As the Professor awoke, he looked around at his surroundings and spotted Luke tied to a char in the corner.
"Luke?!" He shouted.
Luke groaned and awoke looking around "Who said that!?" Luke said, startled.
"Luke, it's me. Don Paolo kidnapped me. Are you hurt?" Layton said while trying to free himself from the ropes.
"No Professor. I'm okay. But I can't move my head around to see you. Where are you?" Luke said.
"I'm behind you Luke. Don't hurt yourself to try and look back. We need to figure out how to get out of here."
"Professor, my lock holding the ropes together is a puzzle. If you get free I think you can solve it." Luke said while moving around in his chair.
"I'm sure I can Luke, I just need to get out of my ropes first." Layton said.
"Oh! I have a knife in my pocket!" The Professor exclaimed.
"Maybe I can move my hand enough to get it out and see if I can cut my ropes. Give me a minute Luke." The Professor said as he wiggled his hands around to try and grab the knife.
He finally moved his left hand over enough to grasp the handle and slowly pull it out. He got a better grip and put the knife to a rope. As he finally cut through that rope he could move his hands more. Finally, he was free of all his ropes and got up to save Luke.
"Alright my boy. Let's see what we can do here." Layton said as he examined the puzzle and began to solve it.
"Okay Professor. But please hurry!" Luke said.
A few minutes later, the puzzle was solved and the ropes were off of Luke.
"Thank you Professor!" Luke exclaimed as he hugged the Professor tightly.
Layton laughed and hugged Luke back. "No problem, Luke. But now we need to get out of here. Have you seen Flora?" Layton asked as they headed out the door of the shed, into the woods.
"Yes! She told me she was going to get help from you.. You haven't seen her?" Luke asked, worriedly.
"No, I haven't. Perhaps she got lost." The Professor said.
As they were walking through the woods, not knowing which way to go to get back to London, they heard crying.
"Luke, do you hear that?" The Professor whispered as he held out his hand to stop Luke from moving.
Luke stopped and listened. "It sounds like.. Crying Professor." Luke said.
"Stay behind me, Luke. Let's see what it is." Layton said as they quietly began walking in the direction of the crying sounds.
Flora sat, still crying.
"What if the Professor never finds Luke. What if nobody ever finds me!" Flora thought as she pulled her legs to her chest.
All of a sudden, she heard leaves crunching.
"Somebody's coming!" Flora thought.
She hid behind the tree and tried to stay as quiet as possible and listen.
She suddenly heard two familiar voices whisper to eachother.
"What do you think it was, Professor?" She heard Luke whisper.
"I don't know, Luke. It could have been anything.. It's best we try to find our way back to London and find Flora." She heard the Professor whisper as they started to walk away.
"Wait, Professor!" Flora exclaimed as she came out from behind the tree and ran over to him.
"Flora, you're okay!" Luke and the Professor exclaimed as they hugged her.
Flora hugged them both tightly and pulled away to look at them.
"I was going to go back and get you Professor. But I got lost and couldn't find my way back." Flora said as they started walking.
"Well, you're safe now, dear." The Professor said.
"Now we just have to find our way back to London." Luke said as he took Flora's hand and held it tightly.
Little did they know, Don Paolo was watching them. And he wasn't going to let them get away.