Lost In Time Chapter 3:
"Being in a different time period would be fun if I wasn't running for my life." Keefe thought to himself, dodging bushes as two knights chased after him. Just his luck to be stuck in some wild kingdom and labeled as a wanted criminal. It wasn't his fault that he woke up with jewels in his hands. When the knights found him, Keefe couldn't come up with a story, because he himself didn't know what was going on.
"I just have to find Sophie," he whispered to himself, mentally praying she was okay. That girl had been through so much, and as strong as she was, he knew she needed him. Or Fitz; whoever got to her first, which prompted him to run faster.
"Stop in the name of the King!" yelled one of the knights. "Yeah can't do that when I don't know who the King is!" Keefe retorted back, narrowly missing an arrow by his face. "King Fitz you imbe-woahhhh!" the knight crashed into Keefe when he suddenly stopped.
"King Fitz? KING FREAKING FITZ." The other knight went to tackle him, but Keefe dodged him and the second knight ended up knocking the first knight down. "So you mean to tell me that I get cast in another time period, and Fitz becomes King while I become a wanted criminal?" Keefe sighed, laughing about how ironic this situation is. The two knights stumbled to gain their balance when something swinging from the trees knocked them down again.
"Keefe Sencen," a high pitched voice called from behind a tree. "Yes? Anyone there?" Keefe responded, reluctantly stepping toward whoever landed there.
Linh peeked her head out, and when she recognized Keefe, her face exploded with joy. "Oh my goodness Keefe I'm so glad to see you!" she yelled as she raced towards him, tackling Keefe with a hug. "I found you," she said, still not letting him go.
Keefe smiled, glad to find a familiar face in this strange place. But his thoughts immediately went back to the situation they were in. "Uh, Linh? This is a great heartfelt reunion and all, but do you know what's going on?" Her expression darkened, and she motioned for him to follow.
"I will update you when we get back to my place." "Your place?" Keefe asked, "you have a place?" Linh nodded. "Apparently in this time period, my brother and I are head of a giant trading business. Our tower is huge." Keefe scoffed, wondering why the universe hated him, and he got stuck with a homeless. Wanted. Criminal.
"Have you found anyone else?" he asked, hoping Sophie was there waiting for him. She shook her head. "Fitz is the King, and Biana is the Queen. It's a sibling-run Kingdom." Linh added, noticing Keefe's confused look. "Dex and Sophie are both peasants, Wylie and Marella are, well, working as knights in the castle."
"How will we get them back?" Keefe asked.
Linh looked away since she didn't know the answer either. "I don't know how we will be able to locate them in this Kingdom. For now, we need to get to the bottom of how we got here. Tam has some ideas, but honestly, nothing proves what happened that night." She shivered, remembering how excited she was to see Tam, but finding out it was a trap.
"Alright, let's go see bangs boy," Keefe said as they approached the Song Tower. Linh laughed, and together they walked in, trying not to think about what their friends were going through.