forum Saving Kingdoms, Closed

Started December 28, 2018 by Deleted user

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Reed suddenly stopped. He had just enough time to mutter a curse word and get on his knees before his hearing faded and he suddenly was seeing extremely disturbing images. Unbeknownst to him, he was making a lot of noise.

Firiko froze as Reed began getting very loud, Swearing himself he summoned an unfortunately bright aura ball and created a shield, around Reed that muffled his noise a little.

Reed gasped for breath, once the vision was over. “I- we- He knows where we are.”

Firiko immediately let his shield drop, "Ya'think?!" he said, "You were making so much noise you could've woken the spirits!"

“He knew-he knew before that.” Reed said, angrily wiping at his face. “And sorry.”

"Cool it" said Firiko shifting to wolf form, "Let's just get out of here while we can," he said it with his teeth clenched cause he was holding the powder pouch from before, "Sprinkle this over my fur so we don't get spotted" he said with a sigh.

Reed shook his head, saying, “I don’t think you understand.” As he spoke, several people dropped from surrounding trees, heavily armed. “We aren’t getting away.”

Firiko shifted again drawing his blade, summoning silver aura as he did so. "Yes we are" He growled.

“Stop!” Reed cried. “I saw us both getting hurt because we fought back, just let them take us and we won’t get killed.”

"I Don't back down Reed…" said Firiko softly, "I never have, and I won't start now!!" He let loose a whirlwind of aura, blasting most of the men back before grabbing Reed's arm and running top speed through the underbrush.

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Reed planted his feet, refusing to move any farther. Not like last time. Not like last time. he repeated in his head. “Stop.”

Firiko paused giving Reed a confused stare, "why?!" He asked before turning to stab one guy in the gut and take on two more.

Before Reed could say anything, he felt an odd pressure in his shoulder. He looked, noticed an arrow, raised his eyebrows, and said, “That’s why.” Two men came up behind Reed and Firiko, grabbing Firiko’s arms and Reed’s good shoulder.

Firiko growled when he was grabbed, "Let me go!" he said, angry at the fact that he got caught.

“Stop.” Reed and the man holding Firiko said at the same time. The man holding Reed got angry at Reed for talking, and hit him over the head with the butt of his sword, promptly knocking him unconscious.
The man holding Firiko however, continued talking. “You struggle, you talk, you do anything other than cooperate and walk with us, and we kill you right here. And your friend over there? Lifetime of misery.”

Firiko grudging stopped moving, but not before using a spell to summon a spirit, Protect my amulet! he told it, feeling the spirit lift it off of him, and take it away.

“Come on.” The man holding Firiko, who was obviously the leader, said gruffly, before leading the pair and the large amount of men back towards where they had seen the man behind he desk.

Firiko was cooperative, but only barely, as the guards hauled him back.

Eventually, they made it back to the building, coming inside.
“We’re back, boss.” The guard holding Reed said.
“Take ‘me downstairs.” The man said, getting up to follow them.
They were dragged down the stairs, Reed being tossed on a bed when they got there. The moment his head touched the white sheets, they began staining red.
The room was well-lit, but not with sunlight. It wasn’t totally apparent where the light was coming from. Several other beds filled the room, along with a very nice medical station, albeit dusty.

Firiko glared at the guards, "What do you want with us?!" he demanded.

Several people came down the stairs, the tallest of the three beginning to take care of Reed’s head, the other two working on his shoulder. The lead guard looked at them, saying, “Let our enough blood that he’s uncomfortable, but not enough that you’ll kill him.”
And then he turned to Firiko. “We want your friend. He’s a powerful ally, cooperative or not. And you….. we might have a job for you.”

"Why would I work for you?" Demanded Firiko, keeping one eye on Reed as he tried to figure a way out of this.

The tall woman gave forced some sort of dark liquid down Reed’s throat, and he sat up with a gasp. He looked around, then immediately started panicking. “No… no. Nonononononononono.” He repeated the word over and over again, then beginning to say, “I’m sorry.” On repeat.
The guard looked unphased. “To keep your friend here alive. Various other allies of yours. We know a lot about you.”