Chapter 37
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Elena looks straight down seeing the crumbled ruins, till signs of life shown down there as it moved parts of the ruins away.
It was the undead monster that attacked her friends, it was moving rocks so it could get free, Elena looked around to see what she could do.
Nothing...Elena was a sitting duck up here...
"Elena! Look out!" Gabe yells towards her, Elena looks over to see what he mean by that, it was Conner and Mylene she had an arrow in her hand, with a rope attached to the end. Mylene hands over the arrow over towards LIarm, he takes it pulling back his bow aiming it at Elena's direction, landing above her head an getting lodged into the mountain side, Elena quickly grabs the rope before yanking the sword out of the mountain.
She puts the royal sword on the rope so she wouldn't get any rope burns, Elena heads towards the group sliding down the rope, seeing she can't stop Mylene had her arms out to grab Elena, so it can help her stop. Elena gets to the end landing in Mylene's arms as the two fell towards the ground, "man for a princess your kind of heavy!," Mylene groans in pain as Elena had kneed Mylene in the sided.
They begin to run down the path that the group saw, running down slopes and climbing over fallen rocks, Elena was helping Mylene get Alexzander over a bolder, when they heard a unsettling screeching. The two woman look over to where it was coming from, there crawling towards them was the undead monster, it's mouth gaped in unholy way as the screeches of the dead nearly made them sick. Mylene yanking Alexzander and Elena up the bolder, before falling back to the ground, as only a small space allowed the undead monster arm to go through.
"Sh- we're stuck!" Gabe yells as their was medium size rocks blocking their path, LIarm told them it was the way out as he could feel a breeze through the cracks, Conner pulls out his axe as he ready himself for a full on swing of his life.
"Everyone get down!" Conner yells as with a single swing, breaking his axe in the process caused all the medium size rocks to fall, allowing them to escape from the undead monster.
Mylene had Alexzander piggyback on her so they could move easier, running out in the open snowed field. Elena looks back seeing that the undead monster had broken free from the bolder that blocked its path, pulling out her scepter Elena yelled blazed to stop the undead monster, thinking that it would stop like the other undead before. But it plowed through the fire ball still heading towards Elena, Mylene felt Alexzander move to get down still in pain "if we don't stop it now, I don't think we're getting out of here alive," Mylene sighs as she helped Alexzander down "if I die I'm haunting you're ass" she helped him race over to Elena. LIarm and Amir was on the same page as they shoot arrows and magic towards the undead monster.
"Gabe, you and me are going to distract that thing," Conner smacks his back making Gabe stumble a bit, as he runs towards the undead monster to distract it, Gabe was slashing away but barley did anything. Elena firing away with her scepter trying to stop the undead monster from getting any further, Mylene and Alexzander ran pass Elena as Alexzander grabs the royal sword from Elena's waist. Dashing towards the undead monster the two Valisia had to roll out the way, Elena moves out the way as it smashed towards her screaming in anger, Alexzander slides over slashing at the attack making the undead monster lose a finger.
Elena stands up holding up her scepter aiming at the wound, "blaze!" Elena yells with great power it blown off its arm, "nice one Elena!" Mylene yells running to Alexzander so he could give her a boost in the air, jumping up with the help of Alexzander's hand Mylene was in the air pulling out her sabers, falling towards the it with her sabers crossed over her chest slicing off its other arm. Mylene lands in the snow face first "Mylene you alright?" Elena yells out, Mylene comes up for air spitting out snow.
"Yeah I may have eaten a rock," Mylene stands up an running out the way as the undead monster tumbles over, now that it's arms are not supporting its weight. Slamming into the ground as it can no longer move, Alexzander placed his hand on Elena's back, "you can take this one seeing that you been fighting with it for awhile now," Elena nods aiming at its mouth destroying the undead monster in one go, as it burst into flames the ashes spirals up towards the sky.
"I think we should head towards the military camp now, we can't stay here any longer especially that we been gone for two days now," Alexzander stands but hunched over in pain, Elena raps his arm around her shoulder to support his weight for him, he thanked her. Elena smiles up at Alexzander "now we're even," Alexzander nods agreeing that she was right as they limp back to the group.
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They had made it back to the military camp still in contact with Foloki help, tiered and worn out they all decided to get some rest, choosing their own tents for the day Elena didn't pay attention to where she was staying, she was still helping Alexzander to his tent. They walked through the tents flaps, Alexzander limps towards the pile of pillows and blankets on the ground, Elena helped him sit down as she flopped down next to him.
The room was silent only the wind blowing in the air could be heard.
"Pfft... hahaha!" Alexzander started laughing then Elena follows, wiping their tears from their faces "now we're even?, very in powering words coming from you?," Alexzander smirks at Elena who smiles back, "well I'm a very in powering women so there's no need of worry."
"Ohh I see so your saying I'm not in powering, thats because I'm prone to getting hurt?," Alexzander could see Elena's eyes soften, "well these pass days you've been so frail I'm afraid if I leave you for a moment you'll go an break on me," Elena leans in as their shoulders touched "well I am prone to breaking so be gentle with me," Elena chuckle as Alexzander falls back into the blankets and pillows. Elena yawns "well mister frail bones I'll try to keep you from killing yourself," laying down in the pile still close to Alexzander. Elena smiles snuggling close feelings the warmth from Alexzander, as the cold air touched her skin Elena shivers, Alexzander then leans over her to grab a blanket for Elena to use so she thought, "I could have gotten it for myself you know?"
"Who said it was for you?" Alexzander takes the blanket towards himself, "what ever happened of being a gentleman to a lady," Elena looks at him ready for what ever he was going to say, "I'm cold and you have all the blankets" Elena sucked in a little laughter, "well I like being warm" Alexzander nods a little "well so do I."
"Oh please it's not like you're going to freeze to death," Elena could tell he was trying at her poking at her for fun, kind of felt nice getting comfortable they settled down for the night. Elena was starting to get use to being here in Valisia, the people we're wonderful an with Isabel loving play with the children, and her learning of different ways of science an inventing. It made Elena feel that she was connecting with this country, her sister finding out that dwarfs are great inventors an making amazing things, it kind of worried Elena that when they do go back Isabel would be very sad. Knowing this it meant that she'll kind of be seeing this place a lot more now, now thinking of her familia what would they think about this?
Elena closed her eyes getting ready for sleep after the day they had, snuggling in the pillows and blankets Elena started to drift away in sleep.
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Elena felt a tremendous amount of heat all around her, with her hand moving she squeezed to feel what was causing the heat, eyes still closed from her being to tired.
"Elena your kind of groping me here?"
Fully wake now Elena looks at her hand it was on Alexzander's chest, till she decided to pinch him "ooww~ what the hell was that for?" Elena sits up "for trying to smother me...," Alexzander held onto his chest "smother you?, hell you toke half of the sleeping area you look like someone's tangled up string in their pocket, god I think you pinched me to bruising." Alexzander rubs his chest to sooth the pain, "you're fine you big baby" Elena smiles patting his hand, Alexzander frowns "man ever considered that I'm sensitive?," Elena hunched over laughing "what is this something that Mylene and you do to be funny?" Alexzander nods a yes Elena shakes her head and stands up, "I'm going to get clean up."
"Just meet us in the center of the camp, an just head towards the medical tent and they'll tell you where to go to get clean," Alexzander stands heading towards the table to grab a few things.
"Hey Elena before you go here" Alexzander hands over a book, Elena takes the book seeing the title as she reads, The Queens of Valisia Elena looked up at Alexzander not understanding why he was giving her this, "sort of a thank you gift for helping me so far" he placed a hand on her upper arm. Elena thanked him leaving the tent so he could get ready for today, as she walked down the hill she felt something come over her it warmed her, if made her feel like on cloud 9 then she stoped holding the book close, she looked around soldiers sitting at their tents an holding onto their wounds, others just talked away as if they hadn't gotten in a battle not long ago. The men weren't sad or stress as if it was their life was meant to hold the line for Valisian people to live on, "you alright Elena?"
Turning to see who it was, there stood Foloki covered in coal and snow, "yeah it's just I don't really know how they still go on..., their friends are hurt or gone even family won't ever get to see them anymore..," Foloki limps over to Elena "we just have each other, our people and our king we must work together cause if not let's just say things get kind of messy."
"Foloki do you believe in Alexzander?"
"I'm going to guess you heard us back at the tent before you two left?"
She nods an then Foloki sighs "yes I do King Howard can't see his son is trying his hardest to make things right, Alexzander just wants the five countries understand that we're not a threat, but with this war going on we're just going to make you go back home instead" Foloki limps away an Elena saddens, it's not that he's wrong war was something she never even dealt with. Thinking of it send shivers down her back till something hits her face, Elena looks over to see who did it, Foloki was there again he had tossed a towel at her, Elena takes the towel then she felt him start putting more in her hands.
"Here thought you might need these, seeing that you're dress is all bloody" Foloki points at her dress, that still had Alexzander's blood on it. Elena looks down the white dress had a large blood stain. She thanked him and walked towards the medical tent.
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After getting clean everyone was crowded in a giant circle, while Alexzander and the royal knights with Gabe stand inside the circle. Elena slips pass the soldiers an towards the group, she could see Gabe who was talking with Mylene and Conner.
"Do I have all ears?" Alexzander yells the soldiers all mumbled a few yes or grunts, "I have gotten word that Volance has moved back after Foloki team did the stealth mission, we will back up and head towards that direction" Alexzander points at the direction then turns to Amir, "I need Conner and you in the sky if there's any invading troops let us know an Elena and Gabe."
"Yeah" Elena looks at Alexzander questionable, "want you to go back to the palace and get the staff ready in case of anything happens, they have a protocol in case anything like this happens." Alexzander could see Elena didn't like it "Elena you've been away from you're sister to long, an Gabe I trust you that you'll can take care of the palace while we're away?," Gabe points at himself "me?" Alexzander nods "my staff trust you, and I trust my staff" Gabe smirks "You are really warm up to me aren't you."
"If it means that I'll be on fire right now, then you're kind of out of luck Gabe," Alexzander says patting Gabe's shoulder as he walks away, Gabe points at himself then Alexzander in disbelief "what the hell I thought he kind of like me, you know not pissed at me anymore?" Elena chuckles "Gabe you can't force somebody to like you, just being friends with them and slowly build up the relationship is just as fine," Gabe rolled his eyes "you just saying that." Elena just shakes her head telling him to come on as they needed to head towards the palace.
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Elena and Gabe landed near the palace grounds, with the dragons they were given. Walking inside not seeing anyone they walked around till they come across Isabel and the children.
"Elena!"
Isabel and The children ran over hugging Elena again, she gave them a huge hug an kissed them on the heads, Elena chuckles seeing that they we're excited to see her again. Elena walked towards a staff member and told them what Alexzander wanted to do, they agreed seeing that she's been here for awhile now hurry to tell the guards.
"Is everything okay Elena?," Borgan asked Elena kneels down "yes everything going to be okay, Gabe and me will help taking care of the palace as Alexzander and the royal knights take care of the rest," Jake and Borgan looked at each other confused.