Ever since the battle when she had been dragged away from me all I could think about was the moment that one day I would reunite with Kassandra.

I never thought it would be under this circumstance that I'd reunite with her. In the setting sun I ran through the woods with her in my arms. "Lincoln!"

Not many people knew that I lived through the war, it was agreed between Nia and Heda that Kassie didn't know, because if she knew she'd come back to me and risk another... disagreement. A few select people knew, Heda, Indra, Lincoln, and the Order of the Flame. Heda often had me help in training the Natblida Novitiates for the day that the Conclave came.

She thought it would be the best, she even promised that she wouldn't go after Kassie as long as she didn't fight to claim the throne of the twelve clans.

We did both know that Nia wouldn't stop training her though to take it once Heda fell.

"Damn it Lincoln, are you here?" I bellowed and Kassandra stirred a bit in my arms.

"Mikal, I thought you were in Polis?" Lincoln said as he stepped out of his cave and his eyes widen once he saw her in my arms. He ran forth and took her from my arms and ran into the cave with her. He set her down by the fire. "What happened to her?"

"From what I know it was the Maunon. But I don't really know." I told him as he took a knife and cut open her shirt to get a better look at her injuries.

"Help me get her armor off, she's in shock." He ordered and I immediately helped him lift her up a bit to slide it off.

"Did the bullet wound go through?" I asked him and he lifted her up a bit and shook his head, "Grab the bandages over there." he motioned over to the table up against the cave wall. I quickly got up grabbed the neatly folded pile he had stacked up with a bunch other medical supplies.

I joined him in the ground again, he had started the bullet out. I grabbed Kassandra's hand, holding it tight, not to tight though.

"I almost got it." Lincoln said and Kassandra whimpered.

"I think she's waking up Lincoln." I warned him and I knew he heard me but stayed focus on getting the bullet out."

"Let go of me, leave me alone." She muttered and she started to pull away from me and get up.

"Mikal hold her down, I almost got it, she moves much more she can injure herself further." Lincoln told me and I let got of her hand and gently held her down to where she wouldn't injure herself but where she would be still enough for us to save her.

She whimpered, "Nia, A'im no notrona. Teik ai go!" (Nia I am no traitor. Let me go!) I looked at her worried. How much had she gone through with Nia since the war and loosing her brother Roan who protected her from Nia to the treaty to keep the peace.

"Do you have it yet?" I asked Lincoln who was concentrated a moment later he had managed to get it and tossed the bullet to the side. Lincoln started to sew up the wound, I could feel Kassandra flinch with every stitch.

"Mikal hand me the cloth." I grabbed the cloth he had placed down and he wiped away the black blood on her wound.

He took a knife from the fire and I eyed it warily. "I have to cauterize the wound and then we can wrap it.

He quickly place it down against her wound and all of a sudden she lurched up and my air was cut off and her hand was wrapped tightly around my throat.

"Kassie!" I choked when recognition flickered upon her face and she let go of me and grabbed her side and fell, Lincoln caught her before she hit the ground.

"Freakin' Azgeda and fighting any chance they get." he muttered as I sat up massaging my neck as he wrapped the wound and laid her down and began to examine the stab wounds on her side.

"Will she be ok Lincoln?" I asked him biting my lip.

"She's lost a lot of blood Mikal, she may not pull through. She could though, she needs a lot of rest though." Lincoln told him and after everything was taken care of for her both of them sat around the fire in the cave monitoring her condition. The fallen princess from the Sky had changed since her arrival on Earth, she became a hardened warrior of her clan willing to do anything to protect the people that she cared deeply for.

Those who opposed her didn't know what they were getting themselves into.

Nope not Roan. He's her adopted older brother. Sorry for those of you that thought it was him. More backstory for Mikal later.

Sorry if this chapter sucks.

-AzgedaWarrior