Robyn entered Ché's airship and gasped in awe. The whole floor was covered in candles save for a small space in the middle of the airship and the area where the bed was. Candles also hung from the ceiling and the sight was beautiful.
"There are three hundred if you're wondering," A gentle voice said from behind her.
She turned and saw Kit standing behind her. "It's beautiful," Robyn whispered still awed by the sight.
"Not as beautiful as you," Kit smiled and tucked Robyn's hair behind her ears.
Robyn's breath caught in her throat when Kit kissed her with deliberate slowness and tenderness. The whole world seemed to melt away when his lips met with hers and she didn't care about anything. Kit pulled back a little and looked deeply into Robyn's eyes. The flames of the candles around them reflected in her eyes and made them look like galaxies full of stars. He lost himself in those eyes and couldn't work out why he'd tried to leave them three weeks before. He could only conclude that he was a fool of enormous proportions.
Robyn was all he could ever have desired and more than he could have imagined. To him she was perfect and precious. Sure she had a temper but so did he and her temper was only brought on by indignation. Kit was sure he could see himself spending the rest of life with Robyn and hoped that they'd grow old together and that their love would never fade or falter. The depth of his feelings for her were more than he'd ever felt for anyone and in a small way it scared him. The thought of losing her scared him as much as the thought that she might not feel for him as he did for her.
Kit's thoughts were brought to a halt by his stomach rumbling and he smiled sheepishly. "We better eat dinner before it gets cold."
Robyn looked around but couldn't see the dinner anywhere.
Seeing Robyn's questioning look he stepped aside and in the windowed section of the airship in front of the piloting section there were two cushions and two plates with food on. Two glasses had been filled with fruit juice and were placed in front of the plates. Taking Robyn's hand Kit led her to the cushions making sure she was careful when stepping in between the candles. Once Robyn had sat down on her cushion Kit went to sit on his cushion which was facing hers. Both ate in contented silence and looked out over the town which looked beautiful in the dark with all the street lamps lit.
"Where did you get all the candles?" Robyn asked when she'd finished eating.
Kit took a sip of his juice and replied, "The basement of the town hall. I asked the Mayor if he had any and he said if he did they'd be there. He had boxes full. Not bad for an unfeeling, uncaring, thoughtless boar is it?"
Robyn chuckled slightly and looked away a little, "who told you I said that?"
"Ché. I deserved it though. I shouldn't have laughed at you; I just have a twisted sense of humour."
"I noticed." Robyn answered smiling.
Kit smiled in response glad that his apology had been accepted. His smile widening Kit then said, "Let's just agree that if I'm an unfeeling, uncaring and thoughtless boar, you're ugly."
Robyn laughed loudly at this and Kit soon joined her. Their laughter stopped abruptly when they heard a dog howling loudly.
Kit looked through the window and seemed panicked, "that wasn't Skip." He stated and his eyes then fell on a dog walking through town. He recognised the dog instantly and a gnawing feeling entered the pit of his stomach.
"What's wrong?" Robyn asked seeing that Kit was startled.
"Stay here Princess. Whatever you see or hear just stay put. If you leave here you'll be in danger."
Having said this Kit climbed down the ladder and disappeared into the darkness leaving Robyn more confused than ever. She tried to spot him but to no avail.
Kit wandered through the darkness trying to find the dog he'd seen from the airship. Shattering the silence of the night he whistled and received a bark in answer. The dog walked out from behind a wall and waited patiently.
"You're Snatch aren't you? Where's your mummy gone? Where's she hiding?" Kit questioned waiting for Snatch to make some kind of response.
Before Kit could do anything Snatch started to run towards him and he was forced back against a tree. Kit shimmied round the tree to avoid Snatch and was grasped by a strong pair of arms that held him firmly round his chest and he could feel cold steel touching his neck.
"Move and I'll slit your throat." A voice hissed in his ear.
"I wondered where you were hiding Meat Head." Kit replied addressing his attacker.
Meat Head chuckled, "We were wondering the same thing about you. Aurora has missed you Kitten, it's a shame she'd not here to see you get what you deserve."
Meat Head was just about to draw the knife he was holding across Kit's throat doing as he had threatened when he was knocked to the ground and hit his head on a stone. Before he could see who his attacker was his world went black. Kit was also thrown to the ground and was quickly helped up.
"Princess?" Kit asked rubbing his hand across his throat making sure that everything was ok.
"Who is that?" Robyn enquired pointing to the prone figure on the ground.
Kit shook his head, "I'll explain later. Right now we have to move."
Kit grabbed Robyn's arm and ran with her back through town. They could hear a dog's pant behind them and knew they were being chased.
The lights in the Mayor's house were still on and it seemed like everyone was there. The Mayor was holding a dinner party to welcome of Ché to the town which also served to keep Sportacus occupied so he couldn't spy on Kit and Robyn. Picking up their pace they ran to the Mayor's house and got through and closed the door before Snatch could get in also.
"What's going on!" Bessie asked seeing that the two had obviously been running at some distance and speed and were now trying to catch their breath.
Kit managed to get his breath back quickly and replied, "We were just being chased by a Doberman Pincer with an attitude problem. A Doberman Pincer named Snatch that I happen to know personally."
"Kit was attacked outside before the dog chased us." Robyn explained. "A man had a knife to his throat; if I hadn't gotten there when I did Kit wouldn't be here now."
Everyone gasped when they heard the news but Kit raised a hand stilling any questions he knew he'd inevitably have to answer.
"The guy that attacked me is known as Meat Head. He's one member of a five member gang known as the Shadows." Kit explained.
"Why would they attack you?" The Mayor asked not wanting to know the answer.
"They want me dead." Kit replied simply.