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Chapter 5
(Safety)
Rose ran forward at Alan full charge as he pulled back the safety pin. She barreled into him when the shot went off, missing Cody and Lightning by a long shot. She grabbed for the shot gun while struggling to keep Alan on the ground. 'Thank god he didn't hit them.' Rose thought as she grabbed it and threw it into the air. Arana caught it and broke it in half between her claws. The pieces rained over the ground.
Rose jumped back and ran for the nearest out cropping of rocks. She began to climb when she could hear rocks behind her shifting. She looked behind her to find Alan climbing after her knife in his teeth. Rose climbed faster looking frantically for hand and foot holds. No matter how fast she climbed, Alan was able to catch up to her; only a foot behind. Rose's hand cleared the top of the rock and she heaved herself up and ran to the other side of the flat top.
As Alan cleared the top as well he started to grin, seeing that she had no where to go. The jump off the cliff would be suicide. "Nowhere to go." He said out loud.
Rose smiled back at him "That's what you think." She saluted him before running towards him, sidestepping and digging her foot into the edge of the cliff to jump into the air. Arms behind her, one leg straight the other bent, her hair flying in the dusty wind.
Alan watched her, in slow motion, fall closer and closer to the ground. A golden streak raced past him and as a huge gust of wind hit him he covered his eyes. When he opened them, he saw Rose on Arana flying off with Marahute, Cody and Lightning into the forest. His face darkened in anger before he sneered at them. 'They can't escape me that easily.'
Meanwhile………..
Cody was thinking the same thing as they flew to Arana's nest, since Alan now knew where Marahute's nest was. He looked back to the rest of the group and smiled as the darkened thought was forgotten. Rose and Marahute, the 2 most important things to him were back. For now he was happy.
They came upon a face of the cliff that was so close to the forest, vines draped down the side of the canyon. 'Good choice the vines hide the nest.' Rose thought when Arana and the rest of the gang flew into the vines and into the shade of the nest. Marahute deposited her fledglings into the already made nest. She tried to undo the knot in the blanket until Rose came over and undid the knot, allowing the chicks to see their mother and beg for food.
Rose turned around, only to be caught up in a huge hug from Cody. She smiled and blushed as she hugged him back.
"I'm so glad your okay." He said over her shoulder. He brought his head back to look at her face.
She smiled back, "What, you didn't think I couldn't take care of myself?" she asked. But she didn't get an answer.
He cupped her face in his hand and stroked her cheek with his thumb. Without even thinking, his lips came to hers and she kissed him back. He wrapped his arms around her waist and her arms were around his neck. They held for what felt like only a few seconds but in reality was more like a few minutes, before breaking and resting their foreheads against one-another's. They both smiled. "I've been wanting to do that for so long." He told her.
"Me too." She told him. They both laughed when Arana butted against Rose's back and Lightning against Cody's. They broke apart to console their partners.
Rose was just thanking Arana for catching her when Cody slapped himself in the forehead. She turned to him, laughing "What is it?"
Cody smiled, "I forgot to introduce you."
"To who?" Rose asked
Cody held out both his hands, palms up. "To us." The mice replied.
Rose blinked and brought her face closer to them. They were dressed in miniature human clothes. One was obviously a girl and the other was a boy. "Bianca and Bernard?" Rose asked.
Brandon sighed "Why does everyone assume that?" he asked. "Never mind, no, were their kids, they retired 2 years ago, my names Brandon." He waved his arms to the girl mouse "This is Bailey."
Bailey nodded her head in hello. "We're here to help catch Mcleach."
Rose nodded, and then sat down Indian style in the nest, quickly followed by Cody, Bailey and Brandon. She put her head in her hand in thought. "We need to make sure that Alan can't pose a threat to Marahute or any thing else. We need a way to get rid of him. She glanced to Cody who was about to open his mouth in suggestion. "Without killing him." She finalized. Cody closed his mouth. They sat in thought. Arana sat down next to Rose and Lightning was next to Cody. They had sent Kiah to get Goliath and tell him that Marahute was safe.
"Can't we have him arrested?" Cody asked.
"On what charge?" Rose asked.
"Kidnap and poaching." Cody said proudly.
"Prove it." She said plainly.
Cody's face fell in disappointment. They sat in silent thought for a while. "What if we caught him in the act? I mean you know he's going to try getting Marahute again."
Rose nodded. "But how are we going to get it?"
Cody dug through his backpack. He brought out a tap recorder.
Rose raised her eyebrow. "You carry a tape-recorder around with you?" she asked.
Cody nodded. "I like to record animal sounds." He explained.
Rose raised her eyebrows and nodded her head in understanding. "Alright, so now all we do is wait, right?" she asked.
"Wrong." Cody said.
What is Cody planning? Will they catch Mcleach? All these questions could be answered in the next chapter. Stay tuned. Same bat time, same bat place.
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