Chapter 9
Cody and Sara were running down the hallway. They heard a few more gunshots which made their hearts jump out of their chests. They continued on trying to look for a better place to hide then Sara's room. Then Cody remembered from spending the past week touring the castle with Sara that there was a secret passageway on the second floor in what appeared to be a closet. Cody picked up pace forcing Sara to as well. When they reached the third floor Cody heard voices. The same voices he had heard in his cottage. The three men must have murdered the guards. Cody realized that the men were either after Sara or Cody. Cody didn't want to take any chances so he abruptly stopped, turned around, and began sprinting in the opposite direction. Sara had no idea what was going on.
Cody saw an open door and ran inside Sara tagging along behind him. When both of them were inside Cody quietly shut the door. Sara and Cody sat down. Cody put his arms around Sara and then she buried her head into Cody's chest shivering from fear. They were completely silent. Sara and Cody heard footsteps. The men were walking by and talking about how they would find the king. When Sara heard this she screeched, "NO!!!!!!-." Cody put his hand over Sara's mouth but it was too late. The men had obviously heard and were now rattling all of the door knobs. Cody pushed Sara behind him.
Then the men came up to the door which Cody and Sara sat behind. They rattled the door knob and could not open it. One of them got down on the floor and peaked through the crack beneath the door. Cody froze up. But the man saw Cody's shoe. He stood up and pulled out his long, silver sword. The man began shoving the knife into the door. He was successfully attempting to carve a hole in the door. Then he was finished he took out his gun and poked it through the hole. Before he could pull the trigger Cody stood up and opened the door with his hands up. The men looked and Cody and smiled. The smallest of the three said, "Do you really expect us to believe it was you that screamed?" Cody stood up straight not saying a word. One of the men walked over to Cody and pulled his hands behind his back. Another pushed Cody aside and went into the closet searching through everything that was in there. Sara had hidden herself. When the man had thrown everything aside he chuckled and grabbed Sara's arm pulling her out of the closet. She was trying to wriggle out of the large man's grip but couldn't do it. The man wouldn't let go.
The smaller man walked over to Sara smiling. Then he said, "So, boys, do you think that this pretty lady could tell us where the king is?" Reached up to touch Sara's cheek but she shook him off. His smile disappeared and he pulled out his knife. He looked as if he was prepared to stab Sara in the gut. Cody spoke up saying, "No. Don't touch her." Cody bowed his head and said softly, "I can tell you where the king is." The small man chuckled and said, "Well then why don't you lead us to him." The large man holding Cody pulled his knife to Cody's throat and Cody began walking.
I'm sorry if you don't like short chapters. I prefer them. I hope you like the way the story is going. I think of all this as I go. Thanks for reading!
