Author's Note - Hi Everybody! Just a reminder, this is a Sequel, make sure to read the original first.
Well, i would like to say that I've got my ideas running wild! *sigh* anyways i might have another update in a day or two. I think i might cap this story off at 8 chapters as well, meaning that the end is near. Don't worry, the saga isn't over.
Thank You to those who read and Thank You to those who review. Reviews make me happy and feel like i'm doing a good job. Sadly I don't own anything in the story except for Olivia, Melody, Princess Astrid and the story.
Enjoy!
It had been a week. A week since Princess Astrid of Fiore had been found. A week since the interrogations had begun. A week since our safety had become questionable. Every day for a few hours, Gerard and Ray would try to get Princess Astrid to tell them what she knew. The two were unsuccessful in their attempts. She would either stay silent or insult them, laughing as they left.
"Do you think she'll talk?" Melody asked me.
We were both in the library, Melody continuing her studies while I helped.
"I hope so. If she doesn't talk soon then I think that Gerard might take drastic measures," I answered.
"Really? What if her parents show up and she's being tortured? Would he start a war?" She timidly replied.
"I don't think he'll torture her. I'm hoping he'll be more humane, but she crossed the line. She broke into his office; she has been spying on us and then relaying the information to her family who could sell this information to our enemies. Gerard would definitely start a war over something like this," I told her, moving from the window to my usual couch.
"Would anyone be able to stop him from taking those measures?" Melody wondered out loud.
"I figure that's why Ray is with him, to keep him in check. I actually want to help, or maybe provoke her," I smirked.
"You are just like them," she laughed.
"I can't help it. I've been around them for so long," I smiled.
"Where is it?" Ray asked, quickly walking into the library.
"Should be over here," Gerard answered, following him in.
Melody and I were surprised at the arrival of visitors.
"I don't see it!" Ray told him.
"What are you guys looking for?" I asked, sneaking up behind them.
"Holy shit Olivia! You scared the crap out of me!" Gerard exclaimed.
"Well, I learned from you and Mikey. Anyways, what book are you guys looking for?" I asked again.
"A book," Gerard told us, trying to be discreet.
"Gerard, what book," I said firmly.
"Chemical Effects on the Body by Thomas Trotter," he told me in defeat.
"What are you planning on doing to her?" I asked him, walking towards a bookshelf on the other side of the room.
"We want to find a safe way to get her to talk, using some sort of chemical," Ray hesitantly admitted.
I shook my head as I searched one of the lower shelves for the book. Upon finding it I took it from the shelf and held on to it for dear life.
"I will give you this book on one condition," I started.
"Olivia, I can pull rank on you. You are a guest in my house," Gerard threatened.
"Give me an opportunity to talk to her. That's all I'm asking for," I finished.
"Fine, I'll be in the room with you the whole time. The book?" he said, extending his hand.
"You'll get it once I've talked to her; I promise," I replied.
"Let's go," he told me.
"Melody, hold onto this for me while I'm gone," I smiled, handing her the book.
"I will," she returned.
I followed Gerard and Ray out of the room and through a twisted maze of hallways and stairways. Ten minutes through the journey we passed Frank. Ray left the two of us and left with Frank, off to practice guitar. Before Gerard and I entered a room, he stopped me.
"Olivia, I want you to please be careful down here. Don't say anything at all about the patient, please," he begged, staring into my eyes.
"Cross my heart," I smiled.
He opened the door and walked in first. When I entered the room I noticed that it had been split in half by metal bars. On the other side of the room was Princess Astrid. I stood next to Gerard, about five feet away from the bars as she stood up grinning.
"Well if it isn't the princess," she smirked.
"What have you told your family?" I asked.
"Tell me, princess, are the rumors true?" she asked innocently.
"What rumors?" I asked, looking from her to Gerard.
"Do they really pass you around at night? Do help keep their beds warm?" she sneered.
"Excuse me?" I asked, anger starting to grow.
"Are you an idiot or something? I'm asking you if you sleep with all of them?" She asked again, Gerard placing a hand on my arm.
"Any rumor like that is false. Tell me, what have you told your family?" I said anger, starting to calm down.
"So then that's why they brought in myself and Princess Melody then?" she laughed.
Gerard moved forward before I could stop him and attempted to hit her. Luckily I was able to rush in between, and I received the blow instead. Princess Astrid started laughing even harder while I clutched a hand to my face. Gerard quickly escorted me out of the room and shut the door before he started to see the damage he had done. His fist had given me a black eye and a bloody nose. A servant rushed forward with bandages and ice while he sat me down on a nearby bench.
"I am so sorry Olivia! Pease forgive me!" he repeated, as he helped clean up my face.
I kept silent, trying to think of the best words to say. He handed me a soft bag of ice covered in bandages for my eye while he started to clean up the mess the blood from my nose had created. I eventually tuned him out, as he kept on continuously apologizing.
"How should we tell the others or Mikey?" I asked finally speaking up.
"Shit," Gerard swore, realizing that his brother won't take this lightly.
"Once my nose has stopped bleeding, let's go and get that book. We need to find out the best one to use on her," I replied coldly.
"It's almost let up," he commented.
"It was an accident. She went too far and finally got to you. Everyone will understand," I said, trying to comfort the tense man.
"I think it's stopped," he told me.
"Good. Now let's go set the wheels in motion to get that bitch to talk," I said, trying to get a smile out of the man and succeeding.
Upon entering the library we found Melody alone and her nose in a book.
"So this is what I used to look like all the time," I smirked, causing her to jump and look up.
"OLIVIA!" She yelled, racing to my side.
"We need the book," I told her, looking back towards Gerard.
Gerard was looking down, ashamed that he had hit me. Melody grabbed the book and handed it to me, and I to him.
"What's wrong with Gerard?" she asked.
"Princess Astrid was being exceptionally vile and had pissed him off to the point where he almost hit her," I explained.
"He didn't though," she said.
"Nope, I stepped in so that we wouldn't have a new war on our hands," I explained.
Melody gasped as she pulled me into a hug. When she pulled back she started to examine my face. Gerard stood awkwardly, waiting to hear what she would call him for hitting Olivia.
"Does it hurt?" Melody asked.
"A little," I admitted.
"Asshole," she called to Gerard, causing him to wince.
"Don't call him that. You don't know what Astrid said," I told her sternly.
"What did she say?" Melody inquired.
"She asked me if the rumors that I sleep with all of the guys are true. I told her that they are false and then she said that that's probably why you and she were brought in," I explained.
"That bitch!" Melody swore loudly, Gerard and me laughing at that.
"He was defending your honor," I whispered so that Gerard couldn't hear.
Melody looked at me and then walked towards Gerard as if to slap him. He prepared himself, but was instead surprised when she threw her arms around his neck and pressed her lips to his. I was also surprised by this. He relaxed and brought one of his hands to the back of her head, deepening the kiss. His other hand dropped the book and placed it on her back. I coughed a few times trying to gain their attention. Unsuccessful, I had to forcefully as loud as I could.
"Sorry," Melody blushed.
"It's about time," I smirked as I approached the two.
"We uh um . . . we should get going," he said awkwardly.
I sat on a counter in the research wing of the massive mansion. Gerard was pacing back and forth by one of the windows in the room. My legs swung back and forth as Gerard and I waited for one of the scientists to finish mixing the drug. The door to the room opened and Ray walked in, followed by Mikey.
"How did it go?" Ray asked.
"Not how we planned," Gerard replied motioning to me.
Ray and Mikey looked towards me and their jaws dropped when they saw my now colorful black eye.
"She hit her?" Mikey asked, rushing to my side.
"Gerard," I started to say, but was cut off.
"You hit her?" Mikey growled while advancing toward his brother.
I grabbed his arm and tried to pull him back. Ray stood in between the two.
"Mikey! She basically called Melody and me whores. Gerard was pissed and swung at her but I jumped in the middle. We don't want her family or country to think that we physically hurt her," I quickly explained.
Mikey stopped fighting against my pull and engulfed me in a hug, burying his face in my neck. Ray looked towards Gerard and he nodded his head to confirm what happened.
"Sir, it's finished. I would recommend testing it first though," the scientist said.
"Thank you," Gerard replied.
"How are we going to give it to her?" Ray asked.
"We have two options: Intravenously or in her food. If she ingests it, then it will take longer for the effects to happen," he explained.
"But if we inject it into her, then we leave a mark," I said as Mikey pulled away, leaving an arm around my waist.
"She makes a good point. The less evidence we have the safer we'll be against her family," Ray spoke up.
"I think we should put it in her breakfast, that way we have the whole day," I suggested.
"Sounds like a plan," Gerard agreed.
"What exactly will she be taking?" Mikey asked.
"It's a chemical that will act like a truth serum. It will temporarily hinder her brain so that it will not censor her," Gerard explained.
"Will there be any permanent damage?" I asked.
"No, well, temporary damage. Cells in her brain will be killed, but just a few. These will then grow back. I guess you could say it has the same effects as someone who had been binge drinking," Ray added.
"I'm going to go see Melody, you boys play nice," I told them, kissing Mikey on the cheek and walking out.
"Olivia, wait a minute. I'm not going to be able to do much of the planning, but would you help me with the end of summer ball?" Gerard asked me.
"I'd love to," I replied, spinning around to face the man.
"Everything from last summer is in my office on the bookshelf to the right of my desk," he informed me.
"How about you let me take care of everything, and you worry about finding The Patient," I told him, turning around and walking out.
"So did she really call Olivia and Melody whores?" Mikey asked his brother.
"Actually, she accused Olivia with sleeping with all of us and Olivia said she didn't. That's when Astrid said that's probably why she and Melody were brought in," Gerard answered.
"Astrid deserved to have been hit," Mikey replied.
"I'm sorry, I really am. I didn't mean to hit her," he apologized.
"It's okay, it was an accident," Mikey said.
"Who's up for a game of pool?" Ray stepped in.
Author's Ramble - This is basically my end of chapter note where i talk about whatever. anyone else feel really sad about Ryan Dunn :'(
Sequel is in the works! And guess what! It's going to be an awesome Action filled story! The story title is already listed on my profile page ;) OH! i also might have something different in the works for these boys :D
