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Loveless

Chapter 16

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Muffy's POV

I didn't think Jack would forgive me that easily. He really is gullible.

It was nice to know that he didn't stay attached to me, and moved on to someone else. I actually admired him for that, because I knew that I would never be able to move on from Vicky…

I felt a tug on my arm. I snapped out of my thoughts and came back into reality.

"Hey, Muffy. Why did you suddenly stop moving? We have to hurry if we want to save Celia." Jack stated.

I smiled and nodded at him. "Yeah... Well, what are we waiting for? Let's go!" I grabbed his arm and ran ahead, not knowing where I was going.

I truly wanted to help him save Celia; I didn't want her to get hurt by Victor. If anyone was going to stop Victor, then it was going to be me. I loved him. I thought he was a man with a kind, gentle nature. Well, that's how he acted around me, but… what if it was all an act? Did he just play with my emotions? Did he even care about me at all?

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I was backed into a corner, there was nothing I could do. I was going to die, I have to accept that. He slowly walked towards me with a demented smile and a knife in his hand.

I closed my eyes waiting for the pain to come, but it never did. I opened my eyes to see Victor drop the knife on the floor and walk away.

"Let that… be a lesson to you…wench." And with that, he walked out of the room.

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He could've easily killed me that time, but he didn't. Did that mean he cared about me enough to not kill me?

I shook my head once again, I had to stop thinking about my problems right now. There was something else important I had to do at this moment.

I kept running with Jack down the hall, until we bumped into one of Victor's servants.

"It's you! The boat man!" Jack yelled from beside me.

The 'boat man' rolled his eyes. "I told you, my name is Lee." Jack shrugged.

"So what? Why are you here anyway?" Jack asked.

"Well, does the fact that I work here answer your question?" Lee remarked. I could see that this man was a very intelligent and witty person. He was probably specially trained or something like that.

"Anyway," He continued. "I have a message from the master."

"From Victor?" Both me and Jack asked in unison.

Lee simply nodded and handed Jack the note. I looked over his shoulder so I could read it too.

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To the farmer,

By the time you get this letter, I won't be in the mansion anymore. I probably won't be on the island anymore. I'll tell you one thing, though. I have the girl with me and she's not… doing well. You better hurry and save her before things get… unfortunate.

There's only one person who knows where I am, but she's probably dead.

Well, goodbye for now.

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I covered my mouth and a gasp escaped my lips. And Jack looked at the letter with pure hatred in his eyes. Lee just stood there with a stoic expression, as if he could care less.

"That… creep. Doing all of these things to us… what did Celia do to deserve this? What…?" Jack murmured.

I skimmed over the letter and realized something. "I know!" I yelled.

He looked at me. "What?"

I smiled. "I know where Victor is!"

Jack had a look of complete shock on his face. "Y-you do? Well, tell me!"

I nodded. "Okay, one time, Victor told me that he owns another island not too far from here. He goes there for summer vacations." I explained.

He looked at me in disbelief. "And what makes you think that Victor went there, Muffy?"

"Well, he wouldn't go to the Valley or Mineral Town. That would be obviously suspicious, and if he left the island in this short period of time, then he must have went there! It's the only logical explanation!" I explained.

Jack gave me yet another incredulous look. "I… didn't know that… you could actually think logically, Muffy."

I giggled and pretended not to hear that. "Well… let's go!" I dragged him further down the hall, and down the stairs until I got to the room where Victor keeps all his ships.

Jack looked around the room with wide eyes. "……Wow."

I nodded. "Yeah, that's what I said too when I first saw this place."

We got on one of the boats and looked around for the steering wheel, but there wasn't one.

"What kind of boat is this?!" I yelled. "It has no steering wheel! How will we get there?!" During my little tirade, Jack kept searching until something caught his eye.

"Hey, Muffy. Calm down. I think I found something!" He yelled.

I stopped my complaining and walked over to him. It was some kind of control panel or something like that. It had many buttons and a screen in the middle.

"Uh, Jack? I'm not good with technological stuff…" I scratched my head.

He shrugged. "Doesn't matter. All we have to do is push a few buttons, right?"

"Well, I'm not su—" But I was cut off by Jack, who pushed multiple buttons at the same time, which cause the boat to jet off at the speed of light.

I held on to the rail, fearing that if I let go, I was going to fall off of the boat. My hair wildly blew in the wind—I was going to look so disheveled when this was over.

Jack stood at the control panel with a big grin on his face. His hair was blowing too, but he seemed to enjoy it, unlike me. "Whoo! This is fun!" He yelled. "Just wait Celia! We'll save you!"

I smiled at him, and continued to firmly hold on to the rail. I wonder what's going to happen in the near future… when we see Victor, I mean.

Jack's POV

I smiled and looked back at Muffy. She was holding on to the rail and crouching down. I don't understand why girls are so scared all the time.

I looked ahead of me, and saw…… water. There was no sign of land at all. But, at the speed we were going, we were gonna be there in no time, right?

I smiled to myself and thought about all my friends at the Valley. They were all waiting for Celia and me to come back. Maybe I could bring Muffy with us too; not even she deserves to be with someone like Victor.

I looked down at the control panel, and saw a map on the screen. There was a red dot on there moving, and other pictures of land, like islands and all that. I came to the conclusion that the red dot was us, and we were heading to a small island; that was probably where Victor was.

"Hey, Muffy!" I yelled.

"Huh?" I could barely hear her voice over the sounds of the boat.

"I think we're almost there! Come here! Look!" I yelled even louder.

She seemed to hear me, and got out of her crouching position. She then slowly walked over to me, still holding on to the rail. When she finally got there, I pointed to the island on the map.

"See? That red dot is us," I pointed to the moving red dot. "and we're heading here!" Then I moved my finger up to point to the island again.

She nodded happily. "Yeah! I think that's it!"

"Great! Muffy, are you sure you're gonna be alright with Victor and all that? It could be dangerous." I asked. Even if it was Muffy, I still didn't want Victor to hurt anyone.

Her smile faded and she gave me a serious look, then she nodded. "I'm sure. I'll help you no matter what."

I looked at her for a minute, and she still kept the serious expression. Then after a while, I smiled. "Good. I'll trust you Muffy."

She smiled back. "That's more like it! Now let's go get Celia!"

I nodded. "Yeah!" Right after I said that, the boat shook which caused both of us to fall. When we got up, we saw the boat landed on some island. Which meant that… we were here…

Muffy gasped. "We're here! Let's go Jack!" Her hair was sticking out in different places, but I chose not to tell her. She just had to figure that out on her own.

I nodded. "Okay!" We got off the boat and ran towards the big mansion we saw in the distance.

"I promise you, Victor. This will be our final battle! I will get Celia back!" I whispered to myself.

Muffy just looked at me, and we both kept running. Not knowing about what lies ahead of us.

So? Did you like that chapter?

Sorry I haven't been updating, but I take Algebra 1 and Physical Science. I'm only an 8th grader! Well, at my school, kids in 8th grade Honors take High School courses. It's to prepare us or something. You guys better be lucky you don't go to my school! XD

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