I probably won't have time to update for awhile after this because I'm going on a vacation to Wyoming where there is NO INTERNET CONNECTION! (Dramatic sad music) Anyway, enjoy this chapter!

I was kind of praying that Capricorn would never come back. I was hoping he would die in a car crash, or fall off a cliff, or spontaniously combust. Sadly he arrived in one piece and Basta came to get us out of our cell.

I wondered what goat man had in store for me and Meggie. Maybe he had suddenly realized his good side and was going to let us free with good wishes.

I think being in that cell is starting to get to me.

We are brought back in to the all too familier red church to where Capricorn is seated in his "throne" and Mortola is standing beside him with a not at all reassuring triumphant look, and Cockerell is also there grinning at me and Flatnose is rubbing his nose and there are a few other random people there too. Basta is of course behind us in case we decide to make a break for the door which I am actually begining to seriously consider.

Capricorn decides to address Meggie first.

"So since Basta has failed to bring us your father" I don't need to turn around to know that Basta is getting very pale. No sympathy from me. "We just are going to have to wait for him to come himself. Basta has assured me that he will and until then we'll just have to keep you here." he turned to me and I took this moment to contimplate all of the ways I could kill him with all of the objects in this room. "You of course will have to stay to. I don't have anything for you to do currently and I don't think I'll have use for you until after Silvertounge reads out my old friend. Until then you will recieve no access to paper since you obviously can't be trusted with it, after the incident with that dog."

I smiled "Hey, you didn't read the paper! Not my fault."

Capricorn smiled pitylessly and glanced at Basta.

I felt a jarring blow to my back as Basta kicked me to the floor and planted his foot on my back. Meggie screamed.

Basta leaned down and hissed in my ear "I don't think this is the time for you to make snide remarks."

I couldn't make a snappy come back because the blow had just about knocked the breath right out of my lungs.

Basta siezed me by the hair and forced me to my knees . I felt the all too familier touch of cold metal on my throat.

"Basta's right" Capricorn approached with a somewhat evil grin. "Writers don't need toungues. I might just have him cut yours out."

I decided not to reply.

Capricorn turned and went back to his throne "Take them to the room we used to put Darius in and post a gaurd there. We want them to be comfortable don't we?"

Basta looked kind of confused but he dragged me to my feet, siezed Meggie's arm and dragged us out the door.

We had gotten a room up grade. Joy.

Our new quarters had an empty book shelf, a table and a set of bunk bedsWe had gone from prison to crappy hotel room. Fabulous.

"Top bunk" I called as soon as Basta left.

Meggie shrugged and sat on the bottom bunk looking incredibly lost.

I wanted to say something to her but there was nothing to say.

Mo was driving down a road that he said was close to where these men lived when a man and a boy stepped into the path of the car.

Kat looked at them vicously "Are they one of them" she growled.

Mo didn't answer but climbed from the car. "You! You told them where we were! Of course!"

The man looked at him like he was crazy "Told who what?"

"Don't listen to that trickster" Elinore snarled "Lier!"

"He didn't do anything!" the boy said in his defence.

Kat jumpped out of the car. "Who are these guys?"

"What is going on?" the man asked.

"Basta took Meggie and Callypso" Mo said wearily.

"And you're going to waltz into Capricorn's fortress and ask for them and then be sent on your merry way" the man said sarcastically.

Actually when he put it that way the plan did sound pretty stupid.

"I plan to knock a few heads in first" Kat growled.

The man raised an eyebrow "Who's this?"

Mo sighed "Dustfinger, this is Kat. She's Kallypso's friend."

"Nice to meet you" Kat said.

Dustfinger nodded once and turned to Mo "You know very well that if you go there they'll lock you up for good. It won't help Meggie at all."

"I'll just kill them all" Kat reasoned.

Dustfinger gave her a funny look and then continued "Just wait till I've come up with something! Then we can get her out."

Mo paused for a minute then shook his head "I'm sorry, but Meggie needs me." he began to walk back to the car.

"I'm sorry too" Dustfinger fulled out the knife he had stolen from Basta and tossed it to Farid. In a second the little Arab boy had the knife pressed up against Elinore's rib cage.

Mo looked at Dustfinger stunned and Dustfinger sighed "Sorry Silvertounge but I can't have you wander straight into a trap. Help me move the car off the road. Farid won't remove that knife from your friend until you do."

Mo, being the wimp he was caved immediatly.

Kat watched the scene with narrowed eyes. If they tried to touch her someone was going to get hurt.

Eventually, after Elinore and Mo had been tied to a tree Farid did try to grab her.

"Get away from me" Kat sent a straight jab into his jaw making him stumble back and she took off running down the road.

"STOP!" Dustfinger was right on her heels but she was quick. She made it several yards before Dustfinger grabbed her arm.

"Get off me!" Kat protested loudly but Dustfinger covered her mouth.

"Quiet! Do you want the whole village to hear?"

Kat still struggled but Dustfinger was stronger than her. "Let me go you Son of a Bitch!" she hissed trying to kick him "You will not tie me to a tree or I swear I'll kill you!"

"Farid I think we may need to give her a gag." Dustfinger said.

In that instent Kat kicked him in between the legs and scampered up a tree so fast that Farid was left looking around in bewilderment.

"Let's see you tie me to a tree now jack asses!" Kat called down glaring.

Dustfinger managed to pull himself to his feet "Farid. Just make sure she doesn't get down" he glared up at Kat "You guys picked up a crazy little girl."

Dustfinger earned a pinecone to the head.

"I'm going into the village" Dustfinger said. "Alone this time. Farid, don't follow me. Watch these three and make sure they don't make a run for the village"

Farid sat down dejectidly as Dustfinger walked away but not before Kat threw another pinecone at Dustfinger.

"Will you quit that!" he snapped.

Kat smiled brightly "Of course not. It's too entertaining."

Dustfinger rolled his eyes and walked away.

Kat sighed and settled down in the tree branches watching for her moment to sneak away from the camp. She was going after Callypso even if she had to kill for it.

There, I gave you a nice long chapter. Now please review!