Chapter Ten: Smoking gun

Fey's author's note: Okay, I know it has been a fair old while since I darkened this website with an update of any form; so I really apologise to all of our readers. I hope that we are all having a good 2013 I can't believe it is near the end of October! Nearly Christmas. Coincidentally, I see where I live we are due for a hurricane (two words I didn't think I would hear in connection with England ever). So everyone please keep safe. I found for so long I lost confidence in my writing, myself…. Someone I considered a true friend…. a sister betrayed me; I no longer talk to her; and I can assure you that I wouldn't be able to write again if it weren't for the confidence and care as well as love of my true friends. So here is to you Kisatine and Charlotte :D Soul sisters forever! :D

Date: 02/11/2019, Time: 17.31pm Location: Theatre Stage

"Pearly, oh Nick, where could she be, I mean, what if someone's kidnapped her and held her for ransom?!" Maya howled as she paced up and down the stage; wooden floorboards creaking as she paced.

"Maya, you need to calm down; panicking isn't going to help Pearly, neither is wearing a hole in the flooring!" Nick tried to desperately reason with her, however he couldn't ignore the fear he felt for the young girl's safety. They had turned their backs for what felt like to them, only a moment. Pearly was a headstrong girl; however she had managed to gain the Fey family trait; being a trouble magnet. They had looked through the seemingly vast theatre stage, checking every single nook and cranny. Next thing Nick had planned was for them to split up and search for the girl; however in the state that Maya had worked herself up into, she wouldn't be able to find a banana on a dark coloured surface.

"But Pearly is missing Nick, MISSING! How can I stay calm at a time like this?!" Maya sobbed and resumed her pacing once more. If it wasn't such a stressful time, Nick would have suggested Maya audition for the next rock band.

"Okay Maya, we need to think about this logically, if you were Pearls, where would you have gone if you had decided to go exploring?" Nick suggested in a bid to get her to halt her frenzied feelings.

That seemed to work, as Maya circled the floor for a bit, before shakily sitting down again, small sobs still escaping her lips. Nick admired her love and devotion to Pearly; even though Pearls was just her cousin, Maya had become more of an older sister to the girl, especially after the events that transpired with the girl's mother; Morgan Fey. It took a long time for Pearl to forgive herself for her mother's actions; as she felt that it was her fault that her help nearly resulted in the killing of Maya along with the actual murder of Maya's mother, Misty Fey; and even though she was manipulated and deceived; she couldn't get over it. I admired the bond they shared; it was the bond of family; a love that would never be broken, even when life had dealt them both some pretty hard knocks, they'd managed to move on. They'd had a lot in their young lives.

"I… I am thinking that she would have gone off to investigate" Maya gulped.

" I agree; she's seen us investigating, and she's assisted us both more often than not; but would she really go off alone?" Nick pondered.

"…. No! she would have had someone else with her… someone like….."

"Mouzie!" Maya exclaimed, and pointed towards a hidden door hidden from view by various colourful costumes. We noticed that the costume rack had been moved slightly, and there was a slight imprint of a footprint, of which appeared to be the size of a child.

"HOLD IT!"

"!" Maya and Nick jumped in fright and swivelled round, only to come face to face with the stage director; who was wearing a face like thunder.

"Pardon me Ma'am, um…. We were so caught up in finding Pearl that we had forgotten that you were…. Even there", Maya stammered.

"…. Fine; even I do not have a heart of stone; your deductions are correct; she is with Mouzie; as this scarf belongs to her" The stage director fiddled with it; pondering for a few moments; before adding:

"If I know Mouzie; they would have gone to the prop room; it's a good place for your suspect to have disposed of something that they wouldn't have wanted found" She mused.

"Heey your right… come on then! What are we waiting for, let's go!" Maya declared, before dragging them both out of the room.

Date: 02/11/2019, Time: 17.30pm Location: Corridor.

The three of them walked with a quickened pace; their footsteps echoing as they travelled. However, the silence was soon broken.

*BANG!, BANG*

"!"

"!"

"What… was that?!"

"Nick, that was…"

"A gunshot!"

"We have to get to Pearly and Mouzie right now!"

~Chapter End~

WN: Okay, sorry for it's comparative shortness, I would really appreciate it if you could leave a review pretty please?

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