I was supposed to be a simple grab and go.

There would be a hunting party with a skinny, dark haired boy wearing blue or red with a "ridiculous neckerchief". He had been told it would be easy. As skilled kidnappers as his men were, it would and should have been the simple job She had told him it was. The other bandits said his group was the best after all. She had wanted him and his men for that reason. But She had used the phrases "troublesome" on their target, not on the Knights of Camelot or even the King. That should have been his first clue to the absurdity of this mission.

First, half of his men were felled by fallen tree branches or unseen roots, he knew only one thing was at work. Magic! For Camelot! One within the walls of the great city of against magic was using it and that person must have been close to the King. That was the only explanation. He should have listened to the rumors that the Knights of Camelot were protected.

With many of the evil magic users like the She-Witch defeated over the years, the older and more seasoned members of the bandit guild of Albion had placed a ban on any attacks against the people of Camelot. "Don't mess with Camelot". Something would happen to you if you did. The consensus was that attacking the people of that fair city, was inviting a curse of bad luck. Of course, the ban was more of what you'd call a "guideline" than an actual rule. Most heard and scoffed at the old folks, He included. But when he was tasked with this job and found he was up against Camelot's King and his Knights, he was still wary. He never cared for the rumors or believed in them but as one by one his men fell, he could not help but think they were true.

What was he to do? He had the target he his sight but no men to get him away. What should he…

There! His hand darted out and grabbed the boy. Pulled him close by artfully twisting the arm behind the boy's back, he batted away they silly stick he had been using to defended himself. Why had these highly skilled Knights not given him a sword, already? He brought up his sword to the neck of the poor boy and shouted "Nobody move!" Maybe this would stop have them stop.

To his surprise, it did. How what?

I made a Pirates ref! Hehe! So you might wonder who the SHE is! Well it's not who you think... Or is it!? ;)