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The Little Halloween Girl: She Ain't So Little Anymore

By Ryoken

"How are you feeling?" He asked.

"I've felt better," she replied. "Where are we?"

"My camp. My army is here as well, and are unforgettably aware of your presence here," Rahab said.

"Why, did I do?"

"Not you, me. I brought you here so I could keep an eye upon you. Couldn't risk you being attacked again," he said with a smile.

"Ohhhhhh...Am I...dead? Or undead or something?"

"No, why do you ask?"

"Cause I'd hate to have to tell my mom that I could only drink blood from now on," she joked, trying to laugh, but only receiving pain.

"You should probably get some more rest, Sara. Your wounds need healing." He ran his claws gently through her hair.

"I'm not so sure I want to," she muttered worriedly under her breath.

"What was that?"

"Nothing. Just thinking to myself out loud."

"Then get some rest. I've got to finish these plans for our attack," Rahab said as he got up to go back to his desk. So she closed her eyes again and fell back into that dark pit of horrid dreams and nightmares.

"Lord Rahab? Sire, please wake up," came a voice. Rahab opened his eyes a little to see Bienitio standing beside him.

He sat up, though looking a little undignified as he had fallen asleep again on his maps only an hour before now. "Yes?"

"The scouts Jythryl and Treck have discovered a Sarafan camp nearby, milord," he said with a slight bow.

"How close?"

"Only three miles ride from here."

"Th-three miles?! My gods, that's very close. Organize the troops. When they're ready, gather them around so that may inform them of the plan." Bienitio bowed lowly and began to issue orders to the men. Rahab went over to Sara's side and kissed her forehead. "Gods, don't let anything happen to her." Then he got up, and left to prepare himself for battle.

When next she awoke, Rahab wasn't there. However, she did feel a whole lot better and she even sat up. After a few moments, she realized that it was far quieter than last time. Not just Rahab, but everyone was gone. Must have gone off to battle, she thought. She felt strong enough to get up and walk around, but she decided against it. Rahab would have an absolute fit if he found out, and she laughed. Suddenly, she heard a sound, like that of a twig snapping, and she looked at the wall of the tent. To her horror, she saw the outlines of two men prowling the camp. She quickly lay down and closed her eyes, making it look like she was still asleep. They entered the tent.

The plan was for them to surround the camp and ambush them. The only trick was making sure no Sarafan scouts saw any of them. Strangely, they had no trouble with this and they quickly put their plan into action.

"On the count of three," Rahab whispered to Bienitio. "One...two...three!" He said, charging at the head of the army. But when they got into the camp, there was no one there but the Rahabim.

"What the hell is this??! Where are they!?" One of the veterans yelled. Rahab made his way to the two scouts.

"I thought you said there was a camp here," he said in a monotone.

"Well when we spotted it, there were Sarafan everywhere...I swear, milord, we have no idea where they could have-" Rahab's eyes opened wide with realization.

"It was a decoy..."

"Pardon?"

"This is a decoy! Everyone head back to camp immediately!!!" Rahab yelled as loud as he could so that his men could all hear him. Rahab rushed back onto his horse and headed back to camp, praying even to the human's gods that Sara was still safe and sound.

When Rahab reached their camp site, everything was engulfed in flames. His horse reared up in fear, and he almost fell off. He practically stood upon the horse trying to see through the flames if there was any sign of the girl. But there was none. No sign of a struggle, even though everything was bathed in the great fire. Someone tapped Rahab on his foot. He looked down to see Bienitio holding some bloodied bandages; Sara's bandages that he had tied himself when she was bleeding uncontrollably. He let out an unearthly yell that was heard for at least two miles.