Here's the next chapter! Next chapter will be up probably by Sunday if not Monday before my classes starts on Tuesday.

Enjoy!

Noll and Gene ran through the thick forest and they almost made the soldiers noticed their location. They planned on how to attack the two dozen soldiers playing with Mai. They both know that the two of them won't stand a chance against the built men. "What are we going to do?" Gene whispered. Noll didn't answer, he slowly sneaked around the campsite, taking the guns from the each tents. Gene did the same. Ever so slowly, they gathered all the guns and repositioned them at random trees. As they were organizing the guns, they tried not to attack the soldiers when they started ripping her clothes of and pushing her around. Once they were done, Noll whispered to Gene what their plan was. "Noll, I can shoot, you don't have to worry about that. Just worry about Mai" Gene told his brother. Noll just nodded as a reply. They took their position, Gene being on the northern from the camp while Noll was in the east. They took aim as the leader pushed Mai on the dirty forest floor. Inhale… Exhale… then…

The soldiers were getting ready to take their turns once the leader was done with the lad. They didn't even notice any movement around the campsite and before they knew it one of the soldiers was shot in the head. Another one fell down, blood coming out of his forehead. The soldiers tried to pinpoint where the shooter was but it was difficult for them to see. Not only that the sun has set, it seems to them that they were surrounded.

After Noll fired the first shot, he moved on to the next gun swiftly located about ten yards to his left. He heard Gene fired the gun and sure enough the two soldiers were down. He wanted to laugh seeing how the soldiers looked. They were terrified and panicking. He even heard one of them telling the leader that the guns were gone. The twins made their way around the campsite, killing each soldier leaving the leader and Mai. The said leader took Mai as a hostage, his arm wrapped around her shoulder while the other was holding a dagger against her neck. Mai wasn't doing anything, she didn't even processed that the soldiers were dead except for the one holding her.

"Who are you? Get out! Don't try anything funny or she'll get it!" the leader warned.

Noll stepped out of the shadows of the trees, Gene stayed behind, pointing the last gun on the leaders forehead behind a bush. Noll casually walked towards the leader and Mai, stopping a few yards away. He noticed that Mai was covered in bruises and her clothing is almost nothing. But the only thing that disturbed him was the emptiness of her eyes.

"Let her go" he said coldly.

The leader snickered, "Or what? You can't do anything now since her life is in my hands"

"Is it?" Noll mocked, "One false move and you'll get it. I have a gunner hidden somewhere right now ready to blow up your head."

"Oh yeah? If I die, she dies as well"

Gene watched as the leader put Mai in front of him, 'Smart move but I can still shoot you' he thought. He noticed that his brother was getting impatient and knew that if he had the chance he better take it.

"If you kill me you'll have to answer to the Western lord" Noll lied.

"Bullshit!"

"Oh? The new treaty did say that Eastern people cannot kill anyone from the Western Lands and same goes for us" he lied again.

"There's no such thing!" the leader looked at Noll intently and seemed to recognize him. "You! You're Davis, Oliver!"

"Indeed I am"

"You're wanted for attempted murder of our king! Death penal-" the heard a shot and then nothing.

Gene watch as the leader argued with Noll, he was getting bored and just wanted to shoot the guy already. When he heard that his brother was wanted he took aim and steadied himself. He saw that guy lowered his guard and he took that chance to shoot. The bullet went past Noll's right ear by a foot but Mai's head by inches. He almost shouted in victory but instead he ran towards Mai when he saw his brother ran for her as well.

So? What do you think?

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