Chapter two
Angie woke with an excited and devious look in her eyes and a grin on her lips, she had a way to get her brother back. Angie flung the covers off her body and quietly climbed out of her bed and silently got dressed, trying not to wake her brother and his wife in the next room.
"Nat, get up you lazy, get up" yelled Angie up at the half open window of her best mate Nat's rooms,
Smack a pebble hit the window, smack another followed by bellows from below,
Thud a peddle hit Nat square in the middle of the head as he opened the window to see what all the noise was about,
"Ouch!" screeched Nat in pain.
"What's going on down there?" an irritated Nat bellowed down to the dark figure of Angie swaying in the darkness beneath him,
"Come on Nat we have a mission, lets go" replied Angie to Nat's irritated voice.
"What mission Angie it's to early, go way" replied Nat sleepily as he slowly retreated into him room, smack another peddle walloped the window.
"You get down here right now Nat or do I have to come up there and get you?" screeched Angie with fury; Nat reappeared at the window with a look of worry and terror on his face,
"Okay I give in I'll be down in a minute, but you promise to tell me what's going on okay" replied Nat drowsily.
"Okay I promise, but hurry up and don't make any noise" replied Angie to reassure Nat.
Ten minutes later Nat strolled out through a door that lead out to the side of the large cottage. Nat flashed Angie a dazzling smile that always made Angie's knees go weak. Nat stood a foot taller than Angie, with dark black floppy hair that hung over one of his deep blue eyes and with a slight build. Nat was very handsome.
Wow! I always forget how great he looks in the morning Angie thought to her self,
"Come on lets go before someone realizes we're gone" Angie said recovering from Nat's smile. Angie quickly strolled ahead, down a rough track that lead out of Glazed Valley. Nat followed a little dazed. "Okay, but where are we going Angie? I mean this better be one great mission, you woke me up when I was having a great dream" yawned Nat as he rubbed his still tired eyes.
"Oh I'm so sorry did I disturb your beauty sleep? Not that it would help" said Angie mockingly, Angie loved to tease Nat.
"Hay that not funny!" exclaimed Nat as he flashed Angie a withering stare.
Angie struggled a smile to her lips, but Nat could tell by her eyes which were normally excited and daring, were now sad and worried. Nat stopped suddenly and placed a hand on Angie's arm forcing her to stop in her tracks. Angie faced Nat with sad eyes.
"What's happened Angie?" Nat asked seriously looking worried now.
Angie would have normally felt a happy tingle when Nat touched her, but now all she felt was sadness for her brother, she looked up into Nat's worried eyes and felt tears well up in her eyes, as she pushed them back, look returned Nat'.
"John is missing, he was taken the night before yesterday, that's the mission I am going to find him and bring him home" replied Angie now fighting to control herself, desperately she wanted to do was to beery her head in Nat's chest and cry until she could not cry anymore, but she knew that that would not help anyone.
As Nat processed what Angie said, Angie could see his deep eyes turn from happy to sad to worried. Nat looked down at Angie.
"Angie you can't do this alone, I mean what has Lucus said about all of this? Asked Nat, wondering why anyone would have kidnapped John, he was always such a good sweet boy; Nat couldn't understand why anyone would want to take him.
Fury rose in Angie as she heard her older brother name "Lucus is not doing anything, he is just sat at home doing nothing!" yelled Angie with anger, she immediately felt sorry for yelling at Nat it was not his fault Lucus wasn't doing anything and she knew that Nat was the only one who would help her, she needed him.
She turned away from him feeling guilty "I'm sorry Nat I didn't mean to yell at you I just so worried about John and so angry with Lucus for doing nothing. He said he couldn't go because Beth is near the end of her birthing stages, I just can't believe he is not doing anything" now Angie realized that the tears that had been welling up were now rolling down her checks.
God! How many times am I going to bawl, stop it Angie you are a warrior spy STOP CRYING right NOW! Angie thought to herself angrily.
Nat placed his strong arms around her, pulling her into a hug. "It'll be okay Angie I will be there with you all the way I promise" whispered Nat into her ear as he clutched her. Angie recovered herself and pulled away from him to look up to the eyes of the man she loved.
"Thank-you Nat I really do need to find him and I couldn't do it with out you" said Angie though sobs. She whipped her checks to clear away the tears that had soaked her face and Nat's shirt.
"Come on then we better get going" said Angie as she ventured on leaving Nat standing were he was, Angie turned back to see if he was coming, Nat looked bewildered
"are you coming or not?" asked Angie though a laugh, she couldn't help but laugh at him he looked so funny standing there with a bewildered look on his face and a tear soaked shirt.
As he recovered he started to walk again "yer! Sure I am, what you think that I am going to let you get all the credit when we rescue John, I don't think so, come on short stop," he strolled on in front of Angie.
Later that morning. when they got to the edge of Glazed Valley. Angie stood for a moment looking back at her quite home village and realized that from now on nothing was going to be the same and that the world was going to be much different from the quite little village were she had spent her inter life. Taking one last glance at her home, she turned and headed up the road that lead straight to Tortall.
