Hey everyone, here's chapter 7. I am actually able to write some more due to the fact that we are having exams and all I really have to study is Physical Science shiver. OH! while watching Youtube, I noticed that its a bit different than the book, and this is upsetting me. Dont get me wrong, the movie looks good all the same, but some of the people they chose as the character is making my vision of Inkheart completely ruined.
Exibit A: Capricorn looks like some kind of...weird bald guy who loves 'ducktape'.
Exibit B: Basta looks plain ugly.
Exibit C: Fenoglio doesnt look like some turtle with black hair.
Exibit D: The church,(from what I've seen) isnt red or look like the belly of a monster.
Anyway, ignore my ranting and enjoy the chapter!
Banging ran through the house as Basta and the other rammed their way into the house, the burglar alarm rang through their ears loudly.
"Shut that damned thing off before I have to cut someone for not doing it fast enough! And why in the hell is it so dark in here? Did any of you cut the power without my orders?" Basta looked at the two men behind him. Both of them shook their heads.
"No sir, none of us cut the power."
"Fine, but shut the alarm off or else." A growl issued from Basta's lips as he started searching. "That ringing is going to drive me insane if it stays on any longer. And once you get that thing turned off, search the house." Basta walked over to the nearest closet, ripped it open and broke everything else in it. "If their hiding somewhere, they'll have to come out sooner or later. Otherwise they wont have any place not broken to hide in."
Bookcases were turned over, tables flipped, and the men even started shooting the walls out of boredom. Everywhere they looked no one was home. The house itself was starting to look the worse for wary as the men continued to destroy its interior looking for those who lived in it. The men were determined to find out where the residents were hiding.
"I know I saw lights on in this house when we pulled up you idiot." Basta yelled into one of the men's faces when he told Basta that maybe no one was home. Whether it was from rage of fear no one could tell, but the men knew that Capricorn didn't like anyone coming back to base empty handed. No matter what they were looking for.
All of a sudden a fire started in the middle of the room where the three men were standing. Two of the men quickly hastened themselves out of the way, but Basta himself stumbled on things lying on the floor trying to get away from the fire as if it were a disease.
"What the hell— Basta was cut off as Dustfinger burst from the attic landing on top of the black jacket's shoulder and leaping with grace on the ground. Then, he quickly pulled out a small knife that the black jacket recognized as his own.
The other men, dazed from the fire as well as the man who seemed to appear from the ceiling, didn't notice Silvertounge also come from the attic. It was too late when the men realized that they should do something, when a poker for one of the house's many fireplaces, hit them on the heads.
"Dustfinger hurry this up, the longer you stall, the more time Ann has to spend with Capricorn." Silvertounge yelled over the fire that was starting to grow inside the house. It looked as though a bright orange flower was blooming all around them. But the heat coming from the flame proved that it was something to be wary of.
Hearing Ann's name mentioned, a smirk appeared on Basta's face.
"Ahhhh, I see. So you came back to Silvertounge's house looking for a way to get your precious girl back I see. How stupid can you be, Dirtyfingers? Don't you know that Capricorn is taken 'extra' care to see to it that Ann remains in his grasp? NO one and I mean NO one is ever going to get even an inch near that girl unless Lord Capricorn has a say about it. What makes you think that Silvertounge will be of any use to you once he goes back to the village? After all, I was sent here to get him for Lord Capricorns use."
Hearing Basta explain to Dustfinger how he was sent to the home to gather Silvertounge, made him realize just how stupid he really was. If he took Silvertounge with him to get Ann, and they somehow got captured, then all he was doing was making things worse for Ann and himself. As well as endangering Silvertounge and his family all over again.
"What ever you say Basta. I see that you're still afraid of the fire as always. Yet another weakness for Capricorn to be ashamed of you. Tell me, are you still treating that man with the same respect even though you mean nothing to him and are just a pawn. I mean he was going to feed you to the Shadow. And even when the man died, you lived. Though I don't know how. Maybe Capricorn is seeing that as a sign of the fact that you don't still think so highly of him now. Maybe that's why he sent you here to do the dirty work that usually Flatnose or someone else is left to do."
Dustfinger could see that his words were deeply angering the black jacket before him, and he was starting to wonder it taunting the man was such great idea. Fire may be on his side, but in this world, it didn't understand when he was calling for help.
Resa, Meggie, and Elinor had managed to make it outside of the now burning home while Silvertounge dragged the unconscious men outside.
"Heavens above…all my books, all my brand new precious darlings burning inside of my home. Right now my house is nothing but a bonfire. And my children are the fuel for such an atrocious thing." Elinor was in tears as she remembered the last time her books were burned, back when they first encountered the black jackets and Capricorn. But last time she at least had her second hand books unscathed. Now though, all of her belongings and darlings were burning away.
Resa tried comforting her aunt while Meggie stared at the fire, its flames reflecting off of her tear soaked face. All of her books were inside as well. Along with all of her other treasures.
Silvertounge tied the two black jackets to a tree that lay farthest from the house, and went over to his mourning family.
Elinor, and broken marionette, Resa a quiet saddened bird, and Meggie. Silvertounge walked over to his daughter and allowed the girl to soak his shirt with her tears.
After a few moments of pulling herself together, Meggie realized that the scarred face of Dustfinger was not among them.
"Mo, where's Dustfinger?" She asked, looking around.
"He's…he's inside the house." Was all he could mange.
The house sudden blew up in flames, two figures were thrown outside of the window near the front door.
Not wasting a second, Silvertounge ran over to where the figures lay on the ground with some embers starting to alight on their clothing.
Basta was unconscious with a bleeding wound on his face, arms, and chest. It scarred Silvertounge at times like these when he couldn't see the fire eater using a knife against someone unless he really wanted to hurt someone.
Dustfinger, coughing and hacking up smoke, slowly made his was to his feet. Stumbling a bit until he was able to regain his footing, looked up at the concerned face of Silvertounge.
"Got a bit of grass stuck in my mouth after that fall." The fire eater pulled a brown piece of grass from his mouth and made a disgusted face at the small plant.
Out of all the things the man could have said, he had to make a comment about how a piece of grass got in his mouth. Silvertounge just couldn't believe it. Resa and the others also noticed that Dustfinger was out of the now destructed home, then all ran over to him. They were relieved to see that he was alright, but when they saw who he brought with him, they were confused.
"Why in blazes did you save that wretched man!" Elinor shouted. "Look at what he's done, look at what he did to my home, look at what he did you my family, and look at what he did to my now ashen children!" The woman had to break down in tears.
"I had too…" Dustfinger replied. "If he didn't call back to Capricorn then he is going to suspect something is going wrong."
"And how exactly are we going to get him to talk and call Capricorn?" Silvertounge spoke up, after calming Elinor and walking to stand beside the fire eater, who was tying up all three men with some rope that was in his small little bag.
"First we put them in the car that they brought with them, and then on the way we have Basta call the base. Of course," Dustfinger chuckled. "He's going to need some 'persuasion' to call and not give us away."
Silvertounge nodded.
And with some help, they managed to fit all of them inside the small car and then rode off in the direction of the one place they all wished to never visit again.
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