Sydney didn't feel so brave anymore she had come straight home after the incident at the mall and had made sure all the windows were locked and the curtains drawn. She was now in her living room sitting on the love-seat the piece of furniture closest to the front door incase an attack came from there. She couldn't get her thoughts straight, how had something so simple as wanting to find out who her guard was and have him pass along a message to Nigel become a disastrous affair. She had a gun hidden on the right side of the cushion and her knife strapped to her right boot leg. She had called Karen and had asked her to run to the other side of town to get her some squid for dinner. She knew Karen wouldn't be off work for at least another four hours and it would take her almost another four to run her errand she was at least safe until nine p.m. If the situation escalated and she was unable to reach Karen she had a back-up plan. She had created a timed e-mail that would if not stopped by her land in Karen's personal, school and work e-mail. In it she apologized to Karen for everything that had happened and explained in detail where she had been during her disappearance and the possibility that she may be back there once again.
If Nigel could see her now, she had a tailor fit several of her favorite relic hunting khaki pants to accommodate her growing condition. She had several pairs packed in her overnight duffel bag along with several shirts to assist with her growth and a warm parka sitting on top of it all. She had a shawl draped over her shoulders now to conceal her trembling hands she had the phone next to her incase she was contacted via telephone with instructions of any kind. She reached for her bag to make sure all her toiletries were in there and especially her vitamins. She had enough to last her for six months goodness only new what would happen. She was so busy with her thoughts that she jumped three feet in the air when the knock came. She was about to open it when it dawned on her, no one had buzzed her to ask for entry. She took hold of her gun and her belongings and began to walk quietly to her back bedroom. The fire escape was there and it would lead her to the alley just a few steps from the main street where she could flag down a cab. The knocking stopped but she didn't give it a second thought she was scared not only for herself but more importantly for her little ones. She had to survive and hide for them and after that she would try and find Nigel again. She had made it down to the ground and was walking as casually as one can in a dingy alley towards the main street when she heard the crash. She had jabbed piece of wood onto the sliders of the window to prevent anyone from being able to push it up. She had failed to remember that Nigels "friends" were a persistent bunch and they had broken it in order to come down and chase her. She made a best a dash as she could for the main street and waved down a cab.
She climbed in and told the driver to head to China town. She would look for old man Kanoke and have him drum up some papers for her. She had always wanted to go to the jungles of Asia. Exactly where she didn't know but a simple hut and a mid-wife would be all she needed. Who would imagine an American trying to smuggle of the country it was usually the other way around. Maybe she should run off to the desert plains of Mexico she had always wanted to see the whales migrate south to the Baja peninsula nope couldn't do that to many American tourists she wanted to no needed to be inconspicious and she would not blend in very well there. If only she had a better control of, wait she was fluent with french so with her mind made up Canada it was. She would probably be expected to jump a charter to another continent but just a simple hop and a skip to a simple little border town near Washington state would be all she needed. That way when it came time for the babies to make their appearance she could make it back to a us hospital without much problems.
Yup, matter settled. Now she just had to survive the next seventy-two hours and she would be good for the next several months 'till she could come up with another plan.