Diana ran through the dimly lit corridors of the second floor, scanning and analizing each pathway she took to find the fastest way out when she tripped.  Yes, tripped.  She tripped over what looked like to her a pair of motorized wings, no bigger than a little kid’s backpack.   

“I wonder who these belong to?” she murmured.  She decided to carry it along with her incase it would be of any use and returned to finding a safe route outside from the middle of the bulding.

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Rhodes was following what he believed to be the hoodie-wearing crook.  Then he couldn’t believe his eyes, now there were two of them!  He thought to himself that he would ask Jetix for a vacation after this, he really needed one.

“Hey you two!  Hold it right there!” he yelled at the cons, “Put your hands where I can see them!” 

The one on the right whispered something to the one on the left, he nodded and ran off to a rope dangling down.  The one that didn’t run spoke to Rhodes,

“Where’s the kid?  Ran off to mommy?” 

Rhodes got angry at this remark to his principle, “You wish, you lowlife convict!”  He yelled at him, “It’s thanks to her that you were put behind bars, protecting innocent people from getting hurt!  Now take off the d*** hood and show me your face!”  The convict did what he was told; Rhodes looked surprised at him. “Hey!  You’re not Drake!” 

‘Drake’ smirked at him, “Of course I’m not ‘Drake’ you simpleton.  I’m his cousin, Derek Damion.”  He paused to look at the shocked face of Rhodes and continued, “If you think you’re shocked now, just wait until Drake finds her.  I suggest that you get going if you value her life.”   

Now what was Rhodes going to do?  Whoever this guy was, he was dangerous and deadly.  On the other hand, if he didn’t get to Diana in time, then what?  But then again, even if Drake does get to her, she’ll kick his butt anyway.  And besides, if he didn’t finish the job, Diana would cause him pain in so many ways.  He shuddered at the last time he didn’t finish the capture.  He made his decision.   

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Diana kept running and for some reason, couldn’t shake off the feeling that someone was following her.  She didn’t feel this way when she first got here, so why now?  Then she heard a faint moaning noise coming from the left of her, it sounded like a female.  She crept to the source of the noise and saw inside a cage with a lock on the front with a face-like carving on it, an auburn haired and hazel eyed person inside.

“H-Hello?  Are you awake?”  She timidly asked the small person.  She got a graon as her response.  Diana felt bad and tried to pick the lock of the cage, only to find absolutely no keyholes anywhere on the lock.  Then the person awoke with a jolt and frantically looked around.

“Where am I?”  She turned to Diana, “And who are you?  Keeping me locked up in here!  And another thing–”

“Slow down.  I didn’t lock you in here.”  Diana calmly replied and continued, “What’s your name?”  The little person looked and the lock, then it started to glow and a wicked face appeared on it. 

It started to speak, “Ha! Ha! Ha!  Foolish mortal!  In order for the fairy to be freed you must tell me my name!” 

Diana raised an eyebrow and said to the lock, “A fairy?” 

The stranger inside the cage sighed, she had to tell this girl about the People since the big-mouthed lock said she was a fairy, after she got out of this cage of course.  But she couldn’t see how this mere human could figure out her name, she had to be as smart as Artemis Fowl to figure it out. 

So she opened her mouth to tell the girl that she doesn’t have to agree with the stupid lock when the girl said, “All right, I’ll guess.  How would you like to make things a little more interesting?” 

“I’m listening.”  The lock replied. 

The black haired, green eyed girl said to the lock, “We each get three questions, and after each question, I will guess at your name, and you guess what is in my sling.  I cannot ask you your name, and you cannot ask what is in my sling.”  She gestured at the sling around her waist.  ”I have three things in there. If you guess even one of them before I guess your name, I will join the ’fairy’ in the cage; but, if I guess your name before that, you let the fairy go free.”  

The fairy in the cage widened her eyes with a mix of emotions, this stranger, whom she doesn’t even know, was willing to sacrifice herself, just to get her out of the cage. 

The lock looked amused, “Ha!  Very well child!  I already have a feeling of what is in your sling anyway, but being the kind and generous soul I am, you can go first.” 

Diana smiled slightly and winked at the fairy.  She asked the lock, “What’s her name?”

“You can’t ask that!” The lock yelled.

“Go on,” Diana smiled. She knew she had the lock beat, right there and then. “You have to tell me her name.”

The lock grumbled. “Her name is Holly,” it said.

“Then, your name is Holly, isn’t it?” Diana asked.

Again, the lock grumbled, then made a loud click. The door swung open and the surprised fairy stumbled out of the cage.

“Thanks!” she said, hugging Diana tightly. “But, how did you know?”

“When I asked your name, you did not answer, but looked at the lock. When you said the lock had a name, I knew the spell must have used your own name to keep you inside.”

“You’re a smart kid…. uh….” 

Diana smirked at Holly, “It’s Diana, and I’m not just smart Holly, a genius.” 

Then Holly started to laugh, “Somebody I know almost said those exact words to me!” 

Then an unexpected voice penetrated their joyous moment, “How touching.  And I thought I had to look for you.”

Both Holly and Diana turned around and shouted, “YOU!” 

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Yay!  My first cliffhanger!  At least I think it’s my first one.  Remember to R&R!

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