Chapter 8

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So, when we last left off, you decided to leave your sword in your bag and now you're being attacked. Good job ^_^ But don't worry! Things may or may not turn for the better—I can't tell you, 'cos that'd ruin the surprise. U R WELCOME!! :3

  You keep Sharon behind you as you glare at Lottie.
  "So, (y/n)-chan, thought you could run away, eh?" She asked teasingly.

  "Lottie, I'm not afraid to hurt you." Break pointed out. Lottie pouted.

  "Fu-fu, Mr. Hatter, you're so mean." She accused. "This doesn't have anything to do with you." Break tried to swipe at her, but Lottie swung back onto the top of the carriage just in time.
  "Sharon, stay in the middle of the carriage," You order as you move the girl in between you and Break. You reach for the other door, so you can get up on the carriage and beat Lottie, but before you could reach it, the door swings open and an arm reaches for your wrist. You try to pull away, but her reflexes were faster than yours—not very surprising, considering she's a Baskerville.
  You see Lottie's face, once again hanging upside down.
  "Hello again, (y/n)-chan!" She wickedly greeted. "Onee-san wants to play a game~!" She tried to forcefully pull you out of the carriage, but Break grabs your hand, refusing to let go.
  "Break," You begin. Then you see Dug's mace coming down from the door closest to him. "Look out!!" Break looks, and he barely manages to block it with his sword—on the downside, he knocks into Sharon, who knocks into you. You fall out of the carriage, but Lottie's still hanging on to you. Sharon almost falls out, herself.
  "Sharon!" You call.

  "You have bigger worries than that, (y/n)-chan!" Lottie pointed out. She pulls you on top of the carriage, and you see Fang steering the horses. They must have disposed of the carriage driver without you or anyone inside noticing...That probably proved to be easy, since you couldn't see anything outside of the carriage.
  "So, (y/n)-chan," Lottie says as she restrains your wrists from moving. "Now that you've tried to run and hide, you've brought Mr. Hatter and Ms. Rainsworth into this." You growl, trying to kick her, but Lottie simply ignores your feeble attempts and suddenly shoves you backwards. You almost fall off of the carriage, and instinctively, you reach out for Lottie. She grabs your hand in time, laughing.
  "You're so much fun to tease, (y/n)-chan!" She points out. You growl, but you dare not try to attack her, since she was the only reason you were on the carriage. You had half a mind to attack her anyway, just to fall off and try to get away. But then you would've left Sharon and Break, and you didn't want to do that (don't say you did want to leave them T_T I know you wouldn't). You look at the quickly passing road and then back at Lottie.
  "Why did you bring them into this?" You ask furiously.

  "They might help us get you to cooperate better," Lottie insists. You see Dug drop down from the carriage, but not onto the road. He must be standing in the door way or hanging on to the carriage in some way. That wasn't good.
  "They don't have anything to do with me!" You argue. You hear a shriek and a grunt, the shriek belong the Sharon, obviously, and the grunt was from Break. Dug must have attacked.
  "Sharon! Break!" You call as you look at the still open door beneath you.
  Suddenly you had a light bulb. If you don't get it, let me help you: You call as you look at the still open door beneath you.
  "If you don't want anything bad to happen to them, (y/n)-chan," Lottie explains. "Then you'll do what we say and cooperate." You growl at Lottie. "You have three choices, (y/n-chan: you can let me drop you so we ride off with your companions, you don't cooperate and we kill one of them, or you can cooperate and no one has to get hurt besides you."
  "I'll take choice four," You say cleverly. "The way where I get away with Mr. Hatter and Ms. Rainsworth." You kick Lottie's arm in the spot opposite of her elbow, and instinctively, she releases you, and you begin to fall backwards. Now was your chance! You bend as far to your left as possible, reaching for the handle bar that was supposed to be used as a handrail, almost, when climbing into the carriage. In this case, it was going to help you stick to the side of the carriage.
  It was almost in your hand when something shocking happened. The carriage suddenly veers to the right, and you miss the hand rail. The whole world was in slow motion as you fell off of the carriage. You noticed Sharon falling out, as well, but Break manages to stay on. He must still be fighting Dug or something.
  Suddenly, as the world returns to normal motion, your back meets with something hard and uncomfortable. You roll off of the road and down the incline, where you hit bushes and branches and other things. When you finally stopped, you attempted to get onto your feet. It didn't work, and you fell to your knees. You looks around for Sharon through the greenery.
  "Sharon?" You call. "Sharon! Say something!" Nothing. That meant three things: 1) She's unconscious, 2) she can't hear you, or 3) she's dead. You were hoping for the first option, most, because Break would be furious if she were dead, and if she couldn't hear you, that meant she was far away. You sigh as your body continued to ache. You fell onto your back, looking up at the sunlight streaming through the leaves overhead. Break was stuck with the Baskervilles, and you and Sharon are stuck in the wilderness. If you were really the Baskerville's target, then they'd come back and look for you. That meant you had to move...
  But you couldn't. Your whole body was aching and you were so exhausted from everything that had just happened. You needed some sort of advice—some sort of guidance that would help you figure out what to do.
  One person drifted through your mind as you slowly shut your eyes, slowly falling into a short slumber...

Lacie...

Wow—what were the odds that the carriage veered away? In case you're curious, a deer hopped in the road. Fang panicked and jerked the carriage, and then Lottie yelled at him for two reasons: 1) he knocked you off, and 2) he almost knocked her off. Well, you now must survive in the jungle—so, allow me to quote someone last time kids your age had to survive.
"May the odds be ever in your favor."
(Points if you got the reference! If you don't, then I will be disappointed)


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