~An~Unexpected~Ally~
~Chapter 6~
"What do you want?" Dilandau hissed again. The male stared at him, as
if he were trying to understand what he was saying. He looked down at Alex, obviously
waiting for her to explain. Alex struggled for a moment, then started talking in a
strange language. When she was done, he looked up at Dilandau with a smug grin
and started to talk in the same language. When he was done, Alex translated.
"H-he said that he wants you dead f-for destroying his hometown." She
swallowed hard, having trouble talking because of the blade on her throat.
"What's his home country?" Dilandau asked. Alex looked at Dilandau.
"A-arzaz, my country."
"What?! But why did he attack you? Doesn't he know you're from
Arzaz as well?"
"Because he says that-" She stopped to gasp for breath as he pressed
the blade harder. "That I'm your only weakness or something like that.-" She stopped
as he pressed the blade harder to her throat. Dilandau flinched as she gasped and
watched as a thin trail of blood ran down her throat.
"But, I don't have-" He stopped when he saw the pain in her eyes starting
at this statment. "I mean you aren't...well, you..." He trailed off, not sure how to
respond.
"Ty jeves ja mahr oir ather kermar bres har ne temsar fes tres tah okensa
meyton ja leitas?" The man hissed. Dilandau looked down at Alex.
"He said, `Why do you care about what happens to her if she really is just
a prisoner you caught?`" She said with difficulty. Dilandau looked surprised at the
question, then looked down at Alex. She was waiting for his answer.
"I... uh... well... I'm... not sure... exactly." Alex seemed startled, then Dilandau
saw an emotion that he wasn't able to distinguish between shock and hurt. The man
stared at Alex, then Dilandau and back at Alex. After a moment, she looked up at him,
then back down to the ground.
"Via jevens jiles ty." She translated in a quiet voice that had a hint of anger
in it. Dilandau bit his lip. *What should I do? I should just let her die, she's a nusiance
anyway.* Dilandau smirked, and shrugged.
"Oh well." He knew exactly how she would react.
"WHAT?!" She managed to push away the sword and she lunged at
Dilandau, who just stepped back. The man tightened his grip around her waist and
struggled to hold her back. "You JERK!!! How DARE you!! I have kept you warm
by MY fire, let you use MY transportation, AND, gave you my trust!!! And THIS is
how you thank me?! I should have known people like you NEVER change!!!
Never!!!!" He stared at her shocked, and was even more startled when she stopped
and just stared at him. But what scared him the most was the tears now running down
her face. Dilandau was startled. *Why is she upset about what I think?* She then
unexpectantly managed to jerk away for a second, but the stranger pulled her back.
He then pressed his crossbow to her back, but in doing this, he had to let his sword
clatter to the ground. She decided to go for it and pushed away one more time, this
time far enough that she managed to grab Dilandau's sword, then swung around to kill
the stranger. But as she did, she also recieved an arrow in the side. Ignoring the arrow,
she quickly decapitated the man. Turning around after picking up the dropped weapon,
she aimed her new crossbow in Dilandau's direction. "Don't care about what
happens to me? Thought you'd just stand there and watch me die? For some reason,
I don't like that idea." Dilandau started to back up, keeping his eyes on the crossbow.
"Now, Alex. We , we really should get that arrow looked at. Just put that
crossbow down and-"
"Shut up. I'll do whatever I want, which is obviously what you think you can
do." Dilandau watched the blood slowly rolling off the arrow and onto the ground, forming
a large pool on the ground.
"Alex-"
"Can you not listen to orders?! Shut up. You have not changed at all.
You're still the same jerk who only cares about people when it benifits you." She then
fired the arrow, which Dilandau managed to knock away at the last second. He grabbed
her by the arm and pulled her to him, forcing her hand open and making her drop the
crossbow.
"It's not a good idea to attack a high commander with a weapon you don't
know how to use properly." He then ran his fingers over the arrow, feeling blood her coat
his hand. He was shocked that she was still standing with the arrow embedded so deeply
into her side. "Now I'm going to remove this arrow before you die from blood loss, and
you can either stay still and make it less painful, or fight me and make it hurt even more.
Your choice." Alex stared at him, not believing how quickly he changed from an insensitive
jerk to someone who cares. Without her noticing, he gripped the arrow tightly. *If I keep
talking to her, she shouldn't notice me pulling out the arrow until the pain hits.* "I would
hate to have you fight me when I..." With a swift pull, he pulled out the arrow and
swallowed the scream that was about to start in a powerful kiss. When the pain subsided
slightly, and he was sure she wasn't going to start screaming again, he pulled away. "Pull
the arrow out." He finished. She looked at him, breathing hard, then back down at her side
and saw blood flowing profusely out of her wound. She laughed slightly.
"Perfect. Two arrow wounds in the same day." She suddenly felt dizzly from
the loss of blood and after a moment, collapsed in his arms. He picked her up and carried
her over to where he would soon start a fire. "I have got to stop the flow of blood, but I
alreadly used my shirt, so what do I do now?" *Why do I even care? I shouldn't be
worrying about her, as if I in- no. No, I'm not in love, I, I just want to keep her alive
because of her battling skills. Yes, that's why I'm so bent on keeping her alive, because
I want her on my team of Dragon Slayers.* "What can I use?" He then had an idea.
"I can use her shirt." He layed her back and unzipped her jacket, then lifted up her
undershirt. A blush spread across his face as he pulled the undershirt off. Doing his
best to ignore what she was now wearing, he ripped her shirt, then wrapped her side
up. Dilandau pulled her jacket back on and threw some more logs onto the fire.
"I have to get her back to the Vione soon. All I have to do..." He held his head in his
hands. "Is figure out how." Dilandau finished.
w.a- good grief. so dilly, do ya like her or not?
dilly- how should i know? you're the one writing this story.
alex- hey, don't i get a say in this?
dilly + w.a.- NO!!!!
alex- okay, okay! don't bite my head off!!!
~~Wild Angel~~
