A couple hours have passed and they were finally back to exploring, after finishing the work in progress map and after stuffing everything the two thieves could in their pockets. They were back to walking down a long hallway but it didn't seem as long as the first one was. Vilkas looked up at the ceiling and instead of being the usual gold material it was made of stone, he furrowed his eyebrows trying to figure out where they could be.
"Did you add this hallway to the map?" Brynjolf asked June. "Yeah, just did." She answered as she looked at her drawing with a pleasing smile. Vilkas looked a head a them and could almost see the detailed map she was holding out in front of her. 'It looks pretty good..' He thought to himself with a smile. The long hallway finally ended in a turn, but once they turned the corner June came to a quick stop almost making Brynjolf run into her. "What is it?" Vilkas asked walking up besides her.
She pointed a head, Vilkas and Brynjolf turned their heads seeing that the walls were lined up with Dwarven ports. One's that held Dwarven Spider's and one's that held Dwarven Sphere's. "Great.." Vilkas mumbled as he examined them all. "They don't always have machines in them but there are so many that I doubt we would get that lucky..." June said with a small frown. She felt useless against these type of things, her arrows just bounced off their metal skin and she wasn't as skilled in a sword than she was with her bow but she had no choice but to make due.
Vilkas looked at her for a moment and than looked back a head. "Well how ever many there may be, we can take them." He spoke with confidence in his voice. "Than by all means, you go first lad." Brynjolf said with a smirk as he waved his hand. "Too scared to go by yourself? I guess I can hold you hand if you want me to." Vilkas smirked right back. Brynjolf sneered at him and started to walk ahead, Vilkas right beside him. It almost looked like they were racing, June shook her head and rolled her eyes as she started to walk down the hall.
They took careful steps and tried not to make too much noise, June looked nervously around at the Dwarven ports on the walls. "Would you like me to hold your hand as well?" Vilkas asked with a small smile. He slowed down so that he was walking beside June, he noticed the look on her face. June looked at him and than quickly away with a crooked smile. "I think I'll be fine.." She answered.
Vilkas just smiled at her and looked back a head continuing to walking forward. Brynjolf was slightly looking back at them with a glare, he saw the way Vilkas always looked at June and the way he talked to her and it angered him. He wanted to get him away from her, do whatever he had to do to keep him away from her. But he kept his place and deiced not to cause any more problems. Hopefully soon they will be out of this place and be rid of Vilkas.
Vilkas could sense that Brynjolf was staring at them, he saw that he was glaring right at him. Vilkas glared right back, a fire started in his belly and he was aching for a real fight with Brynjolf. He wanted to show June that he was better for her than that thief was, but he knew that she would never forgive him for it and held himself back.
As Vilkas kept his eyes on Brynjolf he had stopped paying attention to where he was walking. They all suddenly heard the loud clank noise of a pressure plate, June and Brynjolf stopped and quickly looked at Vilkas. Vilkas slowly looked down and saw that he was the one that had stepped on the plate. "Crap." As soon as that word left Vilkas's lips all the ports suddenly opened at once and Dwarven machines came pouring out. "Get ready!" Brynjolf yelled as he pulled out his two swords.
June got out her bow and Vilkas got out his great sword, June knew her bow would not take them down but she could at least jam the joints of the machines that were focusing on Brynjolf and Vilkas. There was at least over twenty of the machines, Dwarven Spider's and Dwarven Sphere's gathered around them. They stood ready, the machines quickly lashed out at them. Vilkas swung his great sword left from right and than stabbed it down on top of the machines multiple times, Brynjolf was dodging bolts from the Sphere and knocking them over prying their heads off as quickly as he could. June had jumped back until she was a good distance away from most of them, she was shooting out arrows as quickly as she could jamming up as many machines as she could. The machines that June jammed up would quickly fall to the ground and Vilkas would quickly stab his sword into them and pry their heads of or broke them in half if he could.
It felt like that they had been fighting forever once they finally killed the last one. Brynjolf quickly pried the Dwarven Sphere's head off, it went flying and rolling down the long hallway. June bent down resting her hands on her knees as she was catching her breath. "Finally." Vilkas spoke with relief as he wiped the sweat away from his forehead. Brynjolf nodded in agreement and walked over to June putting his hand on her back. "You alright lass?" He asked her concerned.
"I'm fine, just got a few scratches is all." She replied with a smile, her smile faded when she saw that Vilkas was looking at them with a frown. He quickly looked away from them, it angered him every time they got close but there was nothing he could do about it. If he even tried anything him and Brynjolf would just get into another fight, June would have to get between them and probably get hurt in the process. Just thinking about that made his stomach twist and turn, he would of never forgiven himself if something had happened to he when she fell off that platform.
Vilkas sighed and just looked at the floor, he could hear them talking behind him but he didn't bother with finding out what, it was non of his business. Vilkas looked back up and saw that there was a door down at the end of the hallway, he decided that the was going to go check it out while they did what ever they were doing.
He started to walk and it wasn't long he had to come to stop when they all heard another loud clank noise from a pressure plate. Vilkas's eyes widened as he slowly looked down seeing he had stepped on another one. June and Brynjolf quickly looked at him. "You've got to be kidding!" Brynjolf yelled annoyed that Vilkas had yet again set off another trap.
They all looked around trying to prepare for whatever might happen but so far, nothing. June furrowed her eyebrows as she took a few steps towards Vilkas looking around. "Maybe this trap is broken." Vilkas said as he stepped off the pressure plate. They all looked at each other and just stood there for a moment waiting. Just as they started to feel like they were in the clear they all heard a loud crashing and banging noise. They jumped looking down the hallway to where it was coming from, they heard the loud banging noise a few more times till the door that was down the hallway suddenly crashed down onto the floor.
They quickly readied their weapons again and what came out of that door made their hearts beat fast. It was a Centurion that came crashing out of that room. "Dammit not another one of these!" June yelled as it came quickly charging down the hallway towards them. The last one they fought they had a better chance because it was in a large room, but this one would be harder because they were in a narrow hallway.
As the Centurion came charging down the hallway, the floor shook and pieces of the ceiling started to crumble, Vilkas looked up as he felt small rubble hit his head. 'Well that doesn't look too good...' He thought to himself with a worried expression. He quickly looked back a head seeing that the Centurion was closing in on them. "We need to get rid of this thing fast! I don't think this place will hold with it!" Vilkas yelled over the loud noises the Centurion was making.
"Look out!" June yelled as steam suddenly came flying their way. They quickly jumped out of the way but not fast enough, the steam had caught the back of June's leg burning right through her armor. "Ah!" She cried out in pain as she fell to the ground. Vilkas quickly looked at her hearing her cries, he looked at her leg seeing that her armor burnt right off and she had a massive burn that was already starting to blister.
He glared at the Centurion and quickly charged it hitting its knees with his sword but all it did was bounce off its metal skin causing him to fall back onto the ground. "Its weak spot is behind it's leg!" June yelled with pain remaining in her voice. Vilkas quickly looked at her, and than back at the Centurion. His eye's widened when he saw it suddenly swing his hammer down right for Vilkas. Vilkas quickly rolled out of the way causing the Centurion to hit the floor.
As its hammer slammed on the floor, all the tiles cracked and started to sink as if they could fall through at any moment. "This is not good!" Vilkas yelled as he quickly got up from the ground. The Centurion saw June and headed right for her, the pain on her leg was so great she could barely move. Right when it was about to slam its hammer right on her Brynjolf quickly charged it and started hitting the side of its leg with his blades. He knew it wouldn't do much but he had to get it away from June.
It looked at him and quickly blew steam right at him, Brynjolf dodged just in time. "Get June out of the way!" Brynjolf commanded Vilkas. Usually Vilkas would tell Brynjolf to screw himself for telling him what to do but all he cared about was June at the moment so he did what he was told. Vilkas quickly ran straight for June dodging the Centurion's swinging weapons and steam. He quickly got right besides june and swooped her up in his arms. "I'm fine, you need to help Brynjolf!" She said trying to push herself out of Vilkas's arms but he just tightened his grip on her.
"Brynjolf can take care of himself, I need to get you out of the line of fire!" Vilkas shouted over the loud crashing noises that the Centurion was making. He needed to get her away from this place in case it suddenly collapsed, but before he could far he heard a loud crashing noise. It was much louder than the one's before, he slowly turned around seeing that the Centurion had slammed its hammer into the wall and it went right through it. Brynjolf watched it for a moment as it struggled to get its weapon free.
It took a moment but the Centurion finally yanked its hammer out of the wall and once it did large cracks started to spread across the wall and spread to the ceiling. They just stood there for a moment until they realized what was happening. "Run for it!" Brynjolf yelled as he sprinted down the hallway. Vilkas started to run but it was too late, the ceiling had collapsed onto the floor causing the floor to suddenly collapsed as well. A long with the Centurion they fell into a pitch black hole that was underneath the ruin.