Bourne A Diamond (First Draft)

Chapter Six

Pov: Kaylee

I had followed Megan as well as I could, and ended up outside the Japanese Garden. There where small groups of people huddled together talking quietly. They seemed frightened by something.

Perhaps my Sister and her new found butt-kicking skills?

I approached two people, an middle-aged woman and a younger boy, likely around six or seven.

"Excuse me, is something going on in the garden? I was supposed to meet my friend on there and..." I began, but the middle-aged woman cut me off.

"No, don't go in there!" she said passionately, "We were told to leave the garden because a criminal was hiding in there, and it was likely to get dangerous. If your friend was in there, she should be out here now. Or she's on her way to meet you. But please, don't go in there."

The young boy by her side mumbled something.

"What did you say David?" The woman asked.

"I saw her," the little boy, apparently David, said quietly.

"You did?" I asked quickly, "What did she look like?"

"Why didn't you say anything?" The woman interjected again, "And how do you know they're a she?"

David shrugged, "She had really long brown hair. Only girls have hair that long."

"What else was she wearing?" I asked, "Did she have a backpack?"

"Yeah, she did. When I saw her she was fighting with this man on the ground."

"Why do you want to know?" The woman asked, sounding suspicious, "Do you know her?"

"Yeah, apparently so," I answered, "Now if you will excuse me..."

I ran inside the garden as fast as I could, ignoring the woman calling at me to come back. In my head I replied snarkily back to her, I'm sorry, no I won't come back. I need to tell at my sister, and that is a much higher priority then getting yelled at myself.

When I entered the garden, I walked up to the pond and looked around. I could see some people across the pond and slightly to my left, which meant they were mostly hidden by the trees and bushes.

Welp, let's go see what's going on. I thought to myself, then began jogging over.

As I got closer, I showed to a walk, and tried to approach stealthily, like Megan had taught me to over the past few months. That was another thing I'd added to my list of her abnormalities. If she wanted to, she could move as quietly as a Hobbit. Because of this I tried to never play games like hide-and-seek or man-tracker with her. She was just too good.

Anyways, I used the techniques she'd taught me, like walking heel to toe, and moving crouched down slightly.

I finally got close enough to see what was going on, and to this day, I am proud that I kept my cool despite what I saw.

There were four people pointing handguns at Megan, and Megan was straddling an unmoving middle-aged man. She looked thoughtful, and completely unaware of the people pointing the guns at her.

"Put your hands on your head, we have four guns trained on you, and we'd rather not use up our valuable resource called bullets." Gun Wielder one, who seemed to be a she, said. I could only tell because of her voice, as they were all standing at an angle to me, and their faces were in shadow.

Megan tensed up,and looked up at gun wielding woman. I could almost see the gears turning in her head, but I had no clue what she was thinking. I considered stepping out of my hiding spot, but decided against it. Watching seemed like the better option.