Aw, look how cute and short this is... Oh, I so could have dragged this out, but to capture the shortness of life, I just had to restrict it to this length... Oh deary me, Lya is at it again, killing the characters that she swears that she loves, but in my defense, IT JUST HAPPENED! DO NOT BLAME ME FOR WHAT MY FINGERS WROTE! THEY ACTED OF THEIR OWN ACCORDS OKAY?

Let's Go On An Adventure


The arrow moved so quickly through the air that he didn't even notice until the assassin was lowering his bow and arrow. Odd, he wondered why he hadn't noticed him before when now he was standing before them. There was a cry of rage that pierced through his soul, and he watched with confusion as his friend pushed past him with his eyes blazing in fury and his sword raised to strike the assassin down.

That's when Drake realized. Oh, he was bleeding.

For some reason, that thought wasn't nearly as worrisome as how terrifying his Grayson looked to him now. He had never seen him this angry before, not when he talked of the murders of his family, not when he spoke of the fires that burned his home, and not even as he bound his wounds and told him the story of how he stole the last dragon's egg. None of those things compared to now, and there was a deadly force at work as sword met sword. A seething anger exploded out of his friend, and the only thing that pulled him away from his murderous spree was when he dove to catch Drake who hadn't realized that he was falling.

He was being pulled into Grayson's lap tenderly, and he would have been made comfortable if not for the jacket being forced into his wound in a desperate attempt to stop him from bleeding out. He reached for Grayson's wrist to try to get him to stop, but his feeble movement only fueled his friend's resolve. Were those tears in his eyes? Drake wasn't sure, but he didn't think that he had ever seen Grayson cry before. Even when Armen had sacrificed himself to save them both, Grayson hadn't known him as well as Drake did.

"Come on, Drake," Grayson murmured to him now as though speaking any louder would hurt him more. "Stay with me, buddy."

Strangely, his friend was acting as though Drake were dying. He tried to point that out to him, but as he opened his mouth to speak, no words came out. Instead, his breath hitched, and his chest tightened and hurt at the feeble attempt. Grayson sobbed audibly and pulled him closer.

"Don't try to talk," Grayson uttered. "Just… just…" He seemed to lose whatever he was going to say, and his eyes darkened as he took in the severity of Drake's wound. "The Empire will pay for this." That look in his eye, it scared Drake even more than the murderous rage he had just witnessed. Slowly, very slowly, Drake shook his head, trying without words to tell Grayson to not do whatever he was planning to do.

Drake didn't know if he was able to get through to him, but even Grayson couldn't hold that look of anger for long. Not with Drake. With Drake, he had always seemed calmer, more collected than a man driven by revenge would have been. Now he didn't seem so calm. It seemed that just like Drake, Grayson was struggling to breathe, but he wasn't the one lying in a pool of his own blood.

His surroundings turned dark: the sun, the trees, the sky. Everything but Grayson who was the closest and most precious thing to him. His injury didn't hurt so bad now, and his hand steadily raised. Drake could just barely reach Grayson's face, but he did. He didn't mean to smear blood across his cheek, but at least he was here. At least Drake wasn't alone. He tried for a smile, but why wasn't Grayson returning it? Why did he look so stricken?

"Stay with me, Drake," he repeated, but his voice was fading away. Drake's hand was falling... falling...

Drake tried to hold onto his last view of Grayson's face before that image swam away from him, too. Then everything dissolved into blackness.


There we are: short and sweet and murdery! Aren't I just the best? I think that I am :)

For anyone who's curious, the Grayson's kid being alive fic is over 5,000 words now, but I am really close to an ending. A nice long sweet treat for all of you because you all deserve it! Go team!

~Lya200~