Hey everyone. Here is another chapter. Sorry about the weight, got distracted then College set back in.
Crowley was seated at his desk, writing on parchment. He was doing the mountains of paperwork that came with being the the Ranger Commandant. However, Crowley did not expect the day to go the way it would go. "Paperwork, paperwork." He mutters scratching his chin. After dipping his quill into the ink the sound of scratching filled the room again.
The door opened suddenly and Halt walked into the room. Crowley looked up, surprised his old friend was coming in so suddenly and unannounced. Halt always either told him he was coming, or Crowley knew if he was on his way. "Crowley, we have a bit of an issue." Halt says leaning over the desk.
Crowley sets his quill down looking up at his old friend. If Halt hadn't rushed in with a concerned look on his face he might have teased him about something. His appearance, skills, anything really. "What is going on Halt?" Crowley asks leaning in.
Halt takes his own deep breath. "This is going to sound crazy." He tells Crowley as a sort of preface. "I found someone up North, while we were intercepting the Pict scouting parties." Halt continues to explain what was going on. "He is a soldier of sorts." Halt tells him.
"What kind of Soldier? A Pict? Skandian?" Crowley asks trying to understand the situation. "Does he have information? What is important about this soldier?"
Halt shakes his head. "No, he is none of those. He isn't exactly from here. He doesn't know how he got here, and neither do we." Halt explains knowing that this sounds crazy. Mainly because it was absolutely insane, but outside of the office was the man in question. "He somehow ended up here, and we have no idea how or why." Halt continues. "We talked to him, and he might be a huge help to us." He finishes with a sigh. "Just speak to him." Halt says walking back to the door and opening it.
Crowley saw the man in question, and he was already intrigued by him. He noticed his build, and of course his clothes. Crowley as well noticed how they attempted to break up the figured of the person wearing it. That of course is what made him all the more interesting. "Well it seems you have caused quite the stir. You have one of my best Ranger's confused." Crowley says before smirking. "That beng Will of course."He calls back to Halt, not able to hold himself back from the joke. "My name is Crowley. So let's hear about yourself."
James nodded sitting down across the man. He noticed Crowley was short like Will and Halt, and had the same sort of lean build about them. He was a redhead, but other than that normal enough. "Well I am a Staff Sergeant with the United States Army." James started, knowing that was not going to make much sense. "I'm apart of a group of soldiers called the Green Berets. We are special forces, a group of highly trained soldiers." James explains, hoping this was making sense.
Crowley was taking it all in, not speaking and letting the man tell his tale. He liked the sound of highly trained soldiers, mainly because it sounded like the Rangers. The World was heating up, and it looked like conflicts were about to flare up. The Kingdom would need good soldiers.
"We excelled at training soldiers, how to fight and be professional." James explains. "That is what we were best at." James finishes with a nod.
Halt had of course heard parts of this already, but his mind was of course working. He wanted to use this strange soldier, see what he knew and possible train soldiers with what he knew.
Outside Will had his ear up against the door, listening to the conversation of course. He was also thinking many of the same things, but he wasn't in the meeting which annoyed him.
"Well, it seems you have some skills, some skills that we would like to test. Maybe if you show us that you have what it takes, we can learn from you." Crowley tells him leaning forward. A couple years ago Crowley would have approached this situation with much more caution, however this was a different time. Things were getting worse and if this man could enhance the Rangers then it would have been worth it. "Halt." Crowley says looking at his friend in the back. "Take James back to Redmont. You and Will work with him and find out what he knows."
Halt nodded when told his orders. "Come." Halt gruffs to James as he left the room. Halt himself was curious as to how this man could help the Rangers. Of course when both of them left the room Will gave both of them a strange look.
"Are we leaving? What is going on?" Will asks following them anyway. Will was curious about this new person. He wanted to pick his brain, and figure out what he knew. He wondered where he was from, and what everything was like there. The group left the Castle and mounted horses again, starting to ride back. Will looked over at James, who was struggling to ride a horse. "You don't seem very used to riding a horse." Will says to James, glancing over with a smirk on his face.
James glances over, trying his best to keep balance on the horse. He laughed softly shaking his head. "No, I've never done this before." James explains barely able to ride a horse correctly. "Our soldiers haven't rode horses in about 100 years." Thinking back on the past of the world he came from. About how a couple days ago he was riding in a steel box flying through sky. He had a rifle with night vision and modern GPS systems. Now he was back in medieval Europe, where they longbow was the most advanced weapons system. "Actually." James starts to add looking down. "A group of Green Berets, a couple years ago, actually rode horses to defeat a group of people." James recalls knowing it would be hard to explain. "It was unconventional, but they rode horses. They shouldn't have won, but they did." James tells them laughing softly.
Will looked over only more confused, to him having a horse in many scenarios was a huge advantage. He found it hard to imagine a world where the horse wasn't important. He had no idea what kind of weapons they had in Jame's world, but if he did it would blow his mind.
"Cut the chit chat." Halt said from the front, of course cutting off a the fun Will was having. It was something he did often, but of course Halt had to have his own fun.
The group rode the rest of the day, arriving at the Ranger's Cabin late in the evening, the group arrived to find Alyss was gone. However no note was left behind, which both Ranger's found strange. She would always leave a note for Will if she was going to be gone, yet there was nothing to be found. Little did either of them know who was waiting for them up at the Castle.
Sorry this is a bit short, but this is to just show you guys I'm still alive and writing. Things got busy and when school came back around, now I am settled to write again. Enjoy! Another will come soon.
