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Callypso: So she doesn't keep begging.
Kat: No joke.
Ok between you two and writing I can't catch a break can I?
Callypso and Kat: Nope! R&R!
Meggie was sitting on her bed dejectidly "I won't read. I swear I won't."
"Of course you won't" I said shortly not really seeing away around it.
"I mean, there has to be away out of this" she continued "I wont kill Dustfinger... and that woman... I think she might be my mother."
"Hmm, and maybe she was read out the book by Darius" I muttered struggling to keep the sarcasm out of my voice.
"You think so?" she looked up at me with hopeful eyes.
I shrugged and lay down on the bed "Regardless we can't have you read. There has got to be a way to stop it... and kill all of the black jackets."
For the first time I didn't see a trace of innocent horror cross her face. She just nodded determindly "Yes it's the only way to win in the long run."
I fiddled with the pages of The Oddessy for a moment thinking then "Wait... I think I have a plan."
Meggie waited.
"Ok so... if I can write things to life... maybe I can write senarios... do you follow me?" I asked.
"Not... really..." Meggie shook her head.
"Ok um..." I sat up and slid down the bunk bed and began pacing "Remember how I told you I made Fang be able to communicate with me?" Meggie nodded "Ok so maybe I can write something like that except not with a character. Maybe I can write the future."
Meggie seemed to catch on "Yeah well, do you really think that'll work?"
"It's worth a try." I shrugged "But we need a test first... See if you can find a pen or pencil in your matress." We both felt under the matresses with are hands until Meggie came up with a pen and pencil and handed them to me.
"Ok" I said flipping open the Oddessy "I can use the page ends for this to write on. Now what could I-"
*tap, tap, tap* I was jolted out of concentration by a tapping... on the window. I looked over to see Kat, clinging to the window sill and grinning broadly.
"Kat?" I whispered running over to the window and throwing it open.
Kat clambered in "The one and only" She hugged me so tight I thought my ribs would break.
I was in shock "How... how did you... Woahhh." I looked out the window "How and the Hell did you climb up here?" The wall was basically a straight drop to the ground 20 feet below with only a few vines clinging to the stone.
Kat just shrugged and grinned "How are you?"
"Oh I'm fine." I sighed "I can't believe you're here!"
"What you'd think I'd leave you" Kat shook her head "Not a chance."
"Who's this?" Meggie asked tentativly.
"Meggie, Kat. Kat, Meggie" I quickly introduced them "Now pray tell, what are you doing here?"
"I'm here to deliver a message to Meggie." She reached into her pocket and produced a note written in the wierdest script I'd ever seen "It's from your father. He and Elinore are in the forest just beyond the village. Farid is with me."
Meggie looked over joyed "I- I have to write him back! Give me one of the page endings"
I obeyed and she wrote back in the same wierd writing.
As I wrote I turned back to Kat "You should get out of here before Basta or another black jacket shows up."
There it was. That flicker of recognition.
"Ok what is up with that?" I asked.
"With what?" Kat asked.
"Every time I say your name he seems to recognize it and just now when I mentioned his name you seem to recognize it. Have you two met?"
"I... don't think so." Kat said "But the name sounds so familer"
"Not exactly on the list of most popular names Kat" I pointed out.
She shrugged.
"I'm done!"Meggie read the note to me "We're ok too! And I have the gift too Mo! I read out Tinkerbell and at night tommorow Capricorn wants me to read out the Shadow to kill Dustfinger."
"Cheerful way to end a note." I muttered "But oh well. Can you get down Kat?"
She looked down "Hmm... didn't think about that."
"Time for a test." I grinned I bent over one of the page endings and began to write:
Kat had delivered the note and was ready to leave, only to find that the climb looked much harder than it had on her way up. Suddenly as if an answer to her prayers a long rope was thrown up by Farid so that she could make her way down safely.
We waited a few moments and then a rope came up from the ground. Kat caught it "It worked!"
She tied it off by the window and began to climb out... then stopped "Why don't you come too guys. Why wait here?"
"Because I'm going to kill them all" I smiled in triumph "All with words. Be careful Kat."
"I'm always careful" Kat rolled her eyes. Once she was down I untied the rope and threw it down twoards the ground.
Suddenly the door opened. Meggie and I whirled around in attempt to look casual as Basta strode into the room.
Did I mention that Meggie's poker face isn't very good .
"What are you doing?" Basta asked suspiciously.
"Nothing" I said quickly trying to block the window.
I heard a gun shot from below and sighed.
Basta pushed Meggie and I aside and looked down at the ground.
Kat was there two gaurds on either side of her Farid no where to be seen. He must've gotten away.
One of the black jackets shot at her but she literally dodged the bullet, dancing agily out of the way. She leapt through the air and kicked the first black jacket in the face with all the force she could muster and sent a quick jab to his neck as he fell knocking him out. She grabbed his gun and wacked the other guy over the head landing a hit in the temple.
Basta sneered and drew his knife from his belt.
"KAT RUN!" I shouted.
Basta struck me out of the way so hard I hit the floor and launched his blade at Kat. She darted to the side but it still managed to catch her in the shoulder.
Clutching her wounded arm she turnned and ran for it.
Basta stalked over to me, siezed me by the collar and hoisted me up "Who was that?"
"Who do you think" I growled "Kat."
"What was she doing here?" he hissed.
When I didn't answer right away he snapped open a second knife and held it to my throat.
I glared back at him.
A smirk spread across his face "Well, if you won't tell me. Perhaps little Silvertounge will." he turned twoards Meggie and began to approach her slowly. Meggie looked like she might faint.
"Wait" I said stepping forward.
Basta turned around and sneered "What is it sweet heart?"
"She was delivering a message from Meggie's father." I relented.
His eyes narrowed "Is that so. So he actually does care about his daughter. How sweet. But no matter. He can't rescue you anyway. Now how did your friend get you the message?"
"She climbed up the wall." I said in an obvious tone.
Basta looked out the window and down at the ground. Yeah he didn't get it either.
"If I knew how she did it I'd tell you but I have no clue." I shrugged.
Basta studied me for a few more moments then siezed Meggie's arm "Mortola wants to have her read something so we're sur of her abilities."
Before I could say anything Meggie was yanked from the room.
"Farid, where's Kat?" Mo asked when Farid returned.
"Some gaurds found us. She told me to run. I don't know where..."
"Right here" Kat stumbled from the trees. She was clutching her arm where blood was seeping through her fingers.
"Kat what happened?" Mo hurried to her as she fell and leaned her against a tree.
"I dodge bullets" she muttered "But the knife is the one that gets me."
"What happened?" Mo repeated.
"I knocked out the two gaurds." Kat sighed "But this man from Callypso and Meggie's window threw a knife at me. I paniced so I barely managed to avoid getting killed."
"Basta" Mo growled.
"Didn't get a good look at his face" Kat muttered.
Mo inspected the wound "It's deep, and you've lossed alot of blood but I'll fix it up."
"I've heard that name" Kat was mumbling before she passed out "Can't remember where..."
The Plot THICKENS!