Royal Shadow

[Hellfire]

Zach grinned at the news. "Finally, some good news. We didn't take her, but with the royals forces distracted this is the perfect time for a raid." He quickly spreads the news, then turns back and looks at Isabella. "If your information is right, you can consider yourself part of this rebellion." He looked over at Shadow. "We will need both of your help to pull this off." He was quiet for a moment. "We have spies inside the royal's home, and we have be planning to nab the head of the family for weeks." He paused. "With his forces gone, he is vulnerable and with your help Shadow we will have him back here before anyone even realizes he is gone."

 

[RavenMist]

Isabella had started to feel uncomfortable talking about herself but her face remains blank, "Well I'll start with who I am. I'm Charlotte, good friends with Shadow here. I'm not here to be ruled over by you, this is an equal thing, understood? You might be the leader of your rebels but I'm not just one of your rebels." She says, her voice strong and in ways dominant. She looks around staring at each man in the room, "We'll need more than just your rebels. We need to get a message all over the slums, the more people, the better." She says, "Shadow, we need to go. Places to be, people to see." She says, glancing at the map with the moving transport getting closer. It wouldn't take them long before they'd be searching close to here.

 

[Hellfire]

Zach looks at her with admiration. "Allies it is then." He said quickly, noticing that they were leaving. "We'll attack three days from now, if you know who took her make sure that they keep her till then." Shadow nodded, then went with Isabella. They exited the building, a transport clear in the distance. "We'll need to draw them away from here." Shadow commented as they went back to the bike.

 

[RavenMist]

Isabella nods at Zach, "I'm sure whoever has her, had no intention of giving her back in any rush. She's useful." She says before nodding, "Til then." She says before walking out with Shadow. She looks around and climbs on the bike, "Let's go then." She says lightly, letting out a sigh.

 

[Hellfire]

Shadow takes the bike up into the sky. It's clear that the transprot sees them as it changes direction to follow them. "Whoever we see next is goong to have to be a source of gossip." Shadow says, seeming untroubled by the transport. "Once the word is out it will spread like wildfire, if we help it along we will raise an army." He looks over his shoulder as the transport releases two bikes that wuickly gain on them. "Hold on!" Shadow yells as he pulls out a pistol and fires twice. The first bikes sputters and descends rapidly. The second bike fires back. Shadow quickly disables the bike with a few shots and disappears into the slums. The transport passes by over where Shadow has hidden the bike. "Are you okay?" He asks, turning towards Isabella.

 

[RavenMist]

Isabella held an tight as the travel faster, her arms the were wrapped around him tense slightly. She didn't want her guards hurt and the pistol made her feel uneasy. She sighs lightly, closing her eyes, who was she call them her guards. They weren't now, not after everything and she knew now more than ever that she couldn't back out. It'd be suicide to even think such things, "No one dies." She says blankly, after they stop, she climbs off the bike. She didn't want blood on her hands, she'd never killed before and she'd only call herself the one responsible.

 

[Hellfire]

"I can't promise that, you know." Shadow said quietly, reloading the pistol. "As for those two I only aimed for the bike so they should have made it." He reassured her, getting off the bike and taking a step towards her. "If I get your father before the main assualt starts there will almost no bloodshed." He looks at her for a moment, sadness in his eyes. "I cannot promise you that there will be none, but I can promise you that I will try to stop it wherever I see it."

 

[RavenMist]

Isabella stares at him now, "I want to get in before anyone else. I need to see him before, talk to him. Give him a chance. He is not to die, sure you can lock him away but you are not to kill him." She says quietly, "You might be able to continue like normal but I have a conscious, I grew up with half these people remember." She says quietly, she didn't want to get upset but it was finally settling in to how big of a plan this was.


She turns away now, "Is there a way to send a digital message to everyone in the slums. Friend or foe, a way to send out an invititation and warning. Something the royals will see." She says lightly, "I want to be the one in the message, in the message I'll reveal who I am." She says quietly.

 

[Hellfire]

Shadow is quiet for a moment. "I have a conscious." He said quietly, looking at Isabella. He began typing into his datapad. "It's possible I could hack the system and send the message." He said, his finger pausing. "But if I warn the royals, the rebels will be slaughtered. I can't let that happen." He looked at her, clashing feelings showing in his eyes. "I will not kill your father, but I don't think I can get you in with him without the guards noticing. What you are asking me to do..." Shadow shook his head, trying to clear it. "You are asking me to put my life in you and your father's hands."

 

[RavenMist]

Isabella stares at him thinking, she shakes her head, "In case I tell my father and double cross you, and then have you locked away?" She asks quietly, "Would've thought you of all people would know how much I'm putting into this!" She says quietly, she turns away fully now, "I'm trying so hard to be this girl from the slums. I'm betraying my family, pretending to someone else, hurting everyone I love, all in the name of doing the right thing. I'm letting people get hurt for you and the rest of the slums. So trust me, don't trust me, but remember, I chose to stay here with you. This was all my fucking idea!" She says quietly, her voice harsh in tone.

 

[Hellfire]

Shadow flinches, then lloks at the ground. "Did you know that my family was killed on Royal orders? That is why I was alone." He said quietly. He looked back up and lock his gaze with her's. "I trust you, I really do, but I will never trust the man that gave the order that killed my family." He was quiet. "I am grateful for you doing this, but to trust your father would be to go against my very soul."

 

[RavenMist]

Isabella blinks away tears, "You're not the only one who lost people." She murmurs, "My entire live, I've been locked in that house because I've been close to death on many occasions. What would have happened if you hadn't kidnapped me? And it was that man and his rebels? I would have likely been tortured and possibly killed. My mother was killed by rebels." She mumbles. She stares at the wall. "I should just go home and forget this was even a plan. But oh wait, that can't happen because I've seen both your faces, so at the end of all of this I'm stuck here either way aren't I?"

 

[Hellfire]

Shadow gave a short, harsh laugh. "Most think that I'm dead anyway." He said, remebering Edgar. "If there was an easier way to do things, then I would do it. I'm am sorry that your mother died, I am sorry that so many innocent lives are taken, but unfortunately they can't come back. The only thing I can do if try to save as many innocents that are still alive." He looked down at the ground. "I can't even do that." He sighed miserably. "What you do is up to you, I'm not going to stop you, in fact I really can't anymore." He paused for a moment. He seemed to decide something. "If you really want to give your father a chance, then I will provide it. All you have to understand is that I can't promise that there will be no bloodshed."

 

[RavenMist]

"Just get me in the building before the assassin, whether it's the same day, same hour. Just get me in." She quietly, she wipes her face and stares blankly into the wall. She crosses her arms and looks at him, her cheeks was stained with tears now, "He doesn't die, that's all I want, we have to send a message to everyone, not just the rebels. The royals need to be warned too. I'm not talking of telling them the plans. Just make a brief point that nobody is afraid. That we will all stand." She says quietly, "We need something to make the people talk."

 

[Hellfire]

Shadow nodded his head, typing rapidly on his datapad. " I'll get you in," He said, as he sent the message. " but they are also expecting me to get the assasin in as well. The only way to get you in is to go long before the assasin heads that way." he paused for a moment ad he looked up in the sky to check if there were any transport nearby. "We will probably have to hide him so that the rebels don't kill him." Shadow grit his teeth at the last statement. He wasn't fond of the idea of the head of the royal family getting away, but as he looked at Isabella he calmed. He would put his trust in her judgement.

 

[RavenMist]

Isabella nods slightly, "Thank you." She murmurs lightly. She rubs her face again, "Who do we need to find next," she asks lightly, looking at him. She stares at his mask now.

 

[Hellfire]

"I don't think we need to find anyone else really. With the word out, gossip will do all the work for us." He laughed, shaking his head. "Unless you have a specific need in mind." He said thoughtfully as he looked at her. "It might not be a bad idea to get you a cloak like mine, but that would be a little diffucult."

 

[RavenMist]

Isabella shrugs, "If you can get us there, we can. If not don't worry about it." She says lightly, trying to think, "The other place I know of capes, that'd be worse than the slums would be my house. I had a white one once, never wore it though." She says lightly.

 

[Hellfire]

"That might work." Shadow said with a nod. "Only need something to help with stealth. I am stealthy without this cloak, but with it I am invisible." He thought for a moment. "I guess it will not be to big of a problem getting you in, the only difficult part will be getting out alive." He sighed.

 

[RavenMist]

Isabella nods, "That's a point." She murmurs, "I've never learnt how to fight. But I'm also not willing to sit and watch you all do this either." She says quietly. She looks into space and then back at him, "We only need access to my room." She says lightly.

 

[Hellfire]

"That shouldn't be a problem." Shadow laughed, remebering how they had met. "I imagine we could even do it now since there is nothing to protect in the room anymore." Shadow smiled. "When do you want to go?" He asked walking over to the bike.

 

[RavenMist]

Isabella thinks a moment, "We can leave whenever, I doubt they'll be guards in my room. Though getting to my window might prove harder with the amount of bikes that are in the air." She explains lightly, "I'll only take a second to get into my wardrobe, so it shouldn't take long." She says lightly.

 

[Hellfire]

"If you wear the cloak we should be fine. I'll park the bike a short distance from your house and we can sneak in from there." He smiled. "I wasn't expecting to go back there so soon though." He fires up the bike. "I was always good at adapting though." He laughed as the bike floated a few inches off the ground.

 

[RavenMist]

Isabella chuckles lightly, "You seem excited though." She says climbing onto the back of the bike and grinning. She looks around and smiles now, though her mood still stayed the same. She tries to act possible though.

 

[Hellfire]

"It isn't everyday that you break into a high security facility. I guess I just enjoy the challenge." He shrugged as he turned the bike in the direction of the royal mansion and went that way. The bike quickly gained speed. The slums disappeared to reveal the wealthier districts. The mansion became visible in the distance. After a short moment Shadow parked the bike. He quickly gave Isabella his cloak, showing her how it worked. "Let's go."