"Hey guys," the king's son, Eagle replied upon seeing them enter, "Come on in." After entering and closing the door, Eagle continued, "So, guys, what do you think of Father's plans? "What is all this talk about war and a kingdom, Prince Eagle?" Falcon mocked. "Oh, stop the mockery, Falcon, and, yes, about the whole kingdom and war thing," replied Eagle. "Dude, I think it's insane. We were made for stealth, not a war!" Hawk said, "I think you should go and talk to the King about it." "You know what? You're right. I'm going to go over to Father's room right away and try to see things from his point of view." And at this, Eagle left the room and headed off to the King's room. When they entered, they heard Isabella talking to a strange voice. The three quickly sneaked over to the edge of the lord's four poster bed where they were hidden from view and looked in. Isabella was talking to a Dracula- like person, and the King was on the bed, seemingly between being unconscious and dead. As soon as he took in the whole picture, Eagle stormed in. "What have you done?!" demanded Eagle. The Dracula man said, "I'm sure you can handle this, Bigieu," then disappeared. "Oh, Eagle, if only you would stop meddling in things you don't understand," said Isabella, almost sympathetically. She started to recite a spell, and Eagle quickly rushed forward to stop her. All of a sudden, Eagle stopped dead in his tracks, and turned around. Hawk and Falcon could easily see that his faced had changed colors. Eagle tried to say something, which only came out in a mumble. The pair quickly rushed out of hiding, and as they did, they drew out their weapons, two knives and a large, but light, gleaming sword. Eagle turned and went after Hawk and Falcon, attacking them. Hawk dodged one of Eagle's attacks as Joe somersaulted over his back and smacked him in the back of the head with the flat of the sword. Eagle turned on his heels to face his new opponent and Hawk quickly attacked, being careful to use the flats of his knives. His body flashed white, and he attacked three times in quick succession. Eagle was hit across the room, and knocked unconscious "Damn, you must've hit him with the flat of the knife. Nice trick, but how about this one." After Isabella said this, three flaming balls of fire shot away from her up-raised hands. One of the fireballs was flying towards Hawk, but then arced away at the last minute towards Eagle. The three fireballs hit home, and Eagle's body turned red from internal; flames. From amidst the flaming body, they heard audible screams from Eagle. Finally, after a few seconds, all that remained of Eagle was a smoldering heap of ash. "This is what happens to people who mess with Bigieu," This is what happen to you when you mess with Bigieu. Then, suddenly, twelve guards stormed into the room and took Hawk and Falcon off to the dungeons. They were locked up, but Isabella stayed behind. "I wouldn't tell a soul about who really killed Eagle, or else Jessica gets it," Isabella threatened. "What have you done to her?" yelled Hawk. "Oh, nothing, except giving her a cursed necklace, so if I were you, I wouldn't breath a word to anyone," explained Isabella with a wicked smile. Then she left the dungeon, and said, "ta ta, see you in the world of the dead. Mwahahaha," then left Hawk and Falcon to figure out to get out. Falcon walked around the cell, taking in his surroundings. They were in a small eight by six by sixteen cell. They still had their weapons, which they had hidden before the guards took them away. Falcon examined the back wall, and noticed that one part of the wall was slightly weak, but from what he could remember, all around the dungeon was thousands of miles of dirt. There was no possible way they could get out that way. He quickly left the back wall and headed to the front of the cell when he heard the dungeon door creak open and footsteps lightly tapping down on the wooden steps that led down into the dungeon where they were being kept. He could tell they were the footsteps of a female, but who, he couldn't tell. When the person finally came into view, they saw it was not who they thought it was, Isabella, but rather Jessica. "I heard what happened to Eagle," Hawk winced when Jessica said this, "But I know you didn't do it. You wouldn't do this kind of thing, especially to Eagle. Tell me who did this, and I'll tell my father to catch the murderer and set you free. Tell me, who was it?" Isabella's voice rang inside both Hawk and Falcon's head. "Remember what I said," the voice repeatedly said to the pair. Neither spoke a word, for fear that Isabella would know and bring Jessica's death. Jessica's face twisted into a face of shock. "No. No." and with this, she ran off up the old wooden stairs and out of the musty rat infested dungeon. Hawk felt so bad that he couldn't do anything. After a few minutes there was a low rumbling, then a loud bang, followed by an explosion from the back wall of the cell. Falcon quickly ran over, sword in hand, and peered through the smoke. Finally, when the smokescreen fell, they saw Nikita standing in the middle of the newly formed hole. "Quick! We have got to get out of here, FAST!" Nikita didn't have to tell the two twice. They quickly slipped through the hole and appeared in the basement of Nikita's shop. They went upstairs, and there they rested before departing. They said hurried good-byes, and Nikita promised to keep an eye on Jessica, for both of them. Then, they headed out the back door. One outside, they headed for they entrance to the fortress. As they left, they heard one of the guards shout, "The prisoners have escaped!" "Well, so much for getting away without anyone noticing." Falcon laughed. On the way out, they knocked out a few ninjas, and all the while, Hawk muttered apologies to the unconscious ninjas. Finally, after a couple of minutes of rushing around in the hot desert sand, they got outside. They each took one last look at their former home, then turned and left. Hawk secretly vow to come back and kill Isabella, and to finally wed Jessica. Ok, hey, two chapters in one day, not bad. O well as usual, R&R, thx (

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