N/A: This is going to take me forever, as my expectations for a story are 34 chapters or more. Hope you enjoy!

Halt and Alice wore casual clothes, down in the village, finding out more about the goings on here in Craikennis. It wasn't exactly an unmissable town.

"Buttle's been causing all sorts of trouble down here" Said a local. The two were disguised as travellers. Alice was undercover as a girl named Johanna Williams, and Halt as Christian Williams. The two were a supposed couple, travelling Hibernia, seeing the sites. Alice had refused at first, before realising they were siblings anyway, and she looked at it as a game she used to play with Alex when she was in the ward. Except a lot more serious. And a lot more important.

"Has he now?"Alice asked.

"Yeah"Said the man. "Good thing he was dealt with."Alice smiled inwardly.

"Yeah, good thing"Alice said, looking at Halt who looked just as amused. "He didn't happen to bring other personel with him?"Alice asked.

"Nope. Came on his own with nothing but a spear and a few other weapons"Said the man. "He was threatening people to do his bidding, and pretty much asking anybody that would listen where Alice Callihan was. I don't know why he would be looking for her, she's never done anything to him."Alice crossed her arms, a knowing look on her face.

"Right?" Added the local.

"She might've done a thing or two"Alice said. "We'll never know unless we ask her, would we?"The amusement in Halt's eyes wasn't completely masked. Alice was trained enough that she could see it.

"Or vise versa" She said. Halt covered his mouth, closing his eyes and making a sound similar to as if he were yawning. Smart move Halt, Alice thought. Smart move.

"That could be the case"Said the local.

"Sorry to interrupt, but I desperately need coffee" Halt said. Alice and the man exchanged glances. Alice shook her head.

"You have to control you addiction Ha-,Chris" Alice said.

"You know that's impossible Joe" Halt said in reply.

"I have" Alice said. Halt rolled his eyes.

"Ćibe rud" Halt said.

"Ná fút téin mise, Christian" Alice snapped.

"Is leor sin" Said the local. Sounds of commotion aroused atlesst 2 yards away, and Halt and Alice turned. The two's eyes darted here and there, looking for the source.

"Over there" Alice said, pointing to a running crowd in the next 2 yards. Alice was off.

"Woah wait up!" Halt called after the running girl, running as fast as he could to catch up. It was Keren. Alice stopped in her tracks. She was allies with Keren. She'd brought him over to the side of her and the others. But, she couldn't just stand and watch. Keren was one of many people that liked or loved the girl. Keren loved her, of course. But she didn't know.

"Keren"She called over the screams. He turned to her.

"A-Alice?"He stuttered. "I didn't know you were here why didn't you tell me?" Alice's gaze made Keren swallow.

"I'm sorry"Alice said. Before Keren knew it, Alice's arrow was burried in his chest. As he fell, Halt arrived.

"What'd I miss?"He asked.

"Where are they?"Will asked.

"You need to rest, Will. Alice is a trained medic and Ranger. She-"Gilan began. But Will cut him off.

"Where is Halt and Alice, Gilan?"Will asked.

"In the village"Gilan said. "But you can't go down there."Will sighed.

"Why?" Will asked.

"Alice said you won't be able to walk for at least four days" Gilan replied. "You need rest." Will sighed again.

"Fine"Will said.

"Doctor's orders"Gilan joked. Will laughed.

"Yeah"He said. Horace burst into the room.

"Gilan, I don't know what it's for, but I was just told by the inn keeper that Alice needs us"Horace said.

"Be right back" Gilan said to Will, before getting up and leaving with Horace. Will fell asleep wondering why Gilan and Horace were needed so suddenly.

"Ní raibh a fhios agam go raibh fórsa iomlán aige!"Alice yelled at Halt, parrying a stroke from one of Keren's men.

"Cheapann tú go bhféadfadh sé a bheith ina chúis leis an suaitheadh go léir ina aonar!"Halt yelled back.They gotta stop speaking Hibernian, Alice realised. If they were travellers, someone was going to find out it was rather suspicious that their Hibernian was so fluent. Alice didn't say anything else for the time being. Halt lost her in the crowd, and thought she'd been killed or captured. She'd been captured several times in her young age. One of the most severe lasted three years from 2nd year to 4th year. She almost died. Buttle's fault once again. He found her later in the midst of all of it when Horace and Gilan arrived.

"Took you long enough"Halt said.

"Where's Alice?"Gilan asked.

"There"Halt said, pointing to the short dressed, long haired girl in the centre of the feild. She was giving Keren's men a hard time. Reinforcements had been called and it was quite a battle.

"I'm going to help her out"Horace said, before dashing off. Alice got the last blood. She had gotten the first blood too. Alice sighed. The pain in her shoulder shot back from when Buttle had slashed her. She stopped herself from crying out. She grabbed her shoulder. It was bleeding once more. She covered it over with her cloak. It was already bloodstained from the original wound. It worked like a charm. She successfully hid a cough. She'd sort it out back at the inn.

"I'll be with you guys in a second!"Alice called as the others went to the tap room. Alice staggered to Annabelle. She also had a slash on the outside of her right leg. Annabelle tilted her head.

Everything alright?

"Yeah I'm fine girl"Alice said, leaning on the fence, holding a hand to her shoulder. She grabbed her first aid kit from her saddle bags. She did a rough job with the bandages, but it was the best she could do. She scratched Annabelle behind the ear.

"Don't tell the others" She said. Annabelle tossed her mane.

Got it. She went as swiftly as she could to the tap room without falling flat on her face. She sat down on her own in the corner of the room. She wasn't hungry. Just wanted some coffee. As she drank gratefully, she looked around for the others. They were there. They didn't notice her though. She passed by breifly. Yet none of them noticed her. She went back to her room that she had separately from the others. Except, for the moment, she was sharing with Will so she could keep an eye on him. She sat and sharpened her knife, sighing. He was asleep at the moment. She could hear his gentle breathing. She put it away. She got up and made some coffee. Will would wake up soon. He'd definitely want some. She sat beside his bed, and a few minutes later Will was awake.He gratefully took the coffee. Alice rested her head on her hand, holding her oakleaf attached to her necklace she wore, looking down at it. Will looked at her. He spotted the bandages, dotted with dark red. He didn't question it. Who knows how old they were. Her hair fell over the left side of her face. It didn't cover the sad but pained look on her face.

"Everything alright?" Will Asked.

"Yes" Alice replied simply. Just like Halt would, Will thought grimly.

"Come on, I know something is wrong" Will said. If he nagged her enough, he knew he'd get an answer.

"That look on your face isn't hiding anything."Alice looked up, raising an eyebrow at the man.

"What look?" Alice asked.

"That look"Will said as it returned. "You're depressed, aren't you?" Alice sighed.

"Maybe" She replied. With Alice, he knew that was a yes.

"Come on, what's wrong?" Will asked. Alice said nothing, looking back at her oakleaf. Her cloak, Will realised, was battle damaged, and her hair was slightly matted with blood and almost looked like Halt had used his saxe knife to cut her hair like he did with his hair that was slightly unkempt. She'd been fighting. That's what the bandages were. She was injured. And he could tell by the ruff job that she'd done them whilst she was bleeding. That was what the pain was.

"Come on, I see those bandages"Will said. "What've you done?" Alice sighed.

"Keren took a visit" Alice said eventually.

"Again?"Will questioned. "I thought you killed him."

"Exactly"Alice said.

"But he has his ways of coming back." Will looked up to Alice once more. Pain filled her deep set eyes. She was pretty much, you could imagine, a female version of Halt. Except with a girl's qualities. Some of them. Not all of them. She could be quite violent. And psycho if left alone for too long. Will sighed. This was going to be a rough few days.