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Facilier continued to look throughout the city for his shadow. He had decided to check the cemetery and was on his way there when he heard a noise behind him. He turned but saw nothing. He shook his head. Ever since he had seen those shadows he had grown increasingly uneasy. He kept walking towards the graveyard.
"Careful Louis," Tiana told the gator as they hid from the Shadowman in an alley. "He almost saw you that time." The gator nodded.
"I don't like this," Charlotte said. "Following him all around N'awlins. We're gonna get hurt."
"I know Lottie," Tiana said. "But we need to wait until his guard is down. Any sooner and he'll fight back."
"Can't we just leave him alone?" Naveen suggested. Tiana shook her head at her friends' cowardice.
"No," she said. "Whatever he's up to we need to stop him! Now, let's go!" They continued to follow him until he once again stopped walking and turned. They ducked into an alleyway before he could see them. Facilier clutched is cane tighter.
"Y'all better show yourselves," he called into the darkness. "I ain't in the mood for any surprises." He waited for an answer but didn't receive any. Not letting his guard down he turned back around and continued waking.
"This isn't going to work, child," Mama Odie said to Tiana. "We can't follow him all night." Tiana nodded.
"Alright," she said. "We need to end this now. When I say 'go' we tackle him, OK?" The group nodded, though some more hesitantly than others. "OK,"
Tiana said, taking a deep breathe. "Go!" Tiana went first and tackled Facilier onto his stomach, hitting him before he could react and knocking the wind out of him. his head had hit the street and the rest of the group had surrounded him before his vision had stopped swimming. He got to his hands and knees and caught his breathe as Mama Odie was the first to speak.
"What have you been doing, child?" She asked him.
"Why don't y'all go back to your tree and leave me to my business, Odie?" he asked the voodoo queen as he grabbed his cane and stood up.
"That is what I said," Naveen added. Facilier didn't respond to him he just looked Mama Odie over and muttered,
"Y'all should be in a tree."
"You should be on the other side." Tiana snapped at the cornered witch doctor. He turned and glared at her, standing to his full height, which Tiana had to admit was intimidating.
"I ain't done anything wrong," he said. "It was y'all who attacked me." Tiana put her hands on her hips and looked at him.
"If you haven't been doing anything wrong what have you been doing?" She asked, sounding unconvinced. He didn't answer her he only looked at the ground. He finally spoke.
"That's none of y'all's business."
"If you're making trouble," she said back, "I'll make it my business."
"Oh God!" Charlotte said, clasping her hands to her mouth. Everyone turned to her.
"What is it Lottie?" Tiana asked her.
"His shadow," she said, pointing at Facilier. "It's gone."
only charlotte would actually be frightened by that. i'm enjoying how tiana is assuming that Facilier is doing something wrong. if you're wondering why facilier didn't just tell them about Shadow it's because doing so might put them both at risk. Facilier's magic isn't at full strength yet and Shadow can be killed by light. he doesn't know what the groups motives are and, remember, Tiana was the one who got him sent to the other side.