The moon rose slowly over the forest lighting it with an ominous yellow tint, deep in the forest two black figures flew through trees "Marcus you sure we should do this? I mean this could end very badly if were caught..." a male voice spoke cautiously. "J... I never thought I'd see the day when my brother would be worried about a job." Marcus chided his brother "You've taken my concern all wrong brother, I worry on your behalf. You're the fragile one" J chuckled running next to each other. "Well even so brother the payment is too good to pass, we need the gold..." Marcus sighed, "Where did you get this contact again?" he asked slowing down a bit. "She found me in the pub, said she was told by the earth that she would relay a job to us. One of those damned witches I suppose." J said thoughtfully. "By the earth...?" Marcus asked confused stopping behind a group of trees, he peered around them looking to the massive house "Rather small for a lord don't you think?" J said looking around the trees too. "I hear it's his vacation home..." Marcus shook his head looking to J.
He took off his hood "Okay my contact said that the lord will be gone for quite some time tonight, some party and should have all his guards with him." Marcus informed J pulling his short black hair back. "You sure that information is reliable?" J said pulling down his hood, his curly black hair shinning in the moon light. "Yes brother, we should be able to get the job done, and be long gone before they even realize what had happened. Do you have the papers?" Marcus asked holding out his hand. "Yeah hold on..." J said rummaging through his robe's pockets producing two small parchments.
Marcus opened them up looking at two sketches, first one was a basic dagger hilt but had a weird carving of a wolf at the bottom. The other was a more elegant design of a hilt with curves and sharp point near the end of it. Below the wolf drawing someone had wrote "The curved handle should have a red ribbon around, the other will have a yellow. I have knowledge that the lord has made replicas of them as decoys, but they are made of a unknown metal that is very light. Now get the job done before I find more competent people." Marcus chuckled "You find the best contracts don't you brother." he said putting the notes in his pocket.
J looked to the house tapping his foot lightly "Itching to go brother?" Marcus asked looking at him "Yes I want to get our payment and go back to the pub." J sighed looking back to him "Fine you drunk. Go." he said snapping his fingers, J quickly bolt to the side of the house sliding to his knees, and his arms out crossed. Marcus ran to him jumping onto his arms throwing him up into the sky. He reached out grabbing the top of the small chimney pulling himself on top of it he jumped through it landing in the house's fire place with a soft thud. Marcus stood there for a moment it listening for any noise but only the loud ringing of silence hit him smiling he hopped out of the fireplace.
He look around shortly then continued to the back door opening it slowly making no noise "Come on lets find them quickly." Marcus said pulling J into the house. "Check the cellar I'll go upstairs." Marcus said walking to the stairs, J put a hand on his shoulder "How do you know there's a cellar?" he asked confused "You're kidding me right? He's a lord, name me one lord you know that doesn't have a cellar. They keep their wine down there fool." Marcus said smacking the back of his head and pushing him down the hallway. J opened one of the doors, it led down stairs "Smart ass..." he muttered walking through the door way.
Marcus shook his head turning to the stair walking slowly but each step he took created an unbearable creak "How the hell do they live with these stairs..." he grumbled. Before he could reach the top a sword's point met him "Who the hell are you?" a male voice grumbled angrily, "Talk now you damn thief!" he demanded. "Damn it..." Marcus complained pushing the blade away and tackling the man, they fell into the hall way Marcus quickly smashing his head into the man's rendering him unconscious. "Damn it James..." Marcus sighed lifting the man up and throwing him over his shoulder.
"I asked if your contact was reliable Marcus..." J sighed standing behind him with another man thrown over his shoulder. "They're Guardians. Now were really screwed if we don't leave before they come home." J shook his head at Marcus. "Just put on your damn hood and help me find somewhere to stash the bodies, did you find anything yet?" Marcus asked "Well I believe I found the yellow one but..." he stopped "But what?" Marcus asked cautiously.
"I think it's too light." J said confused "You fool... Did you even read the notes at all? They're suppose to be light that how we know which ones to grab." Marcus shook his head putting on his hood. They walked to the nearest door they could find and opened it, five beds spread across the room "This must be where they let the Guardians sleep." J said thoughtfully "Good job brother..." Marcus said sarcastically. They walked over dropping them into the beds "Hey look!" J said suddenly pointing to a small chest next to one of the beds "The yellow one was in a chest like this." he said kneeling down and yanking the lock. "Damn... The other wasn't latched all way... What are we going to do?" he looked up to Marcus.
"Move out of my way..." Marcus said irritated pushing him back, he kneeled down to the box rummaging through his pockets he pulled out a small knife and lock pick. Few twists and turns later a small click filled the silence of the room "There." Marcus said pulling off the lock and throwing it to J "Brother we're thieves. Never say what are we going to do when something is locked." Marcus said opening the chest. He searched the chest pushing papers and key out of the way he finally picked up a small object wrapped in linen "Hm... It's light, red ribbon, and twisted design. We got it brother." Marcus sighed heavily as he looked to J. "Damn it brother. Put on your damn hood before I hurt you." Marcus grumbled.
J put on his hood a small smirk on his face "Come on let's go brother." he said turning towards the door they both moved silent but quick. They hopped down the stairs and headed towards the door, Marcus opened the door and suddenly froze as a man yelled "Hey Thomas! Too bad you couldn't make it to..." he stopped registering the two black robed figures stepping out of the house. "We went out the front door didn't we..." Marcus sighed as the group of people came closer.
"Who are you." a Guardian asked as they reached them, "What are you deaf thieves? I asked you a question!" the Guardian demanded angrily. "Looks like we got ourselves two thieves my lord what do you want us to do?" the other Guardian asked turning to the well dressed man. "Well..." he started "David, we had a good time don't let this ruin our night." his wife said pulling on his hand. "Fine dear, just roughen them up a bit Phillip and take what they have." he said patting the Guardian on the left's shoulder. "Frank the same goes for you. Don't be too excessive." he said passing the other Guardian.
"As you wish my lord." Frank bowed, the lord walked slowly past J and Marcus smiling wide, he headed inside with his wife and shutting the door behind them. Marcus turned towards the Guardians "Left!" J said urgently "Fine... You can have the big one this time." Marcus sighed tensing up. "Oh so you two think your strong enough to take on the Guardians!? We're the best of the best!" Frank boasted slamming a fist to his chest. "Finish quickly. I don't want to be here forever while you have fun..." Marcus told J as he tensed up.
"Look at these scrawny fools Phillip, they think they're actually a match for our strength." Frank laughed before he lunged after Marcus. He caught him in mid-lunge smashing an elbow to the back of his head, he fell to the ground unconscious "Fool..." Marcus scoffed. "Frank!" Phillip said angrily charging at Marcus but was cut off as J tackled him into a patch of grass. They wrestled around back and forth, Marcus came up slowly sitting on a rock with his head in his hands "Finish it before I leave you." he called out.
"Fine." J groaned shoving the Guardian off of him, quickly he jumped up running to the Guardian smashing his knee into Phillip's head. "You never let me have any fun brother..." J sighed walking up to him "Oh shut up you sound like a child." Marcus chided him as he started to walk away. "That was quite a display of skill." the lord's voice came from the door as he stood there clapping. "You ever think of a job as Guardians? Or body guards at least?" he asked walking up to them. "No..." Marcus sighed hitting Lord David with blinding speed, "Come on let's go." he said to J walking away.
"Wait brother... What happened to your arm?" J asked concerned "What are you talking about?" Marcus lifted his arm urgently. "Right here!" J said quickly grabbing his arm, with one heavy spin he launched Marcus over the forest "Bastard!" Marcus yells faded as he flew away. J ran after him quickly laughing harder the closer he got "You know I hate that..." Marcus grumbled sitting on a tree branch. "Yet you fall for it every time brother." J smiled, "Don't get too sore brother was just a joke." he chuckled again. "Fine. Let's go." Marcus shook his head hopping out the tree and walking away.
J followed quickly behind him as they walked through the forest "Wake up damn it! Wake up now or you're fired! Failures!" David screamed from the distance. "I guess someone's not happy they got hit. You sure you should've done that?" J asked as they walked "Eh... What's it matter? They have no clue who we are so it was safe right?" Marcus said patting J on the shoulder. "Well that wasn't our smoothest job but we did well brother." he smiled starting to jog.
They ran for quit some time as the sun started to come over the mountains, it mixed with the moon's yellow glow in an odd red tint over the sky. "That's weird..." Marcus slowed down, "Ever see something like that brother?" he asked stopping completely. "No but most people say that when the sky is red to stay inside, bad omens and all that." J said looking up with him "Well how much farther we got?" Marcus asked looking away from the sky. "Um... Just to the edge of those mountains." J pointed to the mountains to their right. "Alright well lets hurry the sky is making me feel uneasy..." Marcus started running faster through the trees.