I don't own Loonatics Unleashed.
The title was inspired by a score called "Far into the Forest" that was in Snow White.
The Loonatics finally arrived at their destination. Andrea looked at the apartment building and noticed the familiar structure and color from the image that they saw in the tracking device. "The same spittin' image," Andrea spoke up. The Loonatics walked inside the building and went up to the floor where the red button on the tracking device pointed to. They walked into the room only to find it empty. The chair and table were knocked over. One leg from the chair was broken off and lied on the floor.
Quinn sniffed the air and a mixture of a female scent and a male scent tingled into her nostrils. "Same male smell mixed with female," she announced to the team.
"Then Fleur and that mysterious dude were here," Lexi said.
"Let's-look-for-clues," Michelle said as the Loonatics searched around the apartment.
Quinn used her nose to find some clues. She bent down to the ground and sniffed to chair leg only to pick up the same male stench. She smelled the wall and picked up the female scent. The same flowery smell. Flowery? Fleur? She looked at the chair leg again, only to see a smudge of blood on it. Bastard Quinn thought, thinking that this kidnapper must have beaten Fleur with it. She looked at the wall and saw another smudge of blood. She gritted her teeth and growled at the wall.
Tech's ears perked up when he heard Quinn's growl. He walked over to her and put his hands on her shoulders. "Are you okay?" he asked her in a gentle voice.
"Look," she simply said as she pointed at the red smudge on the wall.
"Oh my," Tech said.
"And this," Quinn said, picking up the broken chair leg and showing him the blood that was smeared on it.
"Oh no," Tech gasped.
"He beat her with this!" Quinn growled as she tightened her grip on the wooden chair leg, "he could have killed her!" The Loonatics suddenly turned their heads and looked at her. "When I see him, I'll rip his face off!" she shouted as anger was starting to boil inside her.
"Calm down," Tech said as he tried to calm her down.
"What do vous mean zat he could have killed her?" Pierre suddenly asked when he heard Quinn's fury.
"With this," Quinn said as she held up the chair leg in front of him. Pierre's face turned as white as a sheet of paper when he saw the blood on the wooden chair leg. His eyes suddenly furrowed as he gritted his teeth and tightened his grip on his cane.
"Remember when I said he's going to have a cow?" Andrea asked, "he's going to have the whole barn!"
Quinn threw the wood on the floor. It let out a loud clatter that vibrated throughout the room. Quinn knew that Fleur was alive. She could sense it but they just needed to find her.
Fleur slowly shook her head as she lifted herself from the ground. She slowly opened her eyes and discovered that she was inside a dimly lit room. Her head throbbed and her whole body ached from the cuts and bruises that she had received. She slowly got up from the ground and staggered forward but she quickly supported herself on a table that was in the cabin. She looked up and her dull eyes immediately brightened when she saw a window. In the distance, there was a forest. Maybe she could hide in there for the time being. She ran to the window and tried to push it open. The window didn't open for the hinges were rusted overtime. She gasped and turned her head to the door when she heard Michael's footsteps.
She pulled away from the window and formed her hand into a fist. She closed her eyes and broke the glass with her fist. A rush of pain traveled up her knuckles when a tiny shard of glass was stuck in there. She immediately pulled it out and broke the rest of the glass from the window. After she was done, she put her hands on the window sill and pushed her body out the window.
"What do you think you think you're doing? Get back here!" Michael's sudden yell frightened her. She looked back and jumped out the window but Michael gripped her arm. "You're not going anywhere!" he snapped.
Fleur bit his hand and he immediately released her wrist. Fleur took her chance and ran into the forest.
Michael rubbed the spot of his hand where she had bitten him. He looked up and saw her disappearing into the forest. He gritted his teeth and ran out of the cabin to go after her.
Fleur ran as quickly as her legs could carry her. She could almost hear Michael's footsteps after her but she dared not look back. She took a turn down a path and her speed increased as she ran downhill. The crisp leaves crunched under her feet as she ran. "Ahh!" she yelled as she fell on top of a pile of dead leaves. She looked at her feet and saw that both heels of her shoes were broken. She took them off and abandoned them there. She jumped to her feet and continued to run away.
Michael stopped running when he heard her scream. He followed her voice and when he reached the site, he only saw a pair of black shoes with broken heels. He glared at the pair of shoes and ran down the path. She has been here he thought and she can't be far away. "NOW YOU'RE DEAD!" his yell echoed throughout the forest.
Fleur gasped when she heard his yell. She had stopped by a tree to catch her breath but when she heard his scream, her heart rate increased. She looked around and saw that she had nowhere to go. She looked at the tree and using her cat reflexes, thanks to her ancestor, she climbed the tree. As she was climbing, she grabbed on a tree branch to go up some more but the branch was weak that it couldn't support her. The branch broke off and she fell to the ground on all fours. She looked ahead of her and saw a pair of feet standing there. She looked up only to be kicked in the face but a shoe. She fell backwards as she put her hand on her nose to try to soothe the pain.
Michael reached down and grabbed her by the hair. "Do you want to die?" he asked her.
In response, Fleur quickly shook her head.
"Too bad," Michael said as he dragged her away from the forest and back to the cabin. He pushed her down a chair and glared at her.
"S'il vous plait leave moi alone," Fleur begged, "I'll do anything, just leave moi alone!"
Michael smacked the hysterical girl again and she stopped yelling. "Then stop running away and do what you're told!" Michael yelled at her. He turned his back on her and went into a drawer where he pulled it open and took out a rope. He walked back to Fleur and tied her ankles and wrists so she wouldn't run away. When he was finished, he placed his hands on his hips and looked at her. "Just try to get out of this. If you do, I'll do something to you that you are going to regret for the rest of your miserable life!"
Fleur gave him a small smirk. "I do regret something," she began, her attitude getting fierce, "and zat was having you as my boyfriend!" she yelled at him.
Getting on his last nerve, Michael unleashed a powerful punch across her face. Fleur's head snapped to the left side as her body tipped over and fell off the chair. Michael gave her a powerful kick to the stomach and walked out of the room. Fleur lied to the ground as she bought her knees up to her stomach and formed herself into a ball. She was not weak, she was just hurt after what had happened.
