X went around the bodies and looted all the bullion he could
find.
X walked over to Fredrick and gave him most of the bullion he
found. "This will probably help the camp" X said after giving
Fredrick the bullion and went to his tent.
Colin woke up the next day to a face full of red hair, as usual,
even though it's happened every morning for the past 2 years, he
never got sick of it. He slipped out of bed and got dressed and
began to pack up the things to fold down the tent. It was rather
handy, everything in the tent folded town and rolled up. The more
fragile stuff was take by the shepherds themselves, But that
consisted of very little of their belongings. "Good morning."
Cordelia said, stretching. "Good morning to you too." Colin
replied. He continued packing their things. Cordelia snuck up
behind him and whispered something. He turned around and kissed
her. Colin looked at the tent flap. "What is it?" Cordelia asked.
"This is usually the time Frederick or someone bursts in the tent
and interrupts us." Colin explained, and Cordelia giggled. "Well...
now we're uninterrupted..." She started. "for the first time in a
few months." Colin added. Cordelia tackled Colin to the bed. "Sir
are you-" Cordelia let Colin up. "I knew it was to good to be
true..." Colin muttered. Fredrick just stared for a momenet then
said. "Milord would like you to finish packing, we leave in an
hour." He said, then left. Colin let out a deep sigh. "Fredrick
bursts in. Again." He said, then continued packing with the help of
Cordelia.
X finished packing and went over to Lissa. "Hey thanks for healing
us during the fight yesterday." He said. "I think you battled well
too." Lissa said. "I'm glad you're safe." X said patting her on the
back. "Well I have to do what I have to do." Lissa said
blushing.
Chrom showed up and saw Lissa talking to X and pulled him away from
her "I don't trust you around my sister, if you try anything like
that I might just kick you out." Chrom said "I can't believe Colin
let you join us" He said walking away
Forge limped through the camp to Colin's tent. His left leg was
still bleeding. He was surprised that no one had bothered to check
Chrom's tent to see if he was okay. He winced with every step,
looking around at the Risen remains. He finally reached Colin's
tent and pulled back the flap. "You miss me?" he asked. "Ahh...
gods. Anyone know someone who can heal bone, muscle and skin all at
the same time?" Forge asked. "Damn you, Johnson." he muttered. Then
he looked at Colin. Had ever told him about Johnson? Story for
another time. he thought.
4. It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate,
I am the captain of my soul.
X went to Colin's tent "Hey we're heading out soon right? Well I
could scout ahead with some other people if you want and I could
report back to you once I get back." X said standing near Colin's
tent "If you think it's a good idea just come find me and tell me."
He said walking away
Colin and Cordelia were packing, then heard X. "Hey, for once
somoene was nice enough to not barge in." Colin said, then turned
to Cordelia, when she said "And it happened to be the only time
where we weren't doing something..." She paused. "Awkward." Colin
finished, and Cordelia smirked. Colin headed to the tent flap.
"Anyway, I should go tell him it's a good idea." He said. "We're
almost done anyway." Cordelia said. Colin walked up to her and
kissed her check. "Be right back." He walked out, to go find X.
~A Few Minutes Later~
Colin found X and Told him "I think it's good a good idea, but take
Stahl, Sully and..." He thought a moment. "Lissa."
"Ok cool I'll head up with them to the port and while you guys are
heading there we'll meet you guys and tell you what we saw after
we've watched the port for a while." X said once Colin told him his
teammates. "We'll get going right away" He said walking off to get
the team. Once X got the team they headed out and X rode with Stahl
and Lissa rode with Sully. After a while they reached the port and
started watching the people and what they were doing. Lissa and X
watched from the roofs while Sully and Stahl put on disguises and
walked around the place.
The rest of the shepherds finished packing and then they took down
their tents. "Oh, Father! Over here! Come with me a minute!" Morgan
yelled from a little bit away from Colin. "What is it, Morgan?" He
asked walking over. "Oh, nothing. Let's just take a walk, shall we?
While we wait for X to come back? Right this way, Father!" She
said. "You're acting very strange, Morgan." Colin observed.
Allllmost... Just a couple more steps... Morgan thought.
"...Huh? A pitfall? Now that's a classic!" Colin said, laughing a
bit. "Dang! How did you know?! I was super careful in disguising
it. It didn't look suspicious at all!" Morgan yelled. "True, your
work on the pit is first class. But your odd behavior made it
obvious. Subterfuge and misdirection are half of any good trap,
Morgan." Colin explained. "Dang. I'll get you next time! By the
way, as long as you're here, mind helping me fill this hole in? If
someone fell in by accident, they could really hurt themselves."
Morgan said. "Wait, how deep did you make it?!" Colin asked,
scared.
While watching Stahl and Sully, X decided to talk to Lissa "Do you
think your brother hates me?" He asked her. "No, he's just being
over protective of me." Lissa replied "Oh yeah I remember Colin
telling me that." X said "Well I am his only sister that's alive"
Lissa said "Oh it must be hard for you to know that your sister is
dead." X said looking down. "But hey it is something to fight for."
He said patting her on the back. "Yeah it is." Lissa said looking
at X "We should head back let's go get Stahl and Sully." X said
getting up from the rooftop and jumping down and getting the two.
They got back to the camp and X went to go find Colin. Once he
found him he gave him the news. "The port is clear we should start
heading there now with everyone else." He said
X saw Valmese troops at the port when he was scouting ahead and ran
back to the Shepherds that were on their way there "We've got
Valmese troops at the port that weren't there before!" X said
running back to the Shepherds The Shepherds reached the port and saw the Valmese troops
Forge saw the Vlamese troops and looked into his bag. The first
thing that hit him was a note.
Not that easy to kill me, is it John? Don't take life too
seriously. You'll never get out of it alive.
-Mr. J
Forge swore. It seemed that Johnson had unlimited access to
wherever the Shepards went. He closed teahe bag and readied his
sword. He'd have to talk to Colin and Chrom about what he knew
about the Risen attack. For now, to deal with these troops.
4. It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate,
I am the captain of my soul.
Colin looked at all the Valmese troops. "Blast how did they get
here so fast!" He drew his new sword, a killing edge. "Now
shepherds! We fight for Ylisse!" He leaped into battle and killed a
few valmese troops. "How many are there!" He yelled, surrounded.
"Who the hell cares! Just fight, damn it!" Forge said, taking down
soldier after soldier. Hunter kept using bolts of pure energy on
his opponents, making him tough to even get close to.
4. It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate,
I am the captain of my soul.
Colin yelled over to Cordelia, who was fighting some valmese a few
feet away. "Hey have you seen Severa?" "Ugh, I'm right here!"
Severa yelled, slashing enemy a while away to the other side of
him, and a weird bunny like thing was fighting besides her.
"Lo-bunny!" It yelled. Colin didn't even ask, he just kept
fighting.
"What is it with you guys," said Forge, ducking out of the way of
several blows, "and trying to hack my damn right arm off?" he
asked, killing some. Someone screamed something. "Sorry, what? I
didn't hear you over the galleons on 'bad-a!*' washing over me." he
smiled, taking down another five soldiers. "That's sixty!" he
shouted.
4. It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate,
I am the captain of my soul.
Colin just finished slashing the enemies around him, when a giant
shadow looming over him. "Go.. Lurk" It said, then it's fist glowed
pointed at Cordelia. "CORDELIA! GET DOWN!" He yelled then grabbed
her and tackled her down. The thing's giant fist fired forward and
destroyed part of the town. Colin and Cordelia were on the ground,
recovering from the blast. "Maybe we should just lay like this for
a while." He said. "But we're in the middle of a battl-" He kissed
her. "Love is a battlefield"