"Come on Eliza… One more step…" Angelica said whimpering as pain coursed through my ankle.

"Angie… I can't go any farther." I said whimpering in pain as Angelica helped me sit down on an old log. My skirt stuck to my legs as Angelica brushed off her skirt and I saw her eyes widen in the dark starry night. "Are you okay Angie?" I asked as she nodded. "What about Peggy, do you think she is okay?" I asked as she shook her head.

"I think she is okay. I don't think they saw her." Angelica said as I couldn't move my ankle.

"It hurts so much Angie." I said as Angelica knelt in front of my ankle.

"I don't think it's broken. Just sprained." She said as I heard rustling the brush behind us.

"What was that?" I asked worried as Angelica picked up the large knife that she brought with us earlier. Someone appeared out from the brush, he had long hair that was pulled back into a ponytail as Angelica nearly stabbed him straight in the chest.

"Easy!" He said as he held up his hand as the other hand held onto a lit torch in his hands. "I'm not going to hurt you." He said as Angelica drew close to me.

"Who are you?" Angelica asked I held onto her free hand.

"My name is Alexander Hamilton. Who are you two and why are you in the woods." He asked as Angelica helped me stand up. I barely put weight on my bad ankle, I nearly fell to the ground as Angelica kept me standing, Alexander looked at me worried.

"I can't tell you." Angelica said as I looked at him.

"Come on, I'll help you." He said as he went to my other side and he took most of my weight and picked me up as he motioned Angelica to be quiet. She followed him as he walked back into the brush and we made it to an old looking house as he walked inside, he kicked the door shut behind him as someone jumped up from the couch with a loud boom.

"Yo! Hamilton where did you- Who are they?" A man said as he stood up and loomed over us with his height.

"Found them in the woods. Must have ran from the Brits." Alexander said as the tall man lit a candle as the room lit up and I looked at the man's soft expression. "Mulligan. Go find Laf and tell him to bring a first aid kit." Alexander said as he put me on a broken sofa. The man named Mulligan left the room as Angelica looked at him and sat next to me. "Well. You know my name. But I still don't know your names or why you two were in the woods?" Alexander asked as I looked at Angelica.

"Our names are Angelica and Elizabeth Schuyler … We are on the run from the British because they caught us out after curfew. In our town, if you are caught out after curfew, you are sentenced the bride of the British soldiers… We were with our sister Peggy… but we don't know if she was caught by them…" Angelica said as I looked down.

"Why were you out after curfew?" Alexander asked as Mulligan and two different men walked in.

"We were trying to go to the next town, it's getting to dangerous in our home town. We were so close to the town but then a sentry saw us and chased up to a creek where two more soldiers saw us. We ran into the creek before Eliza twisted her ankle on the mud and we hide in the woods. Our sister Peggy went farther down the river. Eliza and I managed through the woods till she couldn't walk." Angelica explained as one of the men handed Alexander a box and he pulled out a gauze and wrapped my ankle tightly. I winced as he stopped.

"Well, you're safe with us. Let me introduce you to the rest of the men." Alexander said standing up as he lit more candles. "The big giant over there is Hercules Mulligan, Our French friend is Marquis de Lafayette, and that gentleman is John Laurens." Alexander said introducing us to the other three men as Angelica grabbed my hand protectively. "You two must be tired. Herc you mind showing them upstairs." Alexander asked as Hercules nodded and Angelica helped me stand up. We followed Hercules up a flight of stairs and down a short hallway to a room with two small beds.

"Here you go…" He said quietly as Angelica touched his shoulder.

"Thank you." She said softly as he nodded and Angelica helped me sit on one of the bed as she lit a candle. She tried to help me unbutton my dress and I shook my head.

"Take care of yourself first. I am fine." I said as she looked at me and then nodded. She pulled her hairpins out of her dark chocolate hair as it fell to her shoulders as she unbuttoned the front of her dress and let it fall to the floor as she took off her shoes and brushed off her chemise and shift. She untied her chemise as I twirled my hair around and she put her things neatly folded on a chair in the end of the room. She helped me stand up as I unbutton the dress as I heard the door open. Alexander opened the door as Angelica and I blushed bright red. I fixed my dress and stood in front of Angelica as she was giggling softly.

"I am so sorry… I thought you two would like some blankets to keep you warm for the night…" He said holding some blankets out as he looked down to the floor, bright red. I giggled to myself as I took them from him.

"Thank you Alexander. For everything." I said to him softly as he smiled quickly as hurried out and closed the door. "They are sweet men." I said softly as I locked the door before I shed my dress and chemise. I brushed off my shift as I handed Angelica on of the blankets. "Ange, I am worried. What are we going to do?" I asked as I sat on the bed next to Angelica's.

"We are going to figure that out tomorrow." Angelica said as I nodded. "Get some rest Eliza." Angelica said as she got up and blew out the candle. She kissed my forehead before climbing into her bed. I covered up with the blanket and clutched it close to myself as I drifted off to sleep. I woke up to sun light streaming through the window as I sat up. Angelica was still asleep as I got up from the bed and hobbled quietly. I slipped my dress back on as I looked at the muddy teal fabric and sighed as I noticed the hem was torn and I peeled some of the mud off. I pulled on the stray ribbons that were pulling off of my dress and started to tie my hair back.

"Angelica time to wake." I said softly as she sat up and rubbed her eyes.

"What time is it?" She muttered as I looked out the window and watched the sun just break over the horizon.

"The sun just came up." I said as I watched Laurens and Hamilton walk back inside. I heard someone knock on the door softly as Angelica was finished pinning her hair. I hobbled over and unlocked it to reveal the Frenchman Lafayette.

"Bonjour mes demoiselles. Monsieur Hamilton me to get you." He said as I looked over my shoulder at Angelica as she brushed off her skirt.

"Thank you Monsieur Lafayette." She said as he nodded and walked away.

"How is your ankle doing Liza?" She asked softly as we walked out of the room.

"It's better now Ange. I promise I am fine." I said as we made it down the stairs quietly as I listened to the men talking.

"This would the best route. Clear path for a to z." Alexander said as Angelica and I walked towards them.

"What are you talking about?" I asked startling them as they started to shove papers to hide them. I walked over to the table and looked at the map that they didn't put away as they stiffened.

"This route is what my sisters and I were on. Brits are swarming." I said as I looked up at them.

"What do you mean?" Alexander asked as I looked up at him.

"They nearly caught us. Whatever you guys are trying to do they will catch you too." I said as Lafayette nodded.

"She is right. If they nearly got caught, imagine what would happen if the General is caught." Lafayette said as Angelica cleared her throat.

"General as in General George Washington? Are you trying to rebel against the British and try to get our country back?" Angelica asked as I looked at them with hope growing in my stomach.

"We are not going to try. We are going to win it back." Laurens said as I felt excited.

"What can we do to help?" Angelica asked as they looked at me and my sister confused.

"No. No you ladies are going to go back to your town and find your sister." Alexander said as I shook my head.

"We can't… they know we ran and we need your help finding her. Angelica and I can help. IF you our all get hurt, we can patch you up." I said pleading with them as Angelica touched my back gently.

"They do have a fair point. They could help us." Mulligan said as Alexander nodded.

"Alright fine but you need to stay out of sight and listen to us." Alexander said as they froze and we all heard a bell ringing. "Get the women in the attic and lock them in. Now!" Alexander yelled as we went into a frenzy, Mulligan and Alexander started to get rid of the rest of the papers as Laurens and Lafayette picked us up as if we weight nothing and run us up the stairs to a locked hatch and throw it opened. Laurens lifted Angelica into the hatch first as Lafayette lifted me and Angelica pulled me in.

"What is going on?" I asked panicked as Lafayette motioned me to stay quiet.

"Stay here and be quiet…" Lafayette said as he closed the hatch and locked it as I looked at Angelica in the darkness.

"What is going on?" I asked softly as I heard people talking outside the open window. Angie and I crawled to the open window and listened as I heard a horse gallop.

"There are three women on the run from the city of Manhattan. They are named Angelica, Elizabeth and Margarita Schuyler." A man said in a nasty tone as I heard Alexander speak up. "We have not seen anyone come by Seabury." Alexander said as I panicked at the name Seabury. He was the official in our town and was always too strict.

"You know the punishment for lying to an official of the King." Seabury said as Angelica and I shuttered. Any crime committed against the crown was twenty-five lashing for each crime in the public square.

"We have not seen anyone. After all we are supporters of the King after all our own Hercules Mulligan is a tailor for your soldiers." Alexander said lying so fluently.

"We demand to search your house." Seabury said as Angelica clutched my hand.

"Alright then." Alexander said as my eyes widen. I peeked over barely to see two armed soldiers walk in as Lafayette and Mulligan pulled Alexander back.

"You understand we have certain items inside that can get us whipped!?" Mulligan whispered loudly as I heard rustling outside the attic hatch.

"What is in this hatch?" Someone boomed outside as Angelica and I froze in place.

"It's just an attic filled with fabric for me to make uniforms for your men." Hercules said as the hatch rattled. I felt my heart beating loudly as I heard the men move away. I heard the crashing of drawers and I squeezed Angelica's hand tightly as I heard people yelling and things being tossed to the ground.

"I will make this clear again. Whose map is this!" Seabury yelled as I heard Alexander speak up.

"It is mine…" He said as I heard people protesting as Angelica pulled me close to her and kept whispering me to be quiet.

"Angelica they are going to hurt him…" I whispered back as she shook her head. I heard people being dragged outside. I peeked up and saw Alexander being thrown to the ground with his shirt torn off as he tried to look up.

"What is the map for Hamilton?" Seabury asked as I nearly jumped at the sound of a whip. Alexander didn't answer till a cry burst through the air.

"Shocking Hamilton, you never seem to shut up. Tell me now!" Seabury yelled as the whip went again. I tried to plug my ears to block out Alexander's cries from the whip. I pulled them out and I heard the horse galloping away. I was shaking as Angelica was stroked my hair. I heard the latch being open as Mulligan popped in.

"You girls can come down now. It's save." He said as I nodded shaking as Angelica nudged me forward and Mulligan helped me down. I took a step away as he helped Angelica down.

"Where is Alexander?" I asked softly as Mulligan motioned me to follow him to a room. I gasped as I saw blood oozing down his back as he laid on his stomach. I took a step towards him and knelt next to him as Laurens was washing out his wound. I took one of the rags and started to dab away the blood as he hissed in pain. "I'm sorry…" I said softly as I touched his hand, he looked at me with his dark brown eyes as they bored into mine. "You shouldn't have lied for us. This is all our fault…" I said as he groaned.

"It wasn't your fault Eliza..." He said barely above a whisper as I started to dab alcohol into his wounds as he let out a loud cry.

"I'm almost done." I said as I was focusing on my work not noticing that Laurens stopped and the others left. "You should be fine now." I said whispering as I heard him starting to snore softly as I got up from my knees. I brushed the blood off my skirt and I started to walk out. I closed the door softly as I walked downstairs and saw the others cleaning up the carnage from the British. "He's resting…" I said breaking the silence as Lafayette looked up at me.

"Thank you Elizabeth…" He said quietly as Mulligan picked up the rest of the papers and put them in a drawer.

"Well, now that… that has happened. I want to get to know you girls." Laurens said as I looked at him confused. "After all, we are sort of harboring fugitives." He said sheepishly as I giggled.

"Well." I said as Angelica looked at me.

"What do you want to know?" She asked as the three men looked at us.