Chapter Eleven

I pointed towards the door, trying to get him to realize the door was to his left.

"Oh, sorry." Valentine limped again towards the door.
He took out a golden key from a fold in his robes, and unlocked the door.
Inside, he carefully looked around.

"My goodness! What did you do in here, have a party?" He hollered.

"Gerald tried to fly it. When I told him I didn't know how to turn it on, he trashed the place."

"That little monkey? Did this? I'll have his head!" He paced back and forth,
swinging his hands wildly.

Then he freezed."Why didn't you do stop him!?"

I was taken aback. "Valentine, I couldn't do anything. He wouldn't listen to me!" Then I flung my wrists forward,
showing him the iron cuffs still immobilizing my arms.

"Oh dear." He walked over, tugging at the cuffs.
"Come over there." He motioned towards a corner he was striding over to. I stood in the corner,
while he got out three green juggling balls.Then he took out a very large, brassy one. Practicing, he pretended to aim for the chain connecting the cuffs on my arms. However when I noticed the large one was made of metal,
I yelled.

"Hold on! What're you doing? Your going kill me with that one!"

He stopped. "Do you or do you not trust me?" Valentine asked.

"Of course I do but that ball-"

"Do you trust me?" he uttered haltingly.

I watched him, my eyes furrowed in uneasiness.
"Yes, I do."

"Right." He coiled the arm holding the metal ball back, preparing to throw. I held out my arms, while twisting my neck back, anticipating a painful blow.

With a slight yanking motion, I felt the chain go slack.

I looked back at Valentine, who was smugly looking back at me, a fist laying on his hip in a truimpant pose.

"Oh, you dolt." I couldn't help but laugh. On that note, he spun to his right, glancing up at the stairwell.
I couldn't tell what he was looking for. Twiddling his fingers, he suddenly sprung up, seeming to figure out what the dilemma was. Valentine then fished around in the pockets of his robe, and brought up two shiny, silver objects.
He turned around and smiled at me.