The adventures of Tintin, Malory and Snowy.

Land of the Black Gold. (3)

Prince Abdullah be Mohammed Ezab

Malory POV:

"An underground fortress!" Tintin mumbled quietly as we inspected the long cave with railroad in the center and niches on the sides which we entered.

"We better be careful. Hard to believe that Müller left Abdullah with no guard-"

"ACHOO!" I jumped before switching a horrified look with Tintin in disbelief at how he simply just blew our cover.

"Master? Is that you?" Loud gasps escaped our mouths at the sight of an armed guard stepping out from one of the niches. Luckily he didn't turn to us yet, giving me enough time to shove Tintin and myself out of sight, "Master?"

"You wrong timely sneeze again and I'll shoot you myself!" I whisper-yelled at my boyfriend while my hand kept clamping his nose and covering his mouth in case he'll get the said bright idea again.

His eyes semi-squinted like they do when he smiles and a glint in his eyes showed me he was sorry.

"That's odd." The click of a gun's safety being released was heard along with the voice before footsteps started approaching us.

"Keep your breath in and give me the gun. I'll handle it." I whispered to Tintin who obliged.

Once the guard came to my sight, I didn't waste a second to even let him be surprised at should he have found us and placed the barrel of the gun on his shoulder.

"Don't move and don't make a sound or else." I warned before taking his weapon.

"Brilliant Malory!" Tintin gushed, stepping out after me.

"Thanks." I breathed out while handing him the gun, "But seriously, stop letting me take charge, will you?"

"Now, you're going to take us to see the Emir's son." Tintin ordered the guard as we both held him hostage.

He took us back to where he came from, which actually was an open space with a locked door across us, using his keys, he unlocked it and left the key in the hole.

"Step back from the door. Face the Wall and keep your hands up." Tintin ordered yet again and the guard did so.

"Prince Abdullah? We've come to take you home." I watched the guard while Tintin called out before opening the door.

The prince from the portrait stood right at the entrance and didn't look interested.

"Don't want to go." He declared, making me turn my head to look at him in surprise with Tintin.

"Well! This could've been brought to our attention like yesterday." I managed to say before Abdullah took a siphon bottle and sprayed Tintin straight in the face.

"HEY!" Tintin called in protest and a small laugh escaped my mouth before I slapped a hand to muffle it, watching his now wet tuft sticking to his forehead.

Just then, the guard tried to be smart and jumped Tintin, wrestling for the gun.

"Great! A fight!" Abdullah then smiled, watching the scene and doing some punches himself with the hand that didn't hold the bottle.

"Sorry Hun, but I can't have my partner both sprayed with water and punched in five minutes." I quickly apologized before kicking the man in the ribs, making him lose focus and giving Tintin a chance to elbow him in the jaw, knocking him down.

"Let's go, Abdullah!" Tintin called, rising to his feet.

"No!" Abdullah replied before rushing back into his room, grabbing the key in the process and then slamming it in our faces, locking himself in.