Fates Intertwined Chapter 2
Walking into what had once been an all too familiar town, but only what now remained in memories made these two extremely anxious jumping at practically anything to make a sound. Horseless carriages were everywhere either along the sides of the roads or roaming down them along was people walking around dressed in strange clothing. Night had fallen across the land long before leaving Ichabod and Irina wandering lost in the depths of the evening night. All of this new unfamiliar sights and sounds were causing major disorientation as alien to them as they were to this brand new time.
Neither was allowing the other out of the reach of their sight. At the slightest noise and indication of danger they startled not knowing what it was. They were searching everywhere, but failed to find even the smallest signs of the Colonial army anywhere with their allies. Nothing was the same each time they looked for a familiar working residence they discovered it belonged to someone else under an alternate name.
They were heading for where they recalled the church would be for in their confusion it was their only realm of sanctuary while absorbing all of this in. Irina was the one to first spot the structure of refuge over one of the shorter buildings.
Grabbing Ichabod's shoulder, Irina said "Ichabod, there it is."
Releasing a breath of relief at the very sight, Ichabod sighed "And what a welcome sight it is to behold. Come let us make haste there is no time to lose!" They began to rush in that very direction, but in their haste to get to the destined safety of the church they became quite careless.
Neither saw the horseless carriage charging at them as they ran across the street until it was directly upon them. The carriage screeched to a halt in order to avoid collision with them. The very noise is what caused Irina to lose her last bit of composure.
Jumping a few inches into the air she yelped moving behind Ichabod for secured protection. Ichabod felt the same, but instead of moving to protect himself he protected her by keeping behind his arm as she clutched the fabric of the sleeve with tight shaking fingers. Lights from the top and front of the horseless carriage almost nearly blinded them, but didn't draw their attention away from the person who came out from the right side of the entire carriage.
From his reaction to seeing the two he certainly wasn't there to greet the new arrivals. Taking the smallest gun they'd ever seen from his belt he pointed it directly at the two in a threatening manner while taking shelter behind the metal door. The young male was of Asian lineage by his black hair and narrow black eyes seeming to be in his middle to late twenties. The clothes he was wearing were unfamiliar in a strange style as were the insignias stitched into the fabric although they could clearly make out it was a uniform of some kind of significance. Despite his appearance it was obvious he was some kind of soldier who was not about to tolerate any sort of nonsense from them.
Aggressively, Officer Andy Brooks ordered "turn around! Put your hands on your head." At their hesitation Officer Brooks repeated the command shouting it this time. "I said turn around! Put your hands on your head!"
Flinching at the force behind the command Irina didn't hesitate wasting no time in complying. Releasing Ichabod's sleeve she turned on the spot immediately placing the palms of her hands on the rear of her head. Ichabod was far more reluctant to submit, but just like Irina he complied with the demand.
Officer Brook only made a move when he saw the two suspicious characters weren't about to try anything to escape against him. Placing his gun into its position in a more threatening way he advanced, shouting "On your knees!"
Reluctantly Irina and Ichabod dropped onto their knee which is exactly what Officer Brooks was waiting for. Returning his gun to the hoister on his belt Officer Brooks took two pairs of handcuffs. Their backs facing him neither could see what was happening, but they soon found out when their hands ended up tightly bound restrained behind their backs. Instantly Ichabod attempted to get out of them, but found the cuffs to be far too thick.
The moment Officer Brooks was done he pulled Ichabod onto his feet first dragging him to his police cruiser. Alarmed Irina tried to rise to follow after her friend, but Officer Brooks intervened quickly putting an end to that notion.
"Stay where you are! Hands where I can see them," shouted Officer Brooks, one hand on Ichabod's shoulder with the other aimed directly at her.
Squeaking Irina returned to her bent kneeling position in tentative submission. Ichabod could clearly see her begin to tremble causing him further frustration.
"Do not shout at her," said Ichabod, "she is not resisting."
"Be quiet," hissed Officer Brooks, shoving Ichabod into the cruiser careful not to have him bang his head as he entered.
Irina received the same treatment although Officer Brooks was gentler with her than he was with the other. Moments later Agent Brooks began to drive to the police station. Ichabod and Irina were far more startled being inside the car as it was moving not knowing how it was going without horses at the front.
"What's happening," breathed Irina, eyes as she watched the buildings rapidly passing by the windows.
Ichabod whispered "I'm not sureā¦just keep calm and you head down. Until we-."
"Hey no talking back there," snapped Officer Brooks, "keep quiet!"
Ichabod snapped his mouth shut not too pleased about it judging by his posture while she cowered curling further into her although trying extremely hard not to show anymore fear. Ichabod felt terrible as he looked at her knowing he wasn't going to be able to comfort her with the eyes of the Officer on them.
Seeing the subjects of interest were subdued in the back seat of the cruiser Officer Brook felt it safe to take the opportunity to contact base. Speaking into his radio, Officer Brooks said "Officer Brooks to base."
"Go ahead, Brooks," responded Captain Frank Irving.
"I've just apprehended some suspicious characters close to the church," responded Officer Brooks. "I'm bringing them in for questioning now."
Captain Irving questioned "Do they have any weapons on them?"
"None that I could see," said Officer Brooks, shaking his head.
"Take them into processing as soon as you reach the department," ordered Captain Irving. "I'll have a team standing by."
"Be advised one of the suspects is male while the other is a young female," warned Officer Brooks.
Captain Irving responded "I'll tell them what you've told me. Bring them here quickly." With that the Captain cut off the communication line on his end.
Eyes narrowed he looked into his rearview mirror at Ichabod and Irina. By looking the sight of them he could tell they weren't originally from around these parts, but there were some things easy to make out. The clothes were extremely old fashioned definitely from the 18th century before, during, and after the American Revolution. There were two options of why this was so. Either they were so completely insane wearing all of those clothes late after Halloween ir these two were the one he'd cautioned against. If they were then things were about to drastically change forever in Sleepy Hollow.
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