The singing Angel part 2/2
Begnion were a large country; the largest of them all in whole Tellius. Janaff wasn't so sure were the man Oliver lived or how to find him, though Letius seemed to know. The little boy tried to resist the feeling of throwing up every time he took at look at the ground. They were flying pretty high; the treetops couldn't even touch them. Letuis did his best to direct Janaff and Ulki to Oliver's manor.
The manor stood on its own in the middle of a field. Not even Janaff could see any houses nearby when they landed on the edge which surrounded the big house.
- Are you sure this is the right place? Asked Janaff and gave Letius a suspicious look. Letius snorted and jumped on the ground. They were inside of Oliver's domain now.
Janaff glanced at Ulki who had closed his eyes. It seemed like he was listening to something. Janaff tried his best to hear anything but all he could hear was the birds sing from the big lilac tree which was standing in the garden. Janaff gave his friend a strange look.
- What can you hear?
- A voice. Someone, a woman, is singing inside of the brick walls. I think she's on the higher level of the house. Could you look if you can find her with your eyes?
Janaff tried his best. He checked every window on this side of the manor. And he saw a big man standing in the way of one of the windows. He was dressed in an exclusive robe and looked very bald. It couldn't be anyone else but the man Oliver. Soon the big man faced the window, he opened it and the song which Ulki had heard flowed out to the garden. Janaff started to stare at the window and the ugly man, like he was able to see pass him.
You can't describe a voice like that with fitting words. It was like the first bird song in the start of spring. When the snow haven't melted and the trees still got no leafs, when the world still seems to be asleep and that little bird you can't catch with your eyes is filling the world with a gentle tone. This voice was just like that feeling you get by the birds song.
Janaff felt something taking a grip of his shirt and the next second he knew Ulki had thrown him of the edge. He was lying on the grass staring at the manor before he glanced at Ulki who was trying to hide them both from Oliver sight. The big man in the window walked away, he didn't seem to have seen them.
- Are you a complete idiot Janaff? What do you think would have happen if that man saw us?
- At the moment I didn't really think that far..
- Then start doing it or you will get us all killed.
Ulki stand up on his feet and followed Letius who ran around the garden. On the other side of the house a large creeper was climbing up the wall. The kid took a fast grip of the plant and started climbing up to the roof. Janaff who stilled looked pretty lost just watched the catboy climb for a moment till he had retched the roof, then Janaff himself flew up and landed by his side together with Ulki.
- Why couldn't you have helped me up here?!
- You were so good at climbing.
After his response Janaff walked over the roof to the other side if the house and jumped. He was flying in the air in front of the open window and glanced inside.
It was a woman sitting there next to a white stone piano. She was playing while she singed. Her hair was long and light as sunshine. She was dressed in a long white dress which made her look like either an angel or just anything that is beautiful. For a second Janaff understood why the man Oliver wanted to buy her but then he came on himself to think something like that and got mad at himself. You can't buy a person! Not even if it's a beroc.
Letius jumped down the roof, landed on Janaffs head and jumped again into the room. The kid landed on the floor and the girl looked surprised at him before she started smiling. She didn't stop playing though cause that would make Oliver come back. Ulki threw Janaff into room and stepped on the floor before he walked away from the window and dragged Janaff with him over the floor.
- You really want to get spotted, don't you? Whispered Ulki annoyed by his friend's behavior.
The girl glanced at the both from the bird tribe but kept on singing. Letius ran to her and hugged her waist with his small arms before he gave both Janaff and Ulki a stressed glance.
- Now help me get her out of here?
The both men exchanged looks before Ulki went to the door. He put his ear against the wood and listened. He could here footsteps, first he thought someone was coming but the footsteps just kept walking pass them and then he could hear it again.
- It's a guard walking outside the door. I'm pretty sure there is some standing out there as well.
- Then why don't we fly through the window like we came in? I carry both of them if you're not strong enough, smiled Janaff and took a look at the woman again who glanced back at him.
Janaff noticed he was blushing and looked away pretty fast with faith that she didn't notice the red color on his checks. Ulki didn't smile, no one would have seen any changes on his face but Janaff still got insulted by it and snorted. She was a beroc; what was he doing?! This was ridiculous.
- We could, but if we got spotted and that Oliver has a sniper somewhere we could be deadly hurt in a couple of seconds.
- He is sitting in the garden, said Letius who stood at the window. Janaff walked to him, he stood in the shadows and glanced down. Oliver was sitting in a white chair, drinking tea with two guards standing on both his sides.
They were surrounded. Janaff drag the kid away from the window, the worst thing that could happen was if someone spotted them. The girl stopped singing. She took a glass of water that was standing on the piano and drank it slowly.
Ulki could hear everything when the singing stopped. It wasn't good for him to stand too long in a room with too much noise; he would get a headache faster than Tibarn could fly. Though now when she stopped singing he could hear what Oliver was saying, what the guards outside the corridor were saying and if someone was passing by outside the door without even concentrate. The girl looked at Ulki before she slowly put the glass on the piano again and started playing once more.
- It could be around ten people outside the door. I can hear many from the ground floor and it is someone on the roof, we were lucky that he didn't see us, said Ulki and looked Janaff in the eyes.
They couldn't face down this many guards on their own. But then they heard an explosion from the garden. The three of them started looking through the window. They saw a small teenager in a red robe. Janaff could see his face and his green eyes; the boy had a cocky look on his face and red hair. Janaff had seen this boy before but he couldn't recall his name till he saw the laguz, a green tiger that were puncturing a guard's chest with his big and sharp claws.
- It's Tormod, and Muarim. Weren't they on the camp?!
- When we came yes, but I never saw them again during the battle, or after, answered Ulki.
- What are they doing here?
- Maybe they are looking for something? Don't you remember; Oliver sold laguz as slaves for some years ago, maybe that's why they are here?
- They have already battle him for that reason.
- Maybe he didn't listen to Empress Sanakis words after all.
Janaff was happy to see both of them though, this meant that they would have a change to flee. Janaff walked to the girl who had stopped playing, he looked her in the eyes and bowed. Ulki found it funny to watch.
- Excuse me my lady, Janaff said and lifted her. He put her on his back and transformed into his bird from.
The girl gasped and took a strong grip of Janaffs feather when he flied through the window. Ulki was after him with the catboy on his back. Ulki transformed just in time to dough from an arrow which would have punctured his lung if he hadn't been so fast; and got such good ears.
The guards from inside the manor had run outside. They were now facing down Tormod who used his fire spells to defend himself and Muarim. Muarim were attacking them, killing them by any means possible. Janaff was there by Tormods side a few seconds later; just in time to get rid of a guard in red armor who was trying to attack the little mage from behind.
- Janaff! It is you, is it not? What are you going here?! Defending laguz rights? The boy said with a happy voice.
Tormod loved to fight, to show off his spells and skills. He was a funny kid really. Janaff couldn't answer him though. Have you ever heard a hawk speak? They don't use beorc words. The girl jumped off Janaffs back, she didn't want to be in his way when he had to fight for her freedom. She stayed by Tormod's side while Janaff started fighting with one of the guards. Janaffs claws cut the guards' throat open. Ulki was soon back by his side. Letius jumped off his back and landed by the girl's side. Letius transformed but the girl took a hold of him, pressing him against his chest.
- No! You are too young to fight, and you know as much as I do that you can't stay in your cat form for very long. Stay here.
The fight didn't go on for long. Soon Janaff landed beside Letius who didn't look to happy. Janaff had blood on his wings and he transformed again and gave Ulki a serious look.
- It is getting Dark, we should go back.
- We sure should, though.. What are we suppose to do with him?
Ulki pointed at the fat man who was trying to hide under his white chair. Janaff snorted and gave Tormod a smile. Tormod smiled back and used a simple fire spell, putting the man's backside on fire. Tormod started laughing when he saw Oliver running around like a mad man in his own garden. Soon Muarim stepped up to him, still in his cat form and gave him a serious look.
- It seems like we have to leave, said Tormod and smiled at Janaff and Ulki.
- Thank you for your help!
- It is us who should thank you, dear mage; if it wasn't for you we would still be trapped in that house, answered Ulki and took the small laguz child in both hands.
- We should hurry back now Janaff, before our king starts to worry about us. You take the lady I presume?
Janaff were sure that Ulki smiled an evil smile for a second before he left the ground. Janaff gave the young beorc lady a shy look and started to feel uncomfortable even if he had no reason to do so. The girl smiled at him which just made him blush so he had to look at another direction for some minutes before he could see her in the eyes again.
- I guess I have no other choice than to carry you then, he said. Janaff tried to sound like he didn't care either way. For some reason he tried to sound like Shinon which just made him mad at himself. The girl laughed.
- My name is Carla but you maybe want to keep calling me "my lady"?
Janaff blushed again and looked at Tormod who were starting to walk away with Muarim without even saying goodbye! Though, Janaff couldn't care less about it, he was about to carry a beautiful woman. She was almost as beautiful as Lucia back at the camp. But what Janaff liked most about Carla was her voice. He carried her in his arms and lifted from the ground.
What would his king say when he saw this?