The Graveyard Kingdom [*ON HIATUS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE*]

Chapter 27: Spying

Ashlyn groaned, trying to push Tyler off of her. "Tyler—TYLER I SWEAR TO GOD IF YOU DONT GET OFF—"

"I'm trying woman!" Tyler snapped. He sat up, the people on top of him shifting but not getting off. "God can you all—"

"Tyler?!" Taylor said excitedly. Tyler's eyes widened in relief. "Ashlyn too?!"

"Taylor!" Tyler sighed. "Are you ok?!"

"Physically no. Mentally hell no." Taylor responded. "But anyways how did you guys get out?!"

"We just walked out.." Ashlyn mumbled.

Aiden cackled. "Seriously? We had to fight a whole bunch of guards and stuff!"

Ben nodded. Logan groaned.

"Look, as much as I love you guys, can you please—GET OFF!" Logan yelled. He was sandwiched in between them all. "Some of us have INJURIES!"

"That's all of us Logan!" Taylor snapped.

"JUST GET OFF PLEASE!"

Ben got off, helping the others up. Logan groaned, holding his ribs. Ashlyn grumbled, rubbing her temples. "Jesus Christ..."

Tyler nodded in agreement. Taylor sighed. She looked around, eyebrow raised. "Hey...where's Alex?"

Ashlyn's eyebrows shot up. "Alex?"

Aiden nodded. "He pretended to be on the enemy side but then helped me and Ben escape."

"And he patched us up a bit too!" Taylor pointed to her now bandaged head.

"Too bad the pain killers aren't available.." Logan muttered.

Ben nodded in agreement. He could kill for some pain killers right now. Ashlyn groaned, putting her head on Logan's shoulder.
"What are we supposed to do now?" She asked, groggy.

"Don't you have an idea?" Aiden asked.

Ashlyn glared at him. "Apologies, your majesty. But it might take me more than five minutes and a traumatic brain injury to come up with a plan."

Aiden shut up. Ben, very gently, looked at the cut on Ashlyn's head. It was bad—and deep. Ben winced in sympathy.

Ashlyn looked up at him, humming. "I've had worse."

Ben gulped. Well that wasn't comforting at all.

Ashlyn suddenly snapped her head up. She took an ear plug out. "...someone's coming!"

Tyler cursed, grabbing Taylor by her shoulder and ducking out of sight behind one of the statues. Logan grabbed Ashlyn and yanked her into a different room. Ben hid (very poorly) behind a statue. Aiden climbed up the statue and onto one of the chandeliers. It wobbled, definitely unstable.

The man Taylor and Logan had seen earlier walked the halls with a woman. She had black hair and green eyes. Ben recognized her immediately. Jasmine right? The woman who took her and Aiden!

Maverick cleared his throat. "...So Jasmine." His voice sent shudders down Ashlyn's spine. "You mean to tell me that you lost them?"

"A minor misdemeanor Rick." Jasmine shrugged. "They're injured anyways so it's not like they could get very far."

"And yet you haven't found them yet." Mavericks words were sharp and he glared at her.

Jasmine hummed, pursing her lips. "Oh don't worry. We'll find them. Those commoners that we put in comas are being wheeled in. I'm sure they'll be looking for their little friends there."

"And the girl?"

"Locked up with the angry one. Don't worry, you'll get your plan together soon enough."

Mavericks shoulders tensed. "...let's hope. We need to put this dreaded world to rest. They need a proper leader. A proper world—"

The chandelier swung. Aiden cursed, trying to stay completely still. It didn't work though.

The chandelier snapped.

CRASH!

(A/N: WASSUP :D)