Hey another chapter out i hope you like reading it as much as I liked writing it don't forget to review! Sorry it took so long to write this my cat just had her kittens and I was kinda busy taking care of them and her. I'm kinda her obstetrician in a way.
"Hey kid, are you ready to learn the basics" Akefia said. I looked up at him smiling in the direction of a city I just noticed.
It was the first city we've encountered since we became sorta partners. We've been walking for a while, at least 5 hours, without speaking, other than Akefia telling me to keep up now and then, other than that this was the first time he's spoken to me since we teamed up.
"Yeah" I replied feeling excited.
"First thing you gotta remember is don't act suspicious, excited, or any thing that would draw attention to you, got it" he turned to me to make sure I was listening. I nodded. "Stay alert. The last thing I need is to get caught because you were not paying attention or spacing out, you have been doing that all day" I realized I had been thinking a lot today. "That's why I told you not to, because you could get caught, plus it makes me think you died or something."
That's right, that's one of the conditions for him taking me with him I better stop thinking so much… "Hey kid, you're doing it again" Akefia said snapping me out of my thought for like the hundredth time. My cheeks went red from embarrassment. "Are you aright kid you look like you have a fever, or something"
A fever? I shook my head to mean that I didn't have a fever. "I'm fine"
"You know kid you don't say much, what are you unable to speak more than three words or are you just uneducated," I looked up at him in confusion. "You know, not able to understand most words, therefore you don't speak"
"I'm just as educated as anyone you'd meet," I said with self-defense but he just laughed.
"Yeah that would mean you're dumb as dirt kid" he said with a grin. "We better get moving, the suns going down so it's almost time for your first raid." He started to walk toward the city.
"Hey maybe we can find you some new thief-fitting attire while there, Ra knows you need it." He said over his shoulder.
"Hey!" I said, running after him. Yeah, or maybe you need some, I thought.
We got to the city with a couple minutes to spare before the sun started going down; so we looked around and decided where we were gonna raid. Akefia told me to be ready to run as soon as the sun hid itself under the sand.
I looked up at the sun. It was halfway hidden. Almost time.
"Grab what you can and go" I nodded "3" the sun was setting fast. "2" It was almost hidden. I wondered over to a table that looked like it had a lot of gold stuff. I wonder if that's really gold? "1" I'll have to find out… "Now!" I grabbed all the gold stuff I could carry, plus some other stuff, and quickly wrapped it with sack Akefia gave me. The merchants looked stunned for a moment, I mean they were getting robbed by a twelve-year-old, but soon came out of their shocked stage and called for the guards. That's when I knew it was time to go I ran as fast as I could in the direction I came, The guards not far behind. I quickly lost them by turning into an alley and ducking down. Heh, the guards are so stupid. When the were out of earshot I relaxed. Then I realized I wasn't alone. I looked behind me to see my partner in crime, I guess that's what he is, either that or my mentor. He was breathing heavily trying to catch his breath from running from the guards that were chasing him, I guess.
"Well, well, look who managed to fool the guards into believing he went one way when he is hidden somewhere else" he said after a minute of us both catching our breath.
"Hey, Its not the first time I had to outrun guards you know, if I didn't have anything to eat for days I would have to steal something, this is the first time I've stolen something that isn't food." I said. We both heard the guards coming this way so we both stood up and headed to the opposite end of the alley, away from the guards.
"There they are!" I heard one of them yell. We started running through the city.
"Catch up to them men" I looked back and saw there was a short distance between them and us
"Watch out kid" I saw Akefia had halted so suddenly. I started to turn around to see where I was going then…
SMACK!
