Colonel Tavington's POV
We waited out the night by the outskirts of the forest. Those little brats had a hiding place in there, and a good one at that. What I really don't understand is how three children knocked out three soldiers. I think their parents taught them more then ordinary school subjects. I vowed to myself that on this day I would have at least one of them back in my grasp. No one humiliates me and gets away with it.
"Colonel Tavington," came General O'Hara's voice," We would like to leave today if you don't mind."
It is a pity that O'Hara is one of my superiors. I would have shot him in the penis so he would literally not have the balls to talk to me like that. I got up slowly and mounted my horse.
"Alright," I said," Let's move out."
The Dragoon followed me into the forest. I knew from the moment I sat on my horse that today was going to be a long day.
About an hour into the trip I heard a noise to the left of me, and I knew that it wasn't nature making that noise. I motioned for the Dragoon to stop. O'Hara did not question me, which meant that he had heard it too. The noise was moving further up the path. I motioned for the Dragoon to follow it slowly.
"We have them now," I said," Or at least one of them. I hope."
The Dragoon followed the sound for at least five minutes. Then, just when I was getting ready to pull them back, the noise stopped. There was a loud thud, like someone's body hitting the ground. The men looked back at me for instruction. I motioned for them to go in and see what it was. Three of them disappeared in the vegatation. There was the sound of someone choking, and then silence.
"What has happened?" O'Hara called. The three soldiers came running back out.
"Sir," one of them said," The children attacked us!"
I raised an eyebrow. Now they were getting violent.
"All those on horseback follow me," I called. Soon the forest was filled with the sound of thundering hooves. I saw a speck of white disappear into the bushes up ahead. I motioned for the Dragoon to slow down their horses.
"What do you see," O'Hara asked.
"There sir," I whispered and pointed to the bush. O'Hara nodded. I dismounted my steed slowly and approached the bush. It twitched, which meant something or someone was definitely occupying it, and getting ready to run for it. I cocked my pistol and the bush stopped moving.
"Gotcha," I yelled, and to my delight I extracted none other than Julianna from the bush.
"Damn it," she muttered. I was half hoping to catch Joseph, but she would do for the time being. I figured that if I caught Joseph, the girls would become clueless as to what to do. I know for a fact that Joseph is the brain of their little clan.
"Well,well,well," I said," We meet again, Julianna."
"Hello Colonel Tavington," Julianna said in a bored manner," Lovely day isn't it?"
"Indeed," I said.Her tone was too calm for someone who was just captured," I plan to recapture all of you today, and after that, you shall all go before the Lord General Cornwallis. He will be the one to deal with you."
"Oh no," she said in a louder voice then necessary," Whatever will I do? Wont someone please help me?"
At that moment mud,and rocks,came pelting at us from both sides of the road.
"Tavington," O'Hara said behind me," Give the girl to me. You find the other two and meet back here."
I was hoping he would send me in with the rest to find the other two. I rushed Julianna over to him and lifted her onto his horse. He immediately wrapped an arm around her waist and moved his horse out of range. I led the others off the path. The other half of the Dragoon joined us in our chase. I saw a cascade of blonde hair disappear behind a tree, and ordered some of the men to go to the right and find Haley. The rest went with me to the left to look for Joseph. I was about to give out more orders when a clump of mud hit me square in the face, and then another got me in the stomache. I wiped the mud furiously from my face. I saw Joseph running towards the river with about six of my men on his tail.
"Colonel Tavington," said a soldier behind me," The girl has disappeared. We can't find her anywhere."
"Damn," I said. I turned and looked to see what was happening with Joseph, and saw him make a daring leap over the river, turn around once he was on the other side, give a calculating look to the opposite bank, and then he did something to make all six men that were on his tail fall into the river. Laughing, he turned and disappeared into the woods. We went back to O'Hara empty handed. At least we had Julianna.
"Let's get her back to the estate and then figure out what to do about the other two," O'Hara said. I saw his grip on Julianna's waist tighten. He turned his horse around and we followed him out of the woods. Julianna leaned around O'Hara and stuck her tongue out at me.
"Little brat," I muttered.