Royal Shadow

[RavenMist]

Isabella nods, "Okay," she says. She waits patiently for him to be ready, looking around and taking her time. She lets her mind wander, she began to think of her father. He was all she ever knew. Everything she'd became to know about the world was because of him.

 

[Hellfire]

He looks back at her as they leave the garage. "Thank you." He said as they ascended. "I never really thanked you for staying, and actually being bothered with the slums." He said after a moment. The words felt strange on his lips. He had never really said thank you, and he hadn't expected to ever say it to a royal. He realized that he was actually beginning to trust someone, and in spite of himself he laugh aloud at the thought.

 

[RavenMist]

Isabella gives a small smile, "No one should have to live like this." She murmurs with a sigh. In truth she was struggling with the sudden change of lifestyle. She was used to walking up with a meal, being able to eat meal generally. She was feeling hungry but she wouldn't complain, she wouldn't moan, she'd deal with it, like they had.

 

[Hellfire]

"It's the way of things unfortunately. Someone has to be miserable for others to be happy." Blake said with a hint of regret in his voice. His stomach growled aloud. Annoied, Blake parked the bike on a nearby roof. "I guess I have'nt eatten in a while." He reached into the satchel and pulled out some jerky and a small loaf of bread. He broke the bread in half and gave Isabella one of the halves. He stripped the jerky and gave Isabella half of them. He quickly ate the bread, then chewed on the jerky.

 

[RavenMist]

Isabella frowned, it hurt to know the truth. To know that whenever she was eating people starved, whenever she got new clothes other went without. She sighs, wiping her face. She takes the bread and jerky and then smiles weakly, "Thank you." She murmurs before starting to eat.

 

[Hellfire]

"Any time." Blake smiles weakly. He looks down at a device in his hand and frowns. Sighing he looks back up at Isabella. "Looks like a patrol is heading to this area." He says as he looks up into the surrounding sky. "They are coming from the opposite direction of where we are heading, but they could still cause trouble." Blake hopes onto the bike and flips a switch. He then turns back to Isabella. "No rest for the wicked unfortunately." He jokes with a smile.

 

[RavenMist]

Isabella climbs on the bike after him, "Let's just keep ahead of them." She says, she looks around and sighs lightly. She rubs her face, "If the guards catch us I'll be taken straight back to my home and locked away." She mumbles, "Not to forget that as Shadow, they are likely to look for you any way."

 

[Hellfire]

"Can't let that happen, especially not now." Blake says, smiling. He fires up the bike and goes down to street level. He keeps it low, watching the skies n his side mirror. "As long as we stay low they shouldn't be able to catch us on radar, and the bike jams their signal anyway." He watches his device. "We'll be out of their range is a bit.

 

[RavenMist]

Isabella nods slightly, "I'm starting to realise how much this is going to take." She mumbles, holding on tightly even if they move lower, "My family are going to hate me." She says lightly.

 

[Hellfire]

"Nothing is every as easy as it seems." Blake says, relaxing as he looks back up from the device. "I wouldn't think that your family would hate you, but I don't really know your family all that well." Blake slowed the bike, still keeping it at street level. "We are getting close." He said as he looked around.

 

[RavenMist]

Isabella sighs, "You don't know my father, the head Royal remember." She says, "Being the reason I was kidnapped and I'm guessing the ransom was never paid?" She asks lightly.

 

[Hellfire]

"Not even a return message." Blake said, looking back at Isabella. "I mean no offense when I say this, but he isn't a good father. To not even care about his daughter.." Blake sighed in agitation. "That just seems wrong." Blake said simply. He stayed silent. he had not had a family long, but he had always thought that family would be loyal to each other. It made him angry to hear that a father didn't care about his child.


The location that they were heading to became visible in the distance.

 

[RavenMist]

Isabella sighs now, "He cares, just in how own way." She murmurs, she couldn't give up hope on him completely but she'd knew the truth even if she didn't accept it. She looks at the place they were heading and then at Shadow.

 

[Hellfire]

Blake nodds his head silently. He parks the bike a short distance from the building that seems to be their destination. He gets off the bike. "I doubt that they will be expecting, or willing to have company." He warned as he walked to the end of the building that he parked the bike behind. "We can either break into the building, or knock on the front door." Blake said. "I prefer breaking in, but for these purposes we should probably go with the front door." Blake walked up to the only visible door the building had.

 

[RavenMist]

Isabella nods, she climbs off the bike and walks up to the door. She knocks before shadow has a chance to. She knocks loudly looking at Shadow and shrugging, "If we aren't breaking in, we might as well act like we mean business." She says lightly.

 

[Hellfire]

Shadow smiles, shaking his head. A small slit opens in the door at eye level. "You are trepassing, and trepassers get shot in these parts." A gruff voice comes from the opening. Shadow steps forward and looks into the opening. "If I was trepassing, you would never know." He said, crossing his arms. The voice is silent for a moment.


"If you are Shadow, then prove it." A different voice says, excitment clear.


Shadow looks at the locking system for the door. It was a palm scanner. He quickly took it aparted and undid the lock. The door opened to reveal several people. Some had weapons that were aimed at the entrance. "Such a warm welcome I see." Shadow said calmly as he reassembled the mechanism. He stepped up to the closest rebel. "Take me to your leader." He said with a small smile.

 

[RavenMist]

Isabella remains silent letting Shadow do his thing. She watches the rebels as they point their guns and other weapon toward them. She shakes her head lightly, looking over at Shadow and then back to them. She remains silent and simply stares at them. She doesn't know what else to do at that point, knowing if she spoke she'd likely just provoke them. These were the sort of people she grew up to hate.

 

[Hellfire]

The startled rebel complies. Shadow goes to Isabella's side. "Let's go Charlotte." He says following after the rebel. The group of people watches them as they walk by. Some give curious glances at Isabella as she passes. The rebel leads them through the building into an large room. Several people gather around and large oval table that sits in the room center. The rebel runs up to a man and whispers to him. The man immediately turns towards Isabella and Shadow. He walks over to the with a warm smile on his face.

 

[RavenMist]

Isabella follows next to Shadow, staring at the man. She gives a small smile back and looks around slowly. She glances wearily at the others in the room before looking at Shadow and then the man. She crosses her arms, her face as blank as she could make it.

 

[Hellfire]

"Good to see you finally joined the fight Shadow." Zach said to Blake, giving him a firm handshake. "I must say, we were not expecting you." Zach notices Isabella. "You even brought someone with you." Excitment was claer in Zach's voice as he looked over the pair. "Actually," Shadow said, looking over at Isabella. "She is the whole reason I have decided to throw in with your lot." Shadow chuckled lightly. "She is wishing to overthrow the current royal leader in hopes of helping the people in the slums."

 

[RavenMist]

Isabella looks at the man who's gaze is now fixed on her. He gaped at her, "And how is girl going to do that." He says and Isabella rolls her eyes, "Female or not, it can happen. I know the ins and outs of the Royals' 'kingdom', but its not possible alone." She says.

 

[Hellfire]

Zach looks her over again. "And just how would you know that?" He asked, suspicion entereing his voice. "Only someone who is a royal or has lived with one could know anything about them. The way I hear it, they don't exactly just let people leave with information."


Shadow sighs. "Would you rather not have information on the royals?" He asked, his voice cold. "You should know better than most that it's better to just get the information instead of interrogating the one who has it."

 

[RavenMist]

Isabella stares at him, "I have my ways of knowing things, not that it matters how. Just know that information is a complete possibility." She says with a shrug, she looks over at Shadow before staring at the man.

 

[Hellfire]

Zach is silent for a moment. It is clear that he is unsure of what to decide, but after a moment he sighs. "Fine, but if you sabotage us, then not even your friend here will be able to protect you." He looks angerly at Shadow for a moment, then leads them over to the table. It has a holographic map of the city with current time events spread across it. As they look at it, Shadow notices the transports moving through the area. "A lot of transports have been coming to the slums," he says, noticing what Shadow is looking at. "You two wouldn't happen to know why that is would you?"

 

[RavenMist]

Isabella glances at shadow and then back at the map before glancing back at Shadow, "I've heard rumours but nothing's been announced as a definite. There's talk of someone taking the Royal Heads' daughter." She explains, "They're searching the slums for her right now. So I hope you aren't hiding her, that'll sabatage all of our intents." She says with her arms crossed. She stares at the map and then up to Zach, gazing into his eyes, "I've no reason you sabotage you if your intent is not sabotage me. We all have the same interests and we just need a plan and people willing to put their necks on the line. I'm willing, but are you?" She questions. She wanted to show that wasn't just a pretty face from the slums, she wasn't just a girl who didn't know what she was talking about.