A/N: Hello everyone. I hope you all having a good week so far. Here is the next chapter. I was going to upload it last night, but I was exhausted from work so I decided sleep instead. I hope you guys enjoy the chapter and I'll try and upload the next one either today or tomorrow
Chapter 36: Orders
"Wake up, Phantom!" Striker shouted as he threw a pillow towards the sleeping Phantom. "Or you'll sleep the day away!" Groaning as the pillow hit his face, he rolled onto his back. Rubbing his tired eyes, he was slowly regretting sharing a tent with Striker. The two didn't always get along, Tor rarely assigning them missions together. "Get your bloody arse up!" Something harder hit Erik's face and now he was getting pissed.
"Bloody hell, Striker!" He sat up, looking at the leather drink bag that he must've thrown at Erik.
"Tor wants to see you." He said as he picked up the drink bag, making Erik groan. After last night, Erik was in no mood to deal with Chief. Whenever Chief wanted to see you and at first thing in the morning, you knew it wasn't good. "And you know not to keep him waiting." Remembering what Christine said last night came to Erik's mind and he almost wanted to repeat it. But he knew Striker would tell Tor and then Erik would be done. Getting out of bed, he walked over the bowl of cold water and splashed it on his face. "The scars look good today."
"I slept with my mask off." Erik said, combing his fingers through his head. All the warriors knew about Erik's face and haven't seen it many times. Putting his clothes on, he tried to think of what Tor was going to say to him. Once dressed, he left the tent and headed towards Tor's tent.
Walking through the camp, he tried not to look in the direction of his. Passing his tent, he couldn't help but glance over. His eyes caught the sight of Christine sitting inside at the table, combing her long chocolate hair. God, she's beautiful…She was beautiful, a beautiful angel. Forcing himself to look away, he continued his walk. Arriving at Tor's tent, he could see the Chief sitting at his table, writing something.
"You asked to see me." Erik said as he approached him. Tor looked up to see Erik standing there before leaning back in his chair.
"I did." Motioning the chair, Erik sat in the chair across from him. "I have orders from Bruce which he wants to carry out." This wasn't what Erik expected, but it was better than being yelled at. Handing the orders to Erik, Tor allowed him to read them over. "Who do you want to go with you?" He asked. As he read the orders, he thought of the men who could join him.
"Seten…Malcolm…I'll take Arrow with me, he could be useful." Erik answered, making Tor nod. "When do I leave?" He asked.
"As soon as possible." Tor answered. "Go, get your men." Nodding, Erik rose from his chair. "Erik?" He stopped to look at Tor, wondering he was going to say something about last night. "You know my thoughts on it…" He nodded, understand. "Just…be careful." He looked up at the masked warrior. "Make sure you're doing the right thing."
"What if the right thing is not the thing I or she wants?" He asked Tor, hoping to get some advice on what to do.
"I wish I could tell you that it gets easier, but it doesn't…not until you surrender flesh and blood." Tor answered.
"I never surrender."
"I know." Tor sighed as he rose to his feet, standing in front of Erik. "If you don't surrender, you'll a part of you'll never get back."
"Surrender to what?" He asked, a little confused.
"You'll know…" Erik sighed. "Go on now." Nodding, he left the tent. Walking back through the camp, Erik found Seten and told him to get Malcolm. Briefly explaining the mission, he went to find MacGregor as Seten went to find Malcolm. Finding MacGregor with his wife, Erik knew that she wouldn't be happy. However, if Erik needed MacGregor, he got him. With the two warrior now heading for the stable where their horses were, Seten and Malcolm were already getting the horses ready. Erik explained the mission to them, giving them all the details. All informed now, the four of them headed out. Although it meant leaving Christine, he had Meg, her husband and Douglas to keep an eye on her. He just hoped she would be alright while he was away. She was under his protection and now with him, he hoped nothing would happen to her.
Say bye to Erik, he'll be out of the story for about a chapter, don't worry he will be back.
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