Avenge Thy Fallen Brother – Chapter Three

Avenge Thy Fallen Brother – Chapter Three.

I was awoken by a loud knock at the door. Groggily I got up from the bed and made my way over to the door. I cautiously opened it just enough to peer out, keeping my weight into the door as to not have anyone bust their way in.

“What the hell are you doing here!?!” I muttered angrily as I opened the door the rest of the way.

“I’m sorry, I just thought you could use someone to back you up?” replied Renn.

I looked down the hallway and back at Renn. “Get your tail in here.” I snapped.
Renn quickly stepped inside and I shut the door behind him.

“Thanks” He said. “To be honest this area scares me a little.”

I glared at him “You should not have come here, it’s too dangerous and you should leave now.”

“No way! I’m not going anywhere.”
I sat on the bed and sighed “I don’t need your help, you’re not coming with me and above all you will not follow me, are we clear?” I demanded

“Bu…” he stammered before I cut him off

“I said are we clear!?!” I yelled as I stood up grabbing my armor off the chest and strapping it on, next throwing my sword around my waist.

“Yes sir.” He replied, looking down in a defeated manner.

I put my paw on his shoulder and looked down at him then turned and walked out the door. I walked downstairs, a few had gone. Elsie was still tending to the bar; the dragon sat watching me. The window next to him indicated that it was still night, I had only been out a couple hours at most, tonight was the night. I headed to the door and stepped outside, the moonlight shined down from the sky, the night was clear. I untied my horse on climbed up on her back setting off full speed toward the back exit of the town. Passing through another large iron gate and into a dark wooded area onto a muddy path; the light vanished behind me until I was surrounded by nothing but trees and rocks. The path started to incline and was becoming rockier as I continued. My horse was having difficulty making the climb up. I decided at this point it would be best to move on foot.

I trudged up the mountain side maneuvering around large boulders, the trees started to thin out as I got higher up, the air got thicker, breathing was becoming more difficult. The incline finally started to taper off and I reached the summit. I gazed across the land and down into the valley below, from here on it was all downhill.

Down below I could see light from a campfire; I carefully found a foothold and put my weight down into it. There was a large crack and the foothold gave way, I started to slip downward, then I felt something grab the back of my armor and pull. I fell backward on the hard rocky ground, heart racing as I turned around to see Renn standing there, a large grin across his face.

“I thought I told you to stay behind?” I said as my heart and breathing returned to normal.

“If I had stayed behind, you would be at the bottom of this mountain, smashed against a rock.” Renn replied sarcastically.

There was no way around it, he had a point. “Thanks” I said.

“Look, I know you don’t want me here, you don’t want to be responsible for my safety. I get and respect that, but you need my help. Raven’s got a lot of guys down there, more than you can handle and they are a lot tougher than the hyena’s you faced coming here. I know it’s hard for you after what happened, but you don’t need to worry about me, I can take care of myself.”

I looked up from the ground “Alright, let’s do this together.” I said turning back toward the valley, searching for a safe path down.

“Good, follow me, I know how to get down and we can sneak up on them and take them out quietly.” Renn said as he started to move across the ledge. I followed closely behind until we came to a small area that was less steep than the rest. We made our way down the side of the mountain, being careful of every step we took. Rocks rolled beneath our feet as we slipped and slid. Just as coming up, the ground finally began to level. The area was flat; a small river ran down from the East.

“We need to follow the river, we will come up along the camp in no time.” Renn whispered to me.

I nodded and motioned for him to continue on as I followed behind. Moments later he came to a complete stop raising one paw, bringing me to a stop as well. He took his bow off his back along with a single arrow from the quiver. He carefully placed the arrow onto the bow and readied it on the string. I sat in silence, I could hear nothing other than the running river besides us, and then out of the darkness a lone fox appeared. He made his way to the edge of the river and bent down filling a small canteen. Renn pulled the arrow back and took aim. The arrow left his bow and disappeared into the darkness. The fox fell face first into the river. Renn motioned to move forward again, we made our way past the fallen fox and to the edge of the camp. Renn reached down and took a dagger that was strapped to his leg and handed it to me.

“Take this; take out as many of them as you can as quietly as you can. I’m going to go around the back and I’ll meet you in the middle” Renn whispered.

“Good luck.” I whispered back, grabbing the dagger from him.

Renn nodded, turned and ran off crouching low to the ground. I turned and went the opposite direction. I passed tent after tent, until I came up against a tree. I stopped; I could hear footsteps in the grass just behind the tree. I got low to the ground and waited, the steps got closer, a wolf walked by patrolling the area, just as he passed, I stood up behind him, wrapping my paw around his muzzle and shoving the dagger into his back. He dropped to his knees and I slowly laid his lifeless body into the grass.

I made my way between two tents and into the camp; I didn’t see anyone around and moved forward and to the right running face to face with a tall hyena. Without hesitation I took the dagger and slashed at his throat. He grabbed my arm and twisted, forcing me to drop the dagger to the ground. I broke loose from his grip and lunged forward at him tackling him to the ground. We rolled around in the dirt each trying to gain the upper hand. I finally got on top, freed my paw and punched him twice in the face knocking him out. I removed his sword and belt, flipped him over and tied his arms behind his back, throwing his sword out into the tall grass just behind a tent. I went and retrieved my dagger and made rounds through each of the tents.
To my surprise most of the tents were empty and I had still not come across Raven. After going through the last tent and removing anyone who might interfere, I went to find Renn. I stepped out of the tent and there in front of me stood a white tiger. His eyes were dark blue; he wore a leather armor set that spiked out on the shoulders and held a large sabre.
He looked at me and laughed.

“I hear you have been looking for me?” Raven said. I didn’t answer. “Well here I am.”

His sword was already drawn and pointing in my direction, I slowly drew mine out just as four guys appeared on either side of Raven. I was greatly outnumbered, I didn’t stand a chance, but I didn’t care. The rage was building inside of me, all I wanted was to make Raven pay for what he had done.
Raven’s thugs started to advance toward me; I took stance, ready for them. Then out of nowhere two of them dropped to the ground, arrows protruding from their backs. Everyone stopped in their tracks and looked around to see where the shots could have come from, out of the darkness two more arrows took down two more of Raven’s men. I used the opportunity of them being distracted to put my sword through the nearest ones back, kicking him off my blade and to the ground.

Renn came charging in from behind the fire in the middle of the camp, sword in hand and started to engage the three men left over, it was down to me and Raven. We both advanced toward each other and met in the middle. I lifted my blade and swung with as much force as I could, which was blocked with ease. Raven punched me in the gut, my armor absorbed some of the blow, he grabbed me by my neck and lifted me up, and he turned and threw me across the camp, I landed next to the fire coughing. I could see Raven approaching my out of the corner of my eye, acting quickly I grabbed a flaming piece of wood out of the fire, attempting to strike him with it.
Raven knocked the wood out of my paw with his sword; it went flying across the camp onto one of the tents. We both watched as it went up in flames. I quickly got up off the ground just as Raven’s blade came crashing down, hitting the ground with a loud thud. I could still see Renn battling away behind us. He had taken care of one of the men, who now lay bleeding on the ground. I turned my attention back to Raven. Our swords clashed together over and over, each time creating sparks. Then the unthinkable happened. I watched as the two coyotes overwhelmed Renn, disarming him and then pinning him to the ground.

I lost my concentration and Raven took advantage of it as I felt his blade go across my arm. I dropped my blade, yelling out in pain. Raven knocked my sword out of reach and I dropped to my knees, blood ran down my arm. The fire had spread behind us; the two coyotes had Renn tied up and were now trying to put out the fire. I looked back at Raven; he rested his blade upon my shoulder and grinned. The light of the flames danced around us, Raven got down close to me and whispered into my ear.

“You should have stayed home, now look what you have done, you have gotten another one of your brothers killed as well as yourself.”

As fast as I could I grabbed a handful of dirt and threw it into his face, I tucked and rolled to the side grabbing my sword off the ground his sword coming down blindly at me, catching the back of my leg. I struggled to stand up, the cut to my leg wasn’t bad, but it was difficult to put weight onto it. I raised my sword and met Raven’s in midair. Both my wounds continued to bleed. I started to become lightheaded. Raven struck my chest with his blade knocking me onto my back and taking a decent chunk out of my armor. Raven towered over me and put his sabre into my shoulder shoving down with enough force to penetrate my armor. I screamed out in pain and then blacked out.

I struck the attacker behind me with my elbow, turning around and shoving my blade into his chest. I pulled the dagger from my back and threw it on the ground. Turning back to the house, I ran up to the front door and tried to open it. The door didn’t budge; I put all my weight into it, ramming the door with my shoulder, but to no avail. I needed to find another way in. I looked around; the windows were all covered with iron bars. I ran around the side of the house searching for an entrance. The brush was thick along the sides; I saw a small cellar door. A chain went through the handles and a brass lock connected them, but the hinges were rusting and barely hanging on. With the butt of my sword I smashed the hinges, they crumbled into dust. Lifting the wooden door and tossing it to the side I made my way into the cellar of the manor.

The End of Avenge Thy Fallen Brother – Chapter Three.

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