3rd Person

“It can’t be locked!” Riley insisted. “We just got ins!”

“Maybe it locked aut-auto… you knows, on its own.”

Paisley guessed, unable to navigate her tongue around the big word.

“Maybe,” Riley agreed. “But eithers way, we’re definitely moving” The trunk was rocking back and forth, and they could hear footsteps outside.

1 thinks we’re being carried?” Paisley whispered nervously.

“Do you thinks the boys are moving too?” Riley wondered.

“I dunno.” Paisley frowned, distracted when the trunk stilled with a sudden jolt, and a strange rumbling filled the air. “Wha’s that noise?”

Riley leaned up to the keyhole in the wooden siding, trying to peer through.”l sees the other trunk!” She shared excitedły. “But we’re not in the street anymore.”

Even as she spoke, they jerked forward again, banging their slight shoulders into the walls of their wooden enclosures. “Where are we then?” Paisley whimpered.

“You’re not going to like it.” Riley told her, gazing around the dimly lit space outside.

“Why nots?” Paisley questioned with trepidation.

“Cuz I think we’re in the back of a truck… or van.” She guessed. “lt looks kinda like the van Anita had us in, only there’s much nicer things” Indeed, the back of the strange vehicle was full of clothing racks and painted set pieces, not that the child recognized these items. All she saw was sparkly fabric and what looked like painted tapestries.

“But Mommy and Daddy are back in the cloud city!”

Paisley all but wailed, “we can’t be going someplace else!”

Riley wrapped her arms around her sister, leaning her small head against Paisley’s. “I don’t think we have a choice.”

She confessed. “l think we’re going someplace new, whether we likes it or not.”

In the other trunk, Ryder and Parker were having much the same conversation. They’d noticed they were moving just as quickly, and also tried to escape their confines. For a moment they’d been afraid they were back on a boat, the way they were rocking about, but thankfully that ceased before either could be sick. Instead they found themselves lurching to a stop before the engine began and the van set off.

a bearing on his surroundings When he was certain there were no people

came back. “We can’t get

for help?”

will only get us caught

maybe they’ll takes us

and even the nice peoples just wanna go to the police. We can’t risk it!” Parker insisted. “I say we wait until we get wherevers we’re going, then

in unison. “Let’s just

his hope rather than a fact. “At least,

worried glances through the

“We hope so too.”

intent on finding Jane and Ethan again, only to slam headfirst into

shoulders, “Have you seen

foresight to hide the pups rather than taking them through the

must have worked together somehow – I don’t know’

make us a fortune begging

Sophie offered, “They can’t have

the East quarter, I’ll take

Fabian suggested.

chirped nervously, she’d left Ethan and Jane in the Western part of town, far to near the secret entrance to the tunnels. “1 doubt they’d go to those

they’re that

smart enough to get out of

Sophie reminded him pointedly.

right, okay I’ll take North, you take

charging off

whipped around in surprise when she appeared behind them, Bailey hiding behind her back. “Sophie, where are the pups? Jane

be careful,” Sophie cautioned, ”

dutifully followed the young pair, their pulses racing with excitement. Jane was trying very hard not to get ahead of herself. She wouldn’t relax until her babies were safe in her arms, but

you leave them?” Ethan pressed,

chasing us, so l helped them hide in some big trunks” She shared, more than a

too cuz I ran

thinking” Thomas

pups, they found the entire space empty.”They’re right over….What? No!” Sophie ran forward, spinning

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