"Let go of me!" Penelope yelled at Edward as he dragged through the cave back to the exit. She continued looking behind, thinking about Mutt in the well all alone. It made her stomach churn as she fought against Edward.
"Afraid not darling," Edward drawled. "You see I think that you might be quite a nice compensation for the death of Andrew."
"I'm not a possession!" Penelope yelled. He was treating her like Daniel had done and she was tired of it. She was fed up of being pushed and pulled around.
"That is debateable now Miss Lyons," he chuckled and Penelope yelled in frustration at him as he finally gave up with her and flung her over his shoulder. She thumped on his back as his hands were reckless on her.
"Be a good girl now Penny, hey?" he chuckled but Penelope refused to go quietly.
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"What do we do?" a woman's voice asked as she and her husband hid behind a large bolder and watched as the group of them carted away a screaming girl.
"We go and find Henry," Indiana told Marion. "Penelope is in some deep trouble now…he has the sword and they're all armed…we have no idea what they did to Henry up there." Indy looked up to the steps where the men and girl had appeared from and they had seen them move a bolder in front of a small gap. Indiana lit up his torch again as soon as they heard Penelope's screams die down. He and Marion rushed for the stairs and took them quickly.
"Hold this," he handed her the torch and began to push the bolder, it moved slightly to start with as Indy gritted his teeth and it finally moved all the way.
Mutt remained stood in the bottom of the dark well and then he heard a noise. It sounded like the scraping against the floor. He looked up but it didn't help in the pitch darkness. Then he soon heard whispering. And the voices were recognisable.
"I'm in here!" he yelled.
"Mutt?" Marion called out. "Mutt!"
"Down here…" he shouted back and saw the room become light, until the light was finally on his face and looking down into the water. Marion knelt on the stone whilst Indy searched for anything to pull him up.
"Mutt!" Marion shrieked and the boy smirked a little;
"Hey mom."
"What did you think you were doing?" she placed her hand onto her hip. "Leaving us on a beach…unconscious I may add and then coming here and getting yourself trapped in a well."
"I was trying to get the sword," his hands flapped to the side. "I thought I was helping…you two were useless."
"Hey!" Indy called out and looked down the well to his son. Mutt rolled his eyes as his father lowered cloth into the well.
"Did you see Penelope?" Mutt asked as he heaved himself from the well and then looked back down into it before pulling his comb out and running it through his hair. His mother kissed him on the cheek quickly whilst Indy nodded.
"Yeah…they've got her…and the sword…I didn't think Edward would keep her alive," Indiana said and they began to rush for the exit, hoping they may be able to catch Rushend up.
"He wants to keep her with him to torture her some more…he knows she'll hate her and he's doing it to put her through more pain…he's sick," Mutt spat as they all ran.
"Makes sense…" Indiana mused. "But where will they take her?"
"I don't know," Mutt admitted. "But I'm going to find her."
"We're going to find her," Marion replied forcefully.
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"You really did annoy me Penelope," Edward told her as he sat her on a bed in a cabin in the boat they were taking back to Italy and then back to the villa.
"Sorry to be an inconvenience," irony was laid on thick and heavy in her voice.
"But you see…the problem is…I don't want to get rid of you…it also helps to know that you're so very scared of death," he shook his head whilst tying her wrists together and then moving onto her ankles. Penelope remained silent whilst Edward just chuckled and watched as she rolled her head to look at the steel walls of the cabin, the pillow soft on her neck.
"The choice between two loved ones must have been unbearable," he said and Penelope raised a brow at him;
"How did you know?" she had told no one but Mutt of what happened to her.
"Penny," he shook his head once. "I drank from the fountain? I know all…Mutt or your father…the two men you love the most…well…one is a boy…and dead as well," he chuckled and Penelope felt sickened by him.
"He'll get out of there," she tried to persuade herself. "Mutt is strong…and Dr Jones will find him…he's his son."
"The chances of them finding that well are slim sweetheart," he rested a hand onto her cheek. "And you know it."
"You're wrong," Penelope shook her head, removing his hand from her cheek.
"Love," he shrugged. "Such a stupid thing…the hope which you have is wasted and you know it…he'll never be with you again…"
"Shut up," Penelope whispered, a tear falling from her eye after hearing him speak like that of Mutt. Mutt had to be alive.
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