Chapter 3
Meet, greet and rescue!
Three months later
There had been no news of the Azure Knight, so everyone has the idea that he is dead. People where going about there everyday business, but Cassandra stood on the hill alone… she knew he was still out there. She had her weapons at the ready. Just as she got to the gates, she saw Sophitia blocking her way "Where are you going sister?" Cassandra looked at her and said "Something isn't right… so i'm going to investigate" Sophitia shook her head "Ostrheinburg?" Cassandra looked down… "Just be careful…" Sophitia moved out of the way.
Cassandra ran through the gates and headed in the direction or Ostrheinburg … the place she last met Nightmare. It took a few days, but she got to the chapel where she did battle with the knight… but he was gone. The whole place was empty… it looked as though many battles took place… maybe he was actually defeated. Cassandra gave a sad sigh and walked off into the woods on her way home.
She was ambushed by some bandits… she didn't stand a chance against the two behemoths of men she bumped into. "Hey… she has nice stuff" the biggest one said, the smaller one looked at him and said "it's mainly junk! The only worthwhile things here are her weapons!" The big one walked up to her, brandishing his war hammer "So… we kill then?" the smaller one walked up to his friend and said "not yet… she's a pretty little girl, aint ya!" Cassandra couldn't move, she had been tied down to the ground "Let's have some fun with her!" They start to get close to her, the smaller one then pushes the bigger one out the way "Me first!" He lies on top of her, and tries to kiss her, but she moves. He then smacks her across the face, he the goes to put his hand up her skirt, when he hears a noise.
"What was that?" Then a guy in silver armour jumps out of the bushes knocking over the big guy, he then swings his zweihander at the small guy, he moved. The knight almost got Cassandra, but cut the ropes on her right hand-side. The small guy starts shouting at the knight "HEY! What do you think you are doing! That's my plaything!" The knight looked at him, and charged at him, the bigger guy got in the way and took the blow. "Gunthor! Grr, you'll pay for that!" The small guy readied his arm blades and started attacking the knight, but he kept blocking. This went on for about two minutes, before the small guy got a lucky shot, getting the knight in a small hole in his armour near his leg. "Game over knight!" Suddenly he felt a sharp pain in his back, he looked back and saw Cassandra pushing he sword into his back… "Who's getting penetrated now, eh?" the guy fell to the floor.
She runs over to the knight, who tried to walk away. "You're hurt!" She sits him down next to a tree. "It's nothing… just a flesh wound!" He tried to get up, but fell down again. Cassandra looks about for a bit, "look, ill take you to my home, my sister is a healer, she can help you…" He looks at her and sees she's trying to get his name "My name… my name…" He was trying to remember… "My name… is Siegfried Schatuffen" Cassandra knelt beside him "My name is Cassandra Alexandra… nice to meet you" He looks up "Sophitia's sister…" She looks at him "You know my sister?" He looked away and said "We met once or twice…" Cassandra looked towards a road in the forest and hears a cart going past! "I'll go get this cart to take us to my house, hold on!"
Cassandra ran off in the direction of the road, while Siegfried lay there, motionless, he looks to the bag he is carrying on his back… he can hear the voices in his head telling him to let it go. He shrugs it off, "C'mon!" He looks up to see Cassandra "I've got us a lift, lets go!"