Chapter: 5 Ransom
Duvall had whole Musketeer core up with in ten minutes, everyone searched high and low, through the dark, demp, twist and turns of the city and scoured the geen hills of countryside and tuned up nothing of the child. By dawn no one could find any clue where or who took the child.
Hearing of this event the King came out, to see if he could help and to met the woman who clamed to be his blood cousin. He asked that everyone closest Musketeers gather in Captain's quarters setting guards at the door he started is integration.
"Ramon, can you think of anyone who would want to take your child?" Louis ask his musketeer.
"No, I can't." Ramon answered still in shock that his baby was kidnapped.
"But, I can your majesty, weather or not you believe me to be your blood cousin is not the point now, I know who would kidnap the child? Father Montoya, that man is obsessed with me and would do anything make mistress even kidnap a child." Juliana said as a massager was let in to the room.
"Who is this?" Louis asked the guard.
"He has a ransom note for the child." The guard answered.
"Well let's see it!" Louis said the guard as the man handed it to him.
"If you want the child returned unharmed, you will put in my custody the escaped protestant slave Cirocco Giovanni he has is going under the alias "Siroc Perry" and is my porptery or if the Señorita Juliana Maira Selena Delakruze comes to me willing as my misstress.
Meet me at the ruins out side the city at noon and will make the exchange there.
Father Montoya"
Louis read out. "We will be there, now go." Louis order the massager.
When he was gone Siroc answered. "I will go."
"No… Siroc you can't no… he will kill you." Juliana cried.
"You can't go to him, I won't let you because I would die if you did." Siroc said as opened his arms to her.
"No I can't louse you again." Juliana said as went in to embrace.
"Well I won't let anyone go to that man, I don't he is stable." Louis said to them.
"What are we going to do?" Duvall asked the King.
"Well offer him gold if that doesn't work we give him Siroc and before you say anything Señorita, then we will wait till night fall and go in and get him out and take Montoya in custdey, because he has kiddnaped one my musketeers childern." Louis said to them.
The sun was high in the blue sky shining with golden beams of light with great warmth on the Paris countryside. The hills were green with splashes wild flowers of yellow, pink, lilac tall trees gave cool tempting shade to sit under it was the perfect day for a picnic.
But picnics where not what a group of preist and a child, where thinking of on this fine day as the road.
"You, know my Papa' is going to hurt you when he finds me." Olivia said to her captors.
"Really, I dout that." Montoya said to the child that sat in front of him.
"He will, He'll beat you to a bloody pulp, because he is the greatest swordsman to ever come out of Spain and then he'll dig your heart out with a dull spoon…" Oliava said as was cut off.
"Why a dull spoon, may I ask?" Montoya asked starting to get aerated by the child.
"Because it will hurt more you nit wit then he'll start on you eyes, then your tongue, then he'll scrape cowered on you forehead with a toothpick. " Olivia said to the man who held her.
"Shut up brat." Montay said as put his hand on her mouth, but as he did that Oliave bite his hand so hard that he had blood coming out hand.
"Not on your life piggy, you need wash more ugg because you tast nasty or maybe that's because your heart is nasty and black like night." Olivia said to him and it went on like that till they came to ruins.
Ells where: in the countryside the Musketeers were coming from the opposite direction.
"Siroc, Ramon I will not stay behind." Juliana said as they road.
"Juliana, beloved please stay behind only a little way from the meeting place?" Siroc asked her.
"No, I won't." Juliana answered.
"If you won't this the easy was sister then, will do it the hard way." Ramon said as hit her over head with the hilt of his blade and knocked her out.
"What did you do that for." Siroc asked angry with his friend as he moved catch Juliana.
"Because it was the only way to stop her." Ramon said as he dismounted and took Juliana from Siroc.
"There must have been another way." Siroc reasoned.
"Could you think of a better one." Ramon said as proped his sister on a boulder.
"No, I could not, and it's to late now, so let's get this, over with." Siroc answered.
"Don't worry hopfully Montoya will take the gold." Captian Duvall answered.
"He, won't I know it and I am not looking forward to being beaten to a bloody pulp and having my back torn again by the wip again even if it is for the last time." Siroc answered coolly as nudged his horse on.
When the sun was at its height and there were on shadows on the ground the French Musketeers met Montoya.
"Wonderful day is it not." Montoya greeted them.
"Cut the act Montoya." Captian Duvall told him.
"Alright, I see its Giovanni who will be returned to me." Montoya answered with a smerk.
"We would you take four thousand gold in exchange for the child?" Duvall asked.
"No, I won't." Montoya said curtly.
"Fine, have the child walk over and at the same time Siroc will come over to you, agreed." Duvall told the man.
"Agreed." Montoya settled as put the child on the ground. "Go on brate."
Siroc walked slowly across the green towards his former master, out of the corner of his eye, he saw Olivia in her nightgown pass him and give him a sad glaze, and he gave her warm smile and went on. When came to the priest and his men who took hold of him and bond his hands behind his back.
"Well, your look as arrogant as ever, Master." Siroc said sarcasticly.
"Keep you wit to yourself slave." Montoya said as kicked Siroc in the stomach.
"Papa'!" Olivia said as she ran to her father's arms and held tight to him.
"Olivia!" Ramon said held fast to his child, the only physical part that was left of his wife.
"Captian, that was to easy, something is wrong." D 'artangan said.
"Your, right somethings wrong, but what?" Duvall asked.
"Juliana, they must have her." Jacqueline answered him.