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Things Only Whispered In The Shadows
Ch17. Double Agent?
"So let me get this straight. Salem knows all about our plan to overthrow him." She nodded.
"And he didn't think much of it until he realized there was a possibility that we could get help from the original world. So he sent an army." Another nod. "And how do you factor into all of this?"
Rune blushed, the color vibrant against her pale complexion. "Well I was originally a spy for him and when Maxis saved me and I met all of you I decided to help you instead." Talon was trying hard to keep his cool and not get mad at Rune for not saying anything before. Rune was trying hard to not make eye contact.
"More like fell in love." Fel made kissy faces at Talon.
"Shut it Fel." The Green hedgehog was not in the mood for his friends' games. He turned back to Rune with a slight blush to his face now as well. "Maxis knew?"
Another nod, "before he brought me here. Yes." The White and blue hedgehog was getting nervous. She had known that it would come to this someday, just not under these circumstances. "We agreed that I should stay in contact, as long as I didn't leak anything important."
"Would our location be one of those not so important facts?" Fel had joined the interrogation if for no other reason than to be included in the goings on. Fleet was standing guard outside the door to make sure no one was going to eavesdrop on such a delicate conversation and Maxis was keeping everyone else occupied with cleaning the lower levels of the temple.
"He already knew. He didn't think you were a threat at first but when he found out Maxis had an emerald he began to worry."
"You told him about our emerald?!" Fel couldn't help the outburst. Talon couldn't help but feel annoyed by his orange robo-feline friend for jumping to conclusions.
"No." She looked up and gave Fel a hard look. "He already knew about that before I came along as well. He's had eyes on this place long before Talon and Whisper showed up. When he found out where I was he asked me to keep an eye on you, to report on any suspicious activity."
Talon clamped a hand over Fels' mouth to keep him from saying anything else stupid. "And?"
"And I made sure to keep him a few steps behind your current activities and never told him about the emeralds or your actual skills. Nor did I tell him about your plans and Fleets survival. It was all coordinated and planed by Maxis."
"If Salem was the one who sent you then why did he attack you on your way here?" Rune visibly flinched at that question, a very pained look on her face.
"His exact words before he sicked one of his generals on me were; I want to make it look as real as possible." Her already pale complexion went even whiter as her earlier embarrassment was replaced by an overwhelming fear. The same fear Fleet had shown previously whenever the topic of Salem was brought up. They hadn't failed to notice the same fear on the faces of many of the others as well at times.
The room was silent for a while, the tension almost palpable before anyone spoke again. "No harm no foul. Please don't keep secrets like this from us." Talon sighed. "You two are so much alike."
"Who and whom?"
"You and Whisper. You like to get things done on your own without telling anyone until absolutely necessary. And you often end up worse than if you had told someone in the first place. I have to admit the ice powers are kind of awesome."
Rune blushed again. "Thanks. I hope I didn't cause too much trouble."
"It's alright, at least Maxis knew." Fel got up and waved over his shoulder as he left to tell Fleet the news. At least things had turned out better than expected, now all they had to do was Grill the old fox on why he hadn't said anything to them about it. He would have a bit more convincing to do than Rune./p
Fleet ducked his head in for a moment to nod as he left with Fel off to do some more training with his troops.
"So what now?" Rune was looking at him expectantly again.
"We move on with the plan to go to the heart of the resistance." Talon was obviously feeling much better but was he really up for that kind of journey? "After I get out of this blasted bed that is."
"You should be fine by morning, as long as you don't plan on running around in any more forest fires without me."
"You don't have to worry about that, I'm about infernoed out at the moment. On the other hand, we should head out as soon as possible."
"And whisper?"
"She'll catch up," a wry smile lit his face. "She always does."
Sorry this chapter was a bit short, I promise the next one will be at least normal length. Thanks for reading.
