Not finished with this chapter yet, but I thought I'd post it for the people who have reviewed this story. Thanks guys! Any ideas would be appreciated. This story is still majorly in construction. *Laughs* I'll repost it when this chapter's finished.
Raven surfaced from the water and made her way dripping to the edge of the pool. Her classes had ended and she was doing her customary 20 laps while her last charge swam like an eel in the shallow end. Turning to splash the little girl Raven caught sight of two strangers who had just entered the building. Sensing a feeling of danger coming from both of them she pulled herself out of the pool.
"Hey Jenny?" The other swim instructor looked up. "Wait with Dani 'til her mom gets here? I gotta get home. I totally forgot that Dad wanted help with somethin' so I'm already runnin' late." Jenny nodded.
"Sure, no problem." Raven glanced towards the door again. Those two were definitely coming this way. An older man and a middle age woman. There shouldn't be anything wrong with the picture, but...the older man met her gaze. The sharp tang of metal instantly filled her senses. *Hello child* Her eyes widened and she quickly shifted her glance to the woman. The thought of a "rabbit with no rabbit hole" filled her mind and the woman smirked.
Shit, Raven thought to herself. She walked quickly to the locker room and grabbed her bag then slammed out the emergency door. Looking both ways her eyes paused on her bike. I'll get it later, if there is a later. Mentally slapping herself for the thought, she ran to the end of the alley that ran alongside the building. Throwing her bag over the wooden fence, she vaulted over herself and landed in a crouch. Grabbing her bag once again she dodged and swirved through the debris in the alley and hoped she had enough of a head start. Damn it, I must be gettin' soft. How the hell did they get 'that' close? She shook her head, it doesn't matter, this rabbit has many rabbit holes as they'll soon find out.
*Why bother running child? We're going to catch up to you sooner or later, why don't you just make it easier on yourself and give up?* Raven's eyes narrowed into a glare as she kept running. Focusing her anger at his presumptious intrusion into her mind and her fear at his plans for her, she sent it blasting down the link he had forged into her mind.
*I am 'not' a child!* she sent into the blistering aftermath of her energy. She felt his mental recoil and withdrawal and smirked. That'll teach him not to underestimate me just because of my youth. My young age means I don't employ the restraint that the older ones choose to. Hearing the running feet of the shifter, and smelling the metal tang of 'him' drawing too close for comfort, she stopped and lifted a manhole cover off of a sewer opening and dropped through. Let's see if their precious sensibilities will follow me here. She continued running down the unused tunnel and felt them pause at the entrance. That'll slow them down, but they'll still follow me up above. Guess I'll have to call in a favor. Taking a right turn she navigated the underground maze that led to her friends.
Raven surfaced from the water and made her way dripping to the edge of the pool. Her classes had ended and she was doing her customary 20 laps while her last charge swam like an eel in the shallow end. Turning to splash the little girl Raven caught sight of two strangers who had just entered the building. Sensing a feeling of danger coming from both of them she pulled herself out of the pool.
"Hey Jenny?" The other swim instructor looked up. "Wait with Dani 'til her mom gets here? I gotta get home. I totally forgot that Dad wanted help with somethin' so I'm already runnin' late." Jenny nodded.
"Sure, no problem." Raven glanced towards the door again. Those two were definitely coming this way. An older man and a middle age woman. There shouldn't be anything wrong with the picture, but...the older man met her gaze. The sharp tang of metal instantly filled her senses. *Hello child* Her eyes widened and she quickly shifted her glance to the woman. The thought of a "rabbit with no rabbit hole" filled her mind and the woman smirked.
Shit, Raven thought to herself. She walked quickly to the locker room and grabbed her bag then slammed out the emergency door. Looking both ways her eyes paused on her bike. I'll get it later, if there is a later. Mentally slapping herself for the thought, she ran to the end of the alley that ran alongside the building. Throwing her bag over the wooden fence, she vaulted over herself and landed in a crouch. Grabbing her bag once again she dodged and swirved through the debris in the alley and hoped she had enough of a head start. Damn it, I must be gettin' soft. How the hell did they get 'that' close? She shook her head, it doesn't matter, this rabbit has many rabbit holes as they'll soon find out.
*Why bother running child? We're going to catch up to you sooner or later, why don't you just make it easier on yourself and give up?* Raven's eyes narrowed into a glare as she kept running. Focusing her anger at his presumptious intrusion into her mind and her fear at his plans for her, she sent it blasting down the link he had forged into her mind.
*I am 'not' a child!* she sent into the blistering aftermath of her energy. She felt his mental recoil and withdrawal and smirked. That'll teach him not to underestimate me just because of my youth. My young age means I don't employ the restraint that the older ones choose to. Hearing the running feet of the shifter, and smelling the metal tang of 'him' drawing too close for comfort, she stopped and lifted a manhole cover off of a sewer opening and dropped through. Let's see if their precious sensibilities will follow me here. She continued running down the unused tunnel and felt them pause at the entrance. That'll slow them down, but they'll still follow me up above. Guess I'll have to call in a favor. Taking a right turn she navigated the underground maze that led to her friends.