Hush

The name is Lilly, Lilly West

"She is alright. Now let us get the stone and the reward that Joseph offered," he looked at the group of watchmen in front of us.

All of them were shouting at the man who was holding 'Iris of hell. If the guy who held it was a candy, I am pretty sure that I can describe the watchmen as ants. I could hear a lot of 'how could he's, 'bastard's, 'traitor's and many other colorful words across the room but I honestly felt that Hermes was more suitable for those words because how could he simply trait someone like that?. The guy had helped us to get in and Hermes simply pushed him into trouble. However, I could not completely blame Hermes either because saving four thieves is definitely worthier than protecting one according to the rules about thievery that Mr. Doom had taught us.

Hermes pointed towards the small crowd and then he pointed at me, He closed his fingers and looked at door no.5.

"Why don't you take it?" I asked as all three of us tiptoed to the group of watchmen. The feeling of the pain that surged through me when I touched it was still fresh for me and I did not want to feel it again and moreover who knew that what was the next big secret that I would reveal due to the curse.

There are only a few things that can ruin you more than a rumour and they are truths about you.

"Because I don't want to," Hermes said in a duh tone and stuck a tongue at me. I made a mental note to talk with him about his unprofessional behaviour during a mission.

"You guys stop fighting and distract them, I will snatch it," Stella said and we nodded in agreement. Stella did a quick front handspring and moved away from both of us. She hid behind the statue of a woman holding a sword. Stella was a pro in acrobatics and I knew that she was the best option but I was also afraid of the truth that she would reveal.

Suddenly, Hermes broke a display case near him which contained the necklace that was also said to be cursed. I expected, maybe hoped, that it would turn Hermes into a squirrel or make him say one of his deepest secrets but nothing happened. It seemed that the cursing of the necklace was simply a rumor while the curse was as true as the Sun. There was a sudden alarm and the disturbing siren was accompanied by a lot of red lights on the ceiling. In a second, all the watchmen had their eyes on us.

"Two of them escaped already!" One of them shouted as they approached us slowly.

The man who held the stone was left behind on the ground. He looked devastated and massaged his forehead as he started getting up. Stella did a front cartwheel before she grabbed hold of the stone. She suddenly fell on the ground with a silent weep. She must have really felt it difficult to hold her scream but she did it for us. The watchman stood open-mouthed.

Hermes took something that looked like a bomb and started running around the room while laughing like an evil villain. He had the necklace in one of his hands and the bomb in the other. All the watchmen ran away from the room except the man near Stella. He walked towards Stella but before he could touch her, I kicked his leg and he fell on the ground. Hermes ran to the watchman and knelt beside him. He glared at me and asked if the watchman was okay.

I sat near Stella as Hermes continued to chitchat with his friend.

"Open your eyes, Rapunzel," I said.

"Move away from me. I do not want to see your face when I open my eyes. Say Hermes to stand in front of me," Stella said as she took deep breaths.

"Okay, move away Silly, she wants to see me when she opens her eyes," Hermes said as he dropped the necklace and the bomb.

"You idio-"

"Don't continue, it was just a dummy bomb," Hermes said and the watchman snickered.