Chapter 20:
Upon realizing their need for a boat, Layton, Luke, and Flora began their walk back to the docks. As they walked, Luke began to feel uneasy.
"Do you hear voices?" Luke whispered.
Flora, who was wondering the same thing, nodded.
The trio reached a turn and stopped. Layton silently glanced around. He saw the Laytonmobile, and another car not far behind it. Layton then noticed two strangers walking around his car, he didn't think they were admiring it. He looked to the right, in the direction of the water, and noticed three men marching around the dock. He guessed they were guarding the boats.
"They must have followed us here." Layton concluded to himself.
"How will we get past?" Luke asked.
Layton thought for a moment. They could turn around and find another boat somewhere along another shore. 'No. That will take too long.' He decided.
They couldn't walk up to the men and attempt to fight them one on one. They would need Emmy for that, and sadly, she wasn't there.
Layton looked around. There was an old, rusty boat directly to his left. 'Maybe there will be something useful in there.' he thought.
He gestured for Luke and Flora to follow, and they made their way to the boat, making sure they weren't being watched.
Upon reaching it, they found the boat was filled with old fishing supplies. A broken fishing pole, some rope, a few nets, a rotting can of worms, and some wire- not many items. Layton viewed his options. Something in his mind clicked.
He grabbed the net and the wire, and quickly got to work.
After revealing his plan to Luke and Flora, Layton stood behind a tree, waiting.
Luke sat above him, net in hand. One of the men guarding the docks walked directly under the tree, a perfect aim for Luke. One of the other men standing around the Laytobmobile came over as well. 'Two for two!' Luke thought.
When the two men were in a good spot by Luke's standards, Luke dropped the net. It fell on the two men, each gasping from shock.
They yelled for their companions to come rescue then from their current trap, as they twisted and turned, only getting caught even more. Two more men came running, both unaware of a trip wire in their path. As was expected, one clumsy step, and both went flying into the air, caught in a net in the tree.
'Only one to go.' Layton breathed a sigh of relief.
The last man came running, confused as to why his partners were currently caught. He made it to the tree, and spotted Luke.
"Hey you! What did you do to them?" the man yelled.
Luke smirked, causing the man to frown. Unbeknownst to him, Layton stood behind him, rope in hand. Layton began his attempt of tying up the man. The man fought back, which Layton saw coming.
A moment later, a cat came flying from the tree, claws set on the man below him. After few minutes of screaming for mercy, the man allowed Layton to bind him, and he joined his captured friends.
"Good job, Max!" Luke yelled as he climbed down the tree.
"Hmph." Was the cat's response. He licked his paw, then, with tail held high, walked away.
"Luke, when did we agree on using the cat?" Layton asked.
Luke smirked. "I thought it would be more affective."
Before Layton could respond, an excited voice was heard.
"I got something!" Flora chimed, running up to the professor. As Luke and Layton took care of the men, Flora sneaked into their car in search of something useful.
"I found a map! It was spread out across the dashboard, so they must have been using it recently!" Flora explained happily.
"A map to what?" Luke asked.
Flora glanced at the map then replied. "I don't know. It may show is where Emmy is though!"
Layton and Luke both stood over Flora's shoulder to get a better view of the map.
It had London at the bottom, mostly their current location by the sea. Moving towards the middle of the map, was a small island.
Luke pointed at the island. "Is that the destination?" He asked.
Layton looked more closely. He noticed in the top left corner, somewhat in the middle of the map, was another island. This one was smaller that the first, but it appeared to have a small flame on it.
Layton pointed this island out to the other two. "Perhaps it is this one, considering its marked."
Luke and Flora nodded in agreement.
"Then, shall we go?" Layton gestured to the boats.
The three walked towards the dock. There were several boats, though most were ships needing a large crew.
"Will that one work?" Flora asked. She was pointing to a medium sized boat, definitely big enough for the three of them.
Layton nodded. He and Luke readied the boat.
"Let's find Emmy!" Luke proclaimed.
Well, it's now 20 chapters! I honestly didn't think I would make this story this long (Though the chapters are somewhat short). Chapter 21 will be out soon!