p class="MsoNormal"It had been day two. The Bonesborough police had only made it to one of 7 different station stops, and with no luck. The recorded video hadn't shown a single sight of a green haired woman. One might consider this good news, or extremely bad news. It meant she had still been on the train, or was taken before boarding the train. Although there was hope she would be in the area, that would leave roughly 2 weeks she hadn't been accounted for, and Emria was trying her hardest to stay optimistic, along with her brother and girlfriend./p
p class="MsoNormal""don't worry Emira, Amity is a strong girl, she is probably ok" her girlfriend tries to console the college student by putting a hand on her shoulder. "yea mittens can take care of herself. If she was kidnapped they would probably return her after a day or two. If she's still alive" said Edric, just before getting hit on the head my Vineys hand. Emira shot a death glare at her brother for making a joke in a serious style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanspan style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanspan style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanspan style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanspan style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal""let's think rationally here, no one would take her from here, it's too crowded and they would jeopardize being caught. Besides the train she was on only took a stop here for supplies, so she probably didn't get off the train. Amity made it further" said Viney, in a desperate attempt to make Emira feel more at ease./p
p class="MsoNormal"Emira couldn't really think that rationally with worry clouding her thinking. All she could think of was her baby sister tortured scared and half dead in a hole somewhere. Crying, and thinking that no one cared about her and that's why no one had come found her. It was true that Amity could handle herself, and she was far from a crying little girl anymore, she had transformed into a woman who could probably cause any man to pee his pants with 1 glance./p
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p class="MsoNormal"Day 4, and it had been nothing but down pour since the memorizing night before last. The greenette had reluctantly been wearing Antonio's oversized coat which had a hoodie that covered well over half of her face. She had insisted that he wear it, but he claimed the girl would get ill way before he would from a little rain. Why such a gentle giant would ever decide to join the criminal world would always be a mystery to her. Juan on the other hand, was cheery and humoured by the weather, walking around with his tongue out like one might when it snowed./p
p class="MsoNormal"Luz hadn't said much at all, in fact she remained the quietest out of the four, only answering questions with a word or two. It had gotten annoying faster than you could imagine. "oohh! Who wants to play a game?" asked the white haired boy, rather joyfully./p
p class="MsoNormal""no"/p
p class="MsoNormal""Awww, come on Luzbian! I'm bored just one game!"/p
p class="MsoNormal""no"/p
p class="MsoNormal"Then Amity chirped up, "I'll play with you." Luz shot the green haired girl a cold glance, that turned into a soft smirk playing across those perfect lips of hers. "Alright! hmmm…. I know, I spy something…green!" said the boy excitedly. Amity moved her mouth to one side, and bit the side of her cheek. "is it the trees?" her honey eyes met purple eyes with an amused smile. Luz felt this unusual bitter feeling welt in her gut, one she hadn't felt in years. Jealousy, she wondered, and she wasn't sure. "we aren't doing this" the brunette claimed, leading to a bored sigh from Juan. Amity no longer kept her distance of a whole 3 feet, but walked less a step behind Luz. "why ya gotta ruin all my fun-" an overwhelming feeling washed over the female criminal, as she felt another presence. "shut up you idiot…. someone's following us..." the leader informed the group in a hushed low tone./p
p class="MsoNormal"Juan and Antonio exchanged calm glances, before nodding, when a squirrel scampered across their path. "thugs…approaching from the east…one having a Japanese long sword, the other has a hunting knife and is approaching quickly" whispered Antonio. The white haired boy nodded, and looked at their surroundings carefully. Amity observed tree tops and bushes, doing a scan over everything not quite sure what else to do. She is in no condition to fight, the past 3 days were spent walking with little breaks and scarce food. This week she hadn't even gotten 20 hours of sleep, so less than 5 hours a day. It had taken a toll on her, but Luz hadn't cared, she had a goal and wouldn't slow down until that goal was met according to Juan./p
p class="MsoNormal"Even the knowledge of being followed, Luz continued to push onward. "face it, you've gotten us lost!" Amity said, half jogging to keep up with the others, ready to collapse at any moment. "I know exactly where we are." The brunette said, without as much as looking at anyone. After another 3 minutes of walking in pure silence, the not so famous Noceada stopped and turned around and looked at her traveling companions./p
p class="MsoNormal""anyone else think we're lost?" she asked in a certain tone that sounded half like a question, and the other a rhetorical statement. The orange haired quiet gentleman rubbed the back of his head, Juan whistled and eyes wandered, but Amity stood with a hand on her hip and a sceptical face./p
p class="MsoNormal"Luz scoffed loudly as her hand moved to the back of her pants, "come out and stop hiding already. We have other business to pursue." And if on cue, a dark cloaked figure emerged from a bush. "Tsk, tsk, and here I thought no one had noticed." Said a male voice, nothing particularly notable about him, except for a scar that stretched from cheek bone to chin./p
p class="MsoNormal"The man was maybe his mid-twenties, hands calloused from a life of hard work. He was either tan or dirty, with brown hair down just passed his shoulders. He wore a navy blue outfit underneath the cloak, sweat pants of a dark navy blue colour and a shirt that was black. Juan grabbed his oversized sword, ready to pounce. "no Juan. Go find and take care of the other problem, I'll take care of this." Amity saw a flash of the white haired boys signature fanged grin before disappearing./p
p class="MsoNormal""Luz noceada, I have been ordered to kill you and your female companion." The man finally said, earning an amused laugh that arose from the brunette. The guy seemed fairly skilled in tracking a Luz knew better then to underestimate people especially an opponent. "and who exactly gave you that order?" the woman responded with such mockery in her tone. "someone who paid me upfront and promised to be watching for em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"his game./em" All colour drained from the Latina's face./p
p class="MsoNormal"Luz, Amity and Antonio all exchanged brief worried looks. Though her honey gold eyes lingered on the quiet tall one of the four, as a new look covered his face. Instead of being that scared cornered animal, cornered he still was, except how he had been really to lash out. Fight or flight to say… and something about his mood altered…transformed to something more… sinister./p
p class="MsoNormal""Antonio, calm yourself. Well if it's a game you've come to play, let's go." Luz said, withdrawing her gun, but with little time before the pawn took his first move, hurling himself at Luz with a dagger in hand, it was childs play really, dodging so effortlessly. Or so she had thought, she found herself whirling Amity around unintentionally./p
p class="MsoNormal"'em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"of course, how could I have forgotten.'/em She thought, taking a stance and yanking her arm forward, dragging the other girl to her. em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"'like a ripple effect. Every move I make, she who is bound to me moves as well. That's the test. Teamwork.'/em Before she could share the new information, Antonio had already charged at the man, knocking the man to the ground. He went as far as to kneel om the guy to keep punching him until Luz told him to stop. By that time the man was unconscious and his face was covered in blood./p
p class="MsoNormal"The whole encounter hadn't been more than 7 minutes, though it was made clear that the couple had only been lucky this time. Their next opponent was guaranteed to be much more skilled and they needed to improve on their duo fighting strategy. A warm up round almost./p
p class="MsoNormal"Luz heard a rustling in leaves in the distance and smirked. So the game had finally begun, and the 4 had a whole 2 and a half weeks to play through pawns, knights, bishops, and rooks before a show down with the king./p
p class="MsoNormal""don't worry Emira, Amity is a strong girl, she is probably ok" her girlfriend tries to console the college student by putting a hand on her shoulder. "yea mittens can take care of herself. If she was kidnapped they would probably return her after a day or two. If she's still alive" said Edric, just before getting hit on the head my Vineys hand. Emira shot a death glare at her brother for making a joke in a serious style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanspan style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanspan style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanspan style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanspan style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal""let's think rationally here, no one would take her from here, it's too crowded and they would jeopardize being caught. Besides the train she was on only took a stop here for supplies, so she probably didn't get off the train. Amity made it further" said Viney, in a desperate attempt to make Emira feel more at ease./p
p class="MsoNormal"Emira couldn't really think that rationally with worry clouding her thinking. All she could think of was her baby sister tortured scared and half dead in a hole somewhere. Crying, and thinking that no one cared about her and that's why no one had come found her. It was true that Amity could handle herself, and she was far from a crying little girl anymore, she had transformed into a woman who could probably cause any man to pee his pants with 1 glance./p
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p class="MsoNormal"Day 4, and it had been nothing but down pour since the memorizing night before last. The greenette had reluctantly been wearing Antonio's oversized coat which had a hoodie that covered well over half of her face. She had insisted that he wear it, but he claimed the girl would get ill way before he would from a little rain. Why such a gentle giant would ever decide to join the criminal world would always be a mystery to her. Juan on the other hand, was cheery and humoured by the weather, walking around with his tongue out like one might when it snowed./p
p class="MsoNormal"Luz hadn't said much at all, in fact she remained the quietest out of the four, only answering questions with a word or two. It had gotten annoying faster than you could imagine. "oohh! Who wants to play a game?" asked the white haired boy, rather joyfully./p
p class="MsoNormal""no"/p
p class="MsoNormal""Awww, come on Luzbian! I'm bored just one game!"/p
p class="MsoNormal""no"/p
p class="MsoNormal"Then Amity chirped up, "I'll play with you." Luz shot the green haired girl a cold glance, that turned into a soft smirk playing across those perfect lips of hers. "Alright! hmmm…. I know, I spy something…green!" said the boy excitedly. Amity moved her mouth to one side, and bit the side of her cheek. "is it the trees?" her honey eyes met purple eyes with an amused smile. Luz felt this unusual bitter feeling welt in her gut, one she hadn't felt in years. Jealousy, she wondered, and she wasn't sure. "we aren't doing this" the brunette claimed, leading to a bored sigh from Juan. Amity no longer kept her distance of a whole 3 feet, but walked less a step behind Luz. "why ya gotta ruin all my fun-" an overwhelming feeling washed over the female criminal, as she felt another presence. "shut up you idiot…. someone's following us..." the leader informed the group in a hushed low tone./p
p class="MsoNormal"Juan and Antonio exchanged calm glances, before nodding, when a squirrel scampered across their path. "thugs…approaching from the east…one having a Japanese long sword, the other has a hunting knife and is approaching quickly" whispered Antonio. The white haired boy nodded, and looked at their surroundings carefully. Amity observed tree tops and bushes, doing a scan over everything not quite sure what else to do. She is in no condition to fight, the past 3 days were spent walking with little breaks and scarce food. This week she hadn't even gotten 20 hours of sleep, so less than 5 hours a day. It had taken a toll on her, but Luz hadn't cared, she had a goal and wouldn't slow down until that goal was met according to Juan./p
p class="MsoNormal"Even the knowledge of being followed, Luz continued to push onward. "face it, you've gotten us lost!" Amity said, half jogging to keep up with the others, ready to collapse at any moment. "I know exactly where we are." The brunette said, without as much as looking at anyone. After another 3 minutes of walking in pure silence, the not so famous Noceada stopped and turned around and looked at her traveling companions./p
p class="MsoNormal""anyone else think we're lost?" she asked in a certain tone that sounded half like a question, and the other a rhetorical statement. The orange haired quiet gentleman rubbed the back of his head, Juan whistled and eyes wandered, but Amity stood with a hand on her hip and a sceptical face./p
p class="MsoNormal"Luz scoffed loudly as her hand moved to the back of her pants, "come out and stop hiding already. We have other business to pursue." And if on cue, a dark cloaked figure emerged from a bush. "Tsk, tsk, and here I thought no one had noticed." Said a male voice, nothing particularly notable about him, except for a scar that stretched from cheek bone to chin./p
p class="MsoNormal"The man was maybe his mid-twenties, hands calloused from a life of hard work. He was either tan or dirty, with brown hair down just passed his shoulders. He wore a navy blue outfit underneath the cloak, sweat pants of a dark navy blue colour and a shirt that was black. Juan grabbed his oversized sword, ready to pounce. "no Juan. Go find and take care of the other problem, I'll take care of this." Amity saw a flash of the white haired boys signature fanged grin before disappearing./p
p class="MsoNormal""Luz noceada, I have been ordered to kill you and your female companion." The man finally said, earning an amused laugh that arose from the brunette. The guy seemed fairly skilled in tracking a Luz knew better then to underestimate people especially an opponent. "and who exactly gave you that order?" the woman responded with such mockery in her tone. "someone who paid me upfront and promised to be watching for em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"his game./em" All colour drained from the Latina's face./p
p class="MsoNormal"Luz, Amity and Antonio all exchanged brief worried looks. Though her honey gold eyes lingered on the quiet tall one of the four, as a new look covered his face. Instead of being that scared cornered animal, cornered he still was, except how he had been really to lash out. Fight or flight to say… and something about his mood altered…transformed to something more… sinister./p
p class="MsoNormal""Antonio, calm yourself. Well if it's a game you've come to play, let's go." Luz said, withdrawing her gun, but with little time before the pawn took his first move, hurling himself at Luz with a dagger in hand, it was childs play really, dodging so effortlessly. Or so she had thought, she found herself whirling Amity around unintentionally./p
p class="MsoNormal"'em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"of course, how could I have forgotten.'/em She thought, taking a stance and yanking her arm forward, dragging the other girl to her. em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"'like a ripple effect. Every move I make, she who is bound to me moves as well. That's the test. Teamwork.'/em Before she could share the new information, Antonio had already charged at the man, knocking the man to the ground. He went as far as to kneel om the guy to keep punching him until Luz told him to stop. By that time the man was unconscious and his face was covered in blood./p
p class="MsoNormal"The whole encounter hadn't been more than 7 minutes, though it was made clear that the couple had only been lucky this time. Their next opponent was guaranteed to be much more skilled and they needed to improve on their duo fighting strategy. A warm up round almost./p
p class="MsoNormal"Luz heard a rustling in leaves in the distance and smirked. So the game had finally begun, and the 4 had a whole 2 and a half weeks to play through pawns, knights, bishops, and rooks before a show down with the king./p