Chapter 9 Changing Love

"Let's go boy, Walter's waiting for us" I said to Collin petting his head while walking across the bridge that leads you in and out of Brightwall.

We walked into Mistpeak Valley watching the tree shadows for bandits.

"Rena, I suggest that you disguise yourself before going to the monorail station to meet up with Sir Walter, so Logan's personal guards won't take you to your brother when you get to Bowerstone" Jasper suggested.

"That's a good idea, I'll be right there" I said before teleporting to the sanctuary.

"Let's get to work on my disguise, shall we" I said walking into the dressing room followed by Jasper.

"Why don't you wear this dress" Jasper said.

"Jasper, I'm not going to court, I'm going to a monorail station in a cave and into Industrial. I don't need a dress and plus it will give me away to the castle guards" I said putting the elegant dress I usually wear away.

I walked over to my dyes, looking at the different colors, thinking before picking one.

"You are not going to dye your hair green are you" Jasper asked.

"Jasper, don't worry" I said walking behind the screen.

Jasper stood there biting his lip, waiting for me to come out.

"Ok, I'm done, how does it look" I said walking out from behind the screen to reveal my hair which is now dyed blond.

"It becomes you perfectly" Jasper said.

"Thank you, now I know the perfect outfit" I said before walking to my clothes and grabbed my new women's mercenary suit.

I skipped back over to my shelf of dyes, grabbing a bottle and headed back behind the screen.

I finished dyeing my clothes before stepping out from behind the screen.

"You sure you want to wear that" Jasper asked.

"Yes...Jasper I do" I sighed before walking out of the dressing room to check on my personal treasury in a medium purple women's mercenary suit.

"Be careful...Rena" Jasper said after we left the treasury into the map table room.

"I always am" I smiled before teleporting back into Mistpeak.

"Let's go, it's time for ADVENTURE" I yelled happily walking forward with Collin towards a small lake by the Mercenary camp when I stopped hearing Collin's growl.

"What's a pretty young girl like you doing out here by yourself" a bandit said looking up and down my body with a smirk when the rest of his friends came out of the shadows.

"What do you want" I asked.

"Oh, just a pretty girl like you to come along to have some fun with" he said wiggling his eyebrows seductively at me to my disgust.

"Sorry boys, but I'm engaged to a major in the Albion Royal Army and I need to get going" I said before walking away from them.

"Sorry love, but that isn't going to happen" he said his men surrounding me.

"Don't call me that EVER" I yelled pulling out my sword and swinging at the closest bandit.

I fryed them with my gauntlet and swung with my sword killing all seven of them in minutes, to be surrounded by dead bodies and the blood soaked ground.

"I guess you guys liked my outfit, since it is drop dead gorgeous" I smirked before giggling and walking up the hill to the monorail station.

"Sorry sir, I can't escort you to Brightwall, I'm heading to Bowerstone, when I come back this way and if your still here, I'll help you then" I said when he nodded his thanks before I walked into the station.

I walked in and I saw a crowd of people waiting for the rail car to Bowerstone.

I looked up the steps by a ticket booth to see Walter waiting on me.

I walked up the steps to the seated Walter.

"Have you been waiting for me long, handsome" I said.

"What..." Walter said jumping up surprised to hear a women's voice.

"I thought you would be happy to see me sweetheart...I know you want me" I said seductively.

"I-I...um I think you have the wrong person, miss" Walter said awkwardly.

I giggled at seeing Walter's reaction.

"Wait...Rena?"

"Hehehehe, yes Walter it's me" I said chuckling still.

"Rena..."

"Sorry, I know, but I couldn't help myself and plus your reaction was bloody hilarious" I said with an innocent smile.

"What am I going to do with you" Walter sighed putting his head in his hand.

"You know you love me and you know that was priceless" I said with a huge smile when all of the sudden we heard the rail car coming this way.

"There's our ride to Bowerstone" Walter said.

"That doesn't look very safe..." I stated.

"I never said it was safe, for gods sake it is hanging from the ceiling and plus it is the quickest way to Bowerstone. We've already wasted two months on starting the revolution, we shouldn't waste anymore time then we need to" Walter said.

I nodded as we stood there watching the rail car slowly come towards us when all of the sudden there was an explosion in the rail car and it fell down from the ceiling to the ground of the cave.

Everyone stood there in shock, but Walter and I ran down the steps to the locked gate that normaly is open for you to get in the rail car.

"We need to help those people, come on" Walter said prying the gate open with his sword.

The gate opened and we ran forward to a service elevator which I got on right away, but Walter hesitated before getting on.

I didn't say anything to him about the hesitation on getting in the elevator, so I pressed the button to go down.

As soon as the door opened we stepped out and I heard Walter let go of his breath that he was holding the whole time we were on the elevator.

I made a small smile before turning serious and we walked forward into the smelly cave to help the survivors if there were any.

We walked around a corner to see the rail car's burning wreckage and little dwarf looking creatures.

Walter grabbed my arm and pulled me back around the corner before any of the creatures could see me.

"Rena, those are hobbes, be careful. You shouldn't have any trouble killing them just don't let them gang up on you" Walter warned.

I nodded and we pulled out our swords as we walked around the corner and charged the hobbes.

I swung my sword slicing a head off of one hobbe while slicing off an arm on another. I burned a group of hobbes with my gauntlet which were overwhelming Walter.

"Thanks" Walter said after killing the last hobbe.

"Your welcome, you shouldn't have let them group up on you, though" I instructed while Walter pouted which made me giggle.

"Let's get going" Walter instructed walking deeper into the cave, me following behind.

We walked for what seems like hours fighting groups of hobbes as we went, to come to an open area that what looked like an old arena.

"Look there's light ahead" Walter said rushing into the arena with me closely behind when hobbes came out of nowhere surrounding us.

We fought the hobbes who kept coming when we fought these ones who were in top hats and suits with staffs.

"How can they summon dead hobbes, Walter" I yelled.

"I don't know, it doesn't matter just bloody damn kill them" he instructed.

We killed the summoning hobbes which stopped the skeleton hobbes from coming. I killed the last one without a problem.

"Let's get the bloody hell out of this cave" Walter instructed taking a step towards the exit when a force field formed trapping us in the circular arena.

"That bloody damn hobbe trapped us in here" I pouted.

"I know how to get us out" Walter exclaimed.

"How can you get us out if a hero like yours truly can't" I asked.

"Watch and learn..."

"BALLS..." Walter yelled scaring the hobbe to death and surprising me.

"See, you don't need to be a hero to kill a hobbe that trapped you in an arena" Walter chuckled.

"Yeah whatever, you scared the bloody hell out of me, and you could have at least warned me..." I pouted following Walter out of the smelly cave.

"Ah, nice clean fresh air..." Walter stated.

"Clean?"

"It is humid and I smell like hobbe because of...well this..." I complained pointing out how I was practically covered in hobbe blood while Walter was clean as a whistle.

Walter gave a hearty laugh, "We need to get going...hopefully my friends are still alive..."

"Why wouldn't they be..." I asked following Walter forward into the swamp.

"You do know this is Mourningwood, right Rena" Walter questioned.

"Really, I didn't recognize it" I said.

"Yeah, it's just a different part of Mourningwood then the last time we were here. Anyway, how long has it been since we've been in Mourningwood" Walter said.

"Months...do you think..."

"Rena...I didn't want to tell you this, but when I was looking for information about the mercenaries, I came across some information about the Swift Brigade..." Walter said nervously.

"About what, tell me Walter" I said.

He sighed, "I don't know if it's true or not, but it talked about how Logan sent more troops here to replace the Swift Brigade because as it said "they were all zombies with guns and swords" so Jack and Ben are mostly likely somewhere else" Walter explained.

"Oh,...wait...you know more don't you, tell me Walter please I need to know" I pleaded.

"Fine...it also said that there is a new major and captain here in Mourningwood, sorry" Walter said guiltily.

"It's ok at least they're out of this bloody hell hole" I said.

"Anyway, Rena I think we should come up with a different identity for you before we go into the fort because we don't know if the soldiers are loyal to Logan" Walter explained.

"Yeah, I think your right, and plus I'm already disguised so now a name...what would be a good name..." I sighed thinking.

"How about Elena or Lily?"

"No,...Olivia I think would be best, don't you?"

"Ok, Olivia around this corner is the fort, but before we go what will your story be?"

"Story...story...how about that I'm your long lost daughter and my mother never told you about me, but when she past away I decided to come find you and I had to prove myself to you before you took me in with open arms"

"You've thought about this for a while, haven't you?"

"I don't know what your talking about" I giggled before skipping forward towards the fort with Walter following.

"STOP, be you men or be you hollowmen" a soldier yelled atop the battlements, stopping Walter and I in our tracks.

"Are you deaf, boy. I'm Sir Walter Beck a knight and friend of the royal family" Walter said.

"Sir Walter, let me open the gate for you...hopefully it is ok to open them for you..." the soldier said signaling some other guards to open the gate.

Walter walked through with me following far behind.

Ben's POV

"Swiftie, are you ok?"

"No Ben, I'm not ok my fiancée has been missing for months...MONTHS and Logan isn't even searching for her anymore. How do you think I'm feeling?"

"Jack, I know your worried about Rena, but I'm positive she's fine...she's probably um...wherever nobles go, yeah that's where"

"Ben...oh...Ben, you try to brighten my mood when I really need it, thanks"

"No, problem anytime...anytime"

"Anyway, Ben let's head back to the fort"

We walked into Mourningwood and headed straight to the fort which took hours, going from Bowerstone to Mourningwood.

"Open the gate, Stewart" Swift yelled.

"Yessir" Stewart saluted before signaling to open the gate which we walked through to be back in good old stinky Mouringwood.

Rena's POV

"Sir Walter, welcome to my fort" the new major said.

"Do I know you" Walter said.

"You taught me to keep on trying to fulfill my dreams..." he said.

"Sorry, but I don't remember, I am getting pretty old..." Walter said.

"The names Lieutenant Major Thomas Peterson" Thomas smiled shaking Walter's hand.

"And this is Lieutenant Captain Josh Henderson" Thomas pointed out while Josh was watching me when we heard the gate open again.

"Who the hell did you let in now" Peterson yelled.

"Calm down Peterson, don't get your panties in a bunch" one of the newcomer's said making both of them laugh as they walked over next to Peterson and Henderson.

"Walter, it's good to see you again" Swift said.

"You too, old friend" Walter said hugging Swift.

"What are you doing here, Wally" Ben said watching me out of the corner of his eye like pretty much every man in the fort was doing except for Walter and Swift, as I was walking around the fort looking at the condition of it.

"We're here to ask for your help..."

"Olivia...Olivia, come over here and pay attention" Walter said somewhat annoyed.

"Oh...um sorry" I said walking over to Walter's side.

"Help for what" Swift asked.

"Um...we need to talk, privately Jack" Walter said.

"Ok...Ben, show Olivia how to use the mortar" Swift instructed leaving with Walter to his tent.

"Well, come on Olivia, we have nothing else to do" Ben said leading the way up the steps to the mortar.

"Ok, now show me how you would hold the mortar"

"Why?"

"So I can see what you can do without any instructions from me"

"Fine..." I said grabbing onto the mortar perfectly.

"Good, if you want to get maimed"

"Ben, she has per..." Jammy said.

"Shh, let me help you with it" Ben said standing closely behind me to change the position of my hands a smidgen.

"Now, perfect"

"Thanks..." I said blushing.

"No problem. Anyway, aim and shoot at that target over there" Ben instructed.

"Well, how am I suppose to do that when I don't know how to load it" I said turning towards Ben.

"That's why I'm going to introduce you to this man, Private Jammy, the jammiest sod in the whole fort" Ben said.

Jammy stepped forward, "Nice to meet you"

"Nice to meet you too...um...uh"

"Your probably wondering what's with all of the bandages, huh" Ben smirked which I nodded to.

"Seven hundred and twenty four wounds and still standing" Jammy said beaming.

"Wow...that's amazing" I said shaking his hand.

"Wait, your not disgusted with the idea of all those wounds" Ben asked surprised.

"No, why would I be...anyway Jammy load her up" I said.

"Yes ma'am" Jammy said loading the mortar for Olivia before she shot the practice target perfectly.

"Wow, that was bloody damn amazing for your first try" Ben said amazed.

"Thanks" I smiled before firing some more.

I can't believe this girl can fire a mortar perfectly on her first try. Who is this girl?