Redemption of Sorts
Sorry it took so long guys... Oh well on with the story
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The great oak gates of Redwall slowly swung open and Rogue walked out accompanied by Oak Tom and Skipper. Hades with an evil grin on his ugly scarred face nodded briefly at Scringe and another rat named Blacktooth and they seized Rogue, relieved her of her spear and began to bind her paws. They bound her paws so tightly it cut off the circulation in her wrist and crushed her paw. But Rogue had her eyes fixed on the unconscious form of Blaggut as he was picked up gently by Tom and Skipper and supported between them.
Hot tears formed in Rogue's eyes and she blinked them back furiously. She watched as the squirrel and otter took Blaggut back into the Abbey. They turned back around and faced her as the gates began to close.
'Tell Blaggy that 'e's me best mate, all right, an' that I'll miss 'im.' Rogue shouted to them, the tears won and poured down her cheeks. 'I appreciate wot 'e done fer me even though I ain't deservin' it.'
Tom and Skipper nodded saddely as the gates closed. Rogue found herself staring into gleaming amber eyes filled the fire stolen from Hellgates itself. A claw came up and caressed her tear-stained cheek,
'Don't worry, Rogue. You'll be seeing him again in Hellgates soon enough. I'll see to it personally...'
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The searats sat around the fire, either drinking or passing out as result from the drinking. All except one, an amazingly sober and grim-faced Scurge watched his sister and his Captain through the flames.
Rogue sat on a log, tied with rope cutting into her wrists and ankles. Another rope was tied in a noose around her neck and to a tree branch above her. Hades had told her if she tried to escape she would eventually strangle herself.
Rogue had been beaten nearly to the point of unconsciousness. A black eye, her face covered in bruises and claw marks, a broken nose and a bleeding lip and forehead.
But she would not give Hades the pleasure of screaming.
He shook his head, curling his goatee around one claw. She had always been a stubborn thing. But she would break sooner or later. A beast could only take so much before snapping. Oh, she would beg him, plead for him to end her life. But before that she would scream out in pain, and that would be the greatest pleasure for Hades...
And he knew exactly how to get it out of her.
'You know I've been wondering, my dear. How I should kill your little friend. Not fast like your father, I cut him down quickly. No, I will kill him slowly and painfully. Torture him a bit.'
He smiled cruelly down at Rogue who just looked at him through dark hooded eyes and emotionless beaten face. Hades clenched his paws, digging his claws into his palms and gritting his teeth, she was beginning to frustrate him. The fire in his eyes blazed brighter and more furiously.
Rogue looked into his face and smiled slightly. He was about to kill her, she could see it in his eyes. But Rogue was beyond caring. He would never get into the Abbey and everybeast dwelling in it was safe from his tyranny. Blaggut was safe. Besides, Rogue thought, her life was pointless, one less searat to terrorize innocent creatures and she would join her father in Hellgates.
She licked the blood from the cut on her lip and blinked tired eyes. Then she stared deeply into the raging inferno in his eyes and she spoke, her voice hoarse and rasping,
'Your not goin' ter win, Hades. 'E's safe now an' so are the rest, safe from evil beasts such as yerself... An' ye kin kill me if yer want, wot's me life worth ter anybeast, eh? Nothing at all...' The smile became a wild grin and her eyes shined with defiance, she looked at him, strong and without fear.
Hades had seen that face many times - back when she had been a searat.
'... So raise that blade o' yores and strike me straight in the 'eart.'
Hades shook with rage, how dare she look at him, look at death and laugh. He stalked over to the fire where his spear lay. He seized it up and went back over to her.
'Look!' He sneered, shaking it at her, 'Like father like daughter. Courageous and fearless to the very end. Look what happened to him, Rogue, because it too will be your own fate. Come on, look at Daddy now!' He spat and began to laugh insanely.
Rogue looked into eyeless sockets of the decaying head at top the spear without any sign of emotion.
'I'll see yew soon, daddy.' She spoke softly.
Hades stopped laughing and gave a scream of rage. Throwing the spear aside, he pulled out his sword, gleaming in the moonlight.
'All right, you welcome death so be it.' He roared at her, 'Goodbye Rogue, you weak stupid little bitch!'
Rogue closed her eyes.
But the blow did not come.
SWISH!
Rogue felt a rush of air pass her.
Rogue's eyes snapped open to see Hades falling to the ground, clutching a dagger sticking in his shoulder.
Scurge was suddenly standing over her.
'Scurge?' Rogue rasped, confused but relieved. Scurge smiled slightly,
'Couldn't let 'im kill yer, could I?' He joked quietly as he produced a dagger and began cutting through the rope binding her paw.
'SCURGE!' Hades screeched, pulling the dagger from his shoulder. Blood spewed from the wound and flowed down his shoulder. Scurge instantly had the dagger at his throat.
'Next time it'll be yer 'eart.' He snarled, warningly.
Hades shut up but his paw strayed slowly to his sword knocked from him.
Scurge broke through Rogue's paw, footpaw bonds and the noose.
Hades lunged for his sword but recoiled in pain as a dagger imbedded in his paw.
But he ignored his paw searing in pain, and taking up his sword, slashed Scurge across the face.
Scurge cried out in pain and Rogue gave Hades a hefty punch cracking his jaw. But it didn't drop him and forgetting his sword, Hades dropped the weapon as he grabbed Rogue around the throat, suffocating her as he crushed her throat.
Life and unconsciousness slowly slipped away Rogue. Everything became blurred until it became slowly black...
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Scurge tackled Hades as Rogue became unmoving and limp. Hades released her and she fell to the ground, breathing slowly and just barely. Scurge began punching and slashing at Hades with his sharp claws,
'Yer'll pay fer wot yer did ter me sister, yer foul 'earted scum!' He hissed.
Hades roared to his drunken, wide-eyed crew staring in astonishment at the two fighting on the ground.
'Don't just stand there you pack of slobbering docile curs! Help me!'
But before the crew could reach to pull out weapons
CRACK!
Scurge had grabbed Hades' spear lying on the ground and brought it down on his head, knocking him out.
He rushed over to his sister and picked her up gently, cradling her in her arms. He turned to the crew, frozen in place.
'I swear ter all o' yer. Yer all me mates but if yer try an' foller us, I'll kill yer.' He growled, and with that he disappeared into the forest...
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See ya! ^_^
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The great oak gates of Redwall slowly swung open and Rogue walked out accompanied by Oak Tom and Skipper. Hades with an evil grin on his ugly scarred face nodded briefly at Scringe and another rat named Blacktooth and they seized Rogue, relieved her of her spear and began to bind her paws. They bound her paws so tightly it cut off the circulation in her wrist and crushed her paw. But Rogue had her eyes fixed on the unconscious form of Blaggut as he was picked up gently by Tom and Skipper and supported between them.
Hot tears formed in Rogue's eyes and she blinked them back furiously. She watched as the squirrel and otter took Blaggut back into the Abbey. They turned back around and faced her as the gates began to close.
'Tell Blaggy that 'e's me best mate, all right, an' that I'll miss 'im.' Rogue shouted to them, the tears won and poured down her cheeks. 'I appreciate wot 'e done fer me even though I ain't deservin' it.'
Tom and Skipper nodded saddely as the gates closed. Rogue found herself staring into gleaming amber eyes filled the fire stolen from Hellgates itself. A claw came up and caressed her tear-stained cheek,
'Don't worry, Rogue. You'll be seeing him again in Hellgates soon enough. I'll see to it personally...'
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The searats sat around the fire, either drinking or passing out as result from the drinking. All except one, an amazingly sober and grim-faced Scurge watched his sister and his Captain through the flames.
Rogue sat on a log, tied with rope cutting into her wrists and ankles. Another rope was tied in a noose around her neck and to a tree branch above her. Hades had told her if she tried to escape she would eventually strangle herself.
Rogue had been beaten nearly to the point of unconsciousness. A black eye, her face covered in bruises and claw marks, a broken nose and a bleeding lip and forehead.
But she would not give Hades the pleasure of screaming.
He shook his head, curling his goatee around one claw. She had always been a stubborn thing. But she would break sooner or later. A beast could only take so much before snapping. Oh, she would beg him, plead for him to end her life. But before that she would scream out in pain, and that would be the greatest pleasure for Hades...
And he knew exactly how to get it out of her.
'You know I've been wondering, my dear. How I should kill your little friend. Not fast like your father, I cut him down quickly. No, I will kill him slowly and painfully. Torture him a bit.'
He smiled cruelly down at Rogue who just looked at him through dark hooded eyes and emotionless beaten face. Hades clenched his paws, digging his claws into his palms and gritting his teeth, she was beginning to frustrate him. The fire in his eyes blazed brighter and more furiously.
Rogue looked into his face and smiled slightly. He was about to kill her, she could see it in his eyes. But Rogue was beyond caring. He would never get into the Abbey and everybeast dwelling in it was safe from his tyranny. Blaggut was safe. Besides, Rogue thought, her life was pointless, one less searat to terrorize innocent creatures and she would join her father in Hellgates.
She licked the blood from the cut on her lip and blinked tired eyes. Then she stared deeply into the raging inferno in his eyes and she spoke, her voice hoarse and rasping,
'Your not goin' ter win, Hades. 'E's safe now an' so are the rest, safe from evil beasts such as yerself... An' ye kin kill me if yer want, wot's me life worth ter anybeast, eh? Nothing at all...' The smile became a wild grin and her eyes shined with defiance, she looked at him, strong and without fear.
Hades had seen that face many times - back when she had been a searat.
'... So raise that blade o' yores and strike me straight in the 'eart.'
Hades shook with rage, how dare she look at him, look at death and laugh. He stalked over to the fire where his spear lay. He seized it up and went back over to her.
'Look!' He sneered, shaking it at her, 'Like father like daughter. Courageous and fearless to the very end. Look what happened to him, Rogue, because it too will be your own fate. Come on, look at Daddy now!' He spat and began to laugh insanely.
Rogue looked into eyeless sockets of the decaying head at top the spear without any sign of emotion.
'I'll see yew soon, daddy.' She spoke softly.
Hades stopped laughing and gave a scream of rage. Throwing the spear aside, he pulled out his sword, gleaming in the moonlight.
'All right, you welcome death so be it.' He roared at her, 'Goodbye Rogue, you weak stupid little bitch!'
Rogue closed her eyes.
But the blow did not come.
SWISH!
Rogue felt a rush of air pass her.
Rogue's eyes snapped open to see Hades falling to the ground, clutching a dagger sticking in his shoulder.
Scurge was suddenly standing over her.
'Scurge?' Rogue rasped, confused but relieved. Scurge smiled slightly,
'Couldn't let 'im kill yer, could I?' He joked quietly as he produced a dagger and began cutting through the rope binding her paw.
'SCURGE!' Hades screeched, pulling the dagger from his shoulder. Blood spewed from the wound and flowed down his shoulder. Scurge instantly had the dagger at his throat.
'Next time it'll be yer 'eart.' He snarled, warningly.
Hades shut up but his paw strayed slowly to his sword knocked from him.
Scurge broke through Rogue's paw, footpaw bonds and the noose.
Hades lunged for his sword but recoiled in pain as a dagger imbedded in his paw.
But he ignored his paw searing in pain, and taking up his sword, slashed Scurge across the face.
Scurge cried out in pain and Rogue gave Hades a hefty punch cracking his jaw. But it didn't drop him and forgetting his sword, Hades dropped the weapon as he grabbed Rogue around the throat, suffocating her as he crushed her throat.
Life and unconsciousness slowly slipped away Rogue. Everything became blurred until it became slowly black...
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Scurge tackled Hades as Rogue became unmoving and limp. Hades released her and she fell to the ground, breathing slowly and just barely. Scurge began punching and slashing at Hades with his sharp claws,
'Yer'll pay fer wot yer did ter me sister, yer foul 'earted scum!' He hissed.
Hades roared to his drunken, wide-eyed crew staring in astonishment at the two fighting on the ground.
'Don't just stand there you pack of slobbering docile curs! Help me!'
But before the crew could reach to pull out weapons
CRACK!
Scurge had grabbed Hades' spear lying on the ground and brought it down on his head, knocking him out.
He rushed over to his sister and picked her up gently, cradling her in her arms. He turned to the crew, frozen in place.
'I swear ter all o' yer. Yer all me mates but if yer try an' foller us, I'll kill yer.' He growled, and with that he disappeared into the forest...
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See ya! ^_^