Town of Enberch, Glacian Midlands (Saturday evening, Fandom Time)
Long before the notice was hammered onto the doors in town, the people on the other side were discussing the contents. It was no secret, they'd been warned it was coming. That didn't make the conversations about it any gentler
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She looked up as Dinah shouted. She didn't want to kidnap the Queen but it looked like their only option at this point. They couldn't take her inside with the rioters already trying to set the house on fire. Other buildings in town were also out, since where would be safe? Not only from rioters, but Momoko had no idea how many of the original, larger group of plotters would feel safe in attacking if they saw the Queen already in this condition.
Which only left... "Lord Swift!" she yelled across the lawn to the horse, currently engaged in battle of Craft. "Stay with Mark! Meet us at Camp!"
Another tug at the knots and she ran from her second Plotter to the Queen's side, scooping her gently up. "Lady? Lady? Can you hear me? We're from Lady Karla. You're in danger and we're taking you to our camp just outside of town. Can you tell your Court and have them meet us when they can?" Momoko was hovering in the air to give Dinah time to join them...
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"Yes," the Queen whispered in answer to Momoko's question. She concentrated a moment, then relaxing in pain. "I've told them. They're not happy. But they understand."
There were a lot of unhappy faces down there, Dinah sent, Are you injured? What happened? not wanting anyone trying to get to them to have the chance to overhear what was wrong.
*Moon-time*, she got back, with surprise and embarrassment mixed in. *Bruises and I think they wrenched my shoulder when they grabbed me, but I tried to hold them off, and now everything hurts....*
Ohhhhh. Damn. "Got it," Dinah said, squeezing Momoko's shoulder and passing along the information, in case she hadn't gotten that clearly.
To Momoko, she said, "I think maybe we need Raven."
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"I reported in earlier, so it won't be a total surprise to them," Momoko nodded making sure to keep her hold gentle. "I'll stay with you guys at camp and then head back into town once Raven arrives."
"Lord Swift told me you guys were there basically by accident, but the Lady was also being targeted by some of the citizens." Momoko concentrated and let Dinah have access to what she remembered having led her to the Manor. "I want to go back and make sure they get held separately from the rest of the townsfolk."
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"Maybe taking the Queen-- I'm sorry, I didn't hear your name," Dinah apologized to the woman. "Taking her out of there will get the riot to calm down a little. Maybe."
"Oxsana," she whispered, then said, "My Consort..." Her face crumpled. "I don't know if he's alive."
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"He is, Lady." Or, had been. "He was able to send a mass message to your household that you had been taken. I sent one of your men to help him if he was injured."
They were going at a fast enough speed that catching glimpses of the town were hopefully difficult, since the last thing the Queen needed was to worry about that as well, and soon they were outside the town and heading towards the hill that was keeping the Commandos' camp hidden just out of sight of the town.
As they flew, Momoko noticed a plume of smoke... in the direction they were heading.
Dinah?! I'm seeing smoke coming from the camp. We may have trouble. I'm going to come in fast and swoop through to see what's there before actually landing. If there's trouble, let me know before you jump?
Hopefully Dinah caught all of that because there wasn't time to repeat it before Momoko was grunting a soft, "Hang on, Lady Oxsana. I won't let you be harmed." and then speeding up the hill and rushing into the camp they'd left EMPTY behind them earlier that day.
There was screaming as she zoomed through the center of the camp, not . Children of various ages were sent scrambling, crying, away from her, many tumbling to the ground as they tried to get away.
"HEY! It's okay! I Promise! Everyone just sit down!" Ulrich's voice rang out as Momoko hit the edge of the camp and finally registered that the smoke she'd seen was the campfire and the 'enemies' in their camp were actually.... "Children! It's Lady Momoko! Don't be afraid!"
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