1 Chapter 7
"I'm fine, now can we just go, please?!" said Robyn. "I want to find Mom!" She just wanted to go back, find the kidnapper, kick their ass and bring her home.
"Alright, alright. We'll go now." Said Aragorn. He just wanted Robyn to stop nagging. Becky walked into the Great Hall just as they were about to leave.
"I'm really sorry. My sister has been taken ill. Mom says it's quite serious and she wants me to go back, straight away. I'm so sorry! Let me know what happened as soon as you get back!"
"Shall I come with you?" said Tracey.
"No, don't worry yourself. Clare has already offered. Like I said, just let me know the moment you get back. I really want to see her, again!" Becky and Clare left with the company, but they went their separate ways at the gates.
Aragorn, Gimli, Legolas, Merry, Pippin, Robyn, Sam and Tracey reached the old school house again. They went in and Robyn showed them where they had found the note.
"It was on this table." She said. "I noticed it because the dust has been wiped off there, see? And the note was slipped underneath that book."
"And you checked everywhere?" said Tracey. "You're sure?"
"All of us checked from top to bottom." Said Faramir. There was not a single person in the house."
"So, you only checked for people?" said Gimli. "You didn't check to see if there were any secret doorways or anything? You didn't check for clues? You just glanced into the rooms?" The four suddenly realised that they had made quite a big mistake. "Honestly. Never get humans to do a job. They'll never do it properly."
"Excuse me. I'm an Elf, thank you. Get it right." Said Legolas.
"And he's a Ranger. But he did exactly the same. It's a good job we came back. Your stupidity could have cost Michelle's life."
"You can't call the King stupid, Gimli!" said Tracey.
"I'll talk to him how I want! They made a made a stupid decision. But we're back now, that's the main thing. Now, shall we start again."
"Check each room properly." Said Aragorn. "Check all cupboards, check for any rooms that have been concealed and, well, you know what to do." They all spread out. Aragorn, Legolas and Tracey started at the bottom. The hobbits took the second floor, and Gimli, Faramir and Robyn took the top floor.
There were many rooms to each floor. Legolas was searching a large room with quite a lot of furniture in it. But, despite the mess, he noticed something in the corner of the room. He picked it up and ran from the room.
"Aragorn." He called. Aragorn exited the room he was searching. "Ever get the feeling of déjà vu?" Legolas held up a necklace. It was Michelle's silver cross. The very one she had left on the trail, when the Orcs kidnapped her, all those years ago. Aragorn called the company together.
"We've found something." He said. Legolas showed them the necklace.
"Mom's necklace!" cried Robyn.
"Considering she loves the thing so much, she's a bit careless with it, isn't she?" said Tracey, who remembered the trek across Rohan and into Fangorn, like it was yesterday.
"Where was it? Do you think she left it on purpose, or do you think she dropped it? Either way, she had to have been in the room you found it in, didn't she?!" said Robyn.
"It was this room here." Legolas showed them which room he found the necklace in. "It was in that corner, over there." They all carefully checked over the room, wall to wall. They checked in and under every item in the room for doors or trap doors. But there was nothing.
"She can't have just vanished into thin air." Sam said. "Maybe she was in here, then they moved her to somewhere else."
"Well, something happened." Said Pippin. "Trust Michelle to be kidnapped by people who like to taunt you."
"Shall we carry on searching the rest of the building, being as there isn't anything to see in here." Tracey said.
"We might as well. We have to find her." Faramir said. "She's here somewhere, or at least near. There has to be something somewhere that indicates where they moved her to or where she moved herself to as the case may be." They spread out again. They decided to all search each floor at the same time. That way, each one would be thoroughly examined." They finished the bottom floor.
"Did anyone find anything?" said Faramir, hopefully.
"No, but I lost something." Said Tracey. "Where's Robyn?"
"I'm fine, now can we just go, please?!" said Robyn. "I want to find Mom!" She just wanted to go back, find the kidnapper, kick their ass and bring her home.
"Alright, alright. We'll go now." Said Aragorn. He just wanted Robyn to stop nagging. Becky walked into the Great Hall just as they were about to leave.
"I'm really sorry. My sister has been taken ill. Mom says it's quite serious and she wants me to go back, straight away. I'm so sorry! Let me know what happened as soon as you get back!"
"Shall I come with you?" said Tracey.
"No, don't worry yourself. Clare has already offered. Like I said, just let me know the moment you get back. I really want to see her, again!" Becky and Clare left with the company, but they went their separate ways at the gates.
Aragorn, Gimli, Legolas, Merry, Pippin, Robyn, Sam and Tracey reached the old school house again. They went in and Robyn showed them where they had found the note.
"It was on this table." She said. "I noticed it because the dust has been wiped off there, see? And the note was slipped underneath that book."
"And you checked everywhere?" said Tracey. "You're sure?"
"All of us checked from top to bottom." Said Faramir. There was not a single person in the house."
"So, you only checked for people?" said Gimli. "You didn't check to see if there were any secret doorways or anything? You didn't check for clues? You just glanced into the rooms?" The four suddenly realised that they had made quite a big mistake. "Honestly. Never get humans to do a job. They'll never do it properly."
"Excuse me. I'm an Elf, thank you. Get it right." Said Legolas.
"And he's a Ranger. But he did exactly the same. It's a good job we came back. Your stupidity could have cost Michelle's life."
"You can't call the King stupid, Gimli!" said Tracey.
"I'll talk to him how I want! They made a made a stupid decision. But we're back now, that's the main thing. Now, shall we start again."
"Check each room properly." Said Aragorn. "Check all cupboards, check for any rooms that have been concealed and, well, you know what to do." They all spread out. Aragorn, Legolas and Tracey started at the bottom. The hobbits took the second floor, and Gimli, Faramir and Robyn took the top floor.
There were many rooms to each floor. Legolas was searching a large room with quite a lot of furniture in it. But, despite the mess, he noticed something in the corner of the room. He picked it up and ran from the room.
"Aragorn." He called. Aragorn exited the room he was searching. "Ever get the feeling of déjà vu?" Legolas held up a necklace. It was Michelle's silver cross. The very one she had left on the trail, when the Orcs kidnapped her, all those years ago. Aragorn called the company together.
"We've found something." He said. Legolas showed them the necklace.
"Mom's necklace!" cried Robyn.
"Considering she loves the thing so much, she's a bit careless with it, isn't she?" said Tracey, who remembered the trek across Rohan and into Fangorn, like it was yesterday.
"Where was it? Do you think she left it on purpose, or do you think she dropped it? Either way, she had to have been in the room you found it in, didn't she?!" said Robyn.
"It was this room here." Legolas showed them which room he found the necklace in. "It was in that corner, over there." They all carefully checked over the room, wall to wall. They checked in and under every item in the room for doors or trap doors. But there was nothing.
"She can't have just vanished into thin air." Sam said. "Maybe she was in here, then they moved her to somewhere else."
"Well, something happened." Said Pippin. "Trust Michelle to be kidnapped by people who like to taunt you."
"Shall we carry on searching the rest of the building, being as there isn't anything to see in here." Tracey said.
"We might as well. We have to find her." Faramir said. "She's here somewhere, or at least near. There has to be something somewhere that indicates where they moved her to or where she moved herself to as the case may be." They spread out again. They decided to all search each floor at the same time. That way, each one would be thoroughly examined." They finished the bottom floor.
"Did anyone find anything?" said Faramir, hopefully.
"No, but I lost something." Said Tracey. "Where's Robyn?"