"Hmmph, what's taking them so long?" I mumbled under my breath. I looked at the floor and tried my tag again. "Hale?" I asked. At first there was some crackling until a clear voice got through. "Kat?! Is that you?" I heard Shane yell through the coms unit. "yeah? Why are you answering for Hale?" as I asked Shane this a I felt un easy. "come quick, Kat! I think something happened to Hale!" he said sounding scared. "okay, okay. Where are you?" I ask him calmly. "im, um, by the fox's inn." He replies. "right stay there, ill be there in a sec." I replied and started to run through the crowds, I dashed around the people and finally came to a stop infront of the fox's inn.

"they wont be around the front, and not inside…. So at the back."I said under my breath in a conclusion. I walked briskly around the building until I came to a large green gate, I studied it and there was a pretty expensive lock hanging of the handle. Broken. Hale must have came this way then, I thought and turned the rusty handle. The gate dragged along the ground as I pushed it open. "Shane? Hale?" I called out into the empty space. "Kat? Is that you?" I heard Shane say from a distance. "yeah! Im coming." I jogged around the back and around the corner, there was a small shed and Shane was standing outside keeping an eye on the direction I was coming from while quickly glancing inside the shed. I reached him and say "where's Hale?" "here." He says and gestures to the shed. I looked and saw a crumpled Hale slumped on an old chair.

My eyes widened and I asked in shock "wow! What happened to him?!" I crouched down and looked at Hale, he had his eyes open but they were focused on his arm. "i. told. You. Not to get her." Hale said in obvious pain. "well when you didn't reply into the coms unit, Shane answered." I say slowly and reach out for his arm. He looks up at me and I say "did someone attack you?" he replies "yeah, that guy from the fire. He did this" Hale says this and rolls up the torned end of his sleeve. There was bright red blood dripping down from a deep cut into his arm. "ugh, I hate the kind that hit and run." I say rolling my yes and he smiles slightly. I felt relieved and tell him. "right, well I got everything from our rooms, including your medical equipment, so if we can get you to the car then we good." He nods and tries to sit upright. "Shane, help me get him up." I say and Shane follows the order and hauls Hale upright.

I go behind him and tear a piece of cloth of one of the aprons that were hanging up. I quickly tie it around Hale's arm before he can object. "hey Hale, how can I communicate with Ed?" I ask him. "oh, erm. He digs around in one of his pockets before producing a small yellow square. "press the button." He says weakly. I press the button on the back and suddenly Ed's voice is herd clearly "yes master Hale?" "Ed? Its Kat. Hale is a little hurt and we can temporarily fix him up, we will be home in a while so can you be ready for when we return?" I ask patiently. "of course miss Kat. I will be awaiting your return with immediate help for Master Hale." I shove the device into my pocket and nod to Hale. "okay guys, come on. I parked outside the entrance." Shane stepped forward and practically dragged Hale along. He must have lost a lot of blood, I thought before trying to man handle his injured arm over my own shoulder. I could tell it hurt him but I couldn't just let Shane drag him through Town. "next time, im bringing a gun." He muttered under his breath.

We walked through the rusty gate and to the front of the building. It was a little busier now as it was lunch, so it was easier not to get noticed by people. We kept walking and it seemed like a decade until we finally reached the entrance. I left Hale to Shane and I sorted the car so I could easily sort Hale out. "Shane, can you drive?" I ask while my upper half was stuck inside the car. "er, well, sort of. I guess." He says unsurely. "well, your gonna have to be, your driving." I get out of the back of the car and tell Hale to get in. he sits against the back seat and Shane jumps in at the front. "gosh! What did you do to the screen?" he asks amazed. "oh, yeah it was a fence." I reply not really paying attention. "go! Drive back to the house." I order and quickly get to work on Hale, I took out a first aid box from the bag and open it. Putting it to one side I roll up his sleeve and could hardly tell if the cloth was still there, blood had seeped through it. I tared it off and Hale winced. "okay so I have to put this weird spay on, right? The one you put on my wrist?" he nods and I quickly wipe away the blood before spraying his arm, I thoroughly cover it and Hale clenched his fist in agony. "yeah, I know, it hurts bad." I say and try not to smile. I wrap up his arm in a thick bandage and look down at my handiwork. "pretty good, if you ask me." I say and rub my hands together. Hale looks down and mumbles "thanks."

I turn my attention to Shane "hey, Shane, where are we?" "erm, we have just passed a sign for Wenley, so we are getting closer." I nod in understanding. I sit back and suddenly ask Hale "are you feeling up for a review?" he rolls his eyes and sighs, "no but you can tell me what you've found out." "okay. So I went to the paper shop first and I got this paper" I take the news paper out of the bag and show him the front page, he squints to read "and then I ran into a little trouble with some girls, but never mind that. Then I went down to Dunbridge." I say this part quieter in case Shane is listening. "I got all our things from the rooms and went to the lunch hall, there was quite a few agents there, including the police. I took some photos but I think one of them noticed me so I came back here in this car." He nods slowly, taking it all in. "using the glasses?" he asks. "yup." I reply, popping the p.

"Hey Shane, turn on the radio, would you." I ask. He does and the news comes on. "looks like the public doesn't know about it yet." I say to Hale. "no, the government probably wants to keep it a secret as long as possible." Hale says. "hey, guys we are at the beach, where from here?" Shane interrupts. "oh, erm left." Hale says. Shane moves us left and we approach the hill we had climbed up earlier. "well, I don't know about you guys, but that was a pretty fun trip into town." I say with a grin. Shane smiles abck at me through the rear view mirror and starts to decend down a path. It got bumpy but soon enough we approached the beach again. Cut off from the public beach, we were isolated from the happy shouts coming from the other side.

Shane stopped the car and I helped Hale get out of the car. " Shane! Can you go to the house and get Ed?" Shane nods and sprints off towards the house. I help Hle move out of the car and we both stagger across the sand and uptowrds the mansion. Suddenly Ed comes into view, running up towards us. For an old man he sure can run, I thought to myself. "Master Hale, how can I help?"" Ed says while breathing heavily. "erm, can you get the bags out the car over there?" Hale asks. Ed nods and goes off to the car. I keep supporting Hale until we get to the doors. Shane is standing there, holding the doors open. "Ed says to take him to the front room." he says. "right." I say and take Hale to the living room. I sit him down on a chair and he smiles softly. "thanks, Kat." I smile back and suddenly Ed comes in through the doorway.

"thank you miss Kat, I can handle Master Hale from here." He bends down to look at Hale and I say "his arm, I think he was struck by a blade." He rolls up Hale's arm and sees the bandages. "you did this, Miss Kat?" he asks surprised. "yeah, just a quick fix up." I say. "no, you have helped Master Hale a great lot, Miss." I smile as Ed unwraps the bandages. The blood is almost completely gone and the wound is clear to see. It stretched up from the bottom of his wrist to his elbow. I grimace and Ed says "miss Kat? Could I ask you to do me a favour?" I nod. "could you please go up to Master Hale's room and get the small tube of ointment off of his table?" "of, course, is that okay, Hale?" he hesitates before answering "sure."

I make my way up the stairs and along the corridor to Hale's room. I paused before entering into the dark room. the curtains were pulled to, so I felt for the light switch. It flicked on and I was a little confused. Surely, I rich boy would have an extravagant room? I think to myself. I look around the plain room. there was a small blue bed and a single cupboard sitting next to it. By the window was an old chair that sat at attention by a table. everything looked so lonely in the big room. it felt as though sorrow itself was this room. I went over to the table and picked up the only thing that sat there, a small tube." I leave the room immediately and hurry down the stairs. I reach the living room and avoid eye contact with Hale. I give Ed the tube and say "im going down to the beach." I can feel Hale looking at me but I avert my eyes.