As I promised, here is Chapter 10. Again, so sorry for all the Chapter 9 confusion. But hey, two chapters in one day, so hopefully you guys can forgive me here's chapter 10!

Chapter 10: So Close, and Yet So Far

Rapunzel

Our thoughts were cut off by the sound of clapping. We turned around to find Mother, in a new getup, all black with silver jewelry and knee high black boots. Her usual puffed out hair was tied in a ponytail at the neck. She approached us in while clapping her hands in an unimpressed rhythm.

"Mother?" I cried in a squeaky voice. She stopped clapping and crossed her arms over her chest. She got close to me and put her index finger under my chin, her nail poking me.

"I congratulate you both," she hissed. "But I'm afraid that you now know too much for comfort. Come Rapunzel, we're going home." She grabbed my wrist and began dragging me away. I pulled away, causing Mother to turn in shock. I stepped back, suddenly afraid. "Rapunzel, come along now!" she cried. I shook my head. "Rapunzel…" I stepped closed to Eugene.

"I want answers Mother. Or should I even call you that?" I hissed. My question went unanswered, because I heard my name being called, and then everything went black.

My head felt light, and I didn't know where I was. I tried moving, but my arms were tied to something. I opened my eyes and saw Mother standing there with something in her fist.

"M-mother?" I asked. She looked at me and smiled.

"How are you feeling dear?" she asked. I shook away my fatigue and looked around. I was in my room back at the condo, and I was tied to one of my bed posts. I stood up but fell right back down at the resistance. "I'm sorry that I had to restrain you, but I'm afraid that you won't be leaving your room for a while.

"Why not? What's going on?" I asked. Then it hit me… Eugene! "Where's Eugene?" I asked. Mother stroked the item in her hands.

"Who dear? Oh, you mean Flynn Rider? He's where he belongs," she said. I shook my head.

"No… No… he did nothing wrong!" I cried. "What did you do?" I struggled against whatever was restraining me. "WHAT DID YOU DO?" I cried even louder.

"Why must you know everything dear? I feel like you know too much as it is," she said. I ground my teeth together and continued to struggle. "He's right where I left him." I shook my head, and it felt lighter than normal. I shook it again, and again… I looked down and saw that there was no train of hair coming off of my head. Then I realized what my mother was holding.

"You… you cut…" I stammered, unable to finish in my shock.

"I was wondering when you'd notice, yes. I cut off your hair," she said with a laugh. "Now I will take it, and sell it for that luscious 20 million dollars. And there's nothing you can do." I tried to escape one last time, before it all went black once again.

Eugene

"Hey, Flynn… Flynn, oh man, are you alright?" I heard Amanda's voice cut into the silence. I sat up with her help and rubbed my head.

"Yeah, yeah I'm fine… where's Rapunzel?" I asked. Amanda's face took on a surprised expression.

"I thought she was with you!" Amanda cried. She helped me up and I rubbed my aching head. "What happened?"

"I-I don't remember… we had learned something… important about her past. Then her mother showed up and… that was all I remember. She must have taken her home or something," I said. Amanda looked worriedly at me.

"Well I hope she's okay," Amanda said. "Do you not remember anything else? Anything they said, did?" I shook my head and sighed.

"No, I don't. So hopefully she'll be at work tomorrow," I said. Amanda crossed her arms over her chest and nodded.

"I hope so too. Can I give you a ride home?" she asked. I rubbed the bump on my head and nodded.

"That'd be nice… thanks," I mumbled. Amanda put her arm under my armpit to help me walk, and led me to her car. But I couldn't help feeling that something was terribly wrong.

The next day at work was exactly as I suspected. Rapunzel was nowhere to be seen and I was getting really worried. I missed her, and it hadn't even been 24 hours. I noticed that Mr. Nose was talking with someone on the phone, and he seemed distressed. I snuck over and tried to listen in.

"I understand, thank you for telling me, alright. Goodbye," he said. I tried to hide behind a pillar, but he noticed me. "Rider, come over here!" he said. I obeyed and met him at the phone.

"Unfortunately, Rapunzel no longer works here. Her mother, Gothel, called in and said that she quits. You're the new assistant Mother… Father, duck. Congratulations," he said. I gave a fake smile to hide my shock. The first chance I got, I ran to Amanda.

"Amanda, come here!" I cried. She followed and we hid in the back.

"What is it? What's wrong?" she asked.

"Rapunzel… I really think that she's in trouble," I told her frantically. "Mr. Nose just told me that she quit her job. Rapunzel would never do that, she loves it too much here!" Amanda put her hand to her chin, pondering my words.

"You're really worried about her aren't you?" Amanda said. I nodded and sighed.

"We need to find her; I'm worried that Gothel did something horrible to her…" I said frantically. Amanda sighed.

"I'm sure that whatever reason she has, it doesn't involve her mother," Amanda said. I walked over to my satchel which was hanging on my assigned hook and pulled out a folder.

"That's just it; I think it does involve her mother. Last night, I was curious about this woman who calls herself Rapunzel's mother, so I hacked into DMV databases…"

"You hacked in?" Amanda cried. I shushed her and opened the folder, showing her a picture of Gothel.

"I put in her description and no Gothel came up, but this woman, Odessa Linkhart did matching Gothel's exact description down to the little overbite. According to her work history, she used to work for Mr. and Mrs. Phillips, none other than the parents of the girl with 20 million dollar hair…" I said, proud of my findings.

"Are you saying that Rapunzel is the Phillips girl?" Amanda asked. I nodded and closed the folder.

"What I think, is that she's in trouble, but I'm going to need your help." A sly grin crossed Amanda's face.

"What do you have planned Mr. Rider?"

And that completes Chapter 10. Hope you enjoyed the double update, the new semester begins tomorrow, so I will update as soon as possible. Lunch and before school I will work and I should have a new chapter up by tomorrow. Reviews make my day so see the button? Ya, it wants to be clicked. So CLICK IT. And Chapter 11 will be up sooner! Thoughts are welcome!