Wash and Kaylee played a game of Go at the entrance of the ship. Between the laughs and the comments, they didn't notice the girl in the big, black combat boots and flowing skirts slip past them. Slowly at first, then with increasing speed, River made her way through the port with almost eerie precision. Like the others in the crowd, she looked like a person on a mission, with a specific goal in mind. It wasn't long until she stopped, slipping stealthily into an unassuming alley way. Crouching, she waited on her heels, pressing her hands to her chest. River wasn't often wrong, especially with the things she saw but this was one time she really wanted to be right.
Cameron's suitcase rattled dangerously as a passerby bumped into it. Grunting, she pulled it closer to herself, scanning the crowd for any unassuming dangers. Ships lifted off and landed nearby, creating an almost deafening noise that she instinctively wanted to shield herself from but she fought the feeling to put her fingers in her ears.
"Look out!" a messenger on a tri-bike, came zooming past, narrowly avoiding Cameron's form but completely knocking her suitcase from her hand.
"Ta ma de!" she cried out after seeing the suitcase roll wildly away from her body, spilling its contents on to the ground. Grabbing all of her things, she pulled the wreckage away from the middle of the street into an alleyway. It didn't take her long to realize that she wasn't alone in the alley. Staring at her while she hastily repacked her clothes into the suitcase was a young girl with a curtain of brown, wavy hair.
"Hi" the girl stated
"…Hello?"
"I can help you"
"What?"
The strange girl stood, her skirts billowing around her in a wave of motion " I said I could help you and if you don't come with me, then he will find you"
Cameron's eyebrows raised in alarm, how could this girl possibly know what was going on? "What do you mean? He doesn't know where I am!" River didn't answer back with words, but instead pointed her finger out in the crowd. It didn't take Cameron long to make out the two imposing male figures making their way determinedly. In the instant it took for Cameron to figure out who they were, the men did the same and began to make their way towards her. Fear took a hold of her and left her body rooted to the spot, 'This is how it ends' she thought to herself, until small fingers gripped her by the wrist.
"Run!" The young girl's eyes were wide but her scream was enough to shock Cameron back into reality. The two broke off in sprint down the alleyway, running past cramped stalls and open doorways that lead into filthy buildings. Her bag rattled, protesting the speed that they were going but all too soon their path ended in a dead end.
"Wuh de tyen, ah! What are we going to do?" Cameron cried out but the girl didn't reply. Instead she pushed Cameron into the corner of the alley, where her back pressed up against the brick wall behind them.
"Stay here" Cameron couldn't help but watch, unable to move as the two men finally found them. She wanted to scream when they approached, each one taking up a side of the alleyway. It was only after one of them reached out to grab the girl, that she lashed out. Quick as lightning, she punched the man in the throat and then the kneecap, causing him to topple over while his partner approached her. This man went down just as quickly after the girl kicked his legs out from under him and then punched him hard enough to the face to knock him out completely. Finished she turned around slowly and faced Cameron
"We should get going now"
