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and walks away to hit her boyfriend over the head with a club
and drag him back home by his hair*
Chapter 4
The dagger spun through the air, quickly, with grace
and ease, directly focused on it's target. Peter had no
time to react as he watched the knife sink into the tree
less than an inch above his shoulder. Gasping, his arms
began to spin as he lost his balance on the narrow tree
limb and began to fall.
Anna grinned and made her way down the tree she'd
had momentary residence in, dashing across the forest floor
to the tree that the boy now hung captive in. Climbing the
tree as quickly as she could as she watched him tug at the
dagger, she felt pride in herself swell. She was that much
closer to finding and killing Peter Pan.
Peter felt his body slammed against the tree and
looked at the girl, now face to face with him. She was holding
up nearly all of his body weight, pushing his back roughly
against the bark, her face only inches from his and worried
over with a scowl. His feet dangled in mid air and he looked
down, seeing just how far he'd been freehanging moments
ago. His eyes followed her silently as she reached up, gripping
the dagger and pulled it out. Then she did the last thing
he expected. She let go.
Of course this had a somewhat opposite affect than
he'd planned as he plummeted to the ground, only able to
soften the blow of the hard soil with little levitation.
He was finding it particularly difficult to fly at the moment
for reasons beyond him. He lay there, looking up, watching
her climb swiftly down the tree before darting over to his
side, her body straddling his chest, her hand swinging the
dagger around back to his neck. Peter's eyes went wide.
He was caught.
He watched her carefully as she dragged the knife
slowly across his skin, pressing down so a delicious sting
spread through the layers of skin. The blade did not pierce,
but came close enough to leave a small pink mark across
the column.
“Now,” she started, her accent deepening slightly
in her dangerous tone. “Are you going to tell me your name
or not?” she growled darkly at him.
Peter’s eyes grew defiant and his head shook violently.
In a childish gesture, he stuck his tongue out at her, anger
marring his young features.
A grim smile crossed her face and she tilted her
head to the side, as if studying him for a moment, scrutinizing
his face. She sat back, her weight sliding down to put pressure
on his pelvis, the bones starting to ache under her body
mass. She leaned in closer, looming inches from his face,
a masochistic smile playing on her lips. "I know who you
are, you don't need to tell me."
Peter's eyes grew wide, not from shock of her recognition
but from the tone of voice that she displayed. "You do...."
his words were half question, half statment, as if daring
her to speak his name. She rocked back on the balls of her
feet, standing in a swift, smooth motion, stepping back
enough to let him stand before her, his hands brushing away
the dirt.
He watched her carefully as her eyes flickered for
a moment, as if thinking.
"Of course I do imbicile! I'm not an idiot." she
growled at him, her hand still flicking her dagger nervously
between her fingers, watching him. Peter stayed grounded,
carefully backing up a step or two, not to alarm her, but
to keep the slight distance for his own comfort.
Anna watched his movement and her head darted to
look directly at him as she brought her dagger up, flipping
it quickly so the blade rested in her hand before she threw
it. In the next instant it was, once again, buried beside
Peter's head in a tree directly next to him. He watched
as she strolled up to him, one hand grasping his arm, the
other reaching out to tug the dagger out of the bark before
she glared at him. "Don't even think of running or next
time, I won't be so careful with my aim."
Peter's eyebrows shot up as she backed off a little,
but kept her hand around his arm. She pulled his arm tightly,
spinning him around and grabbing his other arm, bringing
both around behind him, holding his hands togather. Her
grip was like iron against his skin and it pressed against
the bones in his wrist as he tried to struggle. It was incredible,
the strength she had. Normally he would have been far away
by now, but her speed, stealth and strength had amazed him
to no end that day, his ability to escape her grasp eluding
him. He felt her tug on his arms, pushing him along in front
of her. He realized then that she had wrapped something
around his wrists. Turning his head back to look, he spotted
the tight green vine that coved the forest wrapped around
his wrists and turning brown with death. Soon they would
be brittle and he could release his hands.
Anna noticed him stopping and shoved his body forward,
watching in satisfaction as he almost tripped and fell to
the forest floor. Peter glared back at her before moving
forwards.
Twenty minutes later they came apon the clearing
Anna had made, the fire still roaring in the pit. A stack
of sticks, small logs and moss sat beside the fire, but
far enough away that they wouldnt' catch fire themselves.
He felt her hand clamp down on his shoulder and was shoved
to his knees roughly. She dragged him backwards a few feet
to a large tree and took another vine, wrapping it tightly
around his body. She left the vine attatched to the tree
this time, her eyes watching the small length she'd bound
his wrists with turning a shade of the dirt benieth her.
Sighing, Anna grasped onto the tree after she was sure he
was secure, and began to climb once more, pulling the ties
of the pack from the trunk and wrapping them around her
arm as she began her decent.
Peter watched her climb up the tree with grace and
speed he'd only seen in himself and a few others. She certainly
wasn't like any girl he'd ever met before, strong and tough.
Definatly a pirate. Peter snorted in his head at his comment.
A girl pirate. That would be the day...
Anna hopped from the tree down to the ground and
made her way back towards the boy. She was not sure exactly
who he was. She had the nagging feeling that this was Peter
Pan, the boy she'd been searching for, the one she set out
to kill. But the doubt in her mind would not let her be,
so she tied him to the tree and scaled the branches to get
to her pack. In the morning, she would take him to the ship,
to her father, and if this was the boy...she would kill
him. Right then and there.
Tossing the bag beside him, Anna began to search
through it, pulling out the spare dagger and pushing aside
the other clothes before obviously finding what she needed.
Peter's eyes widened for what seemed the fifth time
that day as she pulled a pair of rusted shackles from her
bag. Pausing for a moment, she turned towards him, standing
and moving behind him. Pulling his hands free of the vines
that had held them captive, she quickly replaced them, her
tightening fingers giving his wrists no leeway to wriggle
out of her grasp. He felt the cold metal clamp down roughly
and heavy on his skin, pulling his arms back slightly more.
A twinge of pain accompanied the feeling but he swiftly
kept his arms high enough so the pain was nonexistant.
Anna walked over to the small fire, still going,
and sat down, cross legged, pushing more moss and twigs
into the blaze. She had began warming her hands on the fire
when the noise came. It was just a little snap, but in that
one moment, in that tiny sound she could determine alot.
It had come from the west of her encampment, no more than
fifty feet away through the dark brush of trees. The snap
had not been light enough for an animal other than a bear
...or a human.
Standing swiftly, Anna had no time to prepare as
she was grabbed from behind, her arms held much like they
had been when she'd first arrived on her fathers ship. A
large bandana material was wrapped around her mouth, inserting
itself and keeping her voice from escaping in pronouncable
words. Anger snapped across her face as she felt the strip
tied roughly behind her head, paying no heed to her hair
or how tight it was on her skin. She was pulled backwards,
almost causing her to trip. Her eyes widened as she heard
the sounds of the Indian war cries from behind her just
before she was tugged against a tree. Finally she had a view
of her captures as they began running around her, securing
her to the tree with thick rope. Focusing her attention
on finding out who had caught her off guard, her eyes shined
with disbelief.
She'd been caught by little children...
tbc...
A/N: Waaaa, I didn't get as many reviews as I wanted! I only
got four, but thank you to those who did review! I hope
you liked this next chapter, I know I left another cliffhanger,
but hey its not as bad huh? Whew lol. Ok well i might be
unable to put up a chapter until next week. Im going out
of town for a while, but i'll try and write some while im
away! Review!! It will get them out quicker! I promise!
THANX!
Anya
Faith, Trust and Pixie D - Yeah! Another multi-time reviewer!
*cheers happily* I'm so glad you like it. The other one
is taking a bit longer as i've gotten writers block. Well
that and really sucky sunburn! lol stay tuned and i'll get
more out for ya and i'll work on that other one ^_^
Raven - And ANOTHER multi-time reviewer!! LOL yah, i love
her too, I just wish I LOOKED like that. Damn! Nah, she's
not a nimrod, just a little slow. See, she kinda ran off
without actually finding out what he looked like. lol all
she knows is he can fly, like a few other boys and he's
the leader and her father don't like him. Kinda like not
thinking before rushing into a burning building about the
fact that your wearing hairspray. lmao. *takes the rice*
YUM! THanx!! *eats* I haven't eaten all day, so this should
sustain me hehehe.
danceingfae - Yeah! Another review. Im starting to look
forward to your reviews. lmao, poor fiance huh? hehehe.
Yeh my friend Angel didn't get the whole fish insult. I
had to explain how a mermaid is not a fish, its a mammal
so that would be a major insult to them lol Ahahahahahh
as for that squirrel, I wasn't sure what to have it as,
but I thought it would look cooler if she could do a whole
'hunter' thing and throw the dagger and kill something small.
The smaller the harder. lol, your reaction about the daggar
still has me laughing. Yes, she threw the daggar lol! *throws
more cookies, the soft chewing chip ones* There ya go! lol
Have fun! I hope you liked this chappie. Its a little short,
but like I said, I've had crappy writers block. Time to
go eat! L8rs!
ANYA!