It's Late: RabidTortise
Disclaimer: I'll admit it, it's all mine. I created it, I wrote it, and I shall now go report Robert Jordan to the Plagiarist people................ Okay, forget I said that I'm a little hyper right now, and I only own this plot line. So plz don't sue me, I'm sorry much! Now then, read on!
BTW: To my reviewers, I Love you guys, you're too good to me. I just love reviews of all kinds and I just might stop writing if I stopped getting them...(HINT HINT) So plz just say what you want to and don't try to care about my feeling's. I want to make this as good as I can, but if nobody likes it, what's the point? So plz review!
To Shaiel- I was on vacation, and decided to have some fun with this. You did bring up a good point that I forgot though, and I guess I'll just have to say that it was cloudy this whole time. Plz continue to review.
Okay here's your story. Enjoy!
'Women' Mat thought to himself the next day. No, of course she hadn't said that, he must have been dreaming, why was it so important to him anyway? "Damn her" he muttered under his breath, glaring at the women walking next to him. Why is it so important to know if she really called him by name or not. It wasn't as if like he cared about her or anything! Of course not! That wasn't it at all! Nope. He didn't care one bit.
'Oh who am I fooling? Not myself for sure.' The truth was that he had come to care deeply for this tiny woman. When she wandered into his life, he wanted nothing to do with her at all. But ever since this little adventure of theirs, he had wanted to get to know her better, find out as much about, and just spend more time with her. Amazing what a little alone time could do to a man.
'All right, I'm okay with that. But how does she feel about me?' Tuon had never even tried to be civil towards him. Mat had been the one to break down those barriers. 'But she did call me by my name. I know I didn't imagine that. I still have the bruises from that fall' He winced at that thought, that had been painful. 'Blood and Ashes! I can't think about a woman right now. No matter how beautiful she is.'
"How big is this forest anyways?" questioned the very women he had spent the last week thinking about. "I already told you, I have no idea where we are! All I know is that were going north." "How do you know this now when you didn't know a week ago?" "A week ago, I was stupid. Now I'm smart, I also looked at the moss on the trees." He answered cheekily. She only chuckled and left it at that, so he did too. 'What am I going to do about her,' he asked himself slipping back into his musings. 'Damn I'm confused. She's good at making me think a thing through, that's one thing. Among many of course, but gheez, I've never been more confused in my life.' "Crack"
When he heard that, Mat stopped dead grabbing onto Tuon's arm, stopping her too. "What are you..." Mat silenced her with a finger over her lips. "Did you hear that?"
He was doing it again. He shouldn't be able to affect her this way. He made her feel noticed, special, wanted, and he didn't even seem to realize it. She shouldn't be thinking about him this way, not when her mother was supposed to chose her husband. There was no way Mat Cauthon was going to get on that list. The empress was to care about her country first, and her family's happiness later. Tuon couldn't hate her mother for that. It's the way Seanchen became so powerful, with strong rulers. But as she felt Mat's finger on her lips and felt him near her, she wished to stay with him forever.
"Did you hear that" the man whom always seemed to be on her mind nowadays asked. He was looking off into the woods as if looking for something. He looked to be concentrating very hard on something, so she decided not to answer. Of course with his finger pressed over her mouth, it would be difficult to anyway. After a few moments of silence, "We need to move now" At that Mat started to drag her through the woods frequently looking over his shoulder as if to make sure they weren't being followed.
"What's going on?" Tuon growled in exasperation. "I'm not sure, but someone following us. Best be on the...LOOK OUT!!!" Mat shouted as he tackled a very surprise princess to the ground. "Move it!" Mat hissed while pulling himself to his feet and stringing his monstrous bow. "What do you," "RUN! NOW!" He shouted at her, shoving her away from him. But before she could move another arrow came whizzing towards her and Mat shoved into her, knocking her out of the arrows path. She heard him growl in pain before he once again shouted, "RUN!" As she turned and started running away from the descending battle she caught sight of an arrow sticking out of Mat's shoulder blade. "Oh No! I'm not running now!" But before she could do anything to help him, Tuon felt something hit her on the head from behind, and her world faded to black.
"Shit, this doesn't look good! At least Tuon's safe." Mat thought as he fired arrow after arrow at the attacking bandits. (A/N what were you expecting? Trollocs?) The arrow he had taken in the shoulder wasn't helping him right now, and his attackers didn't seem to stop coming. He was running out of arrows and was seriously considering running too. "I can't fight properly with this light blasted thing sticking out of my chest. Okay I'm going to have to run for it, find Tuon and hide until this thing is out of me!" Mat growled under his breathe, while still firing at his adversaries. Of course what Mat had failed to notice was that Tuon had gone and gotten herself kidnapped (A/N Again!)
When Tuon woke up she was lying bound and gagged on the forest floor with a man standing above her and a major headache. "So, The little slut is awake" a scratchy voice growled from above her. "Are you ready to have a little fun with 'ol Jack?" her captor snarled at her while lowering himself to her level. 'Oh light! Is he? Oh my gosh he is! No don't touch me you sick pervert!' Tuon screamed at him with her mind, while shaking her head, and trying to wriggle away.
"Oh, the little princess is scared. Don't worry dalin' It may hurt at first, but I'll give you a deal of pleasure too." The man grinned at her in an evil manner, as she shuddered in revulsion. As 'Jack' started to rip her dress off of her though she went past revulsion, to utter terror. 'No. No. NO Please don't. Please. Mat. Help me!'
'Gotta run gotta run gotta run!' Mat thought while racing away from the battle he had no chance of winning. Not in his state, and not while Tuon was out there alone, with no means of protection except for one knife. For a few minutes past though, he had heard no sound's coming from behind them. 'Guess I lost them. Man I'm good! Now then' he thought as he slowed down to catch his breath, "Where's Tuon" he spoke the last out loud. "I suppose I could go back to the clearing and try to find out which way she went. Or I could just find out what that noise was." Mat suggested to him self as he heard the sound of cloth ripping A feet to his right.
Now Mat had expected to see any number of things. But he wasn't ready to see Tuon lying bound on the ground with no cloths on and a man atop of her. He could only stare in shock until he saw the tears on her face. But at that he lost it. "Damn you! I'll bloody kill you!" He screamed while racing towards the surprised would-be-rapist in a fury, completely forgetting the pain in his arm.
"Damn you! I'll bloody kill you!" When Tuon heard this she sobbed in relief. He had come for her! As 'Jack' was torn from his position atop her Tuon breathed again. "YOU" sound of flesh hitting flesh "DON'T" "DO THAT' "TO WOMEN!" When Tuon finally pulled herself into a sitting position she saw Mat beating the tar out of her attacker. He looked absolutely livid. "I hate men like you." Mat spoke after finally dropping the man "You don't deserve to live. You're absolutely the lowest and most hideous things to walk this land, and I swear on the light and hope of salvation and rebirth, that if you ever try to pull another stunt like that again, I will hunt you down and give you a slow and painful death, worthy of a scum bag like you." Mat finished in a dangerous tone. "Now if you value your measly existence I suggest that you get out of my sight as quickly as possible."
He then turned and raced to her side to start ripping Tuon's bindings off. "Are you all right? I'm sorry I couldn't protect you. Did he hurt you? If he did I'll kill the bastard!" Tuon breathed a sigh of relief before breaking down in sobs once again. "It's all right. I'm here now. I won't let anything happen to you ever again." Mat whispered soothingly as he wrapped his coat around her shoulders and pulled her into an embrace. Tuon welcomed it and continued to sob onto Mats chest for a few minutes.
"Thank you Mat, I don't now what I would have done if you hadn't come around." Tuon whispered after she had stopped crying. "Let me take care of that for you" Tuon said reaching for the arrow still embedded in Mat's shoulder. "Not now. When we're safe." Before Tuon could reply she was being pulled to her feet. Holding Mat's coat around her with one hand and Mat's in her other they headed off into the woods again.
"Okay, bight down. Now I'll pull it out on three, all right. One ... Two." On two Tuon ripped the arrow out of his flesh, sending a new wave of pain coursing through his veins. "See that wasn't too bad, now was it?" She then asked in a chipper manner. "Damn it women, next time do it on three!" Mat growled at her while she started to clean and wrap his wound. "Oh. You complain so much. Why did I get stuck playing nurse-maid to you anyway?" Tuon asked in a joking manner. "Just luck I guess." He replied with a grin. "But I'm glad your hear, OUCH! Be more careful why don't you?"
I'm soooooo sorry it took so long. I just spent a whole week with my BF and an awful weekend with my father, who by the way, I can't stand. So plz review to make me feel better. H'okay Bye bye!