story cont pt 11

Roybin sighed, 'another day of hectic behavior.' she thought. Work was super busy and at home, Honde and Mr. Marks were hiding, staying out of sight and working on a plan to get to the council. Three days had passed since that night when Honde and Leon said they were aliens. She saw the truth of that statement the night before. Honde was really an elf midget and Leon (who was really the Mr. Marks that she had delivered pizza to) was a tall dwarf. Tonight they will be riding the lightwaves up to an abandened post. From there they would try and find a way to contact the council.
Finy's voice broke through Roybin's thoughts "Help needed at phones."
Roybin took the second phone and took the order. Almost immediately after the caller hung up, someone else called in.
"Hello this is Planet Pizza, may I help you?" Roybin asked the typical approach. She only heard a raspy hard breathing sound. "Hello?" Roybin asked and then the phone went silent. 'That was odd' she mused before taking another order. This voice gave her the chills but was at least ordering a pizza.
Herbert had just gotten back from delivering pizzas and so with his help, the orders were taken before any customers got mad and hung up. Then Roybin, and Herbert made the pizzas while Finy, their boss, manned the cash registor and counter. Once the pizzas were baked, Herbert left on the deliveries.
Roybin took over-time because she felt bad for leaving Finy in all this mess. Herbert didn't come back. Roybin delivered the other pizzas without the pizza car. Roybin became alarmed when she arrived back and he wasn't there.
"Hey Finy, have you seen Herbert?"
"Not since he went on his last delivery."
"That was awhile back."
"Maybe he ran into traffic, not everyone can deliver as speedily as you, Roybin."
"Perhaps." Soon the pizza place closed for a lunch break but Herbert still wasn't back. Roybin tried to convince herself that it was traffic and not evil assasins that had delayed him. Shortly after Herbert did come back.
"What took you so long Herbert?" Finy asked
"Traffic. There was a really creepy dude on my route too. I guess I lost track of time." Herbert said
'That's odd' Roybin mused, 'Herbert never loses track of time if he isn't sick, it's one of his quirks.'
As if sensing Roybin's thoughts, Herbert began looking at his watches, "Hey, my awesome The Force watch is missing! I'll look in the car."
'Herbert is acting very odd.' Roybin thought.
"I'll take the lunch break orders." Herbert suggested.
"Sure." Finy looked pleased, "It looks like he'll finally take his turn with those lunch callers."
Everything went smoothly for once until Herbert came back from another delivery and took a call. Roybin looked at him curiously, he seemed to go stiff. When he did nothing unusual, Roybin relaxed. 'It's simply an ornery customer' she assured herself.
However when the time came to deliver the pizzas Herbert pretended to have a hurt foot and arm. When Roybin asked 'What's wrong?' Herbert replied "I just don't want to go this round."
So Roybin shrugged and got in the pizza car. "After this I'm going home." Roybin delivered five pizzas before pausing in front of a house where she had an indescribable urge to skip it. So she did but when she delivered another pizza, she saw a black car following hers. She grew nervous, and after delivering the remaining pizzas, tried to get it off her tail. She managed to elude it, barely. She got back to the pizza place, said bye to Finy and headed home. The feeling of evil following her persisted. Avoiding areas where it could find Honde and Mr. Marks, Roybin walked all the way to the laundry mat where she hid.
For the first time, she had a glimpse of her pursuers.