Now they were shuffling along in the line, expecting something other than the happy futures they could have expected otherwise.
"Keep them moving," said the apparent leader of this gang, riding past on his horse.
Akane considered trying to attack. The chains didn't have a lot of play in them, but maybe if she could drag the rest of the line out she could reach the pompous-looking boy with the bird's nest hair.
Then the fool was riding past, apparently unaware of how close she'd come to trying it.
"At least three of the guards were ready to draw arrows, Akane," said Nabiki as quietly as she could.
Akane blinked at that, then checked. She'd focussed in entirely on the leader and forgotten momentarily about the subordinates.
Okay, what could she or her sisters do?
Kasumi had some talent with her Water Rune and could heal some injuries with Kindness Drop. Which was useful to be sure, but that simply meant in the current circumstances that her captors might bring over a Rune expert to remove it when/if they ever found it.
Nabiki had no Rune, and no combat abilities to speak of. She'd been the expert in running a business from the management end of things.
Akane followed Kasumi and preceeded Nabiki, and as they crested a hill she saw opportunity of a sorts. The army seemed to be gathering here, and a camp erected. Escape would be most likely from here.
The problem was that 'West' was not much in the way of directions.
"How will we know when we've gone far enough?" asked Rei.
"helllllllllllllppppppppppppppp!"
"Maybe that?" asked Ranma, considering that odd echo.
A few minutes of search found an old well.
Ranma looked around at the sparse grasslands, this being on a relatively flat section with only the old foundation of what had likely been a farmhouse breaking the monotony. "It has to be from here."
"Out in this? Nobody's so stupid they'd go falling down a well like this," scoffed Rei.
"Is someone up there?" came the distant echoing question.
Ranma looked at Rei. Rei looked at Ranma. Both slowly turned their gaze to the dark depths.
(Posted Tue, 22 May 2007 09:40)
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