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Author's Pre Notes: * Large sigh of relief * Um wow this one is long but it's all for you. I know it took a really long time and I am very very sorry!! But you know- high school, burn out, well-yeah- enough excuses I'm sorry it took so long but I hope you like it.
I just thought of something when I saw the most recent episode!! Um- doubles is that ironic or what, I wrote that chapter like weeks ago and then it was kinda part of a plot for the show, that is really strange and I swear I had no idea!!! It was so funny I was laughing for like hours, well not hours but you know what I mean.
I hope you like this chapter it is really detailed and long so I'm sure there are many typo's I apologize for that ahead of time.
Thank you everyone who reviewed the last chapter!!
And everyone else who has been reading along, BUT YOU SHOULD BE REVIEWING!!!
To you who reviewed~
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Lixta (Lixta@hotmail.com)~ I'm sorry you didn't care for my last chapter so much I hope this is better. The fight was suppose to be chaotic though, yes even the way I wrote it, because they were caught totally by surprise and were completely out numbered many many times over. Thank you so much for reviewing though. Oh and Deanna sanity yeah I know that was the point her hate for this guy runs really close to home, maybe she knew him even before Robert and his fiancée showed up. Other details I'll explain at the end.
Ascamelien ~ I so seriously am so happy that you like my relationship things. Very cool, I need to know that sort of stuff so I know what you guys like. Roxton's "cute startled/terrified face" OH YEAH BABY!!!!! LoL
I love the stories you've been writing lately to really good, keep it up!!
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Onto the fun. . …
However it happened the explorers fell asleep.
(Looking over the scene…..
Challenger slept with his head on his chest snoring lightly. Malone had fallen over onto Veronica who rested her head on his. Roxton and Marguerite hadn't moved. She slept contently against his chest, him holding her protectively. Deanna and Robert were across the room lying in the corner.)
The trap door above them snapped and creaked open. White rays of light shot into the chamber, most fell directly onto Deanna's face. Her eyes fluttered open, she picked her head up and looked around silently trying to figure out where she was. Then it all came rushing back to her, the ambush, and Marguerite's injury, waking up in this horrible place- the first time. She felt something strong holding her. She looked over; Robert was asleep against the wall his arm draped around her firmly. She looked at him thoughtfully and unwrapped his arm smiling slightly, and then she remembered why he was like that. She recalled her enraged fit from the night before? ' Wait was it night? How long have we been down here?' she thought. 'Just let Haiton wait till I get my hands on him' she thought vengefully. Then she remembered her fit again with shame. Normally she wouldn't regret such actions, 'but how disappointed Robert must be' she thought
Hearing sounds from above her, She turned and looked at the man next to her with pained eyes. She tried to speak but it came out hoarsely at first. She coughed slightly and spoke softly with her normal voice.
"Robert" she said stroking his longer hair away from his brow. She shook his shoulder slightly. "Robert"
"Wha-what!" he said jerking up realizing she was no longer in his arms.
She hushed him and pointed to the open trap door. Then she moved to Challenger, Veronica and Ned. Veronica looked around sleepily yawning as she nodded looking at the open door.
Silently Deanna moved to Roxton and Marguerite
'Damn' she thought looking at them sleeping so contently. Yet she gently shook Roxton by the shoulder. He jumped holding tighter to Marguerite who groaned exhausted and turned farther into his chest, then shot her head up and looked around. "What the-" she started
"Shh" said Deanna again pointing to the open trap door.
Suddenly a group of warriors marched down the stairs and filled the room.
"Come on get up!" they ordered.
One grabbed Malone by the collar and thrust him to his feet. He brushed him off irritably.
Roxton helped Marguerite stand holding onto her.
Then a man appeared through the trap door: A robed figure, as he descended the stairs they recognized him to be Haiton.
"Ah my friends!" he smiled victoriously
If it hadn't been for Roxton holding Marguerite steady he would have gone right at the man.
"And Deanna my dear! Just as beautiful and from what I hear" he looked up the stairs hearing something, "Just as feisty as-" his words were cut off by Deanna's fist colliding with his face. He doubled back away from them holding his jaw.
"How dare you! How dare you do this, snatching us up for no reason! We have done nothing to you! We want nothing to do with you! How dare you go against your word! And god help! -" She reprimanded him angrily. She was about to say something else when immediately a warrior struck her with a folded whip throwing her to the ground. He raised his arm releasing the long whip to strike her again, Robert stepped out in front of Deanna to block the hit; the warrior began to bring down his arm when Haiton yelled out in a stern voice.
"Don't follow through with that stroke if you value your life warrior!" he straightened blood trickling from his nose and flowing freely from his mouth. He pulled out a cloth and dabbed at it. "The dearest lady has a right to be angry"
"Damn right I do" she said standing up ignoring Roberts helping hand, brushing herself off. "What the hell is your plan now Haiton? What do you want!"
He smiled passively at her. "Perhaps we should go and talk about it"
"She isn't going anywhere!" said Robert pulling her behind him "Especially with you!"
"Ah Sir Blake it is good to see you've found your tongue. But the lady has no choice."
Two warriors grabbed Deanna by the arms trying to lift her from the ground, pulling her away as she struggled.
"Deanna!" Marguerite cried Roxton pulled her back seeing another warrior advance on her.
Robert and Ned tried to stop them but were beat back by the other warriors.
Robert lunged out and caught Deanna's arm but again was pulled back as she was thrown up the stairs and pulled out of the prison.
"Haiton you touch her and I swear!" Robert yelled as he was held back again.
Haiton just smirked and turned to leave, but crooked back suddenly looking at Marguerite. She couldn't place the expression on his face but it made a sharp chill run down her spine.
Roxton looked from one to the other and tightened his grip on her as Haiton left up the stairs and the warriors shuffled out closing the door behind them.
Robert kicked at the ground frustrated.
"Robert! Robert what are they going to do to her!" said Marguerite unsteadily walking away from Roxton toward Robert.
"I don't really want to think about it, but we are going to get her" he said reaching behind his back and pulling out a long knife.
"Where-when did you get that?" said Veronica
"When that warrior pushed me back the second time. Three years living with Deanna I had to have learned something. Now we just have to figure out how to use it to get out of here." He said looking around.
Everyone started looking around the prison for something they could do to get out. They couldn't go out the door it was barricaded shut and they could hear numerous guards outside it.
The started searching the walls and floor; they found that under the dust and dirt the floor was wood and the walls cobble stone.
Marguerite frantically looked about the stones. She collapsed to her knees in despair but felt cold air by the left side of her neck. She looked up and her hair was blowing forward. Her eyes widened and she reached out at the wall, she could feel air blowing from a crack in the dried mud and gravel holding the stones together.
"Blake!"
"What is it Marguerite?" said Roxton coming over concerned, Robert behind him.
"Blake give me the knife," she demanded holding her hand out. "Give it to me!" He handed it to her; she stabbed it into the crack in the wall. Everyone watched her as she pried the stone out.
"My word" said Challenger as he saw a faint light coming from the hole. Marguerite frantically dug at the rocks in the wall stabbing at them with the knife, Robert dropped to his knees next to her digging the stones out. The others joined in too; soon most of the wall had come down to reveal a large door.
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Haiton angrily stomped out of the hut holding a cloth to the scratches on his face. "Damn that stubborn woman" he growled to himself his blood boiling with desire and fury.
"Is there a problem my Lord?" one of his second in commands asked.
"No" he snapped, "Are the final plans completed?"
"Yes my lord"
"Good, send the message to the Cyzan Chief"
"Yes sir, but what about the demon?"
They both looked over to the hut and heard a man shout and two other warriors run in.
"We'll deal with her once and for all"
"But sir?"
"I tire of this blasted game, besides I think her friend would make a much more suitable consort." He laughed wickedly
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"Come on" Marguerite groaned her and Roxton pulling out the last stones from the doorway.
"Well this is ironic," said Ned standing back and looking at the door, they all just looked back at him a second. "Well-" he said shrugging, they turned away thinking of the matter at hand.
Robert tried to open the door "Locked"
"Figures" said Marguerite rolling her eyes
Roxton pulled on the doorknob and then slammed into it with his shoulder a few times.
"Let's try it together," said Robert
"Alright"
They took a little bit of a running start and rammed right into and off of the door. They groaned from their painful positions on the floor.
"I'm going to feel that tomorrow," grunted Roxton staggering to his feet.
"Hell! I feel it now," Said Robert sitting up
Marguerite rolled her eyes and walked over to the door.
"I don't really think you're going to get it open" Roxton ribbed
She glared back at him and looked to the door.
"Three hammer click," she mumbled to herself kneeling down. She took the slim barrette from her black curls and bent back the flat under part.
Roxton (he has his "what the hell is she doing now" face on) looked over her shoulder. She hovered the end of the clip in front of the keyhole a second as if she was placing in just the right place then she slammed it right into the center of the key hole. "CliCk!" the first click sounded. She turned the barrette around twice counterclockwise, "cLicK!" Then she turned it clockwise halfway and pushed it farther inward. "CLIcK!"
"And that is why it's called a three hammer click" She smiled standing up and opening the door with a rusty screech.
Everyone stood a little shocked a minute, not Robert so much, him being ignorant to the fact she hadn't done that in front of them before.
"Wow, Marguerite how- where did you learn how to do that?!' said Malone surprised and pleasantly intrigued.
She nodded her head to the side casually "Around"
Malone nodding understanding, he and the others nonchalantly walked through the door.
"Around?" said Roxton stopping as he was passing through the door. She looked down at the ground expressionless. He watched her until. .
"Roxton, Marguerite!" said Challenger
Marguerite pushed through the door ahead of Roxton avoiding his eyes.
They were in a large stone hallway with intersecting corridors going every direction.
"What do we do now?" said Veronica looking around.
"Split up I suppose, I'll go this way," said Marguerite going down a corridor. Roxton looked up and saw her walk around the corner and with long strikes went after her.
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Deanna stood in shock of what she had just been told.
"But-but you can't," she cried
"Oh yes I can and I will"
Deanna had to comprehend all of what she had been told 'Was it really possible? Would he actually try this again?! This is insane!!'
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"Marguerite-Marguerite" said Roxton coming up swiftly behind her
"SHH" she hissed acknowledging him turning around.
He lowered his voice to a whisper "What is the matter with you?!"
"Nothing" she whispered/hissed back
"Well something"
"I don't think right now is an appropriate time to talk about it." She said turning around looking off down the hall.
"Well when, when do you think would be an appropriate time to talk about it?!"
"Talk about what?!"
"Whatever it is that's the matter with you!" he said exasperated
She didn't say anything pursing her lips.
"Marguerite" he said softer "Something is bothering you I can tell, talk to me please," he said coming closer to her putting his hands gently on her arms.
She just looked away trying to control the burning feeling coming to her eyes.
Then she saw something, "Deanna" she whispered
"What?" said Roxton looking at her
She darted away from him into a room adjoining the corridor,
"Marguerite?" he walked into the room after her.
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"Maybe we should go this way," said Ned
"No wait there's a room up ahead here." Said Veronica walking up ahead and checking to see that there was no one in the room.
"What is all of this?" said Challenger astonished at what her saw.
"It looks like a war room, kinda" said Ned looking around.
Veronica looked over a large map on the wall.
Challenger looked through the papers on the desks and tables.
"Shh" said Ned cautiously hearing footsteps coming up the hallway. They ran over and stood against the wall with the door. Malone grabbed a bowl of some sort and held it up ready to strike.
A dark haired figure walked through the door Malone slammed the bowl down.
"AHH! What in the hell!" Robert yelled holding his head.
"God man, are you trying to kill me!"
"Um" said Ned looking at the bowl and throwing it to the side, "Sorry"
"Yah, I think so," said Robert still taken aback holding his head bending over trying to suppress the pain. "Gawd! Ah!"
"Sorry" Ned Repeated
Robert looked up into the room. "What is-" he said looking around
"We think it's what Deanna thought Haiton had up his sleeve," said Challenger
Robert walked over to the large map, " this is the Cyzan territory," he pointed, "What do you think he is planning?"
"I'm not sure, but I think this should tell us everything," said Challenger unrolling a large scroll.
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Marguerite ran into the room and grabbed Deanna's clothes off the table.
"These are Deanna's things," said Marguerite disturbed
"And here are all of our weapons" said Roxton taking his handguns and rifle.
"We better find the others," said Marguerite stuffing Deanna's clothes into a bag and replacing her own gun into its holster, she put on Deanna's handguns and whip. "Let's go," she said walking out the door.
"As you wish," said Roxton a bit surprised at her present authority, following her out the door.
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"I can't believe this," said Challenger looking over the plans "this is mad!"
"It is pretty hard to believe," said Ned
"Yeah but if Haiton didn't think he could do it, he wouldn't put himself at such risk." Said Robert
"True enough-" said Challenger stopping short "Footsteps" he whispered
They backed into the room Ned and Robert at the wall by the door. Ned grabbed his bowl again holding it ready.
The two figures swiftly walked into the room, Malone swung the bowl but Robert snatched it from him at the last second before it collided with Marguerite skull. She and Roxton fell back taken by surprise. "What the hell Malone!" said Roxton holding Marguerite up from where she had stumbled back.
Robert glared at Malone, "Your more dangerous with this thing than your bloody rifle!" he said shaking the basin in his face.
"Which I have right here," said Roxton hesitantly give it to Malone
"Ha-ha" he said taking it
"Here Veronica" said Marguerite handing her- her knives
"Thanks, whose stuff is all that?"
"Deanna's" said Marguerite and Robert at the same time, each person's tone slightly different. Robert's was suddenly shocked and distressed, while Marguerite's was earnest and somewhat yet calm.
"What's going on here? Did you find anything?" asked Roxton
"Only what Haiton's up to," said Veronica with malice.
"Which is?" said Marguerite impatiently
"It's truly preposterous, really there is no scientific explanation for any of it-"
"Challenger!" they all said at once
"Just tell us," said Marguerite
"Alright quite" he said clearing his throat "Well Haiton has sent a letter to the Cyzan chief stating that he has Deanna and the rest of us in his custody and that if he wishes to see Madam Fox alive he is to meet him at the?" he looked back down at the map
"Sentocra" said Robert
"Yes right on the eve of the full moon-" thanked Challenger
"The mount where the blood runs like water over the earth" Marguerite groaned
"What?" said Roxton looking at her
"Sentocra- it-it means 'to quench the knife'. The Cyzan people told me it was or rather is were Haiton and his people sacrifice those who are against him and his beliefs, it is also the place of the bloodiest battle between the Cyzans and the Kati." She finished distraught why ever they were meeting there couldn't be good.
"Yes, it says here that Haiton will capture the chief and whomever is with him will be killed. He will then make a sacrifice to the chief and then drain him of his life force- this is absurd! -" He burst out
"Challenger!"
"Alright alright-"
"How does he plan on draining his life force?" asked Ned
"Well during the sacrifice a curse is supposed to be brought on by a demon trapped in the mountain a demon the Kati regularly worship. The curse will give Haiton the power he needs to drain the chiefs and anyone else's essence."
"What does that give him beside the ability to kill?" asked Roxton
"Well he absorbs their life force and with it becomes stronger, it doesn't say how or what this power will bring but it doesn't look good. I found this book," he said moving and picking up a large book full of symbols.
"Marguerite do you think you can-"
She pushed her way in front of the book looking it over a second, her face got slightly paler.
"What-what does it say?" said Roxton looking over her shoulder
"The curse" Marguerite said gaining her composure "The curse is-it's called Nenacshurata"
"Which means?" asked Ned
"It doesn't have an 'exact' meaning, but it's a process by which the person to which the curse is brought upon will obtain enormous amounts of power it will come directly from a source of worship through the sacrifice."
"Well we know that, what type of power?" asked Challenger impatiently
"I'm getting to it!" Marguerite snapped and looked through the book again. "It doesn't say it just speaks about destruction and death"
"Fantastic"
"Then why is it a curse? It sounds more like a blessing or something from their gods," said Veronica
"No, the person or Haiton will have a unrelenting thirst for blood and the life energy that initially gave him his power. With all the energy he takes in he grows stronger and his craving for power becomes worse until it consumes him."
"That sounds familiar," teased veronica looking at Roxton
"It was just a dinosaur!" he protested
"Then he just brings on his own downfall," said Ned ignoring the other two
"No- I've heard of this curse- it's never been witnessed- there is no proof that will be the end all."
"There is also no proof that it works either," said Challenger
Robert's face looked stern "Haiton's brother tried it once right before he was killed"
"But I thought you said it had never been witnessed" said Veronica suspiciously
"He didn't finish it, but it was bad really bad," he said thinking back to those days.
Flashback. . .
The body of Talcol's ex-wife hung limp against the stone wall her blood staining the ground and dispersing in the water of the creek turning it an eerie pale red.
The sacrifice had to be someone whom was hated by the person initiating the ceremony. And Talcol deeply hated his ex wife she had cheated on him, fought him since they were first married, she also hadn't bore him any children, she was a failure as a partner and Talcol burned with hate and spite for her. But now she was dead, she couldn't hurt him again.
Talcol's body just crackled with energy from just the beginning of the ceremony. Elizabeth was near by snickering and moaning with mad delight her hands hissing with power.
Robert looked over and saw Haiton holding Deanna sneering as the power crazed Talcol crept upon the unconscious Chief of the Cyzan tribe.
"Get away form him!! Elizabeth make this stop!!" he screamed
Eliza just sneered mockingly at him.
Deanna struggled furiously against her bonds and then against Haiton.
Talcol turned on Robert the first burst of life force was suppose to be of an enemy it didn't say which one. He came closer.
"What are you worried about boy? What do you care for them, or is it that you care for her, I've seen the look between you two it was only a matter of time. But alas you shall be gone and my brother shall have her- at least for a while." he whispered wickedly to him.
"Stop it just stop it, you've ruined my life, Elizabeth how could you?!"
"How could I help it" she laughed
"You have no respect for human life," he said gritting his teeth
"Oh I'm hurting" He replied reaching for his neck grinning horridly.
"Stop struggling my dear" said Haiton " he will be dead soon and you shall soon be queen"
"What about Elizabeth?" Deanna hissed back
"She is serving her purpose for now" he grinned
"Blake!!" Deanna cried
Elizabeth turned on her wickedly a strange spark of jealously shooting through her. She walked over and slapped her.
"Don't you even start"
Deanna smiled looking back "your jealous" she taunted she knew just how to play this
"No I'm not"
"Oh yes you are, you knew from the very start that you were going to lose him. That you were losing him to me, the great Deanna Fox. You knew his adoration for you couldn't last through me"
"Stop it just stop it!! It was all for money!!" she said pushing Haiton back and smacking Deanna in the face.
"Elizabeth!" Talcol said stopping his approach on Robert.
"You still know your not good enough- not better than me, that's why you sell me off to your lover's brother, so he can't get me, so he can't leave you high and dry just like Robert was going to. You see the way Talcol looks at me, I know you do," Deanna continued to taunt; shredding the ropes that bound her on the rough rocks she had fallen on.
"Stop it!!" Elizabeth screamed a crazed look in her eyes she grabbed a large club from a warrior "Stop just stop!" she screamed raising it up to kill.
"Elizabeth!" Talcol yelled in alarm blasting the club from her hands with a ball of energy.
"Talcol what are you doing!" Elizabeth hissed
"You'll ruin everything you fool!!" he growled
"I'll ruin everything! - If it weren't for me you'd have nothing!" she screamed, out of control advancing on him.
"Eliza your completely out of line" he scolded
"No it's you who is out of line" she cried raising her hand then throwing it down, the earth started to rumble and crack open, shooting up about their feet.
Deanna's hands were free she undid her feet and ran over to Robert untying him.
"Are you alright?" he said looking up at her
"Of course, but we have to finish this" she said looking at the two power crazed, power filled people fighting each other.
"Right" he said getting up he grabbed the chief and pulled him off into the forest. He didn't realize Deanna wasn't behind him till her heard a horrid scream.
"You! this is all your fault!" Talcol screamed after grabbing hold of her neck "You are a demon and I will become powerful from you!"
"Talcol don't" Haiton pleaded irritably
"No this is unfinished business that I don't intend to set aside any longer!" he gritted through his teeth draining away Deanna's essence, her life.
Eliza rose from her state of unconsciousness and saw the scene in front of her. She smiled wickedly
"See my dear nothing was ever in vain I prove myself to you" Talcol yelled over Deanna's screams.
Eliza smirked with arrogance
A shot rang out and a bullet hit Talcol in the head knocking him back, he released Deanna.
The bullet didn't kill him it didn't even penetrate the skin. He got up furious
"You!" Eliza screamed firing blasts from her fingertips at Robert
"Eliza stop this! I can help you!"
"You have nothing that I want anymore!" she hissed looking to where his gaze fell which was on the unconscious Deanna. She screamed with rage and fired at the figure. Robert saw her move and charged knocking her over causing her blasts to hit Talcol who fell back screaming out in pain.
"No!!" she screamed
Back to present…….
"What happened then how did you defeat them?" asked Roxton
"I really am not sure, somehow after Deanna regained consciousness we escaped and took the chief into hiding, they needed him to complete the ritual and have them attain their full power. We found another book but we couldn't read a lot of it. What we could understand said something about to much evil destroys evil, I suppose that's how we did it, Deanna and I had Eliza" he looked down "And Talcol fire at the same time, Deanna grabbed me knocking me to the ground they hit each other and I suppose assimilated each others energy."
"Did it kill them?" asked Marguerite
"No but it reversed the curse they were very very weak afterward,"
"Damn" cursed Marguerite under her breath
" Haiton and his warriors smuggled them out as the Cyzan warriors moved in." Robert finished
"Well I don't know about any of that, this book doesn't make a lot of sense" Marguerite said flipping through the pages of the book.
"Perhaps we should take it with us anyway" said Challenger
Marguerite nodded and tucked it into the bag, then she stopped. "Oh my god"
"What?" said Roxton instantly concerned
"Deanna-a-a-um- Robert" she said frantically
"Roxton told me that-that if Deanna denied Haiton one more time he would most likely do something awful to her right?"
"Yes"
"Then he must hate her greatly right?" she said dreading every word as they came off her tongue.
"Oh my god they are going to use her for the-the SACRIFICE!! What day is it, when-when is the full moon?!" he asked recklessly
"If we weren't in the prison more than a day there is one more night till the full moon" said Challenger
A scream was heard throughout the corridor.
"Deanna!" Marguerite screamed running out of the room. Robert was next then Roxton and the others followed.
Marguerite growled in frustration trying to hear where the yelling was coming from.
She saw a light, a rectangular window with bars was on the left side of the corridor she ran down and jumped up on boxes and barrels "Deanna!" she screamed
Deanna was in the middle of a large room; the window was at ground level so they could see everything. She was being pulled over to a stage looking area, most likely some type of altar. She was screaming at Haiton but Marguerite couldn't understand; she was to worried looking to hard for a way to help her friend.
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"Don't you touch her Haiton, I swear, you harm her in anyway and you'll never see the end of me!!" Deanna hissed from her place being pulled to the large altar. She fought against the chains unable to suppress the urge to break his neck in two. She was wearing a long white tunic tight fitting as far as tunics go with a large purple sash around her waist, gold bracelets on her arms and wrists that clanked against the hard metal of her shackles. Her hair had been taken from its fallen braid and split into two sections each twisted and weaved with ceremonial charms then wrapped with light purple cloth.
Hearing Marguerite screams she struggled even harder.
Haiton didn't move his head but looked back with his eyes. He knew this would flush them out. The minute he had heard that they had escaped he told his second in commands to ready Deanna for execution and to make as much noise as possible, the last element he added himself, his plans for Marguerite. That infuriated his dear demona, if only she had chosen him but alas he had to move on, and with her dead dear sir Blake could never have her. He wouldn't kill him, not yet, he would just let him suffer for all he has done he will suffer. Haiton thought methodically.
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"Ahh!" Robert yelled pulling at the bars.
Marguerite ran about the corridor banging on the bars and looking for a way out, a way to help.
Roxton thought he had never seen her so earnest and emotional, frantic even.
The others had, if only Roxton knew how she worries when he is in trouble, the others thought.
"No-No this can't happen I won't let it!" Robert yelled "Haiton! Haiton! I've warned you!" he threatened pulling himself up on the bars!!
Marguerite ran around the hall she fell and saw light coming from behind a painting.
"Are you alright?!" said Roxton helping her up. She jumped to her feet and viciously ripped the painting off the wall there was some type of shaft behind it; it was like a little door!!
"Robert!! Challenger come on you guys!!" she cried and slammed the door with her gun prying it open.
'You do have to most interesting ways of getting through doors Miss Krux"
"All comes with being a lady," she said out of breath pulling herself through the shaft
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"No!!" Deanna screamed seeing them disappear from view "It's a-" she was stopped as a leather strap was thrown over her head and into her mouth.
She saw Marguerite emerge from the hole in the wall, the hole that a large group of warriors were waiting for them by. She tried to cry out again struggling with her captors as they chained her down.
The warrior grabbed Marguerite and took her gun.
Roxton jumped out rifle ready but the warrior who held Marguerite pressed his large knife to her throat.
"Drop your rifle Lord Roxton or she dies" Haiton hissed
He reluctantly did so as did Robert and Challenger but Veronica and Ned hadn't emerged from the whole.
"Where are your other companions?" Haiton interrogated looking through the hole.
"They-" Challenger started
"We haven't seen them, don't you have them" Marguerite snapped praying Veronica and Ned had heard the commotion and had gotten far enough away.
"No" said Haiton looking her over
"We haven't scene them since we found the door, figured you must have gotten them by now. Now make him let go off me!" she spat
He smirked looking at her and waved his hand signaling the warrior to release her.
Deanna tried to warn them, she chewed at the leather strap in her mouth until it was tattered and had released a dry tart taste in her mouth. But it was no use.
Robert looked at her broken hearted but didn't understand, not until the warriors grabbed them up again and he heard Roxton shout.
"Where are you taking her!? Marguerite!!" he screamed fighting the large men who held him back
"Rox-ton!! John . . ." she tried to call but was knocked out by the man holding her via a pressure point in her back.
"Marguerite!!" Roxton yelled as he was pulled out of the room.
Deanna watched pained she pulled on her chains her arms bloody and raw from doing so, she had a ring around her neck from the collar like restraint they put on her as a 'just in case' security. She viciously thrashed about, Haiton laughing all the time. Her eyes fixed on him and he stopped a moment looking at her almost startled.
"MARG-GUER-RITE!!" Roxton screamed "MARG-GUER-RITE!!"
Authors Notes: Well I hope you liked this and I know that I'm going to get lengthy, specific, inquisitive reviews on this right, right?!??!?!
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Author's Pre Notes: * Large sigh of relief * Um wow this one is long but it's all for you. I know it took a really long time and I am very very sorry!! But you know- high school, burn out, well-yeah- enough excuses I'm sorry it took so long but I hope you like it.
I just thought of something when I saw the most recent episode!! Um- doubles is that ironic or what, I wrote that chapter like weeks ago and then it was kinda part of a plot for the show, that is really strange and I swear I had no idea!!! It was so funny I was laughing for like hours, well not hours but you know what I mean.
I hope you like this chapter it is really detailed and long so I'm sure there are many typo's I apologize for that ahead of time.
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Onto the fun. . …
However it happened the explorers fell asleep.
(Looking over the scene…..
Challenger slept with his head on his chest snoring lightly. Malone had fallen over onto Veronica who rested her head on his. Roxton and Marguerite hadn't moved. She slept contently against his chest, him holding her protectively. Deanna and Robert were across the room lying in the corner.)
The trap door above them snapped and creaked open. White rays of light shot into the chamber, most fell directly onto Deanna's face. Her eyes fluttered open, she picked her head up and looked around silently trying to figure out where she was. Then it all came rushing back to her, the ambush, and Marguerite's injury, waking up in this horrible place- the first time. She felt something strong holding her. She looked over; Robert was asleep against the wall his arm draped around her firmly. She looked at him thoughtfully and unwrapped his arm smiling slightly, and then she remembered why he was like that. She recalled her enraged fit from the night before? ' Wait was it night? How long have we been down here?' she thought. 'Just let Haiton wait till I get my hands on him' she thought vengefully. Then she remembered her fit again with shame. Normally she wouldn't regret such actions, 'but how disappointed Robert must be' she thought
Hearing sounds from above her, She turned and looked at the man next to her with pained eyes. She tried to speak but it came out hoarsely at first. She coughed slightly and spoke softly with her normal voice.
"Robert" she said stroking his longer hair away from his brow. She shook his shoulder slightly. "Robert"
"Wha-what!" he said jerking up realizing she was no longer in his arms.
She hushed him and pointed to the open trap door. Then she moved to Challenger, Veronica and Ned. Veronica looked around sleepily yawning as she nodded looking at the open door.
Silently Deanna moved to Roxton and Marguerite
'Damn' she thought looking at them sleeping so contently. Yet she gently shook Roxton by the shoulder. He jumped holding tighter to Marguerite who groaned exhausted and turned farther into his chest, then shot her head up and looked around. "What the-" she started
"Shh" said Deanna again pointing to the open trap door.
Suddenly a group of warriors marched down the stairs and filled the room.
"Come on get up!" they ordered.
One grabbed Malone by the collar and thrust him to his feet. He brushed him off irritably.
Roxton helped Marguerite stand holding onto her.
Then a man appeared through the trap door: A robed figure, as he descended the stairs they recognized him to be Haiton.
"Ah my friends!" he smiled victoriously
If it hadn't been for Roxton holding Marguerite steady he would have gone right at the man.
"And Deanna my dear! Just as beautiful and from what I hear" he looked up the stairs hearing something, "Just as feisty as-" his words were cut off by Deanna's fist colliding with his face. He doubled back away from them holding his jaw.
"How dare you! How dare you do this, snatching us up for no reason! We have done nothing to you! We want nothing to do with you! How dare you go against your word! And god help! -" She reprimanded him angrily. She was about to say something else when immediately a warrior struck her with a folded whip throwing her to the ground. He raised his arm releasing the long whip to strike her again, Robert stepped out in front of Deanna to block the hit; the warrior began to bring down his arm when Haiton yelled out in a stern voice.
"Don't follow through with that stroke if you value your life warrior!" he straightened blood trickling from his nose and flowing freely from his mouth. He pulled out a cloth and dabbed at it. "The dearest lady has a right to be angry"
"Damn right I do" she said standing up ignoring Roberts helping hand, brushing herself off. "What the hell is your plan now Haiton? What do you want!"
He smiled passively at her. "Perhaps we should go and talk about it"
"She isn't going anywhere!" said Robert pulling her behind him "Especially with you!"
"Ah Sir Blake it is good to see you've found your tongue. But the lady has no choice."
Two warriors grabbed Deanna by the arms trying to lift her from the ground, pulling her away as she struggled.
"Deanna!" Marguerite cried Roxton pulled her back seeing another warrior advance on her.
Robert and Ned tried to stop them but were beat back by the other warriors.
Robert lunged out and caught Deanna's arm but again was pulled back as she was thrown up the stairs and pulled out of the prison.
"Haiton you touch her and I swear!" Robert yelled as he was held back again.
Haiton just smirked and turned to leave, but crooked back suddenly looking at Marguerite. She couldn't place the expression on his face but it made a sharp chill run down her spine.
Roxton looked from one to the other and tightened his grip on her as Haiton left up the stairs and the warriors shuffled out closing the door behind them.
Robert kicked at the ground frustrated.
"Robert! Robert what are they going to do to her!" said Marguerite unsteadily walking away from Roxton toward Robert.
"I don't really want to think about it, but we are going to get her" he said reaching behind his back and pulling out a long knife.
"Where-when did you get that?" said Veronica
"When that warrior pushed me back the second time. Three years living with Deanna I had to have learned something. Now we just have to figure out how to use it to get out of here." He said looking around.
Everyone started looking around the prison for something they could do to get out. They couldn't go out the door it was barricaded shut and they could hear numerous guards outside it.
The started searching the walls and floor; they found that under the dust and dirt the floor was wood and the walls cobble stone.
Marguerite frantically looked about the stones. She collapsed to her knees in despair but felt cold air by the left side of her neck. She looked up and her hair was blowing forward. Her eyes widened and she reached out at the wall, she could feel air blowing from a crack in the dried mud and gravel holding the stones together.
"Blake!"
"What is it Marguerite?" said Roxton coming over concerned, Robert behind him.
"Blake give me the knife," she demanded holding her hand out. "Give it to me!" He handed it to her; she stabbed it into the crack in the wall. Everyone watched her as she pried the stone out.
"My word" said Challenger as he saw a faint light coming from the hole. Marguerite frantically dug at the rocks in the wall stabbing at them with the knife, Robert dropped to his knees next to her digging the stones out. The others joined in too; soon most of the wall had come down to reveal a large door.
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Haiton angrily stomped out of the hut holding a cloth to the scratches on his face. "Damn that stubborn woman" he growled to himself his blood boiling with desire and fury.
"Is there a problem my Lord?" one of his second in commands asked.
"No" he snapped, "Are the final plans completed?"
"Yes my lord"
"Good, send the message to the Cyzan Chief"
"Yes sir, but what about the demon?"
They both looked over to the hut and heard a man shout and two other warriors run in.
"We'll deal with her once and for all"
"But sir?"
"I tire of this blasted game, besides I think her friend would make a much more suitable consort." He laughed wickedly
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"Come on" Marguerite groaned her and Roxton pulling out the last stones from the doorway.
"Well this is ironic," said Ned standing back and looking at the door, they all just looked back at him a second. "Well-" he said shrugging, they turned away thinking of the matter at hand.
Robert tried to open the door "Locked"
"Figures" said Marguerite rolling her eyes
Roxton pulled on the doorknob and then slammed into it with his shoulder a few times.
"Let's try it together," said Robert
"Alright"
They took a little bit of a running start and rammed right into and off of the door. They groaned from their painful positions on the floor.
"I'm going to feel that tomorrow," grunted Roxton staggering to his feet.
"Hell! I feel it now," Said Robert sitting up
Marguerite rolled her eyes and walked over to the door.
"I don't really think you're going to get it open" Roxton ribbed
She glared back at him and looked to the door.
"Three hammer click," she mumbled to herself kneeling down. She took the slim barrette from her black curls and bent back the flat under part.
Roxton (he has his "what the hell is she doing now" face on) looked over her shoulder. She hovered the end of the clip in front of the keyhole a second as if she was placing in just the right place then she slammed it right into the center of the key hole. "CliCk!" the first click sounded. She turned the barrette around twice counterclockwise, "cLicK!" Then she turned it clockwise halfway and pushed it farther inward. "CLIcK!"
"And that is why it's called a three hammer click" She smiled standing up and opening the door with a rusty screech.
Everyone stood a little shocked a minute, not Robert so much, him being ignorant to the fact she hadn't done that in front of them before.
"Wow, Marguerite how- where did you learn how to do that?!' said Malone surprised and pleasantly intrigued.
She nodded her head to the side casually "Around"
Malone nodding understanding, he and the others nonchalantly walked through the door.
"Around?" said Roxton stopping as he was passing through the door. She looked down at the ground expressionless. He watched her until. .
"Roxton, Marguerite!" said Challenger
Marguerite pushed through the door ahead of Roxton avoiding his eyes.
They were in a large stone hallway with intersecting corridors going every direction.
"What do we do now?" said Veronica looking around.
"Split up I suppose, I'll go this way," said Marguerite going down a corridor. Roxton looked up and saw her walk around the corner and with long strikes went after her.
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Deanna stood in shock of what she had just been told.
"But-but you can't," she cried
"Oh yes I can and I will"
Deanna had to comprehend all of what she had been told 'Was it really possible? Would he actually try this again?! This is insane!!'
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"Marguerite-Marguerite" said Roxton coming up swiftly behind her
"SHH" she hissed acknowledging him turning around.
He lowered his voice to a whisper "What is the matter with you?!"
"Nothing" she whispered/hissed back
"Well something"
"I don't think right now is an appropriate time to talk about it." She said turning around looking off down the hall.
"Well when, when do you think would be an appropriate time to talk about it?!"
"Talk about what?!"
"Whatever it is that's the matter with you!" he said exasperated
She didn't say anything pursing her lips.
"Marguerite" he said softer "Something is bothering you I can tell, talk to me please," he said coming closer to her putting his hands gently on her arms.
She just looked away trying to control the burning feeling coming to her eyes.
Then she saw something, "Deanna" she whispered
"What?" said Roxton looking at her
She darted away from him into a room adjoining the corridor,
"Marguerite?" he walked into the room after her.
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"Maybe we should go this way," said Ned
"No wait there's a room up ahead here." Said Veronica walking up ahead and checking to see that there was no one in the room.
"What is all of this?" said Challenger astonished at what her saw.
"It looks like a war room, kinda" said Ned looking around.
Veronica looked over a large map on the wall.
Challenger looked through the papers on the desks and tables.
"Shh" said Ned cautiously hearing footsteps coming up the hallway. They ran over and stood against the wall with the door. Malone grabbed a bowl of some sort and held it up ready to strike.
A dark haired figure walked through the door Malone slammed the bowl down.
"AHH! What in the hell!" Robert yelled holding his head.
"God man, are you trying to kill me!"
"Um" said Ned looking at the bowl and throwing it to the side, "Sorry"
"Yah, I think so," said Robert still taken aback holding his head bending over trying to suppress the pain. "Gawd! Ah!"
"Sorry" Ned Repeated
Robert looked up into the room. "What is-" he said looking around
"We think it's what Deanna thought Haiton had up his sleeve," said Challenger
Robert walked over to the large map, " this is the Cyzan territory," he pointed, "What do you think he is planning?"
"I'm not sure, but I think this should tell us everything," said Challenger unrolling a large scroll.
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Marguerite ran into the room and grabbed Deanna's clothes off the table.
"These are Deanna's things," said Marguerite disturbed
"And here are all of our weapons" said Roxton taking his handguns and rifle.
"We better find the others," said Marguerite stuffing Deanna's clothes into a bag and replacing her own gun into its holster, she put on Deanna's handguns and whip. "Let's go," she said walking out the door.
"As you wish," said Roxton a bit surprised at her present authority, following her out the door.
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"I can't believe this," said Challenger looking over the plans "this is mad!"
"It is pretty hard to believe," said Ned
"Yeah but if Haiton didn't think he could do it, he wouldn't put himself at such risk." Said Robert
"True enough-" said Challenger stopping short "Footsteps" he whispered
They backed into the room Ned and Robert at the wall by the door. Ned grabbed his bowl again holding it ready.
The two figures swiftly walked into the room, Malone swung the bowl but Robert snatched it from him at the last second before it collided with Marguerite skull. She and Roxton fell back taken by surprise. "What the hell Malone!" said Roxton holding Marguerite up from where she had stumbled back.
Robert glared at Malone, "Your more dangerous with this thing than your bloody rifle!" he said shaking the basin in his face.
"Which I have right here," said Roxton hesitantly give it to Malone
"Ha-ha" he said taking it
"Here Veronica" said Marguerite handing her- her knives
"Thanks, whose stuff is all that?"
"Deanna's" said Marguerite and Robert at the same time, each person's tone slightly different. Robert's was suddenly shocked and distressed, while Marguerite's was earnest and somewhat yet calm.
"What's going on here? Did you find anything?" asked Roxton
"Only what Haiton's up to," said Veronica with malice.
"Which is?" said Marguerite impatiently
"It's truly preposterous, really there is no scientific explanation for any of it-"
"Challenger!" they all said at once
"Just tell us," said Marguerite
"Alright quite" he said clearing his throat "Well Haiton has sent a letter to the Cyzan chief stating that he has Deanna and the rest of us in his custody and that if he wishes to see Madam Fox alive he is to meet him at the?" he looked back down at the map
"Sentocra" said Robert
"Yes right on the eve of the full moon-" thanked Challenger
"The mount where the blood runs like water over the earth" Marguerite groaned
"What?" said Roxton looking at her
"Sentocra- it-it means 'to quench the knife'. The Cyzan people told me it was or rather is were Haiton and his people sacrifice those who are against him and his beliefs, it is also the place of the bloodiest battle between the Cyzans and the Kati." She finished distraught why ever they were meeting there couldn't be good.
"Yes, it says here that Haiton will capture the chief and whomever is with him will be killed. He will then make a sacrifice to the chief and then drain him of his life force- this is absurd! -" He burst out
"Challenger!"
"Alright alright-"
"How does he plan on draining his life force?" asked Ned
"Well during the sacrifice a curse is supposed to be brought on by a demon trapped in the mountain a demon the Kati regularly worship. The curse will give Haiton the power he needs to drain the chiefs and anyone else's essence."
"What does that give him beside the ability to kill?" asked Roxton
"Well he absorbs their life force and with it becomes stronger, it doesn't say how or what this power will bring but it doesn't look good. I found this book," he said moving and picking up a large book full of symbols.
"Marguerite do you think you can-"
She pushed her way in front of the book looking it over a second, her face got slightly paler.
"What-what does it say?" said Roxton looking over her shoulder
"The curse" Marguerite said gaining her composure "The curse is-it's called Nenacshurata"
"Which means?" asked Ned
"It doesn't have an 'exact' meaning, but it's a process by which the person to which the curse is brought upon will obtain enormous amounts of power it will come directly from a source of worship through the sacrifice."
"Well we know that, what type of power?" asked Challenger impatiently
"I'm getting to it!" Marguerite snapped and looked through the book again. "It doesn't say it just speaks about destruction and death"
"Fantastic"
"Then why is it a curse? It sounds more like a blessing or something from their gods," said Veronica
"No, the person or Haiton will have a unrelenting thirst for blood and the life energy that initially gave him his power. With all the energy he takes in he grows stronger and his craving for power becomes worse until it consumes him."
"That sounds familiar," teased veronica looking at Roxton
"It was just a dinosaur!" he protested
"Then he just brings on his own downfall," said Ned ignoring the other two
"No- I've heard of this curse- it's never been witnessed- there is no proof that will be the end all."
"There is also no proof that it works either," said Challenger
Robert's face looked stern "Haiton's brother tried it once right before he was killed"
"But I thought you said it had never been witnessed" said Veronica suspiciously
"He didn't finish it, but it was bad really bad," he said thinking back to those days.
Flashback. . .
The body of Talcol's ex-wife hung limp against the stone wall her blood staining the ground and dispersing in the water of the creek turning it an eerie pale red.
The sacrifice had to be someone whom was hated by the person initiating the ceremony. And Talcol deeply hated his ex wife she had cheated on him, fought him since they were first married, she also hadn't bore him any children, she was a failure as a partner and Talcol burned with hate and spite for her. But now she was dead, she couldn't hurt him again.
Talcol's body just crackled with energy from just the beginning of the ceremony. Elizabeth was near by snickering and moaning with mad delight her hands hissing with power.
Robert looked over and saw Haiton holding Deanna sneering as the power crazed Talcol crept upon the unconscious Chief of the Cyzan tribe.
"Get away form him!! Elizabeth make this stop!!" he screamed
Eliza just sneered mockingly at him.
Deanna struggled furiously against her bonds and then against Haiton.
Talcol turned on Robert the first burst of life force was suppose to be of an enemy it didn't say which one. He came closer.
"What are you worried about boy? What do you care for them, or is it that you care for her, I've seen the look between you two it was only a matter of time. But alas you shall be gone and my brother shall have her- at least for a while." he whispered wickedly to him.
"Stop it just stop it, you've ruined my life, Elizabeth how could you?!"
"How could I help it" she laughed
"You have no respect for human life," he said gritting his teeth
"Oh I'm hurting" He replied reaching for his neck grinning horridly.
"Stop struggling my dear" said Haiton " he will be dead soon and you shall soon be queen"
"What about Elizabeth?" Deanna hissed back
"She is serving her purpose for now" he grinned
"Blake!!" Deanna cried
Elizabeth turned on her wickedly a strange spark of jealously shooting through her. She walked over and slapped her.
"Don't you even start"
Deanna smiled looking back "your jealous" she taunted she knew just how to play this
"No I'm not"
"Oh yes you are, you knew from the very start that you were going to lose him. That you were losing him to me, the great Deanna Fox. You knew his adoration for you couldn't last through me"
"Stop it just stop it!! It was all for money!!" she said pushing Haiton back and smacking Deanna in the face.
"Elizabeth!" Talcol said stopping his approach on Robert.
"You still know your not good enough- not better than me, that's why you sell me off to your lover's brother, so he can't get me, so he can't leave you high and dry just like Robert was going to. You see the way Talcol looks at me, I know you do," Deanna continued to taunt; shredding the ropes that bound her on the rough rocks she had fallen on.
"Stop it!!" Elizabeth screamed a crazed look in her eyes she grabbed a large club from a warrior "Stop just stop!" she screamed raising it up to kill.
"Elizabeth!" Talcol yelled in alarm blasting the club from her hands with a ball of energy.
"Talcol what are you doing!" Elizabeth hissed
"You'll ruin everything you fool!!" he growled
"I'll ruin everything! - If it weren't for me you'd have nothing!" she screamed, out of control advancing on him.
"Eliza your completely out of line" he scolded
"No it's you who is out of line" she cried raising her hand then throwing it down, the earth started to rumble and crack open, shooting up about their feet.
Deanna's hands were free she undid her feet and ran over to Robert untying him.
"Are you alright?" he said looking up at her
"Of course, but we have to finish this" she said looking at the two power crazed, power filled people fighting each other.
"Right" he said getting up he grabbed the chief and pulled him off into the forest. He didn't realize Deanna wasn't behind him till her heard a horrid scream.
"You! this is all your fault!" Talcol screamed after grabbing hold of her neck "You are a demon and I will become powerful from you!"
"Talcol don't" Haiton pleaded irritably
"No this is unfinished business that I don't intend to set aside any longer!" he gritted through his teeth draining away Deanna's essence, her life.
Eliza rose from her state of unconsciousness and saw the scene in front of her. She smiled wickedly
"See my dear nothing was ever in vain I prove myself to you" Talcol yelled over Deanna's screams.
Eliza smirked with arrogance
A shot rang out and a bullet hit Talcol in the head knocking him back, he released Deanna.
The bullet didn't kill him it didn't even penetrate the skin. He got up furious
"You!" Eliza screamed firing blasts from her fingertips at Robert
"Eliza stop this! I can help you!"
"You have nothing that I want anymore!" she hissed looking to where his gaze fell which was on the unconscious Deanna. She screamed with rage and fired at the figure. Robert saw her move and charged knocking her over causing her blasts to hit Talcol who fell back screaming out in pain.
"No!!" she screamed
Back to present…….
"What happened then how did you defeat them?" asked Roxton
"I really am not sure, somehow after Deanna regained consciousness we escaped and took the chief into hiding, they needed him to complete the ritual and have them attain their full power. We found another book but we couldn't read a lot of it. What we could understand said something about to much evil destroys evil, I suppose that's how we did it, Deanna and I had Eliza" he looked down "And Talcol fire at the same time, Deanna grabbed me knocking me to the ground they hit each other and I suppose assimilated each others energy."
"Did it kill them?" asked Marguerite
"No but it reversed the curse they were very very weak afterward,"
"Damn" cursed Marguerite under her breath
" Haiton and his warriors smuggled them out as the Cyzan warriors moved in." Robert finished
"Well I don't know about any of that, this book doesn't make a lot of sense" Marguerite said flipping through the pages of the book.
"Perhaps we should take it with us anyway" said Challenger
Marguerite nodded and tucked it into the bag, then she stopped. "Oh my god"
"What?" said Roxton instantly concerned
"Deanna-a-a-um- Robert" she said frantically
"Roxton told me that-that if Deanna denied Haiton one more time he would most likely do something awful to her right?"
"Yes"
"Then he must hate her greatly right?" she said dreading every word as they came off her tongue.
"Oh my god they are going to use her for the-the SACRIFICE!! What day is it, when-when is the full moon?!" he asked recklessly
"If we weren't in the prison more than a day there is one more night till the full moon" said Challenger
A scream was heard throughout the corridor.
"Deanna!" Marguerite screamed running out of the room. Robert was next then Roxton and the others followed.
Marguerite growled in frustration trying to hear where the yelling was coming from.
She saw a light, a rectangular window with bars was on the left side of the corridor she ran down and jumped up on boxes and barrels "Deanna!" she screamed
Deanna was in the middle of a large room; the window was at ground level so they could see everything. She was being pulled over to a stage looking area, most likely some type of altar. She was screaming at Haiton but Marguerite couldn't understand; she was to worried looking to hard for a way to help her friend.
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"Don't you touch her Haiton, I swear, you harm her in anyway and you'll never see the end of me!!" Deanna hissed from her place being pulled to the large altar. She fought against the chains unable to suppress the urge to break his neck in two. She was wearing a long white tunic tight fitting as far as tunics go with a large purple sash around her waist, gold bracelets on her arms and wrists that clanked against the hard metal of her shackles. Her hair had been taken from its fallen braid and split into two sections each twisted and weaved with ceremonial charms then wrapped with light purple cloth.
Hearing Marguerite screams she struggled even harder.
Haiton didn't move his head but looked back with his eyes. He knew this would flush them out. The minute he had heard that they had escaped he told his second in commands to ready Deanna for execution and to make as much noise as possible, the last element he added himself, his plans for Marguerite. That infuriated his dear demona, if only she had chosen him but alas he had to move on, and with her dead dear sir Blake could never have her. He wouldn't kill him, not yet, he would just let him suffer for all he has done he will suffer. Haiton thought methodically.
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"Ahh!" Robert yelled pulling at the bars.
Marguerite ran about the corridor banging on the bars and looking for a way out, a way to help.
Roxton thought he had never seen her so earnest and emotional, frantic even.
The others had, if only Roxton knew how she worries when he is in trouble, the others thought.
"No-No this can't happen I won't let it!" Robert yelled "Haiton! Haiton! I've warned you!" he threatened pulling himself up on the bars!!
Marguerite ran around the hall she fell and saw light coming from behind a painting.
"Are you alright?!" said Roxton helping her up. She jumped to her feet and viciously ripped the painting off the wall there was some type of shaft behind it; it was like a little door!!
"Robert!! Challenger come on you guys!!" she cried and slammed the door with her gun prying it open.
'You do have to most interesting ways of getting through doors Miss Krux"
"All comes with being a lady," she said out of breath pulling herself through the shaft
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"No!!" Deanna screamed seeing them disappear from view "It's a-" she was stopped as a leather strap was thrown over her head and into her mouth.
She saw Marguerite emerge from the hole in the wall, the hole that a large group of warriors were waiting for them by. She tried to cry out again struggling with her captors as they chained her down.
The warrior grabbed Marguerite and took her gun.
Roxton jumped out rifle ready but the warrior who held Marguerite pressed his large knife to her throat.
"Drop your rifle Lord Roxton or she dies" Haiton hissed
He reluctantly did so as did Robert and Challenger but Veronica and Ned hadn't emerged from the whole.
"Where are your other companions?" Haiton interrogated looking through the hole.
"They-" Challenger started
"We haven't seen them, don't you have them" Marguerite snapped praying Veronica and Ned had heard the commotion and had gotten far enough away.
"No" said Haiton looking her over
"We haven't scene them since we found the door, figured you must have gotten them by now. Now make him let go off me!" she spat
He smirked looking at her and waved his hand signaling the warrior to release her.
Deanna tried to warn them, she chewed at the leather strap in her mouth until it was tattered and had released a dry tart taste in her mouth. But it was no use.
Robert looked at her broken hearted but didn't understand, not until the warriors grabbed them up again and he heard Roxton shout.
"Where are you taking her!? Marguerite!!" he screamed fighting the large men who held him back
"Rox-ton!! John . . ." she tried to call but was knocked out by the man holding her via a pressure point in her back.
"Marguerite!!" Roxton yelled as he was pulled out of the room.
Deanna watched pained she pulled on her chains her arms bloody and raw from doing so, she had a ring around her neck from the collar like restraint they put on her as a 'just in case' security. She viciously thrashed about, Haiton laughing all the time. Her eyes fixed on him and he stopped a moment looking at her almost startled.
"MARG-GUER-RITE!!" Roxton screamed "MARG-GUER-RITE!!"
Authors Notes: Well I hope you liked this and I know that I'm going to get lengthy, specific, inquisitive reviews on this right, right?!??!?!
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