Will slammed the door on Nigel's face. What were they doing here? She let herself sink to the floor, pain on her face, "Oh no, Uriah knows where I live!"
"Will?" The voice came through the thin wood and sounded as confused as she felt, but she closed her eyes tight begging to be out of the nightmare and praying not to hear Uriah's voice.
"Get the hell out of here!" She snapped, shouted it, then realized that all three girls were staring at her in disbelief. She pushed herself up and looked at the floor. "What if it's Uriah.. Oh!"
Irma seemed to get it then, realizing why she'd suddenly been so rude to the boy, "Yeah, leave Nigel! I swear Will is gonna call the cops!"
"And did we mention the kick in the groin you'll be receiving if you touch her?" Will suddenly fell into a state of giggles as Hay Lin covered her mouth; realizing the slight pun. "No pun intended!"
"What?" Will felt tears gush to her eyes as she and Irma fell about, Hay Lin not realizing that Nigel had no idea what that was meant to mean. "Look, wrong house.. I didn't know you lived here Will, I swear!"
"Just..." Will struggled to breathe between fits of shaking as Irma collapsed over Hay Lin's shoulders; it was Hay Lin's face that made it funny now. She didn't get it at all. "...Go!"
Will almost felt bad as she heard the decending footsteps, but another look in Irma's direction quickly aided any guilt or remorse. Irma hugged Hay Lin, who's face only became more blank if possible. "Oh Hay Lin, I love you.."
...
The guards were closing in and Vathek threw himself forward, vaulting over a moving cart and swerving round a corner. If he was found now, everything would be in ruins.
"There!" He clambered over a fence, just in time to miss the guards, who yelled to follow in his direction so they must have caught a glimpse of him. Slipping into a doorway he watched as the guards ran past, Cedric calling from behind and wailing following from a distance. He turned to face a man, working at a welding station and stilled with shock. He raised his finger to signal the need for silence, but there was a pounding on the other side of the door.
The wooden frame burst as three guards slammed themselves through the door and Vathek backed away from them, praying for Cedric not to come. These were far more easily dealt with by Kandrikar. A familiar guard; Moison, sneered. "Vathek.."
Vathek stepped back and grabbed the closest thing with weapon potential; a branding iron. The poor owner of the building had hidden in fear of the guards. Derthik grinned at him, "It will cool."
...
"I'm just glad you're happy with him." Cornelia didn't sound glad. Caleb wondered if this was really worth a free shift. All they'd really talked about was his eyes, his hair and the fact that Elyon had a date that night. "Especially with what happened with Matt."
"Matt?" 'Matt?' Caleb echoed Elyon's question in lip-sync. Didn't that name sound familiar? "Oh, who cares! He's like three years older, if Will want's him, she can have him."
"Well that's good. Anyway, next time something as totally spectacular as this happens, I want you to use speed dial 1."
"Absolument!"
"Huh?"
"Y'know.. It's French.. Nevermind, you know I was thinking about getting a part time job.. That bookstore we go to might be good.." But Caleb's mind had gone blank, he couldn't listen to their ongoing chatter while he had this buzz in his mind. Will wanted to go out with someone that was older.. Seventeen. He hadn't really thought the boy looked that old. He rolled his eyes, a smug grin on his face. This Matt would soon reconsider his choice if he knew what was good for him. And if he wanted to stay fertile.
...
Blunk slid down the side of a building; he didn't know at which point he'd started falling, but for every slope he fell from, there seemed to be another waiting to catch him. Also, he noted with a shriek, the larveck was not waiting to catch him. It was working up an apetite on the chase. "Nice buggy thingy!"
It's reply was to start spitting globs of web at him, which he dodged clumsily and as a result again fell onto another ledge.
...
Cedric slid onto the scene in full form and glared at Vathek, more with hatred that the galhot had lied to him than that his prince had been betrayed. Anger surged through him at the realization that the blundering guards he'd taken had managed to find him so quickly. He pointed an accusing finger at Vathek. "You! How could ssomone asss-sstupid asss you expect to get away with thiss!"
A smash of his tail threw Vathek into the wall and the guards began to laugh, but Vathek persisted in struggling to stand. "You won't win. Caleb will defeat you and the princess will fight on our side!"
Cedric couldn't help smiling. "But you're the only one who can tell him who she isss.."