Chapter 10
Are we there yet ?
"Are we there yet?"
"No"
"Are we there yet?"
"No"
"Are we there yet?"
"NO"
"Are we there yet?"
"NO NO NO NO NO!" roared Dilandau
"I'm hungry"
"DO YOU EVER SHUTUP"
"No"
"Are we…"
"You ask that question one more time and I'll knock you out"
"Least I won't have to walk anymore" Kat muttered. She was hungry and thirsty and her feet hurt and more than anything she was tired, past tired; she was exhausted.
"I won't carry you this time, I'll drag you"
"Still better than walking" An insane grin suddenly crossed Dilandau's face as he looked at the horizon and Kat gaped at it "What the hell is that"
"A flying fortress" He walked faster and Kat was struggling somewhat to keep up with him.
"Even if we do get to it, how the hell are we gonna get up there?" Dilandau stopped; he apparently had missed this tiny flaw in his plan. A wisp of smoke suddenly came from somewhere on the ground beneath the fortress. He grinned.
"That won't be a problem" he said taking up the fast walking again.
Here we go again
They traveled once again to Austauria and entered the castle without anyone noticing so much as a shadow. They watched until the castle was sleeping. They watched Allen Shazar and Van Fanel go to their bedrooms before moving towards the targets. They were going to have to take both girls in one night, which wasn't going to be easy. Any hint of foul play and they would have to fight every man in the vicinity to escape.
"Come Golin" he whispered as the door of Celena's room was pushed ajar. They entered and after a small struggle Celena had been disabled and could neither move nor cry out.
Hitomi woke up suddenly and looked around her bedroom. Nothing stirred, noting made a sound. She got out of bed and went to the window and stared out of it. The ground seemed peaceful, almost eerily so. He bedroom door creaked and she froze.
"Hitomi?" She turned around and found Merle standing in the doorway
"Merle?"
"Can we talk?"
"Erm…sure." They sat down on the bed and Hitomi studied Merle.
"Do you love him?"
"Van?" Hitomi asked
"Yes"
"I do."
"Because you are all he's thought about these past six years, every spare second he'd had have been filled with you. No one else notices…." Merle trailed off and Hitomi could tell she was listening.
"What is it….?"
"Shhhhhhhhhh" Merle replied before forcing her back on the bed and going to stand behind the door. They waited in silence until the door opened and two masked figures appeared in the room. They went for Hitomi and she sat up in shock as Merle let out a piercing scream. They spun round instantly; Merle launched herself at one, kicking punching and scratching for all she was worth. The other one was trying to restrain Hitomi who was also struggling and yelling for all she was worth.
Van and Allen both heard the screams and jumped out of bed grabbing their swords, Allen rushed straight to Celena's room only to find the bed empty. Van however went straight to Hitomi and found her and Merle struggling with the two men. He raised his sword and slashed at the man attacking Hitomi, he yelled and turned to face Van as Allen skidded into the room. He too raised his sword and stormed towards the man who was attacking Merle. Allen and Merle between them wounded the man fatally and he lay on the floor dieing.
"WAIT" screamed the other one as he watched his brethren fall. He had realized that he had no chance against the two angry men.
"I….I can give you information on where the King and Queen are, if you spare my life."
Allen and Van looked at each other.
"Talk" snarled Van
"They are held captive within the floating fortress."
"There are no floating fortress's left."
"My…my Master restored one of the damaged Zaibach ones, it is now more powerful than even he imagined. The fortress was last over the wasteland, I know not if it has been moved."
"Where is Celena?" growled Allen
"She is in an empty room on the forth floor" Allen rushed off and Van pressed his sword to the man's throat.
"Why have you been kidnapping people?"
"My master wanted a hostage from each of the major nations, to ensure their resistance was minimal when he overthrew them. He has taken Queen Milerna, King Fried and tonight we were to take Celena and the girl from the Mystic Moon hostage, to ensure that you and Allen would not put up a fight for fear of their safety."
"Merle, go and get some guards and tell them to bring something to tie him up with."
Dryden was pacing again. As the others watched, Allen staying close to Celena and Van had refused to let go of Hitomi, though Hitomi and Celena insisted that their almost over eager body guards waited elsewhere when they visited the bathroom.
"So Millerna is in a flying fortress. Which was last over the wasteland; so we should go and get her NOW?"
Hitomi was thinking and suddenly said
"KAT!" everyone stared at her. "Van…Kat…the tracks in the forest were leading towards the wasteland. Someone could have taken her there; she could be at the fortress." Van nodded.
"We need to go the fortress to rescue Chid and Millerna." He looked at Hitomi "And search for Kat while we are there"