"But I already said the only good plan of action!" Raganas exclaimed. "We
have to torch the place! Right down to the ground!"
"First," said Kel, "That's a horrible idea first, the castle's stone, it wont burn. And second, if it were wood or something flammable, and we did manage to light it without somebody noticing and shooting us down, Maddy and Meron would be roasted alive! I said that already, remember?"
"Oh yes," said Amy. "I remember you saying that." Her face was turning a pale green color as she spoke. She turned around and threw up the fish she had been eating.
"Ugh!" Exclaimed Kaytee in utter disgust. "Careful where you spew, Amy! You almost got my leg!"
"Sorry." Amy apologized. "It's kind of hard to aim when you're sick. Your vision's all fuzzy, you know?"
"Back to non-puke related matters..." Dom said. "I don't think my fragile mind could take much more of this!"
"Sure," said Liney. "You have a fragile mind, and I'm a Super Sayain Three." She then looked around experimentally and yelled, "KAMEHAMEHA!" Nothing happened.
"I'm thinking that means you don't have a fragile mind, Dom." Said Krizsta.
"I'm confused." Samkin said. "What are you guys talking about?"
"I don't properly know," Cleon remarked, "but it's a really, really cool word! I want to be a Super Say-a-majig."
Rosefyre flinched and got off the rock she was sitting on. Standing up and walking over to Cleon she said, "Cleon, hun, not to be terribly rude or anything but-"
"You sound like a four year-old whose mommy has taken him to the candy store but won't buy him anything." Kate cut in.
Rosefyre glared daggers at Kate who looked blissfully unaware. "I don't need your commentary, bitch."
"Woah, cat fight!" Yelled Peter. Then he curved his fingers so they looked like claws and brought his and in a downward sweeping motion. "Rawr!"
That was too much for Kate. She dove on Peter, pummeling him recklessly between each word she said. "You...are...a...BASTARD!"
"Mercy!" Cried Peter, as he held his hands up in submission. "No more! You win! Uncle, uncle!"
"What's an uncle?" Asked Lady Light. "Wait, that was stupid. That's not what I meant...Honestly!"
"Gods!" Muttered Marc. "Issues!" Lady Light snarled at him. Marc jumped slightly and hid behind Kathryn, whimpering.
"Hey guys!" Kaitlin yelled happily as she leaped up and down. "Guess what! Guess what I found! Go on, guess!"
Everyone stared at her, but nobody said a word. George coughed uncomfortably and said, "We give up."
"I found a GREEN rock!" Kaitlin shouted, waving around a rock that just so happened to be gray, like every sing other rock that was in the clearing. "A green one, I tell you! And I named it Phillip! Phil for short."
"Excuse me while I try to find a jar to contain my joy." Kathryn said, sarcasm dripping from every word.
"Um, OK!" Said Kaitlin, completely missing the sarcasm.
"Yahoozlefee!" Olivia screamed at the top of her lungs.
"Oh...yeah." Said Diana, completely horrified. "I'm going to go on over there now." She turned tail and ran off to the other side of the clearing.
"I see dead people." Whispered Maria. Her eyes suddenly got really wide and she screamed, "THEY'RE COMING FOR YOU!"
Neal gave a girlish scream and hid behind Raoul, who was already cowering, severely frightened, behind Buri.
"Now, now," said Buri to Maria. "You're scaring them!"
Alanna sighed. "How did I get myself into the horrible mess?" She asked herself. She then picked up a log and started to smash her head with it. Yelps of pain escaped her and everybody backed away, staring at Alanna like she was a dog that had rabies, or at least had rolled in something very smelly.
"I've got a plan!" Yelled Daine.
Everyone quieted instantly and Cleon stopped chewing on a piece of moss. They were so quiet that you could hear in the far distance the sound of somebody yelling 'Please do not land flying carthorses on the bathers.'
Numair ignored this slightly odd and random sentence and said, "Daine and I have been thinking and we think we know what to do."
"What is it?" Asked Anne Marie sitting down on Numair's feet because she didn't want to get her breeches dirty. "Tell us the plan before we all die- "
"Of anticipation." Finished Rosefyre.
"Anyway," Daine started, "we think we should get some people back into the castle."
"Wait a moment!" Said Kel. "We've already gone of this many, many times! It really isn't a smart idea to put anybody else at suck high risk!"
"We've been through and through it, I assure you." Said Numair. "We've discovered that the theological risk is not as high as one might think. However, taken into consideration that the level of capture is rather high."
"In English?" Peter prompted. "I don't understand your fancy talk."
"Me neither!" Agreed Kate, nodding at Peter, who smiled at her dazzlingly.
"He said that the risk is not really that much, but somebody might get captured." Translated Dom. "That's what I think he said at least."
"But how does the plan work?" Asked Gregory, squeezing Liney slightly with one arm.
"Same as it did last time!" Said Daine. "We start shooting at them, they get distracted and we sneak in. Easy peasy, lemon squeezy."
"Who should go in, though?" Asked Caprice. "I sure don't want to set foot in that castle, thank you very much!"
"You're welcome very much." Said Cleon. "Wait, why are you thanking me again? I seem to have forgotten." He tossed the piece of moss he was chewing on up into the air, trying to catch it in his mouth. It fell back down and hit him in the eye. "That hurt!" He plopped down onto the ground, sniffling.
"Don't feel that bad." Soothed Kathryn. "Just because you're a loser...I mean a...person who can't chuck things into the air and catch them in his mouth." She picked up Cleon's moss and tossed it into the fire. The fire hissed loudly, as if resenting being fed something with Cleon germs on it. It crackled for a few seconds and then, abruptly, died.
"Crap muffins." Muttered Raganas. "Now we'll have no warmth!"
"Hello!" Yelled Rosefyre. "It's summer!"
"Oh....yeah." Said Raganas.
Liney looked up from Gregory's flannel shirt. "I'll go into the castle." She said, wiping her nose on Gregory's sleeve. "I've already been in, I know my way around. Well, not really, but I can do it better than anybody else here."
"Except me." Said Gregory. "And don't think you're going anywhere with out me! You need me, admit it."
"No." Said Liney, stubbornly. "But you're coming anyway."
"Anybody else want to come with?" Asked Gregory.
Everybody took three steps back, in unison. "No we're good." Said Amy.
Liney started to run off in the direction of the castle. "I'll wave for you to start shooting." She said over her shoulder.
"Ready when you are." Said Lady Light loading her slingshot.
~*~
"Walk faster, you little slut!" Vlad yelled at Maddy. "I said FASTER!"
Maddy looked back at Vlad and snarled. She would have bit him, but he still held the whip, and she had the marks on her back to keep her away.
Meron dived on Holden, regardless of the lashes that Holden laid across his back arms, legs and face. He bit Holden's arm and yanked with his teeth. Holden screeched in agony and yanked on the rope around Meron's neck. Meron gasped and ripped once more at the flesh he had in his mouth before he let go to claw at the rope around his neck that was slowly strangling him.
"Bastard!" Holden said in awe. "You fucking little bastard." There was a huge tear in his arm that was steadily gushing blood. Meron spat out some of Holden's flesh that was hanging out of his mouth.
"Are you okay, Holden?" Asked Vlad.
"Do I look ok, asshole?" Holden spat.
"No, not really." Said Vlad. "You have a huge rip in your arm that's gushing blood. Haven't you noticed?"
"I have noticed, Idiot." Holden snarled.
"No need for name calling." Vlad said.
Holden sighed. "Just shut up and guard the little bitch."
Maddy growled deep in her throat. "You had better not call me names." Her eyes narrowed to slits as she looked at Holden. "I swear, when I get out of here, I'll make your days a living hell. Mark my words."
Holden laughed, full throated and loud. "I'd like to see you try."
Maddy smiled in grim satisfaction. "I would but I'm all tied up at the moment. Or had your small brain not comprehended that little fact."
"May I remind you who has the whip?" Said Holden. "And who's the one tied on the end of a rope?"
"I don't need reminding." Maddy snarled. "Do you?"
"Naw, I'm good." Said Vlad. "How about you, Holdy?"
"Shut up." Said Holden. "Anyway, we're here."
A young woman in her late teens with golden-blonde hair that fell to her thighs in sheets was standing out in front of a large ornate door. "Are these the two that were giving you all this trouble?" She asked. "They honestly don't look like much."
"They're more then they seem, Nell, honest!" Said Vlad.
The woman, Nell, looked at Vlad. "You never were a really bright one, were you?"
"I'm sure I don't know what you mean." Said Vlad in what he thought was a sophisticated tone.
"In other words," said Holden, "yes."
Nell laughed and Vlad pouted. "The mistress is waiting." Nell said. "Do come in. And bring those two." She pointed at Maddy and Meron.
"Are you sure you don't want to take them alone?" Asked Holden looking slightly nervous. "I'm not afraid or anything."
"Sure you aren't." Said Nell skeptically, raising her thin eyebrow and widening her blue-green eyes. "But I wouldn't risk it. You two can keep them. I don't mind if you get hurt."
"I'm so glad you care." Muttered Holden as he dragged Meron into the room and gestured for Vlad to follow, Nell closing the door behind them.
~*~
Yey! I finally wrote another chapter! I'm so pleased! *Does the rarely seen Maddy Victory Dance on top of her computer* I hope you liked it. Did you? You did? Yey! Please make my day, well kinda, and review!
Luv,
LadyKnight
"First," said Kel, "That's a horrible idea first, the castle's stone, it wont burn. And second, if it were wood or something flammable, and we did manage to light it without somebody noticing and shooting us down, Maddy and Meron would be roasted alive! I said that already, remember?"
"Oh yes," said Amy. "I remember you saying that." Her face was turning a pale green color as she spoke. She turned around and threw up the fish she had been eating.
"Ugh!" Exclaimed Kaytee in utter disgust. "Careful where you spew, Amy! You almost got my leg!"
"Sorry." Amy apologized. "It's kind of hard to aim when you're sick. Your vision's all fuzzy, you know?"
"Back to non-puke related matters..." Dom said. "I don't think my fragile mind could take much more of this!"
"Sure," said Liney. "You have a fragile mind, and I'm a Super Sayain Three." She then looked around experimentally and yelled, "KAMEHAMEHA!" Nothing happened.
"I'm thinking that means you don't have a fragile mind, Dom." Said Krizsta.
"I'm confused." Samkin said. "What are you guys talking about?"
"I don't properly know," Cleon remarked, "but it's a really, really cool word! I want to be a Super Say-a-majig."
Rosefyre flinched and got off the rock she was sitting on. Standing up and walking over to Cleon she said, "Cleon, hun, not to be terribly rude or anything but-"
"You sound like a four year-old whose mommy has taken him to the candy store but won't buy him anything." Kate cut in.
Rosefyre glared daggers at Kate who looked blissfully unaware. "I don't need your commentary, bitch."
"Woah, cat fight!" Yelled Peter. Then he curved his fingers so they looked like claws and brought his and in a downward sweeping motion. "Rawr!"
That was too much for Kate. She dove on Peter, pummeling him recklessly between each word she said. "You...are...a...BASTARD!"
"Mercy!" Cried Peter, as he held his hands up in submission. "No more! You win! Uncle, uncle!"
"What's an uncle?" Asked Lady Light. "Wait, that was stupid. That's not what I meant...Honestly!"
"Gods!" Muttered Marc. "Issues!" Lady Light snarled at him. Marc jumped slightly and hid behind Kathryn, whimpering.
"Hey guys!" Kaitlin yelled happily as she leaped up and down. "Guess what! Guess what I found! Go on, guess!"
Everyone stared at her, but nobody said a word. George coughed uncomfortably and said, "We give up."
"I found a GREEN rock!" Kaitlin shouted, waving around a rock that just so happened to be gray, like every sing other rock that was in the clearing. "A green one, I tell you! And I named it Phillip! Phil for short."
"Excuse me while I try to find a jar to contain my joy." Kathryn said, sarcasm dripping from every word.
"Um, OK!" Said Kaitlin, completely missing the sarcasm.
"Yahoozlefee!" Olivia screamed at the top of her lungs.
"Oh...yeah." Said Diana, completely horrified. "I'm going to go on over there now." She turned tail and ran off to the other side of the clearing.
"I see dead people." Whispered Maria. Her eyes suddenly got really wide and she screamed, "THEY'RE COMING FOR YOU!"
Neal gave a girlish scream and hid behind Raoul, who was already cowering, severely frightened, behind Buri.
"Now, now," said Buri to Maria. "You're scaring them!"
Alanna sighed. "How did I get myself into the horrible mess?" She asked herself. She then picked up a log and started to smash her head with it. Yelps of pain escaped her and everybody backed away, staring at Alanna like she was a dog that had rabies, or at least had rolled in something very smelly.
"I've got a plan!" Yelled Daine.
Everyone quieted instantly and Cleon stopped chewing on a piece of moss. They were so quiet that you could hear in the far distance the sound of somebody yelling 'Please do not land flying carthorses on the bathers.'
Numair ignored this slightly odd and random sentence and said, "Daine and I have been thinking and we think we know what to do."
"What is it?" Asked Anne Marie sitting down on Numair's feet because she didn't want to get her breeches dirty. "Tell us the plan before we all die- "
"Of anticipation." Finished Rosefyre.
"Anyway," Daine started, "we think we should get some people back into the castle."
"Wait a moment!" Said Kel. "We've already gone of this many, many times! It really isn't a smart idea to put anybody else at suck high risk!"
"We've been through and through it, I assure you." Said Numair. "We've discovered that the theological risk is not as high as one might think. However, taken into consideration that the level of capture is rather high."
"In English?" Peter prompted. "I don't understand your fancy talk."
"Me neither!" Agreed Kate, nodding at Peter, who smiled at her dazzlingly.
"He said that the risk is not really that much, but somebody might get captured." Translated Dom. "That's what I think he said at least."
"But how does the plan work?" Asked Gregory, squeezing Liney slightly with one arm.
"Same as it did last time!" Said Daine. "We start shooting at them, they get distracted and we sneak in. Easy peasy, lemon squeezy."
"Who should go in, though?" Asked Caprice. "I sure don't want to set foot in that castle, thank you very much!"
"You're welcome very much." Said Cleon. "Wait, why are you thanking me again? I seem to have forgotten." He tossed the piece of moss he was chewing on up into the air, trying to catch it in his mouth. It fell back down and hit him in the eye. "That hurt!" He plopped down onto the ground, sniffling.
"Don't feel that bad." Soothed Kathryn. "Just because you're a loser...I mean a...person who can't chuck things into the air and catch them in his mouth." She picked up Cleon's moss and tossed it into the fire. The fire hissed loudly, as if resenting being fed something with Cleon germs on it. It crackled for a few seconds and then, abruptly, died.
"Crap muffins." Muttered Raganas. "Now we'll have no warmth!"
"Hello!" Yelled Rosefyre. "It's summer!"
"Oh....yeah." Said Raganas.
Liney looked up from Gregory's flannel shirt. "I'll go into the castle." She said, wiping her nose on Gregory's sleeve. "I've already been in, I know my way around. Well, not really, but I can do it better than anybody else here."
"Except me." Said Gregory. "And don't think you're going anywhere with out me! You need me, admit it."
"No." Said Liney, stubbornly. "But you're coming anyway."
"Anybody else want to come with?" Asked Gregory.
Everybody took three steps back, in unison. "No we're good." Said Amy.
Liney started to run off in the direction of the castle. "I'll wave for you to start shooting." She said over her shoulder.
"Ready when you are." Said Lady Light loading her slingshot.
~*~
"Walk faster, you little slut!" Vlad yelled at Maddy. "I said FASTER!"
Maddy looked back at Vlad and snarled. She would have bit him, but he still held the whip, and she had the marks on her back to keep her away.
Meron dived on Holden, regardless of the lashes that Holden laid across his back arms, legs and face. He bit Holden's arm and yanked with his teeth. Holden screeched in agony and yanked on the rope around Meron's neck. Meron gasped and ripped once more at the flesh he had in his mouth before he let go to claw at the rope around his neck that was slowly strangling him.
"Bastard!" Holden said in awe. "You fucking little bastard." There was a huge tear in his arm that was steadily gushing blood. Meron spat out some of Holden's flesh that was hanging out of his mouth.
"Are you okay, Holden?" Asked Vlad.
"Do I look ok, asshole?" Holden spat.
"No, not really." Said Vlad. "You have a huge rip in your arm that's gushing blood. Haven't you noticed?"
"I have noticed, Idiot." Holden snarled.
"No need for name calling." Vlad said.
Holden sighed. "Just shut up and guard the little bitch."
Maddy growled deep in her throat. "You had better not call me names." Her eyes narrowed to slits as she looked at Holden. "I swear, when I get out of here, I'll make your days a living hell. Mark my words."
Holden laughed, full throated and loud. "I'd like to see you try."
Maddy smiled in grim satisfaction. "I would but I'm all tied up at the moment. Or had your small brain not comprehended that little fact."
"May I remind you who has the whip?" Said Holden. "And who's the one tied on the end of a rope?"
"I don't need reminding." Maddy snarled. "Do you?"
"Naw, I'm good." Said Vlad. "How about you, Holdy?"
"Shut up." Said Holden. "Anyway, we're here."
A young woman in her late teens with golden-blonde hair that fell to her thighs in sheets was standing out in front of a large ornate door. "Are these the two that were giving you all this trouble?" She asked. "They honestly don't look like much."
"They're more then they seem, Nell, honest!" Said Vlad.
The woman, Nell, looked at Vlad. "You never were a really bright one, were you?"
"I'm sure I don't know what you mean." Said Vlad in what he thought was a sophisticated tone.
"In other words," said Holden, "yes."
Nell laughed and Vlad pouted. "The mistress is waiting." Nell said. "Do come in. And bring those two." She pointed at Maddy and Meron.
"Are you sure you don't want to take them alone?" Asked Holden looking slightly nervous. "I'm not afraid or anything."
"Sure you aren't." Said Nell skeptically, raising her thin eyebrow and widening her blue-green eyes. "But I wouldn't risk it. You two can keep them. I don't mind if you get hurt."
"I'm so glad you care." Muttered Holden as he dragged Meron into the room and gestured for Vlad to follow, Nell closing the door behind them.
~*~
Yey! I finally wrote another chapter! I'm so pleased! *Does the rarely seen Maddy Victory Dance on top of her computer* I hope you liked it. Did you? You did? Yey! Please make my day, well kinda, and review!
Luv,
LadyKnight