The dark sky above the car flickered with streaks of lightning as they drove out of the city. Alexiel was asleep in the backseat with her head in Suze's lap and using Duncan's jacket for a blanket.
"Where exactly are we heading?" Adam questioned Suze's directions.
"A church she used to go to as a child," Suze sighed, "she has this nack for holy ground."
"You do realized what you, correction, we just did right? Accomplices to a mental patient's escape?" Duncan chimed in as he looked at her through the rear view mirror.
She glared at them both and inhaled, "Yes, I do and stop looking at this like it's something bad. You want her an easy target for anyone who wants her dead," she paused, "or worse? I am the ONLY FAMILY SHE HAS DUNCAN. NOW WATCH THE ROAD AND LISTEN TO MY DIRECTIONS." She looked to Adam with a cool angry glare and quirked brow then tilted her head to one side when he continued to look at her.
It remained silent for the rest of the ride except for Duncan turning on the radio. All the while Alexiel slept feeling safe finally in a place she knew that was, her aunt's lap.
It's a little more than an hour later when they arrived at the church that turned out to be abandoned. Suze woke Alex up and the guys got out of the car with the girls following.
"Well atleast we know we won't be bothered," Duncan said looking at the church.
The church looks like any other catholic european church, however, there seemed to be about one-fourth of the roof missing and some of the windows broken. Alex got out of the car with Duncan's jacket on her and looked up at the building.
"You sure this is it?" Adam asked.
"Alex?" Suze asked her.
Alexiel grinned brightly at it then to all of them with the smile remaining on her lips. Her smile brightened her complexion and those focused cold eyes were not there any more. Instead they were sky blue and unfocused which helped made her glow even more. She started jumping up and down humming to herself in a circle.
"I believe it is," Suze said with a smirk,"Come on Alex. Let's go."
Alex stopped and looked at her eyes widened in excitement with her lower lip between her teeth as she chewed on it in a wide grin. She looked to Suze then the others and started running and stopped with the others walking behind her. Turning around, she took off Duncan's jacket and ran back returning it to him then started running up to the building.
"BE CAREFUL! IT'S MISSING SOME OF THE ROOF!" Suze called out to her with a genuine smile. She took a deep breath and shook her head as she rolled her eyes. They watched her run up the stoned walk towards the doors of the church....
To be cont'd
