N/A:This story is placed in a world where the only girl the male leading characters know is Alice. So don't judge me. And I have long chapters. Whatev.
Alice shoved Horace into the wall.
"I'm done with your fucking asshat shit Horace!"Alice yelled. "Either you pull your head in, or I make you, alright?!Your actions almost got Will killed, almost got me killed, and you say it's Will's fault?!"
"Alice, I'm sorry, I didn't mean-"Horace began, but Alice cut him off. She slapped him, hard, across the face.
"Quit your fucking lying Horace!"She yelled. "Will is critically injured, he is vulnerable to even the simplest of viruses, and it's your fault, Horace. Yours. Not HIS! Now pull your shit together! You exposed us to Buttle in the first place!"Alice's deep set eyes were filled with fury, her hair recklessly falling over the scar on her face from the wolf attack when she was 15, and her cloak wrapped a quarter of the way round her feet.
"Look I'm sorry"Horace said, finally getting a word in over the Ranger's rage . "I didn't mean it. You know how much I hate Buttle."Alice gasped incredulously.
"How much YOU hate Buttle?!"Alice said. "Remember who you're talking to Horace! He tried to extract the curse from me, almost killed me 5 times, and Keren somehow revived him several times. I'm his target. The princess, actually, Queen, of Gallica, and you're saying how much YOU hate him!? Im sorry, but you seriously need to get your head, out of the clouds, and draw yourself back to reality. Coz I'm not, and I'll make sure no body else does. Now, I have to go attend to Will. I hope your happy." Alice grabbed Horace's collar and threw him to the ground, and the few seconds she loomed above him, he was scared to death, and it wasn't only because Alice, armed, was standing over him. He'd never heard her get angry before. She turned on her heels and strode out of the room. Horace sighed in relief. She's right, he thought. He sat up painfully.
"She's strong" He muttered, rubbing his right shoulder. Horace cursed to himself, Gilan walking in.
"Horace, are you alright?"Gilan Asked worriedly, helping him up. Horace decided to protect Alice. "Yeah, just tripped over my shadow"Horace replied. "Clumsy knights"Gilan muttered. Gilan knew it was a lie.
"What happened out there?"Will asked. Alice's eyes never met his.
"Nothing. Sit still would you?"Alice replied, trying to attend to Will's wound. They wouldn't have been able to reach Malcolm from where they were, so they were lucky enough that Alice had listened to medical training in her time apprenticed to Gilan. The salve began to work.
"Now you especially need to sit still for this part"Alice said. The wound was on Will's leg. "We don't want the needle going in the wrong spot."Will smiled grimly as he understood.
"And done"Alice said. She packed up her things. She's even pretty when she's concentrating, Will thought. It wasn't a good idea to be acting too normally around Alice and Halt. The two were step siblings, and if Halt were to find out he actually liked Alice, who knows what he'd do to Will. Alice cleared her throat attentively, Will snapping back to reality. Wait, was it attentively? Anyway, it didn't matter.
"Try and get some sleep, Will. You'll need it"Alice said, before giving Will a warm smile, and walking out of the room.
"How is he?"Halt asked Alice.
"He's fine"Alice replied. "But he'll need sleep if he wants to heal any faster. In the mean time, he can't walk anywhere for at least four days." Halt frowned slightly under the shadow of his cowl.
"So, we're stuck here for four or more days?"Halt asked. Alice glared at him.
"Sea, an tuasal Obvious, is cosúil go bhfuil sé ceart"Alice said. "Ćibe rud"Halt said in reply. "Ná fút féin mise Halt O'Carrick."Alice snarled.
"Ćibe rud"Halt repeated.
"What are you going on about?"Gilan asked.
"Nothing"Chorused the two. Gilan raised an eyebrow at the two relatives. They glared right back at him.
"Féach ar an taobh geal, is féidir linn tuilleadh eolais a fháil anois"Alice said, intentionally trying to piss off her former mentor. Halt picked up on the fact.
"Buille faoi thuairim go bhfuil tú ceart"He said. Gilan groaned in frustration.
"Tá sé chomh míshásta"Alice said.
"Sea"Halt said in reply.
"FFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUCK!"Gilan exclaimed at length. The two others laughed.
"Is fear láidir é Will, beidh sé in ann déileáil leis"Alice said.
"Tá tú cinnte de sin?"Halt asked.
"Is féidir"Alice replied. Gillan repeatedly banged his head against the wall.
"Fucking, speak, English, please"He said, taking intervals as his head hit the wall.
Will was trying to get some rest, like Alice had told him, but he couldn't. His thoughts were busy trying to figure out what in earth it was that Halt and Alice were discussing. Gilan was banging his head against the wall, swearing and getting frustrated. Then, his mind got distracted with what had happened that morning.
He sensed more than heard Buttle's presence nearby. Alice and the others were nearby. Alice was closest, he knew. She was most familiar with Buttle. Horace was boasting stupidly at the top of his lungs.
"Shut the fuck up Horace!"Alice yelled. She was eventually next to Will. She'd left the others behind.
"How do you get friends like him for Torak's sake?" Alice asked. Will shrugged. Alice suddenly stiffened. She sniffed the air, than shrank down.
"Buttle"She said. Will snarled. He knew it. Buttle scared Alice. She's his target. Will was doing all he could to protect her from the murderer, but it was a hard task. Especially when you didn't know where he was. Will looked around.
"Stay here"He said. "If you spot him, stall for me."Alice simply nodded. When Will was out of earshot, Alice moved to find Buttle. She did. Behind her. She spun around and cried out as the dagger slashed her shoulder. Will whipped around at the sound. Alice wasn't there. Buttle had got her.
"Show yourself!"Will called, an arrow already knocked to his longbow. He had his longbow at half draw. Buttle did eventually. His dagger had dried blood on the tip. He hadn't. Had he? Will's arrow flew from his bow. Buttle dodged it. Alice got up. She'd deal with her injury later. Horace found Alice. Alice could hear Will and Buttle, but couldn't find them. She found the direction of the sound, and dashed that way, Horace trying desperately to follow her. She was lightning fast. Then he lost her. She burst into a clearing. Just in time. Alice dashed between Will, who was on the ground, and Buttle. Will waited for the strike. The darkness came quicker than he expected. Then he realised that was Alice. The crash rang through his mind. Snapping him back to what was happening. He heard the grunt from Buttle, and saw him jerk back and fall, a knife in his chest. Alice's throwing knife. She turned and knelt at his side.
"Will are you alright?"She asked. He looked up at him. "I'm still here, aren't I?"He said weakly. "Oh thank god"Alice said. "That makes two of us." The others were there now too. She picked him up in his arms.
"Let's get you help, eh?"She said.
"But there's no one around that can help for miles!"Gilan exclaimed.
"Trust me, I listened to what you taught me"Alice said. Halt snorted in an unsuccessful attempt to keep a firm mood.
And Will fell into sleep.
"What really happened earlier?"Gilan asked Horace. Horace sighed.
"Alice went off at me"Horace admitted. "Because of what happened this morning."
"Well I guess that was your fault"Gilan said. Horace looked at the Ranger incredulously.
"Just saying!"Gilan said. "Anyway, what do you mean went off?"Horace dropped his gaze once more.
"Like, gave-me-a-headache-and-sore-shoulder went off"Horace said in reply. A suprised look flashed over Gilan's face.
"You must've pissed her off, she's never done that since she was 15"Gilan said. Horace swore that same Look was on his face. He really had pissed her off. Oh well, he thought.