(Chapter by Mia-Zoe and IlluminatiSistersXOX)

HENRI

"Alexandrea, what are you doing out here?!" I barked.

"Mia!" Alexandrea cried, running over to Mia and hugging her once she got off of her horse.

"How did she even get out? I thought we closed the gates once we left yesterday!" Lucius whispered to Tiffany.

"She must've followed us out here," Tiffany guessed.

"Alexandrea, you're not supposed to be out here!" Mia exclaimed.

"I thought that you were...were..." Alexandrea trembled before her voice trailed off.

"Were what?"

"Dead. I thought you were dead."

Mia raised her eyebrows and asked, "Why would you think that?"

"I saw somebody kill you! He took out Michaela's daddy's sword and sneered 'sorry we couldn't be friends'. And then he killed you with the sword!" Alexandrea whimpered.

"The Dark Sword? He killed you with the Dark Sword?" Michaela asked Alexandrea in astonishment.

"Yeah, whatever you call the sword that your dad left the castle with," Alexandrea recalled.

"Left the castle?" Meghan repeated. "He wasn't supposed to leave the castle!"

"Okay, that means he's out here somewhere, and we have to find him before a titan does," I stated.

"Should Gina and I take Alexandrea back to the castle?" Lucius asked me.

"Definitely," I replied before turning to Alexandrea and saying, "Sorry, Alexandrea. It's just too dangerous for you to be out here."

"Then please don't let anything happen to Mia, Henri," Alexandrea weeped as she hopped onto a horse with Lucius and rode off with him and Gina.

"I won't," I thought.

"Ooh, are you in love, Henri?" Devon teased me.

"No! Shut up! We're on a serious mission, doing serious things, and acting serious for the sake of humanity!" I hissed, elbowing Devon hard. This didn't stop Devon from cracking up and saying, "Are you sure you don't love Mia?"

"SHUT UP!!" I hollered at Devon.

"Boys, quit arguing and pay attention! This is serious!" Wisteria snapped.

I turned to Devon and whispered with a devilish smirk on my face, "I told you so."

"Guys," Michaela gasped. "I think Alexandrea was right."

Michaela held out an indigo scarf with a tiny bloodstain on one of the edges. "My dad wearing this scarf before the expedition began," she commented.

"Was there always a tiny bloodstain on it?" Jared asked Michaela.

"No," she replied. "Which means that he's either dead, or we've been followed."

"Oh, you've been followed, alright!" A cold voice cackled. "But I'm the one who's been following you!"

"No...that can't be...Bill?!" Michaela shrieked.