Forge walked into the clearing. "Johnson?" he asked. "John." said a
voice that Forge couldn't quite trace. "It's been too long." it
whispered. "Oh yeah? You should be glad." replied Forge, hand on
sword. "Tell me, why have you called me here?" he asked. "A favor,
John." it replied. "I don't owe you anything. You killed my entire
team." "Is that so?" The man walked into the moonlight. "Let's have
a deal. I beat you in single combat and you have to do something
for me." He said. He was tall and had dark skin. "And if I win, I
kill you again." said Forge. "Deal." Forge drew his sword. Johnson
took out his. They charged. Johnson dodged a blow that would've
taken his head off and kicked Forge. "Cheating already, Johnson?
Thought you were better than that." Forge dodged a blow but
tripped. He used the momentum to go into a roll. He got up but
Johnson was quicker. He held his sword to Forge's neck. Forge just
managed to duck under. He stabbed Johnson's leg. "Ah!" he shouted.
Forge disarmed him and threw away his sword. "You won." said
Johnson. "Out of interest, what was it you wanted?" asked Forge.
Johnson smiled. "I wanted you out of the way." he said. Forge took
in this information. "Son of a bi-" he took off Johnson's head and
started running back to the camp.
~Back at Camp~
While Forge was fighting, a team of ten Risen assassins had crept
into the camp after silently murdering everyone on patrol under the
cover of night. They reached Chrom's tent without further problems.
One held back the flap and the others slowly advanced...
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.
"Here we are!" They had arrived at a small town. "According to
travelers, this place should have everything we need." He looked
around. This WILL have everything we need! Plus... He
thought looking over at Cordelia.
Forge arrived at the camp. He saw murdered soldiers. And he saw
Risen footprints. Going towards Chrom's tent. He swore viciously.
"Damn you Johnson." He ran towards Chrom's tent just in time to see
ten Risen. "Stop!" he shouted. They all turned around. "Oh sh-"
Forge said. They charged. He grabbed the first one and threw it
into another who both shattered. He ran the next two through and
took oof one's head. That left five. They all charged. He ducked
under an ax blow which landed in one of the other Risen. While it
was dislodging the ax, he ran it through. Three left. He puched
one, sending it reeling and stabbed another while it was stunned
and then killed the stunned one. One left. He killed it. He went
into the tent. "Chrom! You okay?" he looked around. He felt a sharp
pain in his foot and looked down. A dagger. It had pierced his bone
and had come out the other side. He looked around. One Risen was
inside. "Bad mistake, buddy." he said. Forge threw his sword. It
took off the Risen's head. Then Forge fell to one knee, in pain. He
limped over to his sword and then he sat down. Hunter, get over
here. he thought. Forge wasn't going anywhere tonight.
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.
"It's been a while since I've been to a town" Yona said remembering
her journey to the camp. Looking around she commented "are you sure
it will have everything we need? It kind of looks small" then a
thought hit her. It was something she that had passed her mind when
she first went into the camp but never made a mention of it. That
timed seemed like the perfect time to put her thoughts into words.
"Say, everyone will be alright at the camp right? It doesn't seem
very well fortified from what I saw. Sure we have a lot of strong
people there but who knows what will happen"
"It should be fine." Colin said, looking at the sky. "We leave
tomorrow anyway." He took the list of things to get, and ripped it
into three parts. "Ok, so we'll get the stuff on our list, then
meet back here. Got it?"
Forge examined the knife still in his leg. It went up to the hilt
and came out the other side, blood soaked blade shining in the moon
light. He had to take it out soon. "Where's Colin now? Late night
shopping or something?" Actually,- started Hunter. "It was
rhetorical, for gods sake." said Forge. The pain was running up and
down his leg. He swore and grabbed the hilt. That wouldn't be
advisable. said Hunter. "What would you have me do? Bleed out
waiting for someone else?" Forge replied. He tugged the blade.
Forge closed his eyes and gritted his teeth as he felt it come out.
His vision blurred in and out of focus due to the pain. "Ahh..." he
gasped. The pain was unbearable. He took deep breaths, trying to
clear his mind. It wasn't working. Forge breathed out. This was
gonna be one tough night.
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's team was doing the uptown
funk
Colin's team had split up to cover more ground. Let's see whats
on the list:
Rhubarb (Probably for sumia's
pies)
Tomes (Darn it Tharja for
Wasteing them)
Reeking box (Henry! Why did you put
this on the list)
Elixir (Oh, good for
healing)
Gaius's confect (Candy?)
Colin then headed to a vendor selling rhubarb. 10 G! That's a
deal Rhubarb ✓
Tomes
Reeking box ✘
Elixir
Gaius's confect
Colin met with a merchant that had some high priced tomes, that
Colin tried to haggle down. 1000 G each for Elwind, Elfire, and
Elthunder? I guess I'm not gonna find them anywhere else... Rhubarb ✓
Tomes ✓
Reeking box ✘
Elixir
Gaius's confect
Colin met with someone that sold sweets and Elixirs, Score! I
can take two in one shop! Colin looked through their stock.
Elixir Lolipop? Elixir Gummys? S-O-L-D. Gaius is gonna love
this... Rhubarb ✓
Tomes ✓
Reeking box ✘
Elixir ✓
Gaius's confect ✓
Thats it! Colin thought, then headed back to the rendezvous
point
Hunter cast out into the aura. It was nearly morning. They shall
be coming soon. Still too far to send a message, though.
thought Hunter to Forge. "Great." said Forge. The pain had not died
down at all, but he had managed to drag himself outside of the tent
in respect for Chrom's privacy. He had waited all night for the
other's to arrive. "Send them a message as soon as they are in
range." said Forge.
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.
After a while of shopping, Yona found herself looking over her list
to see if she missed anything. "I got all the items on the list.
Perfect! Now to get back to the rendezvous point" she looked around
hoping to get her bearings. "Where was that again?" She skipped off
in a random direction hoping that that was where the rendezvous
point was. It proved to be right when she saw Colin there. She
waved and ran at him at top speed and said "I've gotten everything!
So are we done? We should head back now right?"
"Do you know the way back?" He looked at the town. "I promised
Cordelia that I'd buy her dinner." It wasn't long Cordelia walked
up. "I'm done." She said. "Now, to more... personal matters." Colin
said, moving over to Cordelia. "S-s-sir..." A wounded soldier
limped out of the woods by the team. "R-R-isen attack..." He then
collapsed and feel down, Dead. "We need to get to camp now!"
Cordelia yelled worried, "Yeah, and also, We truly have the worst
luck ever..."
X was at the camp while it was being attacked "Time to show off my
skills to sweet Lissa" He said with no one around him. He ran over
to the risen and killed some by shooting them in the head with his
bow and killed more with his sword. The risen had hit X a couple of
times and he was healed by Lissa. "Thanks I knew you cared for me!"
He said after she healed him. "In your dreams!" Lissa said hitting
him with her staff again. "Try to hit the risen not me!" He said
after getting hit.
An ax flew right into the head of a risen X was fighting. "Here
comes the reinforcements!" Colin yelled righteously. Cordelia and
Colin fought and killed over 20 risen. "How.. How many are there!"
Cordelia asked weakly, they were surrounded. then an arrow flew by
Colin's head. "Gaaah!" The arrow hit Cordelia in her sword hand.
Another one hit her in her leg, and she fell down. So... this is
the end... Colin thought. "Huh huh haaaaaa! ♪ " A pegasus
knight flew out of the woods and and impaled 5 risen. "Nailed it!"
Another person apeared from the woods “I challenge my fate!” She
sliced through what must have been 10 risen. "Whatever it takes."
Severa finaly steeped from the woods. "I've had enough!" She
quickly zipped into battle and slashed down the risen surrounding
Colin and Cordelia. "Thank you, Severa." Colin said. "Ugh, its no
anything special about you, beside that if you two are killed then
I would never be born." She then left to fight of more risen. Colin
turned his attention to Cordelia who had an arrow to her leg and
arm. "Cordelia..." He shed a tear. "P-P-Please be alright..."
X saw Colin and pulled Lissa towards him and Cordelia. "Thought you
could use some support!" He said still fighting off the risen.
"Cordelia!" Lissa said seeing her and then healing her with her
staff. X was cutting the heads off the risen until his sword broke
"Dang you don't happen to be holding any more swords would you?" He
asked Colin
One of the people who came in with Severa gave X a sword.
"L-L-Lissa can you heal her?" She turned to him "I can, but your
gonna need to pull out the arrows." Colin flinched at that. He
grasped the arrow, and he gave it a small tug, Cordelia screamed in
pain. I'm not sure I can do this... He pulled harder and it
popped out. "One down..." He said, then Lissa quickly moved her
staff over the wound and it healed. I'm sorry Cordelia... He
grabbed the next one tight and pulled up, after a lot of screaming
it came out. Lissa moved her staff over to her other wound and
healed it. "T-T-Thank you Lissa..." Colin said softly. Lissa got up
and left. "Cordelia..." She was unconscious, "I love you." He
picked up her head, and kissed her lips. Colin was surprised when
she kissed him back. "I love you too." She said.
After Cordelia was healed most of the risen were dead (Again
cause they're undead) "Don't worry guys we're almost done!" X
said still slashing away at the risen
Cordelia tried to get up, but she fell back down. "Hold on." Colin
told her. "I got you." He picked Cordelia up and Carried her to
their tent, which was barely damaged in the fight, and placed her
on the bed. He kissed her, "Rest well, I'll be back in a second."
He walked out of the tent and drew his sword.
X and the other soldiers finished off the risen with what they had
left. X fell over on the ground breathing heavily. "Th-Th-That was
a lot of risen" He said tiredly. "I'm even surprised we
survived!" He thought
"Fredrick," Colin turned to him. "I want a full headcount." He felt
something he took from a risen in his pocket. "I have to do
something." He walked away, then took it out. It was a second seal.
He threw it into the air, there was a blinding light, and when the
faded Colin was wearing lighter armor, much like Cordelia's. He
took a deep breath. "Much easier to breath..." He walked back to
his tent, but Fredrick stopped him. "Sir, all the Shepherds are
accounted for, several are wounded. Maribelle, Lissa, and Libra are
tending to them now" "Good Fredrick, but now I'm tired. I've had a
really long day." Colin said, slipping into his Tent.