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Rescue in Gil'ead Part 1

After a few days of travel, Spyro and I were standing on a hill overlooking the city of Gil'ead. The city, if you could call it a city, was a haphazard set of barracks with a fortress towering above them. It was close to night as I watch the guards changing shift through my spy-cam.

I gave a tired sigh and said to Spyro "Do you remember the plan?"

He looked at me and said "You think I would forget? Way to trust your dragon Sora."

I replied "Well there is no need to develop an attitude about it." I took a deep breath and said "Let's go."

I heard the sound of flapping wings as Spyro took off into the air. I stood there for a minute before I made my way into the city.

The plan was divided up into two parts. Part one involved me getting into the citadel which I had a strange feeling that whatever I was looking for was inside. The second part was where things were going to get interesting.

As I got closer to the city, I started to break into a quick run. I avoided the entrance to the city in favor of the more challenging and fun way of scaling the wall. I spotted some stones I could use as handrails and started to climb up it.

I got no more than a few feet before I felt my grip slipping. I tried to hold on but it seems that the rain that came last night managed to cause the stones to be slippery. I lost my grip and fell on my butt. I gave a groan of pain as I started to get back up. From our connection, I could feel Spyro's amusement and that just got me annoyed.

I looked up at the wall and said in a soft voice "Forget this." I took a few paces back and then charged at the wall. Once I got to the wall, I started to run up the wall. I could feel gravity starting to resist me but I kept on pushing. Once I felt like I was about to fall, I used my last step to jump up to the edge. I reached out and my hands just barely got on the edge. I gave a tired sigh and said to myself "This was a lot easier in Roma."

I now waited for the okay from Spyro before I went over the wall. Once again I found myself remembering my Ranger training and how very few people bother to look up or down.

"Clear." Spyro said snapping me out of my daydream. I bolted over the wall and made a dash to a nearby roof. Once again I made a jump and landed right on the roof. I then stopped and waited to see if an alarm was sounded. Luckily, the guards were too busy thinking about something else to pay attention to their rounds. I could not help but give a small smile and thought "Humans are so predictable."

I then made my way to the cathedral jumping from roof to roof. I was barely making any noise at that moment as all of my training had pretty much made me an expert at this kind of thing. It was also a lot easier since they did not even bother to post guards on the roofs themselves which allowed me to travel without any sort of problems.

I stopped when I was on a roof that was close to the cathedral. Now that I was closer, I could feel the darkness coming from this place. It was a chilling thought and I had to take a moment to settle myself.

I heard Spyro say "Are you alright Sora." I mentally nodded my head and replied "Yeah, just getting a really bad feeling about this place." He replied "Yeah I can feel it too. The last time I felt this way was at Cynder's old fortress." Once again I nodded my head in agreement and then said "Remember wait for my signal before you come it." He asked "And what might that signal be." I could not help but give a small smile and replied "You will know."

I looked down and notice that there were two guards posted at the entrance to the cathedral. I gave a smirk and thought "Well it is a good thing that I was not planning on using the front door anyway."

I then looked around and to my luck; I managed to find a window that looked open. I then started to plan my path towards that window starting from where I was at and I was glad that it would be a cinch for me to get there without having to use magic.

I started by jumping straight ahead and managed to grab onto a crack that was forming between the stones. I then shimmied over to the left for a few feet before wall jumping to a set of loose stones. I took my time at this point as I still remember what happen on the wall and I really did not want to fall down again.

I then reached a wooden beam and managed to get my balance on it. I took a few seconds to calm my body before jumping to the right to another beam. Once I was on the beam, I wall run up to a set of stones that I used as handhelds. The window was open just a crack and I managed to get inside.

I found myself in a dark room. I stood there for a moment, listing for any noises. When nothing came I took a small breath and reached into one of my pockets and pulled out a pair of goggles. I put the goggles on and turned them on.

The room was now visible to my eyes. Everything had a green tint to it but some was more dominant then other. I was glad that my Night-Vision goggles were still working.

Judging from the way the room looked, I was in one of the storerooms. There were a lot of barrels and crates in here but it was musky which made me believe that it had not been used for a while.

I slowly made my way to the door, being careful that I made no noise on the worn out wood. When I got to the door, I tried the lock and I was not surprise to find that it was in fact lock.

I thought to myself "Well no one ever said it would be this easy." I could have opened the door with magic but I chose to use my Keyblade. The reason I was not using magic was that I did not want to alert any magicians to my presence or trigger any alarms that would be activated by magic.

I brought out my Keyblade and pointed the blade at the door lock. The tip glowed for a bit before releasing a small beam at the lock. I heard a click and I waited for a few seconds to see if anyone had heard that. When nothing happened, I opened up the door just a crack. I was a bit blinded by the sudden light due to the fact that I was still wearing Night Vision goggles. I grunted with annoyance and turned them off and put them away.

I poked my head out a bit and found out that I was in an empty hallway. Seeing as there was no one there, I decided to step out into the hallway and closed the door behind me. I then used my Keyblade to relock the door.

Once that was done, I heard the sound of footsteps coming from both directions of the hallway. I looked around, trying to find a place to hide. I then decided to go up to the raffling above. I took a quick jump and grab onto a nearby beam. I did on half spin so I was now on top without having to climb up.

I watched as one guard coming from the left down a flight of stairs while the other was coming up from another flight of stairs. I watched as they both passed my each other, doing nothing more than a nod of acknowledgment. I waited for them to leave the hallway before I got back on the ground.

I was now having a strange feeling in my mind. I thought "This is almost too easy…" Spyro then said "Is that such a bad thing?" I gave a small smile and said "In this kind of situation, yes." I then made my way to the stairs that were leading down. Hugging the wall a bit and taking my time so as to not make too much noise.

As I traveled down the flight, that feeling was staring to increases. I started wondering where all the guards were at. Surely a place this large would have more guards then this.

Maybe we were just lucky.

I managed to get to the cells without having to run into anymore guards. I could now feel my body tense and relax with each breath. I refused to let my confidence grow because I knew that if I got confident, I would make a mistake and the plan would be ruined.

I looked down one hallway and saw that there were two guards standing in front of a cell. If I had to guess, I would say that whoever I was looking was inside that cell. Now the question would have to be on how I was going to get pass the guards. Again, I had to do this in a non-magic way or I risk of being discovered.

I thought about it for a minute before I decided on a course of action. I reached for my belt and pulled out two throwing daggers from their sheaths. I then started to line up my throw, making sure that when I threw the daggers, they would hit their targets. I took a deep breath and I threw my daggers at the two guards. I watched as both daggers hit their targets, their necks.

I watched as they both slump down on the ground, dead from sudden wound. I went over to them and said in a soft voice "Rest in peace" and went to close their eyes in respect.

I then look at the cell and say that there was a person slumped on the cot. The lighting was bad so it was hard to see the face. I had a feeling that the person did not know that I was here. I pulled out my Keyblade and unlock the cell. I then went inside of the cell and check to see if the person was still alive. I was relieved to find a pulse and I went to carry him out of the cell.

I said in a soft voice "Don't worry you are safe no…" My words were stopped in my mouth as the face of the person was now revealed in the better light.

It was not a man but a female. If that was not a shock then it was the fact that it was an elf and the surprising part was that it was an elf that I knew.

It was Arya.

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