Chapter 16. Hunted

Lord Clegane had sent fifty men to ride to King's Landing and speak with the King and his Hand about what was happening. He also sent another 100 men to follow them and make sure they made it. Four days had passed and they were camped by a river. As they slept Arya and fifty men snuck into their camp and killed them in their sleep. As the sun rose up a hundred Lannister men rode upon Arya who was getting on her horse.

"Hold it right there!"

She rode off with the men chasing her. She lead them through the trees away from the river. As Arya passed a low hanging branch she leapt off the horse and into the tree. As the last man passed beneath her she jumped onto the back of the horse and snapped the man's neck. She threw him off the horse and pulled out a cross bow and shot the man in the back that was in front of her. She loaded another arrow and killed another. When she ran out of arrows Arya stopped her horse and whistled, drawing the attention of the men. She lead them towards the base of a mountain and drew her swords as they boxed her in.

"Throw down your weapons and surrender!" The Captain ordered.

Arya threw her swords point first into the ground and raised her hands, but she flicked her right hand as a signal. Dozens of arrows downed the men as Arya's men fired inti the Lannister men. Arya took out a throwing star and killed the Captain. Then she dismounted her horse snatching up the swords and charged the remaining soldiers. She leapt onto the saddle of one horse with one foot and flew swinging her swords. She killed two men and landed on her feet as they fell from their horse. She threw her right sword and killed another man as the next soldier charged her with a lance. Arya grabbed the lance and threw him off then she threw the lance like a spear and killed the rider.

"Strip their bodies!" Arya ordered when the fight was over.

"Where are you going?" Gendry asked.

"Back to the Lannister camp-I want to spy for the Tyrells and Martells-help them win a few key battles-I will join you in King's Landing soon-Make sure you everything is ready for me when I arrive." Gendry kissed Arya before leaving with the men.

A man knelt beside a pond to drink water and refill his water skin. As he drank from the pond Arya rose up out of the water and slit his throat. A man was taking a piss by a tree and was struck in the back by a thrown dagger. Arya was hunting the men who had been sent after the second unit that followed the first.

"Sir Delson and Zander haven't reported back yet!"

"Alright spread out 12 paces and search for them!" The Captain ordered.

"Someone help me!" A man screamed. As they ran towards the man in distress Arya swung down and decapitated a man with her sword. The man who cried for help had two spears in him. One was going into his back and the other his stomach.

"What is this?" A man yelled.

"We are being hunted!" The Captain said, "Back to back everyone! 8 paces and keep your eyes open."

They spread out through the woods heavily armed-one man had a bow and arrow while the other carried a sword, ax, or spear of some kind. "She's over here!" Someone screamed. Arya cut the bow in half and did a spin kick, then she spun around and cut off the other man's sword hand. She rolled to the ground stabbing her twin swords into the bowman's gut and vanished.

The Captain arrived to late that is when something struck him in the neck. He pulled a needle from his neck, as he did his eyes rolled in his head, he spit up white foam and died hitting the ground face first. "Shit poison!" The Commander said.

"She must be close to throw something like this!"

"I say we burn the forest-This bitch has been trained by some type of assassin's guild."

"Set torches! Burn the forest!" The Captain yelled.

As they set the forest ablaze Arya returned with the scouts to their camp disguised as a soldier.