CHAPTER 14

"I can't believe I'm saving my boyfriend instead of the other way around," Blair rolled her eyes as the boat sped toward a small island in the distance. "Leave it to Chuck to be the damsel in distress."

Nate sniggered. He couldn't wait to see Serena again. In fact, he planned to tell her that he loved her more than anything as soon as he saved her.

"So what's the plan?" Blair looked at Julian expectantly.

Julian scratched his head, "uh...plan?"

"Ugh. See? This is why I love Chuck - he always has a plan," Blair said in exasperation.

Nate looked at her, stunned. "Did you say you...loved him?"

Blair froze. "Did I?" She had never admitted her feelings out loud in the presence of others.

"You did," Nate nodded with a grin. "You love Chuck Bass. Of all people," he mused.

"I do," Blair said softly, a smiled forming on her lips.

"You should tell him," Nate said.

"I will. Right after I save his ass," Blair muttered.

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Chuck opened his eyes slowly - his eyelids felt so heavy. "What the fuck?" he looked around to find he was in a cave of some kind. The last thing he remembered was follwing Olivia into a room upstairs and hearing Blair banging on the door. Oh, shit, Blair! He got to his feet. He was being held in a cage of some sort. Where was Olivia?

A very familiar figure walltzed into the large chamber he was being held in.

"Chuck Bass. It's been way too long," Georgina smiled at him from outside the cage. "You're still as handsome as ever, I must say."

"It hasn't been that long, G," he gritted his teeth. He wanted to strangle that whore. "You tricked me into falling for that Olivia person. You were behind everything. Serena's late nights with her non-existent boyfriend, her sudden disappearance...it was all you."

Georgina wore a pleased smile on her face. A smile that sickened Chuck to the core. "You want to know why I did all this?"

"To get back at Blair, I presume."

Georgina shook her head. "Revenge on Blair Waldorf was a bonus, not the main priority. You were the reason why I did all this."

"What?" Chuck hissed. "Me?"

"Yes, Chuck Bass. I love you. Always have," Georgina stuck her hand into the cage and stroked his hair. "I did this all for you, Chuck."

He pulled away, revolted by her touch. "Get away from me! I don't want you."

Georgina scowled. "We'll see about that. I have one more loose end to tie up. Namely Blair Waldorf." With that she left in a swirl of her dark silk robes.

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"So we just barge in and wave our swords around?" Blair raised her eysbrows at the weapons Julian had just given them.

"Nate, you go and find Serena - be discreet. Blair and I will try and find Chuck. Georgina will probably be nearby," Julian directed.

"Right," Nate nodded seriously as they slipped into the large castle-like building unnoticed and parted ways.

"This sword is so damn heavy!" Blair complained as she ran after Julian.

"Girls," Julian muttered taking her sword from her. He glanced at her shoes and gasped, "you're wearing 4-inch heels!"

Blair smiled, "aren't they gorgeous? Chuck bought them for me."

Soon, they had reached the dungeon which was where Georgina usually kept her prisoners.

"Man, this plase is disgusting. It's worse than Brooklyn," Blair wrinkled her nose as they entered the gloomy dungeon.

Chuck looked up; could it really have been Blair's voice he had just heard?

"Blair! Julian!" he yelled.

Blair's eyes filled with hope, "I heard his voice!"

"So did I but...where is he?" Julian wondered out loud.

"I'm right here!" Chuck rattled the bars of his cage. "Waldorf!"

They two of them looked around them, seeing nothing but an empty dungeon. With a light 'pop' sound, Georgina appeared inside Chuck's page.

"They can't see you, Chuck. This cage is one of a kind," Georgina inched closer to him with a devious smile on her face.

"Blair! I'm right in front of you! The cage is invisible," Chuck recoiled from Georgina. She began murmuring something incomprehensible and he found himself being dragged closer to her. "What are you doing?" he hissed.

Now they were only millimetres apart. "Georgina! Get away from me," Chuck tried to move away from her but to no avail. She snapped her fingers and leaned in to kiss him, smashing her cold lips onto his.

"Chuck?" Blair said in disbelief. A large metal cage had materalised out of nowhere and in it - Chuck and Georgina were kissing. "What are you doing, Bass?" Blair asked incredulously.

"Hello Blair," Georgina smirked at her. "Didn't Chuck tell you? He loves ME. Don't you?"

Chuck frowned and nodded slowly as though in a trance.

"I don't believe you. You put a spell on him," Blair accused, narrowing her eyes.

Georgina stepped out of the cage face to face with Blair. "So what? I still have him. That's what matters," she sneered.

Julian threw Blair her sword. "How about...we fight? Winner takes the Bass," Blair suggested, a small smile playing on her lips. "Oh, and none of your abracadabra stuff okay?"

Georgina nodded and pulled a sword out of thin air. "You're on, Waldorf."

Blair lunged forward and missed Georgina's waist by inches. The only sound that could be heard was their laboured breathing and the clinking sound of their blades.

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"Serena! Wake up!" Nate shook her but she didn't budge. "Shit!" He scooped her up in his arms and carried her in the direction Julian and Blair had gone.

"What the hell is going on?" he stared on in amazement as Blair and Georgina fought before him. Wow, she's good, he smiled at his ex-girlfriend. She was ruthless. Lunging at Georgina every chance she got, and almost making her bleed.

It was when Georgina's blade made contact with her shoulder that Blair retaliated full force. "You are so going down!" she hissed and swiped at her with such fury that a deep gash appeared in her torso and Georgina fell to her knees, gasping.

Blair smirked. "Now return Chuck back to me and give Serena her soul," she ordered, twirling the sword around her finger. "Nobody makes a Waldorf bleed and gets away with it."

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"Chuck!" Blair looked at him in terror. The summer was finally over and they would be returning back to the city in a few hours. The two of them were in the Bass limo.

Chuck looked at her in concern, "what's wrong, Blair?"

"I love you."

His intense eyes focused on hers, making her uncomfortable. Blair gulped. "What's wrong?"

"I think I love you too," he smirked, leaning in to kiss her. "What say we repeat history?" he suggested with a devilish grin, referring to the night she had lost her virginty to him in the same limo.

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Flirting with Danger (Chapter 1)

Chuck Bass stepped out of his limousine and into the Palace hotel. Although he had a gigantic penthouse a few blocks away, he felt like being in the comfort of the old Bass suite tonight. The penthouse is too big for one man, anyway, he thought, craving a glass of scotch and quickening his pace at the thought of alcohol.

He spotted Phillip, the new concierge trying his best to appease a disheveled brunette who was evidently drunk. Deciding his scotch could wait, he made his way to the reception. Maybe he could entice this girl up to his suite?

"What seems to be the problem, Phillip?" Chuck asked, his gaze traveling down the girl's petite body. Her back was to him but somehow he could sense that she was beautiful.

Blair heard an unsettlingly familiar voice behind her. No, it can't be.

She slowly turned on the spot and saw none other than Chuck Bass, scarf and all.

And then she passed out.

"Waldorf?" Chuck gaped at her, rushing forward to catch her slender frame. Phillip merely watched the drama unfold.

"She'll be staying with me tonight," Chuck informed him, a smirk playing at the corners of his mouth as he carried her to the elevator.