Chapter 20
"Half running down the wall, half sliding down the rope burning through the pockets I had torn out and wrapped around my hands, I made my way off the bell tower. When I hit the ground I could see Bullies coming down the path through the city market toward the church. Time to go.
"With no armor, I obviously did not want to take on more than two Bullies at one time and I could see there were plenty more than that on their way. First I took off toward the armorer's shop. Once there he let me use a spare room to change out of my normal shorts into the combat shorts I had gotten from Oddball, I also put on the boots. Then he gave me the sleeve which I shoved in my pack along with my pocket-less shorts, shoes, and food. I paid him with gold then exited the shop.
"Once outside, some guy pointed at me and said 'that's him!' then Bullies were coming from everywhere towards me. I shot out of there probably faster than I've ever ran before, tipping over stalls, cutting through alleys, throwing a stray cat or two in their direction, anything to slow the Bullies down. I think the spikes on the bottom of the boots greatly improved my traction as I zoomed through puddles and such without even slipping once. In the end, I made it out of town and back to camp where Jack was snoozing.
'Here's your food.' I tossed some bread his way and unloaded the rest.
"Jack woke up confused then examined the bread that had landed in his lap. 'I don't like this bread.' he said.
'Do you have any freakin idea what I had to do to get this back here for you?!?!' I now realized I was breathing quite deeply and not far from collapsing in a disheveled heap on the ground. Instead, I sat.
'Jeez dude, what happened?'
'Got chased.' I said simply.
'What'd you do this time?' Jack asked accusingly.
'Saved some old guy.' I also said simply.
'You're gonna get us killed one of these days helping people.'
"I sighed. 'It'll be worth it. Now enjoy that food, and don't complain.'
'What's wrong with complaining?' Jack joked. 'Its not like it reflects feelings of unthankful ness.'
'You're funny, you know that?'
'Ya, I know.'
"Jack and I both ate then packed up our things and set out to look around in the woods for the resistance fighters, or rather: you guys. What we found was not what we expected."