Hey! We now have one final group that needs to meet and here they are!
Rainlily216: I've seen you're Disney story. Wonderfully written! :) I'm not a big fan of the big brand translators due to inaccuracies, so I research phrases instead. I'm glad to hear you weren't confused with the three languages! Also, the last group here is going to be provided with a new way to communicate!
Mulan had woken up with a terrible headache. She had sat up, but was met with a horrible smelling gas that caused her to pass out again.
For the second time she woke up, and took the time to observe her surroundings. She was in a cell of what seemed to be a dungeon. Still feeling a bit woozy from the gas, she pulled herself into a standing position with the bed. Once she felt steady enough, she walked over to the cell door and looked out through the bars. There didn't seem to be anyone else.
She walked back to her bed and lied down on her back. The last thing she remembered before waking up last time was being with Shang and then the headache. Now she was captured, apparently while she had been asleep, but what happened to her husband? Whoever captured her after she passed out might have taken him.
She knew there were Huns angry about them being defeated by the Chinese army lead by a rookie general and a woman. Perhaps they were the ones who had her or them. But she could figure that all out after she escapes and interrogates her captors. How she was going to accomplish this she wasn't sure.
The answer to that was on her way. Belle had also woken up in a cell, but had escaped. After making her deal with Adam never to leave in the place of her father she had been thinking of ways that she could've avoided her predicament. One way was if she had unlocked her father's cell door with a bobby pin and they escaped before they could be spotted. Luckily for her she had had one.
Now running through the maze of hallways, Belle was desperately looking for an exit, but also mentally preparing herself to fight. Chip had been on Phillip, so she assumed they got away. With a headache like she had before, there was no way she could've held onto the horse if they were being chased.
Mulan heard Belle's footsteps and went back to the bars. She saw a girl in a blue dress with her brown hair pulled back turn the corner. Mulan called out to her, hoping this girl had nothing to do with her captivity.
Belle halted right next to Mulan and looked to her in surprise, "Oh! Tu me fais peur!"
"What?" Mulan didn't recognize this language at all. Belle recognized Mulan's as an Asian language.
Mulan pointed to the lock, "Can you get me out of here?" Belle looked at the lock, deciding this girl wasn't harmless she took her bobby pin and unlocked the gate. Mulan quickly stepped out and nodded her head in thanks. No communication was needed as the two girls ran in the same direction, looking for a way out.
They had been running for some time before Mulan suddenly stopped and looked into a nearby cell. Following her gaze, Belle saw a girl with red hair in two braids. Said girl looked over before jumping up and down in excitement.
"Gudskjelov!" Thank goodness! Anna ran to her cell bars and clutched two of them, "Jeg trenger din hjelp! Jeg vet ikke hvor-"
"Arrêtez!" Stop! Belle held up her hands to emphasize her point. Mulan looked over at the new girl to see her reaction. The girl's facial expression told her that she and the brunette were not speaking the same language.
Without a word Belle unlocked the cell and Anna ran out, pulling the other two girls along.
After what seemed like hours of running the girls found themselves in a large room with one wall covered with computers (of course they didn't know what they were). On the screens were shots of forests and mountains. Some other things they observed on the screen were that it was night, there were various footprints in some spots, and to Anna's delight, a puma finally escaping a cage made of ice.
"Elsa." The other two looked at Anna in confusion, but their attention was then drawn to a woman behind them. She was blonde, tall, and was wearing a satchel and an earpiece that wrapped around the back of her ear. She had spoken, but neither of them understood what she was saying. Seeing that they couldn't understand her, the woman took three earpieces identical to her own and threw one to each girl.
All three gazed at the device in their hands before looking to the woman. In response the woman tapped her ear and turned her head so the girls could see how to put them on. Belle hesitantly put on the earpiece. Seeing nothing happened to her, Mulan and Anna copied the action.
"Better now, right?" the woman said. "You can understand me?"
"Yes," admitted Mulan. The other girls glanced at Mulan, suddenly understanding her.
"They're translators. When someone speaks it translates into what you can hear. I made them myself." She held her satchel in her hands before continuing, "I built many, ready to sell them, but no one believed me. Now I have over a score all to myself." She let go of the bag before pointing to the computers, "I also built this system. Impressive, no?"
Anna pointed to the screen with the broken ice cage, "That cage had to have been made by my sister!"
"It was. My machine worked somewhat in bringing all of my guests here."
Mulan exclaimed, "Where is Shang?!"
"Who?" the woman took out a book from her satchel before opening it. She skipped a few pages and read a passage, "Oh, you husband. He's not here. No one you know is. In fact no one except for Anna, Elsa, and Rapunzel know each other."
"My cousin's here too?!"
"Indeed she is. As you can see you're all from different places as well as different times. My machine was supposed to bring everyone to my hideout here. It only worked with you three." Again the woman indicated the screen, "I set up cameras to keep an eye out for intruders, but it seems I now have to use them to track down the other ten girls."
Belle asked, "Why are we here?"
"To change the course of time. I want to see what happens when everyone in this book," she held said book a bit higher, "is suddenly taken away. With as much of an impact as all thirteen of you made in your lives, your disappearance will alter history."
Mulan got into a fighting stance, "You can't keep us here forever!" Anna responded by standing straight, her usually excited face looking dignified. Belle scowled at the woman, but was using her eyes to find anything she could use as a weapon.
"I was hoping by just bringing you here history would change and that would be the end of it," she sat the book on a nearby wooden shelf along with her satchel, "but nothing's happened. So now I have to do something to guarantee no one will make it back... alive at least."
That was it for Mulan. She sprung forward before kicking the woman's feet from under her. However, the woman had managed to grab a dagger and swung at Mulan. In response Mulan jumped over the swing as Belle, finding an antique mace hanging on the wall, ran to join. She herself swung at the woman, who got up and dodged, still holding the dagger. The best weapon Anna could find for herself was a keyboard. She yanked it away from the computers and joined the other girls in surrounding their captor.
Anna threw the keyboard like a Frisbee and it hit the woman square in the face. Seeing an opportunity, Belle went to grab the satchel and book. Taking her hand away from her throbbing nose, the woman screamed and lunged, dagger at the ready, for Belle. Mulan herself lunged toward the woman, tackling her. Now on the ground, the blonde tried to stab Mulan, who was lying beside her, but she rolled away, having only her arm scratched.
Taking the dagger, the lady threw it at Belle. It hit the shelf right next to Belle's head and was imbedded in the piece of furniture. Having only one of the two items she went for, the satchel, Belle ran for the door that lead to the exit. Anna ran after her without hesitation while Mulan took the dagger from the shelf. Then she followed, deciding the mace was too big to carry.
The blonde called, "Get back here!" The girls, of course, didn't listen.
Despite having no idea where they were going the girls ran through the forest. Every so often they would glance behind them to be sure they weren't being followed. Even though they saw no one each time they looked, they didn't stop until their lungs were demanding air.
"Well," Mulan said when her breathing was back to normal, "That was fun."
Belle tucked a loose strand of hair behind her ear, "We're not safe yet. That lady may be gone, for now I might add, but we're in the middle of an unknown forest in an unknown time."
Anna joined the conversation, "That's right! She said we were from different times! The only people we can say for sure live around the same time is my sister, cousin, and me. My sister and I live in Arendelle in the 1800's."
"France, 1700s."
"Han China."
Belle held the satchel out, "I grabbed this so that when we find the rest everyone can understand each other."
"Good idea!" stated Anna.
"Smart," Mulan added. "We should find shelter and sleep in shifts."
Belle pointed to Mulan's injury, "And take care of that arm." Mulan looked at her arm and noticed for the first time that the dagger had torn her sleeve and scratched her skin.
"Not necessarily. I've had worse."
Belle gently grabbed the arm, "It's not bad. Just needs to be washed."
Anna whistled, "Wow, you did more damage to her with your fists than she did you with that dagger!"
Mulan chuckled, "Thanks. I fought in a war once. It's taught me much about combat."
Taking her gaze away from the wound, Belle pointed out, "But women weren't allowed to fight in your time." She thought for a moment, "You're Mulan! The girl who dressed as a man to fight in the place of her father!"
"You know me?"
"I've read books about you. I admire your courage."
She shrugged, "I had to do something to save my father."
"I know the feeling." She turned to Anna, "The woman addressed you as Anna?"
"Yes, I'm Princess Anna of Arendelle."
"I'm Belle, a princess by marriage."
Anna began muttering to herself, "Belle of France... Belle of France" before it hit her. "I know you!" She began to ramble, "Well not really. I've never really met you I just know of you. Although I've met your grandkid so I guess you could say I've met 1/4 of you. He was nice, but it was difficult talking to him because I only know so much French and he knows only so much Norwegian. Luckily a servant of mine named Kai was able to translate for us." Realizing she was rambling, she ended with, "Well it's nice to meet the other 3/4 of you!"
Belle smiled, "Thank you."
Mulan, meanwhile, was trying not to laugh from Anna's little speech, "Come on. Let's find a place to make fire." Everyone agreed with her idea and they were off.
Although it's not the longest chapter of this story it as the most action so far. :)