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Chapter 8- "Where our Party Splits Up"
"Wait, no wait. Stop!" I pulled on Serener's arm until he stopped. "We have to go back." I said.
"No, we must get help." Sérener tried to take my arm again but I jerked away. "No way am I leaving someone who just saved my life to a pack of blood thirsty tigers.
"Panthers" Shiana automatically corrected.
"Whatever." We can't just leave them. I fixed Sérener with an accusing glare. He looked back just as coldly and I could tell he was better at this staring game but I wasn't giving up.
"Listen to me, my Prince gave me an order. That was to take the two of you and get help. I trust that he knew best, now we must keep going."
"You'd actually leave your Prince to die then. If you follow him so religiously then you should have stayed trying to protect him." Shy was getting in on the argument now too.
"I only do what I was trained to. He is my prince but also my leader in battle and very skilled. He and Rínon will be fine if we go get help."
I don't think so," I interjected. But whatever your orders were, I sure didn't receive any and I don't walk out on people. You go get help I'm going back. Shy go with him you'll be safer.
She just looked at me. "Oh please like I'm letting you go off to save the Prince and be heroic all alone. No way I'm going with you."
We both turned to Sérener daring him with our eyes to try to prevent us. "I must do as my prince commands. I wish you well" he said simply and took off again. We stared after him for about a minute. I mean I don't know what we expected but it certainly wasn't for him to just run off and leave us like that.
"Well," Shy said recovering first. Lets go lend a hand to some stubborn males. I nodded at her and we both turned and began running back the way we had come.
To say I wasn't scared would be a lie. To say my heart didn't catch in my chest when we arrived back on the scene would be a huge lie. There in front of us were Legolas and Rínon, each grappling with a separate panther, each coming too close to having their throats ripped out time and again as we watched. I immediately began looking around for some sort of weapon. Then I saw it. A bow and a few arrows lay abandoned near us. I picked up the bow, notched an arrow and took aim.
"What the heck are you doing, you don't know how to use that thing, you'll hit Legolas or Rínon by accident." Said my voice of Shy wisdom.
Good point.
I put the bow and arrow down. "So what do we do then? Stand here and wait for them to finish them off so they can have us for dessert?" I asked her.
"How should I know?" She whispered back. This was your bright idea Indiana Jones. You think of something.
That's when I felt it. Almost a pulling at my side and I felt my hand reach down and grasp the hilt of the knife my parents had given me. It was miraculously strapped to my waist. There was no time to worry about how it got there. Now how to throw a knife is something I can definitely do. I looked at the two men still struggling and decided that Rínon needed the more immediate help. I stepped back, trying to find a good opening, and then threw my knife. It hit the panther that had been trying to bite Rinon's head off, on the shoulder blade near its neck and the thing fell over whining pitifully. We raced over to help Rínon up when Legolas let out a yell and I turned just in time to see his panther swipe its long claws across his chest drawing blood. He fell back from the blow and I turned to get my knife out of the other panther. Too late it had gotten up and was starting on Rínon and Shiana now. Knowing I couldn't help them all I picked up a large stick lying close to where I was kneeling and swung. I stood up and swung it at the panther gearing up to jump on a winded Legolas. I hit it in the head with as much force as I could muster and it went sprawling. That's where I made my mistake. I turned back, concerned and went to help Legolas then watched as his eyes widened at something behind me. Before I could turn to see it he had grabbed me and pushed me from him roughly, where my head hit a tree root. Hard. Dark spots immediately blurred my vision. Through the fuzz I watched the panther close his teeth over the Prince's shoulder and yank. Legolas cried out in pain and grabbed at its fur before an arrow appeared suddenly in its head. It sank to the floor dead, its prey loose from its grasp. I hardly noticed that the arrow had not come from Rínon and Shy's direction; I was too busy allowing the oppressing fog in my head to consume me.
Chapter 8- "Where our Party Splits Up"
"Wait, no wait. Stop!" I pulled on Serener's arm until he stopped. "We have to go back." I said.
"No, we must get help." Sérener tried to take my arm again but I jerked away. "No way am I leaving someone who just saved my life to a pack of blood thirsty tigers.
"Panthers" Shiana automatically corrected.
"Whatever." We can't just leave them. I fixed Sérener with an accusing glare. He looked back just as coldly and I could tell he was better at this staring game but I wasn't giving up.
"Listen to me, my Prince gave me an order. That was to take the two of you and get help. I trust that he knew best, now we must keep going."
"You'd actually leave your Prince to die then. If you follow him so religiously then you should have stayed trying to protect him." Shy was getting in on the argument now too.
"I only do what I was trained to. He is my prince but also my leader in battle and very skilled. He and Rínon will be fine if we go get help."
I don't think so," I interjected. But whatever your orders were, I sure didn't receive any and I don't walk out on people. You go get help I'm going back. Shy go with him you'll be safer.
She just looked at me. "Oh please like I'm letting you go off to save the Prince and be heroic all alone. No way I'm going with you."
We both turned to Sérener daring him with our eyes to try to prevent us. "I must do as my prince commands. I wish you well" he said simply and took off again. We stared after him for about a minute. I mean I don't know what we expected but it certainly wasn't for him to just run off and leave us like that.
"Well," Shy said recovering first. Lets go lend a hand to some stubborn males. I nodded at her and we both turned and began running back the way we had come.
To say I wasn't scared would be a lie. To say my heart didn't catch in my chest when we arrived back on the scene would be a huge lie. There in front of us were Legolas and Rínon, each grappling with a separate panther, each coming too close to having their throats ripped out time and again as we watched. I immediately began looking around for some sort of weapon. Then I saw it. A bow and a few arrows lay abandoned near us. I picked up the bow, notched an arrow and took aim.
"What the heck are you doing, you don't know how to use that thing, you'll hit Legolas or Rínon by accident." Said my voice of Shy wisdom.
Good point.
I put the bow and arrow down. "So what do we do then? Stand here and wait for them to finish them off so they can have us for dessert?" I asked her.
"How should I know?" She whispered back. This was your bright idea Indiana Jones. You think of something.
That's when I felt it. Almost a pulling at my side and I felt my hand reach down and grasp the hilt of the knife my parents had given me. It was miraculously strapped to my waist. There was no time to worry about how it got there. Now how to throw a knife is something I can definitely do. I looked at the two men still struggling and decided that Rínon needed the more immediate help. I stepped back, trying to find a good opening, and then threw my knife. It hit the panther that had been trying to bite Rinon's head off, on the shoulder blade near its neck and the thing fell over whining pitifully. We raced over to help Rínon up when Legolas let out a yell and I turned just in time to see his panther swipe its long claws across his chest drawing blood. He fell back from the blow and I turned to get my knife out of the other panther. Too late it had gotten up and was starting on Rínon and Shiana now. Knowing I couldn't help them all I picked up a large stick lying close to where I was kneeling and swung. I stood up and swung it at the panther gearing up to jump on a winded Legolas. I hit it in the head with as much force as I could muster and it went sprawling. That's where I made my mistake. I turned back, concerned and went to help Legolas then watched as his eyes widened at something behind me. Before I could turn to see it he had grabbed me and pushed me from him roughly, where my head hit a tree root. Hard. Dark spots immediately blurred my vision. Through the fuzz I watched the panther close his teeth over the Prince's shoulder and yank. Legolas cried out in pain and grabbed at its fur before an arrow appeared suddenly in its head. It sank to the floor dead, its prey loose from its grasp. I hardly noticed that the arrow had not come from Rínon and Shy's direction; I was too busy allowing the oppressing fog in my head to consume me.