We started walking to nowhere. As we walked along a cliff I asked Cyrus,"What would happen if we fell off the cliff?" "We're dead," he replied. I smiled. After awhile we sat down to rest.

Something was rustling in the bushes. I shot my bow at it. "AHH!!" It was a person. Glad I'm a lousy shot. "Who are you. Show yourself," Cyrus demanded.

A girl came out of the bushes. "Who are you?" I inquired. The girl looked at us and said,"I am Malum. "Weird name."I want to help you guys hide from the officials." "Why?" I asked. "My sister was killed by them, and I want revenge.
I've decided that keeping you safe would be a small form of revenge."

That's when I noticed her belt. It held knives, a bow and arrows, a whip, and a hatchet. I looked at Cyrus,"We'll be right back." I dragged Cyrus behind a tree. "That girls crazy," Cyrus said."Yes, and I think she is crazy enough to kill us if we don't agree."

"How 'bout this. We'll say no, and see how she reacts. If she tries to kill us, we'll go with her." "Okay, let's go." We walked up to Malum,"Okay, we've made a decision," Cyrus said. "And?" Malum asked. "We aren't coming with you. We'll take our chances on our own."
Malum ripped out her knife, and put it on Cyrus's throat. "What did you say?" she hissed. "Um... we meant, we are coming with you."

I interrupted. She seemed to relax. Malum took the knife away from his throat. "Okay, then come with me." I looked at Cyrus. What were we getting ourselves into?