A Mysterious New World
Episode 10: War from Anger, Anger from Sadness, Sadness from War
By Chessrook44
Chesrook: I'm back. Since it's the 10th episode, I'd like to thank jckidsmart, Sakura-Star-66, Delly, TamChronin, and cherry blossom2 for reviewing. Now, I hope you read the last chapter, because we're picking up where we left off.
Madison ran through the building, shouting and looking for survivors. Suddenly, she remembered. Laramie was in the commons! She ran for it, only to find Laramie trapped under a pile of debris. "Laramie!" she shouted, and ran over to her. Laramie looked like she was in pain. "Laramie! Are you all right?"
"I. I don't. I think my leg broke." Laramie managed to gasp.
Madison lifted the debris off of Laramie and looked at her leg. It was bending at the wrong angle. "AAAA!! DON'T TOUCH IT!" Laramie shouted.
"Yes, it's broken alright," Madison said. She looked around the room. Seeing a pile of debris, she ran over and came back with a board and a rug. "I'm no doctor, but I think I can help."
"Get. a cleric."
"No, Laramie. Not now. Orcs are attacking. I need to put a brace on your leg," Madison said, breaking the board in two. She then ripped off two strips of the rug and laid one of the lengths of board on them. She then grabbed Laramie's leg. "Okay, I'm going to straighten your leg. It may hurt but." Madison straightened out Laramie's leg and was rewarded with a loud CRACK and a scream from Laramie. Quickly, Madison placed the leg on the first board, put the second board on top of the leg, and wrapped the strands of rug around the two boards and her leg, tying them tightly. "Now," Madison said. "We have to get you somewhere safe." suddenly an idea struck her. "Laramie, how strong is the ceiling of the basement?"
"Very. Why?"
"Get up," Madison said, handing Laramie 2 poles. "Use these to help you walk and keep the pressure off your leg."
Groaning and wincing, Laramie obeyed, and Madison took her to the basement. "Wait here," she said, running back to the door. "I'll be back soon." And with that, she left, closing the door behind her.
After making sure that there was nobody else in the building, Madison began to run for the palace, when she was stopped by someone. She turned when she heard her name to find Li shouting it. "Li!" She said, running over.
"Madison!" Li said. "Come on. Lister is getting a group of fighters together and we need you."
Madison followed Li into the stable next to TAGOR. It was filled with people. Madison ran over to join Sakura and the others, and they embraced each other in relief that everyone was ok.
Madison was about to ask what was going on when Lister, standing at the front, spoke up. "Everyone, listen!" he shouted. "Orcs are attacking Remo. We need to somehow drive them off. Emperor Chezrok doesn't have enough men, but we can help him! I need everyone. Now here's my plan: we divide into groups: Swordsmen, Archers, Magic-users, and Mounted soldiers. Please divide into your groups." Li and Kero went with the Swordsmen, Meilin with the Mounted soldiers, Madison with the Archers, and Sakura with the Magic-users. Once everyone had gotten into their groups, Lister spoke up again. "Good. Now, our priority is to defend the palace and Emperor Chezrok. Archers and Magic-users will fire from there, and the others will run or ride into melee combat. I will go with the second group. Does everyone understand? Good! Now move out!" With that, everyone ran to their posts, Sakura and Madison running for the Palace.
The fighting was fierce. Sakura fired spells constantly until she ran out of energy. Once she did, she grabbed her staff and ran to join the fight. Madison fired arrow after arrow, killing more beasts than she could count. When she ran out of arrows, she used her magic until she also ran out of energy. She grabbed her sword and ran forward. Now she was worried. Her character did badly in melee combat, and often got hurt. Even so, she refused to back down.
Li and Kero were fighting hard as well. Li swung his mace wildly, smashing orc after orc in the head. Kero bellowed as he swung his axe, chopping down beasts like a lumberjack shops trees. Lister fought better than the rest, slicing dozens of beasts in half. Meilin, however, was enjoying the fight. She fired arrows from her steed, a brown warhorse, and when she ran out sliced orcs with her sword. When her horse got badly injured from an explosion, she threw away her sword and took out her dagger, stabbing monster after monster in the back.
The Remoan Guard had its hands full. Men would fall and fell orcs. Assisted by the members of TAGOR and GAOR, however, they soon reduced the numbers of the orcs so that the ratio of orcs to defenders reached 2:1.
Madison fought hard, but was running out of energy. The orc in front of her did not tire. She fought, but the sword slowly seemed to gain weight in her hands. Her mind tired as well. How many had she killed? Too many. Too many deaths on both sides.
All of a sudden, Madison screamed as pain as she had never felt before came to her chest. She dropped her sword into a puddle of blood. The last thing she remembered was the orc, smiling devilishly in front of her, blood spilling to the ground.
"MADISON!!!!" Sakura shouted, as she saw the orc withdraw his blade, Madison collapsing to the ground. Sakura ran forward and blasted the orc with the last spell she had. She dropped her staff and fell to Madison. Sakura held her. Her body felt cold. "Madison. Please. No." she said. No breath escaped Madison's lips. No thumping arrived at her chest. Blood fell from her body, creating a puddle of red goo.
Tears fell from Sakura's eyes as she held Madison's limp, dead body close to her. Suddenly, she stopped and placed Madison's body on the ground. She stood, hatred in her eyes, and screamed.
Every being in the city turned at Sakura's scream. The fighting stopped. Li was the only one that moved, running to where Sakura stood, screaming at the sky. Suddenly, a golden beam of light sprung from Sakura's body. "Sakura!" Li shouted in fear. But Sakura didn't hear him. Her screaming grew louder, and another beam shot out. Beams continued to shoot from her until her body was unable to be seen in the blinding light, which seemed to be coming from Sakura.
Finally, the screaming stopped, the light faded, and there stood. Sakura. The real Sakura, hatred burning in her eyes. Li gasped and watched as Sakura grabbed at the necklace lying against her chest. She chanted, and at once, her staff appeared in front of her. She took a card from her pocket, hit it with her staff, and moments later held up a golden sword, a glittering red gem shining on the tip. Screaming, she ran forward and began to cut orc after orc in half, everyone else unable to do anything else but watch.
Finally, the orc commander regained his senses and ran, the measly forces of his once great army following. Sakura pursued them to the wall and stopped, breathing heavily, anger radiating from her body. Suddenly she stopped. The sword fell from her fingers, and she turned and ran towards Madison's body.
Chesrook: Well now, that was a surprise, wasn't it? Sakura is herself again and has her staff and the cards. Unfortunately, Madison's dead. Will she be able to be revived? Or will she remain dead, leaving a hole in everyone's hearts and souls? And what of Lister and Laramie? We shall find out next time, in what may be the final episode.
Chesrook: I'm back. Since it's the 10th episode, I'd like to thank jckidsmart, Sakura-Star-66, Delly, TamChronin, and cherry blossom2 for reviewing. Now, I hope you read the last chapter, because we're picking up where we left off.
Madison ran through the building, shouting and looking for survivors. Suddenly, she remembered. Laramie was in the commons! She ran for it, only to find Laramie trapped under a pile of debris. "Laramie!" she shouted, and ran over to her. Laramie looked like she was in pain. "Laramie! Are you all right?"
"I. I don't. I think my leg broke." Laramie managed to gasp.
Madison lifted the debris off of Laramie and looked at her leg. It was bending at the wrong angle. "AAAA!! DON'T TOUCH IT!" Laramie shouted.
"Yes, it's broken alright," Madison said. She looked around the room. Seeing a pile of debris, she ran over and came back with a board and a rug. "I'm no doctor, but I think I can help."
"Get. a cleric."
"No, Laramie. Not now. Orcs are attacking. I need to put a brace on your leg," Madison said, breaking the board in two. She then ripped off two strips of the rug and laid one of the lengths of board on them. She then grabbed Laramie's leg. "Okay, I'm going to straighten your leg. It may hurt but." Madison straightened out Laramie's leg and was rewarded with a loud CRACK and a scream from Laramie. Quickly, Madison placed the leg on the first board, put the second board on top of the leg, and wrapped the strands of rug around the two boards and her leg, tying them tightly. "Now," Madison said. "We have to get you somewhere safe." suddenly an idea struck her. "Laramie, how strong is the ceiling of the basement?"
"Very. Why?"
"Get up," Madison said, handing Laramie 2 poles. "Use these to help you walk and keep the pressure off your leg."
Groaning and wincing, Laramie obeyed, and Madison took her to the basement. "Wait here," she said, running back to the door. "I'll be back soon." And with that, she left, closing the door behind her.
After making sure that there was nobody else in the building, Madison began to run for the palace, when she was stopped by someone. She turned when she heard her name to find Li shouting it. "Li!" She said, running over.
"Madison!" Li said. "Come on. Lister is getting a group of fighters together and we need you."
Madison followed Li into the stable next to TAGOR. It was filled with people. Madison ran over to join Sakura and the others, and they embraced each other in relief that everyone was ok.
Madison was about to ask what was going on when Lister, standing at the front, spoke up. "Everyone, listen!" he shouted. "Orcs are attacking Remo. We need to somehow drive them off. Emperor Chezrok doesn't have enough men, but we can help him! I need everyone. Now here's my plan: we divide into groups: Swordsmen, Archers, Magic-users, and Mounted soldiers. Please divide into your groups." Li and Kero went with the Swordsmen, Meilin with the Mounted soldiers, Madison with the Archers, and Sakura with the Magic-users. Once everyone had gotten into their groups, Lister spoke up again. "Good. Now, our priority is to defend the palace and Emperor Chezrok. Archers and Magic-users will fire from there, and the others will run or ride into melee combat. I will go with the second group. Does everyone understand? Good! Now move out!" With that, everyone ran to their posts, Sakura and Madison running for the Palace.
The fighting was fierce. Sakura fired spells constantly until she ran out of energy. Once she did, she grabbed her staff and ran to join the fight. Madison fired arrow after arrow, killing more beasts than she could count. When she ran out of arrows, she used her magic until she also ran out of energy. She grabbed her sword and ran forward. Now she was worried. Her character did badly in melee combat, and often got hurt. Even so, she refused to back down.
Li and Kero were fighting hard as well. Li swung his mace wildly, smashing orc after orc in the head. Kero bellowed as he swung his axe, chopping down beasts like a lumberjack shops trees. Lister fought better than the rest, slicing dozens of beasts in half. Meilin, however, was enjoying the fight. She fired arrows from her steed, a brown warhorse, and when she ran out sliced orcs with her sword. When her horse got badly injured from an explosion, she threw away her sword and took out her dagger, stabbing monster after monster in the back.
The Remoan Guard had its hands full. Men would fall and fell orcs. Assisted by the members of TAGOR and GAOR, however, they soon reduced the numbers of the orcs so that the ratio of orcs to defenders reached 2:1.
Madison fought hard, but was running out of energy. The orc in front of her did not tire. She fought, but the sword slowly seemed to gain weight in her hands. Her mind tired as well. How many had she killed? Too many. Too many deaths on both sides.
All of a sudden, Madison screamed as pain as she had never felt before came to her chest. She dropped her sword into a puddle of blood. The last thing she remembered was the orc, smiling devilishly in front of her, blood spilling to the ground.
"MADISON!!!!" Sakura shouted, as she saw the orc withdraw his blade, Madison collapsing to the ground. Sakura ran forward and blasted the orc with the last spell she had. She dropped her staff and fell to Madison. Sakura held her. Her body felt cold. "Madison. Please. No." she said. No breath escaped Madison's lips. No thumping arrived at her chest. Blood fell from her body, creating a puddle of red goo.
Tears fell from Sakura's eyes as she held Madison's limp, dead body close to her. Suddenly, she stopped and placed Madison's body on the ground. She stood, hatred in her eyes, and screamed.
Every being in the city turned at Sakura's scream. The fighting stopped. Li was the only one that moved, running to where Sakura stood, screaming at the sky. Suddenly, a golden beam of light sprung from Sakura's body. "Sakura!" Li shouted in fear. But Sakura didn't hear him. Her screaming grew louder, and another beam shot out. Beams continued to shoot from her until her body was unable to be seen in the blinding light, which seemed to be coming from Sakura.
Finally, the screaming stopped, the light faded, and there stood. Sakura. The real Sakura, hatred burning in her eyes. Li gasped and watched as Sakura grabbed at the necklace lying against her chest. She chanted, and at once, her staff appeared in front of her. She took a card from her pocket, hit it with her staff, and moments later held up a golden sword, a glittering red gem shining on the tip. Screaming, she ran forward and began to cut orc after orc in half, everyone else unable to do anything else but watch.
Finally, the orc commander regained his senses and ran, the measly forces of his once great army following. Sakura pursued them to the wall and stopped, breathing heavily, anger radiating from her body. Suddenly she stopped. The sword fell from her fingers, and she turned and ran towards Madison's body.
Chesrook: Well now, that was a surprise, wasn't it? Sakura is herself again and has her staff and the cards. Unfortunately, Madison's dead. Will she be able to be revived? Or will she remain dead, leaving a hole in everyone's hearts and souls? And what of Lister and Laramie? We shall find out next time, in what may be the final episode.