As Ethan strolled quietly along the dirt path, memories from his
living days came back to him, one by one. He remembered his family.
He remembered his few friends. And he remembered his tuxedo cat,
Muffin. Ethan was quite sad to let all of that go, but at the same
time, it just felt... somewhat right.
How very impolite of him. She'd brush it off today, she had more
important things to do. But he probably wouldn't be so lucky if
that was brought up again. "We better go somewhere more private to
discuss."
Kaori nodded and stood up, following Athena. "How about the back
alleyways?" she suggested. She knew them very well from her
multiple break-ins into the Govrenmental Offices
❀𖤣𖥧𖡼⊱✿⊰𖡼𖥧𖤣❀ ✿ Where
there are bees there are flowers ✿
✿ And wherever there are flowers, there is new life and hope ✿
✿ And wherever there is new life and hope, there is love, and
someone there ✿ ❀𖤣𖥧𖡼⊱✿⊰𖡼𖥧𖤣❀
Julius stared at Lucinda. He thought about the girl he saved that
day. SHE ran around without a care, not noticing the gang if young
men standing in an alleyway. He shook his head trying to shake the
image out of his head. He could see himself, on the floor, being
brutally kicked and stabbed. His last thought before he died was
his bloodied hand and a girl running as fast as she could down the
street. He rubbed his forehead and tried moving his gaze off
Lucinda. Instead he saw Kaori and Athena running down a dark alley.
He groaned and felt his stomach. He could feel the enormous scar
but decided to follow the two girls anyway. "Careless youngsters,"
he grumbled.
Kaori's hand flew out, and caught Athena at the wrist. She looked
at her with such intensity in her stare, that it seemed to be
saying 'Come on. Let's go. He doesn't deserve our attention'
But her katana was also out. She always had it at her side, but
some comment from this guy with some nerve was too much. But
they were wasting time. The quicker they escaped, the better.
❀𖤣𖥧𖡼⊱✿⊰𖡼𖥧𖤣❀ ✿ Where
there are bees there are flowers ✿
✿ And wherever there are flowers, there is new life and hope ✿
✿ And wherever there is new life and hope, there is love, and
someone there ✿ ❀𖤣𖥧𖡼⊱✿⊰𖡼𖥧𖤣❀
Athena glared at Julius, "You're the careless one, just because
you're an old man doesn't mean you can say whatever you want." Much
more calmly, she withdrew her sword and turned to Kaori. "Sorry,
force of habit."
Kaori smiled. "It's okay. I was just about to slit his throat right
open anyway" she said, and sheathed her katana. "Besides, we better
hurry. It's starting to grow dark, and I heard that demons came out
at night."
❀𖤣𖥧𖡼⊱✿⊰𖡼𖥧𖤣❀ ✿ Where
there are bees there are flowers ✿
✿ And wherever there are flowers, there is new life and hope ✿
✿ And wherever there is new life and hope, there is love, and
someone there ✿ ❀𖤣𖥧𖡼⊱✿⊰𖡼𖥧𖤣❀
"Who isn't a demon around here? Anyways, let's find a quiet spot
first." Athena weaved through the tunnels with ease, keeping a hand
on her sword. These tunnels were mostly empty for a reason.
Kaori followed Athena, though she kept a hand on her katana hilt.
Hopefully they would be left alone in peace, but knowing her luck,
probably not. But it's worth a try, though she kept a wary glance
around her.
❀𖤣𖥧𖡼⊱✿⊰𖡼𖥧𖤣❀ ✿ Where
there are bees there are flowers ✿
✿ And wherever there are flowers, there is new life and hope ✿
✿ And wherever there is new life and hope, there is love, and
someone there ✿ ❀𖤣𖥧𖡼⊱✿⊰𖡼𖥧𖤣❀
Kaori still kept her hand on the katana hilt. She said, "I know a
secret entrance into the Governmental Offices. Maybe we could sneak
into there and hopefully steal the portal ray gun?"
❀𖤣𖥧𖡼⊱✿⊰𖡼𖥧𖤣❀ ✿ Where
there are bees there are flowers ✿
✿ And wherever there are flowers, there is new life and hope ✿
✿ And wherever there is new life and hope, there is love, and
someone there ✿ ❀𖤣𖥧𖡼⊱✿⊰𖡼𖥧𖤣❀
"That would work, but when we use the gun, the government will be
notified immediately. There might also be others wishing to leave.
We could host a mass escapade?" That thought made her smile, it
would be fun to watch the chaos unravel.
"But how?" Kaori asked. "The government might kill us for the
second time, and that would take too long" she added, frowning.
"Maybe we could sneak in a couple of people at a time?" she
suggested
❀𖤣𖥧𖡼⊱✿⊰𖡼𖥧𖤣❀ ✿ Where
there are bees there are flowers ✿
✿ And wherever there are flowers, there is new life and hope ✿
✿ And wherever there is new life and hope, there is love, and
someone there ✿ ❀𖤣𖥧𖡼⊱✿⊰𖡼𖥧𖤣❀
"They would still know. I don't think we can cloak the fact that
there are people escaping for longer than a day. There really isn't
a good way to do this."
"I have another idea. What if we somehow made friends with a
government worker who might be able to cause a diversion for you
idea of the 'mass escapade'." Kaori suggested. If anybody heard
their conversation, they both might be sentenced to death, or even
worse, endless death.
❀𖤣𖥧𖡼⊱✿⊰𖡼𖥧𖤣❀ ✿ Where
there are bees there are flowers ✿
✿ And wherever there are flowers, there is new life and hope ✿
✿ And wherever there is new life and hope, there is love, and
someone there ✿ ❀𖤣𖥧𖡼⊱✿⊰𖡼𖥧𖤣❀
"I can take care of that." Athena smiled, getting people to help
her was one of the things she was good at. "And don't worry,
there's no one around." No thoughts at all, or at least none that
she could pick up. And she could pick up pretty much any and all
thoughts.
Kaori still looked around warily. "It's just that I'm really
worried, scared, etc at the same time." she said, before slowly
putting her hand away from her hilt.
❀𖤣𖥧𖡼⊱✿⊰𖡼𖥧𖤣❀ ✿ Where
there are bees there are flowers ✿
✿ And wherever there are flowers, there is new life and hope ✿
✿ And wherever there is new life and hope, there is love, and
someone there ✿ ❀𖤣𖥧𖡼⊱✿⊰𖡼𖥧𖤣❀
"That's perfectly understandable. I don't think anyone wouldn't be.
But let's get this organized. We need a when, where, and also some
way of spreading the news without the government knowing."