The Elemental Games (Stalkers welcome)

"I will if you tell me what you're going to do about the other gang."

"I'm going to find out who they are."

"And I'm coming with you." Diren saluted.

"No," she replied firmly.

"Why." He crossed his arms again darkly.

"Because. I. Said so."

"I'm coming with you, and you can't stop me," he yawned.

"No," she repeated. "I'm not taking you."

"You're not taking me, I'm coming with you. I'm not a little kid."

"No!" she said again, harsher.

He takes a step forward. "Why not?"

She narrowed her eyes. "You'll slow me down."

"That's rude. How would I slow you down?"

She flicked her fingers absently. "I work alone."

"I am going to find out who that gang was, and you do not have the right to deny me that," Diren said abruptly. His patience was starting to thin and he shoved his hair out of his eyes. "If you work alone, I'm so sorry, but I'm not going to slow you down unless you make me." He turned back in the direction he h ad come. "And I think you need me, because one, you don't know where their territory is, two, you don't know what they look like so for all you know you might start threatening some random gang, and three, how are you possibly going to get this leader to both give you enough information and let you walk out of there unharmed?"

Caya gritted her teeth. She hated to admit it, but he was right. "Fine," she spat, folding her wings back. "You can come."

"I'm coming too. You do not have a choice in the matter. I need info and the I foni need isnt for the eyes of peasants like you." Killian grinned

Caya narrowed her eyes sharply. "Peasants?" she spat.

He smirked "peasants."

"You are not coming," she stated, wrinkling her nose in disgust.

"Try and stop me." He said, his eye slightly glowing red

Caya spread her wings before reluctantly muttered something under her breath.

Diren started to head back in the direction he had come, toward the edge of the forest. "This way, princess."

"I'm not a princess," she growled, following him angrily.

"If you don't want to be called one, don't act like it," he said airily. He paused behind a tree. "They built their own house," he told her. "You want to try to sneak in and hold a knife to his throat, or just kick down the door?"

"I don't act like a princess," she muttered under her breath, surveying the house. "It looks empty. I'll go see." She lowered her body and crept over the Earth, her silver dagger concealed in her palm.

"I don't think it's empty…" Diren said, lowering his voice. He dropped into a crouch.

She paused. "Why do you think that?" she hissed.

He shrugged quickly, "It was a big gang, but I only saw four or five people chasing me. They have to have quite a few people still here, even if others left."

She moved the dagger expertly between her fingers. "So what are you saying? That stealth isn't the ideal plan?"