Blues Zero X
Chapter 4: Dragoon Death
After dropping Klaymoor off at the inn to heal, Rave decided to head to the elder's house to see if there was anything important that he should know. He came to the elders and saw two dragoons standing at the entrance. Rave casually walked up and knocked on the door. There was no answer. He looked to the two dragoons and knocked again. Still no answer. One of the dragoons looked at him and said in an emotionless voice, "He's gone to the ruins."
"Alright," Rave said as he turned and headed toward the ruins. Upon approaching the ruins he noticed another pair of dragoons guarding the entrance. Rave cautiously walked up to the entrance and began walking between them when they crossed their javelins in front of him. He put his arms between the javelins and uncrossed them. Before they could attack him he said, "I just wish to enter the ruins. That's all." Suddenly he jumped back as a large spear shot at him and nicked his face." He turned around to see another dragoon behind him. The dragoon jumped toward the entrance to the ruins and grabbed his spear. He quickly turned around and pointed the spear at Rave. Rave grabbed behind him and pulled out his shield while charging up a shot. The dragoon ran at Rave with his spear aimed at Rave's chest. Rave deflected it with his shield and punched at his face. The dragoon barely dodged the attack and Rave grabbed the end of his spear. He tried to twist the dragoon's arm around but found he couldn't. The dragoon twisted it back quickly causing Rave to spin and land on the ground. The dragoon spun the spear around and slammed it into Rave's chest. It pierced though his outer armour and Rave screamed out in pain.
He activated his blaster's sabre and slashed it into the dragoon's arm in hopes of making him loose grip on the spear. The dragoon held fast and Rave slashed back at the dragoon's body. The dragoon tilted his body back and slammed his spear into Raves body piercing his inner armour. Rave kicked upwards in hopes of hitting somewhere the dragoon wouldn't have liked. He easily avoided his boot and lifted his spear into the air. Rave was about to die and he knew it. He was about to close his eyes when a sword shot through his vision and into the dragoon's chest. The dragoon hit the wall and remained suspended in mid air by the sword in the wall. Rave looked over and saw Klaymoor. His armour began glowing and it shifted into a very articulate version of dragoon armour. The two dragoons guarding the entrance looked to the now dead dragoon then to Klaymoor. One of them spoke up and said hoarsely, "W-we're sorry, Sir Klaymoor. We did not know this Reploid was with you. Please forgive us!"
"Well he is with me," replied Klaymoor, "Now let him passage into the ruins." Rave slowly got up and grasped his hand over the hole in his chest. "Thanks a lot, man. I owe you one."
"I was just repaying the favour." Rave nodded and slowly went back to the inn. He healed and returned to the ruins. By this time, Klaymoor was gone and the dead dragoon was now lying limp on the ground, the sword removed from his bloody chest. Rave walked up to the two dragoons and they quickly parted for him. Rave walked into the ruins and preceded inwards a few rooms. After the sixth room he came across an old man sitting, wounded, against a wall. Rave walked up to him and saw he was still alive. The old man looked up at him and said slowly, "Do not continue... too dangerous... for anybody."
"Head back to the town. You're the elder. You shouldn't have been here in the first place." The elder slowly got up and walked back to the beginning of the ruins. Rave walked through the door and found himself on a cliff suspended three hundred feet above a lake of water. Across the cliff was a series of 15 small, round cliffs- each a bit smaller than the last- that led to another cliff on the other side.