| Chapter 21 |
| "OW!" "Leli!" Seyona hissed pushing her friend down behind the bushes. "Be quiet we have only one shot at this." Leli held up her throbbing toe, "I stubbed it." "Well, it's your own fault." Leli rubbed her nose and sneezed. "I think I'm allergic to something, Seyona." "Are you ready?" "My nose is getting really itchy..." "Let's go!" Seyona grabbed Leli's blue shirt and they started to race across the clearing and squat behind a window in the back. "Now be very quiet." Seyona placed her palms on the glass and slowly pushed the window upwards, then slid into the dark building. Her feet hit the floor softly, and she scanned the inside. It was a small room; mounds of clothes were strewn over chairs, the floor with just a rare few hung up in the closet. Seyona smiled. She got in the right room. "Seyona?" Seyona's eyes widened and she clasped her hand over Leli's mouth; Seyona pushed her finger to her lips. She released her grip and padded her way over to the closet. Leli's eyes went wide when she saw her fellow thief start to rummage through the filthy clothes. Her eyes went wider still when she picked one up and held it in front of Leli. Then she felt her nose get extremely sensitive. Seyona just stared Then it slowly sank in. Leli was going to sneeze...and she would wake the other knights in the next room. In slow motion, Seyona raced towards her friend, but alas it was too late. Leli closed her eyes, brought her cupped hands around her mouth and sneezed. It literally echoed throughout the whole building. Seyona cringed, knowing they were doomed. She waited a couple more minutes. Nothing. Seyona's eyebrows rose and just when she was about to let out a big sigh of relieve... "THIEF! HELP! THIEF!" A voice rang out. Both Seyona and Leli watched Chaco run by the window, he screeched to a stop and started banging on the window. Seyona started to go ballistic, trying frantically with non verbal communications to tell him to get lost. Leli opened the window. Seyona's jaw dropped. "SHEESH! Took ya long enuf ta opin a dang window." Chaco screamed using his wings to gain altitude and jumped into the building. He quickly turned to shut the window. "Oh, and if I were ya, which I not, but I wouldn't go out there right 'bout now...the locals are a bit...uptight." He looked up at Seyona, who was turning three shades of deep red. "What's wrong with her?" Leli shrugged. "I don't know. But she's looking through people's clothing..." "Eww." Chaco turned to Seyona. "You have a way weird hobby." "WILL YOU ALL SHUT-UP YOUR GOING TO GIVE US AWAY!!!!!!!!!" Seyona quickly placed her hand over her mouth when she released what she did. "Ooooh, great tactic, Seyona. I'm soooooo sure we won' t wake them up." Chaco blinked, "Uh, who's them?" "Hey, who are you!?" A knight, dressed in nothing but a white overalls screamed. Chaco's face drained of any colour. The knight looked at him. "HEY! YOU'RE THE ONE YOU STOLE FROM ME!" "Oh crap..." A multitude of other knights started to rose. "Uh, " Chaco took a step backwards. "I think it would be a very, yes, a very smart move to, uh, run like.." A pile of clothing cut off what he was saying. "Yes, and your carrying that for us." Seyona screamed, taking other bits of the Matilda Knight's armor before rushing out the backdoor. Leli quickly behind. "Hey! NO FAIR!" Chaco struggled with the insanely heavy package. They ran into the cool dark night and searched frantically for some sort of escape rout. Seyona spotted a cart full of hay rattling through town. She motioned for the others to follow her, and they dived into the hay. They never stopped to wonder about why a hay cart was driving through a town in the middle of the night. If they had, Seyona would have sworn that the driver of the cart and the small furry thing sitting beside him were familiar. |