Disclaimer: I own nothing but Ruby and Hazel that are strangely based off of me and my friends.
CHAPTER FOURTEEN: So thanks for making me, a fighter
Djaq, Marion, Ruby, and Hazel were sitting by the fire waiting to hear Hazel's brilliant idea. "It's never good when she has an idea." Ruby said,
"What are you talking about? My ideas are always great!" Hazel argued,
"What about the time you convinced me to crawl through the vent during a test when we were nine?"
"That was your idea!"
"It was?"
"Yeah."
"Oh yeah. Okay what about the time you convinced me to come with you to see a band in the ghetto. We spent most of the night in a dumpster because of a gang fight."
"Okay that was my idea but this one is different." Hazel assured. "Fine." Ruby said.
"Alright, so the gang is going to be in the dungeons, I presume for a few days. Right?" Hazel said,
"Probably. Vasey likes to torture prisoners before he hangs them." Marion said,
"Perfect. So we go to the neighboring villages and gather all the mothers of those children and we fight back and rescue the children." Hazel explained, "How? No one will listen to a woman." Djaq said,
"I get it. It's like a women's suffrage movement except not for voting rights. That's brilliant!" Ruby said, "No one will listen to a group of women but they can't ignore an ARMY of angry women."
"One problem. How are we going to get them without getting caught?" Marion asked,
"Easy. One village at a time, we'll congregate in the woods. We can have a name!" Hazel said,
"What's our name gonna be? Righteously pissed off?" Ruby said, "No. Although that's a good idea, do you think it'll fit on a banner?" Hazel replied. Ruby rolled her eyes. "So when do we start?" Marion asked,
"Tomorrow." Ruby and Hazel said in unison.
THE NEXT DAY
Hazel and Ruby didn't borrow any gowns from Marion that day. Instead, they wore their own clothes. The clothes they came in. They put their make up on and headed out. Marion was to go to the castle and visit the gang and help them escape, while Hazel, Ruby, and Djaq were to go to the villages and gather the mothers. The first the village they went to they weren't exactly welcomed warmly, until Hazel let out a loud whistle.
"Okay look! We're not here to carry out any of the sheriff's orders. He can get screwed up the ass by Bob Saget for all I care." Hazel said, "We're here about your children. We want to help. Robin can't because he's in jail at the moment."
"But we can't do it alone. They won't listen to just us. That's why we're here. With us, all of you, and women from the other villages that have been affected by this, they have to listen. We're meeting in the woods behind the Knighton Hall tonight after sun down. If you want to save your children, be there." Ruby said, "Thank you for your time." They jumped off the coop and started walking away. "Why would you want to help?" one of the women asked. Ruby turned around and answered, "Because I'm someone's child and I know my mother wouldn't sleep a wink if she didn't know where I was."
THE WOODS
The sun was starting to go down and the four girls were in the forest waiting. Marion told them that the sheriff would be making an appearance with his sister and Guy at the mine to check on the progress in three days. Robin and the gang got out of the dungeons just fine. When Marion told him about the plan, he was enraged. They had gotten into an argument that Marion ended up winning.
"So wait…the sheriff's sister's name is Davina? That sounds an awful like David. Does she look like a dude?" Hazel said. Everyone laughed. "No I'm totes serious. Does she look like a dude?"
"Dude, shut the fuck up." Ruby said laughing. Hazel picked up a small pebble and threw it at Ruby. The pebble hit Ruby in the forehead. "Ow! You bitch!" Ruby exclaimed. "How is it that you two are the best of friends if you don't treat each other well?" Djaq asked smiling.
"We love each other like sisters but at the same time we can't stand each other. We're almost like a married couple." Ruby answered. Marion chuckled. Just then they heard footsteps. They stood still waiting for either the creators to show themselves or head in another direction.
Soon the owners of the footsteps made themselves visible. Five women stood before them. "I take it you're like the leaders from each village." Hazel said, pointing to each of them. "Aye, we are." One of them said. "Just making sure." Hazel said. "Can we trust her?" another said pointing to Djaq. "Uh DER!" Hazel replied, "Okay sweetie, this is why you're not allowed to do public speaking anymore. Because you insult people." Ruby said soothing her. "Thank for you coming."
"My name is Ruby, this is Hazel, Marion and Djaq. We've kind of already sort of worked out what we need to do. We're planning a march/attack kind of thing. Very Mel Gibson 'Braveheart' kind of a thing." Ruby explained.
"'I expect and demand your very best. Anything less, you should have joined the Air Force.' Name that movie!" Hazel said, "'Crimson Tide.' Hazel this is no time to play movie trivia." Ruby scolded. Hazel rolled her eyes. "Whatever. Anyways, Go to back to your villages and the others that the sheriff, his sister, and Sir Guy are making an appearance at the mine in three days. You and the women of your villages are to meet us at Knighton Hall before sun up to gather. Now we decided that since we're marching, we should sing. So we wrote the words to some songs. Take them and learn them. We'll see you in three days." Hazel said giving them each a packet of songs that her and Ruby had written out. Hazel's writing hand twinged slightly with pain at the memory of not too long ago. The leaders of the villages nodded and left. "I'm hungry." Hazel said. "You're always hungry." Ruby retorted. "Let's go home and eat and relax." Marion said leading the way with Ruby and Hazel playfully shoving and hitting each other.