Containment Of Secrets

Chapter 34

(Mallory's point of view)

 We make our way back through the woods back toward the warehouse. It seemed just as vacant as it was when we arrived. It did not take us long to get the doors unlocked. Once inside, we search all over the place for signs of Tennille.

A mildew scent clings to the air, as water drips from every nook and cranny. Moss has grown on the walls and some walls have given way by the sole reason of termites eating away. Rats squeak along the floors of the old warehouse and pipes above our heads, groan and creak when a current comes through.

 "Tennille!" I call out, as I shine my flashlight around, but there is no answer.

"I did not find Tennille, but I can definitely confirm signs of their meetings here." Braxton states a few feet away from me. I walk over to him as I see him standing in the middle of a circle that was formed by chairs. There stood a podium in the center where Braxton stood. He shined a flashlight down on papers that lays on the podium with different documents.

"I got something even better; their motto is over here on the wall." Hazel gestures toward the wall. I walk over, looking at the motto painted onto the chipped-up wall.

"We have got to get reinforcements out here now." Thane informs.

The sound of a machine can be heard as a flatscreen tv lowers itself from the ceiling. The tv turns on as someone dressed in plague doctor attire sits behind a desk talking in a distorted voice. The individual claps their two gloved hands together.

"Well, well, well. Welcome to one of our many meeting spots. I hope you have made yourselves at home, detectives. It seems like you did for the most part. But I know why you are there, just a tip. She's not there." The camera pans over to a group of others dressed in the same attire as the speaker stands around an individual who is stoic.

The camera quickly zooms in on her face which I quickly make it out to be Tennille. Her face wears bruises all over it as she looks into the camera. She then looks up toward all the individuals around her before saying, "You'll never take me alive you bastards." A gloved hand comes down across her face, as she goes unconscious and slumps over.

The camera pans back over to the original speaker, "Choose your next move wisely, for we are watching." The tv shuts off, ascending back into the ceiling.

"We have to know their next move." Braxton informs us.

"Their next move would be to kill her." Hazel replies.

"Not necessarily, he will want to show her off for some time just to show the world his 'trophy' he has obtained. We do have time; just how much is the real question." I reply.

"Mallory's right. We need to go back to the palace and gather up everything we have. We need to find a way to put a stop to this once and for all." Braxton replies.

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"Tonight, on the ten o' clock news. It has been days since the disappearance of Queen Tennille Decker. She was last seen on the night of the theater shooting where countless others had tragically died." The news anchor, reports.

 Michael and I sit in the sitting room as we watch the news. He turns off the tv, running a hand over his face. He looks back up at me, "Any luck?"

"Yes, but I don't have anything on Tennille to report."

"I can't keep wondering what has become of her. If nothing shows here soon, I'll be going out into the night looking for her myself."

"His Majesty has already tried to sneak out a few times in search of his beloved." One of the kitchen staff chimes in, as she comes to collect our dishes from the coffee table.