Chapter 19-Smoke in the Air 2

Chapter 19- Smoke in the air (2)

(YESHIVA'S P.O.V)

After finding out Sage was kidnapped, I immediately informed the Chief. I was scared shitless, once I heard his voice. I had no idea he would cherish them this much.

"Chief, I have something to report", I said

Even hearing him breathe over the phone made me nervous.

"Yeshiva, I'm currently busy at the moment, what is it?", he asked.

"Umm sir,"I felt the words stuck in my throat.

"What is it?" he shouted on the phone, I had to move the phone away from my ear

"Chief, Sage is missing", I said, feeling like my heart was going to explode.

I could hear him drop something on the other side of the line.

"What the fuck you mean Sage is missing?", he shouted in my ear again.

"Everyone wanted to go hiking, and Sage wasn't feeling well, she decided to stay in the mansion and rest, when we got back , Rosie start screaming and we all ran to the room, Sage was gone and the room had traces of blood" I said,

"Yeshiva", he said in a calm voice. He's scary when he's calm

"Yes Chief", I said.

"If you don't find my granddaughter by the time I get back", I gulped nervously, "I'm going to kill your whole family", he said and hung up the phone.

I stood there stunned, not because I was afraid, but because he killed many clan members, relative or not when Natalie disappeared.

I scratched my head trying to figure out where to start. I decided to get out of my truck and go check on how Rosemary was doing. I walked inside and saw Na'mah standing with a folder in her hand, flipping through pages.

"Na'mah", I called out to her.

She raised her head and gestured for me to come over. I walked towards her and she handed me a photo. I looked down at the photo and saw it was Brian Reynolds.

"Brian?", I asked curiously.

"I think he's the one who took Sage", she said with a serious look on her face.

"It's possible, he did seem pretty pissed at the meeting, and the Chief did throw him out", I said.

"And another thing", she said while showing me another photo.

"What's this?", I looked at the photo but it wasn't clear enough.

"That's Carla, Brian's daughter", Na'mah said.

"You think she's involved?", I asked.

"One of the maids said they saw her in a maid uniform, at first she didn't realize who it was because we have a lot of new maids, but she later noticed it was Carla", she said.

"Well her specialty is Disguising", I said.

Na'mah nodded her head.

"I have to inform the Chief", I said, pulling out my phone.

I dialed the number and heard it ringing. He answered a second later.

"If you're calling again, does it mean you found something", he said.

"Chief, Na'mah and I, believe Brian is the one who took Sage '', I said.

He was silent for a second, and I instantly started sweating.

"Kill him and his whole Family", he said, and hung up the phone.

Na'mah looked at me and shrugged her shoulders.

"Go", she said.

"What if Brian isn't home", I asked

"If he's not, his family's burnt bodies will be his warning", she said, "Now Go", she said, pushing me forward.

I nodded my head and walked towards my truck.

I drove for about four miles up to the town's store, and parked outside the gas station. I grabbed two gas containers from the back of my truck. I filled the containers up with gas and bought a pack of cigarettes. Walking back to the truck I ran into my brother Jemas.

"Where are you headed?"he asked me, looking at the containers in my hand.

"important mission", I said.

"Is this about that girl that went missing?", he asked.

"You mean Sage", I said while loading up the truck.

He lit up a cigarette, and looked at me.

"Why are you helping them, you know we hate royals" he said blowing the smoke towards my face.

"It doesn't change the fact that they also belong to the Henrico Clan, after all their mother is Natalie", I said, getting annoyed.

He flicked his cigarette and looked to be deep in thought.

"Need help?", he asked.

I was surprised, he never liked doing any type of job with me.

"You help me?", I said questioning him, still surprised, "Fine, but right now I have something to do", I said while getting ready to get inside my truck.

He nodded his head and walked towards his car. I pulled my phone out of my pocket to see the time it was 10:30pm. I learned from Na'mah that Carla usually shows up at home around this time. I pulled off out of the parking lot.

30 minutes later, I parked a couple meters in front Brian's home and noticed his car wasn't there. I noticed Brian's wife and Carla's car was in the driveway and started walking around the house pouring gas all over the place. I lit two cigarettes and tossed it into the gas. The fire immediately started to spread. I walked back towards my truck and threw the containers in the back. I hopped into my truck and started to drive off. While pulling off my phone started to ring. I looked at the phone and saw a number that wasn't saved.

"Hello", I answered.

"Where the fuck is my daughter?" I heard Peyton's voice.

(ROSEMARY P.O.V)

Yeshiva started driving off, and I started to hear screams coming from inside of the house, it was terrifying. I placed the cover back on top of me, and contemplated on how I was going to get out of this truck without him noticing. I was glad it was dark, because it seemed like he didn't notice the blanket had been moved.

A couple minutes had gone by, and I felt the truck had stopped moving. I moved the blanket out of my face so I could look up and peek around. As soon as I removed the cover, I heard tapping on the side of the truck.

"Did you really think I didn't notice you laying there?", I heard Yeshiva asked.

I was caught red-handed, I pulled the blanket completely off of me.

"How did you notice, it's dark outside", I asked, reaching my hand out.

"I've been a mercenary since I was 16 years old, my eyes are trained to see in the dark", he said, grabbing my hand and lifting me up.

"So what now?", I asked.

Yeshiva picked me up and placed me down on the ground.

"I informed the Chief, and Peyton just called me seriously pissed off", he said, acting like he was shivering.

"We need to find Brian", he said.

"Teach me", I said in a serious tone.

"Teach you what?"he asked, looking down at me.

"Teach me how to become a mercenary, I'm going to find my sister whether you like it or not", I said with determination.

Yeshiva looked at me for a second, and nodded his head.

"Are you prepared?"he asked, looking at me with a serious expression.

"Anything to get my sister back", I said looking up at him.

"Training starts at sunrise", he said. And grabbed my hand again. He walked me to the door

"Go get some rest, I need to go speak with Na'mah?", he said, kissing me on the forehead.

I nodded my head, went inside and walked up the stairs, to the room.

It was lonely without Sage being here.

(SAGE P.O.V)

I was still crying like a baby while hugging my mother's small frame.

"We need to hurry", the woman said.

Mom and I nodded our heads and followed behind them. The man and woman helped support us while we walked up the stairs.

"You never told me your name", I said to the man.

"Sylvester Synovial", he said

"Where are we going?", I asked.

"For now let's worry about getting out of the palace ", he stated.

I nodded my head.

After walking up the stairs, the woman walked in front of a large painting, she lifted it up and took it down off the wall, behind it was a small stone made door, it was completely hidden, you wouldn't have known it was there. The woman slid the door to the left.

"We can use this tunnel to get out of the palace", she said.

We climbed inside one by one.

"How do you two know about this?", I asked.

"When we were younger...", he started to say, but was interrupted by a loud siren.

"Shit we need to hurry, they found out", the woman said.

We crawled inside of the narrow path, it was dark and all I could do was feel the concrete up against my body.

"Don't panic and keep moving forward", the woman said.

"How far do we have to crawl?", I asked.

"The tunnel runs in between the dungeon and the palace training ground for the royal knights", Sylvester said.

We continued to crawl, I was starting to lose strength in my arms.

"Can I rest for a while?", I asked while trying to regain my strength.

"Hmm we have about another mile to travel" Sylvester said, "I'll give you a 5 minute break then we have to continue without stopping", he continued on saying.

I put my arms down and laid flat on the hard surface catching my breath, I was so exhausted.

(PEYTON'S P.O.V)

After arriving in the Synovial region, Masiro, Massey and I were on our way to meet up with one of the Knights guarding Prince Moises. We pulled up into a checkpoint. The guards staying there came forward walking around the truck we were in.

Masiro sat in the driver seat and handed the guard a gold tag, I didn't know what was on it. The guard nodded his head as opened the gate. Masiro started driving and the gate behind us started to close.

"What did you show him?", I asked curiously.

"It's a mercenary tag", he said, "high ranking mercenaries can travel anywhere if you know the right people", he said.

I looked at my phone and received a message from one of the former Knights.

"Be careful, I heard rumors of an ambush coming", he said in the text.

"Hey masiro, I got text saying something about an ambush", I said to him

"Any coordinates" , he asked.

"Not yet", I said.

"Let's hurry", he said and started speeding up.

Two hours later, we arrived in front of a medium size building, surrounded by a couple of guards. It was secluded and there was a big forest around it. One of the guards walked up to the truck, holding up a rifle. He looked familiar and I noticed it was Dell, one of the former Knights.

I opened the door and got out of the truck so he could see it was me.

"Marianna", he said, slowing the rifle down to his side.

"How's Prince Moises?"I asked, full of concern.

"He's asleep, stable for now", he said.

He gestured for the rest to get out of the truck. His open became wide when he saw Masiro.

"Masiro Henrico", he said in a shocking tone. "Why are you here?"he asked.

Masiro stepped out of the truck, and shut the door.

"Because your prince is the father of my granddaughters", he said without hesitation.

Dell was taken aback. "Wait, Natalie is your daughter?", he said, sounding surprised.

"Yes", Masiro said, nodding his head.

"Holy shit", Dell said looking to be in disbelief.

Another guard came out of the building to call Dell.

"Dell sir, Prince Moises is awake", he said bowing.

Dell gestured his head for us to follow behind him. We entered the building, it was quite big inside to say it liked small outside of it. We walked to a room that was full of medical equipment. Prince Moises, was sitting up and one of the guards was giving him food. Massey stood by the door while Masiro and I walked in. Prince Moises turned his head towards me. Sage looked just like him. His long brownish hair and gray eyes, he still had a somewhat muscular frame but was a little skinny due to his time being in a coma. I bowed my head to him.

"Come", he said in a weak but deep voice.

I walked up to his bed and got on one knee, showing my respect.

"Who is that next to you?", he said.

I looked behind me and Masiro walked up.

"I'm Masiro Henrico, Natalie's father", he said standing up looking down at him.

Prince Moises started to tear up and wiped his face.

"Natalie", he mumbled, "My babies, where are my daughters", he said, wiping his face as the tears fell.

Masiro's face relaxed for a moment.

"They're safe, they're at the Henrico Clans Mansion", he said.

Prince Moises looked up at Masiro, "I tried to rescue Natalie after she was taken, I remember being ambushed after that my memories are hazy" he said, trying to sit up.

Masiro placed his hand on Prince Moises shoulder.

"Marianna told me your father King Lincoln is after my granddaughters", he said looking at him looking directly in his eyes, "I need you to get your ass up out of this bed and come with me", he said as he picked Prince Moises up out of the bed.

The guards all pulled out their guns and swords, I stood up and tried to calm down the situation.

"Masiro he can't move right now, he's still weak", I shouted at him.

Masiro ignored me pulling all the medical equipment loose while placing Prince Moises across his shoulders.

"How dare you disrespect Prince Moises", one of the guards pointed his gun at Masiro.

Masiro didn't flinch at all and looked the guard directly in the face, and then turned his head towards me.

" I don't give a shit if he can't move,I'll move him myself", he said and started walking in front of the guard holding the gun. I managed to calm the guard down.

"Masiro, he still needs medical attention", I said, trying to plead with him.

"He can get it in the Henrico Clan territory but his ass is coming with me", he said, still not backing down.

I sighed, knowing he wasn't going to back down.

Suddenly, Masiro phone started ringing. He looked at the phone and answered.

"Yeshiva what do you want, I'm busy at the moment", he said.

Masiro's face went from relaxed to full on rage. I was startled seeing how his face had changed.

"What the fuck you mean Sage is missing", he shouted.

Hearing that sage was missing, my heart sunk and I felt like I was about to lose all reasoning. Masiro rushed out the door holding Prince Moises on his shoulder. I followed behind him ready to head back to the territory. Masiro kicked up the door, and started walking out, i followed behind, and immediately we were surrounded by a group of men pointing guns at us.