The Power Of Love Part 8 (pg) Preferring not to leave her Vincent alone with the two men, Catherine quickly grabbed her bag and returned to the cavern. "Here we go Vincent I decided to get what we needed here." "You did not want to leave me alone in case they woke up did you my love?" "Nope� we had the upper hand before; the element of surprise." I didn't want to take any chances sweetheart." "I just got you back and we have a future to fulfill together." Vincent smiled at her love and courage a monentknowing he would do the same for her. "Yes we do" and he smiled at his lady love. "Now let me see what we have here looking in her bag." "Here they are, rope and tape" and she handed them to Vincent. He separated the two men tying their hands behind their backs. Leaning their backs against the damp cavern wall he processed to tie their feet together. Catherine taped their mouths and the lovers worked together side by side as it was meant to be. As soon as they stepped back to admire their handiwork, one of the men started to stir and moan beneath the tape. Opening his eyes he woke up and instead of seeing his partner in crime, he saw the menacing being before him and tried to scramble away. He couldn�t. His rush of movements woke the other one. He too woke to find Vincent glaring at him as well. "So you two decided to wake up?" "We have a lot of questions for both of you." Than Catherine stepped into their view, "yes we have lots of them." The men were stunned by Catherine's beauty a moment. Both were entranced by her beauty. They thought she was the prettiest woman they ever saw but the determined look in eyes so like her mate's made them quickly recover. "I guess you were looking for me wondering how I got away?' "Well the lovely lady here pulling Catherine close to his side, not only outsmarted both of you she saved my life." "Now you are going to answer some questions for us." "First are my family members alive? Vincent waited a few minutes for them to answer. When they didn't he asked "Cat got you tongue" and chuckled a moment. Serious again "what happened to my family?" He heard there muffled sounds through the tape. "Oh I forgot " with one clawed hand he snatched the tape off three mouths. They yelped in pain a moment. "Now tell us everything?" "Well most of your family is deep in the catacombs somewhere." "Paraculeus did not kill any of the ones he kept Below as far as we know." "They are alive and probably in better shape than you were." "Especially what was his name, addressing the other guy, Jacob he called him Jacob." "He said he needed him alive he wanted him to see how it felt when he had lost everything so many years ago." "There was a woman named Mary who I think the boss kinda liked." "He said she could stay with that Jacob guy." "The cook was spared he has been feeding us." "There were two younger ones that escaped." "Yea commented the other." "A young woman and a young man.� "The young man, he was kinda behind you know what I mean." " The female was a pretty young thing." "She wore a ponytail and was quite accurate with a crossbow," gently rubbing his shoulder. "That's how they got away." Vincent commented to Catherine "Mouse and Jamie." "What about the children?" " About a year ago the boss sent most of the little ones above to live in those homeless shelters for kids." "The older ones he kept as workers." "You know to clean for him, do laundry, tunnel repair things like that." "That's all we can tell you." Catherine spoke next, "not exactly." "How many men does Paracelus have?" "There are ten of us. Including the boss and Ms. Megan." When Catherine spoke again Vincent heard the anger in her voice, "And where is Megan? "I have a score to settle with that bitch." "Catherine said Vincent." "I am sorry but that is exactly what she is." "A lying, conniving heartless *** "Oh wait till I get my hands on her." "Now where is she?" "We left her in the room where you found Vincent." "She is furious that he got away." "The witch gave us two choices face her dad's wrath which we have before and they winced at the thought, or if we cannot find you one of us was gonna give her a child for ya." "That's when we left in search of you." "I have a question for you two said Catherine who and where is Megan�s mother?' "Her name was Mary." "She was orphaned and homeless at seventeen. Some helpers above asked if she could live Below. Paracelus found her lurching deep in the catacombs one day and held her prisoner. He thought she was a spy for your community. He used her body until she told him everything she knew that was nothing. When he finally released her hours later, her virginity was gone and she was sworn to secrecy or death. A month after that she found out she was carrying his child. She told the boss. He told her since she was 18 she had to go above. He would take care of them. The community let her go and never questioned her or knew why she left but the boss. He gave her false hope and never took care of them but always knew where they were. When Megan was ten her mother died of a drug overdose and she came Below where she met her father two years later. He told her never come see him again and to go above at 18 but never tell anyone they ever met. "Do you know what happened to her husband and child asked Catherine? "Yes, we heard her arguing with her dad one day about it. "You see her dad kept tabs on her above. She secretly met him from time to time. He told her had plans for her when the time was right. It was the day she lost her family." "Tell us what happened asked Vincent?" "She met her dad he gave her a secret drug, a powder he was working on, the one he was giving you and they proceeded to tell them the story." "When they were done they said from that day on her mind was never the same." "She gets more and more evil as the days go by. "We have heard enough said Vincent silencing them. "Now tell us how far Below is Paracelus?" "We don't know exactly but we can tell you which way to go." "As you know being here so long you get to know your way around the tunnels quite well." "What about his men?" " Most of them have post within a mile radius from his hideout to stop any intruders from getting to close." "They take shifts during the day." They usually switch around lunchtime.� "He keeps two with him at all times." "Vincent for what's its worth, we did not approve of the way the boss treated you and had us treat you." "The boss gave us no choice"." "We tried to defy him once and it almost cost us our lives.' "He is a very evil man, I believe he may be the devil himself." "He maybe indeed commented Vincent." He addressed Catherine than," can you pack us up I want to start looking for our family as soon as possible.?" "Give me five minutes" and she returned to the place that was once there home. Gathering all their things she took one last looked around. Despite the circumstances for which they had been there, she smiled a moment it was where their future began again than she left. When she returned she said "Vincent I am ready." "Let's reclaim our world." "What about us?" "You are coming with us." "We may need you." Vincent quickly untied their feet. Catherine retaped their mouths." We cannot have you giving us away can me now she stated. "Just remember said Vincent, I am not as I was before." "You try anything and I will not spare you." Understand." Both men nodded their heads. Good now lets go and the four of them left the cavern. Part 9 Shirley�s Fanfic Index |
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