Chapter 4: Good Morning Star shine
Rosie knew she was driving, but the road was so bumpy and she couldn't feel her hands. She tried to adjust but them, but found she couldn't. Then something poked her in the ribs. "MHmm" she moaned. It grabbed her ribs this time. "WAH!" She yelled. Rosie opened her eyes and found herself halfway out of the car. "HELP ME!" She screamed. Then she saw some horse legs. "HELP ME SOMEBODY!" She screamed again. Something grabbed her by the back of her shirt and tried to sit her back up. That's when she realized that she wasn't in a car. After a few minutes of struggling, Rose was back up on her horse. "Thank you" She heaved, and then looked at her rescuer. He was blue eyed, and broad, his hair was light brown curly. It was the man with the knife from earlier, Wilkins.
"Yes ma'am of course" he nodded towards her then road onward.
Rosie watched him go, and then turned to her friends. "I think the lack of blood circulation got to her." Danni commented.
"Did you see him?" She asked. "He was oh- hot!" she fanned herself with her hand. "And he saved my life!" She squealed.
"Yippe" Danni growled. "Man, I've got to go the bathroom." She muttered.
"I know" Ruthie agreed. "We've been ridding since this morning and it's already dark." as if on a cue the wagon pulling the horses jerked to a stopped the three girls lunged forward."Ouf" Ruthie groaned.
Up at the front of the procession, Colonel Tavington halted his horse. "Bordon" He barked. The captain rode up next to him. "Make ready for camp." He commanded sharply. The second nodded and began ordering everyone to set up camp. Then he rode back to the supply wagon. "We're making camp," He explained. "Time for you girls to get off those horses." He dismounted his horse then went to Ruthie. He helped her down, next he went to Rosie and helped her down then ordered Wilkins to watch the other two and help Danni down.
He took them over to a huge tree. "Hey, dude" Danni yelled. "We need to go to the bathroom." She said. He nodded and pointed behind the tree. All three of them groaned audibly. They finished quickly. Danni had an issue with cleanliness. She had several rules of thumb like: do not take the top napkin or drink top or first opened straw from a container. So of course, not washing her hands after she went to the rest room was out of the question. She whined and cried until Wilkins brought her a bowl of water to wash her hands.
Rosie sat on a log wriggling her hands trying to get the circulation back in them. She was still tied up, as were the others. The evil man who caught Danni walked passed her holding Ruthie, dragging her by the arm. Rosie watched him for a few minutes, and then turned to Danni. "What do you think he's going to do her?" She asked brow creasing in worry.
"Hopefully nothing, probably just going to interogate her," She shrugged. The two girls were quite for a moment. "You know I think I've figured it out." Danni said suddenly. "I think were back in time, you know like 1776 or so… maybe a little later."
"You mean they're not terrorists." Rosie turned to her.
Ruthie sat on the ground of a tent as the tall blue-eyed man paced back and forth. He turned on his heel. "Who are you?"
"My name is Ruthie Ritland." She offered, hoping that if she told him what ever he wanted he wouldn't hurt her.
"Oh really," He pulled out the large shiny metal gun and meticulously began loading it. "Tell me, Miss Ritland, where do your loyalties lie." He pointed it at her. She began to shiver. "Tell me or I'll shoot you".
"I don't know, please don't kill me!" She tried to hold back the terrified tears brimming in her eyes. The man flexed his jaw irritated.
"Bordon take this one away, and bring me another one." He sighed and sat on a crate pile. Carefully Bordon helped Ruthie up trying his best not to scare her anymore.
"Come with me miss." He said. "Sir is there any preference which one?"
Tavington shook his head and muttered, "Surprise me." his second nodded and left the tent.
Bordon took Ruthie back to her friends. He set her down and ordered one of the men to get her a glass of water. He looked at Rosie then shook his head, and told the brown-eyed girl to stand up. "Come on, the Colonel wants to see you." Danni struggled to her feet and followed Bordon.
"Are you all right?" Rosie asked her friend. Ruthie nodded.
"Yea, that Colonel guy is freaky." Ruthie said after taking another swallow of water. "But the Bordon guy he's really nice."
"Dude, I'm surprised you're not dramatized." She exclaimed. "I know I would be." Ruthie just nodded and continued you to drink her water. "Danni said that we've gone back in time."
Ruthie raised an eyebrow. "Danni says a lot of things."
"Well, all I know is that when she told me you could get lice from the seats at the movies, I don't sit back in the seats anymore." Rosie shrugged. Ruthie just nodded slowly entirely weirded out.
Danni found herself much in the same position Ruthie had been a few moments ago. Only when she walked in the Colonel glared at her. "Why her?" He muttered to himself.
Seeing his distaste, Danni immediately bowed up. "Hey, it's no walk in the park for me either!" She shouted.
Tavingotn was too his feet instantaneously. "Didn't I tell you to shut up?" He yelled pulling out his saber
Her brown eyes went wide as the steely object touched the base of her neck. "Shutting up" she squeaked. Tavington relaxed, went back to his crate, and turned his back to her.
"What did you say your name was Danea (pronounced Dan-long "a" sound)?" He asked her. When there was on answer Colonel Tavington turned around. "Answer me!" He crossed the small space in a few seconds and grabbed her up by the collar. "Well" He gritted his teeth.
"Let go of me you big idiot!" She hissed, and then mentally kicked herself. He pulled back some so they weren't so close. Then the Colonel dropped her to the ground. Danni flipped her hair out her face and yelled "YOU TOLD ME TO SHUT UP!" The blame game was one of her personal favorites. Tavington sighed. "And my name isn't French, its Danni like the boys name only not." She paused and looked at him. "Didn't we cover this in the kitchen?" She asked.
"Listen, Danny…." He paused and looked at her. "Where do your loyalties lie?"
"What?" She raised and eyebrow at him.
"to king and country, or to the band of rebels." She just looked at him.
"Your off your bleeding nut Wonka!" Finally, Tavington was tired of her, so he backhanded her across the face. She screamed at the force of the blow. Never in her life had Danni ever been treated that way. She came from the typical Christian American home, where the only violence she saw was on the TV. Again, Tavington picked her up by her collar and held her so close that their noses were touching.
"Now are you going to talk?"
Ruthie and Rosie were sitting on the log talking quietly. Captain Wilkins had untied them and given them food to eat. Suddenly, they heard a scream. They forgot their conversation and jumped to their feet running. However, the tall burly Captain caught them. "Hold on" He said keeping them back. "I'm sure your friend is all right." He lied. "Just sit down and I'll go check on them." He sighed and called another man over to watch the girls then slowly walked to the Colonel's tent.
Several times Wilkins had walked in on Tavington interrogating a person and nearly got his head shot off. "That man is far to trigger happy," he thought as he approached the tent. He knocked on the flap infectively, and then cleared his throat. "Colonel" he called.
Ruthie and Rose were still standing staring at Wilkins. He was standing in front of the tent where the demonic man, as Rosie had so kindly dubbed him, was. They were worried and imagining the worst. "I'm going to find out what happened!" Rosie said with a good measure of resolve. She marched passed the sleeping guard with Ruthie running to keep up. They passed Bordon who jumped to his feet trying to intercept them.
The two blondes made it to the tent just as Wilkins went in. They all stopped in the doorway as a shot fired at them.
Here's another chapter... thank you to everyone who reviewed and a specail thanks to Pookie Power 2005 for making me feel better.Yes, this is my first public fic... but don't hold it against me... I'm working on it. Please, when you review try to be nice.
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