Run

"Victor," a blond-haired man approached smiling.

"Henrique," he returned with irritation. This fly has plagued him for centuries.

"I heard that the pirate girl was taken by you. Such a good seedling should be decided by the council."

"This subject had already been discussed before, she would join my family or the Rosath family. Camille and I discussed it and she stayed with Elena little friend, Vicent. Anyway, this matter has nothing to do with you."

Victor put his hands up, redeeming the subject, "Haha, don't worry. Are you guys going to attend the ball at the castle?"

"She is still adapting, it will depend on many factors. Don't you think the train's delay is very strange?"

"There may have been some leakage of information, remember that last spring one of the trains was looted by the rebels of the empire. They think we have harmed these mortals, most of them are already almost dead and the others are unable to work. We give them a new life. "Henrique grimaced.

"I already sent a servant to check what's wrong. One of their central leaders just died and they don't even have a full period of mourning."

"Mortals are like that. Speaking of Camille, I don't see anyone in her family waiting for the shipment."

"They are the ones escorting the train. Apparently some of the cripples is a former inventor, he was renowned until a few years ago, until his store exploded and killed all the employees."

Henrique hissed "This one is lucky, he won't even have to worry about explosions anymore. His helpers may just be ghouls, regeneration is faster and they are the most difficult to kill by accident."

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Explosions rang in Vicent's ears, he was hanging from a rappel rope attached to the ship. The camouflage allowed the ship not to be recognized by the imperial forces, it took him and Arnoggs 2 years to perfect everything together with equipment such as rappel ropes and cannons.

"Bring as many people as possible! We blew up the main trail, it should slow them down for a while." He heard his aunt's voice on the listening device.

Everyone in the rappels descended in sync and entered the train cars. Vicent turned on his sonic device, the sound could make any human at least 6 meters pass out, all pirates wore protectors because of this weapon.

The first car was easily rescued, until a woman came running. Her eyes were purple and her hair was strangely white for her age, she shouldn't have more than 23 years old. She looked at him and smiled.

"I didn't think I would see you here." She stated and approached him. "I should wait for you for a few more years, but how unfair would it be? Victor already got his share of the deal."

Faster than he could react, his sonic device was thrown on the wall and the rope was cut by her through the nails. Vicent's eyes widened, these ropes were designed to hold up to 200 kilos and tearing them was very difficult, even with the sharpest blades. He noted that the woman's nails were a little longer than normal in sharp shape, she wore what he had thought was a silver nail polish, now he was sure it was more than that, this is the only logical explanation for what just happen.

"Wait for me?" He tried to talk to her, allow time for someone to notice his absence and help him out of this situation.

"Yes, kitten." She tilted her head slightly, and her tone became sweet. As if talking to a small animal. She raised her hand slightly and tried to reach his face.

He swerved quickly, after what he saw her do only with her nails. He would stay as far away from this woman as possible. She laughed out loud and walked away from him.

"Let's do it this way, I'll give you 3 minutes off. That's how much time you have to get away from me." His smile was wide like a cat that caught a canary. "So, run little kitty."

His instincts screamed for him to flee, something was wrong with this woman. He turned and ran to the next car. He was confused when he realized that none of the guards in that car had been infected by his weapon, everyone was standing and watching, the strangest thing was that there was only one prisoner in that compartment. He looked at the old man, half of his face was made of metal, as were his two legs and one arm.

"Don't worry about me child," said the old man. "They won't catch you if you don't approach me, run."

Vicent looked at him for a moment and realized that the woman would come after him at any moment. The guards around the old man seemed to ignore him.

"Everyone is backing down, their reinforcements are approaching." His aunt's voice echoed in the ear.

He ran and tried to get out of the car, the door was locked, he tried the other door, also locked, the only one open gave onto the strange woman's car. He decided to use his tools and open the one that led out of the train.

"Kitty, kitty, kitty, kitty," said the psychopath in the front car. "You won't get away of me like that."

The watch in his pocket seemed to beat faster and louder, just like his heart. Something told him to get out of there as soon as possible, there was something very strange about these people. The old man got up and two of the guards stood beside him, Usten came over and stuck his mechanical finger in the lock. Soon a small sound was heard and the door opened. The guards held the old man and he smiled bitterly.

"Run ." Vicent looked between the old man and the woman.

"What's your name?" The boy thought of some way to save him

"Usten" The old man seemed to notice his intention and kicked him out of the car.