Uriah nodded and started to run. The trees whipped by him and he didn't take in his surroundings all he could think about was getting to where the scream was. He was out of breath by the time he made it back. Then he saw Esmea throwing rocks and it all made sense. Something must have ticked her off. "Esmea?" She turned and saw Uriah and they both just stared at each other for a few moments.
Luna ran after him trying desperately to keep up. She came out of the forest a minute or so behind him seeing Esmea and realizing she was the one who had screamed. It must have been out of frustration that something didn't work out in her favor.
"Uriah." She ran over to him and gave him a hug. He would've hugged her back, but it was a complete shock to him so he didn't know what to do. Looking back to Luna he looked at her knowing she wouldn't have any answers but he didn't know what else to do.
Luna was slightly agape as she watched the little firecracker hug Uriah. She gave him a slight shrug, she had no idea what to do at all. Was the girl trying to kill him? Was Esmea actually happy to see him? What in the world was happening?
"You all think the other kids are perfect, but, Vida and Katya are trying to hurt Cyrus so he can't go on missions. When I told him he shrugged me off, it made me want to push him down the stairs myself." Her arms shook as she held Uriah, not because was sad or scared, it was more out of frustration. "Wait, so Vida and Katya are planning on hurting Cyrus?"
Luna frowned slightly, the quiet one and the one that wouldn't leave Cyrus's side? She looked at Esmea, "I-I think they're hearts are in the right place, b-but they aren't going the right way about it. B-besides I doubt Vida would hurt Cyrus, K-katya I'm not as sure. I-It's probably not true Uriah."
"Luna, do you really want to take the chance? If she is lying we can take care of that later, but if she's not and we do nothing about it the Cyrus gets hurt when we know about it." Uriah also had his doubts, especially since Esmea hasn't been the best. "I'm not lying!" Esmea pushed Uriah away, anger filled her eyes. "If you don't do something, I'll do it myself."
Luna thought for a moment. Cyrus could get hurt and that would be bad, on the other hand they could be playing right along with the brats cards, "W-what can two kids do? I-I don't think that they can cause him much harm if it is true anyway."
"That is true, but also there is a mission coming up. We need everyone we can get. And with Cyrus being a leader here it would be bad if he got hurt. Sorry, but I'm going to check, just in case." Uriah looked at Esmea and she nodded. Esmea ran off and Uriah followed.
Cyrus took a few strides so that he was walking next to Sparrow.
"Well… I don't know about you, but I think that was bizarre… Why would she say something like that?"
"Well, I'm.not sure. I'd stay on the safe side if I were you."
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Cyrus nodded. "Okay. I mean… when am I not cautious, anyway?"
He turned the corner.
"Do you want to go back down to our quarters or keep walking?"
(And our plans. Keep getting threatening. Why does this keep happening. Agh.)
Luna sighed a little as she followed after pulling her shawl back up over her head. She understood his reasons, but Esmea could have planned this and was simply trying to hurt others. She just didn't like the situation.
Katya kept following after Cyrus, wasn't there stairs on the ways to the quarters?
"Let's head back, it's getting pretty late and I still have to work on the kids weapons." Sparrow smiled at him "and I'd like to hold a meeting with the others in the morning." She said in a more serious tone
Narhan yawned and walked out of the big hall and into a hallway, trying to find the room they were staying in.
Vida perked up a bit and nodded to Katya in a sort of now's our chance!
(Should I have Nathan find them?)
(Maybe, but not blow their cover/stop them before they do anything?)
Katya nodded back waiting for Cyrus to walk by stairs so they could rush and push him down.
(Yeah.)
Vida poised herself to get off running. She looked to Katya and started counting down on her hand.
(He come their and be like "what are you doing but then get told to go away lol)
Katya waited until Vida reached zero and saw Cyrus in front of a stair case. Katya took off running towards him in a gleeful playful manner hoping Vida would get the cue as she looked back.
Vida sprinted after her, pretending to play tag. She darted behind Sparrow and Cyrus almost silently.
Katya looked to make sure she was still on target before charging at Cyrus full speed. Once they collided she stopped and looked at him shock faced. She hoped it had been enough.
Cyrus' leg came out from under him and he felt himself start to fall. He instinctively threw out his hand to break the fall, but this didn't do anything to help. He still fell hard, and fell down several steps before stopping. He slowly sat up, feeling a little bit panicked, but at first, he didn't realize he was hurt. He thought he had maybe hit his head, but everything felt fine after it first happened.
Katya's hand went to her mouth to help mask her shock as she quickly and carefully descended the stairs. It worked! The plan had worked! "I-I didn't see you there. I am so sorry!"