Chapter 5: Paladins Leave Notes?

He was a bit frantic because he woke up and couldn't find Millie. Hoping to get help from his two jumper partners, he dressed quickly and jumped to the lair. "Holy shit," David said. The lair was trashed. Papers strewn, marks on a stone pillar, and some blood splatters on the floor. Something had happened. "Griffin? Angela?" David yelled. He heard a groan coming from the makeshift bedroom and he rushed in, only to find Angela pushing herself off the floor. "Ang, what happened?" he asked helping her up.

"Fuckin' Paladins happened, that's what," Angela grumbled. She had a cut under her eye that was maybe an inch or two and was grasping her elbow tightly. "They knocked me out in the middle of the fight." She glanced around. "Where's Griffin?"

David looked at her unsurely. "He's not here. And the place is trashed. Must've been one hell of a battle."

Angela gave a nod and walked past David out into the living room. She stood by Griffin's desk and pulled a bandage out, wrapping it around right above her elbow. David caught glimpse of charred skin. 'Paladins were rough on them.' "Do you need some help?" he asked kindly.

She looked over her shoulder. "No. But I will need help cleaning the place up," Angela said as she wiped the cut under her eye with a little cotton ball.

He nodded and began to pick up the pieces of paper on the ground. Some were pictures and sketches, others were maps and charts. 'All Griffin's, of course.' He picked up one that had quick, scratchy handwriting with a symbol on it. David quickly read over the note. It said, 'We have what you want. You have what we want.'written on it along with an address that was in Vancouver. "Uh...Ang?" He locked eyes with her and passed the note to her.

Her face dropped. "Fuckin'-A. Go check to see if there's one like this at your place. I'm gunna arm up," Angela said walking towards a metal locker. David jumped to his place.

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(Angela POV)

"Hmm..." Angela was trying to decide which weapons to take as she put on a clean shirt. Her previous one had some blood on it from a Paladin. She still couldn't remember much from the fight. Just Griffin waking her up, telling her that they found the lair, and fighting a burly Paladin man. 'One must've snuck up on me and knocked me out.' She eyed the weapon locker. 'Do we take the guns or knives?'

David appeared as she debated the weapons. "There was one at my place, but no sign of struggle like here," he said with a crumpled piece of paper in his hand."It's identical. Same address and everything."

"Great," Angela said sarcastically. She finally picked a hunting knife out of the locker and put it in a sheath that wrapped around her leg, over her jeans. She threw a switchblade knife to David. "Here."

David caught it and looked at it curiously. "We're not just gunna save 'em, are we?"

Angela smirked. "Catch on quick. We're going to get them back and get some revenge at the same time," she said very matter of factly. She put a miniture pocket knife in her pants pocket and grabbed a wooden baseball bat that Griffin favored on hunts. 'For once, I understand why.' She slammed the locker door shut. "Let's go" Angela said as she picked up Griffin's usual black leather jacket off the back of the desk chair.

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(Griffin POV)

Griffin opened his eyes and a bright light blinded him. He heard a faint weeping coming from somewhere around him. "H-hello?" his voice was raspy and he barely got the words out.

The crying stopped abruptly and he heard a gasp. "Griffin! Thank goodness you're alive." His eyes finally adjusted to the light and he could see Millie, sitting cross legged in a corner. Her eyes were red and she had handcuffs around her wrists. Millie wriggled and managed to stand. "Are you okay?"

Griffin tried to move his hands. "Wh-Whut the hell?" he asked in a shaky voice.

"You're on some sorta of metal table. Wrists and ankles are kinda held by claspy things."

He was starting to feel normal again. "Where the bloody hell are we?" he shouted. He remembered the Paladins bursting into the lair and fighting them. 'Is Angela okay?' was all he could think about.

Millie shook her head. "I don't know. I think the Paladins got us-"

"What about Angela and David?" he cut her off.

Millie looked at the ground and brushed her hair out of her face with both hands. "They're not here..." she trailed off. Millie returned to the corner and slumped down, looking very depressed.

A/N: Zomg. Next chapter is long and has an epic battle. I won't say who only because I'm gunna taunt y'all like that. :] I'm already working on chapter 7. I'm beginning to like the path this story is taking.
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