Chapter 10
After the Kidnapping.
Where was she, and more importantly, who had brought her here? She heard voices outside the door. She got up, and put her ear to the door.
"You idiots, you were supposed to take her to Master Silas." A voice horribly familiar to Corinne said.
"Phillipe." Corinne whispered under her breath.
"We said we were sorry boss." A voice that sounded as dumb as the owner said.
"Sorry?" Phillipe said, "Master Silas told us this thousands of times! He'll cut us to pieces."
"Cut you to pieces, no. I still need you for somethings." A voice that seemed vaguely familiar to Corinne said. Corinne figured this must be Silas.
"Master Silas." Phillipe said, in a shaky voice.
"Surprised to see me?" Silas said, "Now listen, you fools, I'm letting you of the hook this time, but fail me again, and I shall cut you to pieces."
"Yes, master." Phillipe said. Corinne heard the front door close. Master? Was Phillipe a servant to the other man? If so the other man must be even worst than Phillipe.
"How do I escape?" Corinne asked herself, "Well, Phillipe's workers definitely aren't the brightest, but they did kidnap me. Maybe, I don't have to fight them, maybe I just have to outwit them. About Phillipe, oh who cares, I'll just improvise." She opened the doors quickly, Phillipe's accomplices ran to stop her. Corinne closed the door again, and the two men fell to the ground unconscious. Corinne opened the door again, and saw Phillipe, looking angry.
"Looks like you're more restless than I thought." Phillipe said, "You weren't supposed to be awake for another four hours."
"What do you want, already, I'm not in the mood to talk back to you today." Corinne said, impatiently.
"We want you out of our way." Phillipe said.
"What else is new?" Corinne asked, sarcastically.
"This time you won't escape." Phillipe said, pulling out his sword.
"I'm unarmed." Corinne said. She was, she had dropped her sword back in the gardens.
"Please." Phillipe said, "How stupid do you think I am."
"No really, I'm unarmed." Corinne said.
"Makes this a lot easier." Phillipe said, and raised the sword, but Corinne took the sleeping spray, that was sitting conveniently on the table, and sprayed it at Phillipe. Phillipe fell to the floor, asleep.
"Look at that I beat you at your game." Corinne smiled, spinning the can in her hand. She opened the door, and ran out as fast as she could to the horses, she jumped on one of the horses, and rode off. She stopped after a couple of miles realizing she was completely lost. She didn't where she was or how far home was. She was surrounded by trees, and everything looked the same. She went over to a small river, and got of the horse. She sighed, maybe it'll be easier to see in the morning. She lied down on the grass, and fell asleep.
...
Back in Paris.
"Louis!" Viveca yelled as she and her friends ran over to him.
"Viveca, what's wrong?" He asked. Viveca took out Corinne's gold sword that they had found on the floor.
"That's Corinne's." He said, realization, and shock crossed his face, "What happened?"
"We don't know, she was gone when we woke up this morning." Aramina said.
"She must've been kidnapped." Louis said.
"But by who, there were guards, one of them would've seen her, and tried to help." Aramina said.
"Unless..." Louis remembered that Corinne had said Phillipe had spies around the castle. What if they were still there?
"We'll send out a search party." Louis finally said, "And this time I'm coming too."
"But Louis." The girls protested.
"I already lost her once... and I do not want those events to happen again." He said, remembering how miserable everyone was when Corinne disappeared.
"Please, you can't even protect your self in the castle, Louis. Who knows how you'll survive when there are people who could defeat Corinne out there." Renée said.
"Louis." Octavian, who had just come in, said, "The Princess is waiting in the dining hall."
"Oh, right, I'll be right there." Louis said in a fake happy voice. Octavian nodded, and left the room.
"Can I go now?" Louis asked. They all decided since the day that they met her that there was nothing worst than Calista.
"Sure." The girls said.
"Let's go, before they notice you're not coming." Renée said. All four of them left the room quietly. They along with the only person who they trusted, Cedric.
"Who do you think kidnapped her?" Cedric asked when they were a couple of miles from the palace.
"We have a hunch." Viveca said.
"Which is?" Cedric asked.
"Phillipe's men kidnapped her." Louis replied.
"Phillipe's men... didn't Corinne say they were gone?" Cedric asked.
"Yeah, but some of them might have still been there." Louis said. They rode on for miles, and miles. Until it seemed as if all hope was lost. They searched all of France for her, and found no sign. No one saw, no one heard anything about her.
"Maybe we should head back." Cedric said, looking at the darkening sky signaling night was near. Louis, however, didn't feel like giving up even though turning back was more reasonable. He had no time to be reasonable, Corinne's life could be in danger, and it cold all be his fault...
"We have to keep going." Louis stated.
"We can't Louis, it's going to be dark soon." Cedric said.
"So?" Louis asked.
"We won't be able to find her any better if we did go on. We would most likely get lost." Cedric said.
"But..." Louis protested.
"Louis, we've searched all of France." Renée said, "Where ever Corinne is, she's not here." Louis sighed, he hated to admit it, but they were right, he wouldn't be able to find her in the dark, and they had searched all of France. He turned around.
"Let's go." He said, and they rode back to the palace.
Happy belated Birthday, Ceci (CleoCorinne). Sorry this took so long everyone, but I got a case of writer's block along with a lot of homework. Anyway, hope you all like this chapter. Enjoy! REVIEW PLEASE!