[gremlin]

( Ugh so bad. xD )

Emily's eyes grew wide as the man's body was set on fire, she watched for a moment unable to pry her eyes from such a thing then she brought her gaze to Alton. "How are we ever going to get there if we continue to run into troubles along the way?" She asked though she did not expect an answer for that question, it seemed that her own thoughts were being said aloud. "Who would hire such people? What do they want with me and why did that woman kill that man? They seemed close... I did not expect her to do such a thing." She said then her eyes closed, suddenly she realized how exhausted she really was. "Well... I can only guess why they were after me and why they were hired." She muttered quietly to herself then she opened her eyes and watched Alton for a moment.

Knowing that they were not with the Queen troubled her greatly, she wondered who had hired the two and what they wished to do with her once they had her in their possession. Emily thought for a moment and then spoke again. "I know that it was a man who hired them, the woman had mentioned a few things to me and I had overheard her conversations with the man. Other than that I haven't a clue who did this... I can only hope that we will not be bothered by this woman for some time."

"You're right, we should continue our journey." She said then breathed out a sigh. "We can leave now, I have nothing else to say or do."

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"How could you allow them to escape, Ja'ri?" The woman lowered her head towards the man who stood before her. "My apologies, my Lord, I did not expect her companion to act so quickly and Valcon had allowed her to escape." She adjusted herself to stand straight now. "He was not paying attention to my orders, the woman managed to escape from him and it delayed us. If it had not happened we would have been successful." She said then fell silent, when he did not speak she spoke again. "My Lord?"

"Speaking of Volcan, where has he gone? You arrived alone and I have not seen him since you have." Ja'ri froze for a moment and thought of a proper explanation. "In order to escape I had to make a sacrifice, I killed him, My Lord. I was not strong enough to bring us both back, if I had left him there they would have questioned him and I know how weak that man is." She paused for a moment then continued. "I suspect that he was growing weak, perhaps even wanted to free the woman." She lied then smiled.

"Very well, you are dismissed." He said then turned his back to her, Ja'ri stood confused by how easily she had been let go. "You will simply have to try again, she can't be allowed to be free for too long, she must be brought here and held captive. She is too fragile to be out in this world... She is our future, our everything, do you understand that?" He asked then looked over at her. "Do not disappoint me again, Ja'ri.. There is only so many times that you can fail me before I can no longer tolerate it." He looked at her awaiting a response. "Yes, My Lord, I understand. I will not disappoint you again, I will retrieve the woman and bring her back for you." She lowered herself again to bow then she turned on her heels and left the room.

"Good..." He said quietly to himself then he approached a desk that rested at the end of the room. He removed a key from his pocket and unlocked one of the drawers, after a few moments of searching through it he removed an object that appeared to be an orb. "Find her, show me where she is." He whispered, the orb seemed to chirp and began to glow. Then it fluttered out of his hand and flew out of the window.