Road to the Legion

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Three days had passed since Vassilij and Rick became Nicole's and Rachel's bodyguards. Over that time, Rachel and Nicole had begun a friendship and were practically inseperable, which benefited their body guards. They were half way to Italy now, and Rick and Vassilij were eagerly awaiting to get to France and start an exploration of Europe.

But then one day while on the bow of the ship, all peace and tranquility the four friends had enjoyed vanished when Edward the First came up.

"Rachel, father wants to see you now," Edward said to his youngest sister. Rachel feared her older brother and hid behind Vassilij holding onto Nicole's hand. "NOW!"

"What does he want to see her for?" Rick asked, stepping up. Edward glared at him.

"I don't see how that is any of your business, you American scum! I'm amazed Father let you, and that dirty Russian become Rachel's bodyguards!" Edward said meanly.

Rick had to block Vassilij from attacking Edward. He whispered to Vassilij, "Just take Rachel and Nicole to Rachel's father, I'll handle this."

Vassilij was about to protest but he saw the look in Rick's eyes that made him not protest, he nodded and walked off glaring at Edward.

"Where are you going, Nicole?" Edward said grabbing Nicole's wrist. Vassilij was just about to punch Edward when Rick beat him to it. Rick's fist collided with Ed's hand and Ed recoiled his hand, nursing the bruise. "You scum! How dare you hit me!"

"Do not touch, Nicole. Her father has ordered me to do all things to protect her, if it means kill you, then so be it!" Rick growled. Edward smirked.

"It's not a wise choice to challenge me! Rather, I turn the tables! I challenge you to a fight, no weapons, until one of us passes out, or gives up. Hell let's go for first blood!" Edward said raising his fists in pug-fighting stance. Rick got into a classic fighting stance he learned from a Chinese merchant at the village near the Abbey. Edward saw Vassilij and the others trying to leave but he ran and punched Vassilij down. "You're not going anywhere!! Nicole, you're staying! Rachel you are too, you've seen too much for me to let you go tell Father."

"Stop it, Ed!" Rachel yelled. Nicole held her back and behind her to protect her. Vassilij got up and wiped off dust from his face and clothes. He turned to Edward, glaring knives at him.

"You're lucky you chose to challenge my friend there, Ed, or I would have killed you by now for getting my new shirt and pants dirty," Vassilij growled then laughed. "But then again! You didn't say that a friend couldn't intervene!"

Vassilij charged at Edward but Rick called out to him making him stop, "Stop! He's mine!"

"C'mon Rick! You always get to fight the real bastards!" Vassilij groaned. Edward, was a little panicked but regain composure and then smirked evilly.

"If you really want to fight, then have a go at my own personal body guard, though I hardly find a use for him. He's a valuable asset to my gang though, now there's a use for the third-class idiot bunch I've rounded," Edward said giving a hand signal to the deck. Then a group of about twenty third-class passenger boys all in the ages of 15 to 17 came down, hard looks on their faces. "Bernard, get your ass over here, you get to fight somebody!"

A big 17 year-old stepped up, he was very tall at 6'5" and hard brown eyes. He had muscles from working in the factories, and lifting heavy iron in the junk yard and eating very well for a poor boy. He grinned evilly a tiny Vassilij and towered over him. Vassilij just kept his glare at Edward.

"Hello, little boy!" Bernard said in a Greek accent. "You will be a mere piece of gum on the bottom of my torn boot when I'm finished with you!"

Bernard lunged at Vassilij with a large fist but Vassilij ducked and rolled over and kicked at Bernard's legs. Bernard fell over from stumbling and tripping over Vassilij's legs. Vassilij shot up and waited.

"Get up! Don't tell me your defeated by a mere fall!" Vassilij growled. "Such an idiotic boy you are!! Size doesn't matter to me, with stealth and agility one can win any physical battle!"

"You saying I have no stelth and agilty?" The Greek growled. "I will show you power! You will die!"

Bernard got up and punch Vassilij hard in the stomach. Vassilij had the air knocked out of him and stumbled back. Rick ran to his side.

"Vass! Are you alright?" Rick asked urgently. Vassilij grinned.

"Just fine," he wheezed. "The got knocked out of me is all."

"Hahaha! Well, well, it looks like we got a really David and Jonathan here boys! C'mon you two, stop loving each other and fight! You, American scum, you will fight me! Or are you to scared to fight me?" Edward spat mockingly. Rick glared at Bernard and Edward and helped his best friend up.

"You take, the big Greek, I'll deal with Edward," Rick said. "Be more careful, we don't need to add insult to injury until they're too weak to fight back. I can tell they're worthy challengers."

"You're of course, alright, let's do this," Vassilij whispered back.

Edward put a hand to his ear, "What's that you said, American? You love him? Oh, isn't that sweet, we got a pair of lovers here boys!"

Edward laughed, his gang laughed as well. Rick spat at Edward and said to himself, "Such a fool, to only push my anger."

"C'mon you American bugger, I'll knock you senseless and feed you to the fishes!" Edward said. Rick just walked calmly around Edward, he had so many spots open! What idiot would do that! But the spot could easily be blocked if he wasn't quick enough and Edward wasn't thick enough to not know where he was going. Rick then decided for an easy spot and ran up faked a punch to the eye, which Edward block his eyes immediately, then kicked at the legs and knees, soon Edward was on the ground his legs spread then Rick kicked the soft spot! Edward howled in pain, but through his howling he yelled, "Get him! Get him you fools! Make him pay for doing this to m!! Kill him!!"

"Edward stop!!" Rachel said again now crying a bit. Nicole held her back.

"Sh, Rachel, we'll go get our fathers!" Nicole said, waiting first to sooth Rachel.

Two of Edward's men pulled him from the fray. The half of the gang piled on Rick while the other half piled on Vassilij. Edward saw Nicole, defenseless. He was quick to make his move. He ran over to Nicole and pulled Rachel from her harshly by the hair. Rachel closed her eyes in pain as tears swelled in her eyes, but she did not cry out she was tossed aside while Edward looked lustily at Nicole.

"You're mine, wench!" Edward grabbed at Nicole's dress strings and pulled them loose. Nicole protested and started to beat him on the chest but it was no good. Edward started to yank hardly at the dress, yanking it down. "I'm gonna fuck you up!"

Nicole fought him, finally punching him back in the face. Edward recoiled, holding his eye, then Nicole tried to slip out from underneath him, but Edward grabbed her by the hair and pulled her back.

"You're not escaping my bitch! I was thinking of letting you live, but now you'll die for punching me!!" Edward said, then continued to pull the dress down, but Nicole kept beating at him. Finally Edward got fed up and yelled to his second strongest man, "Filch!! Get your ass over here and hold this bitch still for me will ya??"

Filch, a tall big 19-year-old who was beating up Rick came over. Rick saw what Edward was doing to Nicole. His eyes widened at he fought more, now without Filch berating him, he punch and kicked the boys in the stomachs and faces, making them fall back. He ran over to Edward and punched him off of Nicole. Edward punched him back and yelled, "Bernard! Get over here and take care of this ass!"

Bernard got up from nursing his nose which Vassilij had kicked and walked over to Rick. Rick tried to punch Bernard in his big stomach but Bernard didn't feel it and he grabbed Rick in a body lock and crushed him on top of Vassilij.

"Man…this guy is…HUGE!" Rick wheezed to Vassilij.

"I…know!" Vassilij said back.

"Ed'sss….raping….N-Nicole!" Rick said. Vassilij's eyes widened. "We have to help her!"

"Alright, then, one loud battle cry!" Vass said.

"Eulaliaaaaaaaaaaaa!!" they yelled together and knocked the big Greek off of them and started to fight the crowd. Spirited by the ancestors of the Celts that ran in their veins (AN Vassilij is MOSTLY Russian but he has SOME Celtic blood as does Rick) crying out 'Eulalia' the Celtic word for Victory. (AN That's also used by the Badger Lords in the Redwall series by Brian Jacques, I don't own that either.) The fought against the gang, which were mostly thin under weight boys, but some did put up a struggle. Finally they reached Edward who was almost finished getting off the top part of Nicole's dress. Together they said in a deadly voice, "Ed!"

Edward looked up and to his surprise he saw the two friends who threw a punch at him at the same time.

"You take Edward, Vass, I'll get this guy off of Nicole," Rick said. Vassilij shook his head.

"No, we'll do this together!" Vassilij said, glaring at Edward who was unconscious on the ground. "Besides he's unconscious!"

"Alright then!" Rick said then they both clobbered Filch. Then Edward got up and knocked them down on Nicole, Rick and Vassilij both kickout at his legs and he fell back onto a metal stump used to tie the ropes on. The blow knocked him unconscious again and his head began to bleed. Rick and Vassilij were both panting when they looked over at Nicole, who had a look of pure fear and devastation on her face.

"Are you alright?" They asked simultaneously. Nicole's body shook and she shook her head no, tears welling in her eyes at the horror of the cruel world, and yet gladness that she had not lost her innocence to a lowlife bastard.

Just then she realized something, still laying on the ground, still partly undressed, she mumbled, "Where's Rachel?"

Just then the door flew open and Mr. Rowan and Mr. Earl stormed out, Rachel on their heels. Mr. Rowan saw the bunch of third-class boys lying the ground, groaning in pain. Mr. Earl saw his son lying on the ground, not moving and bleeding from the head. Then Mr. Rowan saw his worst fear…

There on the ground was a partially undressed Nicole, his only daughter, and the two body guards, panting and exhausted. 'but from what?' thought Mr. Rowan.

"What the hell is this?!" Mr. Rowan roared at the two boys.

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Okay this one was short, but intense do you think?? I hope you liked it! PlZ review!! PLZ PLZ PLZ PLZ!!

Jester

PS thanks for all your reviews Queen Brunette! Your story Mon Beau Orange kicks total ass!!