Chapter 6
As they came closer to the body, Halt and Horace could see that the person, they couldn't tell if it was a girl or a boy, had been burnt recently and was cut in half at the waist. One side was lying in the middle of one way at the crossroads and the other, on the other side.
Halt pulled a face as he was examining it. 'I hate it when I find things like this,' he said and pulled away from it.
'At least it doesn't smell yet,' Horace added.
'True,' Halt said. He started looking around. It wouldn't do for a passer by to spot them with the body, just as it wouldn't do for them to leave the body where it was and then some report it to who ever was in charge around here.
'Turns you off your food doesn't it,' Horace said. Halt raised one eyebrow and then started dragging the remains off the road.
'Get the other half and bring it here,' he ordered Horace who pulled a face.
'As it turns out, it does smell when you are up close to it,' Horace complained.
'Yep,' added Halt. 'Hurry up. Before someone comes!'
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That night around the camp fire, the Rangers were sitting there drinking coffee and talking. They were all quite happy and cheerful.
Until Crowley stood up. (Just saying, who isn't happy until Crowley turns up?)
Slowly everyone realised that he was waiting and stopped talking, giving him, their total attention.
'Recently,' he started. 'We lost two Rangers to insanity. Determined, another has gone to prove that at least one of them isn't insane.'
Confused faces turned to other confused faces. Quickly, all of the rangers did a head count and then worked out who was missing.
'Marvin was crazy from the start!' someone yelled. Quite a few people agreed.
'But Will?' Crowley found himself responding.
The whole group froze.
'I want no one else walking that path. This is too dangerous for any lone ranger to attempt to master alone. Whilst we are here I will be judging who is most suited for the journey and then trying to re-shuffle the rest of you so that those with more experience have at most, two fiefs to look over.
He nodded and left to go and think things over in his tent.
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Lady Pauline, there is a messenger waiting for you down at the stables,' one of her more accomplished students said.
Pauline nodded. 'Thank you,' she told the woman and stood up to go and greet this mysterious messenger.
When she got down to the stables, she found the messenger brushing his horse down. As soon as he saw her approaching, he bowed and handed her a note.
She looked down at it and swore. She knew nothing about how to look after little children. A couple of hours yes, but weeks?
Halt pulled a face as he was examining it. 'I hate it when I find things like this,' he said and pulled away from it.
'At least it doesn't smell yet,' Horace added.
'True,' Halt said. He started looking around. It wouldn't do for a passer by to spot them with the body, just as it wouldn't do for them to leave the body where it was and then some report it to who ever was in charge around here.
'Turns you off your food doesn't it,' Horace said. Halt raised one eyebrow and then started dragging the remains off the road.
'Get the other half and bring it here,' he ordered Horace who pulled a face.
'As it turns out, it does smell when you are up close to it,' Horace complained.
'Yep,' added Halt. 'Hurry up. Before someone comes!'
123456789
That night around the camp fire, the Rangers were sitting there drinking coffee and talking. They were all quite happy and cheerful.
Until Crowley stood up. (Just saying, who isn't happy until Crowley turns up?)
Slowly everyone realised that he was waiting and stopped talking, giving him, their total attention.
'Recently,' he started. 'We lost two Rangers to insanity. Determined, another has gone to prove that at least one of them isn't insane.'
Confused faces turned to other confused faces. Quickly, all of the rangers did a head count and then worked out who was missing.
'Marvin was crazy from the start!' someone yelled. Quite a few people agreed.
'But Will?' Crowley found himself responding.
The whole group froze.
'I want no one else walking that path. This is too dangerous for any lone ranger to attempt to master alone. Whilst we are here I will be judging who is most suited for the journey and then trying to re-shuffle the rest of you so that those with more experience have at most, two fiefs to look over.
He nodded and left to go and think things over in his tent.
123456789
Lady Pauline, there is a messenger waiting for you down at the stables,' one of her more accomplished students said.
Pauline nodded. 'Thank you,' she told the woman and stood up to go and greet this mysterious messenger.
When she got down to the stables, she found the messenger brushing his horse down. As soon as he saw her approaching, he bowed and handed her a note.
She looked down at it and swore. She knew nothing about how to look after little children. A couple of hours yes, but weeks?