Dear Beautiful Reader,
Yes... yes I know... I failed. "Chapter 11 will be up very, very, soon..." is what I said many, many, many months ago. Mah Baid
Chapter 11
Where we left the girls moments ago...
Milka, like the others, placed her palm up as the lady took out a bottle from under the counter. It was an olive green bottle with a Phoenix and wreath insignia on it. The writings on it looked Russian to the her, since she's seen the Russian books and newspapers Mikhail brought to camp from home so he could teach Maloof. The lady took out a small shot glass, and filled it to the brim with the liquid fromm the bottle. It was pale orange and smelled sweet and spicy, like cucumbers and very intense ginger. An odd combination in Milka's opinion. She dabbed her fingers in the liquid, and lightly tapped the palms of each girl so a little droplet was in the middle of their palms, lightly reflecting the dim candelight.
"This is a simple procedure girls, the concauction on your hands has a very special herb in it. It is used traditionaly as a sort of offering to travelers for a good long prosperous journey in life. What I'm going to do is read your palms, and see what might be in store for you", the lady flashed a sly smile, showing her golden carnivorus tooth. The glimmer of if made Milka resist the urge to shudder. The lady turned her attention to her and started to stroke her palm in a circluler pattern with the tip of her middle finger. her eyes squinted, her other hand placed on the counter next to the crystal ball. A wave of warmness otherwhelmed her. She felt a sort of cold wrap around her. It could have been her imagination, on the lady's forehead there was a small orb of light, looking like a faint orange eye. Milka used her minds eye to look for the source of the light, but the only source of light was the candle that was flickering faintly. She held her breath as the lady stopped her hand, the warmth disappeared, replaced wtih the night chill.
"Hmm my child, I see the seas. You hold the affection of a young sailor, do you not?" the lady gave her an all knowing look. Milka opened her mouth to speak, but was startled when a black jumped up onto the top of the caravan. "What in bloody hell?" the lady stuck her head from out the caravan window and looked up. The figure looked like a lean, muscular man, dressed in black tights. With the ease of an acrobat, he manuevered into the caravan and took a small brown box that was near the various glass orbs hanging on the caravan wall.
"Hey! That belongs to the clan!" the fortuneteller reached down under the counter and took out a wicked curved knife. But before she could turn the weapon on him, he slipped out through a small window at the side.
"Come on guys", Chloe started to run after him, then broke out her levitation ball to go even faster. The others followed her example, Milka turned invisible and took an alternative route.
'Guys, I'm going to try to cut him off. Chase him towards the Big Top'.
'Ok' three different minds replied.
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As Mikhail, Maloof, and a spellbound Quentin watched the circus performers take their leave for the next act, Maloof pointed out Raz.
"There's our man boys", Quentin grinned, then turned his attention back to the large popcorn bucket on Maloof's lap. Maloof sat between Quentin and Mikhail, so that when the crowd was standing and cheering on they could lift him up on their shoulders so he could see better, since he's so short.
'Quentin!'
Quentin immidiatly recognized the voice in his head.
'Phoebs?'
'Dude, somethin big's goin down. Razmataz is in troube'
'Our Razzy Boy? Aight, what can me and the guys do?'
'Meet us outside the Big Top'
'Aight'
Quentin turns to Maloof, whos getting a popcorn kernal off Mikhail as he was watching the elephants balance on a huge tetter-totter. "Dudes, we need to split, The others want to meet us outside".
"Why so?" Mikhial took his eyes off the pachyderms, Maloof followed suit. "Yeah, why boss?"
"Somethings going down outside, we need to meet the others" Quentin looked back up at the performers, contemplating tha theymight be at risk. "It's serious".
Not trying to press the matter further Quentin got out of his seat and started weeving through the crowd, with Mikhail following close behind, holding Maloof by the wrist and dragging him along like a little girl running after a parent holding a doll.
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Milka continued her persuit undetected, soundlessly hovering past all the tents and booths. She caught sight of the culprit running infront of her. She tries to detect it's thoughts.
'finally shook those bitches loose'
She felt a surge of rage that she quickly dismissed, trying not to loose focus. Being invisible and levitating at high speeds consumes energy, and she knows she might need engery to spare for later, in case of a rumble.
At the corner of her eye she saw another figure hovering high above her head near the robes that were strung with paper lanturns from one pole to another all over the circus ground for light. In the moon light she thought she saw a flash of light off of steel fly from it. This followed by a rain of more silver tears in the night, none of which hitting her. The airborn assailant was trying to make every strike count. Milka uses her minds eye to see the figure better.
'The fortune teller!'
Right on cue when they approached the lights of the Big Top, the assailents face was visible. She threw another small dagger, this one hitting it's mark right on the leg. The theif fell, but rolled over to knelt on his good leg, reaching into the folds of his tunic. His face was covered in a black scarf wrapped aroudn his head, his tunic along with his pants and tabis. The fortune teller was perched on a pole, twirling another small dagger in her fingers. Milka slows down and her levitating ball dissapears, but her visibility returning. The 'ninja' turned to see her, then right back at the lady perched high above. His hand still in his tunic.
"Don't come near me! I'll shoot!" his voice was alarmed, hoarse sounding. The lady was being patient, aside from Milka's stirring want to disarm him.
"I won't hurt you, I just want that package back..." the lady spoke calmly, leaping down to the ground with the ease of a feline.
"I swear to God, I'll shoot!" still trying to be intimidating he pulls out a broken butterfly, a magnum Milka was familiar to from hours of playing Resident Evil 4 on the Wii with Elton in his house. Milka took a stance, bringing up her psi fist, staying put ready for the first move. The lady how ever started to catwalk towards the man.
"I'll shoot the lil girl!"
"Oh Hell no!" The three head turn to see the other campers levitate towards them, Lili and Phoebe leading them. The 'ninja' was distracted a little by the sudden army of children infront of him, enough time for the fortune teller to jump on him and wrestle for the gun.
"Dudes, lets go!" Quenting uses this psi hand to grab a hold of the man, trying to make it easier fo rthe lady. Before she coudl pry it from his hand a loud shot fired, which followed by gasps from the people in the big tent.
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From behind the big top Sasha heard the gun fire. He quickly used his telepathy to connect with Milla.
'Darling, I heard a gun fire, are you ok?'
'Yes Miss. Vodello, it sounds like it came from the front. Where is your location?'
'I'm following these three men, who seem to be running to where the gun is fired'
Sasha quickly analyzed the situation, then spoke up 'They must be with who ever fired that gun. I'll be back here to get Razputin and meet you upfront'
'Darling, is it wise to bring Razputin into this?' Sasha considers her question. He knows that Lili must've said something to him, nad that he'll want to take action against anyone he thought would cause any harm.
'The boy already knows at this rate'
'Hmm, good point. I'll see you then darling' Milla broke off and Sasha quickly slipped into the tents back entrance, looking for the young naut.
The Broken Butterfly is one of my favorite guns from Resident Evil, it gots power.
This chapter... it felt wrong.... I'll change it later
pff, like months from now theres gonna be a small change. Most likely.