Kai stared wide eyes at her. " What?! Your joking right?"
Alex rolled her own eyes. " Does this look like the face of a joker? Now hold my finger tips cause I'm not going into see that stupid castle doctor. I get my self into trouble, I get myself out." She thrust her hand towards Kai.
Kai hesitated then held on to her finger tips tightly. Alex looked over her shoulder to see Salima looking un-easy.
" You don't have to watch if it makes you feel sick." Salima shock her head and glued her eyes to Alex' hand.
Alex shrugged and she grabbed a hold of the arrow. She tugged at it and sent gaint jolts of pain shooting up her arm. Alex clenched her teeth and grabbed the arrow tighter. With one huge tug, she ripped the arrow out of her hand. It began to bleed deeply and Salima looked a bit grossed out, but she didn't at all seem to mind watching Alex bleed. (A/N: That makes Salima seem evil! That was NOT my intention at all!)
Salima pulled a cloth from her pocket and gentilly toke Alex' hand. Alex watched, rolling her eyes and Salima wrapped the cloth around her hand and tightning it in a tight knot in her palm. Alex smiled and bowed in thanks. Alex smirked and she turned to leave.
" Thanks for the help, now I need to go find that fucking archer so I can give this arrow back to him. He's going to need to us it again." She waved the arrow in her hands and darted away before Kai could stop her.
Ray and Tyson had finally gotten half of the weapons done and were now working on the previously used spears when Alex ran by. Ray noticed this and called her back.
" What do you want? I'm busy!" Alex snapped when she walked into the weapons shed.
Ray rolled his eyes and Tyson gasped when he saw her now red bandage and the bloody arrow.
" What happened?!" Tyson demanded.
Alex shrugged. " I was trying to hit Tala with the spear head I snapped when this fucking archer, I think his name was Enrique, shot this arrow at me. So I'm returning it to him. Now if you'll excuse me!" And she left without a second word but she crashed into somebody at the door.
Alex was still standing but her trailer wasen't. She looked down to see Prince Max lying on the ground rubbing his head and he had a bundle of red cloth in his hand.
Alex gave the Prince a hand. " Looks like YOU need to watch were your going, your highness. I was in such a hurry, you should watch. You could have gotten stabbed my accident." She showed the bloody arrow to him once he was on his feet.
Prince Max winced when he saw it. " Yes well I toke up your words with my father on your uniform. He agreed to it as long as you improve your working skills." Max handed the bundle of red cloth to Alex and a bright smile light up on her face.
" Well this is great! No more slutty skirts for me! No sir!" He ran off, with a smile on her face, but anger in her eyes.
Alex rounded then next courner and saw Amber making her way back to the castle, looking completly exausted. Amber waved weakly at her and Alex ran to her side.
" You look like you need some help." Alex wrapped one arm around her new friends waist andgrabbed her arm, throwing it around her own neck and holding it tightly.
Amber's smile was faint, but still bright. " So do you." She protested, noticing the bloody cloth.
Alex shrugged and helped Amber into the castle. " I don't need help. The only thing I need is to find that stupid archer."
Amber raised a brow at her, not taking her eyes from there forward poistion. Alex sighed, rolled her eyes and related the story, keeping out the reason why she wanted to hurt Lord Tala. Amber gasped.
" Living target? How could you suggest such a thing! Have you gone mad?"
Alex grinned. " Nope, besides, only a couple of them did it right anyways."
Amber glared at her. " That's not the point! What would have happened if you hadn't caught the spear? What happens if you have gotten pierced?"
Alex wave the bloody cloth beside Amber's face. " That happened when Enrique came. But ya I get your point." She added seeing Amber glaring at her again.
Alex helped Amber to the room, where she changed out of her uniform and put on her dress clothes. Alex toke this time to put on her new uniform. Alex stepped out from behind the curtain and smirked.
" I'm so glad I don't have to wear that skirt anymore!" Alex clapped and grinned.
Amber smiled at her. " You really don't like ladies wear, do you?"
Alex shock her head. " Never liked them. I always bugged my parents into making me breechers."
Amber nodded and asked, pointing to the bloody arrow, which Alex had stuck into the cloth, careful not to lose it. " What are you going to do with that?"
Alex looked down and pulled the arrow out. " Going to give it back to Enrique. Thanks for reminding me."
Amber sighed and slapped her head as Alex ran out of the room. " That's was not my intention!"
" Good shot Enrique!" Tala congratulated the archer.
Enrique bowed and rose again. " Thank you my lord. But I was only doing my duty."
Tala' tsk tsk'd and smirked. " Learn to take compliments when they are given to you. Some day you might not recive them."
Enrique nodded. " Yes my lord."
The giant door burst open of the two man occupied room and Alex stepped into it. Anger burning her eyes and a smirk carved onto her lips.
" I though you might want this back, Enrique!" Alex tossed the now dry bloody arrow back at him, he caught it with ease.
Alex glared at Tala. " Next time you won't be so lucky!" She stormed out, slamming the door behind her.
Enrique looked down at the arrow, then back to the spot where Alex had tossed it to him. " Something about that girl doesn't give me the complete satiafaction of my duty sir. I request permission to stay by your side." Enrique bowed and Tala nodded.
" Alright Enrique. You'll be like....a bodygaurd." Tala struggled for the proper words.
Enrique grinned and bowed again. " Where to then Lord Tala?"
Tala thought for a moment. " We should go see how our weapon cleaners are doing."
And with that they left.
" No my lady, we were given this job. As our punishment for being late to our posts." Ray protested.
Salima wasn't convinced. " Exactly how late were you two?"
The boys shrugged. " Maybe 20 minutes." Tyson suggested.
Kai stood inpaitently at the doorframe but waited for Salima to finish. Amber came outside and spotted Kai by the weapons shed. She wanted to give him a piece of her mind, letting Alex be the target, what was he thinking.
Amber strolled over to him and tapped him on the shoulder, gathering everybody attention. Amber cleared her throat and asked sweetly. Better to try nicly before she got mad, she thought.
" Lord Kai, may I ask you why you let Alex be the gaurds living target?" Kai was taken aback.
He shock his head. " That wasn't me. According to Tala, she suggested it to Lord Bryan and he toke up her suggestion. Alex volenteered herself."
Amber rolled her eyes. " I know that! She told me, what I want to know is why you didn't try and stop her."
" Lord Kai, Tyson and I just came into the training grounds when the first man threw his spear at Alex. There was no way Lord Kai could have stopped her. Besides, from the peiriod of time I've known her, she's wouldn't have listened anyways. She's too stubborn. I bet not even Lord Tala could make her stop, that is if he wanted to." Ray piped up.
Amber poked her head into the shed. She smiled at Ray, then at Tyson. " So still cleaning? Alex told me you guys got sent to the weapon shed. I never dreamed you'd still be here."
Kai looked un-easy. He knew what Tala had done to Alex and he had let it happen. He winced at the thought of how weak Alex looked when she came back up from the dungeons. Kai pushed himself off the doorframe and puked in the bushes.
Salima was at his side in seconds and so were the three servants. Tyson nudged Ray in the side and pointed forward. Tala and an archer were walking to the shed. The boys scrambled back into the shed and began finishing there cleaning, they were on the last weapons, daggers, and almost done.
Amber was confused when she saw the archer. She noticed a bloody arrow in his hand, then she knew that this must have been Enrique, the archer that had shot Alex.
Salima handed her husband a tiny cloth and Kai wiped his mouth. (A/N: How many of those handkerchief thingys does she carry? Geeze!) Kai stuffed it into his own pocket and straightened himself when he saw Tala walk up to the shed.
" And you! I'd like to personally know why you shot Alex! I don't care how long it takes or if you have no time! I demand to know!" Amber walked up to Enrique and looked him straight in the eyes.
Enrique glared down at her. " And why should I give you that answer? You don't deserve it!"
Amber felt her anger rise, but unlike a certain brown haired friend of hers, she could control it very well, but she didn't show it. " From what I've heard from Alex so far, I probably would have tried to hurt Lord Tala as well. I wouldn't have gone as far as trying to spear him. Heavens no! But I would at least try to put some reason into him."
Tala haden't heard this because he was inspecting the work of the two boys. He smirked at them and motioned for them to leave.
" Report back to Oliver and tell him your duty here is finished. Now off with you!"
Ray and Tyson nodded and left the shed, but not before stopping at the entrance path, seeing the new comer.
" I'd hold your tougne before I cut it off!" Enrique threatened.
Amber was so fustrated that she didn't care for his threats. " I want to know! Tell me or you'll regret it." She knew this was an empty and weak threat, but she didn't show she knew it.
Enrique glared at her. " And what could you do to me that I couldn't do back 10 times worse?"
Kai stepped in front of him and glared deep into the archer's eyes. " Lay a finger on her and you answer to me! She isn't showing any kind of threat towards you. You have no-"
" He does have right!" Tala interuped. " He has re uested permission to be my personal bodygaurd, unsure of that creature Alex."
/{/ Gorgous creature. } Tala thought and licked his lips at the though of her.
Nobody noticed this action because Ray and Tyson were dragging Amber away before she did something she would regret.
" I haven't gotten my answer yet! Let me go Ray! You too blue boy!" Amber shouted.
The bluenette sighed. " Names Tyson and no, were not letting you go."
Ray nodded. " Your going to say something that's going to put you into a lot of trouble. You've already said enough for Enrique to do his worst. Your just lucky that Kai stood up for you, Tala would have you lying in your own pool of bloof right about now." He said his last sentence after they had rounded the courner and were out of ear shot.
" He's not joking either. Tala isn't a good customer. You either follow the rules or suffer the concequences." Tyson warned.
Amber closed her eyes. " Whatever punishment he would give me wouldn't make me change my mind or will it ever!"
Ray and Tyson looked at each other. " We think other wise."
Amber opened her eyes and looked at Tyson. " What do you mean?"
Supper time rolled around and Alex only ate a piece of bread. Amber nudged her in the ribs and nodded towards Ray and Tyson, laughnig breefly.
" Those boys slaved away making supper and that's all your going to eat?" Ray and Tyson smiled and continued eating.
" Not bad if I say so myself." Tyson swallowed some ham and grinned.
Since he had become a new frien to the group, he sat with them.
Alex rolled her eyes, picked up a piece of chicken and began to eat it. Amber smiled and toke the remains of her water down her throat. She wiped her lips dry and looked around.
She first scanned the knights table. There were many men there, laughing loudly and drinking rum. Amber stopped Enrique glaring at her, she looked away, a smug smile on her face.
Next to catch her eyes was the ladies table. All the woman sat there, engadged in conversation and admiring the others outfits. Amber smiled, she used to do that with her mother when she was still living with her. Her mother had been requested to join a group of knights at the oceans coats. Her mother had the ability to see the future, so they thought it would bring them good luck.
Amber's eyes drifted to the next table. The royal table. She spotted King Johnny, who was talking to his son. Amber rested her eyes on Prince Max and sighed lovingly.
/{/ He's so handsome and charming. } Amber thought and smiled.
The prince met her eyes and Amber looked away blushing. Alex had followed Amber's gaze and she smirked when she was Prince Max smile back at Amber.
Alex nudged her in the side. " Aren't you the least bit happy that he's not like his father? Talk about bitchy!"
Ray chocked on his last bit of water and Tyson burst out laughing. His laughter was carried through the hall and he turned a few faces. Tyson saw the faces and stares, but keeped laughing. What Alex had said, then Ray sputtering his water, it was too funny to hold back.
Ray didn't want Tyson to get the stares and make him feel uncomfortable, so he started laughnig along with him. Soon Amber joined in and Alex felt like slapping them all.
" It wasn't that funny!" She protested loudly.
The hall grew silent and the only thing that was heard was the laughter of three servants and the crys from Alex.
" Would you three cut it out! Your going to make me go belistic!" Alex shouted, fists clenched.
MAber stopped laughnig and grinned at Alex. Then at the boys, who were still laughing, tears forming in there eyes.
" It was funny. What do you expect?" Amber grinned.
Alex rolled her eyes and got up from the table. the boys stopp laughnig and stared at her. Alex strolled out of the hall, all eyes on her.
" You can all stop with the stars! I'm not that damn fasinating!" Alex snapped before she left the hall.
Alex rolled her own eyes. " Does this look like the face of a joker? Now hold my finger tips cause I'm not going into see that stupid castle doctor. I get my self into trouble, I get myself out." She thrust her hand towards Kai.
Kai hesitated then held on to her finger tips tightly. Alex looked over her shoulder to see Salima looking un-easy.
" You don't have to watch if it makes you feel sick." Salima shock her head and glued her eyes to Alex' hand.
Alex shrugged and she grabbed a hold of the arrow. She tugged at it and sent gaint jolts of pain shooting up her arm. Alex clenched her teeth and grabbed the arrow tighter. With one huge tug, she ripped the arrow out of her hand. It began to bleed deeply and Salima looked a bit grossed out, but she didn't at all seem to mind watching Alex bleed. (A/N: That makes Salima seem evil! That was NOT my intention at all!)
Salima pulled a cloth from her pocket and gentilly toke Alex' hand. Alex watched, rolling her eyes and Salima wrapped the cloth around her hand and tightning it in a tight knot in her palm. Alex smiled and bowed in thanks. Alex smirked and she turned to leave.
" Thanks for the help, now I need to go find that fucking archer so I can give this arrow back to him. He's going to need to us it again." She waved the arrow in her hands and darted away before Kai could stop her.
Ray and Tyson had finally gotten half of the weapons done and were now working on the previously used spears when Alex ran by. Ray noticed this and called her back.
" What do you want? I'm busy!" Alex snapped when she walked into the weapons shed.
Ray rolled his eyes and Tyson gasped when he saw her now red bandage and the bloody arrow.
" What happened?!" Tyson demanded.
Alex shrugged. " I was trying to hit Tala with the spear head I snapped when this fucking archer, I think his name was Enrique, shot this arrow at me. So I'm returning it to him. Now if you'll excuse me!" And she left without a second word but she crashed into somebody at the door.
Alex was still standing but her trailer wasen't. She looked down to see Prince Max lying on the ground rubbing his head and he had a bundle of red cloth in his hand.
Alex gave the Prince a hand. " Looks like YOU need to watch were your going, your highness. I was in such a hurry, you should watch. You could have gotten stabbed my accident." She showed the bloody arrow to him once he was on his feet.
Prince Max winced when he saw it. " Yes well I toke up your words with my father on your uniform. He agreed to it as long as you improve your working skills." Max handed the bundle of red cloth to Alex and a bright smile light up on her face.
" Well this is great! No more slutty skirts for me! No sir!" He ran off, with a smile on her face, but anger in her eyes.
Alex rounded then next courner and saw Amber making her way back to the castle, looking completly exausted. Amber waved weakly at her and Alex ran to her side.
" You look like you need some help." Alex wrapped one arm around her new friends waist andgrabbed her arm, throwing it around her own neck and holding it tightly.
Amber's smile was faint, but still bright. " So do you." She protested, noticing the bloody cloth.
Alex shrugged and helped Amber into the castle. " I don't need help. The only thing I need is to find that stupid archer."
Amber raised a brow at her, not taking her eyes from there forward poistion. Alex sighed, rolled her eyes and related the story, keeping out the reason why she wanted to hurt Lord Tala. Amber gasped.
" Living target? How could you suggest such a thing! Have you gone mad?"
Alex grinned. " Nope, besides, only a couple of them did it right anyways."
Amber glared at her. " That's not the point! What would have happened if you hadn't caught the spear? What happens if you have gotten pierced?"
Alex wave the bloody cloth beside Amber's face. " That happened when Enrique came. But ya I get your point." She added seeing Amber glaring at her again.
Alex helped Amber to the room, where she changed out of her uniform and put on her dress clothes. Alex toke this time to put on her new uniform. Alex stepped out from behind the curtain and smirked.
" I'm so glad I don't have to wear that skirt anymore!" Alex clapped and grinned.
Amber smiled at her. " You really don't like ladies wear, do you?"
Alex shock her head. " Never liked them. I always bugged my parents into making me breechers."
Amber nodded and asked, pointing to the bloody arrow, which Alex had stuck into the cloth, careful not to lose it. " What are you going to do with that?"
Alex looked down and pulled the arrow out. " Going to give it back to Enrique. Thanks for reminding me."
Amber sighed and slapped her head as Alex ran out of the room. " That's was not my intention!"
" Good shot Enrique!" Tala congratulated the archer.
Enrique bowed and rose again. " Thank you my lord. But I was only doing my duty."
Tala' tsk tsk'd and smirked. " Learn to take compliments when they are given to you. Some day you might not recive them."
Enrique nodded. " Yes my lord."
The giant door burst open of the two man occupied room and Alex stepped into it. Anger burning her eyes and a smirk carved onto her lips.
" I though you might want this back, Enrique!" Alex tossed the now dry bloody arrow back at him, he caught it with ease.
Alex glared at Tala. " Next time you won't be so lucky!" She stormed out, slamming the door behind her.
Enrique looked down at the arrow, then back to the spot where Alex had tossed it to him. " Something about that girl doesn't give me the complete satiafaction of my duty sir. I request permission to stay by your side." Enrique bowed and Tala nodded.
" Alright Enrique. You'll be like....a bodygaurd." Tala struggled for the proper words.
Enrique grinned and bowed again. " Where to then Lord Tala?"
Tala thought for a moment. " We should go see how our weapon cleaners are doing."
And with that they left.
" No my lady, we were given this job. As our punishment for being late to our posts." Ray protested.
Salima wasn't convinced. " Exactly how late were you two?"
The boys shrugged. " Maybe 20 minutes." Tyson suggested.
Kai stood inpaitently at the doorframe but waited for Salima to finish. Amber came outside and spotted Kai by the weapons shed. She wanted to give him a piece of her mind, letting Alex be the target, what was he thinking.
Amber strolled over to him and tapped him on the shoulder, gathering everybody attention. Amber cleared her throat and asked sweetly. Better to try nicly before she got mad, she thought.
" Lord Kai, may I ask you why you let Alex be the gaurds living target?" Kai was taken aback.
He shock his head. " That wasn't me. According to Tala, she suggested it to Lord Bryan and he toke up her suggestion. Alex volenteered herself."
Amber rolled her eyes. " I know that! She told me, what I want to know is why you didn't try and stop her."
" Lord Kai, Tyson and I just came into the training grounds when the first man threw his spear at Alex. There was no way Lord Kai could have stopped her. Besides, from the peiriod of time I've known her, she's wouldn't have listened anyways. She's too stubborn. I bet not even Lord Tala could make her stop, that is if he wanted to." Ray piped up.
Amber poked her head into the shed. She smiled at Ray, then at Tyson. " So still cleaning? Alex told me you guys got sent to the weapon shed. I never dreamed you'd still be here."
Kai looked un-easy. He knew what Tala had done to Alex and he had let it happen. He winced at the thought of how weak Alex looked when she came back up from the dungeons. Kai pushed himself off the doorframe and puked in the bushes.
Salima was at his side in seconds and so were the three servants. Tyson nudged Ray in the side and pointed forward. Tala and an archer were walking to the shed. The boys scrambled back into the shed and began finishing there cleaning, they were on the last weapons, daggers, and almost done.
Amber was confused when she saw the archer. She noticed a bloody arrow in his hand, then she knew that this must have been Enrique, the archer that had shot Alex.
Salima handed her husband a tiny cloth and Kai wiped his mouth. (A/N: How many of those handkerchief thingys does she carry? Geeze!) Kai stuffed it into his own pocket and straightened himself when he saw Tala walk up to the shed.
" And you! I'd like to personally know why you shot Alex! I don't care how long it takes or if you have no time! I demand to know!" Amber walked up to Enrique and looked him straight in the eyes.
Enrique glared down at her. " And why should I give you that answer? You don't deserve it!"
Amber felt her anger rise, but unlike a certain brown haired friend of hers, she could control it very well, but she didn't show it. " From what I've heard from Alex so far, I probably would have tried to hurt Lord Tala as well. I wouldn't have gone as far as trying to spear him. Heavens no! But I would at least try to put some reason into him."
Tala haden't heard this because he was inspecting the work of the two boys. He smirked at them and motioned for them to leave.
" Report back to Oliver and tell him your duty here is finished. Now off with you!"
Ray and Tyson nodded and left the shed, but not before stopping at the entrance path, seeing the new comer.
" I'd hold your tougne before I cut it off!" Enrique threatened.
Amber was so fustrated that she didn't care for his threats. " I want to know! Tell me or you'll regret it." She knew this was an empty and weak threat, but she didn't show she knew it.
Enrique glared at her. " And what could you do to me that I couldn't do back 10 times worse?"
Kai stepped in front of him and glared deep into the archer's eyes. " Lay a finger on her and you answer to me! She isn't showing any kind of threat towards you. You have no-"
" He does have right!" Tala interuped. " He has re uested permission to be my personal bodygaurd, unsure of that creature Alex."
/{/ Gorgous creature. } Tala thought and licked his lips at the though of her.
Nobody noticed this action because Ray and Tyson were dragging Amber away before she did something she would regret.
" I haven't gotten my answer yet! Let me go Ray! You too blue boy!" Amber shouted.
The bluenette sighed. " Names Tyson and no, were not letting you go."
Ray nodded. " Your going to say something that's going to put you into a lot of trouble. You've already said enough for Enrique to do his worst. Your just lucky that Kai stood up for you, Tala would have you lying in your own pool of bloof right about now." He said his last sentence after they had rounded the courner and were out of ear shot.
" He's not joking either. Tala isn't a good customer. You either follow the rules or suffer the concequences." Tyson warned.
Amber closed her eyes. " Whatever punishment he would give me wouldn't make me change my mind or will it ever!"
Ray and Tyson looked at each other. " We think other wise."
Amber opened her eyes and looked at Tyson. " What do you mean?"
Supper time rolled around and Alex only ate a piece of bread. Amber nudged her in the ribs and nodded towards Ray and Tyson, laughnig breefly.
" Those boys slaved away making supper and that's all your going to eat?" Ray and Tyson smiled and continued eating.
" Not bad if I say so myself." Tyson swallowed some ham and grinned.
Since he had become a new frien to the group, he sat with them.
Alex rolled her eyes, picked up a piece of chicken and began to eat it. Amber smiled and toke the remains of her water down her throat. She wiped her lips dry and looked around.
She first scanned the knights table. There were many men there, laughing loudly and drinking rum. Amber stopped Enrique glaring at her, she looked away, a smug smile on her face.
Next to catch her eyes was the ladies table. All the woman sat there, engadged in conversation and admiring the others outfits. Amber smiled, she used to do that with her mother when she was still living with her. Her mother had been requested to join a group of knights at the oceans coats. Her mother had the ability to see the future, so they thought it would bring them good luck.
Amber's eyes drifted to the next table. The royal table. She spotted King Johnny, who was talking to his son. Amber rested her eyes on Prince Max and sighed lovingly.
/{/ He's so handsome and charming. } Amber thought and smiled.
The prince met her eyes and Amber looked away blushing. Alex had followed Amber's gaze and she smirked when she was Prince Max smile back at Amber.
Alex nudged her in the side. " Aren't you the least bit happy that he's not like his father? Talk about bitchy!"
Ray chocked on his last bit of water and Tyson burst out laughing. His laughter was carried through the hall and he turned a few faces. Tyson saw the faces and stares, but keeped laughing. What Alex had said, then Ray sputtering his water, it was too funny to hold back.
Ray didn't want Tyson to get the stares and make him feel uncomfortable, so he started laughnig along with him. Soon Amber joined in and Alex felt like slapping them all.
" It wasn't that funny!" She protested loudly.
The hall grew silent and the only thing that was heard was the laughter of three servants and the crys from Alex.
" Would you three cut it out! Your going to make me go belistic!" Alex shouted, fists clenched.
MAber stopped laughnig and grinned at Alex. Then at the boys, who were still laughing, tears forming in there eyes.
" It was funny. What do you expect?" Amber grinned.
Alex rolled her eyes and got up from the table. the boys stopp laughnig and stared at her. Alex strolled out of the hall, all eyes on her.
" You can all stop with the stars! I'm not that damn fasinating!" Alex snapped before she left the hall.
