Chap 18 Spoken Love
Curtis walked up to Jacqueline's room and gently knocked upon the door. He placed his head upon the door and did not hear any sound coming from her room.
Curtis grabbed his father's keys and quietly unlocked the door of her room to make sure she was ok. He opened the door, the keys he held in his hand came crashing to the floor.
The sound of the metal hitting the floor made everyone come running to see what was going on. Curtis' face was pale as he looked at the men standing before him.
"She is gone! I don't under….."
D'Artagnan Jr., Ramon, and Jacques (Siroc) pushed past Curtis to look into the room. D'Artagnan Jr. walked up to the window and touched the hinges that were separated from the windows. "How did she do this?"
Jacques (Siroc) started to laugh "I guess you can blame me I showed her how to take it off to get out. She probably wanted to get some fresh air with out no one noticing her missing."
Curtis gave Jacques (Siroc) a puzzled look. "Not notice the window is broken!"
Jacques (Siroc) shook his head "It is not broken, I will fix it for you after we find her."
Just then the others walked into the room and looked around Jasper turned pure white. "Father, He said the window can be fixed it is not broken."
Jasper turned to his son "I don't care about the window! She is out there and still under the effects of the sleeping medicine we gave her! If anything happens to her….."
Duval gave Jasper a cold stare "What Exactly did you give her?"
Jasper hung his head low in shame "We did not want her to go anywhere. She was planning on leaving as soon as she could get passage aboard a ship leaving to the Americas. We just did not think she would wake up so soon. It was just to make her sleep not to hurt her."
Duval put his hand on his friend's shoulder "It is not your fault my friend, but we must find her soon. Is there any place you can think of that she has went in the last couple of days."
Curtis approached the men with an anxious look on his face. "The chapel, she has been there a lot in the last few days!"
Duval nodded to the older musketeers and they went to leave for the chapel.
D'artagnan Jr. grabbed Duval's jacket 'I am going too! I will not stay here while she is out there! I Love Her! Captain Please!"
Duval looked at the young man before him his eyes filled with sympathy. D'Artagnan, what if she comes back some one should be here. I think that person should be you son."
D'Artagnan Jr. nodded, reluctantly agreeing with his Captain.
D'Artagnan Sr. turned to Charles "I am Charles de Batz-Castelmore Compte D'artagnan."
Charles gave D'Artagnan Jr. a smirk "It is a pleasure to meet you. I am King Charles the second, House of Stuart of England."
D'Artagnan Sr.'s jaw almost hit the ground at the introduction of the royalty before him. "How do you know our Jacqueline?"
Charles smiled "I tried to convince her to be my queen but she has her heart set on someone else and I did not keep my promise to her. If she is in danger then I will do everything in my power to try and save her. I will never have her heart that belongs to your son, but I do want her friendship."
D'Artagnan Sr. shook his head "She is a very head strong woman but very special at the same time."
Duval cleared his throat to get the attention of D'Artagnan Sr. "We should go if she is there we don't want to miss her."
D'Artagnan Sr. nodded in agreement and the older musketeers left for the chapel with Curtis leading the way.
Jacqueline started for the inn when her head stated to spin rapidly so she decided to rest on a boulder near by. She felt so sleepy her eyes kept trying to close. But she knew she could not fall asleep here.
Jacqueline stumbled to the edge of the shore. She cupped her hands and filled them with the cool crisp water from the ocean before her. The water seemed to burn her face with it coldness as she quickly shook her head.
She still felt light headed but decided to try to make it bake to the inn. At least now Jacqueline felt like she could stand on her feet and not tumble to the earth below her.
Jacqueline looked up to the chapel she had visited several times in the last few days. There was quite a commotion coming from that direction. She thought she saw Captain Duval, but he was in Paris there is no way it could have been him. She shook her head figuring that seeing him was all in her head.
She headed down the path again her head still spinning. She figure her dizziness must have just been from all the worrying she been doing lately. About her friends and D'artagnan.
At the inn the older musketeers came in to tell that they had not found her yet.
D'Artagnan Jr. rushed up to them "What do you mean she was not there?" his voice filled with the dread he felt inside.
Athos looked the young man right in the eyes "We will find her! I promise you that!"
D'Artagnan Jr. nodded "I know but I feel so helpless. She is out there and…."
"We know son, we won't stop looking until we find her. Some fresh air might do you some good let's go see if we can find her together. Porthos is headed to the shore to see if he can find her."
D'Artagnan Jr. grabbed his jacket and rushed to the door to help the search.
Soon Jacqueline saw the inn coming into her view. Rushing down the street with a look of panic on his face was D'Artagnan.
She gasped in horror "How did they find me?"
Suddenly a man grabbed a hold of her wrist "Jacqueline is that you?" She had seen the man from the other night but how did he know her name. Her head felt like it was spinning out of control. She struggled out of his grasp and stumbled toward the docks where the ships where docked.
The man looked over to D'Artagnan Jr. "D'Artagnan she is over here!"
Her love rushed to her, he was not going to lose her not again "Jacqueline, Please stop! Please!" his heart fluttering fast within his chest.
She kept stumbling as she tried to get away. D'Artagnan Jr. grabbed her in his arms and kissed her with great passion, tears streaming down their cheeks.
"You have to let me go! You are not safe with me!" Her voice filled with the panic she felt inside.
"NO! I will not lose you! You are my Love! If I lose you…..
I Love You Jacqueline. I want to be with you! Look me in the eyes and tell me that deep in your heart that I am not there!" He desperately wanted her to know what he felt in his heart.
Her head kept spinning as he spoke "I…."
"Jacqueline being away from you is tearing me up inside! Please look at me!"
She looked into his brown eyes that made her melt inside. "I love you too, but I can…"
"Yes we can! The king said you committed no crime. You no longer have to run. Please!"
There were other men starting to approach "Captain, How can this be possible?"
Captain Duval started to laugh "It a long story, lets go inside and I will…"
Suddenly a man in a silver mask ran up and thrust his sword into her. She felt the cold metal slice her as she fell into an unconscious state.
Swords began to draw around them as D'Artagnan Jr. stood there in shock at what had just occurred. Ramon disarmed the Spanish assassin and held his blade to the man in the metal mask.
D'Artagnan Sr. quickly picked up the young woman and rushed her to the inn. The entire way thinking to himself, Please let her be OK!