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A screaming colonel and sleepy eyed soldiers rush after the escaping queen from the town treasury. A little slow than her usual elusive getaway owing to the heavy bag she's hoisting…she barely reached Chico before she was blind-sided by a tall masked man. Gasping in shock, she quickly recovered and drew her sword.
"Who are you!"
"You don't need to know." A low sneer replied.
He slapped the horse's rump and Tessa saw her own horse running away from the fray.
"Why did you do that for!"
"You're welcome." Twinkling blue eyes behind the black slip.
The masked stranger charged at her. Fighting back blow by blow. The queen was worked into a frenzy. She felt as she was fighting a familiar enemy. The stance, the steps, the left hand angle of his sword, and the cocky grin. The queen had a suspicion that someone was copying Captain Grisham's fight moves.
"Are we dancing or are you gonna fight?" He growled at her.
"I was fighting…but I can't say the same for you." She grinned back.
Whipping out his trusty pistol, he aimed at her heart. "Give me the bag now before I blow you into pieces."
"I thought we were having fun." She shifted her stand and slowly dropped her bag.
"I didn't had fun when you decided to stuck that sword of yours into me." Taking off the mask, an angry captain glowered at the queen.
"Grisham!" A sharp intake of breath while her feet propelled her backwards towards the well. Bumping against the round edge of the well, she regained some sense of clarity.
"But…how! Weren't you…You deceitful idiot!"
"Heard of pig's blood? Man, that shit is hard to clean out." He couldn't resist blaming the ruined shirt on her.
The captain was a little wary that she might have a heart attack or do something crazy. He took a step forward.
"Don't come any closer!" She screamed back.
Loud staccato claps announced Montoya's appearance behind the queen with his army.
The queen was completely trapped from all sides as every sword and gun was pointed at her.
"What a performance Grisham, you deserve a prize." Showing his glittering white teeth with his evil grin, Montoya couldn't resist boasting his ingenious trick.
"I'm sorry." The captain mumbled under his breath, but the queen didn't hear him.
"Now we will know the real Queen of Swords behind this mask!" Montoya gleefully shouted.
"Wait!" Grisham interrupted. Tessa turned to look at him, a quick glance by the captain responded her look.
An irritated Montoya replied. "What do you want?"
"I think we should wait until tomorrow morning. When we can take off the mask and show her to the town. The queen humiliated us so many times, it's only appropriate to give a taste of her own medicine. The captain smiled back at his colonel. The queen blanched at his response. She was going to be publicly exposed for everybody to see!
"What a brilliant idea! You have done yourself well, Grisham. Yes, let's do it tomorrow." Montoya eagerly turned to the soldiers and told them of the new plan."
"Lock her up boys! We need extra guards tonight! This is too enjoyable!" The colonel rounded his soldiers and turned toward Grisham. "You stay with the queen tonight, you better make sure she doesn't move one inch away from her cell."
"Yessir!"
Dragging her roughly into the jail cell, she turned around to snap at him when he slammed the steel door in her face.
"You won't get away with this! All this time and I thought you were dead…only to deceive me…" She spat out her angry words.
"You forgot we're enemies, your highness. Best enemies in fact. You should've suspect something. No one can kill me that easily. Cheer up kiddo, maybe next time. Well not next time." He winked at her.
"Gah!" Speechless rage consumed her. Tessa can't believe she actually mourned for this guy. A murderer, a crazy captain, and that insane grin is driving her bonkers.
Turning around she was about to snap when she realized that the captain was no where to be seen, except for the five soldiers guarding the hall leading to the door, she was alone.
Kicking at the steel bars repeatedly, the nervous queen tried to figure ways to break out of her cage before the dawn comes. A shadow approached her and she looked up into the same masked man she fought earlier before.
Before she could ask what's going on. The masked man's harsh whispered words told her to stay quiet and follow him if she wants a way out of her cell.
Having no choice, she obeyed his orders.
Giving her a few hand signals, the queen nodded her understanding. She and her rescuer quickly and silently knock the guards senseless and hurried out the door.
Dragging the reins of her escape horse, the masked man approached the queen. "Hurry before they see us!" Climbing onto the waiting horse, the queen charged out of the town.
"Hey! La reina se está escapando!" Shouts erupted as the thundering hooves of the horse rushed past the sleeping soldiers and their eventual discovery of their fellow unconscious soldiers in the jail.
Montoya was woken up from a wonderful dream to the sounds of frantic soldiers getting on their horses in pursuit of the queen. He rushed to the balcony to shout at Grisham who just came behind from the jail house to get the queen back before he knock someone's head.
The unmasked smirking captain dressed in his blue pants and white shirt with his sword chased after the runaway queen.
Leading his men in a wild-goose chase away from the queen's direction. Grisham was able to make his sergeants weary of the pursuit and creeping daylight to discourage their stamina.
"Guess you owe me, Queen of Swords." He whispered towards the rising sun.
Translation: La reina se está escapando! means The queen is escaping!