A/N- Hey everyone, I finally got this chapter uploaded! I think it's a little bit short, but i promise the next one will be longer.
Chapter 15
Rovin walked as hurriedly as she could, to get away from the inn. Everything was happening so fast, and people were appearing from everywhere when they should have stayed away. Who knows who might pop up next. Rovin didn't want to think of how many people have left the Rogue over the years, for one reason or another. She shuddered in the nights breeze and pulled her cloak farther around her shoulders. Suddenly, she stopped hearing footsteps behind her. Rovin stood where she was a minute, before turning around and attacking the person behind her. She grabbed one of her daggers and was about to drive it into the person's left arm, when the person grabbed her wrist.
"Easy Dodge" Christian said releasing her hand as she scowled at him. "Don't look so upset."
"Stop calling me that! And what are you doing following me?" Rovin demanded sliding the dagger back up her sleeve
"Father's orders" Christian said with a laugh running to catch up with Rovin, who now walked briskly through the empty streets of Corus.
"Mithros, sometimes I could kill that man" Rovin muttered walking as quickly as she could to avoid talking to Christian
"Where might we be going?" Christian asked walking the same pace as Rovin and not stopping at all
"To the palace" Rovin replied taking some allies. When Rovin reached the south gate with Christian right behind her, obviously all those years he had been gone hadn't slowed him down at all, she bent low in the bushes watching the two guards on duty. Christian bent next to her and whispered in her ear, startling her to death. "Don't do that!" she hissed pushing him away.
"Why not?" he asked
"You remind me too much of No--just don't!" she hissed shoving him to his knees, as he was too tall to just bend down.
"How are we going to get inside?" Christian asked
"We?" Rovin replied glaring at him "There is no we! I am going to get inside, and I am going to get inside by doing what I've always done since I was six-years-old. How your going to get inside is your own business!" She pushed Christian down again so he couldn't get up and follow her quickly, as she walked out from behind the bushes. Rovin pushed her cloak back so it revealed her loose tunic. She slowly walked toward the two guards, swinging her hips from side to side, and putting on a seducing look. The guards spotted her almost immediately as she came out of the darkness and into the light of their torches.
"Halt! Who goes there?" One of them asked holding his torch in one hand and a spear in another.
"Wouldn't you like to know." Rovin replied slowly walking towards the man and taking a loose piece of her hair and twisting it around her finger.
"As a matter of fact I would" the man replied gently lowering his spear and staring down her shirt as she pressed against his chest.
"Really?" Rovin whispered into his ear and gently wrapping her arms around his neck. She started twirling his long hair around one of her fingers as she kissed his cheek.
"Wait a minute" the other guard interrupted holding his spear higher to see Rovin's face. "I recognize you! Your that thief who stole my purse last week!"
"Shit!" Rovin muttered into the guards ear. Pushing him away she took out a dagger and stabbed him in the leg. Jumping out of his grasp, she turned around to see the other guard charging at her with his spear raised. Rovin ducked under the spear, turned around and grabbed the guard's hair yanking him back, forcing him onto the ground. She stepped onto his stomach and grabbed his head, running it into the grass and knocking him out. The guard she had stabbed kneeled on the floor grasping his leg. Rovin turned to him about to knock him out as well.
"Please lady," he begged "Let me keep my dignity"
Rovin hesitated. She knew she needed to knock him out so he couldn't sound the alarm. Then more guards would come running and she'd have to fight through all of them. "Fine." Rovin replied. Suddenly the guard fell onto his face, kissing the ground. Christian stood behind his fallen body holding the hilt of his dagger over the man's head where he had hit them. "I left you your dignity," Rovin murmured stepping over the guard and leading the way towards the balcony outside of Emily's room.
"I think I did a pretty good job" Christian muttered catching up to Rovin and walked beside her. "I haven't done something like this in, what, a week or so?"
"You're so pathetic!" Rovin said with a small laugh. She always got along with Christian, but she was still really, really, really made at Christian for leaving. She still didn't even know why. Not doubt Noah knew, he is his brother after all.
"So where ARE we going?" Christian asked
"To a friend of mine" Rovin replied
"Wow," Christian said looking around at the huge palace. "You've got friends in high places I see"
"You could say that" Rovin said. When she finally located the right balcony, she searched threw the bushes underneath, to where her father had left the length of rope he had used to reach her.
"Here let me" Christian took the rope from Rovin and grabbed one of the branches on the tree standing a few feet away from the balcony. He swung himself onto it and climbed higher, steadying himself as he went. When he was high enough to be even with the balcony fence, Christian steadied himself as he scooted onto the thinner part of the branch. The branch started swaying and cracking under his weight, Rovin feared it would snap in half, or Christian would loose his balance and fall to his death. He WAS pretty high up. At the last minute Christian jumped off the branch and grabbed onto the edge of the balcony. He hung on by his arms with his feet dangling, before pulling himself up and falling over the side of the balcony.
A minute later the rope came dangling down, as his head popped over the edge smiling down on her. "Hey cutie! You miss me?"
"Keep it down!" Rovin hissed climbing up the rope as Christian helped her over the balcony. "Don't wake her up!"
"We're about to any way!" Christian replied loudly
"Shut up!" Rovin muttered a little to loudly as she started unlocking the door in order to enter Emily`s room. When she got the door unlocked she opened it and turned to Christian "I don't want to scare her"
"Your such a baby!" Christian replied
"No I'm not!"
"Yes, you are!"
"No I'm not!"
"Yes, you are!"
"NO! I'm not!!!"
"Yes! You are!"
"Can I help you two?" Emily asked weakly standing in front of the two of them with her hands on her hips. She stood there in a long nightshirt that looked warn and tattered. Rovin noticed Christian looking Emily up and down, and immediately became disgusted.
"Your so much like him!" Rovin muttered
"Like who?" Christian replied not even glancing at Rovin, but keeping his eyes on Emily.
"Emily I need to talk to you" Rovin said walking toward her and guiding her to sit on the edge of the bed
"What's going on?" Emily asked worriedly "Rovin what are you doing here? And who's the cutie?"
"No one you need to be interested in" Rovin replied
"Why not?"
"He's a lot older than you"
"That's doesn't matter to me,"
"He's a lot older than I am!"
"Well, I'm sure my parents won't care!"
"He's not the type of guy you want to bring home to meet your parents!"
"Is he a thief?"
"That's really none of your concern"
"He is a thief!" Emily replied getting excited glancing between Rovin and Christian "And I bet you're one as well. Aren't you!"
"Emily I need you to listen to me for a few minutes" Rovin said grabbing Emily by the arms and making her look at her face.
"What happened?" Emily asked immediately becoming serious. "What's wrong?"
"It's Daniel," Rovin muttered
"What about Dan? What happened to him? Tell me Rovin!"
"It's nothing serious!" Rovin replied calming the young girl down "We were attacked,"
"By bandits!"
"Not exactly"
"then what!"
"A spidren!" Rovin said letting go of Emily and taking a step back
"Oh Mithros!" Emily muttered bringing her hand up to her mouth and gaping at Rovin, not comprehending anything. She looked around the room as if something in there was going to help her, and swore.
"Emily, Daniel's going to be fine! He has a bad cut on his head but my father healed him--"
"Why should I trust your father! He's not a professional! He wasn't trained in the palace or accepted by the king! I can't trust that Daniel will be alright! For all I know, your `father' could have killed him!" Emily streaked at Rovin pushing her away and getting up from the bed. She started pacing the room and Rovin stared at her as if she had hit her. Rovin in fact felt like she had and didn't know how to respond. She felt tears forming in her eyes, as she turned and looked at Christian.
"Dodson may have not done all those things that you just listed off, but he's is a very fine and decent man, and I'd trust him if my life was on the line. He was the one there when your brother needed him, and he was the one who didn't let him die. So if I were you I wouldn't speak so ill of him!" Christian replied rudely to Emily, who stared back shocked that anyone would speak to her in such a tone. Rovin felt very proud and thankful that Christian had stuck up for her. She knew it was partially because her father had helped raise Christian and his brothers after his mother died, and Christian considered him a father.
"I think we better go!" Christian finished leading Rovin outside and helping her grasp the rope as she got on the outside edge of the balcony.
"I'm coming with you. I want to see my brother!" Emily ordered following them outside.
"I don't think so!" Christian replied sternly as Rovin descended the rope not even glancing at Emily. After she had gotten to the ground she waited for Christian to descend after, and they started towards home.
Chapter 15
Rovin walked as hurriedly as she could, to get away from the inn. Everything was happening so fast, and people were appearing from everywhere when they should have stayed away. Who knows who might pop up next. Rovin didn't want to think of how many people have left the Rogue over the years, for one reason or another. She shuddered in the nights breeze and pulled her cloak farther around her shoulders. Suddenly, she stopped hearing footsteps behind her. Rovin stood where she was a minute, before turning around and attacking the person behind her. She grabbed one of her daggers and was about to drive it into the person's left arm, when the person grabbed her wrist.
"Easy Dodge" Christian said releasing her hand as she scowled at him. "Don't look so upset."
"Stop calling me that! And what are you doing following me?" Rovin demanded sliding the dagger back up her sleeve
"Father's orders" Christian said with a laugh running to catch up with Rovin, who now walked briskly through the empty streets of Corus.
"Mithros, sometimes I could kill that man" Rovin muttered walking as quickly as she could to avoid talking to Christian
"Where might we be going?" Christian asked walking the same pace as Rovin and not stopping at all
"To the palace" Rovin replied taking some allies. When Rovin reached the south gate with Christian right behind her, obviously all those years he had been gone hadn't slowed him down at all, she bent low in the bushes watching the two guards on duty. Christian bent next to her and whispered in her ear, startling her to death. "Don't do that!" she hissed pushing him away.
"Why not?" he asked
"You remind me too much of No--just don't!" she hissed shoving him to his knees, as he was too tall to just bend down.
"How are we going to get inside?" Christian asked
"We?" Rovin replied glaring at him "There is no we! I am going to get inside, and I am going to get inside by doing what I've always done since I was six-years-old. How your going to get inside is your own business!" She pushed Christian down again so he couldn't get up and follow her quickly, as she walked out from behind the bushes. Rovin pushed her cloak back so it revealed her loose tunic. She slowly walked toward the two guards, swinging her hips from side to side, and putting on a seducing look. The guards spotted her almost immediately as she came out of the darkness and into the light of their torches.
"Halt! Who goes there?" One of them asked holding his torch in one hand and a spear in another.
"Wouldn't you like to know." Rovin replied slowly walking towards the man and taking a loose piece of her hair and twisting it around her finger.
"As a matter of fact I would" the man replied gently lowering his spear and staring down her shirt as she pressed against his chest.
"Really?" Rovin whispered into his ear and gently wrapping her arms around his neck. She started twirling his long hair around one of her fingers as she kissed his cheek.
"Wait a minute" the other guard interrupted holding his spear higher to see Rovin's face. "I recognize you! Your that thief who stole my purse last week!"
"Shit!" Rovin muttered into the guards ear. Pushing him away she took out a dagger and stabbed him in the leg. Jumping out of his grasp, she turned around to see the other guard charging at her with his spear raised. Rovin ducked under the spear, turned around and grabbed the guard's hair yanking him back, forcing him onto the ground. She stepped onto his stomach and grabbed his head, running it into the grass and knocking him out. The guard she had stabbed kneeled on the floor grasping his leg. Rovin turned to him about to knock him out as well.
"Please lady," he begged "Let me keep my dignity"
Rovin hesitated. She knew she needed to knock him out so he couldn't sound the alarm. Then more guards would come running and she'd have to fight through all of them. "Fine." Rovin replied. Suddenly the guard fell onto his face, kissing the ground. Christian stood behind his fallen body holding the hilt of his dagger over the man's head where he had hit them. "I left you your dignity," Rovin murmured stepping over the guard and leading the way towards the balcony outside of Emily's room.
"I think I did a pretty good job" Christian muttered catching up to Rovin and walked beside her. "I haven't done something like this in, what, a week or so?"
"You're so pathetic!" Rovin said with a small laugh. She always got along with Christian, but she was still really, really, really made at Christian for leaving. She still didn't even know why. Not doubt Noah knew, he is his brother after all.
"So where ARE we going?" Christian asked
"To a friend of mine" Rovin replied
"Wow," Christian said looking around at the huge palace. "You've got friends in high places I see"
"You could say that" Rovin said. When she finally located the right balcony, she searched threw the bushes underneath, to where her father had left the length of rope he had used to reach her.
"Here let me" Christian took the rope from Rovin and grabbed one of the branches on the tree standing a few feet away from the balcony. He swung himself onto it and climbed higher, steadying himself as he went. When he was high enough to be even with the balcony fence, Christian steadied himself as he scooted onto the thinner part of the branch. The branch started swaying and cracking under his weight, Rovin feared it would snap in half, or Christian would loose his balance and fall to his death. He WAS pretty high up. At the last minute Christian jumped off the branch and grabbed onto the edge of the balcony. He hung on by his arms with his feet dangling, before pulling himself up and falling over the side of the balcony.
A minute later the rope came dangling down, as his head popped over the edge smiling down on her. "Hey cutie! You miss me?"
"Keep it down!" Rovin hissed climbing up the rope as Christian helped her over the balcony. "Don't wake her up!"
"We're about to any way!" Christian replied loudly
"Shut up!" Rovin muttered a little to loudly as she started unlocking the door in order to enter Emily`s room. When she got the door unlocked she opened it and turned to Christian "I don't want to scare her"
"Your such a baby!" Christian replied
"No I'm not!"
"Yes, you are!"
"No I'm not!"
"Yes, you are!"
"NO! I'm not!!!"
"Yes! You are!"
"Can I help you two?" Emily asked weakly standing in front of the two of them with her hands on her hips. She stood there in a long nightshirt that looked warn and tattered. Rovin noticed Christian looking Emily up and down, and immediately became disgusted.
"Your so much like him!" Rovin muttered
"Like who?" Christian replied not even glancing at Rovin, but keeping his eyes on Emily.
"Emily I need to talk to you" Rovin said walking toward her and guiding her to sit on the edge of the bed
"What's going on?" Emily asked worriedly "Rovin what are you doing here? And who's the cutie?"
"No one you need to be interested in" Rovin replied
"Why not?"
"He's a lot older than you"
"That's doesn't matter to me,"
"He's a lot older than I am!"
"Well, I'm sure my parents won't care!"
"He's not the type of guy you want to bring home to meet your parents!"
"Is he a thief?"
"That's really none of your concern"
"He is a thief!" Emily replied getting excited glancing between Rovin and Christian "And I bet you're one as well. Aren't you!"
"Emily I need you to listen to me for a few minutes" Rovin said grabbing Emily by the arms and making her look at her face.
"What happened?" Emily asked immediately becoming serious. "What's wrong?"
"It's Daniel," Rovin muttered
"What about Dan? What happened to him? Tell me Rovin!"
"It's nothing serious!" Rovin replied calming the young girl down "We were attacked,"
"By bandits!"
"Not exactly"
"then what!"
"A spidren!" Rovin said letting go of Emily and taking a step back
"Oh Mithros!" Emily muttered bringing her hand up to her mouth and gaping at Rovin, not comprehending anything. She looked around the room as if something in there was going to help her, and swore.
"Emily, Daniel's going to be fine! He has a bad cut on his head but my father healed him--"
"Why should I trust your father! He's not a professional! He wasn't trained in the palace or accepted by the king! I can't trust that Daniel will be alright! For all I know, your `father' could have killed him!" Emily streaked at Rovin pushing her away and getting up from the bed. She started pacing the room and Rovin stared at her as if she had hit her. Rovin in fact felt like she had and didn't know how to respond. She felt tears forming in her eyes, as she turned and looked at Christian.
"Dodson may have not done all those things that you just listed off, but he's is a very fine and decent man, and I'd trust him if my life was on the line. He was the one there when your brother needed him, and he was the one who didn't let him die. So if I were you I wouldn't speak so ill of him!" Christian replied rudely to Emily, who stared back shocked that anyone would speak to her in such a tone. Rovin felt very proud and thankful that Christian had stuck up for her. She knew it was partially because her father had helped raise Christian and his brothers after his mother died, and Christian considered him a father.
"I think we better go!" Christian finished leading Rovin outside and helping her grasp the rope as she got on the outside edge of the balcony.
"I'm coming with you. I want to see my brother!" Emily ordered following them outside.
"I don't think so!" Christian replied sternly as Rovin descended the rope not even glancing at Emily. After she had gotten to the ground she waited for Christian to descend after, and they started towards home.