Part 12-

"Sneaking out is not recommended, Ms. Aberdeen." Said Gregory as he tightened the ropes around her wrists and leaned her against the wall. Ned was leaned next to her, his ankles tied like hers and a gag in their mouths. "But, it is alright, for capturing you will help my master. I will be promoted." 'To what, spit catcher?' Chloe thought and turned her head over to Ned who was looking down at her. His eyes darted to Gregory and back to the ropes on his wrists. Chloe winked quickly and none of this was noticed by Gregory. He smiled again. "I'm going to go find the Prince and then bring the two of you to him." He said and grinned. Chloe felt like she might throw up from the sight of his teeth, or the lack thereof.
As soon as the small, ugly man left Ned started rubbing his thighs together furiously and Chloe gave him a questioning expression. He felt the knife raised up and through the top of his trousers. He started rubbing his legs together again and it came around to his back where his hands were bound and he was able to grasp the handle with his pinky and ring finger.
Chloe watched intently, waiting for him to slice his ropes, or his wrists... Suddenly he was realeased and he bent over and cut his constrictive leg bondages. Ned pulled the gag off his face and breathed in deeply and smiled out of the corner of his mouth at her. She looked up at him and, if the thick material hadn't been in her mouth, would have smiled. He turned her around and undid her bindings and she grabbed him around the neck and hugged him. Ned raised his finger to his lips, telling her to be quiet.
They crept out of the room, Chloe holding the keys by their lengths, so that they wouldn't jingle. They headed down the stairs to the dungeon to get their friends. Chloe fumbled with the keys to get to the barred hallway but dropped the black, rusted bundle on to the floor. Ned flopped his hands to his legs in frustration and grabbed them off the floor and opened the door. Chloe smiled meekly and he grabbed her shoulder affectionately. Chloe looked in one direction for the explorers and Ned in another. He found them all in once cell. He called for Chloe who ran as fast as she could in the large robes and unlocked the cage door. Marguerite smiled as they came out of the room. They started creeping out of the dungeon when a black hooded figure stood directly in their way.
"Of course! What else would I expect." Marguerite said. They ran towards him and planned to swerve around him but he pulled out a sword in each hand.
"Right, like that's ever stopped us before." Roxton said and punched the man in the face, knocking him out. Chloe looked down at the man and then back at John.
"Everytime something like that happens, I'm eternally grateful I'm on your side." She said. They walked over the man and began running again out of the castle. A militia of guards barreled past them with crossbows in hand. They were following Gregory to the room where he believed he had Chloe and Ned held capitave.
"Dammit," John said and pushed his back against the wall along with everyone else. They stifled their breath for fear of being caught. "We'll have to split up." He resolved.
"I'm sorry, forgive me because this is going to sound rude, but that's a stupid plan." Chloe argued. "There's strength in numbers." She said.
"But they can't catch us all at once and hopefully not at all. When you get out of Sanstone wait for everyone else by the river." John said and grabbed her upper arm and smiled at her. "Don't worry, we'll all be fine." The sectioned off. John with Marguriete, Ned with Chloe, and Veronica with George. Ned was the only one armed so that's who Chloe felt safest with, maybe that was the safest person to be with, but certainly not the safest route to take...

{A/N: I haven't written on this in so long but last night I watched TLW and I figured out how I'm going to end it!!! YAY! I know it's really short, but the next chapter will be really suprising so. Oh I'm so excited to write it! Ok, everyone enjoy! Love ya! R&R}