Chapter 18
Arnold and Helga were carried back to the inn. Tim and Jake had shown up, when they heard the disturbance. Arnold and Helga had to share a bed, so that Phoebe and Gerald could have one. Everyone went to sleep that night. They slept right through dawn and most of the afternoon. Jake and Tim woke and took Gerald and Phoebe to the store. They did not bother to wake Helga or Arnold.
Arnold's eyes popped open and he turned to his right and saw Helga's sleeping face. He reached over and lightly his soft fingers danced across her face, he reached her soft pink lips and traced them lightly. How he longed to kiss her and tell her that his love for her would never die. Her lips trembled and he pulled back. Her eye slid open. "Hi." She said
He said nothing and smiled. His had found hers under the covers he wrapped his fingers around hers. Helga wanted to say something but he stopped her with his other hand. "No, don't say anything." He said softly.
'Is Arnold holding my hand? Why do I feel so weak? I love him so much.' Helga thought
Their happy moment was interrupted when they heard a loud crash. Arnold jumped out of bed and took up his sword. Tim crashed through the door. "You two must get out of here." He ordered.
"Why?" Helga asked.
"Do as I say!" he yelled and pulled her from her covers and threw her at Arnold, who in turn caught her in his strong arms. "There is a demon, something is making the people act strange. Look" he pointed out the window. Arnold peered down and saw the men, women, and children of the Elvin city were killing each other. The fires of death were rising up. Arnold told Helga not to look, she could hear chanting, "Hail Sunil,"
"Where are Phoebe and Gerald?" Helga asked Tim,
"With Jake. They left the city a while ago, I was sent to get you guys out."
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"I don't understand why he would do this to us." Jake said, " I feel so unintelligent, I should have known he would do this."
"It's okay, we all make mistakes. We need to stop feeling sorry for ourselves and get out of this dungeon." Phoebe said.
"Why didn't we use a dragon to fly here in the first place?" Gerald asked, they had been captured and taken to the Eurasian palace in a matter of Three hours, because a dragon took them there.
"We would have gotten caught." Jake answered.
"Umm. Okay then." Gerald sat back against the wall, and held Phoebe in his protective arms.
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"Go!" Tim yelled as he shoved them threw the window. They were about Twenty feet off the ground so Helga used her control of the wind to glide them softly to the ground, where they ran like hell to elude the elves.
Tim was tired of this crap, so he destroyed the whole city. Arnold and Helga stared in horror at the sight that was in front of them. "Arnold? Who did that? Why would someone kill off all those people?" Helga cried. Over the journey Helga had grown attached to Eurasia and never wanted anything to happen to it, now one of her cities was up in smoke.
Tim came running from the ashes, he looked hurt and dusty. "I tried to stop him. But-" Tim lied.
"Oh Tim who did that?" Helga asked
"One of Sunil's men." Which wasn't entirely a lie. And they continued to the next clearing and set up camp.
Oh, what is going to happen when Arnold and Helga find out whom Tim really is? And will they ever be able to save their friends?
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