I'm really unhappy with the rules in Fanfic right now, but I promised I'd update before I go to my vacation. So, here it is!
Chapter 12
Dom heard Kel's scream as he made his ways toward the party. He turned back and broke into a run. 'Oh, Mother Goddess, let Kel live, please, let Kel live!' He prayed as he sprinted to where he had left her a moment earlier.
"Kel, KEL!" Dom called as he searched.
No answer.
Kel was no where in sight.
"Oh no. I'm too late." Dom muttered to himself as he scanned the ground again.
Something red caught his attention. He bent down and felt it. Blood, fresh blood that was here only minute ago. It might be Kel's. 'See how many things could go wrong when you just left her alone for one minute!' he criticized himself.
He sank into the bench he and Kel had shared earlier. Something crumbled beneath him. Surprised, he saw it was a silver decoration Kel had wore this evening along with a bloody note attached to it.
SAY GOODBYE TO YOUR LOVE. GETTING MY REVENGE IS EASIER THAN I THOUGHT. DON'T TRY TO FIND HER, HER LIFE CANNOT BE LONG NOW. DON'T MAKE ME ADD YOURS TO MY TROPHIES.
SHE IS MINE, AND MINE ALONE!
The last sentence sent a shiver through Dom. She couldn't be dead already could she? He wouldn't believe it. No matter what others might say, he was going to find Kel, alive or dead.
Just as he was getting ready to leave, Neal, Yuki, Owen, Cleon, Roaul, Merric and others came running over.
"We heard her scream. What happened? Where is she?" Neal said, out of breath.
There was no need to explain who 'she' was referring to. Dom just shook his head and stuffed the note he found into Meathead's palm, then he briskly walked out of the garden with the edge of his emotion threatened to spill out. He just didn't trust his voice anymore.
Carefully unfolding the notes, Neal read the contend aloud after Dom was gone. Everyone was silent for a long time.
Finally, Yuki broke the silence. "Poor guy, he must blamed himself for the whole thing. I still couldn't believe Kel is kidnapped. That note must be someone's joke!"
"Who put it there then? Kel didn't just stand up and walk away, if she did walk away this far without anyone's help under her weak condition, we would have seen her. We were in the back porch for the last hour. Don't worry dear, we will get her back." Neal assured his wife, but only Yuki knew he wasn't as brave as he sounded and he was not convinced at his own words either.
"Who knows, we might able to get her back alive." The always positive minded Roaul suggested.
"Are you suggesting we should go after the kidnapper, Sir?" Owen asked.
"Are you saying we should just let Kel die?" Roaul shot back.
"No sir, I was just thinking what a jolly this would be. I just wanted to make sure I've heard right." Owen explained.
"I will organize a search party for Kel." A voice piped up and people turned to that voice in surprise. That voice belongs to Wyldon.
"I'll sign up with you right now." Merric said.
"Me too." Owen added eagerly.
"I have to know how my ex squire is doing or I won't sleep." Roaul informed them all.
"I'll go too. No Yuki dear, you stay here; it might get a little bit rough." Neal said but protested when his wife opened her mouth to second his words.
"Now Meathead, I didn't marry you for you to say what I can do and what I cannot. Don't stand in my way or you would find something very heavy whacked on your head." Yuki threatened, hinting heavily on Neal's fate.
"Now please, dear wife, spare me on this one, I'll shut up now. You are welcome to make your own decision." Neal muttered. "Just don't call me a Meathead, you remind me too much of my certain cousin…"
Everyone laughed as the tension broke. Wyldon said, "Get some sleep, we will ride in the morning. According to Sir Myles, his spies saw the lady at the Scanran Boarder, somewhere around the Goldenlake's mountain range and the Grimhold Mountains." He paused. "Neal, talk Dom out of going Kel's rescue tonight, tell him to join us tomorrow morning just before dawn. I'll try to get some supplies."
Everyone heard the dismissal tone in Wyldon's voice and they began to go back to the party or the palace. "You think Kel is not dead yet?" Roaul asked Wyldon in a small voice.
"I think the kidnapper wanted torture, then death. So, with luck, Kel wouldn't be dead when we arrived." Wyldon said simply, but that sentence put Roaul of Goldenlake in much thoughts.
I know this chapter is not good, but my mind keeps on wanting me to write the next chapter. I am writing the next chapter and it is a lot more exciting. 5 reviews before I move on. That's all I'm asking. Hey, if you guys like KD/NY modern fics, try my new story; Unbearable Love, lots of fluffs and action promised!
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Sorceress Shadow Rain
Sorry for not responding to the reviews, I hate the new rule about banning writers to respond reviews in their chapter. That's the only way we can communicate. Anyways, e-mail me if you have any questions at all. I'll try to satisfy your curiosity with a little bit of tip off! HINT!