Masquerade
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Chapter 6
Heero stood looking at what was supposed to be the second entrance to the pass, but only saw the sheer drop off of the side of the cliff. He looked down at the sword Quatre had given him once again. Some how this was supposed to open the way for him to enter. He looked at the blade and found at the bottom, a symbol of a triangle with an X going through it. He looked toward the cliff and finally saw the entrance he was looking for. A few yards away from him was the same marking. He walked over to it and put the sword up against it. To his surprise the rock shifted, sending debris and dust on him.
Heero wiped the dust from his face, and tightened his grip on the sword. Quatre had mentioned huge beasts in the mountain, if he were to survive this ordeal he would have to be cautious. He took his first step into the cave and was surprised to find that instead of the cave being pitch black, it was lit up by an eerie red light. He took stock of his surroundings, and not finding anything out of the ordinary, preceded down the pass.
A loud screech came from above, and he quickly ducked behind a large boulder, ready to defend. From far above he caught sight of a bat flying towards the ceiling. Heero gasped when he saw it, the bat was at least half the size of him, with giant horns attached to its skull. It flew up to the roof and Heero had to stop himself from running out of the cave. High above him, sat hundreds of these same bats. He waited a few moments to make sure all the bats were asleep, and more slowly and carefully than before, he crept across the chamber. At the end of the cave was a small tunnel, he made his way towards it, each agonizing step bringing him closer. Far above one of the bats shifted, causing a sharp rock to fall from the ceiling. Before it hit the ground, it struck Heero on his right hand. Heero cursed as red blood started to come out of the wound, and suddenly, all heck broke loose. The bats instantly smelled the blood and all of them launched from their resting places, screeching, coming straight toward him.
Heero sprinted toward the tunnel, cursing his bad luck, as hundreds of blood thirsty bats screeched after him, jaws open wide. He was almost to the tunnel when a bat hurled down in front of him. It screeched loud, horns down, his sharp fangs wide open. Heero quickly sidestepped its horns as it jabbed at him, and lifted his sword over his head. He thrust down, and managed to slice off one of the bats wings. The bat howled, as Heero quickly dove into the tunnel.
He rolled a few feet away from the entrance, quickly scrambling to get up. He was at an advantage here, the bats couldn't fly in here because their wing span, and they would have to come in one at a time. He got ready to defend himself, when he heard a cry of pain. Looking out, he saw the other bats flying down and beginning to devour the bat he had just wounded. Heero turned and ran up the tunnel, not wanting to be the second course.
After running for a while, he stopped and tore off part of his tunic, and wrapped the cut on his hand. It wasn't a serious injury, but wrapping it would help keep the other beasts from smelling his blood. He walked for a little ways, and stopped when he saw the tunned was blocked off by white ropes. They were about the width of yarn, and when he went to move them out of the way, found them to be silky and sticky. He started hacking away the cords, making his way down the tunnel, but stopped when a sound came from further down the pass. He retreated a few steps away, and tightened the grip on his sword. As the sound grew closer and closer. Heero slowly took in a deep breath prepared for the worse, already beginning to feel the adrenaline course through his body.
He gasped, when he saw 8 black legs, and the set of fangs attached to them come from around the corner. The monster was a giant spider. Following close behind, was another spider, jaws open ready to strike whatever it was that was disturbing their webs. Heero held his breath as they approached closer hoping he could escape without having to face the 2 monstrous beasts. The larger spider crawled up on the wall, and began to restring part of the web, while the other slowly made its way forward. It inspecting every part of the broken webs, and it found its prey.
The spider saw Heero's dark figure against the tunnel wall and jumped at him, its sharp front legs extended, ready to strike. Heero quickly ducked and rolled out of the way, narrowly missing the spiders legs from impaling him. The spider came crashing into the wall, and Heero quickly turned around and lashed out with his blade. He managed to split the spiders back in half, and took off one its back legs. It screeched out in pain and went limp. He quickly turned around in time to see the other, larger spider, in mid air flying at him, its legs posed to strike. He moved in time to miss one of its front legs, but the other stuck him in his left leg. He cried out in pain, feeling like his leg had caught fire. He quickly swung his sword, and successfully cut off the creatures head. The beast fell lifeless on top of him. He grunted, and threw the carcasses off of him, cringing in pain as his leg throbbed. He sat up and saw the the wound was deep and blood was freely flowing from it. He tore off another piece of his tunic to try to stop the blood flow. He slowly stood up, wincing as he put weight on his leg. He leaned against the wall and started to walk slowly down the path. He groaned as fresh wave of pain shot through his leg, but continued on his way down the pass toward the stone. The sooner he got away from the dead remains of the spiders, the better. The scent of their blood would bring every creature in the mountain to that spot, and the last thing Heero wanted was more company.
In the Archer Kingdom, Duo and Trowa had rallied all the soldiers together, ready to defend themselves from the oncoming threat. Duo had managed to keep the fact that their king was missing a secret still, with some help from Trowa. Anyone who asked, was either quickly given an order, or told to remain silent. He'd have to deal with that later, if he was even alive after all this to deal with it.
He spotted a solider out of the ranks, and ran over putting him back into position. Today was going to be one heck of a day, and he was determined to have the chance to live it this out so he could yell at Heero for it later. The alarm bells rang signaling the Peacecraft army was in sight. Within a matter of minutes they would be upon them.
Relena rode out of the Peacecraft kingdom as fast as she could manage, coaxing her horse into a full gallop. She silently yelled at herself, for not having the insight to change out of the dress she was wearing. Making it awkward and uncomfortable to ride. She guided her horse towards the Archer Kingdom, hoping she would make it in time.
Author's Notes: Sorry for not posting yesterday. I took down A Dragon's Heart yesterday. I plan on revising it and changing it, and making an epilogue for it. But first I'll finish this story and then begin that one.
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