Ok this is another short chapter but it will make a bit more sense this way (hopefully) then it would the other way!
The next evening
"I assume that huge, dark castle that is shrouded in mist and has black clouds over head means we're here!" I said dryly before collapsing on the floor "You two get some rest I'll watch out, we'll infiltrate the base at sunrise tomorrow." The girls nodded grimly Kat with tears shining in her eyes.
"I'll cover you while you sleep in about 4 hours so just shake me awake, you know how hard I am to wake up" Mel said quietly settling down onto the soft grass.
"Don't do that!" I hissed grabbing Kats arm
"What I always make a fire, and it's gonna get cold tonight"
"Yeah brilliant plan Brains why don't we just send a message telling them that we're going to arrive in the morning to kick arse?"
"What"
I sighed weary "They might see the fire." Just settle down and sleep it'll soon be over with and this time tomorrow we'll be on our way home…well kinda"
Kat did as she was told
Truth was I really didn't know what they were meant to do when all of this was finished; mum had said to follow the road north to the fishing village of Larrah. What would await them there she didn't detail, but hopefully it was a ticket home to where it was relatively safe where they had Kurt, Bobby and Wolverine looking out for them.
Sunrise
We picked up our weapons and our bags
"So here goes nothing" I said more to break the silence that hung in the air like the smell of stale tuna
"Don't you mean here goes everything?" Mel asked solemnly
Jeez and there was me trying to make this seem a little less life threatening why did she always have to be so damn truthful and straight laced?
"Hmm…d'ya think they'll like our lil' moving away party?" I asked with a small chuckle
"How can you joke at a time like this? When we're staring our demise or the demise of a whole galaxies population right in the face?"
"It's quite simple really; if I treated everything as seriously as you do I would go insane. Christ joking is the only thing you can do when you're in a situation like this, it's the only way you can remember your alive and in control of the situation, worrying does nothing but prove that the situation is in control of you" I said beginning to walk towards the dark gloomy castle.
Kat had said nothing since she had woken up this morning; she had thrown up twice though.
And so we set off not knowing what was to await us, a band of three, to the unknown, for one of us to our death. I stood tall and proud for the first time in my life, I was the leader of Retribution X, I was going to lead us to victory, I was a good person despite any doubts I had. The only thing that I regretted as I strode cautiously towards Teasel Castle was that I had never found the one to love the imperfections, but that obviously wasn't meant to be. Are you a believer in fate reader? I never was but I knew that this was my fate to bow out of the life which I never fully understood the meaning of, in a blaze of glory. Ohh that reminded me of Bon Jovi!!
'If only I had known I was gonna die so young, I would have made sure I'd done a few more things with my life' I lamented to myself
I put my fingers to my lips to indicate silence, as I heard a squelch is the black mud up ahead. We crouched down low to avoid detection and watched as what we assumed to be a guard past us. We then proceeded silently and with more caution.
After what seemed like hours we was by the gates of the Teasel.
"How we gonna get in?" Kat asked fidgeting and biting her nails.
I chewed the inside of my cheek "Dunno"
I looked around for any obvious openings that we could sneak into, there didn't appear to be any, I looked around tensing my jaw, wait there was a window (more a gap in the stone really) but it was just a little high up for a short arse like me to reach.
"Mel hoist me up to that window" She did as she was told and I crawled through once on the ledge of the window I helped Kat up as Mel gave her a bunk up and then we both pulled Mel up.
I jumped from the window surprised I didn't break my ankle from the drop to the hard flagstone floor.
"Everyone okay?" I asked just as what sounded like hundreds of heavy footsteps approached from the distance. I grabbed Kats arm and ran through a wooden door, which we secured the best we could, I looked around we seemed to be in a main hallway. Up above was a balcony looking down on the scene where we stood.
"Where are we headed?" Mel asked breathlessly
"I honestly don't have a clue" I said feeling my thumb twitching slightly from nerves, my head feeling slightly giddy from the adrenaline and lack of food
The door started to get broken down "Looks like we've got company kids!" I said calmly hoping to keep the other two calm "Mel try and get up to that balcony and shoot them down as soon as they get through the door, Kat you come with me" I looked over my shoulder at Mel "Good luck! I hope you get through this okay no I know you will! Some story to tell the others back at the mansion huh? Well keep safe, bye" I ran off pulling Kat after me aware that this would be the last time I would ever see her
"Goodbye Ash, we'll have to celebrate this one when we get back and remember we'll always be friends forever whatever happens"
Aww hell why did she have to go all 'Fox and the Hound' on me?
We ran to the next room where again I carefully blocked the door the best I could in the rush
"Mel will pick off some of them when the burst through the first door, when they get two this door maim or kill 'em as quickly as possible"
Kat slid to her knees "I can't they might have a family" She began to weep
"You can do this Kat, be brave think of Bobby and getting back to him and you'll be fine" I said trying to comfort her as quickly as possible.
"Aren't you staying and helping?" Kat sniffed standing up again shakily
"No Kat you'll be on your own I'm going to find the boss guy and finish this once and for all." I squeezed her shoulder "It's nearly finished now, soon you'll be back at the mansion throwing ice cream at Bobby and raiding Wolverines porn stash. Oh and no matter what the outcome remember you ain't as dumb as you look or people lead you to believe"
I looked at her tear streaked face for one last time before I ran up a nearby stone staircase to my destiny and my death.
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