"Sir! We have our guards reporting a breach in the castle!"
The General whipped around, eyes narrowing. "A break in? In this well defended castle?"
"It appears so," the Head Guard said, looking up ever so slightly from his kneeled position to catch the General's expression, but it was stoic, revealing nothing.
"Capture the intruders, alive."
"We have tried, sir, but…" The guard suddenly faltered as he felt a heat of power burning into him.
"We…will capture, them sir."
"Excellent. Summon the other Ranks if needed."
"Yes, sir."
The guard stood up promptly, saluted, then turned to his subordinate beside him.
"Call our Rank and also Rank 9 for support in the capture of the intruders. Tell them it was direct orders from the General to capture them. Alive."
As soon as the subordinate had scurried off to relay the message, he turned slightly to take a look at the General who had his back to him, then ran off.
The General stared outside the window as noon turned into dusk, the sun bleeding over the horizon.
"Could it be…?"
As soon as the guard left the room and entered the next corridor, he was greeted by a rumble of footsteps and soon, his own Rank and 9 appeared in front of him.
"As you may have heard, there has been a breach in the castle. We do not know who, we do not know for what reason. However, the General's orders are to capture the perpetrators alive, and as soon as possible. Dismissed!"
There was a loud chorus of salutes, then the soldiers separated themselves into groups and rumbled down different corridors.
Just as he had turned to go report to the other Head Guards, he stopped suddenly, then turned around.
"Why is it so silent…"
There was no time to react as a hooded figure appeared at the end of the hallway he was just about to venture down. The figure looked up and the guard gasped.
"Not possible…!" he breathed, just before the figure suddenly seemed to disappear, a ghost of his image left behind faltering, then suddenly appearing right in front of him.
"Oh trust me, it is possible," a voice said, almost in amusement.
The guard only caught sight of dark brown eyes before a crackling surge of electricity pierced through his stomach and he slumped to the ground.
"I think you killed him."
The hooded figure turned around only to be met by another figure in a hood.
"Eh, it's one Head Guard down for the count."
"Wasn't very nice."
"Who said I was nice?" the person, said, throwing back his hood with a smirk, revealing messy black hair falling over his forehead twinkling dark brown eyes.
The other sighed, then tossed off his hood, blonde hair and vibrant blue eyes revealed.
"Fine, then that means we've got more to kill."
"Now that's what I'm talking about."
