"What's the point of this?" I asked once we were standing back in front of the statues of a king and queen with each of the Holy Grails.
"I dunno. Maybe once we give these cups to them, they'll be nice enough to let us through these doors." Leon suggested.
"That is the stupidest thing I've ever heard." I said, and he rolled his eyes. "I'm serious, that sounds like something I would say. I don't think that's such a good thing, Leon."
He laughed. "I guess you're just starting to rub off on me." I blushed and looked away, catching a glimpse of Ashley giggling to herself.
Once Leon placed both the cups in their places, there was a brief delay before the bars finally rose up and I stared in disbelief.
"Told ya'." Leon smirked as he opened the doors.
After walking down another long, breezy corridor, we entered two more doors and took in our surroundings. Almost half the dirty, stone-looking floor in the room was gone, only leaving room to walk down a bridge-type path to the other side. There were high windows at the top of the room, and a bridge raised up on the left wall.
We began walking forward, and when we got to the middle of the bridge I said "This is really creepy—"
Unfortunately, I didn't get to finish the rest of my sentence, because two giant bugs had swooped down, picked Ashley and I up, and began flying away.
"OH MY GOD, LEON!" Ashley and I shouted at the top of our lungs as we were being flown away. We just barely heard Leon shout Dammit! Before we were out of the castle.
"This is so fucking gross!" I shouted to Ashley who was kicking and whimpering beside me.
"It's useless, Ash. They're probably just taking us to that midget freak or something."
"What if he kills us?" She asked, in panic.
"Didn't Saddler say he wanted you alive?" I reminded her. "The worst that could happen is they turn is into one of those freaks."
She became quite for a second, and then said, "I'd rather be dead turn into one of them."
"… Amen to that." I couldn't help but agree.
About two minutes later, the bugs dropped us off outside of a big tower. And when I say dropped, I mean it literally. It hurt like a bitch.
We looked up at the three people standing in front of us: Salazar and his two bodyguards.
"Thought you could get away that easy, huh?"
"What the hell do you want from us?!" I said while coughing.
"I thought it was obvious now." The man-boy replied. "To turn you into Ganados and ship you off to America. Didn't Lord Saddler explain it to you?"
"He's no Lord." I retorted. "If anything, he's the devil! It isn't right what you're doing to people!"
Apparently I'd hit a nerve. "Up!" He shouted at us.
Sure, Salazar was just a small, puny little man, who probably couldn't even take a punch, but his guards' eyes were glowing red, and you couldn't see into their cloaks, just their mouths that moving ever so slightly when they would breathe. So we both followed Salazar's orders, terrified of what the cloaked things would do to us if we didn't behave.
After he tied our hands behind our backs, and took any weapons we had, we began walking across a bridge and the second we stepped off, it swung around to another part of the castle.
Suddenly, Salazar pulled out what looked like a phone and began talking into it. "I wonder if you can see me, Mr. Kennedy."
I snapped my head up. Leon? Ashley and I exchanged looks; she was thinking the same.
Our thoughts were confirmed when we heard an angry voice coming from the other end. "If you even scratch them I'll break your bones."
We didn't have time to blush; we were too terrified of everything else they could do to us that would be a million times worse than just a mere little scratch.
"First we shall see if you can make it this far… I'll be waiting." And with that he hung up and motioned for us to go forward.
We entered the room and Ashley and I both gasped at what we saw. Two of those things with claws were standing in the middle of the room surrounded by about eight zealots.
"Relax," Salazar said. "They won't hurt you… they're here for Mr. Scott." He kept walking forward with an evil grin plastered on his face. Ashley and I kept stealing nervous glances at each other until we were finally past them and out of the room.
After being not-so-kindly escorted up two flights of stairs, we entered a room that was mostly empty except for a throne that sat against the back wall. The black cloaked guard took Ashley and sat her down on her knees on the left side of the throne, and the red one took me to the right. We sat there for about ten minutes, neither of us dared to ask why, until finally the door opened and in strode a very handsome, worried-looking man.
"Girls!"
"Leon!" We both shouted back. He ran up to us but stopped about four feet in front of Salazar's throne.
"Mr. Kennedy…" He said. "Don't you know when it's time to throw in the towel…?" He lifted up his hand and pressed down on a red button on the arm of his chair. Suddenly, there was a draft coming from where Leon was standing and the floor dropped, making the agent fall to his inevitable death.
"LEON!" We both shouted at the top of our lungs. Could he be dead? What would happen to us if he was?
We sat there in shock, our eyes wide and filled with tears as our hearts beat mercilessly. Leon was dead. Our hero, our rescuer. The man of whom I had fallen undoubtedly in love with since this whole nightmare had started, and I couldn't believe it had taken me so long to realize it. I had finally given up hope, but then…
"Hmm… where's the satisfying sound of one's impalement?" Salazar was listening through an old-fashioned speaker that was connected to the side of his throne. And what did he mean he didn't hear an impalement…? Did that mean Leon wasn't dead?
My question was quickly answered when we heard a loud gunshot and Salazar cry out in pain as the sound echoed directly into his ear. "AHH! How dare you! No more games, kill him!" Nobody did anything. "Kill!" He began stomping and the guard in front of me walked off somewhere to the left, but I wasn't paying attention. My focus was directed at the man who was shouting to his other guard.
"Quickly, we shall prepare for the ritual!"
Ashley and the other guard walked over to where I was standing, and he pushed me forward. I took one last glance at the whole in the floor and said "Leon… you better be alive…"
"What's the point of this?" I asked once we were standing back in front of the statues of a king and queen with each of the Holy Grails.
"I dunno. Maybe once we give these cups to them, they'll be nice enough to let us through these doors." Leon suggested.
"That is the stupidest thing I've ever heard." I said, and he rolled his eyes. "I'm serious, that sounds like something I would say. I don't think that's such a good thing, Leon."
He laughed. "I guess you're just starting to rub off on me." I blushed and looked away, catching a glimpse of Ashley giggling to herself.
Once Leon placed both the cups in their places, there was a brief delay before the bars finally rose up and I stared in disbelief.
"Told ya'." Leon smirked as he opened the doors.
After walking down another long, breezy corridor, we entered two more doors and took in our surroundings. Almost half the dirty, stone-looking floor in the room was gone, only leaving room to walk down a bridge-type path to the other side. There were high windows at the top of the room, and a bridge raised up on the left wall.
We began walking forward, and when we got to the middle of the bridge I said "This is really creepy—"
Unfortunately, I didn't get to finish the rest of my sentence, because two giant bugs had swooped down, picked Ashley and I up, and began flying away.
"OH MY GOD, LEON!" Ashley and I shouted at the top of our lungs as we were being flown away. We just barely heard Leon shout Dammit! Before we were out of the castle.
"This is so fucking gross!" I shouted to Ashley who was kicking and whimpering beside me.
"It's useless, Ash. They're probably just taking us to that midget freak or something."
"What if he kills us?" She asked, in panic.
"Didn't Saddler say he wanted you alive?" I reminded her. "The worst that could happen is they turn is into one of those freaks."
She became quite for a second, and then said, "I'd rather be dead turn into one of them."
"… Amen to that." I couldn't help but agree.
About two minutes later, the bugs dropped us off outside of a big tower. And when I say dropped, I mean it literally. It hurt like a bitch.
We looked up at the three people standing in front of us: Salazar and his two bodyguards.
"Thought you could get away that easy, huh?"
"What the hell do you want from us?!" I said while coughing.
"I thought it was obvious now." The man-boy replied. "To turn you into Ganados and ship you off to America. Didn't Lord Saddler explain it to you?"
"He's no Lord." I retorted. "If anything, he's the devil! It isn't right what you're doing to people!"
Apparently I'd hit a nerve. "Up!" He shouted at us.
Sure, Salazar was just a small, puny little man, who probably couldn't even take a punch, but his guards' eyes were glowing red, and you couldn't see into their cloaks, just their mouths that moving ever so slightly when they would breathe. So we both followed Salazar's orders, terrified of what the cloaked things would do to us if we didn't behave.
After he tied our hands behind our backs, and took any weapons we had, we began walking across a bridge and the second we stepped off, it swung around to another part of the castle.
Suddenly, Salazar pulled out what looked like a phone and began talking into it. "I wonder if you can see me, Mr. Kennedy."
I snapped my head up. Leon? Ashley and I exchanged looks; she was thinking the same.
Our thoughts were confirmed when we heard an angry voice coming from the other end. "If you even scratch them I'll break your bones."
We didn't have time to blush; we were too terrified of everything else they could do to us that would be a million times worse than just a mere little scratch.
"First we shall see if you can make it this far… I'll be waiting." And with that he hung up and motioned for us to go forward.
We entered the room and Ashley and I both gasped at what we saw. Two of those things with claws were standing in the middle of the room surrounded by about eight zealots.
"Relax," Salazar said. "They won't hurt you… they're here for Mr. Scott." He kept walking forward with an evil grin plastered on his face. Ashley and I kept stealing nervous glances at each other until we were finally past them and out of the room.
After being not-so-kindly escorted up two flights of stairs, we entered a room that was mostly empty except for a throne that sat against the back wall. The black cloaked guard took Ashley and sat her down on her knees on the left side of the throne, and the red one took me to the right. We sat there for about ten minutes, neither of us dared to ask why, until finally the door opened and in strode a very handsome, worried-looking man.
"Girls!"
"Leon!" We both shouted back. He ran up to us but stopped about four feet in front of Salazar's throne.
"Mr. Kennedy…" He said. "Don't you know when it's time to throw in the towel…?" He lifted up his hand and pressed down on a red button on the arm of his chair. Suddenly, there was a draft coming from where Leon was standing and the floor dropped, making the agent fall to his inevitable death.
"LEON!" We both shouted at the top of our lungs. Could he be dead? What would happen to us if he was?
We sat there in shock, our eyes wide and filled with tears as our hearts beat mercilessly. Leon was dead. Our hero, our rescuer. The man of whom I had fallen undoubtedly in love with since this whole nightmare had started, and I couldn't believe it had taken me so long to realize it. I had finally given up hope, but then…
"Hmm… where's the satisfying sound of one's impalement?" Salazar was listening through an old-fashioned speaker that was connected to the side of his throne. And what did he mean he didn't hear an impalement…? Did that mean Leon wasn't dead?
My question was quickly answered when we heard a loud gunshot and Salazar cry out in pain as the sound echoed directly into his ear. "AHH! How dare you! No more games, kill him!" Nobody did anything. "Kill!" He began stomping and the guard in front of me walked off somewhere to the left, but I wasn't paying attention. My focus was directed at the man who was shouting to his other guard.
"Quickly, we shall prepare for the ritual!"
Ashley and the other guard walked over to where I was standing, and he pushed me forward. I took one last glance at the whole in the floor and said "Leon… you better be alive…"
