Embers
Running
McKenna was as fast as lightening. She darted through the crowds, Damien and I following behind. She knocked over a caravan, spilling various fruits. Damien hod no trouble sifting through the mess, but I stumbled over the fruit and nearly fell over multiple times. I kept running, even further behind. I bumped into a wall, which slowed me down even more. I decided to climb a wagon that was leaning up against a building, and climbing over an AC unit, leading to the rooftops... which looked like trash, just as much as the ground did. I spotted Damien... barely. I felt like I needed glasses. Everything was blurry. I decided to chase after them anyway.
"Damien!" I screamed from the rooftops, running parallel to him.
"What?"
"I'll cut her off. Try and direct her to the river... kinda like a dead end of sorts!" Damien nodded before running ahead as I jumped across a gap between buildings... bumping into another pole. I kept running until I nearly fell off of the rooftop. The river was less than ten feet away, with Damien cornering McKenna. She was running along the river bank, darting directly into the ally way Below me...
I dropped down and fell on top of her, crushing McKenna under my wait.
"Get off me!" She thrashes, trying to get out of my grasp.
"Tell me about the cure!" I said, pinning her down further.
"Ugh! It's... it's rare. Only a few people grow it, and I need that plant to save someone." She said, overthrowing me.
"Who?"
"A friend of mine." She finished. McKenna dusted herself off. "I know how to make the antidote... but I don't have any celestial bronze to mix it with... that other guy you were with had plenty."
"Take me to the sick person first. Well work this out. Maybe I can bring the cure back to New Rome."
"Precisely" McKenna said with a sly smile. I don't know if I should trust her or not... "The house is right up there." McKenna pointed up the allyway, to a small house that stood out among the rest, only because there was a single pot with a purple flower flowing in it. Bingo.
WHAAAAATTTTTTT!!!! LEO IS ALIVE????
9/28/14