The S.T.F. Files, Book 1: S.T.F.

Chasing The Wind

Cleo's POV

"Cleo demands an explanation!!!" I shouted at him.

"I-I like you." He stumbled.

"Cleo says that's not a good explanation!"

"Is this?" He handed me a shwiney miniature model of the Effie tower. It was completely made out of silver.

"Shwwwwwinnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnney!" I said, taking it from him.

Alagretto's POV

"You okay Riza?" I asked her. She had not looked at me the whole time we've been here. Not once.

"I feel them. They are closing in on me, they-they-they have Aly! We have to go now!" She shouts, grabbing my hand, and pulling me into a run behind her, screaming for people to make way for her in french, (another language that she picked up from somewhere....wonder what her french name was....) as we ran through the town, as she screamed at the others once she found them, The rapist, Miss. Shwiney the thief, and the moron, who all followed, as we found the guys who have taken Aly.

"Let her go you bakaya!" Riza shouted, burning the men to crisps, as Aly dropped to the ground.

"Bakaya?" I asked.

"It rhymes with witch, and start's with a 'b'." She says, going up to Aly, and picking her up, surprisingly, she makes it look easy, even though I'd thought it'd be hard for her.

"Oh," The rest of us said, as we followed her to the plain. I think this meant it was time to leave.

"Now we're leaving, and I don't care where we go, but anywhere but here."

"Alaska. Cleo wants to go to Alaska!" Cleo shouted.

Riza's POV

"Okay, then that's where we'll go!" I reply. Alaska was like Hawaii. It was one of the 'safe-zones' where they didn't come after us. Why? Because the people didn't feel like we'd show up, and we weren't a big deal.

I gave Aly to Dimitri, as I looked at Alagretto, "Stripper boy and I will get some supplies, the rest of you, back to the plain, and stay there. Got it?" Everyone nodded, and ran off, leaving me and stripper boy.

"Why are you-"

"Because, I wanna spend a little more time here. Just a few minutes. About ten. I don't wanna leave yet."

"It's okay, I think we didn't spend enough time here either, but you really want to spend it with me?"

"Yeah, because, it's called the city of love, and I wanted to, um, thank you."

"Thank me?"

"Yeah, for everything. You were here, when I needed someone, and I've never had that before."

"Yeah, that's what friends are for" He said, pulling me close to him, "I don't think you need to thank me, just," He stopped, kissing me, holding me tight against him. I was half expecting that he would, half expecting he wouldn't do this, but he did.

"Let's go" I finally said, and we both went off to the plain.

This was going to be one hell of a ride, since my co-pilot likes me, and Aly isn't there to keep the other's in line