I said I would post another chapter. Here it is, review please!
Chapter 4
Ways of the Thief
My eyes opened, all I saw was the wood of a ship, I frowned,
"Mole, where did you find her?" a voice asked, it sounded sweet and deep,
"Near the beach, Allen, I mean Sir Schezar…" the second voice was creepy, I didn't like it,
"It seems the boy and the girl are connected in some-…sh…she's awake…" the first voice said, I turned around, and stood, using the sword to help prop me up. I saw a fairly handsome man, he was dressed in blue and white, he smiled, he had blue eyes and blonde hair, his face was kind,
'I think I can trust him…'
"Hi, my name is Allen, who are you?" Allen's smooth voice was quite nice to hear, but there was something unnerving about him, but I just couldn't put my finger on it.
"My name is Marina, Marina Aurora Mayazaki, where's Van?" I said this in a slightly kind voice, but I had really buttered it over, I had wanted to be monotone, but control was needed for answers here.
"WHERE'S MARINA? IF YOU'VE DONE ANYTHING TO HER…I SWEAR I WILL KILL YOU MYSELF!!!" I heard the familiar voice of Van's from behind a door, I ran over to the sound of his voice,
"Van? Are you there?" I asked,
"Marina? Is that you?" he asked, his voice was slightly like a whisper,
"Yes, it's me!" I sighed, relieved, Allen smiled, and opened the door separating us.
"We are taking you to Austuria, there, you will be taken care of. I will see you later…" he walked out, and we were kept locked in the room, Van ran in and checked me over,
"Are you hurt? Did they do anything to you? If they did, I will hurt them" I laughed,
"Van! You worry to much!" he blushed, and laughed with me, "I think we're going to be here for a while," I sighed and put my hands in my pockets, I felt the slick surface of cards, "Oh…so I did bring them with me!" I whispered, as I pulled out my pack of Tarot cards, they had a blue back with a strange symbol in gold on them, they were about as big as my hand.
"Bring what?" Van asked his eyes flickered down to the cards than back up to my face,
"Tarot cards, on the earth, the mystic moon, as you call it, we use this cards…to predict the future, I usually get it eerily right, maybe that's why people dislike me!" I laughed, Van looked at me sceptically,
"Cards…that predict the future?" I nodded,
"I'll do a reading for you!" I smiled and shuffled the cards. "Pick ten cards, one at a time, I'll lay them down in the correct positions." I was doing the Celtic cross spread, the first card was crossed over by the second card, just above them was the third card, under the cross was the fourth card, to the right of the cross there was the fifth card, to the left of the cross was the sixth card, than to the right of the fifth there was a line pointing to Van going from the bottom (meaning it started near me) seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth, "Now we are ready to begin!" I smiled, (I love Tarot card reading, I don't know why though, I just do!) I flipped over the first card, The Sun, "Soon there will be a time of renewed faith, hope, clarity and optimism," I said, "BUT before that can happen, there is…" I flipped over the second card, and gasped, it was The death card, as my fingers touched the name, it came, a vision of total clarity,
I saw Escaflowne, I saw Van, the blood rained down from the black satin sky, he was fighting like never before, precise, accurate…deadly, suddenly, a red mobile suit appeared, I sensed danger, "Van look out, he's more than you think!" I yelled, but he didn't hear me, than, Escaflowne fell, and there was no heart beat anymore,
"Van…VAN!!" I yelled and ran over to it, the red mobile suit, the wielder laughed, as icy tendrils speared through me, I gasped,
"Marina…Marina!!!" I heard Van, calling me back, my eyes flickered open,
"Van, what ever you do, do not fight a red mobile suit!" I said,
"You mean…a red Guymelef?" he looked straight into my eyes, I nodded, "Well…Come on, we have to get out of here, and find Escaflowne," he said, he checked all the doors, all were locked, he grumbled and sat down,
"I'll just pick one of the locks…" I whispered, I picked up the sword and fiddled with one of the locks, I heard the familiar click that told me that it was unlocked, I smiled, "I never thought the training my parent's gave me would turn out handy, nor that swords play…" I smiled, as I opened the door, Van looked stunned at the open door, "After you Prince Van…" I laughed and so did he, we both walked out, "Stay close to me, the closer the better, I'll hide us in the shadows, so we can get to the hangar unseen, ok Van?" he nodded, I went into the shadows, and melded into them, Van gasped,
"Where did you go?" he asked, I stepped into the light, he gasped again,
"Quick! Grab onto my waist! I hear someone coming!" I whispered, he ran up to me, and held my waist tightly, tighter than I would have liked... We ran into the shadows, we both melded in, walking stealthily through the corridors, Allen walked right passed us, twice, the freaky voiced guy almost saw us a few times, suddenly I turned and walked through a door way,
"No…way…" Van whispered.
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