Chapter 27: Rescue!

"Which way?" Theodore asked Sylph who was leading them. "More…more…" She kept on saying so while flying towards the girls at full speed. Theodore along with the girl, he just found, were frantically running through the streets as Sylph led the way. They were heading towards the northern region of the town. "And he said it would be a safer region for them!" Theodore complained while running. It was surely a safer region compared to the place from where they had fled earlier, Theodore just didn't realize it yet. After running for over 5 minutes they finally arrived at an abandoned tower. "Inside…Inside…" Sylph kept repeating her words. "Who is inside? Whom are we rescuing?" The girl asked. "My friends," Theodore replied in a serious tone. "Look I have a lot of questions, but they can wait. Just help me and I'll listen to anything you have to say." Theodore asked the girl. "Okay, I'll do what I can." She replied with determination. "Okay, but we need to plan. We can't just barge in right." Theodore suggested. "See that window, you go sneak in through there and I'll sneak through back door, that one behind there." The girl explained her plan as she pointed towards the backdoor. "It's so high up." He complained. "That previous window was even high up…" before she could continue he shut her mouth with his hands. "Please, shh, they'll kill me!" He replied. "ummuhmmumh" "Say what?" Theodore asked to which she pointed at his hand which was covering her mouth. "Oh sorry!" as he took it off she looked cherry red with anger. "Go now!" She angrily replied. Theodore sneakily moved towards the window. It wasn't a heavily guarded place so it was quite easy to sneak in, but with Theodore's agility, it was even easier. He moved in and indicated to the girl for her to move. Seeing his signal, she moved in towards the back door. Theodore then started climbing up to the window, with his skills it wasn't a tough job. As he reached the window, peeked inside to see around. It was dark and it was hard to see anything, but he could hear a soft sobbing noise. It was clearly Vivian's voice. "Shut up! You are going to make a lot of money for me. Gotta wait for that damn fool to come and buy you off." He heard someone saying it in a loud tone, but couldn't see his face. He looked at the girl who was ready at the door to get in. He signaled her to wait for his signal as he was going to sneak in first. After signaling her, he sneaked in through the window and hid in a corner. As that man, whose voice he heard got away from them, he closed in from behind. Both Vivian and Catherine were tied to a chair and were blindfolded as well. He closed in and whispered in a low tone. "You all right? Chill I'm here to help." Hearing his voice they felt at ease. He removed their blinds and cut off the ropes. As they were about to leave the place he heard someone, "Ever heard the term 'Slay the dragon to free the girls'? You are not getting away with them kid." There were at least ten people there and they all seemed to be a lot stronger than him. "Go for it!" He shouted out loud which surprised everyone. All the men started laughing crazily. "Go for what? Oh right! Death! Ha Ha Ha…" But to their surprise, the backdoor got burst open by a girl. She was carrying a long-sword with a little golden halo. Any stupid person would recognize it as a legendary weapon in no time. Not only that, Sylph was hovering over her with her spiritual aura at max as well. Two fierce warriors had entered the tower and now the scene was a bit better on the side of Theodore. "No way! She's a Paladin." One of the men spoke causing confusion among them. It was no ordinary class. Paladins were considered as the best class of warriors and were even more powerful than ordinary knights. To make matters worse, she looked like a berserk paladin. But even though, it was hard to fight off ten thugs at a time who were used to such fighting. Gradually they all got back in sync and surrounded them from three sides. Only the door was clear for the exit now. Everyone was cautious of the enemy's move, it was a tense few minutes.