(Chapter 4)
(Third person point of view)
(Disclaimer-I do not own Fire Emblem or any of its characters, but I do own my ocs Night and the others.)
WARNING!-this is rated M for violence and sexual scenes!
I'm sorry for the late update everybody and thank you to all who have fovarited this. Again thank you Dark for your review. I'm so sorry about how long this took, I have recently moved In with my older brother, Sam who now has custody of me and I lost the chapters I had done of this story (4-7), but luckily my brother was able to hack my old computer somehow and transfer my files onto my laptop. Thank you all so much for not yelling at me.
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The drip of water squeezing itself through the cracks in the cold stone wall could be heard throughout the cellar. The steel bars of the cages that held each man had a dark, evil feeling to them as they held onto the prisoners. Rats scurried around the stone floor eating the food of those who gave up hope long ago. Spiders weaved weeps through the eye sockets' and sulk of the skeletons of those who had died in the prison. The guards did not care enough to clean out the bodies of the dead and therefore the place stunk horribly. The cages that held the men were lined up evenly on each side across from one another. There were about 100 of them on this level of the prison and about 700 men on it as well. Living conditions were awful and most died from sickness because the place was so dirty. There were at least seven prisoners in each cage. It was considered lucky if one of your cellmates dropped dead, then you could eat his body for food. There were no windows or any light source for that matter in the prison, it was always dark and the cracks that let water leek through made it damp as well.
Edward shifted from his position of lying on his stomach to his side on the cold, dirty ground. He let out a little groan of pain as his sore body moved. His wound had gotten worse and he was starting to believe that it had gotten infected. The wound would bleed regularly and the only thing covering it was Sothe's white, now red, scarf. By coincidence Sothe and Edward had been put in the same cell and it was probably the only reason Edward was even still alive. Edward let out a pained sigh as he placed his head on his arm and closed his eyes. He could only hope and pray that Leonardo was doing better then him. He longed to be with him again, but Edward knew there was no chance of him escaping. Sothe had tried and failed twice. Sothe sat down beside Edward and leaned up against the wall.
"Lay your head on my lap; it will be better for you." Sothe said, looking down at his exhausted friend. Edward looked up at him weakly and moved over a few inches closer to Sothe. Then he let his head fall onto Sothe's lap. Edward let his distrust of Sothe go for the time being. He was too weak and tired to challenge the person who was now protecting and caring for him. Edward closed his eyes in hopes of getting the rest he so desperately needed. Sothe laid his hand on Edward's shoulder and looked around at the other people in the cell with them. There was an old raven laguz, a young blue-haired woman, and a sea foam green-haired young woman the others were dead. The two girls would often speak of Crimea and their queen. The old raven laguz kept saying something about a girl with white wings that he was protecting before he had gotten caught. None of them seemed bad; in fact the girl with sea foam green hair, Nephenee had helped with Edward's wounds when they were first put into the cell with them. The others were also friendly towards them.
"How is he doing?" Nephenee asked Sothe.
"Not well, I can only hope his body is strong enough to last through this."
"I'm sure he'll make it." Nephenee said kindly as she got up and sat down beside Sothe. She looked over at Edward and smiled gently at his sleeping body. Sothe stared at the blank stone wall on the other side of them. He tried time and time again to come up with a way to break out, but he could not. It was impossible and he was starting to fear the worst for Edward. To even get out they would have to either trick one of the many guards or break the steel bars, both of which were very difficult to do. The two girls and the raven laguz were both willing to help them, but that still did not increase their chances. There had to be someway out. Sothe kept fiddling with the possibilities in his mind, but he could not come up with a single plan that would help them escape. Time and time again he came up with same results. There was no getting out and Edward was in desperate need of a healer. Sothe had looked over the cells and knew where the rest of the Dawn Brigade was, but he was unable to get Edward to Laura. Nephenee, seeing Sothe's desperation, put her hand on his shoulder.
"Everything will be fine. We'll find a way out." Nephenee spoke quietly and softly, but her words had somehow given hope to Sothe. If he could get the entire Dawn Brigade to act out and start fighting with the other prisoners then the guards would be forced to move them into solitude. If they waited until the guards moved them outside a few feet away from the prison then they could fight back and get away. Sothe had his plan, but it would take a miracle for it to work. It was worth a try at least. Sothe wasn't going to let Edward and the also badly wounded Aran die in a place like this. Sothe calculated the plan in his head and it would work, but it had to be done at a certain time when there were fewer guards on duty. This time was three o'clock each day, when half of the guards left to go on petrol of Daein with Jarod. It had to be done perfectly, but they would have to wait a few days to make sure the pattern was consistent. Sothe leaned over close to Nephenee and whispered his plan into her ear. She then passed the idea on to the blue-haired women, Lucia and the old raven laguz, Nealuchi. They agreed with it, but they had a problem of how to alert the rest of the Dawn Brigade. It was Edward who came up with what they needed.
"We could howl, like Volug. Then he'll know and he'll alert the others." Edward breathed out weakly. Sothe nodded.
"Yes, Edward. Good idea." Sothe said. Nephenee nodded happily with the others.
"Get some rest, Edward, you'll need it." Sothe said. Edward nodded and closed his eyes again. Sleep soon took him over and he was resting peacefully on Sothe's lap. Sothe glanced around the prison, watching every guard carefully. Edward's dreams took him to a peaceful land of green, gently rolling hills with a small village on them. He watched as a few young children danced around the hills, chasing one another and laughing. They were in heaven as were their parents who were talking among themselves about current events and such. Then out of nowhere the village exploded into flames and the screams of the parents being burned alive could be heard. Two of the children ran into the inferno crying their parents' names, but they were eaten alive by the flames. The other children ran as fast as they could, but they were cut off by soldiers, they screamed in terror as they were hacked down by the soldiers. A young man, an archer came to aid them, but he was killed at the hands of the soldiers. Edward opened his eyes and screamed slightly. Sothe looked down at the shaking swordsman.
"Edward?" Sothe asked.
"It's nothing." Edward panted out.
"Calm down, whatever it, it was just a dream." Sothe said as he began to run his fingers through Edward's light brown hair, trying to soothe him. Edward sighed and pushed the dream to the back of his mind and closed his eyes, falling asleep once again, only this time his dream of Leonardo was a peaceful one.
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Sorry for the short, boring chapter, but as you can tell it was needed for the story. Thank you for reading!
