Outlaws
Angelica parks at Aaron's house, looking back at Lafayette and James, who were still asleep. She stretches before shaking them both, glancing out the windows. She was scared someone followed them, as there had been a blue-ish car following them about halfway here. Either that or she was over reacting.
"Guys, cmon, wake up!" She whispers. "Wake up!" Lafayette groans, yawning.
"Mon aime- wha?" He blinks with tired eyes, and James groans, stretching.
"We're here. I think... I think someones following us." That get's Lafayette up. He sits up, looking concerned.
"Your sister?" Angelica shakes her head, getting out of the car. "Then who?" Lafayette let's James get out first, getting out himself. He slides out of the way as Buzzy jumps out of the car, Magenta jacket tied around her neck like a cape. She runs up the stairs, scratching at the front door.
"I don't exactly know. I don't know if we are being watched or not, I just- there was a car following us and-" Angelica sighs as she walks up the stairs to the front door, ringing the doorbell. "I don't know." She says. I'm just.. exhausted." Theres barking at the door before the porch light turns on, something they all wince at. After being in a dark car for two and a half hours, a bright light wasnt something they wanted to see. The door clicks, and Angelica can hear Theodosia telling Phillip to be quiet. Theodosia opens the door, looking at them all in suprise and confusion.
"Angelica? Lafayette, Mister Madison, what are you all doing here?"
"Theo, we need to talk. It's important." Theodosia opens her mouth, but then close it, open the door widder.
"Are you guy's in trouble or something? What happened? What's going on?"
"We're- well.."
"Yes, technically love, we are in big difficulté." Lafayette mutters, plopping down onto the couch. "Very big difficulté..."
"Theodosia, were you there the day of the shooting?" Theodosia shakes her head.
"I had just gone out for lunch, when I came back, the shooting was still happening. I was the one who called the police." Angelica sits beside Lafayette, while James collapses on the other couch with Buzzy. "They didn't believe me at first, but when I threatened their jobs, they sent people there real quick. Then this guy came out, said his name was Benedict Arnold?? Told them it was a shooting threat, but all the shooters had fled. Saw you guys get carted out but didn't see Aaron, so I checked the hospital, but didn't get anything."
"Did you call Aaron's phone?" Theodosia nods.
"Multiple times. I thought he had just dropped it but... I found it in his office. It had been left there, Aaron never leaves his phone anywhere. I'm just worried all over for him.." Angelica finally notices the dead silent it's been in the background, looking around.
"Theodosia, where the kids?"
"I sent them to stay with my parents. I thought it would be safer for them down in Georgia than up here in New Jersey."
"That's a good idea, Mon aime. If anything happens, the children will still be safe and sound." A knock on the door startles them all, Angelica glancing worriedly at Theodosia.
"Lafayette, you know where the basement is. Take Angelica and Mister Madison to the basement bathroom and lock yourself in." Lafayette nods and they all stand up, the knock coming louder.
"Misses Burr!" Angelica turns to the door, her eyes wide. It was Eliza, she'd know her own sisters voice anywhere.
"Liza..?"
"Angelica, love, we gotta go." Angelica looks up at Laf, obviously torn. She debates on the two before grabbing Madison and hauling him down the stairs. She follows Laf across the dark basement to a medium sized bathroom, hearing the door click behind them.
"Misses Burr, lovely to meet you. Sorry about coming this late, or well, early to your house. " Angelica checks the time. It was five am in the morning. If this was a normal work day, she would have been getting up at this time, getting ready to go to work.
"It's quite alright." The floor was thin enough to hear through, which was good. "The kids are off at my parents house. To what do I owe the pleasure of the Vice president and you two coming here?" So Benedict was here, along with Liza, and another person.
"We wanted to... Talk... About what you might have seen that day."
"Ah, seen? What are you talking about-" There's thumping, then a crash as something hits the floor. "Eliza, why are you pointing a gun at me?"
"We know you got footage or whatever of the incident, Theodosia. Don't play dumb." Angelica raises an eyebrow, confused on what her sister was doing.
"I don't understand what this is all about. Eliza, honey, please put the gun down."
"She's not going to put it down until you tell us what you saw the day of the shooting!"
"I didn't see shit, okay?! Fuck off!" There's another crash, and Theodosia yelps, Lafayette having to grab Angelica by the arm before she ran upstairs.
"Let's make this easier. I'm looking for Angelica Schuyler, The Marquis de Lafayette, and James Madison. They know something they shouldn't know. Government secrets and all."
"What are you going to do, huh? Kill them?" The voice laughs.
"Kill them? Oh, no! That's not even on my list of things to do. Scouts honor, I don't want to harm any of them!" Angelica frowns. The language or rather, the quote the man just said seemed.... Familiar....
"Your just going to kill us once we open that door, you bitch." Alex had spat out, holding Aaron's hand. Angelica could tell it was slightly hurting Aaron, since Alex did have a very strong grip when he was scared. "What do you even want?!"
"Kill you? That's not even on my list of things to do. Scouts honor, I don't want to harm anyone in the room."
Angelica blinks back the memory, only managing to catch the tail end of the conversation.
"Yeah, they came here a couple of hours ago. Angelica was talking about something but I couldn't understand her. They dropped their keys, left the dog," Shit, Buzzy! They had compleltly forgotten the poor dog upstairs in their scramble to run. "And dipped. They were headed twords town. I don't know where they went after that." It's silent for a couple of seconds before Angelica hears Theodosia heavily sigh in relief.
"Thank you for serving your country, Misses Burr." Angelica could almost imagine the sick slimey smile on the guy's face. "If you see them again, contact Eliza here. I'm sure she'd love to help."
"Uh, yeah. Sure. Thanks for dropping the gun, Eliza." There's no confirmation from Eliza, and Angelica hears soft footsteps leave the house.
"We'll contact you again if we need anything." Once they all hear the front door slam shut, and wait the extra couple of seconds for them to drive off, Angelica bolts up the stairs, gasping at the damage. There was lamps completely destroyed, one of the end tables were smashed against the wall, the couch was flipped over. Theodosia had a cut on her cheek she was currently trying to stop from bleeding by holding a wet paper towel over the cut.
"Theo-"
"I'm fine." She huffs, checking her cheek. "I need you three to sit your asses down and tell me exactly what you remember."