Yo ppls! Sorry about the late update, I've been busy and hadn't even started this chapter (bad, I know T.T) I do want to reply to a few reviews:
ThePersonFromYourNightmares: Aw thanks! I'm really glad you like it! :D
Shimotsuki no Miko: Looks like you didn't have to wait long, huh? LOL. I actually saw your review and then I was like, 'I HAVE to make time to write this chapter already!' and here is the result pretty much.
I hope it's not disappointing or anything and, albeit it's late (I'M SORRY! T.T) here it is, chapter 7! :D
Victorique slowly opened her eyes and tried to look around through her blurry vision. Where was she? She saw that she was in a room, it was dark and she could barely see anything five feet in front of her, but what she could see was a table with two knives on it. She tried to stand up but immediately felt a sharp pain in the back of her head and she winced as she sat back down.
Suddenly light filled the room and she looked to the source to see a door open and someone walking towards her.
"Oh, your awake" Came a man's voice and she didn't have to see him to know who he was. She didn't think she would ever get that voice out of her head. Marquis walked up in front of her and crouched down to be semi-eye level with her before smiling. It wasn't a happy, go-lucky smile, but one that didn't sit well with her.
"Where am I?" She tried to demand in a firm voice but it came out hoarse.
"In a special place" He replied and stood up. "You know, for once, I really do know what's going through that Grey Wolf head of yours"
She only narrowed her eyes at him, but he didn't seem to notice and continued on: "You probably have a lot of questions like, what am I doing here in France? What was I doing with a woman here? Why was I married to her? How do I tie in with everything? Why are you here? Where are you? So many questions just like those"
"So why don't you answer a few of them?" She retorted. "Why don't you start with where I am"
"Oh my dear, I can't do that" He said. "But I'd be happy to answer your other questions"
"I don't need you to, I've already answered them myself"
"Relax boy, we'll find her" Ronald said and put a reassuring hand on Kujo's shoulder, but the boy didn't even hear him, too lost in his mind to even know where he was. What happened to Victorique? Where was she? He furrowed his eyebrows in thought. Who was that man? He was nearly certain that man took her, there's no other way around that, but why, and who was he?
"Do you have any idea what she was going to say?" Ronald asked curiously, hoping that she may have divulged something to Kujo. He shook his head.
"No, I don't know. All I know is what I've already told you" He looked out the window next to him and narrowed his eyes. This was taking too long. Victorique was in trouble and he was sitting here at the police station, sitting in a chair and just thinking about everything instead of doing anything. Kujo abruptly stood up, surprising Ronald who was sitting next to him. His Golden Fairy was in deep trouble and he wasn't going to sit here and do nothing.
He glanced over at Ronald before taking off, out of the station and down the street to where the incident happened. Ronald watched him leave and didn't make any attempt to stop him. He probably couldn't stop the boy even if he wanted to.
"Sir," He stopped his coffee cup in mid-sip and looked up to see one of his men looking back at him with a piece of paper in his hands. Ronald urged him to go on. "I think we found something that might interest you"
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Kujo finally made it and bent over to his knees as he tried to catch his breath. 'Why didn't I just catch a cab?' He thought, mentally smacking himself for running all the way here. He scanned the area, searching for some type of clue, anything that would help them find Victorique. Nothing. Even if there was something, he was sure someone would have picked it up or it would have been crushed by people walking on it. He scratched the back of his head and tried to think hard.
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"You smart," Marquis commented as he strolled around her. "just like Cordelia"
"Don't even talk about mama!" Victorique shouted, her blood starting to boil when she heard him say her mother's name. He stopped and looked at her.
"I can do whatever I want and you can't stop" He said calmly and she glared at him.
"Yes I can, because when Kujo comes and get's me out of here, I'll be the one to put you behind bars for the rest of your life"
He laughed. "Kujo? Do you seriously think that kid can save you?" He asked. "I don't believe he will, and I don't believe you even have enough evidence to put me behind bars"
"Just watch me" She countered menacingly. He frowned at her.
"This is the result from letting her get too close to you, and him" He said, more to himself than her. "However, that wasn't the reason I killed her. Do you know that?"
"I know why you killed her, why you married her, and your tie in with the chessers" She said and he smiled, sitting down in front of her.
"Do tell me the story, I would love to hear your version before the police do" He said and she narrowed her eyes, keeping her mouth shut. He didn't like the sudden unwillingness to talk and without hesitation, he slapped her across the face, leaving a red mark on her cheek. "I said I wanted to hear it"
If she were younger and back at that place, she wouldn't have said anything which would result in some beating, but even if she didn't want to, she knew she'd have to sustain the least amount of injuries when Kujo came so she could escape easier.
"The reason Charlotte disappeared was because you kidnapped her. In the beginning, the reason you did kidnap her was because she was getting too close to me and you were afraid she would find out something sooner or later, but when you were about to release her, you realized she did know something. It took you years to get it out of her, and you were forced to marry her to keep her close" Victorique explained. "But you couldn't do that because then I would find out so you used one of your pawns to get close with her and once she married him, you took over his place on the honeymoon. I'm not sure how, but you got her to talk in that hotel room, probably by beating her around a few times.
"But when you found out what I told her, you were afraid. You had to do something before she told the police, so you killed her, but when your saw her dead body and the blonde hair, it reminded you of something didn't it?" She asked and when his smiling façade faltered, she continued. "You couldn't take it so you dyed her hair black, but the inn owner came up to the door right when you lit when of your cigarettes. You put it out after you lit it and when you got the owner off your back, you left"
"Very well d-"
"I'm not finished" She interrupted him and he frowned. "During some time of the kidnapping, you found out that she was very much into secret cults, almost obsessed with them, so what were you to do with that information? You put together a cult of your own and it came to be known as 'The Chessers'. However you didn't just use it to lure Charlotte in, you took other woman in also as pawns. When you were finished with them, you would kill them and dispose of the bodies, which explains the cases that Ronald had before.
"It also explains a note that Charlotte had given the inn owner during your check-in. 'Pawns are taken before the King appears' But when Charlotte found out you were the King, she tried to get out and she did, but she still had that mark you gave her when she joined. She probably went to dozens of place to get it removed and I indeed nearly missed, but it was still there"
"Well done, Victorique, but giving the police an explanation of what happened isn't going to get me behind bars" He said. "You need proof and I doubt you have even an ounce"
"I'm not dumb enough to really tell you what we have and don't have, but trust me when I say your not going to see the sunlight again when I'm done"
He frowned for a couple seconds before breaking out in a laugh. "I wouldn't count much on escaping from here, or that kid saving you" He said before getting up and exiting the room.
"He will save me!" She yelled right before the door closed and the last of the light disappeared. She looked down at her lap and whispered, "He has to"
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Kujo let his head rest against the brick wall as he sat down on the sidewalk. He searched every inch, everywhere there would be a clue, nothing. Nothing! Suddenly he heard a car horn and looked up to see a black car in front of him with it's window rolled down, revealing a frantic Ronald.
"What are you sitting around for, come on!" He said. Kujo shot up and went over tot he window.
"Where?" He asked curiously.
"I found a solid lead that your friend is probably somewhere near an old saw mill outside of Paris and we need to get there ASAP" He barely got it all out before Kujo jumped into the passenger side, upon hearing Victorique was involved. He looked at Ronald when the man didn't go.
"Well? We don't have time to lose!" He said and the man nodded before hitting the gas pedal. Kujo was bursting with anxiety at the new information. They might find Victorique! But then again, would she be okay when they got there?
I swear, ending chapters in cliff-hangers is kinda a bad habit haha. Please review and tell me your thoughts! :)
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