~chapter 12~
The group of four walked through the forest. The canopy was bushy and grew together, blocking out the sunlight on the small dirt path. Along the sides, small patches of grass basked in the areas where a few sun rays were able to get through. The forest was decorated with many great trees, small shrubs lining a small dirt path that wound its way through the woodsy mass, wild vines hanging down from some of the trees, but no flowers could be seen. Slight twitter of birds could be heard every now and then, but other than that the forest was silent. As they walked, the leaves and branches on the trees quivered as they passed by but there was no breeze blowing. Link shivered as he couldn't help but feel the trees were alive. After they had been walking for what seemed like hours, Link had to stop.
"Where are we going anyway?" Link asked Fenix.
"Why are you asking me? I'm just going wherever you guys go." answered Fenix. Link, Jared and Justin groaned and leaned against the tree.
"You mean we've been walking for hours just to get lost...?" Jared mumbled.
"We're not lost. I know exactly where we are." Fenix said.
"Well then where are we?" Link asked
"We're in troll territory." responded Fenix.
"Troll territory?!" Justin shouted.
"Yeah, I thought it was a little strange that you would want to go this way." responded Fenix.
"Could the trolls be working for Gondar?" Jared asked.
"Hmm...it's not likely. Trolls are very independent. Unless of course, they are given something that appeals to them."
"Well what appeals to them?"
"Usually gold and power."
"Great, two things Gondar can guarantee....or at least so he thinks. And we know that with that dark essence he has plenty of power to flaunt..." Link sighed.
"Well, the best thing to do is to get out of here as quickly as possible." said Fenix. "We don't want to get caught by..." he was interrupted with three sharp twangs followed by three arrows sticking in the ground with a *thwunk* right at their feet.
"Uh oh..." Justin mumbled before about 20 very large sized trolls swept through the woods towards them. The four withdrew their weapons. The trolls surrounded them, wielding clubs and grumbling loudly. One tried to rush at Jared, who quickly stabbed it in the chest then sliced it across the gut. The remaining 19 seemed to be deeply enraged by the falling of one of their comrades.
"It's no use, there's too many of them. " Fenix said. "We can't win this fight, we have to surrender." The four dropped their weapons and positioned their bodies in the surrendering positions. The trolls quickly came forth and took them prisoner.
Lauren ran along the seemingly endless hallway down the twists and turns. She suddenly came to a four way stop.
"Hmm....eenie, meenie, minie...." she looked down a hallway. On the ceiling, a small plank hung on chains. On the board read "outside" followed by an arrow pointing down the hall. "Mo..." she said satisfied as she ran down that hall. She ran a little ways more until she reached a door. The sunset could be seen streaming through the cracks.
"Bingo...I'm outa here." she mumbled as she slowly opened the door. She peeked out and scoped out the area. Her heart sank slightly when she saw a half built room. The rooms walls were unfinished and apparently this was a room on the outer walls for the scenery beyond could be seen behind the walls at least 2 floors below. A door rested on the left wall. A few workers were busy building up the walls. There were only two of them.
"Hey, I gotta go get some more supplies." one said to the other. The first began to walk towards the door. Lauren gasped and backed up against the wall. Fortunatly the door swung outwards, not in towards the room. The door swung and stopped, just barely tapping her nose. The worker then walked down the hall, taking no notice of her. She sighed and looked around the corner. The worker was sitting on a block of stone with his back turned toward the door. She very quietly crept over and grabbed a shovel. The worker took off his hard had and wiped its bald green head. Lauren lifted the shovel above her head and...
the door creaked...
the worker turned toward the noise and spotted Lauren, jumping up and shouting loudly. Lauren grunted as she brought the shovel down hard upon the creatures head. She grinned at first, then faltered when she saw that the only damage she had done was to the shovel, which now had a head shaped dent in the face. The creature smirked and grabbed the shovel away from her. It laughed menacingly as they circled around eachother. Lauren looked up and spotted something. A support beam held up a partial roof of only a few heavy stones, right above the creature. She quickly kicked the beam out and the stones fell upon the worker. He collapsed with a grunt. She giggled triumphantly and dragged the worker from the rubble.
"Hmm..." she hummed looking over his uniform.
The worker stepped back into the room, carrying building supplies. He dropped the equipment suddenly and shouted.
"What in the...?!" he yelled as he saw his half naked partner laying on the floor unconscious.
Lauren ran down the hall in the construction uniform; heavy work boots, long oversized overalls, a stained gray long shirt, work gloves, and a hard hat that was too big for her head. She had her long hair tucked up under the hat and the collar on the shirt raised over his face.
"Ugh...why do I have to deal with all this stench?!" she grumbled to herself, gagging from the smell of the sweaty uniform. She ran down the hall that had branched from the room. She ran until she came to another four way. She looked for another sign, but found it on the floor laying face down. With the sign detached, she couldn't tell which way to go. She blindly picked the left hall and ran down it. She ran into a group of creatures and froze.
"Hey, what are you doing down here?!" one shouted. Lauren hid her face more.
"Uh...looking for supplies..." she said in the deepest, gruffest voice she could.
"Something is fishy here..." another said. Lauren cleared her throat and sunk beneath the shirt.
"I think we should report this to Gondar." a third said. One made an attempt to grab her but she swiped off her hard hat and smacked it across the head then took off running back the way she came.
"Get her!" the hit creature snarled. Lauren ran down the hall with her pursuers not far behind. She came back to the four way and was about to run straight until she saw a group of creatures emerge around a corner from ahead.
"Look there!" one said as they ran towards her position. With two ways cut off and not wanting to go back, she had one hall left to go down. She ran to the left. She panted fast as she ran down the hall, looking back every now and then at her chasers. She reached a stair case and quickly ran down it. She skidded quickly to a stop when she saw more soldiers round a corner ahead. She dived into a room and locked the door.
"Great...what am I supposed to do now..." she mumbled. She ran to the back of the room, which was fairly big, and waited against the wall as the pounding came from the other side of the door.
~end~
The group of four walked through the forest. The canopy was bushy and grew together, blocking out the sunlight on the small dirt path. Along the sides, small patches of grass basked in the areas where a few sun rays were able to get through. The forest was decorated with many great trees, small shrubs lining a small dirt path that wound its way through the woodsy mass, wild vines hanging down from some of the trees, but no flowers could be seen. Slight twitter of birds could be heard every now and then, but other than that the forest was silent. As they walked, the leaves and branches on the trees quivered as they passed by but there was no breeze blowing. Link shivered as he couldn't help but feel the trees were alive. After they had been walking for what seemed like hours, Link had to stop.
"Where are we going anyway?" Link asked Fenix.
"Why are you asking me? I'm just going wherever you guys go." answered Fenix. Link, Jared and Justin groaned and leaned against the tree.
"You mean we've been walking for hours just to get lost...?" Jared mumbled.
"We're not lost. I know exactly where we are." Fenix said.
"Well then where are we?" Link asked
"We're in troll territory." responded Fenix.
"Troll territory?!" Justin shouted.
"Yeah, I thought it was a little strange that you would want to go this way." responded Fenix.
"Could the trolls be working for Gondar?" Jared asked.
"Hmm...it's not likely. Trolls are very independent. Unless of course, they are given something that appeals to them."
"Well what appeals to them?"
"Usually gold and power."
"Great, two things Gondar can guarantee....or at least so he thinks. And we know that with that dark essence he has plenty of power to flaunt..." Link sighed.
"Well, the best thing to do is to get out of here as quickly as possible." said Fenix. "We don't want to get caught by..." he was interrupted with three sharp twangs followed by three arrows sticking in the ground with a *thwunk* right at their feet.
"Uh oh..." Justin mumbled before about 20 very large sized trolls swept through the woods towards them. The four withdrew their weapons. The trolls surrounded them, wielding clubs and grumbling loudly. One tried to rush at Jared, who quickly stabbed it in the chest then sliced it across the gut. The remaining 19 seemed to be deeply enraged by the falling of one of their comrades.
"It's no use, there's too many of them. " Fenix said. "We can't win this fight, we have to surrender." The four dropped their weapons and positioned their bodies in the surrendering positions. The trolls quickly came forth and took them prisoner.
Lauren ran along the seemingly endless hallway down the twists and turns. She suddenly came to a four way stop.
"Hmm....eenie, meenie, minie...." she looked down a hallway. On the ceiling, a small plank hung on chains. On the board read "outside" followed by an arrow pointing down the hall. "Mo..." she said satisfied as she ran down that hall. She ran a little ways more until she reached a door. The sunset could be seen streaming through the cracks.
"Bingo...I'm outa here." she mumbled as she slowly opened the door. She peeked out and scoped out the area. Her heart sank slightly when she saw a half built room. The rooms walls were unfinished and apparently this was a room on the outer walls for the scenery beyond could be seen behind the walls at least 2 floors below. A door rested on the left wall. A few workers were busy building up the walls. There were only two of them.
"Hey, I gotta go get some more supplies." one said to the other. The first began to walk towards the door. Lauren gasped and backed up against the wall. Fortunatly the door swung outwards, not in towards the room. The door swung and stopped, just barely tapping her nose. The worker then walked down the hall, taking no notice of her. She sighed and looked around the corner. The worker was sitting on a block of stone with his back turned toward the door. She very quietly crept over and grabbed a shovel. The worker took off his hard had and wiped its bald green head. Lauren lifted the shovel above her head and...
the door creaked...
the worker turned toward the noise and spotted Lauren, jumping up and shouting loudly. Lauren grunted as she brought the shovel down hard upon the creatures head. She grinned at first, then faltered when she saw that the only damage she had done was to the shovel, which now had a head shaped dent in the face. The creature smirked and grabbed the shovel away from her. It laughed menacingly as they circled around eachother. Lauren looked up and spotted something. A support beam held up a partial roof of only a few heavy stones, right above the creature. She quickly kicked the beam out and the stones fell upon the worker. He collapsed with a grunt. She giggled triumphantly and dragged the worker from the rubble.
"Hmm..." she hummed looking over his uniform.
The worker stepped back into the room, carrying building supplies. He dropped the equipment suddenly and shouted.
"What in the...?!" he yelled as he saw his half naked partner laying on the floor unconscious.
Lauren ran down the hall in the construction uniform; heavy work boots, long oversized overalls, a stained gray long shirt, work gloves, and a hard hat that was too big for her head. She had her long hair tucked up under the hat and the collar on the shirt raised over his face.
"Ugh...why do I have to deal with all this stench?!" she grumbled to herself, gagging from the smell of the sweaty uniform. She ran down the hall that had branched from the room. She ran until she came to another four way. She looked for another sign, but found it on the floor laying face down. With the sign detached, she couldn't tell which way to go. She blindly picked the left hall and ran down it. She ran into a group of creatures and froze.
"Hey, what are you doing down here?!" one shouted. Lauren hid her face more.
"Uh...looking for supplies..." she said in the deepest, gruffest voice she could.
"Something is fishy here..." another said. Lauren cleared her throat and sunk beneath the shirt.
"I think we should report this to Gondar." a third said. One made an attempt to grab her but she swiped off her hard hat and smacked it across the head then took off running back the way she came.
"Get her!" the hit creature snarled. Lauren ran down the hall with her pursuers not far behind. She came back to the four way and was about to run straight until she saw a group of creatures emerge around a corner from ahead.
"Look there!" one said as they ran towards her position. With two ways cut off and not wanting to go back, she had one hall left to go down. She ran to the left. She panted fast as she ran down the hall, looking back every now and then at her chasers. She reached a stair case and quickly ran down it. She skidded quickly to a stop when she saw more soldiers round a corner ahead. She dived into a room and locked the door.
"Great...what am I supposed to do now..." she mumbled. She ran to the back of the room, which was fairly big, and waited against the wall as the pounding came from the other side of the door.
~end~