Karana Belle: Oh my goodness! I just noticed that I haven't updated this story since the first of this month! That is so long ago. I mean it is not as long as it is for my other stories...here are the Reviewers:
pnaixrose—do you really wonder who the master is? Well don't worry you will find out in this chapter!
Hana no Kaze—Yes I agree if you have a loved one you can understand how Virginia is feeling. It is kind of sad! And I will put Jet in this chapter.
Teefa85—I would be scared too, knowing who took her. Well her reaction will be in this chapter! And I'm not exactly sure what Jet is going to do when he finds out where she is either.
Journey's End
Chapter Four
Taking a walk didn't seem to help Jet much. All it seemed to do was make Jet even angrier that he couldn't save Virginia. These thought and many others were going through Gallows and Clive's head when Jet walked into Clive's house, where the three men had been since Virginia was captured. It had only been one night, but if you didn't know and just looked at Jet you might think it was for longer.
Clive and Gallows made sure to not speak to Jet as much as possible. They knew what would happen when he is in a foul mood. But this was one of those times when Clive needed to talk to Jet. For it was about how they could figure out where Virginia was.
"Jet," Clive started, as Jet glared at him, "We need to go around to different towns to see if there is anything that is...odd."
Jet thought about it for a few minutes and seeing that it might help them find Virginia, he agreed. 'It won't be long Virginia; we will find you and hurt Janus for taking you! Well at least I will since Clive and Gallows probably wouldn't want ANYTHING to happen to him without Clive questioning him first.' Jet frowned and looked over at Clive.
"Well what are we waiting for!? Are we going to try to find Virginia or not?" Jet could already get angry easily, but when something happens to Virginia he can get angry even easier.
So the three men walked out of ########'s Peak and headed to Jolly Roger. There was always something odd happening there.
"Well, how do you like my home, Virginia?" the Master turned to his guest.
"Janus, how can you be alive?" Virginia seemed to have not heard his question and asked her own. Janus' red eyes seemed to not look as evil for a second before he started to answer that question.
"Well, Princess, after you had left me to die I escaped and came back here, where Danielle nursed me back to a good health." Danielle, who had been serving some food, almost dropped the whole tray on the floor.
"Oh. So why did you take me here? Because I am sure that you are the one who kidnapped me." Virginia glared at Janus, and the latter just shrugged it off.
"I did not kidnap you, I just saved you from a boring life, with those boring people. Especially that white haired man. I should have recorded what he did when they found me taking you away. Quite entertaining really." Janus chuckled and took a bite of his food.
"Jet is not boring! He is more fun than YOU could ever be!" Virginia stood up, ready to defend Jet with her life.
Janus seemed not to care and turned to Danielle, "Could you please take her to her room, I think that she is just too overwhelmed at what is happening. And be sure to give her something to make her go to sleep."
"Yes, Master." Danielle made her way over to where Virginia still stood and led her out of the dining room and towards the room that Virginia woke up in.
"I am sorry for what the master said Miss. He can be quite harsh sometimes, but that isn't very often since he came back injured. Now I can say that you are lucky that he even knows you are there the whole time." Danielle smiled at Virginia.
"What do you mean? He notices that you are there too Danielle."
"Oh no. That is only when he needs my help soon. Like just now, he only says my name when I am needed. But then he usually asks the prettier maids to help him." Danielle sighed and opened the door to Virginia's room.
"There are MORE maids here?" Virginia's eyes widened while Danielle nodded. "Just how many servants ARE there in this big mansion?"
Danielle paused for a moment, thinking, "Oh at least two hundred."
"Two HUNDRED? And for only ONE man?"
"Oh no! There is more than one man in this household! Why take Romero and Dario for example, then there are some men that Master Janus hired just after he got better."
"Okay I have a question, why didn't any of the other maids help you nurse Janus back to health?" Virginia frowned, 'two hundred slaves...'
"Because none of the other maids knew any thing about healing injuries or sickness. Most of them have been here since they were small children. For some reason the old master liked small children..." Danielle shrugged and turned to help Virginia out of the red dress and into a nightgown of cotton.
"You know Danielle, you don't have to help me get dressed, I can do it myself." Virginia smiled.
"Oh but that is my job! And besides it keeps me away from the other girls and I can get to know you better!"
"I know! You can PRETEND you are helping me get dressed but instead we can talk." Virginia hopped into the big bed and motioned for Danielle to sit next to her.
"Okay, but I just hope the Master won't find out." Danielle turned toward Virginia, "but I should be going now. The master won't be happy to know that I stayed overly long."
"Just say that I wanted to have some company. I'm sure he won't mind." Virginia yawned, "Now where were we? Oh yes, are there only girl servants here?"
"No but the majority is, I think that there are only about five male servants." Danielle smiled, "and they are mostly little boys. Such rascals they are, and the Master lets them be. As long as they don't get too out of hand."
"You really like Janus don't you?" Virginia stared at the blonde haired woman, who blushed. "Oh my.... I just have a question, why do you like Janus?"
Danielle sighed, "I don't know. I just do, even if he doesn't notice me, that's why you are so lucky to have him like you. You know I'm not supposed to tell you this but all the maids think that the reason Master Janus took you was because he loved you." Her green eyes were staring at the floor.
"I feel so sorry for you, I just hope that what you said wasn't true. For your sake and mine." Virginia put her hand on Danielle's shoulder.
"I'm sorry for troubling you Miss, I should go now." then Danielle got up and started towards the door.
"Oh and Danielle," Virginia called and the maid turned, "Please call me Virginia."
Danielle nodded and smiled, closing the door behind her.
Karana: sorry that it took so long to update! I feel bad. I hope you liked this chapter. And I'm thinking of making Janus non-evil, and having someone else be evil. I don't know! Please tell me what YOU think I should do! REVIEW PLEASE!