Chqpter 1

"Vikings are coming from the east!" yelled a watchman.

"Blackstone Legion from the front!" yelled another, both enemies were already on top of us.

"Great, we are fucking boned." said a gladiator.

"Not yet child, for the law is at your side." rellied a lawbringer in s very joking manner.

"Can you stop with the law puns." groaned a conqueror.

"INCOMING CATAPULT!" screamed a guard at the section of the wall they were heading to.

Not even a second after, the wall was hit and exploded inward, which caused it to collapse in on itself. "Ram incoming!" "Defend the gate!" soldiers were panicking. "Evacuate the citizens through the tunnels!"

"Warden where are you going?!" yelled Prism, our senior peacekeeper and a good friend of mine, I think, as I ran by.

"To make sure my sister is safe what else would I do!" I yelled back not bothering to stop.

It took me only five minutes to get to my house, but they had already destroyed the gate. "CHARITY!" I called when I could not find her.

"BIG BROTHER HE-!" came her shrill voice not to far away.

I ran as fast as I could and caught up to her only to narrowly dodge an axe that aimed to decapitate me.

"Well I knew that somebody was going to come running when I heard her call out. I was really hoping to do this quietly." Said a man.

I turned around a saw my sister in the arms of a Warlord, she was not much younger than me and was a beautiful girl, she was crying with a sword at her neck. He was accompanied by a Raider and a Highlander, probably his guard. "Let her go." I said with my voice dripping with venom, I was gonna kill him just for touching my sister.

"I will, if you can make it to me!" he said as he turned and started walking away laughing. I was about to run after him when the Highlander swung downward at my head. I jumped back and had to block a swing from my right from the the Raider. This was not gonna be easy. I blocked and dogged most of their attacks, but the Raider got in some good hits. I realized I could not be on the defensive so, I pushed back. While the Highlander was recovering from his last attack I rammed my shoulder into him causing him to stumble back into the Raider. I used this opportunity to land multiple cuts on his torso. Just as I was about to lop off his head, the Raider grab me by the waist, picked me up and threw me into a nearby wall. He immediately started pummeling me with strikes. I could not block them all and I was hurt badly. He started slowing down growing tired I took this opportunity to kick him square in the chest and as he was falling backwards, I grab the blade of my sword and used the pommel to smash his face in a few times. I looked off to my left and saw the Warlord, still holding my sister, smile. "Big brother, look out!"

I was confused till a sword was stabbed through my shoulder. I looked down at the sword and saw the hilt of a Roman gladius. During my fight, the Blackstone legion had broken the gates. I need to get my sister out of there, so I sent a punch straight into the Centurion's face, stunning him and ran forward at the Warlord. He was caught off guard, but blocked my longsword, so in an act of desperation, I reached down with one hand and pulled the gladius from my shoulder and stabbed at his throat before he could raise his sword against me. He was ready for this and blocked it using his shield, but during this act, he let go of my sister. He headbutted me and I stumbled back, but he didn't take the opportunity to strike me. I was confused, till I felt a hand on my shoulder spin me around I saw the Centurion look at me and, without hesitation, punch me in the face so that I fell back and dropped his gladius. As I recovered, I saw the Warlord stalk towards my sister, sword raised. I wasn't going to be able to get to her in time. Than, by some miracle, our friendly Lawbringer comes out of nowhere and drive him through a collapsing wall with his poleaxe. "The law will not stand for your crimes." said the Lawbringer as got in a position to defend my sister.

"Warden what are you doing on the ground?" asked Prism as she also approached.

I got up and looked around for the Centurion, but he was gone, probably knowing better than to take on three people at once. "BIG BROTHER!" my little sister yelled as she tackled me to the ground while crying.

"Charity, could you not. I'm glad your ok, but I can hardly stand." I said while in immense pain.

"Oh my god, I'm so sorry." she said, still crying, as she reluctantly got off me her happiness turning to worry.

"I'll be fine, but right now we need to get out of here, this fortress is lost." I said while standing.

Just as we were about to leave, I heard our Lawbringer give a shout of warning the Warlord had gotten up and was charging me with his shield in front of him screaming "I'm not done with you yet Warden!"

I wasn't able to doge in time as he crashed into me with his shield

"Warden!"

"Big Brother!"

"Go get out of here! Charity is your priority right now!" I yelled after the Warlord stopped his charge.

Prism didn't like it but she knew I was right, civilians come first. "Ah, fuck, Lawbringer! Grab the girl, she isn't going to want to leave."

"Big Brother, I don't want to leave you." replied Charity, tears streaming from her eyes.

Prism whispered under her breath, "Fucking knew it."

"Alright. Sorry young one we gotta go." the Lawbringer said as he picked her up and put her over his shoulder.

"No! Put me down!" she thrashed in his grip but couldn't break free.

"I'll buy you some time now go." I said as the Warlord and I circled each other.

"She won't get very far once I'm done with you Warden." said the Warlord, with a feral look in his eyes.

"You won't beat me you animal!" and with that we charged forward and clashed with each other.

I threw an attack from the top but he was ready and blocked it. As he blocked he went for a stab to my gut. I barely dogged the strike by jumping backwards. As I was recovering from the dogge, he went for a downward leaping strike, I rolled to the side and as he was regaining his balance, threw my shoulder into him a wall. I brought my blade down hoping to split his head, but he got his shield up to block the strike. He then his me with a headbutt and stab combo. Going for broke, I pushed forward with the blade still in my side and smacked him in the face with the hilt of my sword. The Warlord was stunned and I took this chance to stab him straight through his heart. I pushed him off my blade and watched as he writhed on the ground. I spat on him before I walked away. I headed to the tunnel farthest from the breach, where they had most likely gone. There I found them waiting.

"Big Brother, your here, I told you he'd come."

"Yes young one you were right."

One of the lookouts saw it before anyone else. "INCOMING CATAPULT, GET INSIDE!"

"Big brother hurry!"

I started running but I knew I wasn't gonna make it, not with my wounds.

The catapult was closing in. "Get her inside!"

The Lawbringer, knowing she would not come without me, grabbed her and pulled her while saying, "I'm sorry little one."

"BIG BROTHER!" she cried out, tears streaming down her face.

"LIVE ON CHARITY!" I yelled before the catapult hit blocking the entrance.

I looked for another way to get off the ground. I saw one of the towers, with a way out off the fortress, we call it the bridge. It is the only way out of here besides the tunnels. At the top I look out one of the windows and saw both the Vikings and the Blackstone legion converging on the tower. I looked in the supply closets and gound what I was looking for: explosives to collapse the bridge. Just as I finished setting them up I heard an almost feral scream from behind me. I turned and just barely block a Shaman's axe. She was surprised I blocked it and I took the opportunity to throw her over the side of the bridge. I lit the fuse and started to run across. I looked back to make sure nothing went wrong and saw a Valkyrie heading to the fuse. The fuse only needed three more seconds. In an act of complete desperation, I throw my longsword at her and, by some miracle, hit her with the blade pushing her from the fuse giving it enough time to ignite the explosives. I ran as the bridge was falling apart. Just before the end, the bridge started to give way below me. I jumped and hoped for the best. I barely managed to catch the remaining part of the bridge that didn't collapse and climbed up. I started to walk away from the collapsed bridge. I have a long walk ahead to get to the closest outpost, and I have no weapon.

"Fuck me."