Wow. Deadline came so fast. But I guess thats wat I get for being a lazy bum. First of all I shall tell He-Yan where I live. Being a bum I live on the streets of NYC. So your going to have trouble finding me. So you gotta go around and ask my friends down at the club of bums. But that will be too troublesome since well I don't wanna say it because it will just be too troublesome. Two the site for the Runescape Everyday Life comic has been launched and hopefully it won't die this time. We plan to update tuesdays, wednesdays, and thursdays. However I changed the title from Runescape Everyday Life to Runescape Prequel to War since it suits the story line more and some chapters will be cut out because it is not involved with the storyline. The site is posted in my profile
Chapter 7: Battle on the Plains
Falador
As Jack swung his sword in rhythm preparing his technique the man dived down at Jack planning a lunge.
"MIDOAIRO!" shouted Jack as he swung down his sword in midair catching the man in his lunge and creating five spread out air waves with his sword.
The man flew back and caught himself in his fall and landed on top of a building. With a quick swipe the man sheathed his sword and wiped the blood off from his forehead and lifted his head.
"That was fun. We gotta do that more often" said Killerbum.
"Hey Jack! Stop fqking around and start loading this food onto the wagons! And Private Bum get down here! Your creating a scene! As a punishment for deserting the regiment and disturbance of peace in the city you are to help Jack pack these supplies! Now hurry up!" shouted Ace.
"So where've you been for the past month?" asked Ace as he helped with the loading of supplies.
"Learning how to fight like Jackisgay and Killerine from Jackasswei and his crew" answered Killerbum as he loaded another sack of potatos onto the wagons.
"Good. Cause we need the best fighters we can when we're storming that mountain in a week and one week should be enough for the men to recooperate and then the new aircrafts are gonna keep those troops busy while we storm the fields" said Ace.
"It's alright Ace. I'll-"
"Done! Ready to go sir!" saluted Killerbum.
"Good job. Alright move those wagons boys! Bum you take the right flank and Jack you take the left. I got the front" ordered Ace.
"Yes sir" replied Jack and Killerbum.
Falador Plains
Moving the cargo back was the problem for the army since the last 3 times they tried even with escorts, they were over powered. This time the captain himself and the medic fighter went to escort the cargo. Now with a more experinced fighter who was no longer a LT from the Royal Guard the cargo crew felt like they stood a better chance.
"Halt!" shouted Ace holding up his hands as he spotted dust coming straight from the north. Looking through his telescope he found out that it was goblin wolf riders coming in hot. Probably a squad of 10-15. Unlike any of the other wolf riders he has seen these are organized in ranks. The first rank had five goblins carrying spears already in charging position and the 2nd rank had archers that were already aiming their bows and the 3rd rank had short swords. "Organized Goblin wolf riders coming in 12 o'clock!" shouted Ace.
"Same here Ace. They seem a whole lot well tamed, organized and trained to function as groups! I never saw anything like this!" reported Bum 3 o'clock.
"I'm seeing the same thing here! Only that I got 2 ranks of them! Around like 8 or so riders!" reported Jack 9 o'clock.
"Looks like you got the majority of them Ace! Think you can cope with it?" asked Bum.
"Hey watch it kid! I'm still your commaning officer!" shouted Ace as he brandished his sword and rode forward in odds of 1 to 15.
"Dieeeeeeeeeee!" shouted Ace as he swung his sword and slashed the first goblin cavalary off from his mount. Decapitated the 2nd rank archer and made the 3rd rank sword wielder gush blood from his throat all the way down to his stomach. Turning his horse around he rerouted back towards the charging force towards the cargo. Aiming for the whole sword rank he rode between 2 riders and exchanged blows with both sides.
Parrying hits with his left arm armor. The metal the goblin used wasnt enough to dent or scratch his armor. Killing the goblin to his right with his sword with a downwards slash he killed his mount as well. With his left hand he grabbed the goblin's arm that was striking him with his blade and lifted him off his mount and stabbed him with sword and messed up his intestines and dropped him on the field. As he was doing this his horse after being through so many battles rammed the goblins mount and kicked the head of the wolf with it's knee in mid gallop which snapped it's neck. With 2 more sword riders left Ace sheathed his sword and wielded his bow hanging from the left side of mount.
Drawing an arrow from his quivery he took aim and shot the rider's mount in the head which tumbled and dismounted the rider and squashed the rider itself in it's fall. Nocking another arrow, Ace took aim once more and shot it without hesitation. Killing the last sword rider. With the 1st and 2nd rank riders closing the distance between themselves and the cargo, Ace nocked 4 arrows and fired them in a wide shot. Quickly nocking another 4 he kept firing 4 at a time until there was only 1 archer left. The last archer noticed that it's comrades had fallen began to fire back at Ace but he killed him with a shot to the head. The cavlary has already reached the cargo but the cargo crew themselves had taken up crossbows and dealt with 2 of the spear carriers. As the spear carriers returned to attack from the back the crew fired another round of bolts finishing the carriers off.
"It's alright here sir. We got 'em with a few scratches on the wagons here and there! Go help the left or right flanks. We can take care of ourselves on the front!" shouted one of the drivers for the wagons. Nodding in acknowledgement Ace decided to go check on Killerbum.
Right Flank during Ace's fight on 12 o'clock
There were 2 ranks of goblin wolf riders heading towards Killerbum. Both ranks had rapiers drawn. Probably to graze open the cloth of the wagons to let the supplies fall out. Drawing his family sword Killerbum rode forward to confront them with all haste but as he reached them, the ranks began to disperse and in a moment they formed a small circle around him and began to close in on him. As he stopped his horse the squad also stopped except for 2 riders who went on to do their mission.
Not waiting another second Killerbum off from his horse and ran towards the rider in front of him and chopped off the legs of this mount and decapitated the goblin as the goblin to his left was about to swing he shield himself with his sword as he ran towards the goblin and his mount and sliced both the rider and the wolf inhalf and working his way to the next rider he stabbed the goblin in the stomach and moved his sword down and then right very quickly thus destorying the insides of the goblin. Dashing to the goblin across from him he performed an upwards slash which cutted the wolf's head in half and snapped the goblin's neck as well as destroying his jaw along the way. The last of the 3 riders dismounted knowing that riding at this close range was a disadavantage they circled Killerbum with caution, but unfortunately they were a bit to careless to get within striking range of Killerbum that he swung his sword in a circle which miracuosly decapitated all 3 of them. Remounting his horse again Killerbum rode back towards the wagons to find that Ace has already dealt with the 2 goblins that were about to attack the wagons.
9 o'clock during Ace's and Killerbum's fights
There were 2 ranks heading towards Jackisgay's flank. Placing one hand on his horse he made 3 gestures with his hand as he chanted an incantation and all of a sudden poof. 8 copies of him and his horse were made but the ones that were hit once would disappear. His clones were blue to him but to the goblins they were the same color as him and his horse. Riding forward with his clones they formed their own little ranks with Jack himself in the 2nd rank with 3 other clones nocking the arrows into the bows. Taking precise aim he fired and the 3 clones fired as well which took down the first rank of spear carrying goblins and as his first rank of clones collided with the 2nd rank of sword users his 2nd rank switched to melee weapons and finished off the remaining riders with only 5 clones left. As he rode back to his position he met Ace and Bum on his flank already his clones disappeared one by one into blue mist. Resuming his position he reported to Ace.
"Threat elminated sir" reported Jackisgay.
"Same here for both our flanks solder" reported Ace. "And it seems like Killerbum isn't completely able to handle his foes. You may have gotten better but you certainly do need better horse riding and combat training" commented Ace as they reached camp.
"Hey guys we got the supplies! Get organized into your squads and prepare to recieve rations! And be ready to have a welcom back party!" shouted Ace!
As this was shouted a huge bustle was made over the camp as soldiers began to get organized to recieve rations, medical supplies and other supplies. Soon the camp was in loud cheers and noises and singing was heard in shouts were made for the 3 and the crew who succesfully escorted the cargo crew back to safety. It was night and fires were erected and the sound of men dancing and singing could still be heard throughout the night. Laughing and chattering of happy times was once again heard. Hope had once more returned to the soldiers. At one bonfire the Red, Mat, Ace, Legacy, Dritz, Jack, and Bum all sat in one circle litsening to Bum tell them what happened and Ace explaing to Bum what has happened when he left.