She stepped and twisted the fork in a hundred different positions to match
the exact points of the lock. Finally as she turned the fork, she heard a
soft click. Smiling to herself she tossed the fork aside and slowly opened
the door. Kaoru peaked her head into the large mansion hallway adorned with
red carpet and marble banisters. 'Geeze, if they have this much already why
do they need to keep at it?' Kaoru thought to herself.
Kaoru, still crouched, tip toed into the hallway, staying close to the stone wall behind her and softly climbed down the stairs, pausing every so often to check who was near. Kaoru paused and flattened herself against the wall when she heard Zander's voice down the hall. He was heading straight her way and if he found out she had escaped before she was able to get out of the building, she would never make it.
Kaoru looked around wildly and rested upon the window not to high up. There was a cloth that drew across the hallway ceiling that they would never think to look up at. She twisted the red cloth around her wrists and around one leg. She began to nimbly and swiftly climb up, hiding her shoes behind some sort of box where she was previously.
Kaoru hung up side down as she pulled her self across. Her breath was ragged and her arms and legs were aching but she was almost there, when her hair ribbon had somehow loosened and fluttered down upon the white marble floor below. Kaoru cursed softly and pulled herself up so that she was on top of the cloth and hid in the center.
Zander glanced over and stopped when his eyes fell upon the red ribbon. He reached out and clutched it in his hand, eyes narrowing. "Charter, go check to make sure that Kaoru is still in her room." Charter nodded and ran off. As soon as he reached the top and saw that her door was open he shouted down to Zander. "Zander she's escaped!" Zander clenched his fists and began barking out orders to all those who were near him. "Get up you assholes! Start looking now!" "Move it! Move it! Movie it now or I'll skin you alive and boil you in oil!"
"Oh fck." She whispered angrily at her self. "I knew I should have retied it but no, I had to just get the hell outta here!" She reached the window and grasped on to the ledge, swinging her legs up. Her eyes scanned the safest way down to the ground and she reached out to the drainpipe that she eventually saw.
The pads of her fingers squeaked as her speed increased downwards. She had a rough landing upon the ground, but she quickly got up and started running. Kaoru ran but didn't know where she was going. Soon she could hear the roar of an engine heading her way. Quickly she looked around and found a small crevice in a cliff ledge she could hide in until she was sure it was safe to run. Slowly she edged her way on the thin ledge, trying not to look down, but her eyes didn't obey and she saw the tiny ravine down below. "Oh shit, Oh shit." She whispered repeatedly as her fingers clung to whatever they could find for dear life. Her foot ran into the hole and she lunged in.
Kaoru could hear the motors of many different vehicles go by as they checked the ledges and the roads near her, but they dulled as she began to sleep. She woke up early right as the sun was beginning to peak across the horizon. Kaoru nimbly re traced her steps across the tiny ledge and up onto solid land.
Standing up, she looked around and sighed. She didn't know where to begin. She knew that if she traveled the main road, she would be spotted and then end right back where she started. Closing her eyes, she spun around and stopped. Eyes opened she walked in the direction of where she landed and was set upon making it there in good time.
The sun was rising to the middle of the sky when Kaoru ran across a little old man hunched over as he walked, which looked more like a waddle to Kaoru. "Excuse me!" she shouted. The old man turned around with a big smile. "Hallo, hallo!" he said in a tiny Chinese accented voice. "What you need?" "I was wondering if you could please tell me where I might find a person named Kenshin." The little man's faces paled. "No, no! Bad man. You no go there! No bad place. Bad place." He said as he turned to walk off. "I don't care do you know or not?" "Jingles know. Jingles know but he won't tell." Kaoru's brow knitted together in anger. "Why not?" "Because it bad place! How many time do I need to say. IT BAD PLACE!" Kaoru was ready to strangle him but she stalked after him as he quickly waddled off. "Get back here! I'm not finished with you!" she shouted. "Oh no. Leave poor Jingles alone! What he do to you?" "He didn't tell me where I could find Kenshin." "Oh!" Jingles said with a pause and a smile. Kaoru began to think that he was finally going to tell her until he shouted. "No, it bad place. Go away, it bad, bad place." "That's it!" Kaoru chased Jingles ignoring where he was leading her.
Kaoru, still crouched, tip toed into the hallway, staying close to the stone wall behind her and softly climbed down the stairs, pausing every so often to check who was near. Kaoru paused and flattened herself against the wall when she heard Zander's voice down the hall. He was heading straight her way and if he found out she had escaped before she was able to get out of the building, she would never make it.
Kaoru looked around wildly and rested upon the window not to high up. There was a cloth that drew across the hallway ceiling that they would never think to look up at. She twisted the red cloth around her wrists and around one leg. She began to nimbly and swiftly climb up, hiding her shoes behind some sort of box where she was previously.
Kaoru hung up side down as she pulled her self across. Her breath was ragged and her arms and legs were aching but she was almost there, when her hair ribbon had somehow loosened and fluttered down upon the white marble floor below. Kaoru cursed softly and pulled herself up so that she was on top of the cloth and hid in the center.
Zander glanced over and stopped when his eyes fell upon the red ribbon. He reached out and clutched it in his hand, eyes narrowing. "Charter, go check to make sure that Kaoru is still in her room." Charter nodded and ran off. As soon as he reached the top and saw that her door was open he shouted down to Zander. "Zander she's escaped!" Zander clenched his fists and began barking out orders to all those who were near him. "Get up you assholes! Start looking now!" "Move it! Move it! Movie it now or I'll skin you alive and boil you in oil!"
"Oh fck." She whispered angrily at her self. "I knew I should have retied it but no, I had to just get the hell outta here!" She reached the window and grasped on to the ledge, swinging her legs up. Her eyes scanned the safest way down to the ground and she reached out to the drainpipe that she eventually saw.
The pads of her fingers squeaked as her speed increased downwards. She had a rough landing upon the ground, but she quickly got up and started running. Kaoru ran but didn't know where she was going. Soon she could hear the roar of an engine heading her way. Quickly she looked around and found a small crevice in a cliff ledge she could hide in until she was sure it was safe to run. Slowly she edged her way on the thin ledge, trying not to look down, but her eyes didn't obey and she saw the tiny ravine down below. "Oh shit, Oh shit." She whispered repeatedly as her fingers clung to whatever they could find for dear life. Her foot ran into the hole and she lunged in.
Kaoru could hear the motors of many different vehicles go by as they checked the ledges and the roads near her, but they dulled as she began to sleep. She woke up early right as the sun was beginning to peak across the horizon. Kaoru nimbly re traced her steps across the tiny ledge and up onto solid land.
Standing up, she looked around and sighed. She didn't know where to begin. She knew that if she traveled the main road, she would be spotted and then end right back where she started. Closing her eyes, she spun around and stopped. Eyes opened she walked in the direction of where she landed and was set upon making it there in good time.
The sun was rising to the middle of the sky when Kaoru ran across a little old man hunched over as he walked, which looked more like a waddle to Kaoru. "Excuse me!" she shouted. The old man turned around with a big smile. "Hallo, hallo!" he said in a tiny Chinese accented voice. "What you need?" "I was wondering if you could please tell me where I might find a person named Kenshin." The little man's faces paled. "No, no! Bad man. You no go there! No bad place. Bad place." He said as he turned to walk off. "I don't care do you know or not?" "Jingles know. Jingles know but he won't tell." Kaoru's brow knitted together in anger. "Why not?" "Because it bad place! How many time do I need to say. IT BAD PLACE!" Kaoru was ready to strangle him but she stalked after him as he quickly waddled off. "Get back here! I'm not finished with you!" she shouted. "Oh no. Leave poor Jingles alone! What he do to you?" "He didn't tell me where I could find Kenshin." "Oh!" Jingles said with a pause and a smile. Kaoru began to think that he was finally going to tell her until he shouted. "No, it bad place. Go away, it bad, bad place." "That's it!" Kaoru chased Jingles ignoring where he was leading her.