So, today's the 12th of September, and I was super busy. I was at AFL9's. Made a new friend. His name was William. Will for short, which I found funny. We pretty much were assigned, and if we weren't in ford, we just talked about retarted shit. I had so much fun. And almost broke my frickin hand tryna catch the ball. I did catch it once, and passed it successfully. Went to kick it in another time, and almost broke me ankle. Well, I talk to much...
Fuck.
Anyway, let's get straight to it.
Alice was off duty in the hospital wing for 5 weeks. When she rode up to the campsite the others were at, they didn't seem to notice her. It was silent, the atmosphere filled with fear. Alice swung off Annabelle, gave her the 'free' signal, then walked up to the group, and sat beside Halt.
"So uh," She said, everyone noticing her for the first time. "How's it going?"
"Alice!" They all Chorused. She smiled. An arm went around her, and Horace ruffled her hair like she was his brother.
"Horace" She laughed. They were all as equally relieved to see her as Horace was.
"Mummy!" Exclaimed Amber and Ryan. She smiled at the sight of her children. She welcomed them with open arms. She looked at Halt. There was a proud light in his eyes. He nodded, giving her one of his rare smiles. That's what Alice liked to see. She smiled back. Then her children made her fall backwards.
"Lay off, lay off!" She laughed. She looked around, sighing silent relief. She yawned. Stress release. She let Gilan grab her in a firm embrace. Same with Will. She felt, even though she wasn't in Norgate or Gallica, at home.
When they were back in Araluen, Keren checked up on her.
"We couldn't have ever stopped ya going, right?" Keren said. Alice smiled, nodding.
"Yup" She said. It was time she took a bit of a break back at Norgate.
No it ain't, she thought, not yet. She still had so much to do.
When she did wind up back at Norgate, she got a suprise visit from her supposed-to-be-dead stepfather. She sighed. Masi. At least Will had come with her. Her kids had decided to stick with Crowley for a while longer.
"M-Masi?" She asked, starting back. He smiled devilishly.
"Told ya I'd be back" He said. His dagger gleamed in the mid-day sun coming through the window, freshly made and unused. Alice swallowed. They were always the sharpest. He unsheathed it.
"Let's test this, shall we?" He asked rhetorically, before starting toward Alice. She fell over herself moving back, knocking down things off the counter with a loud crash.
Will heard the commotion outside, and dashed in, bow ready.
Masi picked Alice up by the collar, and held the dagger behind her back. She began to panic. She saw Will over the man's shoulder. She tapped on the bench, in a code.
Will quickly registered, drew back the bowstring, and fired.
Masi sensed it coming, and grabbed it mid air, breifly dropping Alice. He dropped the arrow, picking up Alice once more, the girl sighing in agrivation.
Will stared, wide eyed. How on earth had he done that? Alice began gasping for air, slight agony there. Masi was pressing the dagger more against her back. Will had to act fast. Whilst Mai's wasn't paying attention, he fired. Got him, he thought as the arrow struck home. Alice fell to the ground, before scrambling up, leaning against the bench as Masi fell, dead.
Will and Alice both breathed heavily, looking at each other.
"So uh, he wasn't dead" Will said eventually. "He's dead now."
Alice looked at Will, fear mixed with agony in her eyes.
"Didn't you see him coming?" She asked, but Will shook his head.
"No" He replied. "I didn't."
Alice looked down at the dead figure of Masi at her feet. "Fricking hell" She said lightly.
After that, Alice was in an unstable condition. Hospitalised twice and almost killed by Masi, she was deffinetly unstable. She still insisted on staying in duty, and to keep doing what she was meant to. She went to practice, but her hands began to shake. She looked down at her hands. What on earth was wrong with her? She tried to control herself, controlling her breathing, maintain her heartbeat.
Will looked at her with concern. "Alice, I think you need to..." He began, but Alice held up a hand to stop his protest.
"I-I'm fine Will" She said, her voice cracking and stuttering.
"Alice I'm serious, you don't look well, you..." He began to protest, but Alice stopped him once more.
"I'm, fine" She said. Will started forward.
"Alice please, listen to..." Will began, but was stopped. Alice turned, and in the same movement grabbed Will by the collar and lifted him off the ground. She was pale, but still strong.
"Will I said I'm fine!" Alice yelled. Her eyes were filled with fury, but there was a light in her eyes that shiwed in her gaze that Will had wished to never be on the receiving end of. It was the exact gaze when she was about to kill someone. A psychotic gaze. "Are you denying me?!"
"N-No" Will stuttered in reply. A doubtful look breifly flashed across Alice's face. She scowled, then Will felt a sharp pain in the back of his head, and everything went black.
Alice dropped Will as she let go of his collar. It took her a while to comprehend what she'd just done. She'd just knocked out Will. She had to make a decision, and fast. Tell or Run.
