Penelope nodded her head as he assured her that he’d be back soon enough. She stood back as she watched him walk off into the marketplace. She crossed her arms and watched as Crow moved through the place rather casually. Seeing as he wasn’t doing much yet, she began to eye around for the security in the place. She counted four knights, though all of them were not paying attention to what was going on around them. [i]Nothing like the knights of Brerra..[/i] She thought, finding herself thankful for their lack of focus.

She watched as Crow suddenly charged at two of the knights. She smirked a little as she was able to see how caught off guard both of the knights were after losing the weapons despite the distance. Penelope shifted a bit as she couldn’t see them as well now that they had entered the orchard behind the market. It wasn’t long before one of the four left the orchard alone. She raised an eyebrow and watched as the man entered a nearby building. Soon he was out again and heading back to were the other knights and Crow likely were. 

Penelope noticed a hint of movement in the building after the man left. [i]He got the archer..[/i] She realized, hoping Crow was able to spot which building the bowman was residing in. She continued to stay put as she spotted Crow running back into the market place with the knights in pursuit. At first, she thought he was planning to lose the knights and somehow sneak into the building with the archer. However, she quickly realized that wasn’t the case as he suddenly headed into a clearing amongst the crowd. Penelope raised an eyebrow. [i]What are you doing, Lockton?[/i] She wondered with a hint of worry as he turned on the knights.

Then the bowman released his arrow and Penelope felt her heart drop as she heard Crow let out a cry and then saw the thief suddenly drop. The knight paled and held her breath, still just waiting and watching intently. [i]This better be the ’no matter what I see part’..[/i] She thought desperately. 

Relief swept over her as he suddenly shot up from the ground to steal the archer’s bow and arrow. She didn’t have much time to react as he suddenly came sprinting towards her, shouting for her to run. Penelope turned quickly and took off running as instructed. She glanced over her shoulder at the knights and looked back ahead, scanning for a way to go and how to lose them. Lucky for them it seemed the nobles weren’t like the peasants. Most moved out of the way, looking confused or shocked, as they raced by. 

Penelope dropped back to run closer to Crow, her gaze focusing ahead. “So what’s the plan?” She panted as she eyed for an exit route. Unfortunately, escaping from the law was something she still need more practice with.