When Cid finally found that someone was indeed following him, he had to think quick, as he obviously couldn’t go back to his new home.
His home was still a safe pce, a pce that no one knew about, and if it was a person following him, he had to go elsewhere!
But where?
He already had a fair idea upon who could be chasing him, but he also needed to go somewhere where he could also get help. There was only one pce in the capital that would provide him with help, but Cid was sure that they wouldn’t be home at this point and instead thought he might be best to get out of the capital instead…
It looked like there were a lot less people around on the streets, not only because it was getting dark, but also because many were probably still at the ball in the pace.
Getting out of the city walls, that surrounded the capital, Cid could only think of going to his father’s bcksmithing shop, not wanting to go anywhere else that might get the person that was following him know about what he’s been doing since leaving Leonard. That wasn’t the only reason, as…Uncle Ben and David also knew of this pce and if he were to get into any trouble, they might be able to come and help him…Most of the time he had pride and didn’t want to ask for help but, for some reason, he felt like he needed to go somewhere that both Leonard and Uncle Ben knew of…Just in case…
Riding at full speed, Cid reached the shop and got off his horse.
Upon walking right up to the pce, seeing that it was locked, Cid stopped with wide eyes and started to panic.
Why hadn’t he thought of it being locked!?
Before he had signed away the bcksmithing shop, there had been a lock for the bcksmithing shop, but he had let his father’s workers to unlock it themselves, trusting them like his father had but…This lock…Was not the same one!
The key that he used to have, had been left where he used to stay at Leonard’s residence, and he must have thought of this earlier but after the rush to come here…He had forgotten!
Turning around, seeing that the person behind him was quickly approaching, Cid went around the area, seeing a window.
The shop only had two windows, if he was lucky, one of them should still work!
Checking the first, hearing the horse slow to a stop, Cid let out a small curse and then rushed to the other window, seeing it slightly open.
Quickly going inside the shop, and locking the window after going through, Cid walked backwards, away from the window and waited, while breathing heavily.
He had never thought of this outcome, how could he…
Instead of someone either unlocking the door, or coming through the window to come after him, another type of situation happened that brought real panic to Cid…And that was that something went over the window, stopping any light coming in from the outside! Cid grabbed at his clothes, as he started to feel more and more anxious, and wondered if it was the scrap metal that was outside that was now covering the window…
“Stop!” Cid stated, going up to the window, then a big noise came to his ears, making him cringe.
“Stop it!” He yelled again, hearing a loud groan from the other side.
What…What was going on?
“Haha! Now look at you! Locked up and no one to help you! What a great idea!”
Steven…That was Steven’s voice!
Going up to the window and opening it, Cid pushed at the scrap metal, but it only moved slightly.
How did Steven get it to stay there!?
If Cid wasn’t so worried about being locked into the pce, he would think that Steven showed some intellect if he knew how he did it!
Steven had pced a long piece of scrap metal from the ground to hold the other scrap metal in pce, which was probably the smartest thing Steven had ever done!
Seeing that the metal didn’t move, Cid directly turned to the other window, rushing over to it, only to see the same thing start to happen there as well!
“No!” Cid yelled, wanting to open the window and push at the scrap metal before it was too te. “Don’t do this!”
“Too te! You wanted to come in between the Princess and I, this is what happens!” Came Steven’s repy.
With another groan from outside of the shop, something heavy was pced to hold the scrap metal in pce against the window.
“Well, I feel much better now! Have fun while you don’t get any food or water!”
With that said, Cid heard steps slowly grew more faint and then a horse galloping away.
“…No!” Cid stated, clenching his hands. “I can’t stay here!”
Pushing with all his might, to try and get out of one of the windows, Cid found that they didn’t move enough, so he tried the door.
The door was old, but it was sturdy, making anything that Cid tried to do, not work…
“…No…” Cid stated, putting his back against the door, breathing heavily.
How could he end up like this!?
Looking around to his surroundings, Cid attempted to swallow his defeated thoughts of water, seeing none around.
The shop had been closed, still not reopened after Leonard had taken it, so there was no water here. Well, if there were water, it probably wouldn’t be suitable to drink anyway…
His father had not had his shop opened like some others did with that extra side of the building exposed, but for once Cid wished it was, so that there would have been no way for him to be locked in it!
Cid slid down to the floor, his hands dropping to the ground and he sat there in a daze.
How could he have the best and worst day?
The pretty Princess loves him, she loves him like he loves her, even willing to want a retionship to work but…Now, he was locked in this desote, closed and dark pce, not having any idea upon when he might get out!
There was no doubt that Leonard had the key, but…If Steven won’t tell his father that he was here, locked inside…
A person without food or water, is that really what Steven was doing? Wanting me to die? Cid blinked to his thoughts and couldn’t seem to pce Steven as a killer…He was nasty and cruel but not a murderer!
No…This…It can’t be where he dies!
It’s just…The pce was quite a mess, and Cid could tell that it had been looked through thoroughly, probably more times than once, so…Maybe Leonard would not do anything at all with this shop!
What were the chances that he would be found within a day?
Cid caught himself breathing more and more heavily, so he tried to calm himself down.
It was probably the worst circumstance that he had ever been in, so it was no wonder that he was having troubles dealing with it.
He didn’t know how much time went by, but he finally calmed himself down and tried to think about what he could do, without thinking too much about not being found in time.
It was dark now, inside the shop, so he couldn’t look for any food, but he highly doubted there would be food anyway.
So, he just needed to find a pce to get out of there…That was all…
Yet…It was no easy feat!
His father had built this small shop well and Cid didn’t find any broken walls that could suggest another way to get out.
After trying to get out from using the walls, Cid found what they used to pce into the forge and picked it up.
Perhaps he could use this to get the window free…
Taking the heavy object over to the window, Cid put it to the bottom of the scrap metal, trying to push it…To again only see a slight movement but no freedom. So, he tried the top of the scrap metal but didn’t get anywhere, because it was just too hard to push the scrap metal without the object being pushed to the edge of the window, having less stability.
Cursing, Cid threw the heavy object to the ground and leaned on the closest wall.
Looking up, he suddenly had another idea…
If he could climb, he could try the roof!
Setting up a very unstable dder, made up of a broken chair and a few other items in the shop, Cid did manage to get onto one of the parts of the inner roof but when he did, the ‘dder’ fell to the ground with a loud noise. It hadn’t helped that it was quite dark though, as Cid hardly knew how he had made a dder in the first pce!
Cid held onto the roof railing, panting, gd that he had at least gotten this far.
The roof wasn’t all that far from the ground, but the problem was, the roof was a lot more stable than Cid had originally thought.
Because a bcksmith needed a forge, therefore an area that had to deal with heat, the roof was not any type of regur roof, it was sturdy and probably was capable of handling more heat than that of a normal roof.
Pushing with all his might, against the areas that he could get to, Cid could only do so much before he realized that this was also a pce in the building that seems to be well built.
Hugging the beam for a moment, Cid closed his eyes, not wanting to give up but not sure how else he could get out of this predicament!
It was still quite dark, and he had come across a few spider webs, not knowing if at this present moment a spider may be on him. He assumed that his clothes were very dirty now too, wishing that he had taken off his good long coat, that the Princess had gifted to him, before coming up to the roof…Worrying about this may even become useless…
He needed to get out…
Closing his eyes tightly, Cid once again had to calm himself down…
