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"I did assess the whole situation and it ended up with someone getting kidnapped." Sierra said to Cassi crossing her arms over her chest slightly as she shook her head slightly, Jack was now missing and probably dead or something now at this point as well to for all she knew. She looked at Megan for a moment she didnt really say anything to her but she had a feeling that the woman was fuming because her brother was kidnapped. Lucky stuck its head out and looked up at Megan for a moment and licked her hand and barked happily looking up at her expecting some pets as well to.

Sierra watched as the guard continued to question the elderly woman, and really did want to help, but she knew that it would end up drawing attention to themselves which was something she didnt want the others to get or herself. "Thats good." Red said giving Rose a friendly smile as they started to get closer towards the city gates.

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In the corner of Colby's eye he would be able to notice a rather strange looking cat with odd markings following Colby in the distance and ocasionally hiding behind either people or some other obstacles that were close by. Layla rolled her eyes slightly at Cassi as she gave Sierra some advice on how to handle the situation. It was something that they probably werent prepared for really either. It was kind of a dumb move trying to do that on Sierra's part as well to.

A few seconds later the group would be at the outer edges of the city and getting closer towards the walls, Layla would notice the heightened security now after the prison break which was understandable after all. When a guard would approach Megan grabbing her by the arm to stop her. "What is your name and reason for leaving the city?" The guard asked her, as Merlin stopped and then approached the guard as he was about to speak, but the guard stopped Merlin from talking. "Please answer the question." The guard asked Megan as Layla and Sierra looked a bit worried.

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"Well I can't spoil the secret really where would the fun in that be?" Rumple asked smirking slightly as he took another drink and leaned back slightly as he looked at Jack and frowned slightly. "Well if you say no I can't protect you from her, but if you say yes I can easily keep you alive, maybe even Arthur's daughter if you say yes i'll protect you and her." Rumple offered, as he stood up slightly and stretched. "Are you hungry? I certainly am." Rumple said as he snapped his fingers and two plates of food appeared on the table one for him and one for Jack.

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They were almost out of Camelot and Megan was eager to press on. She didn't want anything to slow them down, so as luck would have it, she was signaled out for questioning by the guards. When they asked her for her name, all she could think of was the Tiffany problem in literature - that the name Tiffany was really common during the medieval era, but it seemed out of place and thus couldn't be used in stories set in that time period written by modern authors. "My name is Tiffany. I was here to watch the execution, but as it appears to be canceled, I'm returning home to my farm."

Perhaps it was her unsettling nature, but the guard didn't appear to buy it. In fact, he grabbed her by the arm and started trying to drag her away. Megan was forced to make a choice - go peacefully or make a mad dash for the exit of the city. But with her brother missing and Camelot's worst detectives on the case, Megan decided that drastic times required drastic measures. She used her self defense skills to break free of the guard's grip and she ran, not stopping until she was beyond the city walls.

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Maddie snapped back from his thoughts, his hand relaxing as he closed the gap between he and Colby and held his hand. He wasn't sure if now was the best time to come clean about how he was feeling, or if this was a moment for white lies to help them get by. He wanted to comfort Colby, but the words were caught in his throat as he simply shook his head yes. "Y-yeah. I'll be f-fine. N-no worries." He gripped Colbys hand tighter as they marched forward, head still low to keep out of sight. When Megan was suddenly grabbed and pulled by a guard, Matthew gasped, stopping in his tracks and bumping into Colbys shoulder a bit in shock. His eyes began to waver as anxiety took its hold. They began to water and he tried to think of an excuse of some way to get the guard to back off.

Merlin was immediately stopped before he could even start, and several ideas rushed through Maddie's head but each and every one got lodged into his throat. There was a soreness, a pain welling up as he could feel a lump in his throat and it wouldn't let him speak. He was scared stiff, and having flashbacks of when he was bullied. He wanted to be able to say he would stand up for others, he wanted to do the right thing, but all he could do was panic and it was time to figure out if he was in fight or flight. Before he even realised it his mind had already taken in the scenario and decided the guards would go after them next. Megan was gone, he didn't even see when, the world seemed to get so quiet and then suddenly his feet began to move. Maddie tried to run, he wanted to get away, but as soon as his feet moved he could feel the tug of Colbys hand. He ahd forgotten about everyone else, forgotten he was holding him, and he just stopped frozen in fear unsure of what to do next. But if Colby ran for it, then Maddie would instantly follow suit.

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Rose was exasperated. Mistakes had been made. It was too late to take them back. They could only try to act better in the future. But she knew perfectly well she would stand up to tyrants no matter how small she was in comparison to them. Not that she knew the political system that was in place here, but if there was this much drama over it, it had to go. Megan seemed like the type that if she got put in power would probably turn everything on its head, which could be a good thing.

This was no bar fight Rose could hope to break up by offering to comp a couple of beers and then have the bounce quietly walk the dudes out. She realized that her skills while great for wilderness were not great for navigating an essentially foreign land. She froze. Her mind only thinking to go for a Bolo punch, but her body didn't respond.

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Colby was distracted by the cat that caught his attention. The odd markings drew his attention first, and then that the cat seemed to appear randomly several times along their walk. Colby couldn't tell if the cat was actually following them or if it just happened to have a similar pathing. He was about to ask Maddie if he noticed the strange feline as well.

Unfortunately, their group was stopped by a guard. Why the guard picked on Megan over anyone else was beyond Colby. But that turned into her dashing for outside the city limits.

"You know that sore looks infected you should probably go see a healer about it." Colby said catching the guard's attention. He looked at Colby confused and Megan disappeared into the crowd and out the gates. He was grinning his silly half grin that Maddie knew usually meant Colby was doing something stupid.

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He had been somewhat hoping that his father would tell him what it was that Maleficent was up to, but he knew deep down that it wasn't very likely, and his father proved that he wasn't going to. Yeah getting any sort of info from him with regards to that was close to zero. Now the question is what to do with regards to his other statements. It didn't help that he wasn't sure if he trusted his father at all, actually based on everything he remembered about his father from his childhood, trusting him at all wasn't something he should do. He needed to be cautious with regards to this entire situation, and considering what situation he was stuck in, that might not exactly be very easy.

Then he started to explain somewhat more. Jack wasn't sure at the moment if even Merlin really knew why Maleficent was after them, or if he did know what she was planning he had been keeping it from them. It had only been mentioned that she was after them, and more or less had been proven, but that was it. His attention snapped back to what Rumple was saying about protecting him from Maleficent. His mind instantly was saying to tell him no, but it was the second part he said that made him hesitate. As far as he knew, Megan was the only daughter of someone named Arthur (that being King Arthur), so he was obviously talking about her. "...I don't know..." he did manage to say, but it was clear now that he was debating it a lot. "And no, not hungry or anything."

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Rosalia wasn't too sure about this entire situation. She never had been very comfortable around anyone in authority, just because she was a thief and had had several run ins with the law. Everyone else probably hadn't based on what she could tell from the group. Most of them seemed to be the goody goody type, either that or were flat out idiots, she was still sort of sorting them into groups. There were a few oddballs that didn't fit into either category (namely Megan seemingly and Taylor), so that was something. She was a little shocked when Megan took off out of the gate and out the gate of the city. Well things might have just gotten a bit more interesting.

She went somewhat to follow after her, when a guard caught her by the arm, and she turned to look at him for a moment, not saying or doing anything. Then, with a bit of wiggling, she managed to loosen the guard's grip on her arm. "Well this has been fun..." she commented with a bit of a shrug, "But I really need to get going, so... Bye!" she added before with one big yank of her arm she managed to break free entirely and took off ducking into the crowd and she didn't stop moving until she was outside of the gate.

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It didn’t take too long for one of the guards to stop someone in the group. Unfortunately it was Megan which Cassi didn’t estimate to be a good idea. Cassiopeia was fairly impressed when Megan got away and took off running, managing to get past all the other guards and not get stopped. Merlin hadn’t done anything, which seemed valid to protect everyone else. Cassi looked at Layla and nodded towards the gates before she started walking away.
Cassi slipped into the crowd, moving towards the gate but she got spotted. Whether it was the red hair or carrying a cat, Cassi wasn’t sure but she started to move faster before breaking into a light run. The guard continued to tail her but Cassi didn’t stop. She wasn’t much of a runner but she had stealth and tracking on her side. If she got separated, Cassi was confident she would find the others.

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After Megan escaped a guard, Willow saw Cassi slip away and then Rose get grabbed by a guard before taking off as well. Willow frowned, watching Merlin. Running off wasn’t a wise move in Willow’s opinion. They were better off together with the wizard. Willow shuffled closer to her friends, trying not to draw attention to themselves but with three members of their group just having run off, she wasn’t sure how well that would go.
Willow wanted to beg Merlin to do something but any public displays of magic could all get them into a serious amount of trouble; especially if Merlins’ magic didn’t work. She just hoped the rest of them stuck together but she was prepared to run as well. Willow knotted her hands into her skirt, lifting the hem off the ground a bit in preparation should running be required.

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Merlin silently started to curse to himself as some of the others quickly started to bolt off towards the main gate exposing everyone else right now, he started to chant a small spell as he ran towards the main gate as well. Sierra quickly bolted off towards the main gate as well to, her and the others managed to get out of the gate in time. Merlin used his magic and created a barrier to block off the guards from leaving the city. There were a few other guards who were outside as they continued to chase after the group, Red ran forward and managed to tackle a guard to the ground and stole his weapon, and knocked him out rather quickly.

Sierra managed to get a couple of feet before she was tackled to the ground by two of the guards, and started to struggle as they managed to tie her hands. Sierra continued to struggle against the bindings as the two guards started to haul her up, she started to look a bit worried as she was being dragged back towards the city.

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Layla managed to get out of the city gates as well to, as she turned around seeing Sierra getting tackled by two guards who were outside of the gates. Seeing the barrier that Merlin had made, Layla took out two of her throwing knives and threw it at the two guards both knives hitting their legs and causing them to let go of Sierra. Layla quickly ran forward and helped Sierra back up to her feet and used her knife to cut her hands free. "Hurry up." Layla told her as Sierra nodded and continued to run, the guards were limping now which was a good thing they needed to get away quickly.

Eventually the group entered the forest and the city was out of view now as well to, as Merlin looked around for the others he couldnt see some of them and started to worry abit and started to try and do a tracking spell to find the others. Hansel, Gretel and Red were close by as well to. Layla walked over towards her sister, glad to see that she was okay and gently patted her on the shoulder, while Sierra was rubbing her wrist slightly.

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Rumple gave a slight shrug as he grabbed himself some food and started to eat it, and went back and sat down across from Jack as he looked at his son for a moment. "Merlin probably won't be able to protect Megan for long either, it would be better if you have her here under my protection trust me." Rumple persisted, as he stood up slightly and stretched when he heard a knock on the door and groaned slightly as he stood up and made his way over towards the door. Seeing a guard was just outside and whispered to Rumple for a moment and looked back over at Jack. "I have a few things to do for Maleficent, you are welcome to walk around the place if you wish just don't leave the grounds." Rumple said to Jack as he left the room and closed the door behind him.

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Overall, it hadn't gone as horribly as she might have imagined. She had been the first one to bolt, as she knew that she didn't have time to sit around and wait for the guards to clear her (and she doubted they would, with the weapon she carried). She had been able to flee the city before the guards pursued, realizing only a bit later that others had dashed with her. A few guards had followed them, but one of the blonde girls had used some throwing knives to handle that situation, and it wasn't long until they were in the woods. Megan felt calmer in the woods. It was at least partially due to the smells - Camelot hadn't smelled fantastic.

Most everyone seemed to be accounted for - Megan honestly didn't remember the names and descriptions of everyone in the group, it was rather large. And right now, her memory was entirely focused on what had happened to Jack, trying to preserve every detail in a desperate gamble to increase the odds that her brother would be returned to them alive. "We can't afford to slow down. We need to find Jack before he's dismembered," she urged Merlin.

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Matthew stood there in silence as he could hear some semblance of sound coming out of Colby. He couldn't quite make out the words, the sound of blood rushing through his ears creating a sound so loud it seemed to take hold of everything else. He noticed the glance, that mischievous glare that Colby got when he had one of his ideas. But Matthew was still unsure on what to do, who to trust, and if Colbys plan would work out for them. Whydid she run? Why did she leave us like that? Open, vulnerable? Why couldn't she just- Maddie pulled himself out of his own thoughts, not wanting to go down that rabbit hole. His eyes caught something, a shape, a motion. What was it? When he was finally able to focus himself he realised that everyone else was now running. Merlin was running

There were words cresting Merlins lips, ones Maddie couldn't decipher. Was he asking them to run? To hold together? Was he casting a spell? Maddie decided that he didn't care. He didn't want to wait to find out how this story would end, he chose to make his own narrative and follow suit with the others. His legs followed one by one as his pace picked up, running faster and faster as his grip tightened on Colbys hand and wrist and he pulled him along. He was part cat after all, so he should be lithe, nimble, fast. He should be able to keep up. Matthew went into a full sprint before finally pulling himself and Colby through the guard gate, continuing past a line of trees before he finally skidded to a halt as he turned as saw Merlin lay down a barrier to keep the guards out. Maddie's grip softened, turning to face Colby as he just shook his head in disbelief and leaned against a tree.

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Punching was out of the question. Everyone was scattering and running for the city exit. She turned and ran too. Joining the others outside the city. "What happened there? How did they make us?" She asked. Rose looked around at the group. It felt right being back in the forest. Even if it wasn't her forest.

Another question for her mom. Where was their home? That cabin in the woods. She took a deep breath. "Megan is right though. We need to keep moving. I'm going to cover our tracks." She went back to where they entered the forest and started covering their tracks up to prevent the guards from following them.

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Everyone was running away. He didn't think his plan was quite working. Some of the guards were grabbing the others and it was getting messy. But then Maddie was pulling him and dragging him out of the city. Colby wasn't much of a runner. He preferred being slippery. He preferred not getting caught.

However, Maddie had pulled him out of the city and Merlin was saying some spell. He put his hands on his knees and was taking deep breaths. "Well, we should uh. Get out of here." Colby said between gulps of air. "Mind if we do that a bit slower though. I usually only run in P.E."

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Jack was not sure what to even think about this entire situation, since at the moment he was sort of stuck where he was. Though a part of him was contemplating what exactly it was that his father was saying to him, about being able to protect both him and Megan. Then again, there also was the voice of reason in the back of his mind saying hell no and to see about getting the hell out of there. At least his opportunity to explore came when his father left the room to go deal with something for Maleficent, something he wasn't too sure was a good thing. All it was good for was a distraction so that his father was no longer in the area.

Okay, after he had been gone for a few moments, Jack headed out of the room through the door and looked up and down the hallway. There were a lot of paintings of his father lining the walls, which was a bit weird, and off on the right there were guards by a door, to the left there was a set of stairs, and he decided to head that way. Once down, he entered a living room looking area and a bunch of servants were cleaning the room and what not. He saw a door that looked like it led outside, but like the door upstairs, it was guarded. Taking a deep breath, he decided to test his luck and headed for the door.

The two guards on either side had spears in hand and crossed them in an X shape in front of him, "Sorry we are under orders to keep you here."

Thinking for a moment, he figured out what he hoped were the right words to respond with, "I just want to take a step outside, you don't have to worry, I'm not exactly leaving. Just want some fresh air."

"Fine, but one guard will watch over you. You have five minutes then go back in."

"Alright..." he responded as they stepped aside and let him out the door. Once outside, he glanced around as he saw that everything was fenced off with brick walls, and a rather large gate. Yeah, there was no way he was going to get out of here easily, and he took a few steps away from the door, trying to think at this point of what to do.

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Let chaos reign clearly! Since there was nothing more that she could do, and personally she didn't regret taking off and leaving the other losers behind. For the most part, she only really cared about herself, and she watched out for herself above anyone else. Rosalia didn't really have anyone she actively cared for, only really being able to tolerate a few people in this hodge podge group of people. Then there was Colby the idiot. A part of her brain had contemplated shoving him into the guards before she took off running, but had decided against it since he had been doing a decent job of getting caught all on his own.

Everyone else seemed to be following along after them though, and she wondered what was going through Merlin's mind as they all ran for it since they were seemingly getting caught. Her first idea hadn't been to run, she had tried to sneak through the crowd first, but she ended up getting caught by the guards. That is the only reason why she had taken off running, and if someone asked she was going to point that out. She was remaining fairly silent though as Megan instantly decided to make a comment about her brother, and something about him getting dismembered which was beyond a bit odd, but hey, there were probably worse ways to end up dead that she could be thinking of aside from dismemberment.

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"Well everyone decided to run so that obviously would be why they would all see you and try and capture you." Gretel said rubbing the bridge of her nose slightly and sighed as she cracked her neck slightly. Hansel sighed and rolled his eyes towards his sister, as the two of them looked around there werent any guards right now as far as the two of them could tell. Sierra rubbed her arm slightly as she got some dust off of her looking over towards Merlin. "I agree lets get going." Sierra said she wanted to get as far away from the city as soon as possible to.

"It shouldnt be to far." Merlin said as he looked at everyone else and motioned for them all to follow him, Sierra nodded slightly as she stretched slightly and followed shortly behind Merlin again. Red remained pretty close to Rose as she looked around keeping alert on their surroundings. She didnt hear anyone or anything yet either from the city so it seemed like they were in the clear right now which was still good.

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Layla gave her sister a slight nudge and looked at her to see if she was alright or not, before looking at Merlin and nodded slightly the sooner they could get back to the tower the better. She made sure that she had enough throwing knives on her, since she had used one on the guard not to long ago to save Sierra. She followed shortly behind Merlin as well to, Lucky would poke his head out of Rosalia's bag and looked up at her and started to lick her hand and parked at her for attention clearly.

Merlin looked at Megan for a moment and shook his head, he didnt think that Rumple would actually do that to his son and knowing him he had something up his sleeve and probably wanted him alive. "I don't think he will do that to Jack, he most likely needs him for something or using him as leverage." Merlin informed her, as they reached the clearing and they all could see the tower again, Layla stared at it for a moment before making her way towards the door as Merlin went and opened it.

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Outside Jack would be able to see a lone servant tending to a small garden in front of the large building, she turned to look at Jack for a moment before quickly looking down. The guard behind Jack wasnt to far behind him either spear in hand, as he watched Jack like a hawk to make sure that he wouldnt do anything. Jack would start to feel a few small rain drops coming down as it started to lightly rain now, the guard looked around. "Don't take to long and don't do anything stupid either i'll have my eye on you." The guard warned Jack.

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Cassi ran, grateful that she made it out. She looked behind her, seeing Merlin running after her with the others but then she saw Sierra getting captured. Layla was close enough though and intervened. Cassiopeia sighed and looked at the others once they joined her. She grinned at Layla and nudged her back.
As they started walking through the woods, guard free, Cassiopeia looked into the cage to see a frazzled looking Artemis. Cassi laughed a little.
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Once Merlin broke into a run, Willow didn’t hesitate in running. She was athletic with her kickboxing but she knew she would be able to run long. Luckily they didn’t have to run through. Willow ran past the gate, missing all the guards. She stopped near the others, breathing heavily and when she looked back, she saw Sierra.
”No!” She took a step forward but Cassi held her back while her sister took over and saved Layla. Willow waited for the two of them to reach them before she went to Sierra.
”Are you okay?” She felt horrible for not having noticed her getting captured until it was nearly too late.
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Matthew rubbed the back of his neck, looking at Colby as he was panting and trying to speak between breathes of air. He didn't think it was such of a run, though when he stopped to think about it, his heart was racing and he could feel a bead of sweat forming on his forehead. Maddie looked back, seeing how much distance they had cleared before looking towards the others and then finally back at Colby. "Sorry, I wasn't thinking I just...I just had to get out of there." He let go of Colbys hand, rubbing his bicep as he looked at his tired friend...boyfriend? Oh gods what does he even call him now? Matthew leaned against the tree waiting for Colby to gather himself. "We can walk. That's fine, I just...I don't do well with abuse of power...bad memories, so...I had to get out of there..." His eyes were distant, staring past Colby, or anyone for that matter, as if to look into the past.

When he finally snapped back from it, Maddie placed a hand on Colbys' Jack, giving him a pet before gliding his hand onto Colbys face and looking at him longingly. "C'mon, let's go regroup with the others. I think I heard Merlin say we're close by, that and I'm sure Megan would sooner slice us in half with Excalibur and carry us then let us drag behind." Matthew began to walk back towards the others, his hand held out of Colby to grab it if he wished. The walk wasn't long, finally reaching the tower when Merlin asked Megan for something of Jacks. "Hopefully he left something behind in the tavern that we grabbed...right?" He wasn't sure how much Jack carried on him, what's more he didn't know if anyone bothered to vacate his room and snag his things.

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If looks could kill, Megan would've sent Colby to an early grave for his suggestion that they slow down - she wondered if he would have said the same if someone he cared about what in danger. No one else here had a reason to care about Jack. They cared more about people they had never met before than someone who had been journeying with them, someone who was real and mattered - their parents in this crazy fairytale world? Those were the strangers who they could slow down for. Jack was more important than them. Her intensity didn't decrease as Merlin explained that Rumplestiltskin likely needed Jack for something and would keep him alive. Knowing that Jack was alive wasn't good enough - she had to get her brother to safety.

When they made it to the tower and Merlin asked her if she had anything of Jack's, she froze for a moment. If that had been key to recovering Jack, why the hell did Merlin not say something when they had easy access to everything Jack had left at the inn?! Her mind briefly flashed with the thought of taking her sword and lopping off Merlin's head out of rage, but it was just an anger fantasy. "This," she then said, reaching into her bag and pulling out her keys. She then took one off the ring. "It's the key to the apartment Jack and I rent, so it belongs to both of us." She then handed the key over to Merlin.

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Rose didn't get winded easily. She was used to hiking, not running, but she was in good shape. When they got to the tower it did take her a minute to catch her breath even still. Maybe running would be good to add to her normal routine. A run in the woods would be nice, as long as she was on a trail that was safe without any tripping hazards.

At the tower when Merlin asked if Megan had anything of Jack's Rose was surprised Megan didn't murder Merlin right there, or Colby considering how much she seemed to hate him. Not that Rose didn't blame people for hating Colby. He made himself to be very punchable. "We'll get him back." Rose said reassuringly to Megan. She had faith in Merlin. He had kept the lot of them under his watchful eye for years.

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"No it's fine. Just winded." He smiled at Maddie's touch, and reached up brushing his fingers on his hand. "I didn't grab his stuff, but Megan might have. If she had the presence of mind for it." He wouldn't blame her if she didn't have it. He wouldn't have at the moment. If Maddie were kidnapped like that he'd be freaking out too. He ignored her glare.

Colby sighed heavily though as everyone took off in a run. He couldn't run, especially that far, but he jogged. Keeping his pace as even as possible. When they got to the tower he sat down leaning against it on the outside. He had had his fill of inside places. And though he knew Merlin had safeguards up, it felt right to keep an eye out on the road where anyone could just wander upon the tower. Hopefully, they wouldn't be going through the tunnels again.

His cat climbed off his shoulder and settled into the space between his chest and knees and starting purring. That was reassuring. It was like a reminder that things were real and not some weird dream.

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Jack glanced backwards at the guard who spoke to him with a bit of a sigh. These guys were so pushy weren't they? Clearly his father didn't want him leaving or anything, which wasn't too surprising he supposed, based on what he knew so far about the guy. Well, he might as well take what he could get and explore around outside for a little while before they yelled at him to go back in. Walking out a little ways away from the entrance, aside from the gate he was seeing if there might be any sort of thing aside from that that could be used as an exit. The only thing though that he found was a few loose bricks that could be pushed out. He'd come back to those later maybe, but now he figured he was going to get yelled at to go back inside, and so he turned around, and nodded his head at the guard, "Thanks" was all he said as he walked back in.

Okay, so the question is now what? The obvious thing at this point was to just go back inside and probably back up to that room and just lay around and wait. Oooooooor, he could see about going back to that room that was guarded upstairs, maybe he'll get some luck as to finding out what's behind there? It was better then sitting around doing nothing, and he headed back up and to the other room that was guarded. As was expected, when he walked towards the door the two guards on either side blocked it. "What's through there?" he asked them.

"None of your damn business, your dad doesn't want you in there, period."

""Well why not since it has to be important if you have to be stuck standing here all day."" he said with a bit of a shrug, these guards were definitely a bit more rude then the other ones.

"Like we said none of your business, now go away."

"Alright alright I get it," he said, before he walked away from the door, though now he was curious as to what exactly was behind the door that no one wanted him to really see.

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Rosalia was still remaining somewhat quiet during this entire trip. Though now she was wondering if anyone else was starting to get annoyed with Colby's antics, and from the looks of it Megan was. If she had the presence of mind to grab his things? Seriously who asks that at this point in time? Like, her brother just got kidnapped, she wants Merlin to track him, and Colby had to ask that sort of thing out loud? Seriously? He was just sort of digging his own grave at this point it seemed like with other people. Everyone was being told to rush out of the building, it wouldn't have been surprising if she hadn't, but why point that sort of thing out?

Speaking of Megan, the woman looked like she wanted to run someone through with her sword, and Merlin's words about her brother probably weren't very helpful either, or comforting. She wasn't sure if she'd prefer hearing that someone (if anyone) she actually cared about was potentially going to get killed, or be used as leverage against her. Both options weren't great, and she thought nothing of it anymore hopefully, with Meg handing over an apartment key, maybe that would be enough? Who knew really at this point. Rosalia just waited, watching Merlin move around and grab some things from the tower. At least maybe they can move on with this whole thing right? That would be nice, then maybe they could go back to the real world and forget all of this magic nonsense. That would be nice. She just watched to see what would happen, petting her dog on the head, just waiting some more.

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Sierra looked at Willow and smiled towards her and nodded. "I'm okay thank you." She said as she sat down in the chair feeling slightly winded still from all of the running and being tackled by some guards. She was actually scared and wondered what they would have done if they captured her she didnt really want to spend time trapped in a prison cell. Sierra looked at Megan for a moment as she pulled out a keyring and handed one of the keys to Merlin.

"This will do, thank you." Merlin said, he knew that they didnt have enough time to grab more of Jack's things back at Hansel and Gretel's tavern. Merlin turned to grab a few maps that were in a nearby shelf and blew some dust off of them it was a map of Camelot, and then spread it out he then grabbed a bit of string and wrapped it around the key making a pendulum of sorts. He started to chant some kind of spell again as the key swung randomly before he let go, as the key floated in the air and then pointed to what looked like a large house of some kind. "Its about a days walk away from here but he is there." Merlin said to Megan handing the key back to her.

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Layla looked over at her sister for a moment as she looked around her pack and shook her head slightly sighing slightly she didnt have any kind of water on her. "Nope i'm sorry sis." Layla said to her as she watched Merlin doing his spell, seeing that working and wondered how it even really worked. Taylor sat down next to Rosalia and gently started to pet Lucky on the head and looked at both Colby and Mathew for a moment she really wanted to prank the two of them right now.

"So are you okay?" Taylor asked Rosalia as Lucky started to nibble at Rosalia's hand somewhat and barked at her wanting attention clearly again. "So what now anyway?" Taylor asked Merlin she didnt like the idea of staying in a single area for to long now after what happened back at the pub in the city. "We go and get Jack out and bring him back here safely." Merlin said as he stood up, he knew that they needed to get him back as soon as possible. "If anyone wants to go feel free to come with." Merlin said to everyone.

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Rumple's Hideout:

A servant who was outside from earlier poked her head out from where the stairs were and waved to Jack to get his attention looking like she wanted to help him now but didnt say anything in fear of drawing attention to the guards. Before quickly heading down the stairs and headed into the kitchen area. Inside the kitchen there werent any guards as the woman went about cleaning up the table somewhat she was went back to cooking as well to.

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Cassiopeia sighed when her sister declared she had no water on her. When they made it into Merlin’s tower, Cassiopeia looked around for some water while Megan handed Merlin a key to do a tracking spell. Cassi found a sink of water and filled up a cup, sipping some water slowly before she offered the rest to her sister. Once the location of Jack was found Cassi flipped up the hood of her jacket.
”Let’s get going then,” Cassi said and looked to her sister before heading out with the group once again. A day’s journey wasn’t so bad, that is if Jack and Rumple stayed in the same place. It also gave them plenty of time to come up with a plan to get Jack out.

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”You sure? What was Rumpelstiltskin like?” Willow couldn’t help her curiosity. When Rumpel came to take Jack, she had been upstairs dealing with the birds breaking in through windows. All she knew of Rumpel was how he could spin straw into gold and tricked a girl into doing the task for her for small prices until finally demanding her first born.
Once they were inside Merlin’s tower, Willow took a moment to sit while Merlin did a spell to look for Jack. She watched the key sway back and forth until it floated, hovering over a spot that apparently meant the location of Jack. Merlin announced anyone could come and Willow didn’t imagine such an announcement was needed. Of course all of them would go, what other choices did they really have? Besides that, Jack was one of them and Rumpelstiltskin might be responsible for all their parents needing help as well.

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Maddie waited outside with Colby. Taking a seat next to him by the door as they waited for whatever it was they were needing to do there. He leaned against Colbys shoulder now that it had been free from his cat. Maddie's own feline following suit and curling up into his lap as they sat there. "What a wild day it's been so far." He looked past the treeline, keeping an eye out for any movement or sounds incase the guards gave chase, or worse Maleficent sent more goons to finish them off. As he spoke, Matthew absent-mindingly pet his cat, looking off and thinking about the situation they were in. "I really hope we can find Jack. I get why she's so upset, I don't know what I'd do of I lost you." Matthew turned his head, pressing a sweet kiss against Colbys cheek before resting back on his shoulder.

It appeared Megan had a key that belonged to both of them. From the sounds of it, Merlin said that would be good enough. Maddie lifted his head, poking it around the door to see what it was that they were all doing. He'd seen something like this before, using pendulums to scry over a map and find something. He'd assumed it a myth, but here it was happening before his very eyes. Maddie pulled out a book and pencils and tried to jot down the words that were being chanted, but the more he listened the more it sounded like garbled madness. He would've assumed he could at least get the phonetics of it, even if it was madness given who his father was. But anytime his pencil went to paper it refused to write anything of value, as if he couldn't comprehend the thought of them. Maddie frowned, putting his stuff away. "I was hoping to learn that scry spell. Incase we get separated somehow I could always find you." Maddie pulled out his deck of cards, giving Colby the King of Hearts. "Incase we ever get separated, you'll have something of me."