"Grace! get down here we've got a straggler from Nimblethum!"
the plump cheery lady walked hastly down the steps, The man picked up the chairs around Jordyn, Grace fetched some blankets from the laundry room, and wrapped them around Jordyn.
"Wow, Bartello...This girl looks young for being a straggler, do ya really think she ran away from home? Poor dear looks like she was frightend tae death."
Her irish tounge said, eyeing out the girl.
"Geeze Grace, open up your eyes, kids will run away for any old reason now and days."
"Dad!"
Jordyn gasped. Bartello and Grace looked at her awkwardly.
"Something must have happend over there."
"She looks familliah..don't ya agree?"
Grace said stroking Jordyns face with a warm herbal cloth.
"Aye, she does...Vincent's little girl."
"Well, where's that strapping young boy of his too, Neo is it?"
"I don't know...But Her and her brother are in-seperable."
"Maybe ya should call Delany and see whats going on."
"I should."
Jordyn moaned softly.
"Neo...."
"Shhhh, its alright..."
"Hey Del?....yea Bartello...whats going on at Nimble?.......a what? are you serious? Is everyone okay? They took Vincent and Neo to where? Midgar?.....I thought- Well yea-Ohhh.....I see. Well...No..No..no problems here. Just a kinda feeling i had 'tis all...you know me uptight. Well, thanks Del...Yeah, you too...Bye."
He turned to Grace, and shook his head.
"Seems like the cloonies took Her dad and brother to Midgar Institute. I guess they were after that family for a long time, and had no way to get them without something happening like what happend. So they removed them from the house, and now they are gonna be apart of the Ga-Ho-Let project"
"The ga-hoo-what?"
"Gast, Hojo, Scarlet"
"Ohhhh..."
Her eyes widend.
"Well woman, we should get her upstairs in our boys room...We don't want them to find her here. So get to it."
"Alright."
Grace and Bartello picked up Jordyn carefully, and carried her up to their son's room.
"You tend to the girl, and i'll run the INN and the Pub today."
"Alright."
Bartello walked downstairs, and took care of the customers. Grace was upstairs, sewing and sitting in a rocking chair beside Jordyn. Grace every hour checked up on Jordyn's health. As the day progressed, she seemed to come around. The sun finally set over the ocean, and Jordyn opened up her eyes slowly. She took a deep breath, and looked around nervously. The room was dimmed. She sat up slowly.
"Aye, yer finally awake..."
Jordyn quickly turned her head to where the voice came from.
"Wh-who are you? I can't see you..."
Grace chuckled.
"Don't be afraid, Yer in good hands. You gave us quite a scare."
".....I'm scaring myself...I don't know how I could have survived that....I thought i was gonna die up there."
"What are ya runnin' away from?"
"People who came to my house, and took my dad, and my brother...and they hurt my dad..."
Her voice got light, and her eyes filled up with tears.
"Well, yer alright here. You just stay put, i'll get ya some soup."
"Thanks...ma'am"
"Call me Grace, and my husband is Bartello."
"Thanks Grace..."
Jordyn smiled, and Grace patted Jordyns leg and walked down the steps, and into the pub. Jordyn looked curiously around the room. She saw pictures of people on the wall, and next to the dresser. Their was a picture of a boy lit by the candlelight. He had dark hair, and he looked to be about Her age, and alittle heavy set.
"That's me boy Jasper."
"Oh..?"
"Yup, a mighty fine boy we had. But then he went to Midgar and he stopped writing to us. He sent us a picture of 'mself a month ago...This is what he looks like now."
Grace handed the picture to Jordyn. Jordyn had a flashback.
~"DADDY! NOOOOO!!!!!"
"DAD!"
Neo and Jordyn screamed
"Tsk, such a brittle old man..."
He wiped his knuckle off of a rag, and tossed it to one of his goonies.
"Take them to the headquarters."
"AYE SIR!"~
".....I saw him today!"
"You did?"
"He was with that guy when that guy hit my dad!"
She paused.
"I gotta go to Midgar!"
Jordyn got out of the bed.
"Woahhh...It takes atleast 2 weeks to get to Midgar, if ya walk....and with the lack of food and the wild animals...you might not survive!"
"I don't care HOW i get there, i need to get to my father and brother."
"How aboot I lend ya some money, and you can take the next boat to Midgar, it'd take atleast a day."
"I didn't see any ports around here, and i thought that.....Junon and Costa Del Sol were the only two ports around here."
"Aye, we made one last month. It goes to Kalm, and then ya walk to Midgar...easy as that."
"You'd lend me money?"
"Aye, your father has done so much for us. He helped us rebuild this INN when the earthquake happend. It's the least we can do."
"Thank you so much Grace."
She hugged her tightly.
"Ahhhh easy on meh. I ain't as young as i look."
Grace laughed.
"Well, you'd better dress warm. Go to the neighbor, she sells stuff like that. Heres some money."
"Grace, i can't thank you enough....You are so kind."
"Ahh, stop, your making me flushed."
Jade held the sack of money to her chest, She smiled at Grace, and walked down the steps.
"Well, i see your up and about."
"Yes, thanks to you two."
"Hey, no problem. Just get your keister outta here before Midgar gets here and nabs ya."
"I will sir"
She smiled at Bartello, and walked out the door, and to the next door shop. She bought, bluejeans, a black tshirt, and a warm jacket, sneakers and a pair of socks. She gave her clothes to the lady at the shop, and headed out to the port. She paid the guy 150 gill, and got on the boat, and set sail to Midgar. She looked out to the vast ocean, black like the night sky. The moon hung high, and the stars shone brightly. She wasn't tired, so she just sat at the back of the boat, looking up into the sky at the stars. The boat was swift and quiet. She sort of dozed off, and awoke when the barge horn blared loudly. She jumped in the air, and onto her feet.
the plump cheery lady walked hastly down the steps, The man picked up the chairs around Jordyn, Grace fetched some blankets from the laundry room, and wrapped them around Jordyn.
"Wow, Bartello...This girl looks young for being a straggler, do ya really think she ran away from home? Poor dear looks like she was frightend tae death."
Her irish tounge said, eyeing out the girl.
"Geeze Grace, open up your eyes, kids will run away for any old reason now and days."
"Dad!"
Jordyn gasped. Bartello and Grace looked at her awkwardly.
"Something must have happend over there."
"She looks familliah..don't ya agree?"
Grace said stroking Jordyns face with a warm herbal cloth.
"Aye, she does...Vincent's little girl."
"Well, where's that strapping young boy of his too, Neo is it?"
"I don't know...But Her and her brother are in-seperable."
"Maybe ya should call Delany and see whats going on."
"I should."
Jordyn moaned softly.
"Neo...."
"Shhhh, its alright..."
"Hey Del?....yea Bartello...whats going on at Nimble?.......a what? are you serious? Is everyone okay? They took Vincent and Neo to where? Midgar?.....I thought- Well yea-Ohhh.....I see. Well...No..No..no problems here. Just a kinda feeling i had 'tis all...you know me uptight. Well, thanks Del...Yeah, you too...Bye."
He turned to Grace, and shook his head.
"Seems like the cloonies took Her dad and brother to Midgar Institute. I guess they were after that family for a long time, and had no way to get them without something happening like what happend. So they removed them from the house, and now they are gonna be apart of the Ga-Ho-Let project"
"The ga-hoo-what?"
"Gast, Hojo, Scarlet"
"Ohhhh..."
Her eyes widend.
"Well woman, we should get her upstairs in our boys room...We don't want them to find her here. So get to it."
"Alright."
Grace and Bartello picked up Jordyn carefully, and carried her up to their son's room.
"You tend to the girl, and i'll run the INN and the Pub today."
"Alright."
Bartello walked downstairs, and took care of the customers. Grace was upstairs, sewing and sitting in a rocking chair beside Jordyn. Grace every hour checked up on Jordyn's health. As the day progressed, she seemed to come around. The sun finally set over the ocean, and Jordyn opened up her eyes slowly. She took a deep breath, and looked around nervously. The room was dimmed. She sat up slowly.
"Aye, yer finally awake..."
Jordyn quickly turned her head to where the voice came from.
"Wh-who are you? I can't see you..."
Grace chuckled.
"Don't be afraid, Yer in good hands. You gave us quite a scare."
".....I'm scaring myself...I don't know how I could have survived that....I thought i was gonna die up there."
"What are ya runnin' away from?"
"People who came to my house, and took my dad, and my brother...and they hurt my dad..."
Her voice got light, and her eyes filled up with tears.
"Well, yer alright here. You just stay put, i'll get ya some soup."
"Thanks...ma'am"
"Call me Grace, and my husband is Bartello."
"Thanks Grace..."
Jordyn smiled, and Grace patted Jordyns leg and walked down the steps, and into the pub. Jordyn looked curiously around the room. She saw pictures of people on the wall, and next to the dresser. Their was a picture of a boy lit by the candlelight. He had dark hair, and he looked to be about Her age, and alittle heavy set.
"That's me boy Jasper."
"Oh..?"
"Yup, a mighty fine boy we had. But then he went to Midgar and he stopped writing to us. He sent us a picture of 'mself a month ago...This is what he looks like now."
Grace handed the picture to Jordyn. Jordyn had a flashback.
~"DADDY! NOOOOO!!!!!"
"DAD!"
Neo and Jordyn screamed
"Tsk, such a brittle old man..."
He wiped his knuckle off of a rag, and tossed it to one of his goonies.
"Take them to the headquarters."
"AYE SIR!"~
".....I saw him today!"
"You did?"
"He was with that guy when that guy hit my dad!"
She paused.
"I gotta go to Midgar!"
Jordyn got out of the bed.
"Woahhh...It takes atleast 2 weeks to get to Midgar, if ya walk....and with the lack of food and the wild animals...you might not survive!"
"I don't care HOW i get there, i need to get to my father and brother."
"How aboot I lend ya some money, and you can take the next boat to Midgar, it'd take atleast a day."
"I didn't see any ports around here, and i thought that.....Junon and Costa Del Sol were the only two ports around here."
"Aye, we made one last month. It goes to Kalm, and then ya walk to Midgar...easy as that."
"You'd lend me money?"
"Aye, your father has done so much for us. He helped us rebuild this INN when the earthquake happend. It's the least we can do."
"Thank you so much Grace."
She hugged her tightly.
"Ahhhh easy on meh. I ain't as young as i look."
Grace laughed.
"Well, you'd better dress warm. Go to the neighbor, she sells stuff like that. Heres some money."
"Grace, i can't thank you enough....You are so kind."
"Ahh, stop, your making me flushed."
Jade held the sack of money to her chest, She smiled at Grace, and walked down the steps.
"Well, i see your up and about."
"Yes, thanks to you two."
"Hey, no problem. Just get your keister outta here before Midgar gets here and nabs ya."
"I will sir"
She smiled at Bartello, and walked out the door, and to the next door shop. She bought, bluejeans, a black tshirt, and a warm jacket, sneakers and a pair of socks. She gave her clothes to the lady at the shop, and headed out to the port. She paid the guy 150 gill, and got on the boat, and set sail to Midgar. She looked out to the vast ocean, black like the night sky. The moon hung high, and the stars shone brightly. She wasn't tired, so she just sat at the back of the boat, looking up into the sky at the stars. The boat was swift and quiet. She sort of dozed off, and awoke when the barge horn blared loudly. She jumped in the air, and onto her feet.