You Will Be in My Heart
Chapter 10- The Escape
Larry was in the attic of Alexa's house, still tape-gagged and his hands were tied up as well as his feet. He couldn't do anything, just cry to himself. Tears streamed down his face, his heart accelerating its pulse at each second. He also knew now about Alexa's lies. He had to tell Iggy, he wouldn't allow that obsessed-freak to hurt him or Sammy. But the tape was very powerful, and there was no way he could escape from there unnoticed. And the egg… Alexa was going to use the egg from another Koopa to fulfill her plans, which was just unfair. The baby developing inside the egg would grow in a living hell. Larry would have sighed, but the tape gag unallowed him to do so, his nose was the only way in which he could breathe for now, at least. He had to think and faster… knowing Iggy, he would eventually budge to Alexa's demands just to keep their family's bloodline and reputation clean. And to worse things, his nose was itching, and he wished he could scratch it with his… CLAWS!!! Of course! Why hadn0t he thought about that before? Larry struggled to cut the bonds on his wrists with his claws, but he was forcing his hand too much and it hurt him terribly. But if it was for his favorite brother's sake, he would happily stand that for all of eternity. He began cutting the tape with his claw, and it was turning reddish because of the blood that couldn0t follow its trail properly. Larry frowned hardly as more tears of pain streamed down his cheeks. He hopes his bones wouldn't break.
Meanwhile, back in Bowser's castle…
Bowser was altered, he couldn't believe it. Larry never missed lunch, and less when lunch was steak meat with spicy sauce, his favorite meal.
"This is the height!" he yelled "first Iggy, and now Larry?! I can't believe it!"
"Don't worry, dad" Ludwig tried to calm his father
"How can you ask me such a thing?! My second YOUNGEST son is who knows where!"
"Listen, I don't think he must be having sex with-"
"WHAT DID YOU SAY?!!!"
"No, no, no! He is not doing that! He doesn't even have a girlfriend!"
"I hope so, because I'm capable of cutting him off!"
"DAD!"
"Okay, don't worry! Then I'm going to pretend I'm the happiest koopa in the world! Everything is pink color!"
"Oh, man."
Iggy, o the other hand, still kept placing wet towels on Sammy's forehead. What it intrigued him the most was that Larry had missed Lunch just when his favorite meal was served. He would never miss that! He was addict to the Steak Meat with Spicy Sauce! Anyway, he surely will come back later. Sammy squirmed under his blanket, still holding the small shoe. Iggy smiled as he cooed at Sammy softly and nuzzled against his cheek. Sammy opened his eyes slightly and nuzzled back at his father.
"I love you daddy…" he whispered
Iggy took Sammy in his arms and wrapped him with a blanket, then he rocked at him as when he was a baby.
"Hey, daddy. If grandpa is here, where's grandma?"
"She… died…"
"She died? How?"
"She got sick of Koopcancer. She died when laying Junior's egg."
"How did grandpa take it?"
"He was crushed"
"And how did you take it?"
"I was heart-broken. Well, all our family was heart-broken."
Iggy felt the wound in his heart open even more. His mother was a… painful subject for him. He had really loved how she sang a lullaby to him, caressed his head, and comforted him. Sammy cradled in his father's arms and nuzzled against his chest as he fell asleep once again.
Meanwhile, back at Alexa's house…
Mark entered the attic; he was going to check Larry. It would be trouble if he escaped. He was horrified with what he saw: the bonds Larry once had tying his hands and covering his mouth were in the floor, and the window was open.
"DAMN IT!!!" mark yelled as he rushed out of the room
Somewhere in the forest…
Larry ran as fast as he could, his wrists bleeding heavily. They ached terribly, he felt bad. His blood-shot eyes were almost closed, his breaths were heavy. He didn't have bandages or something to wrap his wounds, and that would complicate things even more. Luckily, Larry heard the sound of water nearby. He searched until he found a small creek. Larry soaked his hands into the water and washed the blood from his wrists, frowning because of the pain. He had to find something to wrap his injuries, or he would lose more blood. And he would eventually feel weaker and weaker, until death. He looked around for something and saw some weed in the banks of the river. After plucking some, Larry wrapped them around his wrists and looked at the twilight sky. It would be late when he arrived at the castle, that if he wasn't caught again by Alexa or Mark. He had never been good at brute force, but he DID know about sneaking and outsmarting others. These practices proved useful when he had to be more intelligent than Roy or Morton when they annoyed him.
"I just hope I will manage to get to the castle before Iggy budges about Alexa." Larry thought to himself seriously as he got back on his way.
Mark rushed around the house, looking for a certain Koopa-Prince. He couldn't allow him to escape, or he would lose any chance with Alexa. Yes, he was in love with her, but she was far too obsessed with Ignatius to even realize about his feelings for her.
"Man, I would like Alexa loved me instead of Ignatius." Mark thought to himself. "Well, I just hope that she will realize she is just obsessed with him and realize about my feeling for her."
But as he thought, Larry ran far and far away from Alexa's house and finally his father's castle came into view. He sighed relieved and looked around, to make sure no one was around. Larry silently went down the hill and managed to get into the castle without being seen. He then started searching Iggy through the castle; he had to find him before being seen by ANYONE. He entered his older brother's room and saw he was in there, luckily. Iggy looked shocked at Larry's wrists.
"Larry? Where have you been? And what do you have in your wrists?" he asked him
"I'll explain that later… now I must tell you something very important." Larry answered seriously
"What is it?"
" … A-Alexa… deceived you"