Lost And Found

Sapphire stirred from sleep from a tapping sound on one of the bars of her cage.1

"Come on slave, get up." came a familiar voice to her ears. "Sapphire," that same voice said, "I've come to get you out of here, but you need to get up."2

She shot up remembering that voice. "How'd you get in here?" She was puzzled as to why he was returning now.3

"No time for that now, wee need to get out of here." He opened up lock on the cage and opened the door. "Come on, I have some clothes for you." he handed her the clothes and proceeded to take her collar off, throwing it back in the cage.4

Sapphire pu the clothes on, it felt odd wearing clothes again. She had been without that luxury for quite some time. they exited the room and were out in the hallway. he looked confused for a minute then led her down the hallway to another door, then entered another room that looked like someone's personal quarters. he looked out the window into the open field, he seemed to be looking for the guard patrols.5

"It seems that they are inbetween shifts, this is our chance. lets go!" he opened the window and climbed out, letting himself fall to the ground. "Okay, your turn.'6

Sapphire climbed out the window and jumped down, safely into his arms. They were running to the gates hoping to be able to get out without being noticed, but they weren't that lucky.7

"Hold it!" Came a voice from behind them, it was obviously a soldier. he was firm in his voice, there was no way they were going to escape on his time. "Where the hell do you think you are going with that slave?"8

Rick, the man helping Sapphire, turned around to face him. "I have company orders. I am to take her to the lake for further training. Are you going to try and stop me?"9

The guard looked a little confused, "I'll have to call and ask. Something isn't right. Nielson to tower." he said as he called into the station.10

"Go ahead Nielson."11

"Sir, I have a soldier here claiming he was given orders to take a slave out to the lake. Is this true?"12

There was a pause, Rick closed his eyes and began to speak words without sound. The radio clicked and the voice came back on, "Yes, that is true. let them go."13

The soldier sighed and motioned them to leave. Rick and Sapphire left quickly, and they entered the forest. After they had gotten far enough away from the base, Sapphire stopped. "How did you know about the training?"14

He looked at her and stopped "I... I saw the commander's itinerary and saw your name on that paper, this was the only chance I had to get you out."15

Sapphire still didn't believe him, there was something wrong with his story. "Are you sure?"16

"Yes I's sure. Lets keep going though, you're not safe yet." he pulled her along, taking her farther into the forest. They saw a small pond that was about 30 feet long.17

"Well this is where I have to leave you. I have to get out of here too, but I can't be seen with you anymore."18

Sapphire wasn't sure what he meant, was this true? She worried she wouldn't be able to last long on her own, they would find her. "But I can't do this on my own."19

Rick looked at her, his eyes met hers. "You'll do fine. the guards usually won't come out this far because its too dangerous for them. I found out where your village is. If you follow that path out of the woods ou can find your village from there. Now get going, I'm going to distract them."20

Sapphire looked at him again and then ran down he path out of the woods, each step she took was a step closer to freedom. Soon Rick's figure began to fade, and Sapphire knew she was close to the edge of the forest.21

Several minutes later Sapphire found her way out of the forest. Things looked familiar to her. She was right outside the borders of  her village, her home was not far away.22

Sapphire broke into a run and headed towards her home. She may be without Packard, but atleast she would be at home.23

her journey was coming to an end, and everything would be as normale as it could be. She was happy, and she was feeling like she was home again.24