Chapter 7
A shadow watched Oscar as she left the prison building. In fact, it was the same shadow that had been following Rosalie before. He had been keeping a close eye on her, and now he seemed to be interested in the captain…
But this time he didn´t go after Oscar…
He had other plans…
He took a rope from his pocket, attached it to a hook and threw it up, towards the ceiling of the prison building. The hook attached to it immediately. Luckily, the building wasn´t too high, and it was easy for him to climb up. And soon he was inside of the prison. Now he only had to sneak his way into the prison cells…
Meanwhile Sean had made his getaway plan and already had put that into action…His act was simple, but effective: He was lying on the floor yelling and holding his chest. "It hurts!" pretending to be sick.
And it work.
The guard came quickly "What´s the matter?" he asked and opened the prison cell.
"It hurts! My heart!" Sean moaned.
"Hold still!" he answered and kneeled towards him.
But while he was attending Sean, he was hit at the back of his neck and he fell to the floor. Then Sean quickly got up and was about to take the keys, when he heard someone saying…"That was a nice hit. Even I couldn´t do better." Sean turned to look, and he saw a man wearing a mask.
"Who are you? And how did you get in?"
"I am the Black Knight…"
Sean was surprised "The Black Knight?! But you´ re in that jewel gang, aren´t you?"
"I used to be, until this evening. I came here to warn you; they know about your commander´s plan and they are going to attack them."
"What?! We have to hurry! Oscar is just going there!" he stepped outside of his cell and locked it with the guard inside.
Sean then stopped "Wait a minute! How can I trust you?" he was suspicious.
"I see…I think that we are similar…"he explained.
"What way is that?"
"We both would do anything for the sake of the woman we love."
"You mean…"
"I don´t know her name, but the first time I saw her at Versailles, I knew…"
"You´re talking about Rosalie?"
"Is that her name? No matter, we have to hurry!"
The two men climbed up to the prison roof and then to freedom, only to hurry to save the women of their dreams…
In the meantime at Versailles…
Oscar and her men had taken their positions and were now waiting for the thieves to show up. Rosalie was waiting near the entrance, where Oscar thought she would be safe. The clock was ticking and ticking, but no one came. The troops started to be a little tired. But just then, they heard noises coming from the roof. It was no other than them; the thieves. They had finally arrived.
But Oscar had to be patient; she needed to catch them in the act; that´s why she was going to wait until the thieves had taken the crown jewels…
While the thieves were busy putting the jewels away, Oscar sneaked behind them. She took her pistol and was about to point it towards them, when…
A sudden flash of light hit Oscar´s eyes and she couldn´t see anything for a moment. It was then, when one of the thieves had her as his target. He raised his gun and shot….
Right at that moment, Oscar felt someone pushing her aside, and soon afterwards she heard a gunshot. It was difficult to see, because it was so dark, but she could hear someone falling to the ground. She yelled to her men to turn on the lights and get the thieves. Then, while others were struggling with the thieves, Oscar saw the person that had saved her: It was Sean. He was lying on the ground with a shot wound on his chest.
"Sean!" she cried and rushed towards him. The tears came flowing down, when she realized that Sean was seriously wounded. She took his hand into hers.
Sean looked at her and smiled "Thank God it wasn´t you, who got wounded."
After saying those words, he passed out. Oscar was in shock…It was then, when Bernard came to her…
"Commander. I called the ambulance. They should be here any minute now." he said to her trying to calm her down. She felt so powerless right now.
"Sean"
Soon, the scene was over. The thieves had been arrested and the ambulance had come for Sean. "He was lucky, that the bullet missed his vital organs. After a surgery, he should recover fully." they had said to Oscar.
Bernard took Rosalie to her house and guarded her there, while Oscar went to the hospital with Sean.
While Sean was been operated, Oscar was standing in a hallway thinking, and crying, about him. She was deep in her thoughts. He had saved her life, and almost lost his own. She didn´t know, what she would have done, if she had lost him. It was her, who had fell into a trap…it was her, who hadn´t listened to his warnings…and it was her, whose fault it was that he now lied in an operation table…She blamed herself…
"Sean…"
"Will be alright."
Oscar turned to look; it was Marie, Sean´s sister. When Oscar she her, she immediately rushed into her arms and cried. "I´m so sorry" she cried. "I promised I would protect him…"
"It´s alright" They cried together, although Marie tried to convince her, that it wasn´t her fault.
Hours passed by slowly, but their patience was rewarded: the doctor came to tell them that Sean was doing fine and the operation went well. They were both relieved. And soon they would be able to see him…
A couple of days later...
Oscar was visiting Sean again. He was still very tired, but happy that Oscar was there beside him. He tried to be cheerful...He was imitating one of his favorite jokes and all got started because Oscar had brought him some fresh fruits...
"Now, self defence...Tonight we carry on where we got to last week, when I was showing you how to defend yourself against anyone who attacks armed with a piece of fresh fruit." He was all in the act imitating not only the words, but also the tone of John Cleese´s voice...
Oscar remembered that skecth as well..."you promised you wouldnt do fruit this week" and wanted to act along. They were both acting it passionately, and for awhile they seemed to forget all about their worries. They seemed to have a good time together and they both laughed at the sketch.
Oscar laughed "I can´t believe that we both liked the same skecth! It was one of my favorite when I was a kid!"
" I know, Oscar" he smiled and then carried on with the skecth:"...and then I eat the banana!" then, he really ate the banana he was holding. He wasn´t just crazy about food, but also he liked to play with his food.
Oscar was laughing.
Sean looked at Oscar the way a lover looked at his woman. He was happy that he was able to make Oscar laugh.
Then, all of a sudden, Oscar became serious and started...
"Fersen..."
"What?!"
Oscar smiled "You asked me once before, who broke my heart...I´ve never told this to anyone."
Somehow, Oscar felt as she could trust him completely. She didn´t know why, but something had changed inside her...That night she told him everything.