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.
and trying to get a bearing on his surroundings When he was certain there were no people around, he raised
back. “We
for help?” Ryder
get us caught by whoever’s driving.” Parker
they’ll takes us back to
peoples just wanna go to the police. We can’t risk it!” Parker insisted. “I say we wait until
in unison. “Let’s just hope they aren’ going
Ryder claimed, but it was simply his hope rather
exchanged worried glances through
“We hope so too.”
around the corner, intent on finding Jane and Ethan
shoulders, “Have
taking
have worked together somehow – I don’t know’ Fabian growled. “But we can’t let them get
enough that they can make us a fortune
look.” Sophie offered, “They can’t
East quarter, I’ll take the
Fabian suggested.
in the Western part of town, far to near the secret entrance to the tunnels. “1 doubt they’d go to those parts of the city, they know that’s where the
don’t think they’re that bright”
enough to get out of their
Sophie reminded him pointedly.
I’ll take North, you take
off without another
her steps back to Ethan, Jane, Mary, Thomas and Linda. They all whipped around in surprise when she appeared behind them, Bailey hiding behind her back.
but be careful,” Sophie cautioned, ” Fabian knows they’ve
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 she could feel how close they were. It was nearly impossible not to let her
pressed, no less patient
us, so l helped them hide in some big trunks” She shared, more than a
too cuz I ran into Fabian
thinking” Thomas
they found the entire space empty.”They’re right
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