"Do you want to tell me anything?" said Fiona looking innocently at
Alexander "I'm not really with the guardian force, I'm just a really good
friend of Van and Thomas"
She smiled and Alexander walked over to the bed Fiona sat on and thumped his body on to it, making it shake a little. He sat and starred at the floor for a few minutes. His face began to go red and silent tears ran down his cheeks.
"What's wrong?" said Fiona sympathetically putting her arm around him.
"T-that b-boy" exclaimed Alexander through his sobs "H-he k-killed them"
"Who?" said Fiona "who did he kill?" Fiona put her arm up in the air as the boy leaned on her and put them back down over his shoulders. "What happened?" she began to sway him from side to side trying to calm him.
"W-we w-were walking a-around town and h-he came, I didn't k-now w-what it was," the boy hugged her "it was big, b-black, he ordered it t-to kill them, us"
"Why? who's them?"
"The people, ordinary people!" he began to cry harder and his shoulders shook violently "m-mum h-hid me, the dr-dragon took her"
"Shadow" Fiona muttered
"He shot them!" Alexander yelled. "He just shot them, and laughed, he LAUGHED!" Alexander quieted.
"Raven" Fiona thought.
"They didn't wake up, I tried, they didn't wake up" he starred at he floor again "I wanted to get him, I saw my chance at the market, t-the girl!"
"What about the girl?"
"She saved him, she was hurt, he didn't even help her," he thought of Reese's body lying next to raven and squeezed his eyes tight.
The door opened as Thomas and Van walked back in. Fiona silenced them by holding her finger up to her mouth. They moved over to the window and listened to the heart broken sobs of the boy. "He chased me, I ran in here" the boy licked his lips, coughed and looked over to van and Thomas. "I was scared, thought he'd kill them too" He heard a snort of laughter.
"Raven? Kill me because of you?" van laughed again "he's just out to get me, never been close enough to lay a scratch on me!"
Fiona gave him a warning look and he shut up.
"Van?" said Thomas jokily "aren't you forgetting something?"
"Ok well once but that's it!" he looked at Thomas again "OK maybe more, but I still slip through his pail, bony little..." He looked at Fiona seeing she wasn't very happy with him and shut up again.
"Thank you Van for that little...interruption" she glared at him
"Now can we get back to helping this boy instead of listening to you yap on about your near death experiences with Raven" said Thomas looking pleased with him self. Fiona shot death at him. He cleared his throat and looked nervous. "Carry on miss Fiona, ha ha"
Fiona turned back to the boy in her arms.
"It's going to be OK now, who are you living with?"
The boy squeezed his eyes shut and turned away again. Van and Thomas exchanged sorry glances. "Well...erm...why don't you stay with us for just now and we'll sort something out," said van looking at Fiona and Thomas for any signs that he had said the wrong thing.
The young boy opened his eyes and stared at them for a moment speechless.
"Thank you" he muttered and lowered his head.
"Why don't you come down to the bar with us and we can have some lemonade?" Fiona stood up.
The boy nodded and silently stood up and followed Fiona with van and Thomas at his back.
She smiled and Alexander walked over to the bed Fiona sat on and thumped his body on to it, making it shake a little. He sat and starred at the floor for a few minutes. His face began to go red and silent tears ran down his cheeks.
"What's wrong?" said Fiona sympathetically putting her arm around him.
"T-that b-boy" exclaimed Alexander through his sobs "H-he k-killed them"
"Who?" said Fiona "who did he kill?" Fiona put her arm up in the air as the boy leaned on her and put them back down over his shoulders. "What happened?" she began to sway him from side to side trying to calm him.
"W-we w-were walking a-around town and h-he came, I didn't k-now w-what it was," the boy hugged her "it was big, b-black, he ordered it t-to kill them, us"
"Why? who's them?"
"The people, ordinary people!" he began to cry harder and his shoulders shook violently "m-mum h-hid me, the dr-dragon took her"
"Shadow" Fiona muttered
"He shot them!" Alexander yelled. "He just shot them, and laughed, he LAUGHED!" Alexander quieted.
"Raven" Fiona thought.
"They didn't wake up, I tried, they didn't wake up" he starred at he floor again "I wanted to get him, I saw my chance at the market, t-the girl!"
"What about the girl?"
"She saved him, she was hurt, he didn't even help her," he thought of Reese's body lying next to raven and squeezed his eyes tight.
The door opened as Thomas and Van walked back in. Fiona silenced them by holding her finger up to her mouth. They moved over to the window and listened to the heart broken sobs of the boy. "He chased me, I ran in here" the boy licked his lips, coughed and looked over to van and Thomas. "I was scared, thought he'd kill them too" He heard a snort of laughter.
"Raven? Kill me because of you?" van laughed again "he's just out to get me, never been close enough to lay a scratch on me!"
Fiona gave him a warning look and he shut up.
"Van?" said Thomas jokily "aren't you forgetting something?"
"Ok well once but that's it!" he looked at Thomas again "OK maybe more, but I still slip through his pail, bony little..." He looked at Fiona seeing she wasn't very happy with him and shut up again.
"Thank you Van for that little...interruption" she glared at him
"Now can we get back to helping this boy instead of listening to you yap on about your near death experiences with Raven" said Thomas looking pleased with him self. Fiona shot death at him. He cleared his throat and looked nervous. "Carry on miss Fiona, ha ha"
Fiona turned back to the boy in her arms.
"It's going to be OK now, who are you living with?"
The boy squeezed his eyes shut and turned away again. Van and Thomas exchanged sorry glances. "Well...erm...why don't you stay with us for just now and we'll sort something out," said van looking at Fiona and Thomas for any signs that he had said the wrong thing.
The young boy opened his eyes and stared at them for a moment speechless.
"Thank you" he muttered and lowered his head.
"Why don't you come down to the bar with us and we can have some lemonade?" Fiona stood up.
The boy nodded and silently stood up and followed Fiona with van and Thomas at his back.