Alice picked up the chest plate and smiled. "I'm getting closer," she mumbled under her breath. She shoved the piece of armour into her bag and walked out of the cell. I followed her outside, wondering what that piece of armour could have been doing in a rundown place like this.
"Where now?" I asked Alice.
"Ireland," she replied vaguely. "I have some stuff I need to do."
"What is it you need to do?" I questioned.
"Must we go into detail Cilan?" she said.
"Fine but it's getting quite late so we should get back to our motel," I said, annoyed that she wasn't telling me the whole truth. I jumped us back to our motel and we undressed and got into our beds in silence. I was still irritated that Alice was keeping things from me but I trusted her. We slept as soundly as we could when there were continuous loud noises from next door and music played all through the night. What can I say, it was a cheap place to spend a night, no questions asked.
The next morning came faster than it should have and it was with a great reluctance that we started our journey to Ireland. It took an entire day to make the jump to England and by the time we had finally reached the borders of Ireland, I was exhausted. It was a real pain only being able to jump half a mile at a time but Alice was always on hand to keep me focused.
The walls surrounding the island were overwhelming in their size and strength- it was obvious they were there to keep people in. Guards armed with assault rifles patrolled the perimeters and it was hard to stay hidden whilst we tried to get closer. As we approached, we saw two guards who were stationed at the front gates, each armed with an assault rifle and a silenced handgun. Finally we got close enough for me to jump us inside the gates which took all my energy because I had been jumping for hours. I felt myself about to pass out but Alice steadied me and we ran to the one place where I would always call home, my house. Before I passed out on the bed I had hurried over to as soon as we walked in, Alice came and sat next to me.
"So you can go talk with whoever it is you need to talk to because I'm going to bed," I mumbled from my sleepy state.
"Night," Alice said.
"Night," I replied. I woke two hours later to the sounds of gun shots being fired from outside in the streets. I rushed out of the house and saw five guards firing randomly at anyone they came across. I sprinted back inside and grabbed a knife from the kitchen. It wasn't a rifle but it would have to do. Hurrying back outside, I jumped behind one of the guards and surprised him by sticking the knife in his neck. Before he dropped, I grabbed his handgun and took out the rest of the guards. As I'm sure you could tell, this was not the first time I had been in a fight. The guards were dead but I could still hear bullets being fired. I took a wild guess and jumped to where I heard the bullets being fired and I saw Alice locked in battle with another guard. It looked like she had been shot in the arm but she was still fighting. From my sheltered hiding place, I fired at both the guards and they dropped dead. Alice stopped, and looked around in surprise. She saw me and I left my spot and ran over to her.
"What the hell is going on Alice?" I shouted, panting heavily. The adrenaline from the fight was wearing off and the exhaustion, fear and panic were beginning to set in. Alice gave her arm a quick look over but ignored the wound, even though I could see in her face that it was hurting her.
"Cilan I- it turns out I haven't been completely honest with you," she said. I looked at her blankly. "Follow me," she said.
A/N: So, chapter two is up- what do you think? Reviews and favourites are loved, so please let me know if you're enjoying this so far. Again, a big thanks to my fabulous sister who is awesome for continuing to read through my work before it gets published- SavageLollipop.
-Luke