A low painful groan came from Farkas as he slowly regained consciousness. He slowly opened his eyes and winced at the sun light, it burned his eyes and gave him a head ache. His head felt like it had just been smashed with a boulder. He slowly rolled over onto his stomach and let out another groan. He placed his hands on his forehead and began to remember what happened.
Once he remembered everything he quickly jumped to his feet as if he completely forgotten the pain. His gut dropped once he saw all of the bodies and blood on the ground. They were tore to pieces and barely recognizable. He looked down at himself and saw that he was covered in blood and naked. Being naked wasn't bothering at the moment though, the fact that he did all of this made him want to be sick.
These Thalmor soldiers were bad people but they didn't deserve this. No not this and Farkas knew he was probably damned from it. He swallowed hard as he forced himself to look back at the scene. He knew that he needed to clean himself up and get out of there before someone came alone. He quickly searched the camp and luckily found some cloths. He grabbed them and headed for the small pond not far from the camp.
It didn't take Farkas long to clean himself up and get dressed. He grabbed his things and left the camp without looking back. As he walked down the road he started to go through his thoughts. He remembered what the soldiers were talking about last night before he..killed them... Farkas's stomach twisted as he thought about the planned attack on Whiterun. He was trying to decide if he should head back to Skyrim to warn everyone or if he should find June and Vilkas again.
He let out a small sigh and started to head to Raven Rock. It was the closest place and the only place he knew of that had a blacksmith. He needed new armor now and maybe he would find someone who's seen his friends. He figured that Vilkas would be looking for him or maybe they had to return to Raven Rock. It was worth a shot to ask around at least.
It only took Farkas half a day to reach Raven Rock, the first place he went was the Inn. When the Inn Keeper saw that Farkas returned he looked relieved. "It's good to see you again friend, I was worried those pirates down there got you." He spoke with a smile. "No, they didn't get me..." Farkas quickly cleared his throat. "You just missed your friends, they left a couple hours ago." The Inn Keeper grabbed his rag and started wiping the counter off.
Farkas's eyes widened and he quickly walked up to the counter. "What? What were they doing? Do you know where they went?" Farkas asked quickly. "Well, I overheard them a little bit." The Inn Keeper looked back up at him. "I think I heard them saying something about being finished with the stone and I think they said they were going to travel west from here." The Inn Keeper answered. "West?" Farkas furrowed his eyebrows down. "Do you know if anything is out there?" Farkas asked.
The Inn Keeper shook his head. "There's a lot of things out there friend." He picked up a mug and started cleaning it. "Anything...particular?" Farkas stood up crossing his arms. "Hmm..." The Inn Keeper put the mug down and looked up thinking for a moment. "Well there's one of those shrines out there that everyone's been so wrapped up about." The Inn Keeper shrugged and started cleaning the mug again.
Farkas thought for a moment and than realized it must be like the shrine here in Raven Rock. "What stone were they talking about?" Farkas asked. "If I were to guess, the one inside that strange shrine the locals are building close to town. Well, were building I should say. I've heard that they stopped working on it, but I don't know why." He said with another shrug.
Farkas figured that that is what they were talking about. Whatever June and Vilkas were doing it had something to do with the shrines and he needed to hurry up and catch up to them. He needed to let them know what was going on. "Thanks." Farkas nodded to the Inn Keeper and than turned around leaving the Inn. Before he could go he needed to see the Blacksmith first. He walked to it and watched the Blacksmith hammering down on a sword.
The Blacksmith looked up at him, he put the hammer down and wiped the sweat from his forehead. "Can I do something for you?" He asked walking over to Farkas. "Do you by any chance have any armor made?" Farkas asked. The Blacksmith examined him for a minute and than nodded. "I do but it might be a bit too small for you. You see I mainly make armor for the elves here and their a bit..skinnier than you." The Blacksmith pointed to Farkas's muscles. "I can adjust it though for you but it might take a couple days." The Blacksmith crossed his arms.
"A couple days?" Farkas sighed. "That's the best I can do." The Blacksmith nodded. Farkas let out another sigh, he didn't have much of a choice. "Alright I'll take it." Farkas took out a coin purse and handed it to the Blacksmith. "Step over here and let me get a measurement on you." The Blacksmith gestured Farkas. Farkas stepped over and stood still as the Blacksmith measured him and examined him. "Yep, two days it will be done." The Blacksmith took a step away from Farkas. Farkas nodded and started to head back to the Inn. 'Looks like I gotta get a room after all, wouldn't hurt to get something to eat also...'
One week later.
"Look out!" June yelled at Vilkas. Vilkas had fallen to the ground and the Lurker that came from this stone was about to slash him. June quickly pulled an arrow back and shot it right at the back of its head. The arrow hit it directly in its soft spot. The Lurker let out a low cry and than fell to the ground dead. Vilkas breathed out loudly, for a moment he thought he was done for. "You okay?" June quickly ran over to him. "Yea." Vilkas slowly got up from the ground. He rubbed his sore back and looked around.
Everyone that was controlled by this stone was now free and okay. They both sighed in relief when they saw that. "Was this the last one?" Vilkas asked looking back at June. "Yes, I think so." June looked at the stone in the middle of the shrine. "Thank the gods." Vilkas said with a sigh. It had been a week since they left Raven Rock to take care of the rest of the stones and they had been working non stop. June refused to take a break but maybe now they could.
"So what should we do now that this is done?" Vilkas asked. "I'm not sure.." June furrowed her eyebrows down. She didn't think about it until now. She had no idea of what to do next. "Maybe we should return to the Skaal village, Scorn will probably want to know that it's done." June said with a shrug. "Maybe he'll know what we should do next." Vilkas said. "Yea." June said with a sigh. "What?" Vilkas raised an eyebrow at her.
June just shrugged and looked down at the ground. "What is it?" Vilkas took a step towards her. "I keep thinking that we should just go for Miraak already." She said with a shrug. "That is probably the smart thing to do but what's not smart about it is that we don't know how to get to him exactly. The only time you saw him was when you opened that strange book." Vilkas crossed his arms. June turned her head away from him and kept her eyes down on the ground. She bit the side of her cheek as she started to think.
Vilkas furrowed his eyebrows down and looked at her confused. "The book.." She spoke quietly. "That book must have something to do with him right? It did take me to him." June looked up and grabbed her chin thinking more. "Scorn has the book still right?" She looked at Vilkas. "Last I checked he did." Vilkas shrugged. "Then we definitely need to go back to the village. I need to know more about that book." June quickly took off walking. Vilkas let out a sigh and ran after her. 'I knew I was hoping too much for a break..'
They were on the road all day, Vilkas had no idea how far the village was and he was growing tired and hungry. They hadn't stopped yet. "June." He stopped and grabbed her shoulder making her stop. June turned around and raised an eyebrow up at him. "Let's stop for a break." Vilkas suggested. "What? No, we need to get back to the village." June furrowed her eyebrows down. "I know you want to hurry and get there but come on June. We haven't eaten anything all day and I'm tired." Vilkas crossed his arms. "Besides we probably won't get there today, we gotta stop sometime." Vilkas looked up at the sky.
The day was coming to a quick end. "Alright fine." June sighed. Vilkas smiled relieved that he was going to get to sit down finally. "Come on let's-" He cut himself off as he looked up at the distance. He furrowed his eyebrows down. June looked at him confused and than turned around looking down the road, she too furrowed her eyebrows down as she saw a figure running towards them.
Soon they heard shouting coming from it. It took them a moment to realize that it was Farkas. "Farkas!" Vilkas took off running towards him. June quickly ran after him. "There you guys are!" Farkas spoke in a tired voice. He knelt down catching his breath. "There you are!" Vilkas replied. "Where'd you go brother?" Vilkas looked at him noticing that he had different armor on. "It's..A long story." Farkas let out a deep breath and stood up straight.
"Come, we were just about to set up camp. You can tell us about it than." Vilkas patted Farkas on the shoulder and than they all walked off the road finding a place to set up their camp. It took the about an hour to get everything set up including the fire. After they set up camp they all sat down grabbing a bite to eat and Vilkas and June both listened to Farkas.
They were both frozen and in shock once he was done. Farkas rubbed his hands together as he stared at the fire, he was waiting for them to speak but they just stared at him in silence. "So..They're all dead than?" June slowly asked. "Yea..At least the ones at the camp.." Farkas answered queitly. "Don't be angry with yourself Farkas." Vilkas spoke. "I probably would of lost control too." He tried making his brother feel better but it didn't work.
Farkas just shrugged and let out a sigh. "Let's talk about the Thalmor for a moment." June quickly spoke out. "Why are they working with the cultist's? What could they possibly get from it?" She furrowed her eyebrows down. Farkas just shrugged again. "I don't know and I don't care right now. All I do know is that they are going to attack Whiterun and probably all of Skyrim here soon." Farkas looked up at them. Vilkas clenched his jaw as he started to think about the Companions. They wouldn't be able to take on a hole army of Thalmor, than he started thinking about all of the people in Whiterun that will be killed.
June let out a frustrated sigh, she bowed her head and rubbed her forehead. "I..I don't know what to do.." She spoke through her teeth. She was aggravated, worried, and angry. She hated not knowing. "We can't go back to Skyrim, not now." June sat up and stood up from the ground. She dusted her pants off and started to walk around. "I can though." Farkas looked up at her and watched her. "What?" Vilkas furrowed his eyebrows down. "I can go back and warn them of the attack, maybe even help." Farkas looked at his brother.
"Alone?" Vilkas leaned forward. "It's better than doing nothing, you two can finish here and I'll go back to Skyrim. I have too..." Farkas slowly looked back down. "I don't think I'm much help to you here anyways." He shrugged. Vilkas looked up at June and she looked at him. They both met eye contact for a moment and than looked back at Farkas. "Are..Are you sure?" Vilkas asked.
"Yes, definitely." Farkas nodded. "Well, alright. If that's what you want to do." Vilkas nodded back. "Just know that you won't alone there for long, we'll come back as soon as we're finished here." Vilkas looked back at June and she nodded at Farkas. "Alright." He nodded back at June. "I'll head for Raven Rock tomorrow morning and take the first ship back." Farkas explained. "Okay, enough talk about this. Let's all sit here and have a good drink tonight...We might not have another chance.." Vilkas spoke in a low and almost sad voice.
Once he said that they all grew quiet, he was right. Who knew how long this would take and who knew what would happen next. Everything was an unknown and that is what scared June the most. She quickly shook her head knocking herself out of her thoughts and took a seat down next to Vilkas. Vilkas poured them all a mug of ale, they all toasted to each other and began their drinking. At least tonight, they could just sit and enjoy each others company.
