Here it comes. Look out, it's Chapter Four.

Chapter 4: Antidote

Blues walked inside the home he knew the child lived in. He found the boy lying on his own bed. The kid had cloths wrapped around his chest, and he didn't look too well. He had lost a lot of blood and was dying slowly. His face had paled white and he was shivering as if he were cold. A cough escaped him a few times. Blues walked over to him and kneeled beside the bed. He looked over at Blues and smiled. The mysterious robot forced a smile himself.

"We won. They hit the shield five times. You can't even tell it was hit at all. It didn't break and we are safe. Thank you sir."

"The name's Blues. What is yours?"

"My name is Nakatsu. I am glad you could help us out Blues."

"Don't mention it Nakatsu. I was glad to help."

"I'm… going to die aren't I? I could tell by the way they acted around me," he said referring to the people that tried to fix his wound.

"You don't seem that bad. I've seen people survive worse stuff than this." This wasn't really true or false. Other residents of the village had been attacked by wolves and lived, but they were adults. Nakatsu wouldn't have survived that, but this wound wasn't as bad. Blues couldn't figure out why the boy was suffering so much.

A villager walked in and motioned for Blues to follow him outside. Blues did so hesitantly. He began talking low so Nakatsu wouldn't hear.

"The sword was coated with a poison. It will kill him soon if we don't do something about it. I would imagine the city over the mountain has some type of antidote, but we can't go get it," the man said. He was a doctor for the village. Blues had seen him many times before, but again, he'd never been seen wearing his armor.

"I will. That kid was of great help. It's the least I can do." Blues responded.

"I couldn't ask you to do that… You have already done so much."

"You don't have to ask… I'm going." Blues walked back in and kneeled next to Nakatsu again. "I'm going to get you an antidote for a poison that was on the blade. I will be back soon, alright?"

"Thank you… I may not live that long though."

"I'll be back real quick. Don't die while I'm gone, alright?"

"Take… my shield. They will be aggressive over there…" Nakatsu said handing Blues his shield that lay propped on the other side of the bed. It stretched from his knees up past his neck, and had an oval shape that was pointed at the ends of the longer axis. It was solid white with a red line that was the circumfrence of it. A rectangular hole was made near the top to see through. Blues took it in his hand and started to leave.

"See you then Nakatsu," he whispered. He heard the child cough once more as he left.

Blues walked past several villagers that bowed to him. It wasn't just for saving the village. They bowed because he was leaving to save one of their own. He started at a run for the mountains in front of him. He would have to hurry if he wanted to save Nakatsu.

The forest just beyond the battlefield was covered with vines blocking the way. It was at this time he wished he had taken a sword with him. It was dark in the woods even though it was only a little after noon. Nothing seemed to get in his way except for overgrowth. Suddenly three soldiers came running at him. They seemed to be expecting someone to come. He punched two of them and kicked the other. They fell quickly and he kept going. It was another hour before he topped the mountain. He looked ahead of him and the city lay not far below. It was on a plain that extended from the mountain. The land here was higher than that the village was on.

A wall surrounded the city and he could see a small castle rising above it. As he got nearer to the city an arrow flew by him, and he could hear gunshots. He put the shield in front of him just in time for an arrow to bounce off. Someone must have escaped and told the city to be on the lookout for him. He deflected the shots and got to the gate. It was high in front of him, but a few punches and kicks would probably knock it down.

He started to hit it and it suddenly opened revealing twenty guards that began to attack him. The shield was a great help after all as he mowed through them with little effort. Cannons situated on the castle walls started to shoot at him also. He dodged them while he looked for a pharmacy type of store. He noticed one with potions and similar things in the window and ran inside.

"I need an antidote to cure an advanced poison. I know you have one here." He said angrily.

The man at the counter found one on his shelf and handed to him, his hands shaking.

"I know the army is ruthless, but don't be angry at all of us. What they are doing with the king like this is wrong. Please, go." He said covering his face. When he noticed Blues didn't kill him, he looked up and no one was there. He sighed and fell back into a chair, glad that nothing more had happened than what just did. Now he only hoped the army didn't find out of his treasonist act.

In the meantime, Blues was having trouble getting back outside the walls. Guards continued to fire at him from both sides and he realized that he would have trouble shielding it all. A soldier ran up to him and tried to slash him, but Blues was able to get past him and knock the shield from the knight's hand. Blues took it and started blocking both sides. It was easy for him to get back outside the massive gates now. As he ran past the guards he had knocked back or knocked down, he turned and tossed the guard's shield back at a few people chasing him. He was in the forest and hopefully home free.

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