Chapter 11
Victor woke up to the sound of a scream. He blinked quickly and turned around to the source of the scream at the entrance of the cave. From what he could see Mercy and Marion were being shoved into a carriage by rune knights.
"Let me go! Where's Mark? I need to find him!" Marion shouted as she tried to bite one of the rune knights before being shoved into the carriage.
"Get off me! Where are you taking us?" Mercy shouted in anger.
"We're taking you to Hargeon Town Jail." A man said before shoving Mercy into the carriage.
Dammit...why didn't you wake me up Mercy...
"Get the other one and throw him in with the boy." A rune knight shouted.
Victor got up to his feet slowly and glared at the two oncoming rune knights. Both of them were fairly tall and had sandy blonde hair.
"Are you going to come in quietly?" One of the men asked.
"Where is my comrade, the boy?" Victor asked angrily.
The two men looked at each other as Victor narrowed his eyes.
"Answer me! Tell me and I'll let you arrest me!" Victor exclaimed.
"Sergeant Percival brutalized the boy before throwing him to the carriage." The taller of the two men said reluctantly.
"Are you satisfied now?" The shorter of the two men said, he was clearly growing impatient.
Yes you stupid excuse for a" knight"...
"Place your hands out so that we can cuff em." The taller man said.
Victor placed his hands out and waited patiently as the shorter man fiddled with his belt before finally producing a pair of steel cuffs.
"Now just hold still..." The shorter man said as he licked his lips and moved towards Victor.
Victor blinked twice before delivering a kick to the shorter man's crotch which sent him keeling over before advancing forward and punching the taller man quickly sending him crashing to the floor.
"Give me back my comrades!" Victor shouted as he walked towards the carriage.
"We've got to go now! Forget about that mage for now!" A man yelled from the carriage.
Victor was taken aback as he saw the two men he had assaulted before scramble to their feet and run after the carriage. Victor cursed his luck as he realised that the carriage was leaving.
Guess I need to save these layabouts then...ugh I hate waking up late...
Victor took a deep breath and ran after the carriage.
Ainsel couldn't believe his luck. A few hours into the journey and already there was a fight to sink is blade into.
Ainsel blocked Caedyn's blade before jumping backwards and then rolling to the side. Ainsel started to pant as he wiped his brow. They had been fighting for hours and neither of them was making any headway.
"You're good." A male voice shouted from out of nowhere.
Ainsel and Caedyn looked at each other quizzically.
Wonder who that was...
"But we're better!" A female said excitedly.
Suddenly Ainsel felt himself being flung through the air and landing next to Saaki.
"Bro?" Saaki said with a confused expression.
What the hell was that...
As if to answer his question the glare of the sun seemed to get brighter for a few seconds before dying down to reveal two armoured children. One of them was a boy who looked about thirteen; he had black hair and the person standing next to him was obviously his sister, she had long black flowing hair which reached her shoulders. Both of them wore black armour which had a blood red crest of a broken heart in the centre.
"We are called the Dark Templar's. My name is Alex and this is my sister Victoria." The young boy said.
"That's correct. We were sent here by the King. Prepare to lose." The woman said as both she and her brother stretched out their hands summoning scythe's in their hands.
"Hpm...You guys are no match for me and Saaki. I call the boy!" Ainsel shouted as he gripped his katana and beckoned for his brother to join him.
"Guess we'll take the girl. Bet we can beat her quicker than you can beat the boy!" Caedyn replied.
Alex glanced at his sister before charging towards Ainsel and swinging his scythe wildly, Ainsel felt himself get dragged out of the way by Saaki.
"Thanks, get ready to use operation boom." Ainsel said as Saaki let go of him.
"No pro-"Saaki started before he started shaking wildly.
"What is it?" Ainsel said with a concerned tone.
"Look." Saaki said as he pointed.
Ainsel followed Saaki's line of sight to see Alex standing on a large slab of rock. Caedyn and his sister were nowhere to be seen. They had been teleported to a desolate desert.
"I've moved us to somewhere more private." Alex explained as he narrowed his eyes.
Perfect! All the more time to punch the snot out of this gu-
Ainsel raised his katana instinctively to block Alex's scythe as he blurred in front of him.
"Saaki do it now!" Ainsel shouted as he put more weight on his katana forcing Alex to move back a few metres.
"Apollo's song!" Saaki said as he played a cheery tune which sent a blast of orange energy towards Alex.
Alex smiled before slicing downwards with his scythe. Ainsel was taken aback as he saw the scythe completely neutralize the attack, making the blast of energy fizz out to small harmless flickers.
"What the hell are you?" Saaki said in shock.
"I'm the Anti Mage commander of King Akbar's Thirteenth regiment! Prepare to be neutralized!" Alex said as he twirled around his scythe.
Fancy...looks like I'm going to have to take this loser down!
"You ready bro?" Ainsel said with a grin.
"You know it!" Saaki said as he primed up his violin.
Ainsel lunged upwards into the sky and slashed wildly with his katana which clanged against Alex's scythe. The collision sent a shockwave around the whole area.
This is going to be interesting...
Marc woke up from the haze to see himself surrounded by a large fire – no wait that was technically wrong he was standing above the fire or at least hanging over it.
"He's awake." A man yelled from below.
"Good. Add more fire to the stake!" Chief Kai shouted.
"BURN!" A group of children yelled from the ground below.
Marc glanced down to see the burning flames cackling below his sandals. He gulped as he noted a number of the populace had surrounded him. Each with sharpened weapons armed to the teeth.
Damn it...I hate fire...
Marc glanced around to see a battered and bruised Erika hanging opposite him on her own burning stake, next to her was Miriam and to his left was Julius.
"What are we going to do?" Marc whispered as he heard cheers from the crowd below.
"There's nothing we can do. We're being restrained by anti magic cuffs." Julius whispered back.
"There has to be something and you know it." Marc argued.
"If we could just free ourselves..." Miriam muttered.
Marc stared at Erika and gave Julius a quizzical look.
"She's unconscious thanks to Chief bigfoot of their leader..." Julius said bitterly as he gestured with his head at the giant man with red tribal marks on his face. He had a pot belly and wore a goatskin skirt or at least that's what it looked like as he danced with numerous women.
Marc began to shake in anger.
What type of man does that to a woman...even if that woman is Erika...he'll pay!
"Oh what's this. The pink haired one is all riled up and ready to be eaten!" Chief Kai said as he stumbled over towards Marc.
Marc spat in his face as Chief Kai leaned in with his dirty yellow teeth.
"Oh so you wish to play do you!" Chief Kai said as he punched Marc with a giant fist.
Marc felt himself being hit by a train as he felt his entire body keel over as the wooden stake cracked and fell with him still attached on it.
"So much for him!" Chief Kai said as Marc drifted downwards and landed in the fire.
The crowd cheered loudly as Chief Kai done a small dance.
He'll pay...for this burning sensation around my body...no...deep breaths Marc...stay civilized...
"Time to deal with this one seeing as she's almost dead." Chief Kai said triumphantly as he lumbered towards Erika.
I'll blast this oaf into smithereens...
"NO! DON'T TOUCH HER!" Miriam yelled.
"Shut up wretch!" Chief Kai shouted.
Marc got up shakily to his feet and rose up from the ground; a pink aura surrounded his body.
Must destroy...
The crowd gasped causing the chief to turn around to see glowing Marc staring right at him with anger in his eyes.
"How?" The Chief exclaimed.
Marc didn't answer before sending a blast of neon towards the chief.
He'll pay!
Victor rushed past numerous people as he entered Hargeon Town. He looked around desperately until he zeroed in and watched the carriage stop in front of a large building which read "Town Jail".
Need...to...get...in... Victor panted as he watched the carriage unloading his team, Marion and Mercy looked relatively unhurt but Mark seemed like he had been to wore and back again.
I need to bust them out of there...
Victor grinned as he eyed a small ventilation shaft on top of the building.
A few seconds later...
Victor successfully clambered atop the building's roof and glanced inside the air vent. It was dusty and quite frankly going to be a tight squeeze for someone of his stature.
I wouldn't normal do this but I need them as much as it pains for me to think this: I actually want to save them...
He took a deep breath before kicking open the air vent and venturing inside.
It didn't take long before he could hear Mercy and Marion's screams of pain.
"This is what you get for trespassing in our cave!" A man shouted as Mercy screamed out in agony.
"Never cross the council!" Another man shouted as Victor heard the sparks of a lightning staff, soon enough he heard Marion wail in pain.
Why haven't I heard Mark yet...
Victor turned a corner before finally reaching his exit. He punched open the ventilation shaft causing a number of eyes to swivel towards him.
"What are you looking at?" Victor said as two burly guards dressed in white robes moved from the door and pulled him out of the shaft with their bare arms.
Time to strike quickly...
Victor quickly swept the two men from under their feet causing them to crash to the ground. Before darting around with his eyes until they settled on a convulsing Marion on the ground and a bruised Mercy.
Shit...
Just before he was about to run towards them the door opened to reveal a muscular bald man with a jagged scar across his right cheek, he wore a blue jacket and wore white cloak. To complete his look he wore a black pair of baggy trousers and black gloves.
"To think this pathetic boy was part of the Hydra-"The man stopped talking when he noticed Victor.
"Oh...your here...this one wasn't much of a challenge..." The man said as he clicked his fingers causing a severely injured Mark to drop out of nowhere next to him.
"Who are you?" Victor said sternly.
"My name is Percival but if you associate yourself with this rabble then call me your superior." The man said.
"Shut up." Victor said angrily.
Percival blinked.
I hate people like him who abuse power...
"Careful...I have you friend her under my thumb." Percival said as he grabbed Mark by his ear.
"Let him go." Victor said as he noted the increasing amount of blood dripping from Mark's side.
"Sure." Percival said as he pushed Mark towards Victor.
Why? Oh well I guess this was easier than I thought-
Victor watched as time seemed to slow. Percival raised his hands and blasted Mark in the chest causing the glaring ray to pierce his skin. Mark looked down with a face contorted in agony before mouthing "I'm sorry" as he collapsed to the ground lifeless.
Victor glared at Percival who was now laughing. In the corner of his eye he could see Mercy and Marion cowering together and crying silently. Victor clenched his fist in anger.
"Did you really think it would be so easy? That rodent didn't know anything about the "Hydra Consortium" maybe one of those women will know-"Percival said before he was cut off by a punch to the jaw.
You took my special person...right in front of my eyes...I'll damage you so much that you can't stand!
"I don't usually fight but for taking a member of my guild away! I'll show you no mercy!" Victor said in anger before he felt himself being flung against a wall by a high amount of magical pressure.
"YOU DARE STRIKE ME!" Percival said as he took off his cloak and glowed bright red.
Victor didn't even bother replying before ripping of his hooded cloak to reveal a sleeveless tunic. His body began to glow brown causing the very ground to crack.
"I don't usually like to fight but unfortunately for you I'm pissed off now." Victor said as he cracked his knuckles.
I'll avenge you Mark...
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A/N
Hey all!
Dun dun dunnn...shocking death...bet that blew you away! Hope you really enjoyed this chapter. Sorry about the lack of detail in some places. Really hope you enjoyed this story up until now I have an idea for an agents of shield fic set during WW2 would you prefer if i started that or continued with this? I will only have time to do one story since I have really hard exams to revise for.
Also good news I got ABB in my exams today moving on to A2! Really happy.
Scrawlx out!