The Girl From Another World
This feeling against her back, it wasn't like before. Sure she was half conscious at the time but everyone knows the difference between falling through nothing of space and the feeling of a soft warm bed. Wait…a soft warm bed? How did she end up in a bed? Maybe she was dreaming? What a cliché' thought, to be dreaming. She lay in a bed with a heavy blue quilt that bore what appeared to be the coat of arms of the kingdom. Within the room a desk next to her bed, across the wall was a book with only a few books a loan statue on the top shelf. Next to the book shelf was an empty suit of armor that was held in place by a stand. A window was to her left over her bed that gave her a view of the village town outside. It wasn't so different from home; they even had chocobos. Wait…chocobos? Maybe she hadn't left home at all. Maybe he caught her and knocked her out and took her to some faraway place. She jumped out of bed to find that she was dressed only in her under garments and her armor was nowhere to be found. She had been kidnapped. She balled her hands into fists in anger. Damn.
The doorknob to the room rattled as it turned. Someone was preparing to come in. she looked back at the window. It was her only way out; she would have to either jump through the window or fight her way through the front door to find her armor. The doorknob slowly rotated around in its socket and the door slowly opened. It was now or never for her and she had to make a move quick. She would fight; the suit of armor had at its hip a sword. She grabbed and as soon as the door completely opened she had it ready before her.
Kain stopped immediately, here he was trying to check on his guest and he is met with a sword to his face. Kain and the girl stood looking each other for a brief count of seconds that felt like an eternity. Kain held his hands up indicating that he was not a hostile but the girl didn't look as if she was buying it. The girl nudged her head to the left, indicating that she wanted Kain to step out of the way. He looked to left and slowly slid out of the way, still holding up his hands. This was not working out at all.
"Out of my way," she shouted as she darted out of the room, pushing Kain completely out of the way. Kain bumped up against the bookshelf. She was clearly frightened. He poked his head out of the room to see she was half way down the hall. To call for guards would be asking for more trouble so the Dragoon took after the girl.
"Please wait," he called, while still running. "I just want to talk." Whether or not the girl heard probably didn't even matter; she stampeded pass the guard at the end of the hall. Before the armored men had the chance to give chase, Kain called, "hold your ground and let me handle this."
They were outside which was perfect, now he had more space to jump. He was quicker in the air than anyways. Kain hopped on top of a building and ran to the end of its roof, hopping across the street to a building that was parallel. She didn't seem to notice, good. The streets were pretty clear so it wasn't difficult keeping an eye on his guest. He could see her looking back periodically. She hadn't looked on top of the buildings, hopefully that wouldn't changed. This was the chance Kain needed, he kicked into the air and let the momentum carry himself over the girl. Upon landing, the locals about him jumped back, startled. Kain could tell she hadn't noticed yet as the distance between he and the girl grew thinner. By the time she had noticed Kain, it was too late; Kain thrust himself forward and tackled the girl. She struggled as he held her to the ground pinned.
"Take your hands off me," she shouted as struggled to even make a struggle. The dragoon had focused his weight on his arms, his hands cuffing her wrists. He could hear the sound of clicking metal growing louder, the guards were coming.
"Please remain calm," Kain pulled himself close to her and whispered to her. Surprisingly, she relaxed her fists and stopped struggling. "Please just trust me, everything will be fine. I'm here to help."