Damsel in Distress?
"Saving Skye"
Our knight was traversing through the streets of a small city along the Eastern Coast of the Realm, the weariness of his travels leading him here.
At his back was the vast desert expanse of the Da Chi and at his front was the city of Ting.
"I hate sand..." Fernando murmured as he got off his horse, "It's so coarse and rough, and it gets everywhere." he shook his armor in order to get the grains out of its openings.
The man set his horse outside an inn, then walked inside.
"Ni Hao." the attendant at the front desk bowed, then saw she was dealing with a foreigner, "Ah! Hello!" she changed her language, "Welcome! Can I interest you in a room?" she asked.
Fernando walked up to her, "Hmm?" he turned to see a cloaked figure enter and cut him off.
"I need a room, quick." the person said and put forward a bag of credits.
"Oh... Right this way!" the attendant said, "Sorry!" she bowed to Fernando and led the woman away.
"But- But- Ah..." Fernando grumbled and crossed his arms.
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It took a few minutes for the woman to return.
"My apologies once more." she bowed, "That woman was in a hurry." she shook her head, "Now, what room do you want?" she asked.
"Just a normal one." Fernando responded, "Here is the money." he said and put the credits on the desk, "According to your wares outside."
"Ah yes." the woman nodded, "Please, come!" she said and led him up the stairs, "We have the best rooms in all of Ting!" she clapped her hands.
Fernando nodded and followed her to the second floor, "Do you know how long it will take to get to the city of Ming?" he asked.
"You wish to return to the desert?" the woman asked, "I never heard that before." she laughed.
"I have to return West." Fernando responded, "My name must be heard across the realm. Oh, you may have heard of me. I am Sir Fernando." he bowed.
The woman gasped.
"Aren't you the one who slew the Fountain Serpent of Fu Shing?" she asked.
"Yes! You remember me!" Fernando exclaimed as the two stopped at the end of the stairs, "It was not a difficult battle..."
"None of Fu Shing's greatest warriors could strike down that serpent." the woman added, "Yet this foreigner came along and killed it! Amazing! I am so glad I could meet you!" she bowed various times.
"Now now..." Fernando grinned.
"Your room is at the end of this hall." the woman informed, "Here is your key!" she smiled and ran down the stairs, "Pa! Pa!" she called out, "Guess who I me..." her voice silenced as she went down.
Fernando laughed and walked to the end of the hall.
"It seems my exploits are grand and numerous." he said proudly as he passed doors and doors, "Fernando is even known in the East!"
The knight stopped when he saw a door was opened.
"They even welcome me!" he laughed and stepped in, "How honored!" he closed the door behind him, "Haha-" he stopped when he saw something on the bed.
A cloak.
Fernando murmured and walked to it, then remembered the figure that had interrupted him just prior, "Hmmm..." he turned to see steam coming out of the bathroom.
The man set down his lance and shield on the bed and walked to the room.
Creeeeeee...
"HWAK!" Fernando was suddenly on the ground and had an arm aimed at his head, "Hey!" he yelled, but then paused when he saw a most wonderful sight.
An elf, a bit of tan skin, large ears, and purple hair.
"Who are you?" she growled.
"Why hello there." Fernando grinned and pulled out a rose, "I am Sir Fernando He- HNGH!" he had the elf's other arm pinned to his throat.
"Do you know who I am?" the elf grumbled, "I can kill you right now in over 50 ways and no one will know it was me..."
Fernando murmured, then pushed her and raised her up high, "And I can counter that in over 75 ways and everyone will know it was I, Sir Fernando!" he laughed and pushed her into the wall, "Now I ask you, who is this hot elf?" he placed the rose in her hand.
The elf smirked, "Oh my..." she held the rose, "So direct are we?" she wrapped her legs around his waist, "Do you know who you're playing this game with?"
"No. But I like it." the knight responded.
"My name is Skye... perhaps you've heard of me?" the elf smiled and placed her hands on his shoulders.
"Hmmm..." Fernando pondered, "Skye... No." he shook his head, "I've been all around the Realm and I have no memory of that name."
"Oh phoo..." Skye pouted, "I'm really famous, it's a miracle you haven't heard of me..." she sighed and caressed his chin.
The knight stepped back and let go of her, then cleared his throat.
"Well, what's a frail woman like you doing here?"
"Frail?" Skye shook her head, "Tough guy to pick on a girl..." she looked down and feigned hurt.
"Ah... Apologies, my lady." Fernando bowed and then extended his hand.
"How kind." Skye smiled, "And to answer your question... I am here on a mission, but-" she gasped when an arrow burst in through the window.
"Watch out!" Fernando sprung into action and covered the elf with his shield, then looked outside the window and saw nothing, "What is going on!"
"They are coming for me." Skye murmured and grabbed her cloak, "I'm gone!" she pressed a button on her wrist device and suddenly vanished from view.
Fernando looked around, but this was not enough for Skye, as this knight was fine tuned to follow the scent of a woman.
"Skye!" he called out and plucked the woman from the doorway.
"Ah!" the elf jumped, then faced him.
"You shall not go out alone!" Fernando picked her up and ran outside.
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The two ran out of the inn in haste.
"Where should we- GRAH!" Fernando yelled as his shoulder was struck by an arrow.
"I will not lose you, criminal!" a man jumped down from a nearby building and locked on to Skye, "Perhaps you thought you could hide from these eyes, but you could not!" he taunted and dusted off his red robe.
Skye growled.
"Well, I guess I have been caught red-handed."
"You never had a chance of escape. Especially from Sha Lin." the man chuckled and shook his head, "Now surrender or I'll force you!" he placed a special arrow on his bow.
"Skye!" Fernando jumped up but was suddenly struck by the special arrow and stunned entirely.
"Fernando!" Skye used the chance to rush the archer and kick him in the stomach, "Take this!" she struck the man with her fist and drove him into a booth.
"My cabbages!" the booth owner yelled as Sha Lin burst his stock.
"GWAH!" Sha Lin groaned, but then stood up and raised his bow, "DAH!" it was kicked out of his grasp by the elf.
"Time's up for you." Skye smirked and aimed her wrist device, "Have a nice-" she saw as the Sha Lin in front of her faded into sand.
"Huh?"
"Your sight fails you!" the archer's voice yelled.
"AYYY!" Skye screamed as her flank was struck by an arrow, sending her crashing to the ground.
Sha Lin appeared to her left.
"I'm the quick, you're the dead..." he chuckled and spun an arrow in his hand, "I told you should have surrendered." he planted his feet on the ground.
"READY?" he laughed, "HA- ARGH!" he was suddenly rammed.
"NO!" Fernando charged and lifted the archer up with his large shield, "RAHH!" he rammed him into a wall, cracking the sandstone structure.
"Is this... the end?" Sha Lin mumbled as he slid down the stone, "It... can't be..." he weakly clawed the ground to escape.
Fernando grunted and picked up Sha Lin, "Have you no honor? Have you no dignity?" he asked the man, "How could you fight such a defenseless, frail woman?"
"No..." Sha Lin shook his head, "It's not what you- AH!" he was thrown into a passing cart.
The knight dusted off his hands as the archer was taken away, then walked over to Skye.
"Are you alright, my lady?' he picked her up in his arms, "Let me take you to remove that arrow." he murmured.
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Skye sighed and winced as Fernando removed the arrow from her right flank.
"Thank you..." she smiled and held Fernando's hand.
"You deserve to be rewarded."
"My lady, please." Fernando chuckled, "I am a man of honor, I will not ext-" he had the elf's legs wrap around his waist.
"Come here!" Skye smirked seductively and brought him in.
"Oh you don't know what you got yourself into..."
The real Don Juan is here.
Fernando, the one and only!
These characters belong to Hi-Rez!
Enjoy!