Escape plan? When no one is left, walk out the front door.

-Jacob Frye (Assassin's Creed Syndicate)

Chapter 12: Fights in the Castle

Out of my peripheral vision I saw both Gonzo, on my right, and Nudge, on my left, notice what I was doing. They stayed silent and gave me a silent nod, knowing what I'm up to. I cut through as quietly as I could and smirked at how easy it was. The rope wasn't too strong, speaking from experience, this was quite easy to break free of. Once my bindings were off I held them in my hands to make it look as if they were still on.

I then slipped the knife to Gonzo who was on my right side. Once he was done he passed it behind him, and it eventually made it full circle back to me. The people standing at the walls talking to each other didn't seem to notice, otherwise they definitely would have done something. Gonzo leaned over to whisper ask me what I should do. I just told him to wait for my signal, to which he nodded.

So far my plan is coming along perfectly. I'll wait for the king to come and then put the knife to his throat, we'll get walk of here, get back in the seas, and maybe get some rupees out of it too.

The door that Linebeck came through opened again, and I hoped it would be the king, of course it wasn't. Instead Linebeck came through the door and leaned onto the wall next to the throne, sending me an impatient look. The people instantly becoming silent and returning to their positions.

"Well…?" Linebeck trailed patiently tapping his foot.

"Well what?"

"Don't play dumb," Linebeck scoffed, "I know you're free of those bindings," at this the people around us now started to look at one another and towards us. Linebeck continued.

"What are you talking about?" I asked trying to act dumb.

"Don't play dumb, look, you're a pirate and speaking from personal experience pirates tend to break free of rope like it's nothing." Linebeck said knowingly as if he'd experienced this stuff first hand. He was a pirate…

"I'm sure you couldn't have come to that conclusion yourself, otherwise you wouldn't have even binded us in the first place," I said knowingly. I mean, what'd be the point?

"Fine, my king told me that you are free. He… apparently knows you, on a personal level. I told him of you and your crew and told him you were in bindings. As soon as I told him he said how it was useless and that you've already broken free. He'll be here shortly."

Who is this guy?

"So now, since he's so generous, he's given you the chance to… escape," he said sighing pinching the bridge of his nose as if slightly annoyed.

"What's the catch?" I asked, there's always a catch when it comes to stuff like this.

"You're gonna have to fight your way out of this room, if you accomplish that you're free to leave," he finished as the people began to surround us.

There goes my plan...

"...Well you heard 'em boys, NOW!" I screamed as I charged at the person in front of me, who held my sword in his hand and disarmed him with ease, taking back what's mine.

While we were each outnumbered three to one, we were certainly more skilled as we've already taken down a third within a minute. Gonzo and Nudge handled the people who were about the same size as them in battles of strength, their fights looked close but I knew they'd win. Nudge was beating down the ones who were half his size with ease. Niko, Zuko, and Mako were against the smaller lads who seemed to know a thing or two about swordplay. Screams and the clattering of blades bounced off the walls of the room.

I had run straight for Linebeck, knowing that he'd be the biggest threat. It seemed he was expecting this since he pulled a short sword, that I know wasn't there before, out of his inner trench coat pocket and took stance ready to fight.

Our blades clashed and I pushed him back, being a pirate did make me stronger than most men could handle. Linebeck didn't expect that as he hit his back against the wall, and had a shocked expression on his face, I sent him a smirk as I sensed fear and went forward with a downward slash. He managed to side-step in time and regain his poise. He's not what one could call strong, but he is light on his feet. I swung my sword more and he kept backing up, unable to find a chance to push forward. He charged at me and attempted a stab at my waist, I easily parried and sent a kick to his gut, knocking the air out of him as he fell to his knees. Before he could do anything else I put my sword to his throat, "You're out of your league old man," I told him. I then turned to see my crew had taken care of everybody else, they're not dead, just unconscious.

"So Linebeck… we've completed your king's challenge. Seems we are free to leave, am I correct?" Linebeck chuckled and I looked at him noticing his eyes were focused towards the entrance of the castle. My eyes followed his and I saw of what looks to be a man.

This guy wore ranger-like clothing, no metal but instead black leather, that covered his entire body. He had a black armor that was studded at the shoulders with multiple straps, slim black pants, black leather boots, a black hood, and a dark green bandana that covered everything below his eyes with the supposed kingdom's emblem in yellow. A shining silver sword and shield lay on his back contrasting greatly to his dark clothing. It was clear that this man was no pushover, even though he was covered from head to toe, I'd have to be blind to not notice he was tall and very well muscled.

"No, you are very incorrect actually. You still have to deal with my king, and he can easily take you pirates all on at once." Linebeck said with confidence.

"Oh so the high and mighty king wants to get his fair share of the beating? Who am I to deny that? Alright Linebeck, let's put your words to the test. Mako, Zuko, Niko, show this guy asking for a fight with us is a death wish," I said as I sat in the king's throne, my sword still at Linebeck's neck.

The three nodded their heads to each other and charged at the man. Niko and Zuko were ahead of Mako, since he was older and slower, and got to him first. The king stood still and as they charged with the spears they picked up and he simply turned his body perpendicular to the two and they ran right past him, effectively dodging their attacks and making them look like idiots as they ran into the wall. Mako came in with two daggers and started to attack. The king, with such great grace, looked like a dancer as he dodged all of his attacks with ease. Mako became irritated and soon began swinging wildly with no control, as he accidently cut at Zuko's torso with an easy sidestepfrom the king, in which both of the alarmed pirates took a jump back. Zuko's hand immediately went to the cut area, trying to stop the bleeding. This left him open as the man sent a swift kick to his chest knocking him back into the wall and hitting his head in the process making Zuko see stars.

Mako began backing up, and Niko quietly advanced towards the back of the man, holding the spear like a bat as to hit the king unconscious. It looked like the king was unaware of Niko while the spear was coming, that was until he perfect pivoted to the right and caught the handle. He ripped it from his hands, quickly turned around and sending an uppercut to Niko's stomach making him cough and fall to his knees. Spinning around full circle on his heel he backhanded Niko's face making him fall. He then dropped the spear and aimed his sights on Mako.

Mako threw both his daggers at the man and charged at full speed unarmed. The king ducked to avoid being hit by the flying daggers and nonchalantly sent a two finger jab to the sternum. which paralyzed Mako, and picked him up by the hem of his shirt and threw him on top of Zuko.

He then looked up at me, since I was sitting in his throne, with his arms crossed. I knew it was a sign telling me that it was an easy feat, and to give an actual challenge. Well who am I to deny?

"Want more? Well then… Nudge, Senza it's your turn."

The two big men immediately charged at the man empty handed, Senza's right hand raised mirroring Nudge's left hand. They were going to give the poor guy a two in one punch, sucks since these guys are pretty strong, of course not as strong as I. As they were only about ten feet away I find myself surprised that the king didn't bring out his shield or anything, he just stood there with his arms dangling carelessly at his side.

Both pirates jumped forward and punched with all their might, only for their fists to be stopped by the king's hands. My jaw dropped, I mean catching one of their fists was hard enough with their strength, but two fists from different people at the same time? This guy must be seriously strong, I'd hate to encounter this guy in my seas. I could feel Linebeck's smug smirk and I pressed the tip of my blade against his throat once more, which made him gulp in fear.

The king then threw both their fists down and did a backflip while also kicking them in the face, making them both fall on their arse, while the guy landed softly on his feet as quietly as a mouse. He dusted himself off cockily until Nudge and Senza got up before he ran forward with incredible speed and punched Nudge in the face, the sounds of a bone cracking bounced off the walls, knocking him face first to the floor. Senza went in for a punch only to miss and lose his balance, which the king took advantage of by giving a swift swing to his jaw, sweeping his legs from underneath him, and finished off with a dropping elbow to the chest getting a wheeze out of the guy. He then grabbed both pirates by an ankle and effortlessly threw them across the room on top of Mako and Zuko, all of them involuntarily grunting in pain.

This guy is seriously peeving me off right now. Coming in here and beating my crew, then acting as if they were just a bunch of pushovers. I wanna deal with him, personally.

"Gonzo, I'm gonna deal with this-" I was too late as he was already running towards the waiting king screaming like a maniac. He was added to the pile of bodies of my crew before I could even blink.

I knew that this guy would be a challenge, but I think I could take him. I mean I'm captain of my ship for reasons other than inheriting it from my mom, and so I got up from the throne. It seemed Linebeck didn't want to get involved, since when I removed the sword from his throat, he simply retook his position before the fight began.

I got up and walked down the few steps to get down to the king's level, keeping my eyes on the king. Every step I took felt like a barrier I had to push through as the air began to get more and more tense, I have to admit I am a little intimidated by this guy. He just took my whole crew down with ease and didn't get a scratch on him, now it's up to me to take him down.

As I stood twenty feet before him I locked eyes with him. I was taken aback by the darkness of his eyes, they looked like they're filled with pure hatred. They held such hate and anger that could scare any pirate I've encountered would wet their pants… it even managed to send shivers down my spine. I shook it off and took my battle stance.

The king withdrew his sword and shield from his back and took a familiar stance meaning he's afraid of me and knows he needs it… or I could be getting a major beating. The image of my husband flashed before me and I tried to get the image out of my head, but before I could I'd already been rammed with his shield which knocked the air out of me. I was sent flying back onto my back making me groan in pain, I stumbled to my feet and tried my best to shake it off. I certainly wasn't expecting that since it was always my crew who attacked first and then he'd fight back, but with me he went in for the first blow. Why?

Linebeck did say that he knows me personally, who the heck is this guy? Did I do something? I don't remember meeting this guy before, he's no pirate, no pirates I know of use shields. And what kind of a king knows how to fight like this?

I can't be thinking now, I scolded myself as he came charging again. I advanced forward in zig-zag motions to attempt to throw him off, only to be cut in my sword arm and left leg, I didn't even get close to hitting him because of his dumb shield. Ignoring the pain I charged in with my sword above my head, which threw him off as he raised his shield, I smirked as I stopped short and kicked his stomach making him stumble back a little with a grunt. Taking advantage I started swinging only for him to begin to fight back. He used his shield to block against my sword and go in for a strike when I was open, I used my agility with my free arm and legs to do my best to hit him with continuous strikes really just using my sword for continuation rather than landing blows.

I thought I had him, until he perfectly timed one of my sword swings and parried it with his shield. It hurt my wrist and I lost grip of my sword, and I was left unarmed as my sword clanged helplessly against the floor of the room. Their was a sword to my neck, and I honestly felt scared. His hand was trembling as if debating whether to kill me or not. I looked into his eyes for mercy, and was surprised to see his eyes were no longer a sickly shade of black.

Now, instead I stare into eyes that bore the color of rupee green.

I found myself speechless, my mind going a mile a minute, but before I could get a word out the flat of his blade smacked against my head and everything went black.

Author's Note

So that was my attempt at an action chapter... what did you think? Please tell me what you think. Also tell me what you think of the story, it can be about anything. From personal thoughts to what's going to happen next. Now I want to thank you for all of the support I've gotten. So thank you all for 2,000 reads. Every read gives me more drive to get more and more chapters done. I'm kinda thinking of how to make the story more emotionally in depth. One of the things I'd like for you lovelies (taken from Game Grumps) to tell me.