Retrieval
"What do you mean?" Harvey asked. He was standing in a dark room, the only light was coming from the door behind him and the one window on the other side of the room.
"What I mean is that she is in a place where you'll never be able to find her." Julius said. "I thought that was pretty self-explanatory" Harvey clenched the bag he was holding. He had been tricked. How could I have been so stupid? Letting myself be tricked by this kid.
"I suggest you come quietly." said Julius after deciding that Harvey wasn't going to say anything. "If not, I will be forced to hurt Kieli."
"You're bluffing." He said harshly.
"Am I?" Harvey stayed silent for sometime. Julius wanted more than anything to protect Kieli as much as possible, but something told him that Julius might be serious. He may not want to hurt her, but if worst came to worse, he might think he has to.
"Take me to her." Harvey command.
"And if I do, what do I get out of it?" Julius asked, suddenly becoming interested in the conversation. Harvey thought about it for a moment.
"If you me take me to Kieli, I'll leave with you quietly."
"How do I know you're not bluffing?" Julius asked. Harvey starting to hate this kid more and more. Couldn't he just be happy that he was going to go with him quietly? No, of course not he needed a guarantee. Harvey thought about this for sometime before coming to a conclusion.
"I'll give you the radio." Harvey said. There was some static that erupted from the radio, but Harvey ignored it. "If I don't come with you quietly afterwards, you can smash it."
Julius thought about this for a moment. When he decided it was alright, he nodded his head. Harvey pulled the radio off from around his neck. Suddenly some static was forming around the speaker but Harvey turned it off before it could do any real harm. Harvey then held it out for Julius to take. Julius motioned for one of the soldiers to take it. Neither moved. Julius sighed to himself before walking over and taking the radio himself.
"Follow me."
Kieli stared at the man before her froze with fear. His yellow teeth smiled down at her, his one eye staring down at her with lust.
"Everything all right in there?" called a voice from the other room. The man sighed to himself before calling back: "Yea everythin's fine." He than turned back to look at Kieli. "I'll be right back, now don't go anywhere, ya hear?" the man stood up and up and walked out the room.
"What's goin' on in there huh?" asked the first voice.
"Nothin'." said the man with the eye patch. "Just havin' little fun in there, that's all."
"You know we have to return her untouched don't you?" said a second voice.
"Yea, yea whatever." Grumbled the one with the eye patch. "I just wanna know why the girl is so important to that runt."
Runt? Kieli thought to herself. Does he mean Harvey?
There was a knock on the door. "Now what?" yelled the second voice as he walked past doorway and over to, what Kieli was guessing was the front door. When she heard it open, there was silence before the man stumbled out:
. "W-what are you doing h-here?"
"We came to see Kieli." Kieli's head snapped up when she heard the familiar voice.
Julius. Kieli thought. I'm saved
"Oh of course, w-wait right here." Kieli heard some footsteps before a man walked in. He kneeled down in front of Kieli and whispered "You better behave." before starting to untie her.
This man was not of a strong build, nor did he seem all that dangerous. He looked like he was in his early twenties. He wore glasses that hid his soft green eyes. When he was untying Kieli, he did it in a way that made sure not to hurt her. In some way he seemed, to Kieli, almost sad. When he finished untying her, he grabbed her by the arm and yanked her to her feet. Kieli stubbed a bit before regaining her balance. The man waited until he was sure she was okay to walk, before half-walking-half dragging her out into the other room.
The sudden light blinded Kieli for a minute. As she shielded her eyes from the light, she looked around the room. It reminded her of the room she was just in. It was made of cement all around, except that this one held a large table with four seats placed around it. On the table was some cards, some dirty empty plates and some cans of beer. Above her a light bulb hung from the ceiling, with a metal cord hanging from it. Than looking towards the door, she found four people standing there. One was in a black priest outfit. He had short blonde hair, and green eyes, that sparkled with a childish joy at the sight of her. Behind to the right and left of him were two men standing there in white armor. Kieli immediately recognized them as church soldiers. The last person there was a tall coppered hair man. He wore brown work pants and a brown work jacket. His copper colored eyes were filled with a pained expression mixed with one of relief.
"H-Harvey?" The name slipped out of her mouth, having been said many times before. The pained expression in his eyes grew even more at the sound of her calling his name.
"Kieli."
Kieli pulled herself away from the man holding her as her vision started to become cloudy. She ran forward and wrapped her arms around him. It was than she began to cry. She really didn't know why, but all that has happened in the last few hours, she figured it was alright to cry just a few. Kieli felt two stronger arms wrap around her and hold her as she buried her face into his shirt. She may not have wanted to admit it, but she was completely terrified.
"Your work is done here." said Julius after watching Kieli crying for some time. "Here is your money." Julius threw the bag of money Harvey had given to him at the feet of the men. "We will be taking our leave now." Julius turned around and walked out.
"Come on Kieli, let's go." Harvey whisper as he pulled back from her. Kieli stepped back and quickly whipped her tears before nodding. As Harvey turned to walk away he felt something grab onto his sleeve and when he looked back, he found that Kieli was holding onto it, her face pointed towards the ground. Harvey turned back and followed Julius out the door.