Before she had got very far, unknown to her a boat carrying eight of
Zodin's men emerged into daylight a mile or so upstream. The eight men emerged from the boat. They were carrying a magic device that would track the bracelet. They were also armed to the teeth. Although their quarry was unarmed, she was no doubt a formidable opponent. They were also carrying crossbows armed with arrows coated in a magical stunning potion--sort of the magical equivalent of tranquilizer darts. After all, there was a chance that they would encounter the other escapee. It was best not to take chances with Number Six. Princess Astra climbed up the ridge. It was rather easy, as Astra was very athletic and had no clothing or weapons to bear her down. All she had was that strange hairclasp. She touched the hairclasp. A strange tingling sensation ran through her skin. She had a funny feeling that somehow this was no ordinary hairclasp. Then, somehow, she got an intuition that something dangerous was happening. She looked back. There, behind her, were eight men carrying weapons. The leader was carrying some sort of silver rod that was pointing in her direction. Astra ran up through the hill ridge, running as fast as she could from the guards. Then, the leader saw her. "There she is!" he said. "Get her!"
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