The End of the Ball

"Wasn't that delightful Sarah! I've never had more fun with so many people have you?" Sarah looked exhausted from the dance but Celeste was absolutely invigorated, she was sure that Sarah would perk up once they had escaped from the Lady's clutches.

"Yes it was incredibly fun, I'm so glad that you found me someone much better to dance with I doubt I'd ever like to dance with the clout I was dancing with again." Sarah had never danced in her life before and that was a lot of dancing. Bareth was really sweet with her, secretly Sarah thought he enjoyed having a captive audience to teach all he knew about. Sarah enjoyed some of the topics, so much of her life had been restricted before, and now she had a chance to do so much.

"I know I'm so sorry, oh look there's our limo, wait for a second how are we going to escape? I mean it will take us back to the house won't it?" Celeste looked towards Sarah as though she had all the answers, Celeste felt that same fear rise up high in her breast.

"Well it was a fairly long drive here, so maybe we could ask to stop for a bathroom break, don't you think?" Sarah tried to sound reassuring. But she thought that the Lady would have foreseen this and probably had given orders to the driver that there was to be no stops at all, for any reason. A limo could be cleaned, the Lady had sent her to do that before.

"Yeah I suppose that could work, alright lets ask for it." The two young women walked towards the limo, and they saw their driver climb out. As they drew closer he went to the other side so that he could open the door for them, they noticed the door had child proof locks, so they wouldn't be able to leave unless he opened the door for them.

"Ladies" The limo driver opened the door and held it open for them to step in, the both looked at him and realized that he was a different driver, the first driver had bright red hair this one had dark brown hair, who was he?

"Um, mister Limo driver, aren't you different from our other driver?" Sarah asked the driver hesitantly. she personally didn't want to know his answer, as she was afraid of what he was going to say.

"Well yes I am different, I'm Lady Lisa's personal driver and she was going home with 'other' friends." Celeste and Sarah climbed into the limo, and felt like this was going all wrong, there was no way out their plan wouldn't even work, this guy probably wouldn't even let them stop to go to the bathroom, but didn't he just say that Lady Lisa was going to friends house? Maybe if they reached the house they could just escape into the night. They started to move off towards the road, and it seemed like they were heading to Lady Lisa's manor until Sarah noticed that they weren't taking the proper exit off to the Lady's private estate.

"Mister Limo driver where are we headed?" Sarah knocked on the glass at the front, all the while repeating her request. There was no response, the two of them were stuck in the car, Celeste reached to try and open the door, and found it wouldn't open, a little note was attached.

To make sure you can't jump out I've disable the interior handles, enjoy your final swim.

Love to see you suffer,

Lady Lisa

"Oh no Sarah, I can't believe this is happening I'm so sorry! I can't believe what I've gotten you into." Sarah reached forward to hold Celeste who was shaking with fear.

"Hush Celeste we'll survive, I know that deep inside of me. We just have keep our heads." The limo curved around the bend, and they heard the crashing waves Sarah knew where they were, the beach.

"Celeste we're near the beach, it has to be low tide now, its a new moon so he won't be able to see us we could still escape." They felt the car move onto the sand and slow to a stop, the waves were very loud now.

"Get out." The limo driver shoved Sarah out and onto the ground and did the same to Celeste, they were both on the ground with no advantage. He pulled out a length of rope from behind his back still holding the gun out so that they could see it. The headlights from his car were on full strength and he could see them perfectly, he positioned the car at the edge of the bluff, so that they would have no place to escape too.

"Now who would like to tie the other up first? first to tie the other up gets to watch." He grinned maliciously at the two women, knowing full well that they were frightened out of their minds.

"I'll tie Celeste up, alright?" Sarah quickly jumped to it as she was going to tie Celeste up loosely putting one of the daggers in her hand, the small hand held one.

"Fine get to it!" He shoved the barrel of the gun at Sarah's nape and so that she worked faster.

Sarah turned to Celeste, she whispered "Hopefully he'll come close enough and I'll whack him with the bracelet." Sarah proceeded to tie Celeste up slowly at first but at the prod of the gun to her nape she went much faster.

"Now that the 'princess' is all tied up I'll have my fun with you little Sarah just before you die, I'm sure you'll enjoy the little show she's going to provide, maybe you should take some notes because little fresh one you are next." The limo driver advanced on Sarah working on his pants so that he wouldn't have to deal with it later on.

"Now don't you move little sweet thing just because you're pretty doesn't mean I won't use my gun I can have fun with you alive or dead."

"I don't think you'll be using you're little gun at all, now I would suggest you raise your ugly dropped jaw and that gun you think makes you so big or I'm going to have to shoot you a new hole." The limo driver hadn't lost his cool yet, he still had some of an advantage, the princess lay tied up and the wench was under his knee he could shoot at least one of them.

"And what if I choose to shoot this little wench over here I doubt..." Without even letting the Limo driver finished the mystery person shot the gun out from their hand and Sarah reached up and whacked him with her bracelet, the poisoned barbs digging deeply into his flesh.

"Now I said drop your act and scram. I don't ever want to see you around these women again." The limo driver didn't even bother getting in his limo he just ran off towards the surf and into the darkness never to return again as he was soon to be fish fodder.

"I recognize your voice," The now free Celeste says "Johnathen? How did you know where we were?" Celeste ran over to where Johnathen was and gave him a hug, still trembling she looked up for her answer.

"A little star gazing bird told me, earlier on in the evening but I couldn't warn you it was the only plan I knew of. We couldn't risk a new plan being hatched. Come on jump into my car, I'm sorry if its low riding." Johnathen lead the two women over to his car, it was a four seated car that looked like a two seated car. Red and low to the ground, Celeste remembered the car from the day she left the orphanage.

"The boxster I saw that day. You're the mystery man! Johnathen! What were you doing at my orphanage?" Johnathen raised an eyebrow as if to say your orphanage? But left it for now.

"In due time, we must leave now, alright? come on, Sarah its alright you can cry in the car, you should probably take the front seat your dress is smaller then Celeste's she'll probably take up the whole back seat." Sarah who had been on the verge of crying started to laugh at his comment, Celeste's dress was big, but not as big as some of the Ladies dress's she had seen.

"Hey stop laughing at me you two! It's not my fault the dress is so, so Big!" At Celeste's outburst of frustration the two started to laugh even more, finally Johnathen prodded her into getting into the car.

"Well climb in any ways I'm sure we will be able to find something for both of you to wear." They all climbed into his red boxster and as soon as the door was shut he sped off into the coming dawn, towards what looked like a beautiful day, but then again even rain showers would have been beautiful after escaping near death.