Chapter 2: "Hide and Seek"
"Jam," I hissed, "Not that way, the marker says two of the catchers went that way 2 minutes ago." Jam nodded and headed in the opposite direction. I crept along the canals in a rogue like fashion with Jam following me. It was so quiet, not a peep to be heard. All the adults had abandoned the streets in fear of being black out bombed leaving only a few guards left, who didn't bother to interrupt such an important event.
"Hey" someone whispered. I nearly skipped a heartbeat as a whirled around to find Jane behind me.
"Dammit Jane i nearly skipped a heartbeat" I whispered back. Jane grinned. "How many are left?" I asked
"20, were some of the last ones" She replied "I had to leave Smithy, we were nearly caught and he managed to escape but we couldn't get back to him, Leeroy is waiting around the corner on lookout" she said. I heard something. My head jerked up and i scanned the streets.
"I hear something." I barely whispered.
"I'm sure its just your imagination" Jam replied
"GET DOWN!" I hissed. Jam dived into the alleyway we were hiding in, I couldn't follow him, there was no space in the shadows left. Then I did something so unusual that I was shocked that i did. I jumped up between the two walls and pratically did the splits to keep myself from falling back down. Then i leapt from side to side until I was well above the ground. I looked down to see Stone and Jaina debating where to go next. They took a quick glance around the alleyway but they couldn't see Jane and Jam. They would never look up.
"No one here, how many are left Stone?" Jaina asked
"Eh, well we just caught a load in the Cathedral square so that would mean 11 are left, I say we done good Jay." Stone replied in a gruff dwarf like voice. After this was said they both left. Jam and Jane emerged from the shadows.
"Oi, where's Ju gone? Did she make it out?" Jam asked
"Up here!" I shouted! The pair looked up in shock
"Ey, how'd ya get all the up there?" Jane said
"No idea." I replied
"Well come down then!"
"Kay". As i started my descent something black caught my eye, a Human lady was watching me from the roof of one of the buildings i was between. She wore a black bandana. She smiled wickedly and then disappeared. Odd, i thought but did not linger on it and i dropped down to Jam and Jane.
After collecting Leeroy, we bumped into Smithy who had been hiding in barrels due to his size. When the whole gang was reunited we decided it would be best to split up, as more people become more conspicuous. I scampered of to a random direction in hope of a hiding place. I came to a small tower, secluded at the back of Old town. From the corner of my eye i saw the black bandana lady again. I whirled around to find her gone again. Dammit this was not a coincidence. I headed into the tower to get away from the weird happenings. When i entered i was pounced on and shoved against the wall with a blade against my throat.
"What brings ya here child?" A menacing voice asked me
"H-h-hide a-and S-seek" I stammered
"Of course yer lil games, grow up and see the world isn't just games litl un. When ya do the werld wontne seem so kind eh?" The man breathed on her to reveal terrible breath.
"D-dont hurt me" I pleaded
"Hurt ya!? By the time I'm finished ya-"
"Bones! Your scaring the poor whelp! Sorry 'bout this, Bones likes to scare" A woman replied. I looked up to see she was wearing a black bandana. I gasped.
"Sorry for stalking you, I saw you climb up the wall, very impressive may I add" She said. "AH yes let me introduce myself, I am Morgana of the SI: 7, the rogue stronghold." I new a bit about the SI: 7. They were assassins and who worked for whoever payed them, in this case the king.
"M-must go" I stammered as my hear thudded in my chest. Morgana waved her hand and Bones let me go, i rubbed my throat where the blade had been pressed against. Morgana's lips pressed into a sly smile
"I'm sure we'll see more of each other in the future, June." She added as I staggered out of the building, sure that I would not go back to that scary place.
WAIT, how the hell did she know my name??!