Chapter 18-Smoke in the Air

Chapter 18- Smoke in the air

(SAGE P.O.V)

After hearing her name, I started tearing up. I couldn't believe it. The woman in the next room was my birth mother. I was feeling overwhelmed, and couldn't find the words to say. Before I could get any words out, I heard footsteps approaching.

"Hurry up, and pretend you are unconscious", my mother said in the softest voice I ever heard.

I placed my hand on the wall to guide myself back to where I was laying. I heard the footsteps get closer  as I lied down and closed my eyes.

"bang bang" I heard something  hit against the iron bars.

"Is she still  unconscious?"I heard a man's voice, it was deep and smooth.

"I guess so captain", I heard a female voice.

"bang bang", I heard something hit the bars  again.

"Go in there and wake her up", I heard the man with the smooth voice say.

I heard the sound of a gate sliding back. The footsteps got closer and I laid there with my eyes closed. I could feel someone place their hand on the side of my face, before shaking my body.

"Mmmm", I groaned, my body was still sore and I really wanted to punch whoever was shaking me.

"I think she's waking up", I heard the female say.

I opened my eyes and pretended I was waiting up. I got slowly rubbing my eyes.

"Wow, she looked just like him", the female said.

I opened my eyes wider, and saw a middle-aged woman fair-skinned with long straight burgundy hair  and brown eyes and she was dressed in a soldier type uniform. The man standing next to her, had a brown caramel  skin tone, tall and muscular with black curly hair and hazel eyes, was also dressed in a uniform.

"What's your name?", he asked me.

"Sage", I said, while trying to read the situation.

"Hey, we have to hurry before the guards wake up", the woman said.

I looked at them confused. 

"How hard did you hit them?", the man asked. 

The woman smirked, "We have to hurry before someone notices", she said.

The man looked at me and tilted his head to the side.

I slid back towards the wall, I started to feel uncomfortable with the way he was looking at me.

"Wait , we're not here to hurt", the woman tried to reassure me, "We just came to see the beauty the guards were talking about, They said you look exactly like Prince Moises", she said.

"He's my father, so I've heard", I said.

The woman and man looked at eachother, and seemed  a little tense. 

I heard the chains move in the next room. 

"Sage?"I heard her soft voice again.

"Yes?"I asked nervously.

"Do you have a sister?", she asked.

"Yes, her name is Rosemary", I said. 

She became silent and I heard the sound of her crying.

"My babies", she said, softly.

The man and woman looked at me like they didn't know what was going on.

"So it's true", the man said.

The man started to speak but was interrupted.

"What happened to Marianna?" I heard my mother ask in a soft tone.

I heard the man and woman gasp and I looked up at them. 

" You know Marianna?", the woman asked.

I nodded my head, "she's the one who raised me", I said.

"We have to tell Nashi", the woman said to the man.

Before he could answer, we heard the opening of a door.

"Shit, we have to go before we get arrested", the woman said.

"Wait", I reached my hand out but they closed the gate.

"We'll be back tonight", the man said.

And I nodded my head.

After a while it became silent, I walked up to the gate and looked around. We were definitely in a prison.

"Have you met your father?", my mother  asked.

"No, Peyton, I mean Marianna said he's been in a coma for the last 10 years and he just woke up not too long ago", I stated.

"Can you tell me about you and your sisters life?", she asked,

I hesitated for a moment trying to see where I should start, but I wanted to know something too.

"How long have you been here ?", I asked, curiously.

"For so long, I could hardly remember the days or years", she said while sighing.

"Rosie and I have always grown up together even though we were raised  in different houses. I love archery, while Rosie liked to run track", I said.

"Your father loved archery too", she said.

I felt a little happy knowing that.

"How do we get out of here?", I asked, seriously

"We'll be out of here soon, the plan should be going into effect soon, " she said.

"What plan?", I asked.

"You saw the two that just left?", she asked.

"Yes", I answered.

"I've been in here a long time, I hear many stories, when the guards are being lazy and gossiping. Some of the citizens are furious with the King, I know someone has been planning a rebellion", she said.

"A rebellion?", I asked "you mean killing the King".

"Yes", she said, "the guards who just left are members of the coup. The coup consists of rebels who were once followers of your father", she said,

"Once they come back, go with them", she continued.

"What about you?", I asked full of concern.

"I have to stay here, there's something I have to do ", she said, sounding determined. 

A few minutes later, we heard footsteps, I went back to the spot I was laying. An old man tall in stature dressed in a black  garment covered in jewels walked up to the iron bars.

"Who are you?", I asked,  moving backwards.

"I'm  the current Crown prince Marshall Vanuatu", he said. "I believe you are the bastard child of my pathetic brother", he stated

"The only bastard I see is you" I said, spitting towards the bars.

"How dare you lowly" one of the guards took out his sword, Marshall raised his head and the guard put his sword down.

Marshall walked towards the room my mother was in, leaving the guard staying in front of the room I was in.

"I see you are still managing to stay alive after all that torture I put you in yesterday", he said.

I heard her scoff.

"Of course, I can't die until I slit your throat", she said.

Marshall started laughing and I could hear his footsteps walking away.

"Like mother, like daughter, how fun", he said, and I heard the door shut.

(ROSEMARY'S P.O.V)

I laid under the cover slowly losing my temper. How do they expect me to stay still while my sister is missing? It's been 24 hours since Sage disappeared. And I had enough of these stupid maids coming to check on me.

"Rosemary, can I come in?", I heard Na'mah entering the room.

"What do you want?", I asked in a very pissed tone.

"I have a list of people who I think  would do something like this", she said.

I threw the cover off my head and snatched the papers from her. I looked at the photos, and she handed me about 8 of them. She picked up a photo out of my hand.

"Do you remember him?"She showed me a middle-aged looking man.

"He looks familiar", I looked at the picture trying to remember who he was.

"His name is Brian Reynolds", she said, "He was your mother's fiance before she left on her mission", she stated.

"Do you think he took my sister?", I asked.

"It's possible, one of the maids said she seen a man who looked like him dressed like a butler", she said.

"How do you know she is not lying?" I asked. Grabbing on to Na'mah  shirt.

"Because Yeshiva interrogated all of the workers here, after all he was the one who was your bodyguard, once my father finds out Sage is missing, Yeshiva will probably be severely punished. So now he's kind of on a rampage", she said, holding her head.

"Where is Brian now?"I asked, balling up his photo out of anger.

"We're not sure?", she said " but we will find her", she continued on saying.

"You guys better hope she's alive now, get out", I said, letting go of her shirt and pulled the covers  over my head.

Na'mah sighed, and left the room.

I took the covers off my head again, and looked through the photos once again.

"110 Central st", I looked at the address that was written next to the photo.

I got out of the bed and walked out of the room. I saw a maid walking up the stairs.

"Excuse me", I said, causing her to turn around

"Yes", she answered.

"Do you know how far this address is?"I showed her the photo.

She look at me and shook her head, "You can't go there", she said looking afraid.

"Why?"I asked, getting pissed off.

"I heard Brian is a maniac, many people in the clan fears him", she said

"Maniac or not, that bastard might have my sister", I said, slamming my hand on the wall.

The maid looked terrified.

" It's about 20 minutes from here", she said.

"Shit", I said out loud, I don't know anything about this place, I thought to myself.

After the maid told me how far the place was, I realized I didn't know anything about this place, and I had no way to get there.

I slammed my hand up against the wall out of frustration.  I started hearing noises come from down stairs and walked to the top of the stairs. I saw Cena walk in holding a black bag. I decided to walk down the stairs, but she didn't notice me.

"Hey Cena", I called out to her.

She turned around showing a bitchy expression.

"What do you want?", she said sounding annoyed.

"Tell me about Brian Reynolds", I asked her, and held up his photo.

"All I know is he was supposed to marry your mother", she said. She grabbed the photo, "From what my mother told me, it seems like he only wanted to marry so he could become the next Chief, he lost that chance once your mother disappeared", she stated.

"Do you think he took my sister?", I asked.

"Besides us not liking the nobility, he's the one  with the real gudge, it would definitely be him", she said looking at the photo.

(SAGE'S P.O.V)

It had became night time, and I could hear some of the guards  talking down the hall. I tried to listen to  what they were  saying but I couldn't hear them clearly enough to understand. I heard the door shut and wondered if someone left or if someone came in. Suddenly I heard footsteps approaching, I didn't know whether to stay by the bars or lay down. The pain in my body started to lessen  but I could tell I still had some bruising. 

I heard the footsteps getting closer and saw the man and woman from earlier. I felt a little relieved, I was glad it wasn't that stupid prince.

The man stood in front of the gate.

"Do you want to join us ?", he asked.

"Do you think I want to stay here?, I said tilting my head, "What a dumb question", I stated.

The woman laughed, " I like her", she said.

"Please take her with you?", I heard my mother say.

"Hey, I'm not leaving without you", I shouted, "you've been in here  long enough, Rosie and I need you now", I shouted again, I started tearing up.

She was silent for a while, the woman walked over in front of her room.

"Come with us", she said.

My mother hesitated for  a while.

"Okay", she said.

I felt relieved that she wasn't being so stubborn.

I heard the gates open, and that man stepped in.

"We need to hurry", he said reaching for my hand, "we knocked out the guards, I'm sure they should be waking up soon. 

I grabbed his hand and hopped out of the room holding on to him, mybright ankle was really bruised after being tied up.

After hopping out into the hall, I turned  around and finally saw my mother. She looked like an older version of Rosie, thick curly reddish hair and green eyes, she was small looking like she hadn't eaten properly for a while. Her arms were covered in scars, and it instantly broke my heart. I laid my head on her small shoulders and started to cry.

(ROSEMARY P.O.V)

After talking to Cena, I was positive that bastard Brian took my sister. While walking up the stairs to go find Yeshiva I heard one of the maids talking, she was saying that Yeshiva was getting ready to visit the people on the list. I immediately turned around and ran down the stairs. I was sure that Yeshiva wasn't going to let me come along. I snuck out while no one was around and climbed into the back of Yeshiva's truck. I saw that he had a blanket sticking out of his backpack from when we went hiking and covered myself with it.

"Yes, once I get there I will call you and follow up", I heard him talking while climbing into the truck. He started the truck and I felt that we were moving. A few minutes later, we came to a stop. I heard the truck door close, and Yeshiva phone started ringing.

"I don't see Brian's car", I heard Yeshiva say.

I couldn't hear who he was talking to.

I could hear  him walking around the truck opening the back seat door, it sounded like he took something out of the truck.

"Yes sir", he said, still talking on the phone.

I could hear that the phone was now on speaker. I moved the blanket that was covering me and started to peek around.

"is it done yet?", I heard  my grandfather's voice.

"not yet sir, I'm starting now", Yeshiva replied.

"Find my granddaughter", he said, sounding very angry on the phone, "Everyone on that list, burn down their houses", he said.

"Yes sir", Yeshiva said.

Yeshiva started walking around Brian's house pouring gas everywhere, he then lit a cigarette taking a puff before throwing  it into the gas. The house immediately started going up in flames. Yeshiva walked back to the truck and started it up, as he started to drive off, all I could hear was the people inside screaming.