Ranger's Apprentice! 1

    Halt turned his head to listen more carefully. He had been following the same girl all morning, and he was getting tired of it.

    The girl knew as much as he did in unseen movement, it seemed, and even his trained eyes could barely place the girl. From what the report from Crowley had said, her brother was the infamous Deathstroke: The Terminator, aka Slade Wilson. She needed to be stopped at all costs, if they where to find out where Slade was hiding. But she did have talent, and maybe he could convince Duncan not to kill her. Give her a year, to see how things went under his wing. 

    The report also said her name was Emily Wilson, the daughter of two, now dead, assassins. Emily was just about as old as Gilan, Battle Master David's son. Emily had stopped to rest, wrapped in her jacket, and Halt realized that she hadn't eaten anything all day, even when he was sure that she would. Nor had she drank anything. He started to worry about the girl. Why not eat or drink anything?  he thought as he went over to wake her.

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    It had been a hard morning on Emily. She had walked across Redmont, searching for a place to stay.

    But everywhere she went, she was turned down.

    She had sensed that the local Ranger was following her, but she didn't dare turn around. Instead she just kept on moving until she couldn't move anymore. So she sat down by an oak tree and went to sleep.

    A few minutes later she was woken by a gentle hand on her shoulder. The hand pulled her into a sitting position, and a figure moved into her line of sight. He wore a molted green-gray cloak, but he was wearing a fatherly look of concern. She never had a dad. And if she did, she certainly didn't remember him.

    "Hi." The Ranger said, gently, "I'm Halt. What's your name?" Halt sat down in front of her, so they where at eye level.

    "Emily." She said after a while. "Emily Wilson. And if your here to ask about Slade, I don't know where he's at. I ran away 'bout a week ago." She shook her head. Emily knew she hadn't done anything wrong, so why was the local Ranger after her?

    "Don't worry." Halt said, "Your not in trouble, I am just offering you a place to stay."