My Kingdom

Chapter 26

Chapter 26 MK

Lady-In-Waiting Maddie's P.O.V.

"Keep moving!" Ryan says nudging me with his sword.

Ryan, and another man, are dragging Bridget and I through the palace. I keep on tripping on my torn dress, and every time Ryan threatens me. I know he can't kill me at the moment, the lady gave him instructions to keep us both alive until it is 'time'. I don't know what she's talking about, but at least I'm alive.

Ryan brings us into a dark room that looks like an abandoned library.

"I'll watch over them. Aaron, go fight. When it's time, I'll bring them out." Ryan says.

"Are you sure you can keep both of them?" The other guy, Aaron, asks.

"Yes, I'm sure." Ryan says coldly. Aaron leaves and Ryan ties our hands together. Then he puts two chairs back to back and ties us to those. He sits on an other chair and watches us holding his sword.

"Bridget?" I say leaning back.

"Yes?" She answers.

"If we die today," I say holding back tears. "Remember that you..." I stop when an ear-piecing scream.

"Maddie...." Bridget says.

"Shut up you two!" Ryan screams. "I don't need..."

"Ryan! We need you!" Some yells bursting through the doors. "We are losing."

"But the girls." Ryan answers.

"They are tied up, no one will get to them."

"Okay," Ryan says looking at us. "But if you two try to escape, I'll kill you both. And it won't be pleasant." Ryan turns and runs out.

I look around the room for any type of escape. Then I find a knife in the corner. "Bridget!"

"What?" She answers trying to look around to me.

"We need to get to the corner. There is a knife." I say. "Do you see it?"

"Yes," Bridget says straightening up. "We will have to scoot together to get over there."

"Okay, on the count of three, push." I pause. "One... Two... Three!" We both jump and make little progress.

"Again!" Bridget says. We count and jump until we finally reach it.

"I think I might be able to get it with my feet." Bridget says. She points her toes and scoots the knife closer and closer to us. Then she moves it on top of her foot and lifts. It starts to slip but I manage to grab it. I hold it in one hand, behind my back, and try to cut the rope. It takes a while but I finally cut it.

"I got it!" I say to Bridget. Then I cut the rope of my feet. Next I get Bridget out. We rush to the door.

Bridget turns the handle. "It's locked!"

I tug at it also. "Oh no!"

"There has to be another way." Bridget says looking around the room. "There's a window!" We both run over to it.

I open it and see a ledge not to far. "Jump to that ledge!" I tell to Bridget.

Bridget climbs out the window and jumps to the ledge. She lands on her feet. "Your turn."

I climb out on the ledge and I jump. I land hard on my feet and fall back to my butt.

"Come on!" Bridget yells dragging me into another room. It looks like a bedroom. We get to the door and run into the hallway.

"Get back here!" I hear someone yell from behind. We both turn around to see Ryan running at us. Then we both run.

I run as fast as I can trying to escape him. He gains on us, and Bridget and I don't know where we are going.

We turn a corner and it's a dead end. There is no where else to go. We have no chance of making it. We try a door, but it's locked. We are stuck.

"This is the end Princess." Ryan spits out at Bridget. "You ran, which was a bad idea, now I'm going to keep my promise. I'm going to kill you both. I don't care what Taylor says."

He steps closer to us and points his sword at Bridget. "Princess first." He smirks. He holds the sword at her.

"Ryan, what do you think you are doing?" A voice says from behind. It was the man who threw me in the dungeon. "You know you aren't allowed to kill her!"

"I'm sorry Tom, but it is going to happen anyways." Ryan answers backing away from Bridget. Tom, where have I heard that name before?

"Not anymore." Tom answers.

"What?" Ryan asks.

"That's right Ryan." Emily says walking around the corner. "The princess will no longer be harmed."

"You traitor!" Ryan yells at Tom.

"No, you're the traitor." Tom says stabbing his sword through Ryan. Bridget and I scream. Ryan's eyes widen and then he falls over, dead.

"Mom!" Bridget yells running to Emily. She throws her arms around Emily and hugs her. "I love you."

"I love you, too." Emily says hugging her back. When she lets go, Emily turns toward me. "You could have gotten yourself killed!" Emily scowls at me.

"I'm sorry, I didn't know what else to do." I say looking away.

"I'm just glad you're safe. We will talk about this later," Emily says. "For now, we have a war to fight."

We run through the palace and go outside. When we get to the battle field, I almost scream. People are lying dead everywhere, blood is everywhere, and people are still fighting.

"Oh my..." I say.

"Look who it is!" A female voice says behind us.

We all turn around. Then Emily says, "Taylor."