A/N - I'm so sorry this has taken me forever to write! Please forgive
me!(sobs, falls to knees and pleads for forgiveness) Blame it on the men in
white coats! Anyway..
Ch. 10
Joren didn't even realize what had happened until he looked down to see Kel staring at him from where she lay on the ground and two Scanrans dead at his feet. Kel jumped to her feet, retrieved her sword and continued fighting as though nothing has happened.
Joren too, has little time to contemplate what had just happened. The motions of diving and knocking Kel to the ground, then fighting the two Scanrans as Kel watched on in shock were a blur in his mind. As the battle ended, the Scanrans that were still mobile removing themselves quickly back to where they had come from, not bothering to check for injured or collect their dead.
The Tortallans were not done with the battle as of yet either. There were wounded to care for, theirs the and the enemies that were now prisoners of war, gathering the bodies of the dead and disposing them, either somehow getting them back to their families or burning them in huge funeral pyres.
Miraculously none of the pages or squires had lost their lives in the bloody struggle. Many had various minor injuries, and a few had ones that required them to retire in the makeshift hospital for several days. All through the long days of cleanup, Kel avoided Joren. Noticeably. While taking a break from helping the healers, Neal commented on it.
"Kel, what happened during the battle?"
"You were there, Neal, what do you mean what happened? We fought the Scanrans, we won, they retreated."
"That's not what I'm talking about and you know it," he replied.
"You know Neal, I've told you before I get things a lot faster when people just tell me what they're talking about," she answered with attitude.
"I'm talking about you and Joren. What happened? You've been trying even harder to avoid him."
"What? No, I haven't," although she knew it was pointless to lie to Neal, she gave it a shot anyway.
"Kel, give it up and tell me what happened. You know you're not a good liar." He knows me too well, she thought.
"He.he saved my life. During the battle."
"What? Joren, slimy, sleazy, prejudiced, cruel, evil Joren, that Joren, saved your life?" Neal stared at her in disbelief. Kel shook her head.
"I know. Look, before we left Joren fed me that whole "I've changed" line and he said he'd prove it to me. And then he saved my life. What does it mean? Has he really changed?" Kel asked.
Neal shook his head. "I really don't know. I never know what to expect from that one. Just keep an eye out."
A/N - I know nothing happened in this chapter, but it's just setting up for what's going to happen next, because if I continued this chapter it'd be really long.
Ch. 10
Joren didn't even realize what had happened until he looked down to see Kel staring at him from where she lay on the ground and two Scanrans dead at his feet. Kel jumped to her feet, retrieved her sword and continued fighting as though nothing has happened.
Joren too, has little time to contemplate what had just happened. The motions of diving and knocking Kel to the ground, then fighting the two Scanrans as Kel watched on in shock were a blur in his mind. As the battle ended, the Scanrans that were still mobile removing themselves quickly back to where they had come from, not bothering to check for injured or collect their dead.
The Tortallans were not done with the battle as of yet either. There were wounded to care for, theirs the and the enemies that were now prisoners of war, gathering the bodies of the dead and disposing them, either somehow getting them back to their families or burning them in huge funeral pyres.
Miraculously none of the pages or squires had lost their lives in the bloody struggle. Many had various minor injuries, and a few had ones that required them to retire in the makeshift hospital for several days. All through the long days of cleanup, Kel avoided Joren. Noticeably. While taking a break from helping the healers, Neal commented on it.
"Kel, what happened during the battle?"
"You were there, Neal, what do you mean what happened? We fought the Scanrans, we won, they retreated."
"That's not what I'm talking about and you know it," he replied.
"You know Neal, I've told you before I get things a lot faster when people just tell me what they're talking about," she answered with attitude.
"I'm talking about you and Joren. What happened? You've been trying even harder to avoid him."
"What? No, I haven't," although she knew it was pointless to lie to Neal, she gave it a shot anyway.
"Kel, give it up and tell me what happened. You know you're not a good liar." He knows me too well, she thought.
"He.he saved my life. During the battle."
"What? Joren, slimy, sleazy, prejudiced, cruel, evil Joren, that Joren, saved your life?" Neal stared at her in disbelief. Kel shook her head.
"I know. Look, before we left Joren fed me that whole "I've changed" line and he said he'd prove it to me. And then he saved my life. What does it mean? Has he really changed?" Kel asked.
Neal shook his head. "I really don't know. I never know what to expect from that one. Just keep an eye out."
A/N - I know nothing happened in this chapter, but it's just setting up for what's going to happen next, because if I continued this chapter it'd be really long.