Hide And Seek ( Alex Goot Elle Fowler Sam Tsui )

Chapter 5.

" They look so in love already, don't they?"

" Yup."

Alex ran a groggy hand over his eyes, trying to wake himself up proper, to properly register who and what people were talking about. Last night had been a horror filled day, and he had not slept well at all. Waking up now felt too early, and all he wanted to do now was to continue sleeping. He could hear people talking already, which annoyed him because it was irritating his sleep. When his eyes opened a crack, they looked directly into the torchlight beam of Chrissy, and he frowned, surprised to see her there.

Then, slowly, Alex remembered how Kurt had told them to flee after the gun shots. Alex recalled that they were no longer in their own home, but they had snuck into the secret passageway connected to their wardrobe, after Chrissy had poured water all over the floor. Followed by the memory, he remembered Kurt telling them about Sam's state. It was weird. They were always the invincible five ruling over Los Angeles, no one ought to be able to beat them.

But the soldiers might already have gotten Sam, and knowing how brutal the British were, he would probably stand no chance at surviving if he landed in their hands. Kurt most likely had lost his partner in crime, and the Assassins had lost their first member it seemed like. Alex still had not come to terms with the fact that Sam might be dead.

" Wake up already, " Chrissy said, shaking hima again, her voice sounding like a mother trying to get their child up for preschool. He would not know how a mother sounded like waking up their child for secondary school, he never had the chance to.

He opened his eyes once more, this time raising a hand over his face to shield his eyes from the bright beam of the torchlight. Alex's mouth was too dry to tell Chrissy to get her darn torch out of his face, and that her light beam was literally blinding him. He sat himself up a little straighter, pushing the ball of fur on his legs, which was Pinecone, to the floor as gently as he possibly could in his half-conscious state.

" Wake your girlfriend up while you're at it. We have to get moving further down," Kurt told them pointedly, playing with his full set of knives as he waited for Alex to get himself together. He seemed a lot less smiley that morning, not that Alex blamed him actually. Knowing Kurt, he might not even have had slept last night, which was why he was able to get up so early that morning. That was exactly what Alex would do if he believed that Elle was dead.

" She's not my- whatever," Alex mumbled, looking to his side, and found Elle still leaning on his shoulder. The Assassins were constantly teasing him and Elle, despite knowing that there was nothing going on between them. At least it brought the subject away from Sam's disappearance. He gave Elle a light tap on the arm. She stirred slightly, her hands finally letting go of his waist a little.

Then her bright eyes opened, taking in the tiny tunnel they had slept in, blinking in slight confusion. Pinecone got off her lap. She immediately stood up, brushing dirt off her pants. It was time to venture into the sewers, as planned. Alex and Elle only knew that this tunnel existed, but did not ever think, or had the time to go and check out the limits of the sewage system they had access to. While the invasion was happening above, the Assassins thought that they should just kill time by exploring.

Alex checked quickly that all his equipment, like weapons and basic first aid materials, was still with him. There were several swords and knives were still locked in their apartment upstairs in their shared chest, but he had almost everything he needed. Most of those big swords and intricately carved knives were not used for fighting, only for decoration. Those were the ones Elle usually gave him for his birthdays. He was okay with leaving them up there, but intended to go back and get it after everything had settled down.