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"Callypso sit down" Mo said wearily.
"No" I growled staring angrily at the wall wondering if it would do me any good if I started banging my head against it. "I can't say put. I'm to restless. I want out of this hole."
"Don't we all" Elinore groaned. "I hate this place."
Yes we were back in the lovely little cage. Let me catch you up on what happened. Basically, Mo read a bunch of gold out of a book and the arab boy who was sitting in the cage next to ours... I think. Then Mo managed to convince Capricorn to let him stop reading and Capricorn actually listened (good news) but then he told Mo he'd be reading out a monsterous creature tommorow (Not so good news) The rating of the situation on a scale of 1- 10... I'd say about -1.
"I- to- kill- them- all" I was banging a fist into the wall in between each syllable.
Meggie, who was sitting quietly in a corner, looked up at me horrified. What? What was so bad about that? This girl was getting on my nerves. With her innocent little disposition and her innocent look and her over all annoying innocence. Can you say Marysue? I'm familer with that writing term. Sometimes I write about them just to tick Kat off (She hates Marysues)
"You have the most right to hate them" Elinore was just as restless as me. "When that man Basta held his knife to your throat... God I wanted to kill him!"
I nodded rubbing my neck. I could still feel the touch of his blade.
The door rattled suddenly and the sound of keys met our ears. I jumped to my feet and grabed a stick from the floor. As soon as Basta or Cockerell or who ever it was came in I was going to bash their head open.
The door creaked open and I swung.
"Damn. Callypso please don't kill me." Dustfinger had managed to duck just in time. "I know I hesitated over you or the book but I didn't think you were that mad"
"Dustfinger! Sorry" I hissed dropping the stick. "I thought you were a black jacket"
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE YOU-" Elinore began loudly but Dustfinger lept forward quickly and clamped a hand over her mouth.
"Quiet you stupid woman. I'm trying to help you" Dustfinger hissed "You want to get out of here? Follow me."
"Right behind you" I said heading twoards the door but Elinore stopped me.
"Don't trust him! He's a cheating, lying, cowardly Bastard." She growled.
"Blah blah blah" I rolled my eyes "I don't give a crap. I don't care if he's Hitler! The only thing I care about is he's helping us out of this place and I'm about to taste fresh air now if you'll excuse me" I shoved my way past her. The others followed, Elinore cursing under her breath all the way.
"Get the boy to" Mo suggested "I wouldn't leave him here"
"I would" Dustfinger muttered "If we can get away faster." but he helped the boy out too.
Soon we were all in the parking lot climbing into the car that the keys that we were "borrowing" for an extended period of time went to.
We were home free... but of course a gaurd just had to be gaurding the parking lot.
"Drive!" Dustfinger hissed "Step on it!" Elinore swerved wildly out of the parking lot and to the road. We zoomed over the rickety metal bridge and down the road. We were free... or not. Because a pair of car headlights appeared a few minutes later.
"Wish we had stolen a Ferrari" I muttered as Elinore started going into hysterics.
Elinore suddenly lost control and we swerved wildly to the side almost going straight off a steep hill. The tires had blown out.
When we pulled to a stop I blinked "Well that was dramatic."
"Get the car off the road" Dustfinger jumped out of the car. "Then we have to make for the hill and get out of sight before they catch up. Hurry."
Mo and Dustfinger pushed the car down the slope as far as they could before hurrying to follow us up the hill. We hid in the brush peering anxiously out of the branches.
The car pulled up a moment later and two figures got out. One was a huge hulking figure that couldn't be anyone other than Flatnose the other, I couldn't tell but I had a pretty good guess.
"Damn they're gone!" Why do I always have to guess right? It was Basta no doubt about it. His voice was a dead give away.
"Whatever, they won't get very far on foot." Basta sighed. "We'll catch up to them. Let's go down hill first" he pointed in the oppostie direction of where we were. They would go that way, after all they are lugging and old lady and three children around.
I wanted to proclaim that I was a teenager and that he underestimated my stamina but I decided that wasn't a good idea.
When the two blackjackets were out of sight we hurried up the hill. Our pace was quick but eventually Elinore did get tired and so did Meggie. The rest of us were holding up pretty well but we knew we would have to stop. We came to an old ruined hovel and decided to rest there.
Next to the ruins was this huge tree. "Climbing tree" I grinned "I loved climbing trees. I swung up onto the lowest branch and climbed higher up. "I'll rest up here" I announced. I found a cozy little clump of branches and leaned back against them. It was just as comfortable as the ground anyway. I drifted off...
"Callypso" I woke to Dustfinger's voice. "Get up and stay hidden in that tree. They're coming."
Crap. I got a little lower so I could see the action but hid in the branches in a pretty good camoflauge. Seconds later I heared the panting of dogs and the shuffling of feet through the underbrush. Basta appeared with three dogs followed by Flatnose. Fang was one of the dogs. Oh this is just too perfect.
"They'll be gone by now" Flatnose huffed breathing heavily.
"We keep looking" Basta growled "Or would you like to deliver the news to Capricorn.
Flatnose muttered something under his breath. The dogs suddenly tugged at the leashes. They were tugging in the direction of the tree. The one that I was in.
"Fang no. Stop." I commanded firmly. The dog wagged its tail and stopped sniffing but the others were still sniffing.
"Nothing but a marten" Flatnose grumbled looking up in the tree. I pressed my self against the tree trunk.
"That's Dustfinger's martin" Basta growled. He stared up into the tree squinting. I suddenly felt an impulse to jump into action. It would be stupid. I should just stay put and... oh what the heck. I grabbed a branch and swung down from the tree, my feet nailing Basta in the cheast.
"I'll teach you to call me a child! You have no idea how long I've wanted to do that." It felt great seeing the shock on his face as he staggered back.
"Where the Hell did you come from?" He growled.
"Your worst nightmare" I answered taking another swipe at him but he was ready this time. He caught my fist and twisted my arm behind my back
"It's not a good idea to fight someone stronger than you sweetheart" he hissed in my ear.
Mo and Dustfinger had sprung into action now. Mo jumped forward and wrenched me out of Basta's grip. Basta had his gun out now and he and Mo were wrestling for it.
"Get him you Brutes!" Basta bellowed at the dogs. The dogs lept at Mo.
"Fang stop them" I shouted out loud this time. Immedietly the dog jumped in front of the other two growling. The other s back off.
"What-" Basta was staring at me.
"I wrote a little more about that dog than you and Capricorn knew" I snarled beckoning Fang to my side.
Farid threw a stone at the still dazed Flatnose knocking him out cold. Elinore grabbed his gun and pointed it at Basta's head. "Drop the gun Basta"
Basta looked enraged but he dropped the gun.
"We'll tie them up and leave them in the hovel" Dustfinger said pulling some rope out of his back pack.
"Why don't we just kill them" Farid shrugged.
"I second that" I announced.
Meggie looked at us with that innocent horror that I hate so much.
Mo looked at his daughter then said "Out of the question"
"I say we vote" I grumbled. "All in favor of killing Basta and Flatnose, raise hands"
"No" Mo said firmly keeping me from raising my hand.
"Look at this way Callypso" Dustfinger said as he and Farid were tying Basta up. "It will be a while till anyone finds them and Basta's going to get Hell from Capricorn when he finds out about this." Basta glared at him scornfully but Dustfinger took no notice. "If it makes you feel better, you can help me tie them up"
"Sweet" it gave me great pleasure to tie Basta up. When I had finished Dustfinger looked impressed.
"Where did you learn how to tie knots like this?" he asked.
"I chaparoned boy scout camp once and I will tell you can learn life lessons from there." I smiled pleased with my self. And enjoying the fact that Basta couldn't say anything because he was gagged.
"Tying nots?" Dustfinger raised his eyebrows.
"Yep!"
We moved Basta and Flatnose into the hovel and threw them down in a not very gentle fashion.
"Wait one second" Dustfinger said flicking open Basta's knife.
"What's the idea!" Mo stood in his way.
I made a point not to look over at Meggie.
"Relax." Dustfinger sighed "I'm not going to scar his face like he did mine. I just want to scare him a little."
"He scared your face?" I asked "Cool me too." I gestured to the white scar across my face.
"Cool isn't the word I'd use for it but ok"
Dustfinger approached Basta and cut the little bag around his neck with the knife "I'm taking your luck with me Basta" he murmered "Now there isn't anything to protect you from gouls and black cats and other things your afraid of."
"He's supersticious to?" I stared at Basta in disbelief. "I've never believed in that stuff. I Had a black cat once and I don't have bad luck."
Dustfinger stared at me "Says the girl who's been kidnapped."
"Shut up that's coincidence not bad luck."
We left the black jackets in the hovel.
"Let's get going" Mo said "We want to get far away from here."
"Lovely another long walk" Elinore groaned.
I wasn't excited about it either but as long as we were getting away from here I didn't care.
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