Chapter 22 - Introducing

Mr. Wickham the current Prime Minister finally went out and faced the cameras, media and reporters, he didn't expect this number of crowds to attend because as far as he knows, most of the citizens only watched through their TVs and cellphones.

"Good Day London. I think you already read and watched the news about my announcement regarding my sudden retirement. Last time I said that it will be on October, but I decided to make it earlier. Now, we are gathered here to witness the next person who will replace me as a Prime Minister of England-"

"Is it your beautiful daughter?" one reporter rudely interrupts and asked

"Yeah, we would love your daughter to our next Prime Minister!" shouted one of the man behind.

Irina heard that inside so she smiled on secret.

"We think she has the qualities."

Mr. Wickham just ignored them and continued his words.

While Willie is recording the scene, Sam grabbed him.

"Will.."

"What!? I'm working!" said the annoyed Willie.

"My assistant said that you went to the basements with Jim and the other boy. What did you do there?" asked Sam

"Jim brought us there and to tell you, we didn't do anything."

"Who's the boy with you?"

"I don't know, ask Jim, must be his friend."

"If I found something is wrong when I get back there, you'll regret it." said Sam in Willie's ear.

"What are you doing here by the way?" asked Willie.

"That's none of your business."

"Then carry on."

"I'll keep my eye on you Will, don't make any silly things against me, you know what's the worst can happen, I could just blew your brother's head up."

"Uh..okay." Willie replied nervously.

Mr. Wickham on the other hand is still anxious about the crowd keep mentioning his daughter Irina, but no matter what happens, Irina shouldn't be at the position because he knows her daughter isn't that woman that his supporters thought so.

"Ladies and gentlemen, may I present to you, my only son-in-law Mr. William Darcy!" he called out William, the crowds cheers and applaud, but some are disappointed because they expected that it's Princess Irina.

William stand up with confidence, even deep inside he's actually nervous he still managed to wave at the crowds, the flash of the cameras and the reporters is making him more nervous.

"Mr. William Darcy is the husband of my only daughter Princess Irina, he came from a famous British bloodline and also the next heir of the infamous Pemberley, he's the leader of his department at Mustachee Development Corporation and has seen a great leadership that fits him as my next successor. Again ladies and gentlemen, William Darcy!" Mr. Wickham while giving the microphone no William.

"Don't worry honey, I'm right behind you." said Irina while holding William's hand to cheer him in the front of cameras.

"Look how supporting Princess Irina." gossips from the crowds. "His husband is good-looking to be honest, they're a perfect couple." they added.

William is standing in front of the hundred of crowds, you can see his eyeballs shaking if you look closely, William is not used on doing speeches in public especially like this, dozens of annoying reporters and flashes of camera every seconds. He took a deep breath and started his speech.

"Good day London and whoever is watching live in entire England. This is William Darcy, I was appointed as your upcoming Prime Minister when Mr. Wickham retires next month, now, I bet all of you only sees me as Princess Irina's husband, but I'll prove to you that I am more than that." William loses his focus when he recognized Sam Westerby smiling while looking at him, he feels disturbed and starts to stumble.

"Uh..Err..There is, something I want to say before..I will end my speech, um.. Honestly, I don't want to be a Prime Minister at first.." the crowds gasped in shock and Irina's face changed.

"Oh no.. He's gonna blow it." said Gerald in worry.

"William, what are you doing?" asked Willie on line. "Don't say anything stupid, Sam is here!" he added

"Because I'm not that prepared yet..But..For the sake of.. England, I will do my best to do my duty and to my fellow English people, glory to England!" he shouted and the crowds cheer for him.

They all sighs in relief.

Back at Grandma Wilma's house, everyone also cheered there.

While everyone is busy clapping and cheering, Gerald grabbed the opportunity to take picture on Sam, luckily, Sam didn't notice it but one of Sam's men saw it.

Willie received a call from Jim in the middle of his recording.

"Uncle! They took Lucius from the basement, and I think they're shipping him with the rifles and gunpowder."

"Can you ask one of them where they'll ship it?"

"Yeah, they'll ship it to Glasgow tomorrow."

"Glasgow? Oh God.." Willie was frightened

"What uncle?"

"So this is where it all goes."

"Uncle what do you mean now?"

"Listen Jim, you need to attend in our thanksgiving tonight at Pemberley. We have to discuss our vacation tomorrow."

"Okay Uncle."

"Thank you Jim. Take care."

The news about the introducing of William Darcy to the public spread on entire Britain, mix reactions and comments about him. But overall, most of the citizens approved him.

"Hey, did Dad already invited you two at our thanksgiving tonight at Stamford?" asked William to Gerald and Lucas.

"Yes, he already did."

"Good..By the way Gerald, just when Zelbert went back to Glasgow?"

"Earlier this morning, he left me a letter at my apartment. He's a dick, I thought he promised that he will never go back there."

"Yeah that was a surprise. Well anyway, that's his choice, we can't force him, maybe he really missed his home." said Junior while leaving the crowd with Lucas and Gerald. "Lucas." he called Lucas who is still down and miserable.

"Cheer up man, we're gonna get your dad." Gerald said while shaking his shoulder.

"Lucas, you have to go to Stockport with us, I think Dad is going to talk about this."

Lucas just nodded while holding his tears.

Eliza on the other hand was tied and her mouth was taped even tho she's unconscious. She was brought inside the steam train owned by Sam, she was put at the last room of the train where the powders are stocked. Surprisingly, Lucius was also there tied but his mouth isn't taped.

"Oh my God..Eliza.." Lucius was shocked and immediately went to unconscious Eliza then removed the tape on her mouth. "Why would they include this innocent girl!?" asked Lucius in a loud voice at Sam's men who brought Eliza.

"We only follow their orders." they replied and left.

Lucius tried to wake Eliza by shaking her.

"Eliza wake up.." Lucius while tapping her cheeks then finally she woke up.

"Mr. Selvig?" said Eliza who is still in awe and hardly can move.

"Thank God you're awake."

"Where am I?" asked Eliza while trying to remove the ties in her hands. "Mr. Selvig, they've been looking for you."

"I know."

"Lucas is crying looking for you."

Lucius started to weep and cry.

"Who brought you here?" asked Lucius while weeping.

"Apparently it's your ex-wife, she found out that Mr. Hugh Darcy has been helping me ever since, no offense Mr. Selvig but I gotta say this, she's envious kind of woman."

"I know, she's also the one who brought me here."

"I beg your pardon?"

Lucius told Eliza about he everything he knows about Susan and the reasons why she wants to dispose him.

"That doesn't make any sense. She can't just do this to you with that reason, it's not your fault."

"Irina."

"Princess Irina? Sir William's wife?"

"She found out that William and me been had been dating. Those men who kidnapped us is his boyfriend's men"

"Boyfriend?"

"Yes, Irina has been seeing her ex-boyfriend for a long time, it was said that Sam is Jim's real father... They're planning something big. Irina keeps pushing William to accept her father's offer to elect William as the next Prime Minister while she's seeing another guy..Oh God.. They're going to kill William too." Lucius starts to panic.

Eliza is still confused, speechless and started to cry, Lucius immediately comforted her.

"Eliza, look at me, they're gonna come for us, we can get out here okay?"

Lucius noticed that Eliza looked pale and weak.

"Eliza is there something wrong?"

"My medicines."

"What?"

Eliza told Lucius about her HIV and Cervical Cancer.

"Have you told anyone about this?"

"Only Mr. Hugh and William Jr. knows about my HIV and only Lucas knows about my Cancer."

"I'm sorry I had to ask that. For now, we have to find a way to escape."

"If I don't take my medicines within 48hours, I'm.. I'm.." Eliza didn't finished because she cried, Lucius understands that she could die if she doesn't take her medicines.

"When was the last time you took your medicine?"

"Last night."

Lucius came near to the door and attempted to call some of the men to ask for water but they just ignored him because they're busy loading the barrels and guns.

Junior received a text message from Eliza that she can't attend on the thanksgiving and for the vacation tomorrow, it was actually Susan who texted him, she got Eliza's phone.

"What the..This is so sudden." said Junior looking at his phone while eating pizza with Lucas, Gerald and his Uncle Willie at the fast food restaurants near the Prime Minister's house.

"What is it William?" asked Gerald.

"Eliza just texted me that she can't come tonight at thanksgiving and also, she can't come to the vacation tomorrow."

"Maybe she's busy, you know, being call center agent isn't easy."

"But last night she was so excited about the thanksgiving because she never had been to Pemberley."

"You should check her at her place before we go to Stockport tonight for you to be sure that your girlfriend is really at work." said Willie while fixing his camera.

"Lucas? Why aren't you eating?" Gerald asked Lucas who's not touching his pizza.

"I'm full..."

"You sure? You want me to get you a drink? You look exhausted." Junior said while standing and handed him a glass of water.

"Thanks." said Lucas while accepting the water that Junior gave to him.

"Your mom just texted me that they are on their way to Stockport with our clothes, we're finally moving in one house." said Willie to Junior.

"Yeah, can't wait to pick my own room there... How's dad? Did he update yet?"

"He's still inside the house, probably being congratulated. Wait..I forgot to tell you something, can we talk in private for a moment?" said Willie while going straight to the restroom then Junior followed.

"What is it?"

"Jim called earlier that they took Lucius from the basement and he said that he'll be shipped to Glasgow tomorrow along with Sam's guns and powders."

"And?"

"Irina mentioned to me yesterday we'll be at Sam's train as our mode of getting to Edinburgh, but instead, she'll bring us to Glasgow by surprise, Irina arranged a party at Sam's mansion in Glasgow, and...I have a feeling that they hid Lucius in the train where we at.. I think she's planning a set-up an accident for us tomorrow that's why she wanted me to write about our vacation in different location."

"Then we won't go then."

"We have to, we can stop her, this is the perfect opportunity to record everything, then we can expose her in public in the help my friends at station, I'll arrange a live stream in our secret mini camera recorder that I'll install in our shirts tomorrow. I know this is kind of stupid and risky, but it's the only way that we can have a very strong evidence, we must have more witness who is the viewers because it's really hard to oppose her on court because of her parents and her public influence, no one will believe us if we don't show it in front of public's eye. We'll talk about this again later with your dad."

"Okay.." said Junior while nodding his head and went back to their table.

William is still busy shaking hands with some of the house officials and Irina won't let go on his shoulders.

"After this you must went straight to Stockport, Mom said that they are on their way there, moreover, you need help them about our thanksgiving tonight." said William to Irina.

"Why won't you come with me?" asked Irina while putting her hand on William's chest.

"I still have to go back to Cambridge, we have an emergency meeting with the C.E.O..."

"You still want to work there? I suggest you should resign already."

"I still have a month, what do you want me to do during that period?"

"We could spend our time together..."

"Maybe I should go now, the boss already called." said William and went out.

Willie, Junior, Gerald and Lucas finished their lunch and went out.

"Junior, you have to come with me to Stockport." said Willie while opening his car.

"Um okay..But we have to stop at the campus to fetch my friends in their dorms and to check Eliza at her apartment, then I have to get something on my apartment too."

"Okay come on in."

After Willie fetched Gerald and Lucas to their dorm and apartment, they went directly to Eliza's apartment to check if she was there but there's nothing inside her room, Junior asked the person in the next room and they also have to no idea where Eliza is. Junior texted Eliza and it replied that she's on duty, he then finally felt relief about her reply and went to his apartment with his Uncle Willie.

"I'll bring some of my clothes there, at least I'll fill my closet in my room." said Junior while picking the clothes he wants to transfer at his room to Pemberley.

"Oh I forgot something at the car..Wait.." Willie said while rushing downstairs.

Willie came back with a flat box.

"What is it?" asked the curious Junior.

"Open it..Your mom bought it for you."

Junior slowly opened the box and he wears a huge smile as he sees his new navy blue suit.

"Oh my God..I always wanted a new one.."

"She told me to give it to you today, and she wants you to wear it tonight."

"Thank you for this Uncle Willie."

"Thank your mom."

"Anyway..What I'm gonna do with this drive of yours?" asked Junior.

"Just hide it, we're gonna need that as one of our evidence."

Junior put it in his bag pack along with his shirts.

William also just arrived at Cambridge, he knew that he's being followed by Sam's men, but he's actually going to his workplace anyway, his boss called because he was surprised about the news. When he got there, he was cheered and congratulated.

Willie and Junior arrived at Stockport at 4PM, exact time of Lady Sophia leaving Pemberley, they can see Aunt Lylia her caretaker is crying, she'll miss her a lot. Grandpa Eddie promised that he'll make Aunt Lylia as the chef in charge in able for her to remain at Pemberley. Junior came near to Lady Sophia and hugged her.

"Tell your father that I'm gonna miss him, and pass this hug to him." Lady Sophia whispered on Junior's ear.

"I will Lady Sophia, tell Amanda that me and Dad said HI to her." Junior also replied while whispering.

Then Lady Sophia left, all the staffs are gathered outside the castle and waved a goodbye to her, some cried because they worked with Lady Sophia for decades.

Junior went to Emily and hugged her.

"I received it mom...Thank you." said Junior while hugging his mom.

"You liked it?"

"Of course I liked it."

Princess Irina was also already inside the castle and didn't bid a goodbye to Lady Sophia, she's just observing them in the window.

"It feels good that you're hugging me now Junior.." said Emily while embracing Junior's hugs. "So how's at Downing Street?" she added.

"Lot of crowds out there, we didn't expect that lot of people will witness it." replied Willie.

"Well..At least in turned out good..Your brother and your father will become a good leader in the future." said Emily to Willie and Junior.

Willie and Junior just glimpsed to each other because they know that William will drop everything after Irina and Sam will get caught.

"Now Junior.. only you and Jim are the ones who didn't picked rooms, I think you should pick now before your brother will arrive, there are still three rooms aren't occupied for the kids. They were about to go inside when William and Jim arrived together.

"Oh they're here." said Willie while looking back.

Jim rushed inside because he's very excited to pick his room.

"There he goes.. Slowly Jim! The floor are still slippy." Emily warned Jim.

"Okay Auntie!"

"You missed her dad." said Junior.

"Yeah..I didn't even got a chance to say thank you and goodbye to her."

"Let's just hope that she'll live longer there so she can have her real happiness with no barrier."

"What do you mean?" Willie is curious. "She'll be only at America to have her treatment right?." he added.

William and Junior just chuckled at him, then William chocked Willie using his arms.

"Oh Willie you're still clumsy just like before." William said while laughing.

"Now fuck-off! Don't treat me like that in front of my wife." said Willie while trying to escape William's arm stuck in his leg,

William is bigger than him so he can be easily wrestled by him.

Emily and Junior just laughed at them, for a moment, Junior forgot about their real situation and felt a sudden satisfaction beside his family.

Sam on the other hand was checking the boxes they will use tomorrow for explosion. They will fill all the boxes with explosives so that as soon as the Darcys got into the train, they will let it explode, every room except the first and second room where they will hide.

"Just make sure that the explosion won't reach our room..Or we could just start burning every room so that we could have more time escaping the train, I think the surprise explosion is too risky for us..Jim and Irina will be at risk if we do that way. What'd you say?"

"Secure your family first, put them at the front, then we can start burning the third room so that they can't escape.. I'll assure you that before the explosion, we are already separated to them." said the pilot of the train.

Eliza and Lucius is just laying and asleep in the box, they're thirsty, hungry and tired. Eliza was awoken because someone is trying to open the door and rushly left them a lot of food, water and medicine, but it was not the right medicine for her, but at least there's a pain reliever for her aching abdomen. She noticed that the man who is giving them a food was just sneaking and avoiding them, like afraid to be recognized by Eliza and Lucius.

"Mr. Selvig wake up..."she woke Lucius who's tired.

And he moved quickly as soon as he saw a food in his front and eat it, he hasn't eaten since last night.

"Who gave this?"

"I didn't saw his face, but it doesn't matter, at least we now have something to fill our stomach, he even gave me a medicine, it wasn't the right one either."

Lucius and Eliza has no idea that it was Zelbert Collins the one who gave those foods to them. Quite surprising right? Remember that day when Zelbert said to Junior that he met his Auntie at the grocery store and gave him a thousand pounds? He was actually lying, it was Princess Irina who made a deal with him to spy on Junior for his weekly allowance, he didn't told his friends that he was fired at his part time job and doesn't know what to do. Princess Irina chose him because his father also worked for Sam and that's the train pilot that Sam talked with earlier.

Zelbert has no idea about Irina and Sam's plan, he didn't know that it will come this far, harming and killing, it was too late for him to turn back, he regrets about everything he has done. He just met his father a weeks ago when Irina presented his father to him. Zelbert is so mad at him first and doesn't want to see him, not until he know the real story behind how his father got to London and was recruited by the illegal association. His father actually looked for him, he travelled from Glasgow all the way to London to find Zelbert. He losed his hope when he ran out of money and starts to find a job, there he ended up as Sam's train pilot because he was a train operator back at Glasgow. Their plan is after they arrive in Glasgow, they will never go back to London and starts a new life there.

Back at Stockport, Jim already picked his room and there are only two rooms left, the first room and the fourth room, actually all the rooms for kids have same size, Junior was amazed by the rooms because it's bigger even if he combines his living room, kitchen and bedroom. Then the beds are all king size, the closets are twice taller than him, the windows are scenic and each rooms have their own bathrooms. He picked the fourth one on the corner it was next to Billy's room, only the first room isn't occupied, the rooms is in the second storey of the castle at Darcy's area, no guesses are allowed there, only family members can go there. The first room is empty, the second one was occupied by Ellie, then next is Billy, then Junior, Jim and then the last one is Jerry. Then on the first story, there Willie and William and their wives's room on the opposite side, bigger than their children, then the biggest one is the master's room where Grandpa Eddie and Grandma Wilma is. But for Junior, he won't still pay attention here because he still be staying in his apartment at Cambridge while he's still on his studies. He explored his room and lay on the bed with a very thick cotton bed that he can bounce easily, he opened the window and he can clearly see the grounds outside. He was surprised by Ellie and Jerry who rushed into his bed and start to play on him.

"Hey! Hey! Hey!..What are you two doing here? This is my room, you have yours." said Junior while trying to remove Jerry on his legs.

"We want to see your room!" replied Jerry while grabbing Junior out to his bed.

"Okay you already seen it, now get out, I'm trying to have rest."

"No we won't!!" Ellie shouted and start to bounce on the bed then Jerry followed.

"Hey William." greeted Billy on the door. "I didn't see you arrived." he added.

"It's because you keep staring at your phone."

"Oi William, you already picked, I thought you're gonna pick the first one." Jim interrupts.

"The first one looks spooky." said Billy

"Yeah I thought so." said Jim while laughing.

Grandpa Wilma and Grandpa Eddie arrived.

"Get inside children, we have to talk about the rules in the house." said Grandma Wilma while getting inside and sat beside Junior, the kids including Junior sat on the floor and waited for their grandparents words.

"Who's room is this?" asked Grandpa Eddie

"It's William's Grandpa." replied Jim.

"Okay now, since all of you already picked your rooms, there are few things you have to remember when we are staying in this castle. First, avoid loitering in the hall in operating hours so that you won't disturb the guesses, another, since your rooms are all yours, don't rely too much on the nannies because they have lot of stations too, clean your rooms at least once a day, I will conduct a checking every night, the cleanest room will recieve a hundred pounds from me." The kids was excited except Junior since he can only stay here during weekend. After this summer, Billy and Jim, will be transferred at Stockport Academy while Ellie and Jerry will be sent in the nearest nursery school.

Granpa Eddie sat down with his Grandsons and hugged them.

"Someday, when all of you become adults and have children from your wives, teach them also about our little rules okay?" said Grandpa Eddie while hugging them.

"I wonder why God gave us only Grandsons? Can't we have a girl?" asked Grandma Wilma.

"Well I think Junior will give us Great Granddaughter." Grandpa Eddie joked.

"Well let's hope we can live that long."

Junior just smiled, first thing that came up on his mind is his Uncle Willie's Scottish daughter.

"I apologize Junior, we don't mean that we are rushing you to give us Great Grand Daughter..Just do what you want in life... That's what Aunt Sophia told me before she left, she wanted every Darcys to let them be who or what they are." said Grandpa

"That's a good thing Eddie.." said Grandma Wilma while holding his husband's hand.

"Yeah I guess so..."

"Now, go to your respective rooms and clean yourself, we still have thanksgiving to celebrate. I'll send maids on Ellie and Jerry's room to help them."

They all ran to their rooms and Junior starts to unpack his clothes, Grandpa Eddie remained on his room.

"Junior, can I have a word with you for a minute?" asked Grandpa Eddie.

"Sure Grandpa, go ahead." Junior while unpacking.

"Aunt Sophia told me something before she departed, that....she picked me because of you and your father. What do you think it is?... Yesterday at the signing, I saw you three talking, it seems that the three of you are pretty close together."

"I don't know Grandpa, but whatever it is, you're the one should answer it."

"I'll try..Well go ahead, I'll leave you now, save yourself for tonight, we need to look luxurious in front of our relatives and friends."

"Sure Grandpa."

Actually, Lady Sophia already told Grandpa Eddie about her, William and Junior's sexuality before she left, Grandpa Eddie is just scared to talk about it for now, because he once told William and Willie that if one of his sons are homosexual, he will immediately cast him out from the family. He already accepted William and Junior in his full heart and now he's the one making way to revoke everything he said before.

Lucas is waiting for Gerald outside the university campus because he said that he will lend his friend's motorcycle as their mode of getting to Stamford, but Lucas has been waiting for Gerald for almost an hour. A beggar called him in a narrow street, told him to come and see something but it's actually luring him to Sam's men and kidnapped him.

Junior has been texting them but no response, he called but no answers. The celebration already started, still no signs from Gerald or Lucas so he started to worry. He texted his Dad and Uncle Willie to come to his room to talk about it. They went to his room one by one and discreet, they have strong feelings that Irina invited some of Sam's men in the celebration.

"You mean they were kidnapped?" asked Willie.

"Including Eliza, my guts are telling me that Sam is gathering them."

"They could be in the train tomorrow with us..."

"Same thought, Irina is setting us up on an accident including Lucius, Lucas, Eliza and Gerald."

"But..Why include them? Irina have nothing to do with them. If it's Susan, why include Lucas?" William is also confused

"I have a feeling that, that Irina is using Susan too.. I'm not sure but I think she is." said Willie while biting his fingernails

"Looks like we're going to change our plan."

After they set-up their new plan, the went back to the celebration like nothing happened.

They can see that Fernan's face is full of jealousy and envy, he was forced by his wife to come, while Susan also came just to meet Irina and they talked on private.

"I think our plan will work" said Irina while drinking her wine.

"Just make sure that my son will not be harmed and involved."

"Oh yes yes, why would I include him? We only agreed that Lucius and Eliza is your only intention to dispose."

"Irina, whatever happens, don't ever ever mentioned me or my husband."

"Don't worry, we're not gonna fail, I have everything all set, if you're afraid of the media, I already spread the news about tomorrow.. Don't worry my friend, we can do this without a single mess." Irina while hugging Susan.

Irina just smiled at her back, Susan is just a rat in her eyes that can easily fell on her traps.

"For the future Prime Minister." Susan raised her glass to Irina.

"For the next heir of Pemberley." said Irina and they cheered their glasses.