Chapter 22
Disclaimer: See chappies 1-8
A/N: Yea! Superbowl XXXVII is HERRE! Go RAIDERS!
They rode up to the camp slowly, Kally drooped her head to hide her face. Some soldiers came up to meet them, greeting Chris and the others and staring at Kally hungrily. Chris glared at them as he got off his horse and pulled Kally down too. She made a show of staggering and wincing when Chris grabbed her upper arm. One of the soldiers went to get the man in charge.
A man emerged out of the largest tent. He was very tall, about 6.5 feet. His hair was dark black in color and reached his shoulders. A jagged purple scar was over his right eye, taking the place of an eyebrow. His nose was small and pointed and his mouth was formed into a sneer. His skin was very dark and his black squinty eyes were cold as ice.
" Well well," he said. " What do we have here? My second-in-command and his dogs, back again. And who is this exquisite creature?" He asked, his eyes studying Kally's form.
" We found the bandits who were stealing our food. Gypsies. Killed all but this one, figured you might like her." Chris said. He pushed Kally forward. She staggered and fell.
" Yes, I like! Did you get any food?"
" Yah, there on the horses."
" Where did you get those horses?" the captain asked, studying them.
" Took 'em. Our own mounts were killed."
" WHAT?! You got them KILLED! You don't deserve new mounts. You are all walkin the rest of the way to Rachia.Go put the girl with the princess. No. Wait, I'll take her, you'll probably let her escape."
He grabed Kally's arm and jerked her up. She winced, he wasn't very gentle. Chris's eyes glinted with anger, but he kept quiet, he couldn't jepordize this. The captain dragged her away and led her to a small tent. Two guards were positioned outside, they weren't heavily armed and she began to formulate a plan for escape. He threw her into the tent and tied her up to a big pole in the middle of the dark tent.. She could barely make out the form of another captive, who she assumed was Chris's sister, tied to the pole also.
" Some company for ye princess." The captain's voice was dripping with sarcasm as he mock bowed and left, shouting orders to the guards stationed outside.
Kally looked at the girl beside her. " Hey," she whispered. " Who are you?"
" I am Princess Isabel of Letrana." She said haughtilly. " Who are you?"
" Yup! You are DEFINITLEY Chris's sister. I can't tell you who I am, yet, people are listening." Kally said in a quiet whisper.
" You know my brother?! Where is he? HOW is he? Are you here to rescue me?"
" Shhhhhh! Someone's coming!" Footsteps were aproaching the opening of the tent. She heard Chris's fake voice dismiss the guards before he entered. He rushed over to his sister and she tensed up visibly.
" If you dare and touch me, ny brother will come and kill you! His friend is already here to help me!" She said angrily. Chris stooped down and glared at her.
" Izzy! SHUT UP! You can't let everyone know we're here."
" C-Chris?" she stammered.
" Yeah. Now be quiet." He went behind her and started untiying her hands.
" What took you so long?" she whined.
" I thought I told you to be quiet."
" Sorry."
" Whatever." He retied her hands, but made it much looser.
" Aren't we leaving?" she asked.
" Not yet."
" WHAT?!"
" Shhhh!"
He walked over to Kally and began to untie her.
" You okay?" he whispered, clearly worried about her.
" Yah, I'm fine." She let out a breath of relief when her hands were unbound. " Got my dagger?"
" Yah, here." He handed it over.
" Thanks." She lifted up her skirt and tied the dagger in between her legs. Then, she let Chris tie her hands again.
" Chris? Who is she?" Isabel asked.
He went over to his sister and and whispered in her ear, Kally's identity.
" You're a princess and you FIGHT?!" she asked Kally disbelievingly.
" Yah. Got a problem with that?" Kally glared at her.
" No." Isabel sounded scared and Kally smirked.
" Okay then. Call me Kelly."
" But that's not your name."
" I know, but if we told everyone my name they would kill me, and I won't be much help to you dead, now would I?"
" I guess not. So, when ARE we leaving."
" Whenever we get the chance, but you HAVE to act normally Izzy, ok?" Chris said.
" All right."
" Good. I have to leave now, meeting with Captain Scarface."
" Is that really his name?" Kally asked.
" Yah, pathetic ain't it?"
" Only a little," Kally said sarcastically. Chris grinned.
" What else would you exppect from this band of pathetic mongrels?"
He kissed Kally before he exited the tent.
" Are you and my brother lovers?" Isabel asked.
" Yeah, I guess you could say that. But hush now, the guards are coming back."
One of the guards stuck his head into the opening of the tent and leered at them.
" It's feedin time you bitches." He threw a bowl of lumpy broth at them, the hot contents of the bowl splattered all over them, burning their skin. Isabel shreiked and Kally bit her tounge so hard that it started bleeding. The guard chuckled heartlessly and winked at them before leaving.
" Are they all like this?" Kally asked.
" Worst sometimes," Isabell said through tears. Kally felt pity towards the younger girl and wanted to comfort her.
" Then we'll just need to get you out of here sooner." She sighed. " I'll think of a way to stop you from getting hurt like that until we escape."
" Really?" Isabel stopped crying.
" Really. Try and get some sleep now, I need to think."
" Okay. Kelly, I'm sorry I acted like a brat."
" I know. Now get some rest."
Isabel quickly fell asleep. Kally quickly began to formulate a plan. If she could get free, it would be easy to overtake the two guards, it was the rest of the camp that she was worried about. They would outnumber her 50 to 1. Sure the others would help, but it'd still be a struggle. The real problem was getting Isabel out safely, the younger girl couldn't fight and was probably weak from this whole ordeal. Storm was three hours away and Kally didn't know how far their mindlink could stretch. ' Only one way to find out' she thought. She concentrated with all her might on her horse's presence three hours away.
~ Storm?~ she asked. She heard a faint whinny, but that was all.
~ Storm?~ she tried again, this time, there was only silence.
' Well, scratch that idea' she sighed. ' You're so stupid Kally. How could you put Storm so far away. You knew a girl held captive for 3 months wouldn't have much strength. Stupid Stupid!' she berated herself and started hitting her head on the pole.
~ Kally?~ She barely heard it, but she knew Storm was calling her.
~ Storm?!~ Nothing answered. She sit her head and tried again.
~ Storm!~
~ Why are you calling me? Is everything all right?~ Kally hit her head and and asked Storm to come closer because the princess wouldn't be able to make it that dar. Storm said that she'd station herself an hour away from where Kally was now and remain out of sight. Kally thanked her and cut off the connection. 'Well, that takes care of one thing. Damn! My head hurts.' She had strained her brain too much while talking to Storm and her head hurt from hitting it against the pole. Wearily, she slipped out of conciousness.
She came to late the next morning. It was a little lighter in the tent, but not by much. She could barely make out the features on Isabel's worried face.
" What happened?" Kally asked.
" I-I heard the guards talking this morning. Th-they're taking you to see the captian tonight." Kally winced.
" Yea." She said dryly. " I'm gonna lose my virginity to a man named Scarface in a bandit camp. I can hardly wait."
" Are we going to leave today?"
" I don't know. If I see a chance, we'll take it, but until then, we just have to wait. Maybe I can stab Scarface tonight in bed." She said thoughtfully. A sick picture entered her head, she shook her head to clear ti, cursing her imagination.
" I need to talk to Chris. Where is he?" Kally asked. As if on cue, he walked into the tent, scowling. Isabel shrank back from the anger on her brother's face.
" Oh hey Chris! I was just talking about you." Kally said brightly, ignoring the glare he sent her.
" We are getting you both out of here today." He said.
" Chris, we can't leave without a plan, it would be to dangerous." Kally said scornfully.
" I'm not letting you stay here to be raped by Scarface!" He exploded.
" Shut up! The whole camp will hear you.!" Kally said in a hurried whisper.
" The idiots are all out looking for food. Aparently, I didn't get enough for the whole friggen camp!" His voice rose again. Kally kicked kim hard and told him to shutup when he glared at her.
" Raving like a lunatic isn't going to help us at all." Kally pointed out. Chris sobered up at her observation.
" Sorry." He sounded like a little boy who was just caught with his hand in the cookie jar.
" You need to start sucking up to Captain Scarface. This whole thing will be easier if he likes you."
" All right." They heard someone approaching the camp, Chris sighed and left, getting ready to suck up to the captain.
Scarface rode up and Chris offered to take his horse. Scarface tossed him the reigns and spat in his face. Chris waited before Scarface was back in his tent before wiping the spit off his face angrily. He sighed as he took care of the horse before going into Scarface's tent to get on the captains 'good side'.
Loopeeee: Ur last review was mostly spaces, so that doesn't count! ;p There's already a Scott in the story, but I'll put an amy in somewhere, if you want the character to resemble u, tell me what you look like, k?
Loki-goddess of destruction: yes, it's such a relief that they finally said it, they were starting to get on my nerves.
Tigress FN: Changing appearances isn't a big deal in this story magic- wise. Of course Kally will kill some people...if I didn't let her, she'd kill ME!
Felsong: I'll put up as much as I can to keep you happy.
Kero 7590: oooooooo! I LUV sogar!!!!!!! It's soooooooo SUGARY!!!!!! Hehe!
Xirleb70: K, i will. Thanx 4 da review!
Devilish Angel: I think most stories aren't very good without at least a little romance. I'm a romantic 2. :D
Hawk: Really?! You put it on ur faves?! Thankyouthankyouthankyou!
Lady Anatasia: He IS adorable ain't he? And he's alllllll MINE! :)
Anastazia: kk, i will.
Hyacinth: hehe! I'm soooooo EVIL! Don't ya agree? Were u really cryin? Cuz if ya were, thatz pretty funny!
Disclaimer: See chappies 1-8
A/N: Yea! Superbowl XXXVII is HERRE! Go RAIDERS!
They rode up to the camp slowly, Kally drooped her head to hide her face. Some soldiers came up to meet them, greeting Chris and the others and staring at Kally hungrily. Chris glared at them as he got off his horse and pulled Kally down too. She made a show of staggering and wincing when Chris grabbed her upper arm. One of the soldiers went to get the man in charge.
A man emerged out of the largest tent. He was very tall, about 6.5 feet. His hair was dark black in color and reached his shoulders. A jagged purple scar was over his right eye, taking the place of an eyebrow. His nose was small and pointed and his mouth was formed into a sneer. His skin was very dark and his black squinty eyes were cold as ice.
" Well well," he said. " What do we have here? My second-in-command and his dogs, back again. And who is this exquisite creature?" He asked, his eyes studying Kally's form.
" We found the bandits who were stealing our food. Gypsies. Killed all but this one, figured you might like her." Chris said. He pushed Kally forward. She staggered and fell.
" Yes, I like! Did you get any food?"
" Yah, there on the horses."
" Where did you get those horses?" the captain asked, studying them.
" Took 'em. Our own mounts were killed."
" WHAT?! You got them KILLED! You don't deserve new mounts. You are all walkin the rest of the way to Rachia.Go put the girl with the princess. No. Wait, I'll take her, you'll probably let her escape."
He grabed Kally's arm and jerked her up. She winced, he wasn't very gentle. Chris's eyes glinted with anger, but he kept quiet, he couldn't jepordize this. The captain dragged her away and led her to a small tent. Two guards were positioned outside, they weren't heavily armed and she began to formulate a plan for escape. He threw her into the tent and tied her up to a big pole in the middle of the dark tent.. She could barely make out the form of another captive, who she assumed was Chris's sister, tied to the pole also.
" Some company for ye princess." The captain's voice was dripping with sarcasm as he mock bowed and left, shouting orders to the guards stationed outside.
Kally looked at the girl beside her. " Hey," she whispered. " Who are you?"
" I am Princess Isabel of Letrana." She said haughtilly. " Who are you?"
" Yup! You are DEFINITLEY Chris's sister. I can't tell you who I am, yet, people are listening." Kally said in a quiet whisper.
" You know my brother?! Where is he? HOW is he? Are you here to rescue me?"
" Shhhhhh! Someone's coming!" Footsteps were aproaching the opening of the tent. She heard Chris's fake voice dismiss the guards before he entered. He rushed over to his sister and she tensed up visibly.
" If you dare and touch me, ny brother will come and kill you! His friend is already here to help me!" She said angrily. Chris stooped down and glared at her.
" Izzy! SHUT UP! You can't let everyone know we're here."
" C-Chris?" she stammered.
" Yeah. Now be quiet." He went behind her and started untiying her hands.
" What took you so long?" she whined.
" I thought I told you to be quiet."
" Sorry."
" Whatever." He retied her hands, but made it much looser.
" Aren't we leaving?" she asked.
" Not yet."
" WHAT?!"
" Shhhh!"
He walked over to Kally and began to untie her.
" You okay?" he whispered, clearly worried about her.
" Yah, I'm fine." She let out a breath of relief when her hands were unbound. " Got my dagger?"
" Yah, here." He handed it over.
" Thanks." She lifted up her skirt and tied the dagger in between her legs. Then, she let Chris tie her hands again.
" Chris? Who is she?" Isabel asked.
He went over to his sister and and whispered in her ear, Kally's identity.
" You're a princess and you FIGHT?!" she asked Kally disbelievingly.
" Yah. Got a problem with that?" Kally glared at her.
" No." Isabel sounded scared and Kally smirked.
" Okay then. Call me Kelly."
" But that's not your name."
" I know, but if we told everyone my name they would kill me, and I won't be much help to you dead, now would I?"
" I guess not. So, when ARE we leaving."
" Whenever we get the chance, but you HAVE to act normally Izzy, ok?" Chris said.
" All right."
" Good. I have to leave now, meeting with Captain Scarface."
" Is that really his name?" Kally asked.
" Yah, pathetic ain't it?"
" Only a little," Kally said sarcastically. Chris grinned.
" What else would you exppect from this band of pathetic mongrels?"
He kissed Kally before he exited the tent.
" Are you and my brother lovers?" Isabel asked.
" Yeah, I guess you could say that. But hush now, the guards are coming back."
One of the guards stuck his head into the opening of the tent and leered at them.
" It's feedin time you bitches." He threw a bowl of lumpy broth at them, the hot contents of the bowl splattered all over them, burning their skin. Isabel shreiked and Kally bit her tounge so hard that it started bleeding. The guard chuckled heartlessly and winked at them before leaving.
" Are they all like this?" Kally asked.
" Worst sometimes," Isabell said through tears. Kally felt pity towards the younger girl and wanted to comfort her.
" Then we'll just need to get you out of here sooner." She sighed. " I'll think of a way to stop you from getting hurt like that until we escape."
" Really?" Isabel stopped crying.
" Really. Try and get some sleep now, I need to think."
" Okay. Kelly, I'm sorry I acted like a brat."
" I know. Now get some rest."
Isabel quickly fell asleep. Kally quickly began to formulate a plan. If she could get free, it would be easy to overtake the two guards, it was the rest of the camp that she was worried about. They would outnumber her 50 to 1. Sure the others would help, but it'd still be a struggle. The real problem was getting Isabel out safely, the younger girl couldn't fight and was probably weak from this whole ordeal. Storm was three hours away and Kally didn't know how far their mindlink could stretch. ' Only one way to find out' she thought. She concentrated with all her might on her horse's presence three hours away.
~ Storm?~ she asked. She heard a faint whinny, but that was all.
~ Storm?~ she tried again, this time, there was only silence.
' Well, scratch that idea' she sighed. ' You're so stupid Kally. How could you put Storm so far away. You knew a girl held captive for 3 months wouldn't have much strength. Stupid Stupid!' she berated herself and started hitting her head on the pole.
~ Kally?~ She barely heard it, but she knew Storm was calling her.
~ Storm?!~ Nothing answered. She sit her head and tried again.
~ Storm!~
~ Why are you calling me? Is everything all right?~ Kally hit her head and and asked Storm to come closer because the princess wouldn't be able to make it that dar. Storm said that she'd station herself an hour away from where Kally was now and remain out of sight. Kally thanked her and cut off the connection. 'Well, that takes care of one thing. Damn! My head hurts.' She had strained her brain too much while talking to Storm and her head hurt from hitting it against the pole. Wearily, she slipped out of conciousness.
She came to late the next morning. It was a little lighter in the tent, but not by much. She could barely make out the features on Isabel's worried face.
" What happened?" Kally asked.
" I-I heard the guards talking this morning. Th-they're taking you to see the captian tonight." Kally winced.
" Yea." She said dryly. " I'm gonna lose my virginity to a man named Scarface in a bandit camp. I can hardly wait."
" Are we going to leave today?"
" I don't know. If I see a chance, we'll take it, but until then, we just have to wait. Maybe I can stab Scarface tonight in bed." She said thoughtfully. A sick picture entered her head, she shook her head to clear ti, cursing her imagination.
" I need to talk to Chris. Where is he?" Kally asked. As if on cue, he walked into the tent, scowling. Isabel shrank back from the anger on her brother's face.
" Oh hey Chris! I was just talking about you." Kally said brightly, ignoring the glare he sent her.
" We are getting you both out of here today." He said.
" Chris, we can't leave without a plan, it would be to dangerous." Kally said scornfully.
" I'm not letting you stay here to be raped by Scarface!" He exploded.
" Shut up! The whole camp will hear you.!" Kally said in a hurried whisper.
" The idiots are all out looking for food. Aparently, I didn't get enough for the whole friggen camp!" His voice rose again. Kally kicked kim hard and told him to shutup when he glared at her.
" Raving like a lunatic isn't going to help us at all." Kally pointed out. Chris sobered up at her observation.
" Sorry." He sounded like a little boy who was just caught with his hand in the cookie jar.
" You need to start sucking up to Captain Scarface. This whole thing will be easier if he likes you."
" All right." They heard someone approaching the camp, Chris sighed and left, getting ready to suck up to the captain.
Scarface rode up and Chris offered to take his horse. Scarface tossed him the reigns and spat in his face. Chris waited before Scarface was back in his tent before wiping the spit off his face angrily. He sighed as he took care of the horse before going into Scarface's tent to get on the captains 'good side'.
Loopeeee: Ur last review was mostly spaces, so that doesn't count! ;p There's already a Scott in the story, but I'll put an amy in somewhere, if you want the character to resemble u, tell me what you look like, k?
Loki-goddess of destruction: yes, it's such a relief that they finally said it, they were starting to get on my nerves.
Tigress FN: Changing appearances isn't a big deal in this story magic- wise. Of course Kally will kill some people...if I didn't let her, she'd kill ME!
Felsong: I'll put up as much as I can to keep you happy.
Kero 7590: oooooooo! I LUV sogar!!!!!!! It's soooooooo SUGARY!!!!!! Hehe!
Xirleb70: K, i will. Thanx 4 da review!
Devilish Angel: I think most stories aren't very good without at least a little romance. I'm a romantic 2. :D
Hawk: Really?! You put it on ur faves?! Thankyouthankyouthankyou!
Lady Anatasia: He IS adorable ain't he? And he's alllllll MINE! :)
Anastazia: kk, i will.
Hyacinth: hehe! I'm soooooo EVIL! Don't ya agree? Were u really cryin? Cuz if ya were, thatz pretty funny!