Three Sisters

Chapter 3 An Agreement

Terra looked back and wondered if that guy had finally went back to his camp... Since they would have to travel quite a ways before they would be safe in the mountains, it might not be so bad to have a prisoner in case they ran into trouble.. She called her sisters together for a group hudle to talk plans, then the three headed toward where he had last been seen. They agreed that Talea would stay out of sight and maneuver behind him.

Malik stayed at the tree for a bit... Before finally picking up his shield and heading... Some direction. He should have paid attention where he was going, that way he would have an idea of where to go! 

He was ridiculously easy to find. The sisters were a bit surprised at how far he had actually followed them. The other two girls hid and started maneuvering to the sides while Terra leaned up against a tree where he could see her, still a bit of a distance away, of course. "You seem to be a bit lost." She stated out loud, as she tried, unsuccessfully, to refrain a bit of a grin.

Malik looked up, and rolled his eyes. "Lost pfft... As if..." Alright there was one wench... Just his luck, they came back for him. Yay. Were they going to light the forest on fire now? He glanced about, wondering where the other girl was... "I was born with an innate sense of misdirection. I am no longer lost... I just don't care." He commented, tensing up automatically. He knew it was an ambush but the problem was... He didn't know by how many... And these trees provided lots of cover...

Terra thought his response rather amusing. "So.. Let me see if I understand. You followed with the intention of getting lost because...? After all, someone with an 'innate sense of misdirection' would know that they would get lost. Right?"

Tillie and Talea moved into their places without being directed and waited out of sight for their signals.

"No, I followed because I wanted to see the scenery... naturally, before you lot burned the forest down and I never got the chance," Malik said as he turned to her, "As for getting lost... only one with a direction in mind can get lost... otherwise, we're just there... wherever we are."

Terra laughed just a little. "Well, since you don't have any particular direction in mind... how about you come in THIS direction?" She asked but was very firm in her statement.

"Oh?" Malik asked, "At least buy me a drink first before you point me off in some direction with an unknown destination in mind. I might die," Malik replied, though he headed where she pointed. It wasn't like he could exactly say no right now...

"Oh, well, point me in a direction where I could buy you a drink and I will consider it!" Terra replied. She thought it adorable that an adult could have such a bad sense of direction, and was determined to rub it in! "Well Tillie. What do you think? She we trust that he will come peaceably, or should we have him drop his weapons and walk away from them?"

Tillie knew that was her signal. So while Talea remained hidden, she came into view. "I don't know.." She replied, pretending to think really hard. "He did hit me awfully hard on the back of my head..."

"You deserved it," Malik said as he looked to Tillie then. "Tillie..... that's not the weirdest name I've heard." He shook his head, "Besides, I was helping. Your head is too hard... I was softening it up a bit. But if you're so afraid," Malik tossed his sword to Terra. The sword landed blade first in the ground in front of her, "Try not to cut yourself, sweetheart." he told her before slamming his shield into the ground. "Would you like the daggers too? I've got plenty to go around."

"From what I hear YOU are actually the hard headed one. Should we try softening up your skull a bit? And yes, I want all of your weapons." Terra replied, with a little bit of a glint in her eyes at the mention of softening up his head.