Sol's Shine and the Kingdom of Fire

Chapter 7 The Great Chase

William certainly didn't like what Brook just said to him. "Two criminals?! Socrates what kind of person are you?!" William was pointing at Sol. That's when Brook got something from his bag again. It was a wanted poster of his friend. "You don't know what the royal family looks like do you?" he said to him. William rubbed his glasses with his shirt and took a good look at the paper. He looked astonished as if what he was seeing wasn't believable enough. "YOU'RE SOL?!" He said out loud.

"Normally I would tell you to keep it down but it's pretty much too late at this point." Knights could be seen running towards them from the other docks. "Are you kidding me? I thought all of the knights were with Marvin!" Sol said. This alerted Brook. "Wait Marvin is here?" Brook took off his funny glasses and fedora. Sol did the same with his sun hat.

"Sorry William. We're going to have to leave you. We don't want to get you in trouble by having you affiliated with us." Sol quickly said before he and Brook took off. The disguises they were wearing weren't going to do them any good at this point. It would be better not to be seen dead in something like that. Both Sol and Brook would agree with each other on that point without saying anything about it.

"I've had some time to scout this town out. I think I can figure out how to lose these guys before any more knights show up. Just follow me." Brook was looking around trying to find the best path to lose anyone in a chase. "I would be careful about that. It looks like Marvin has these guys posted all over town." Sol warned him.

Brook jumped over a cobble wall and went straight into an seafood restaurant's outdoor seating area which had already been evacuated. It seemed like people hadn't even finished their meals yet. Sol tried his best to keep up. He didn't expect Brook to suddenly start climbing over a wall but his friend decided to help him out by pulling him over.

"I don't know why Marvin has this many knights here. Have any idea why?" The both of them continued running past tables with parasols over them. Sol pulled out Brook's wanted paper. "He's here because he thinks I would be with you. He is technically right to think that way but it's been at least over a week since I've seen you." Sol's answer to Brook's question seemed to have only disappointed him.

"I seriously don't understand why they put where a criminal was last seen on those papers!" Brook complained as they pushed their way through a gate. At the other end of the seating area behind them was the guards trying to get over the wall. They were struggling a lot more than Sol was. The heavy armor wasn't suited for anything acrobatic. "Criminals are always on the run! What makes them think they would just stay in the same place!" Brook complained even more.

"I don't think we have time to be worried about that. It worked this time. Maybe they just think criminals don't get that far." That was the best Sol could come up with. Brook looked at a stairway going up to an upper portion of the town and Sol followed him going in that direction. "I can't imagine them always having to update those papers." Brook was still going on about the papers which was starting to annoy Sol. Sol's attention was immediately brought to the roofs. Archers could be seen aiming at them. "Look out!" Sol tackled Brook to the ground just before an arrow dug its way into a barrel that was next to them. The fork in the road ahead also seemed to have more knights standing idle, who haven't noticed they were here yet.

Brook got up again and ran straight into an alleyway with Sol in tow. The buildings next to them were the ones who had the archers and all they had to do was look down from the roof again to see where they were. "Are you crazy? Going this way is going to make it easier for them to hit us!" Sol said to his friend but Brook was hardly paying any attention. On their right side was an open door that led straight into a storage room of a giant warehouse. The both of them ran inside and Sol immediately tried to go and open the other door that led into the main building.