I OWN PROFESSOR LAYTON! Ha, just kidding;D

When Alex woke up, she found herself tied to a small, wooden chair. A gag kept her from groaning at being tied up again.

She looked up to see the professor & Luke were in the same condition, only they were still unconscious.

Feeling lucky that whoever tied her up hadn't searched her pockets, she dug around for her knife & cut the ropes with ease. She untied the gag & mumbled, "Where are we?"

Standing up, she noticed a door & got up to open it. Pulling it open, she gasped as she realized the ground was further below her than it should be.

She was on a plane! The chopping noise above her told her that it was a helicopter actually, but it didn't matter. They needed to get back down before...God knows what!

"Professor, Luke, wake up! WAKE UP!" The pair jolted awake. Alex deftly sliced through the ropes that tied up Luke & untied his gag. "Where are we?" he wondered aloud. Before Alex could answer, he suddenly yelped, "Alex! Are you alright?!"

She was about to say she was fine, but now that she thought about it, she felt an annoying pain in her stomach & on the side of her head. "F-Fine," she lied.

"Where are-HOLY SMOKE!"

Taking it he looked out the door, Alex hissed, "Luke, come down! Someone might hear you!"

She was just about to free Layton when a voice behind her said, "Stop right there!" The voice couldn't have been Luke's, it sounded much more feminine.

Alex turned around to see yet another figure in a black cloak. "I don't believe we've been properly introduced. I am the Black Lady. Your name?"

Alex stood frozen for a moment, but then said, "My name is Alex," trying not to let her voice shake.

The Black Lady smirked. "No last name?"

The girl shook her head. "I... I stopped using it when my father got arrested."

Nodding, the woman held her hand out towards Alex, proposing a handshake. Not wanting to touch her, she just stared as if she had never seen a hand before. Then, the lady tapped her foot in impatience. As much as Alex wanted to avoid shaking her hand, she couldn't show that she was afraid, & she slowly reached out.

But the moment their hands touched, the Black Lady seized Alex's hand & threw her out the door!

"No!" yelled Luke. He ran to the door & caught Alex's hand, grasping as tight as he could.

"Drop her, or say goodbye to your mentor." Luke turned around & gasped to see the Black Lady had a pistol pointed in the professor's direction.

"Luke, what's she doing?" Alex asked urgently. "She's not going to kill the professor, is she?" The terror in Luke's eyes was enough to answer that question. "Luke, let go! Drop me! It's alright, just drop me!" He didn't drop her, but he didn't pull her up either. Alex tried to push her hand out of his, but to no avail. "Just let go! It's okay!"

"I... I can't..." Of course, most of him wanted to save Layton, but... He couldn't...

Alex stopped trying to push herself out of Luke's clasp & smiled. "I know you can't," she said. "I'm sorry."

Suddenly, she pulled herself up & bit Luke's hand! "Augh!" Without thinking, Luke winced & loosened his grip, & Alex began to fall.

"ALEX! NO!" Luke's tears blurred his vision, so he was unable to see Alex hit the ground...

Oh no...