Chapter 4

Part of the way down Heero realized that the ladder ended.

"Guys, stay put for a second," Heero stated. He let go of the ladder and dropped a ways down. When he finally hit the ground he called up for the others to join him. One-by-one they landed with a soft ‘thump.’ They waited a couple minutes to let their eyes adjust to the dark before continuing their search.

When their eyes were adjusted they headed down the hallway. Halfway down the hallway there was a door on the right. Heero pulled out his handgun and the others followed his lead. As soon as the boys were ready Heero opened the door pointing the gun inside in case there were any unwanted confrontations. They inched their way inside and finding a light switch Heero turned the lights on.

"Ahhh…" the strange creature inside screamed.

"Shut up and we won’t hurt you," Heero hissed. The creature quieted down. "We would like to know where the girls are."

"W-what girls?" the creature said trembling.

"Relena, Hilde, Catherine, Dorothy, and Sally," Heero replied.

"Oh those poor girls. They were so nice when they came in to get their dresses and hair done," the creature responded.

"What happened to them?" Duo asked.

"They were put under a spell by the princes. This makes the girls seem to be in love with the princes," the goblin said.

"I there a way to break the spell?" Trowa asked.

"Yes. The spell is broken by true love. Until the girls meet their loves they will be under the spell of their prince. Of course there is the problem with the wedding."

"What would that problem be?" Wufei asked.

"Well, when the princes are allowed to kiss the bride, if they do, the girls are forever under the spell of the princes. If this does happen then the only way to break the spell is by killing the princes."

"Well, thank you for the information," Quatre said. "By the way who are you?"

"My name is Diana and I am a goblin. Well, you better go take care of yourselves and those girls. The wedding is going to happen soon down the hallway in a room on the left. Be careful it will most likely be heavily guarded."

"Thanks again," Duo said as he headed out the door with the others. Once outside the room the boys walked down the hallway silently with their guns drawn.

At the end of the hallway the boys found a door on the left. Heero carefully opened the door just wide enough for him to slip inside. The others followed silently after him.

Inside the boys hid behind a pew in the back. After waiting a few minutes the boys heard the wedding march. The girls started down the aisle each holding hands with a guy.

"They must be the princes," Duo mumbled. He did not like other guys being so close to his Hilde, and he especially did not like another guy holding hands with her.

"Well, I say we speed up to the ‘I do’ part," Michael said impatiently.

"Why so they always have to speed things up?" Duo asked sarcastically. "Let’s go kick some butt."

"Maybe we shouldn’t fight them, perhaps there is another way to get the girls with out having to kill so many things," Quatre said after spotting all the goblins surrounding the wedding procession. His gaze fell upon Catherine. ‘She looks lovely, but she would look so much better without those hideous bruises…bruises?!?’ Quatre thought. Then he said out loud, "What the hell!" The guys followed his gaze and saw the bruises on Catherine’s face. "Let’s go kick some goblin asses!"

"That I believe is the most I have ever heard him swear. I think he might be slightly pissed," Duo muttered and the others nodded in agreement.