Siblings of Corona B1:Life In the Tower

Chapter 8

"Lance!  This is not the time to rest!"  Rider scolded his friend who was panting with his arm against a tree.  The three wanted posters caught Flynn's eye and he yanked his poster off.  "No, no, no, no!  This is bad!  This is really, really bad!  They just can't get my nose right!"

"Who cares?"  Burnsie huffed.

"Well, that's easy for you to say.  You guys look amazing."  Flynn bent over to get a better view of the Stabbingtons and Lance's posters.

They heard the thunder of hooves and the neighing of the horses.  The four took that as their cue to run for it.  They only ended up running into a dead end.  "Alright, give us a boost and we'll pull you up."

"Give us the satchel first," Burnsie demanded.

"After all that we've been through, you don't trust us?"  Flynn held a hand to his chest.

The brothers just stared at him with an unamused look.  "Ouch,"  Lance said behind his partner.  Rider unhappily handed the satchel to the twins.

Both Lance and Eugene climbed the cliff first with the help of the brothers.  "Great.  Now help us up, pretty boy."  Burnsie held his hand up to Flynn Rider.

"Sorry,"  the thief brought his satchel into view.  "My hands are full."

"What?"  the Stabbington felt his chest only to find the brown bag missing from his clutches.  He should have expected as much from the best thief of the Seven Kingdoms.  He watched as the two traitors dash off.  "Rider!  Strongbow!"

The two had escaped only to find the Royal Guard of Corona on their tails.  "Nothing we haven't handled before,"  Rider said to his partner as they slid under a fallen tree.  Three arrows hit the tree where they had been only seconds before.  "But that was closer than I would like."

The fallen tree caused all the riders to stop, all but the Captain of the Guard and his horse, Maximus.  Lance continued to run as Rider jumped to the side, grabbing a vine from a tree.  He swung out, knocking the rider off of Maximus and landed easily on the horse's back.  "Ha!  Yah!"

The white horse came to a stop.  "Come on, flee bag, froward."  Rider demanded only for Max to snap at his satchel.  "No.  Stop it!  Stop it-"  the bag flew into the air and would have fallen over the, if it had not been for the tree hanging off it.

The partners and the horse scrambled to retrieve the prize first.  It resulted in Flynn grabbing it, only for the tree to to snap, causing the three to fall.  They hit a rock on the way down, splitting the tree into two.  This made Max land in a different spot than the two thieves.

Running from the mad horse, Lance and Rider came across a cave hidden by vines.  They quickly disappeared from sight and ran through the very small cave.  They came to the other end to find a tower in a small meadow.  It looked as if it had been abandoned for decades.  Rider pulled out a few arrows that he collected.  Luckily there was just enough for the both of them.

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"Hey, Cass!"  Varian was walking towards the small kitchen where his sisters were.  "I spilt a little bit of one of my formulas on my desk.  Nothing's ruined or anything, I just need something to clean it up with…"  his voice trailed off as he heard a strange tinking sound coming from the window.  "What is that?"  He came closer to the window to peep out only for a man's head to pop up.  He flopped in, landing ungracefully on his stomach to the floor.

A second head popped into view as well.  "Next time, I climb first and you under me.  Do know how many times you almost caused me to fall to my death…"  the man's voice trailed off as his eyes connected to the sight of Varian.