Behind the Airconditioners, Acey gave a short, approving nod "good thinking" he whispered.
There was a metallic creaking, an obvious sing of someone a little heavier then the both of them putting his weight on the fire escape. The only downside to their hiding spot was that, while they could see the street, the roof was blocking their view on the fireladder, meaning that they had to rely on sound.
For a nervewrecking moment, there was silence, and then hasty footsteps and groaning on stairs. It took Acey a moment to determine if they where coming up or where going down, but much to his relief, they got further away and soon after, the man was charging down the alley, obviously too hot for the chace to really ponder which direction to choose, let alone look up or check what exactly made all that noise.
The hair on his neck still stood up when he turned to Turpin, and he was only vagually aware of his hands shaking. while his heart was beating furiously in his chest, he tried to think of what to do next. They could not stay here, so much was obvious. they needed somewhere to hide. His eyes darkened when they fell on the girls injury. In all the chaos, he did not even really think bout if it was getting any worse, and by the looks of it, the running around did not do well for her. "we...we have to get somewhere and take a look at that" he said, his voice still sounding like sandpaper. He was almost certain that she would talk back, so he added between heavy (and if he was honest, pretty painfull) breaths. "There is no use in waiting and letting it get worse. we still have plenty of time..." he looked at his watch to re assure himself. "I'd say we hide the safe, and then come back later" he just hoped she would not argue with him too much. with his adrenalin dying down, he doubted he would have much energy to spend to talk back. To his own surprise, he actaully had an idea where to go.
(In case Turrpin agrees, I could throw in an other character of mine briefly. she atually is a sort of doctor working in the slums illegally and patching pretty much anyone, without asking any questions really...
buut thats uo to you if you had any other ideas, I'm pretty much up to that too )