Chapter 4: Escaping

When Arden and Olivia looked out the door to see Fidget there in front of them, they screamed and closed the door with them still in side the building. Arden knew what he was here for. She gazed at her locket. Olivia glanced at the door then looked at Arden with a scared look on her face.

"Arden what's going on?" asked Olivia. She seemed confused as she looked at her twelve year old companion.

"You should know by now! He's here because of my locket!" replied Arden. "God I wish I could get rid of this stupid thing. That way, I wouldn't be having these problems! Why else would that bastard rat send that monster?" she thought angrily.

"Come on! You're way too important to become like this! Here this way!" replied Olivia grabbing Arden's hand and leading her to a near by window.

Arden and Olivia busted through the window giving red marks of blood. The two girls fell to the ground in the mud. Arden quickly jumped to her feet. Blood from the arrow was coming from her back. Olivia saw Fidget's shadow.

"Hurry up!" she said. Leading the way, Olivia and Arden quickly ran into the dark alleys. Arden heard Fidget's wings flapping toward them. She saw some little wooden boards up ahead. "(Gasp) There!"

"Now there's an idea!" she said.

"What's your idea?" asked Olivia.

"I know how to escape." said Arden. She grabbed to of the wooden boards. She gave one of them to Olivia. Olivia looked at her.

"What are we supposed to do with these!" asked Olivia.

"Get on them, maybe we can out run Fidget with them." replied Arden. Olivia and Arden got on them and they started sliding through the muddy road. At first Olivia didn't like it. She was worried that she would fall off, but then she started enjoying it.

"Hey this is great!" she said giggling. Arden looked back and saw Fidget catching up. Arden's smile started fading. "Crap! Here comes the troublemaker himself!" she thought.

"We better go faster so we can escape!" she said to Olivia.
"Can't escape! Can't escape! Ha ha ha!" growled Fidget. Arden looked back for only a quick sentence.
"Oh, Fidget, shut up!" she replied.

Fidget was then right behind Arden. He grabbed the arrow in her back. Arden turned around to see him there. Arden screamed. Arden grabbed Fidget's wings. She tried to push them away. Olivia was too occupied to see what was happening. Arden took his wings and threw him far away. Fidget's yell was heard all around. Arden glanced at the back. She then looked at Olivia. Olivia smiled and nodded. Arden didn't have a smile. She had a sad look. Olivia looked at her and frowned. She saw fear in her eyes.

Olivia then faced the front still worried for Arden. She stopped the board. When she did, Arden stopped hers.

"Arden what's wrong?" asked Olivia. Arden sighed.

"I remember doing this with my father. That's how I got the idea of getting on those boards." replied Arden.

Olivia felt bad for Arden. She wished for something good to happen. She and Arden heard something. Olivia shushed her Arden and looked all around.

"What's that?" she asked. Arden looked around and though she saw nothing, she could not trust her own eyes at that particular moment.

"Come on. With Fidget and Ratigan out there, it's not safe." replied Arden. Arden and Olivia got back on their boards.

"Its alright." said Olivia. "Where do you want to go?"

"Anywhere but here." replied Arden. "Let's go through London. Hopefully, we can escape and get back home."

They started going on their boards. Arden just realized something.

"Hey Olivia!" she exclaimed. Olivia looked at her and felt rather annoyed at the escape stunt they had just pulled. Sure they just escaped Fidget, but,at the time, Olivia just wanted to go home and take a bath, especially after all the mud they just soared through.

"We're doing something called boarding! And it's on muddy ground too! We should call this muddy boarding: the type of boarding that's only done on muddy ground! Sounds fun and messy huh?" replied Arden. The suddenly excited mouse still felt worried though, worried about being followed. After going through every street, they decided to stop. They stopped the board but accidently fell off their boards and slid on the mud and crashed in to a nearby wall. Olivia landed on Arden. When they finally stopped, Arden was then started feeling happy.
"Whoo hoo! Now that was great!" she exclaimed. "Finally she's happy." thought Olivia. She wasn't really happy herself.