The Tale Of Two Crows

Chapter 9 Escape

   Chipper flew around the outside of the castle, a smaller crow next to him. The second crow dived down and Chipper followed. The smaller crow landed on the ledge of a stone barred window and cawed as chipper landed next to them. An exited gasp cut through the air and the exited sounds of Calous and Finch rang out as the pair saw the birds. The rest of the crew joined the boys excitement. Chipper was no garantee of escape but it was at least enough to give them hope.
   The other crow flew to the door of the cell and cawed at chipper who flew to her. She flew upto the top of the door and nibbled at the pin. The crew had looks of confusion or excitement at what the birds were doing. Chipper joined her and did the same but from the underside of the pin. The pair chipped away at rust, the crew cought wind of what they were doing and attempted to find something to use as a tool to help. The efforts produced a broken sewing needle. Delilah used it and a rock to try to slowly chip at the rust with the birds.
   The smaller bird decided this would take too long and flew off. Chipper stayed there pulling at the rusted pin. The crow flew about the hallway in search of something more useful. Her attention flicked to a glittering set of keys. She took them in her beak and flew her way back to the crew's cell. She dropped the keys in Ross' hands.
"Oh fuck yea little bird, thanks." Ross responded a smile appearing on their face as they reached in-between the bars of the door, as they flipped through the keys, testing each one in the door until-
CLICK
   The door creaked open and the crew scrambled to get out of the crampt space. The unnamed crow followed them the same way chipper does. Both the unnamed crow and chipper followed closest to Finch. "Now to find Irene and Cora and get the hell outta here. " Delilah said taking charge of the crew in Irene's absence. The seccond crow cawed at them and flew ahead taking them down a much thinner hallway.
   The tapping and clicking of boots down the hall cought Irene's attention. She wasn't sure who it was that was coming but she was deffinatly plesinyly surprised to see her crew. "You all got out allright!" Irene called out to them. A smile on her face as chipper perched on one of the bars on the door, clicking his beak and nibbling at Irene's hand. Delilah tried to use the keys on the door but none of them worked. The key for this door had been seperated from the key ring. "The pin in the door hinge os loose but I can't pull it out." Irene stated nodding toward the loose hinge. Chipper got upto the hinge and pulled out the pin. The door fell forward slamming to the ground. The crew ducked out of the way just in time to not get hit by it, they made their way out of there with irene and were now all in search of cora.
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   Cora had taken to spending her time searching for anything she could use to break the door open. The door barely shook with her efforts. The sounds of the struggle echoed within the room. From the outside you would ownly know someone was in there by the way the door would rattle on its hinges every so often. Her focus on escape had ownly been shifted when a crow slightly smaller than Chipper landed on the unreachable windowsill. The bird cawed at her and tilted its head. Cora spoke to the bird deciding that the door wouldn't break from her attempts. In the few minutes she had been talking to the crow she decided to call her Tia. When Tia flew off she fully expected to not see her again. Chipper flew by and Cora shot up from her spot on the bench. "Chipper!"
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   Tia returned to the crew and Chipper followed, the two of them lead the crew to where Cora was kept. Tia had been living by the castle since she was a hatchling and she had flown through the rafters of the castle enough times to know how to get to Cora through the maze of rooms and hallways. The crew now had to find a way to get through the castle without being captured. Rose's experience before becoming a pirate became VERY handy. The more nimble and distracting crew members became a diversion wile the others were lead by the crows. They came apon a hallway that extended to a lone room. Tia pulled at Irene's hair now really urging her to go there. Irene tried the door handle but the door wouldn't budge. "Cora?" Irene called through the door. Cora responded in a hopefull tone "Irene" They spent a little bit too much time trying to open the door before the crows left in search of something to open it. The crows returned shortly after with a hair pin from one of the maids around the castle.
   Chipper dropped the pin by Irene and she thanked the birds before using the pin to pick the lock. The door clicked and Cora opened it as soon as she could, then flung her arms around Irene, hugging her before they made their way to leave.  Rose left the men she had distracted and circled her way around to Irene and Cora. She told chipper to have Flora bring The Withered Rose to the nearest spot to the castle and Chipper flew off. The crew managed to get out of the castle without any casualties. They now just had to wait for Flora.
   The pirates escape and subsequent distraction made a ruckus within the castle. The guards searched for them within the castle grounds and the navy would soon be informed of their escape. They all hid about various places near oneanother and the waterfront. It took surprisingly little time for Flora to bring the ship to them, Chipper had lead the way. They all boarded the ship and they hurriedly made their way off just before the navy was informed of their escape. They made it out safe.