Chapter #10

Soon the sky darkened and we were in place, ready to storm the castle. Or make fools out of ourselves and die. That could happen. Or we could live happily ever after like in fairytales. I liked that option the best.

We were once again hiding behind a wall but this time we were just a few feet away from the huge castle gate. The resolute guards showed no sign of wandering off for a cup of coffee as I had hoped.

All together we looked over the wall and looked over at our two greatest obstacles keeping us out of the castle. Then we sunk back down. For a few seconds we just looked at each other sitting in a circle.

Then Indigo put a hand out in the center. Fezzik placed his giant hand over Indigo's and I put mine over both of theirs. We all looked over at Wesley who was trying to move his hand. With a sigh I lifted it up and put it onto all of ours.

"Okay Fezzik," I said once we had finished with the hand thing, "put on your cloak."

"Why do I have to wear the cloak," he complained, "and be set on fire."

"Because you are the scariest," I told him handing him the bundle, "and the cloak fits you so nicely." He shrugged it on and then stood on the wheel barrow. The Indigo and I began to push the wheel barrow towards the men guarding the gate, hunched over so they couldn't see us. Wesley tried to help but mostly just leaned on top of the wheel barrow and us.

The men began to panic when they saw us, or rather Fezzik since they couldn't see Indigo, Wesley, or me. It was hard to blame them since Fezzik, standing on the wheel barrow towered even taller then he normally did.

"Stand your ground men," cried their leader, "stand your ground!"

"I am," Fezzik boomed, "the Dread Pirate Roberts." The cloak was pulled down so his face was impossible to see creating an even more sinister effect. "There will be no survivors!" Now the guards were trying to back away running into each other as they did.

"Now?" Indigo asked.

"Not yet," Wesley answered.

"My men are here," Fezzik yelled at the guards, "I am here. But soon, you will not be here."

"Now?" Indigo asked again his voice straining.

"Light him." Using a match I lit the holocaust cloak that Fezzik was wearing. It burst into flames lighting up the whole courtyard.

"The Dread Pirate Roberts takes no survivors!" The guards' faces glowed in the light from the fire. "All your worst nightmares are about to come true." The guards had backed up almost on top of the gate now. "The Dread Pirate Roberts has come FOR YOUR SOULS!" He boomed in a deep thunderous roar. Complete chaos erupted and the men fled for there lives stumbling over each other in the process. Only the man in charge attempted to keep them there to fight. Within seconds he was left all alone guarding the gate.

I grabbed a bucket of water out of the back of the wheel barrow and threw it over Fezzik to douse the flames. He struggled out of the cloak as the man in charge I now recognized as Yellion our former boss pulled a lever and a great barred gate began to come down.

"Fezzik," Wesley yelled pointing, "the portcullis." Fezzik grabbed the barred gate, which I guessed was a portcullis, and lifted it back up so we could walk through to the gate and Yellion. Indigo was now completely in charge of dragging Wesley while we all surrounded Yellion.

"Give us the gate key," ordered Wesley.

"I have," our former boss said silkily, "no gate key."

"Fezzik tear his arms out." Indigo commanded and Yellion went ghost white.

"Oh," he said quickly pulling out a brass key, "you mean this gate key." I took the key and opened the door and we ran into the castle. We went through the castle as quietly as possible. Now it was Fezzik's turn to carry Wesley. Then all of the sudden Count Rugen came running around the corner followed by four guards.

"Allow me," Indigo said to us stepping forward. He looked thrilled but serious now that his life long ambition of killing his father's killer was in sight. The Count and the guards stopped and stared.

"Kill the dark one, the girl, and the giant;" the Count told his men, "but leave the fourth for questioning." The guards rushed forward but they didn't stand a chance against Indigo's sword. He cut them down like they were nothing. The he addressed the Count.

"Hello," he finally said, "my name is Indigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die." Then they both got into a fighting stance and prepared for battle. The room buzzed with the intense energy coming from the two men.

Then Count Rugen turned on his heel and fled down the hall as fast as he could.