"I don't believe it! I DON'T BELIEVE IT!" Lina screeched in fury.
Gourry blinked in confusion having sat back down on the bed of the hotel room. They had returned from the museum, just thankful that they had escaped unscathed from the run in with the security guards and that they had no bother since. However something inside Gourry told him it would be a day or two until they started looking for them, wanting the book back.
"What's wrong Lina?" He asked, turning on the TV and flicking through the channels randomly, waiting for something to catch his eye.
"This book. It's really a stupid poetry book. There's no damn magic spells in it. It's useless!"
"Well if it was really a magic book, wouldn't they have worked that out when they got it?"
Lina's response to that was to throw the book at his head. It smacked him square on and sent him sprawling to the floor, with the book landing on top of him and a few of the pages falling out and floating to the floor beside him.
"I don't believe we just risked getting caught for some stupid poetry book. It's probably something written by some stupid old man who had nothing better to do!"
Gourry got back onto the bed and resumed flicking through the channels, until something did finally catch his eyes. He stopped and his eyes widened as he continued watching, his jaw opening out slightly.
"I mean what's so damn special about some old guy's poetry. That's not gonna help me learn magic! That stupid guy who's probably long dead has just nearly got me into trouble…Gourry? Are you even listening to me? What the hell are you gawking at? Not some stupid sitcom is it?"
Lina then walked over and sat on the bed beside Gourry to look at the television screen and soon she was staring at it, her mouth now opening.
"Our latest report is that of the murders which took place a couple of hours ago in the museum. We understand that several security guards were killed and some items had been taken from the museum." The news reporter stated, continuing the report.
"We have CCTV footage of the suspects and we advise anyone who sees the suspects to not become involved and just call the authorities."
At that point they began showing the CCTV footage and there on the screen was Lina and Gourry creeping about the place, taking the items and then being confronted by the guards. Then the footage cuts out and is left with static.
"WHAT THE HELL?" Lina stood up from the bed.
Immediately she turned to Gourry and pointed an accusatory finger towards him.
"You killed them? And now I'm in trouble because of it!"
Gourry blinked and just sat there.
"I didn't kill them Lina, you saw that. I didn't even unsheathe the sword. I just attacked them with the sheath on so I would knock them out, I didn't kill them Lina." Gourry replied.
"Then why are the reports saying they were murdered."
"I don't know, Lina."
"We have information stating that the guards were killed by a sword attack, most likely the tall blonde man who had just taken the sword." The reporter continued.
Lina glared immediately towards Gourry, but he was just staring at the screen, adamant that it wasn't him.
"The items stolen were an ancient poetry book, a sword with a removable blade and a prehistoric stone."
It was Gourry's turn to glare at Lina but she shook her head.
"I didn't take it Gourry, I only took the book."
"Well you seem to insist I murdered those men."
"Well if you didn't murder the men, and I believe you Gourry, because I was there, and I didn't steal that third item. Then that means that someone else was in that place and is trying to make us take the blame for it. The CCTV footage cut out then which makes me think they stopped it so they wouldn't be seen on the cameras. They then killed the guards and made it seem like we stole all three items and murdered those guys."
"What would they what with some old stone?"
"I dunno. Maybe to sell it for a lot of money. Or maybe for the same reasons I went to take some old book."
"Are you saying it's more than just some old stone then?"
"Maybe."
Gourry then stood up from the bed and began packing their things together and he was doing it in a hurry. Lina looked at him in confusion but Gourry wasn't paying attention. He also grabbed the old poetry book and stuffed it into the bag then quickly went to look out the window, down at the ground.
"Gourry? What are you doing?"
"I'm getting us the hell out of here. We're being charged with murder and so they're gonna be looking for us. They're going to find out pretty quickly that we're staying here, so I want to be gone before that happens."
"Why are you taking the book? You know we can't just go back and apologise for what happened then give the book back and it'll be all ok."
"I know Lina, I'm not that stupid! I'm just thinking if that old stone could be worth something, then maybe there's more to the book than you first realised. Now c'mon, we have to get out of here quick and try to stay low."
Lina nodded and stood up, gathering her things together quickly and then left, not really sure of where they were going to go.