The Wammy House Memories

What Did You Do?!

Chapter 33!

They had been walking for over two hours now, it was getting colder with every passing minute. Elizabeth wasn't actually sure where they were going, but Backup reassured her that he knew where they were going. Elizabeth wrapped her arms around herself while she shivered, she then quickened her walking pace to catch up with her friend.

" This way." He said.

Backup took hold of Elizabeth's arm and led be down a steep embankment which led towards the stream. She grabbed hold of his arm while she slipped on some mud, she heard him chuckling under his breath before he told her not to slip on the mud. He let go of her arm when they reached the bottom of the embankment, he pointed over to a wooden bridge and pulled down his hood on his hoody.

" We can rest soon, but first I would like to show you something before we leave England." He said, he put his hands in his pockets. " It's a place from your past with many happy memories for you, I thought it would be nice for you to say goodbye to it. I know you'll be forever in my debt after you see it, maybe this will teach you that I'm not all bad. Why don't you walk ahead and tell me what you see."

Elizabeth walked passed him and made her way over to the bridge, she soon looked over her shoulder. Backup was still standing near the stream with a smirk on his face. She ran her hand along the bridge's banister while she walked across it, she opened a gate at the other end of the bridge. There was a pathway leading across a field. She heard footsteps on the bridge behind her, she looked at Backup when he stopped beside her.

" Don't you remember this place?" He asked. " This is where we first meet years ago, I'm surprised you've not recognized where you are yet. But it's dark, things always look different under the light of the moon."

" Is this the field behind my Aunt's cottage?" Elizabeth asked.

" The very same, I thought the cottage would be perfect place for us to shelter for a couple of hours." He replied, he looked up at the night sky. " But I suggest we hurry, it looks like it will rain soon. We can stay here for about three hours and no longer unless you would like us to miss our train to London. Do you understand?"

" Oh course, let's go!" Elizabeth replied.

They walked along the pathway that led towards Elizabeth's old home, she looked up at the sky when she heard a rumble of thunder. Backup hurried ahead of her and disappeared through the old gate of the back of the cottage, she then heard him yelling for her to hurry up before it starts to rain. She slowed down when she reached the wooden fence of the gate, she looked around the garden while she walked down the pathway.

The garden was well kept, someone must still come to the cottage. Rose promised her long ago that the cottage would be taken care of until she turns eighteen. Elizabeth felt strange being back in her childhood home, she had many lovely memories about this garden. She looked along the pathway and saw Backup couched in front of the back door of the cottage. She stopped behind him and watched him fiddling with the lock of the door.

" What are you doing?" Elizabeth asked.

" Picking the door's lock." He replied.

" What?!" Elizabeth said with frown. " Please stop that right away!"

" Do you have a problem with me breaking into your cottage?" He asked. " We need shelter for the night. Would you prefer we sleep outside in the rain? We could catch a chill..."

" Oh course I've got a problem with it, you can't go around breaking into people's cottages!" Elizabeth replied, she rested her hand on his right shoulder. " It's a crime, do you know how much trouble you could get into if you're caught? The police would be called and they would contact Watari! We would most probably end up in isolation until we turn eighteen!"