Chapter 2 Battle before Dawn
Nino walked silently along with Jaffar in the dark of the night. The faint shadows from the torches on the walls made Nino think that some thing was there. Something was waiting for them.
Nino heard a feint snore.
"Prince Zephiel" Jaffar said to let Nino know that they had arrived at their destination. "We must do this job quickly and silently."
"B-but Jaffar. I don't want to do this! I can't kill an innocent boy." Nino stuttered.
"We were given this task by Sonia. If we do not succeed in completing it, the penalty will be death."
Nino nodded, "I know... It's just that... She's my mother, and she is willing to kill me without a second thought. How can that be?" Nino felt tears welling up in her eyes. Remembering what her mother had said drove a cold dagger through her heart.
Jaffar looked at her with a menacing glare. "In the Black Fang, you have no family. You must learn that." Nino knew this, but she didn't want to believe it. She loved her mother very much.
Jaffar's head swung around. The sound came from outside. There were voices. He could not make out the words, but he knew that they would be killed if they got caught in attempting to assassinate the prince.
The noise awoke Prince Zephiel. "What's going on?" his head was filled with confusion. But whatever it was, it did not sound pleasant. He hid in the corner, armed with a small sword that was hung up on the wall.
"Hurry! Hide!" Jaffar sprinted to the west silently, as Nino went the opposite direction.
"Oh no!" Nino thought, "Please, let me live!" She prayed.
As she was running, she ran into a guard. She knew it was one of the Black Fang.
"Thank god!" She puffed, "The prince is in there!" She pointed to the room which Zephiel was hiding.
The man took his two daggers from their sheaths and was ready to strike. "You will die!!!"
She didn't know what was going on, but her natural reflexes made he jump out of the way and immediately start running.
Why was he attacking me? He's on my side!
Nino ran until she could run no more, so she sat in a corner and held her tome of elfire close and waited for Jaffar to come and save her.
Nino walked silently along with Jaffar in the dark of the night. The faint shadows from the torches on the walls made Nino think that some thing was there. Something was waiting for them.
Nino heard a feint snore.
"Prince Zephiel" Jaffar said to let Nino know that they had arrived at their destination. "We must do this job quickly and silently."
"B-but Jaffar. I don't want to do this! I can't kill an innocent boy." Nino stuttered.
"We were given this task by Sonia. If we do not succeed in completing it, the penalty will be death."
Nino nodded, "I know... It's just that... She's my mother, and she is willing to kill me without a second thought. How can that be?" Nino felt tears welling up in her eyes. Remembering what her mother had said drove a cold dagger through her heart.
Jaffar looked at her with a menacing glare. "In the Black Fang, you have no family. You must learn that." Nino knew this, but she didn't want to believe it. She loved her mother very much.
Jaffar's head swung around. The sound came from outside. There were voices. He could not make out the words, but he knew that they would be killed if they got caught in attempting to assassinate the prince.
The noise awoke Prince Zephiel. "What's going on?" his head was filled with confusion. But whatever it was, it did not sound pleasant. He hid in the corner, armed with a small sword that was hung up on the wall.
"Hurry! Hide!" Jaffar sprinted to the west silently, as Nino went the opposite direction.
"Oh no!" Nino thought, "Please, let me live!" She prayed.
As she was running, she ran into a guard. She knew it was one of the Black Fang.
"Thank god!" She puffed, "The prince is in there!" She pointed to the room which Zephiel was hiding.
The man took his two daggers from their sheaths and was ready to strike. "You will die!!!"
She didn't know what was going on, but her natural reflexes made he jump out of the way and immediately start running.
Why was he attacking me? He's on my side!
Nino ran until she could run no more, so she sat in a corner and held her tome of elfire close and waited for Jaffar to come and save her.