sigh as he reached i the passaginers seat and pulled out a frightened, bound and gagged Marie.
Jean opened his mouth to ask if his love was unharmed, but the two men interrupted with "Hand over the money."
Jean attempted to lift up the sack and drag it over, but he couldn't no matter how hard he tried. Both men sighed as one of them threw Marie at Jean.
As Jean quickly caught the love of his life, the two men hurried over to the big sack.
As they tried to move, all of sudden several French police officers appeared out of nowhere, pointing their guns at the men as they shouted "Put your hands in the air!"
Sometime later, Jean and Marie were talking to the police as the car that contained the two criminals drove off towards the police station.
"What was in that bag?" Marie whispered to Jean.
At that moment, Anya popped out of a nearby car and said "It was a big pile of rocks."
A few seconds later, her husband Demetri got out of the car and said "I can't believe you're so calm around this guy, after everything he did."
"He was blackmailed." Anya reminded her husband, but Demeti still glared at Jean.
"What's going on?" Marie wondered.
Averting his eyes away from Marie, Jean began to mutter "I was desperate…"
"And I told you, I forgive you." Anya answered.
"What happened?" Marie once again demanded.
As Jean sat them both down, Anya and Demetri got back in the car as it drove them to their apartment.
As soon as they stepped inside their home, Demetri said "I can't believe that you forgive so easily after he took you hostage!"
"You already said that Demetri and wouldn't you do the same for me if I was kidnapped?" Anya replied as Madame Du Motier greeted them with Pooka in her arms as she said "Sophie called me and told me what happened. Are you alright Anya? Demeti? Is there anything I can do for either you?"
Anya took Pooka in her arms as Demetri answered with "Thanks, But all me and Anya need right now is sleep."
Madame Du Motier looked taken aback for a moment before she replied with "Of course. I hope you have a good night's sleep."
With that, she went back to her room as the couple entered their apartment.
"If I didn't have the aid of your grandmother, then I guess would do want he did." Demeti replied as he and Anya climbed into bed together.
"Still, are you sure he can keep a secret?" He added.
"I'd think he'd keep it out of gratitude of getting his girlfriend back and being kept out of jail." Anya answered.
"Fair point." Demetri states as Anya kissed him on the cheek before they wished each other goodnight before they laid still, listening to Pooka's breathing and their own until they fell fast asleep.
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