30 City of Ravens 16 (2/2)
”The whole hacking thing. You guys just pulled out so much that it is just… scary.”
”I guess that's true. Emily! When you get some free time ask Rat if he can help us hide the info on us that's online.”
”Sure.”
”Let's go. We will go over some information while we travel.”
Inside of the property, there are seven people that look like gangsters, one woman that is taking care of Claudia, and Claudia herself. To make sure that nothing happens to her we will sneak into her place first and escort her back down. Hopefully, we would avoid confrontation and leave the house unnoticed.
The sun will soon set, so we took a taxi and arrived at a small neighborhood outside the city, placed in between the Capital and the hunting grounds it was an excellent spot to live. We found a spot where we could hide and dressed in black clothes and put our masks on.
My white Izanagi mask contrasted a lot, while Alex in his Leviathan mask looked like a monster's incarnation with a human body, the greyish scales, and sharp teeth could scare anyone in the dark. With that settled we approached the house and found the spot we will sneak in through. There was no one close it thus we jumped over the fence and entered the property.
On the way here, we both memorized the general layout of the property, we wanted to approach the window to Claudia's room. But we found that someone is smoking close to it, we didn't want to wait, and we approached him.
Before he could react, I grabbed him by the mouth not letting him make a sound. While he struggled to breathe, he slowly lost his consciousness. Alex grabbed his legs, and we carried him out of sight. We walked back and looked up, a window on the second floor was where Claudia slept.
I first climbed up and hold on to the windowsill, and while holding on to it with one hand, I helped Alex up. Looking through the window we saw Claudia sleeping, we checked the window, but it was closed.
While holding on Alex chanted a spell and created a small water string. The string slowly made a gap in where the hinges were, and when the water finally got through, he used it to open the window. Silently he went to wake up Claudia while I checked the corridor through the ajar door.
”MHMM!!” Claudia tried to scream and if Alex didn't stop her the guy sleeping outside would've woken up.
”It's me, Claudia. Alex.” He said while he revealed his face.
When she realized it was her brother, her eyes teared up, but with Alex holding her she couldn't make a sound. ”You need to be quiet. We will leave in a moment.” Alex said to her. She nodded her head and cleared her eyes from tears with her little hands.
Alex let go of her mouth and immediately got hugged.
”BOB! BOB IS DOWN! THERE IS AN INTRUDER!” From the outside a shout carried through the whole room. The thug outside woke up and walked in the room! With a quick kick, I broke his knee, while he was falling I grabbed him and choked him. When he fainted, I put his body on the ground and signaled him to get ready.
He only nodded and told Claudia to be silent after which he put his mask on and picked her up. Outside, below the window, there were two people, which means there is four more somewhere in the house, including the woman that took care of Claudia.
We went outside the room and into the corridor with me at the front. Form the downstairs I could hear people checking the rooms and someone talking, form what I picked up he said 'Help' 'soon' and 'send.'
He was asking for reinforcements. I found the staircase and saw him talking over the phone while standing at the bottom of it. Quickly and silently I moved to the other side of the railing and jumped down on him.
From behind, I choked him, but from another room, another thug showed up. He drew his gun, and I picked up the guy I was choking, hiding behind him and using him as a shield, not letting the other guy have a clear shot I run up to him and kicked him in the head.
The kick sent him flying, hitting a wall beside him. When the guy I was holding fainted, with a wave I signaled Alex he can come down. I kicked open the door and run for the fence. I jumped up and sat at the top of the fence and helped Claudia to the other side before helping Alex.
At this point, Alex was physically tired and had a problem running by himself, so while carrying Claudia, we run to a spot we chose beforehand.
A few minutes later we saw dozens of cars drive by our hiding spot. With no time to waste, we didn't go back to look at what happened there, both Alex and I changed clothes and now wearing baseball caps and usual attire.
”You two need to get out of here, taxi we order should be already waiting. Go to the capital, change your looks and then to the Algonquin, Emily will help you find a place somewhere under a fake name, or rather her friends.”
”We will, but you also should be careful. If we missed something and he manages to identify you… he lost his most powerful 'dog,' and he invested a lot and went really far to keep me. Knowing him, simple revenge won't be an option.”
”There is no need to worry for me. Remember if calls you, answer and act dumb. Keep the conversation short, and maybe it will buy you more time before he starts searching for you.”
”I will remember. Thank you. If it weren't for you, I would've never got my sister back. I owe you a big one.” When he said it, I could see the generosity and gratitude in his eyes. He was trying to give me the mask back, but I shook my head.
”I won't forget, keep the mask and go now. And you Claudia keep your brother safe!”
”YES!”
When I watched them leave I knew I did something good. I knew I helped. And form me this was a step towards my goal!