Disclaimer: I don't own the book (and if I did, I wouldn't be done with the first ten chapters yet so you guys should be wicked glad that I don't own the books).
A/N: I'm forcing myself to write the rest of this story. Probably because I don't have many fans. The motivation to write this story has left me. I'm thinking that if I force myself to get back into it, I'll start liking my own story again. I'm more of a Twilight person now but I'll try my damnedest to make this story work. I think in between reading Moby Dick, The Adventures of Huck Fin, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Great Expectations, Wicked, and an unknown book report book, I'm going to read Erigon again.
Chapter Six: They Come
Katrina looked at Murtagh and she knew he knew. She looked away and felt herself blush. She'd never been a snoop before.
Murtagh looked over at Bel, cleared his throat and told her he needed to "speak" to Katrina. She nodded solemnly and swiftly turned around and walked away.
Murtagh started pacing and after awhile turned around and faced his twin. "You must leave. It is very important for you to get to the Varden. Here, take the alethiometer, I've known you were looking at it the entire time." At that, he groaned. "This is not how I wanted you to figure things out." He seemed to be saying it to himself.
"Murtagh what's wrong? Something's happened hasn't it?" Katrina asked in a panicked voice.
In between furiously packing their bags which seemed to have magically appeared there while she wasn't looking, Murtagh looked up and nearly whispered, "They come."
[Two hours later
(Aleksandr's POV)
The Ghost Walker team fanned out around the village. On rooftops, in carriages, and even hiding against buildings, the Ghost Walkers were silent. From his position on the church's roof, Aleksandr could see for miles in every direction, giving his some idea when the Soldiers would be there.
Aleksandr watched everything. He saw not only the surroundings, but also his team, in each of their positions they had coordinated it during one of their many trainings. He noticed that the village was all indoors. Not a spare child left behind. Good, the less blood shed, the better.
Soon, Aleksandr saw what he was looking for. A line of soldiers came over the hilltops and started toward Hellgrind. Aleksandr smoothly reached beside him and retrieved his bow and knocked and arrow. Just to reasure himself, Aleksandr counted his arrows and was pleased with the outcome. Anybody trying to get into his city and steal his women were going down. Wait, his woman? Where had that come from? Shaking his head at his own stupidity, he lit his arrow on fire and pointed it toward the sky, the signal everyone had been waiting for.
The Ghost Walkers came to attention, stringing arrows (coated with seithr oil), readying knifes, axes, and swards while a moment ago, had been in the process of being sharpened. Aleksandr pitied the fool who would get hit with one of their weapons.
Looking back at the surrounding, Aleksandr gasped in shock. The soldiers were only a mile away at this point. How had they moved so fast? Knowing his team thought they had longer than they did to prepare, he knocked another arrow and sent it flaming toward the sky. Everyone seemed just as shocked at he was but they quickly got into position and waited.
They didn't have to wait long. The soldiers were moving at a dizzying pace and were soon close enough to see what they were dealing with. Aleksandr swore and hunkered down a little more. These weren't men, these were Kull.
[Katrina's POV
Katrina paced the floor of the Ghost Walker's safe house. Murtagh had the alethiometer in front of himself, trying to explain what it was to Katrina who was too nervous to pay attention.
"Katrina, the only way for you to help is to figure out what this is so you can use it to steal the last dragon egg." Murtagh reasoned. Katrina knew he was right so she sat herself down across from him and indicated for him to continue. "How much do you remember of what I just told you?"
She blushed and looked at the aletheiometer as if it would answer Murtagh's question. When it didn't Katrina sighed and said, "This is an alethiometer, you can ask it any question you want it to, and it will answer it. There are only two in existence."
Murtagh nodded for her to continue and when she didn't he shook his head and said, "you ask the question with the pictures. You have to be absolutely sure that there is no better combination of pictures to use for your question. Not everyone can do it. Try."
Katrina looked skeptically at the alethiometer and hesitantly reached out for it. She put it in her lap and thought of a question she desperately wanted to know. She moved the first hand to a picture of a crown then the next to a book and the last she pointed at the picture of a house. Murtagh looked over curiously but before he could ask, the fourth hand was spinning. It landed on the same house the third hand was pointed to.
Murtagh looked in astonishment from the alethiometer to Katrina and back again. "How did you do that? What did you ask?"
Katrina looked horrified at Murtagh and said, "I asked if Galbatorix knew where we are."
Before either of them could so much as swear, they hear crackling above them. They looked at each other at the same moment and said, "Fire."
Cliffhanger! Hey, just be glad I updated! I need your opinions. Do you think Anna-Bel should go with Murtagh and Katrina to the Varden or Aleksandr??? I kinda want both to go. Maybe they can. Hmmmm, anyways, review people!!!!!
