I don't own Rangers Apprentice; we can all thank John Flanagan for that! Thanks SeaWolf90, for the nice idea.
-Angelica
The day Derrick went back to Whitby, Halt dropped by the cabin, finding Isabel in the stables.
"Where's Will?" He asked.
"Went to the castle to get mom," she said. "What do you need to tell him?"
"I never said I have to tell him something," Halt said.
"Then why are you here?" Isabel asked crossing her arms.
"You ask too many questions, just like your father," Halt said. "I wanted to tell him, that I followed up Derricks lead, and found the camp."
"So Keren's stationed somewhere between here and Whitby?"
"Yes, and he has some posey with him."
"Then are we going after him?" Isabel asked.
"You know Will, will say that you're not going," Halt said.
"Or we can talk him into it," she said.
"Why don't we talk to him when he gets here," Halt said.
They walked into the cabin and made some coffee.
The next day Halt, and Will along with Horace, who wanted revenge on Keren as well, left to find the camp.
"I wonder what his face looks like." Horace said. Halt shook his head at Horace's stupide remark.
"Why don't you ask him to take off his mask when we see him," Will said.
Horace gave him the look, picking up on Will sarcasm. Will had gone against Isabel's demands and he had her stay home under Alyss and Pauline's watchful eyes.
A little after lunch they came across the camp. Will and Halt went ahead to check out the camp. There were twenty men sitting around a fire or taking apart tents.
"They're getting ready to leave," Will said in Halts ear.
"This might be our only time," Halt said back. "Go get Horace." Will went back into the woods to get Horace while Halt stayed and continued to watch the men.
They came back a few minutes later. Horace already had his sword out, while Will's bow was stung and an arrow in the notch.
"Keren's mine," Horace said.
"Well take him together," Will said.
The three of them waited a few more minutes till they saw their chance. Will and Halt both shot four arrows hitting eight men, while Horace ran out with his sword in hand lashing at the first person that got in his way.
Most didn't put up a fight, while some ran into the woods to hide. After a couple minutes the three of them looked around. All the men were either injured or in the woods. But there was no sign of Keren, or his two nice big men.
"Where's Keren?" Horace asked looking around.
"Right here," came a voice from the edge of the woods. They turned to see Keren with his mask on standing at the edge of the woods.
"You," Horace said pointing at Keren.
Keren smiled at him as Horace walked closer, sword in hand death glare on, with Will right behind him, with his saxe knife.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you," Keren said.
"Why shouldn't we kill you?" Horace asked.
"Because of this," Keren said looking into the woods. The two big men came out, each holding someone. The one on the left had Isabel and the other had Derrick.
"Isabel? What happened?" Will asked.
"I found them in the field practicing, when I hear them talking about how you three were coming after me. So lay down your weapons or I'll slit their throats."
Horace and Will looked at Halt who nodded his head. Unwillingly they placed down their weapons and looked at Keren.
"Now that wasn't too hard now was it," Keren said. "So here's what's going to happen. Isabel and Derrick here will come with me, and if you follow me I will kill them. So you stay here, and when I think I'm far enough away I'll let them go."
"No," said Horace.
"Well I " But he was cut off. Both men dropped Isabel and Derrick and fell to the ground. There were arrows sticking out of both their backs. Gilan walked out of the woods and looked at Horace and Will and nodded.
Both of them looked at each other and walked up to Keren and punched him together in the face, knocking him out.
"That left good," Horace said.
"Agreed," Will said.
They tied Keren up and brought him back to Redmont where he would face trial.
On their way out Horace turned to Will. "So how about dinner."