David Shuter DR fanfiction
SHADESLAYER AND LIGHTNINGSWORD
"It is time." Murtagh said as he made sure his bow was strung properly. Meghan was doing the same. I was checking the saddle straps on Zeus, making sure they were tight enough. The plan was Meghan, Zeus and I were to cause a distraction for Murtagh to free Eragon, Saphira would wait close enough to hear Eragon's thoughts, as a signal for her to get Eragon and Murtagh out of there, Zeus, Meghan and I would be close behind. I mounted Zeus, pulling Meghan up with me.
"We will start the assault ten minutes after you enter Gil'lead Murtagh. May the gods be with you."
"And with you too." Zeus turned and bopped noses with Saphira
"we will rescue your Rider, Saphira of blue scales, may the wind rise up under your wings"
"And you too, Zeus of black scales, I thank you. You too little ones" Saphira said as she rubbed her nose against both mine and Meghan's foreheads, she took off to reach her destination spot. Murtagh took off at a jog towards Gil'lead. Ten minutes after he was inside Zeus un-folded his wings and roared as he took off. Both of our minds blocked off from each other incase there were Magicians in Gil'lead.
"Meghan, take out the guard on the walls first, from Zeus's back, then we will land, kill a soldier and take his sword, then cover my back, Zeus, destroy as many soldier filled buildings as possible, watch towers included, lets lay waste to Gil'lead!" I ordered, then chuckled slightly "feels weird giving the orders... I'm used to Percy or Jason giving orders" Meghan laughed. As we got closer Guards yelled, Meghan started picking them off. Zeus roared and knocked a flimsy guard tower down with his tail. Archers started firing arrows at us. I raised my hand and roared
"Letta! Meghan! Take out the archers!" the arrows stopped as they got close, I said a few words in the ancient language, turning them around, to face their owners, then said
"Thrysta!" they hit their marks. Meghan yelled
"I think that's the last of them, take us down Zeus!" Zeus roared and dived, landing hard. I jumped off his back, ripping Kveykva from it's sheath. I ran right at the soldiers, who were yelling
"BACK UP! SOUND THE ALARM! SOUND THE AL-." I cut right through his neck. then turned, parried a spear, stabbed the spear man in the chest. 2 swords men ran at me, roaring, one went down with an arrow in the eye, the other I chopped through easily. I grabbed one of the swords and tossed it to Meghan, then pointed my hand to a Barracks which was slowly arrousing and said
"Brisingr!" flames sprouted one corner and quickly spread to the whole building, it being made out of wood. The yells of the rousing turned into screams of panic. Zeus took off and started ripping up at another one. Soon Soldiers were spilling out into the streets, almost as if they had been expecting us and stocked the city with troops. Meghan muttered beside me
"this is not good, this is so not good."
"I know love, but we have to fight through it. ZEUS!" almost instantly Zeus landed in front of me and Roared at the incoming Soldiers, making them freeze, but the braver ones lead the charge, Zeus used his tail to kill the first wave, then fell back to beside me. The rest charged. Soon we were all covered in blood, cuts and bruises, and a small pile of Bodies lay dead at our feet.
"What is taking them so long?!" I yell to Meghan and Zeus, almost as if Saphira heard me she flew onto the scene, right above us, then landed on the jail, ripping the roof off.
"Meghan, get on Zeus" I told her, she obeyed. I climbed on after her, Zeus roared and took off, just as Saphira took off, with difficulty. Archers started firing at her, Zeus forced his way back into my mind
"she's Carrying 3! She is not strong enough to do that for long, and having holes in her wigs won't help" he told me, and adjusted corse so it put himself in the arrows path, then roared in pain as they pierced his wings. I groaned as I felt his pain as mine
"Zeus! Get out of here, Saphira is at a safe distance! Go!"
"Aye" he turned and flapped his wounded wings as fast and powerful as he could. After a little while we descended to where the Horses were. I jumped off Zeus and ran to Eragon.
"Eragon! You had us worried!" I say as I clap him on the shoulder. He smiles at me
"I had myself worried too, if you guys hadn't rescued me..." he trailed off. I noticed the third person was actually an elf woman. I decided not to bring this up and proceeded to heal Zeus, Meghan and Myself. After they were all healed Saphira walked up to Zeus and touched her nose to him.
"Thank you Zeus, you saved me a great deal of struggle, taking those arrows" she says then hums. Zeus hums with her saying
"it is what you would have done in my position."
"Aye, but is was still brave" I chuckle then turn to Eragon, Murtagh and Meghan.
"We have to get out of here, we could ditch Snowfire and your horse Murtagh, but I know you are attached to them, so we have to move now." Murtagh grunts saying
"damn straight." Eragon says
"we should head across the desert then to the boer mountains, only a fool would follow us there" Murtagh says
"but that would make us fools too, there is no water in the desert" Eragon says
"it's our best option, and I have a plan for the water" Murtagh sighs and climbs onto his horse
"then lets get a move on" and we that we hop onto our mounts and set off for the boer mountains.
The next few days were the worst of my life, the Desert was huge, and hot. In that time we learned how to get to the varden from the still comatose Elf woman, Arya. Finally we got out of the Hadriac desert. Now we are camping on the edge of the boers. I'm resting against Zeus's belly, with Meghan leaning against me, my arm around her. Saphira was resting not far off. Eragon and Murtagh were talking by the horses.
"Then we can make for the Varden" Eragon was saying
"I told you I am not going off to the Varden, this is where we split ways" Murtagh said. I didn't bother standing up and said
"don't be a fool Murtagh, you have defied the king, he wants you almost as much as he wants us" Eragon nodded and said
"the Varden is the only safe place for you" Murtagh pushed Eragon and yelled
"Your wrong! It is probably the most dangerous place for me! Only if you knew!" Eragon pushed back
"Then tell me!" Murtagh yelled
"No!" and tackled Eragon. I went to get up and break the fight up, but Meghan pulled me back against her chest
"don't" she whispered in my ear as she flattened my hair soothingly. Saphira jumped forward and pulled Murtagh off Eragon and pinned him under one of her forepaws, Zeus stood up and pinned Eragon to the ground with ones of his, to stop him trying to continue the fight. I stood up and said
"enough, Murtagh, I understand that you have secrets you don't want to tell us, but if it affects how we will be welcomed at the varden, I think we deserve to know, and Eragon, don't force Murtagh to do something he doesn't want to do. Now both of you, apologize" Saphira and Zeus growled approval. Eragon said after a few seconds
"I'm sorry Murtagh" Murtagh grudgingly said
"I'm sorry as well Eragon" Zeus and Saphira both let go. Murtagh stood up, as well did Eragon. Murtagh then sighed and said
"this isn't the first time I have seen that Sword" he gestured to Zar'roc
"you knew Brom?" I asked in amazement, Murtagh shook his head
"not in person, but I had heard of him, especially from my father. They had a big feud you see.. You see, I grew up with that sword.. It belonged to. My father."
"Morzan?!" Eragon said, shock evident in his voice. Murtagh nodded slowly. I stood up, so did Meghan
"how do we know you aren't a spy for Galbatorix?" I asked, my hand slowly inching towards my sword.
"Don't be stupid David, if he were, he wouldn't have rescued us from the Raz'zac, or Rescued Eragon from Gil'ead." Meghan said in a 'are you stupid?' tone. Murtagh ripped his shirt off and turned his back to us, showing a long cut down his back.
"I hated my father, All he ever gave me was this, when he was drunk one night when I was three, and threw that sword at me. I hate the empire. And you, you guys are the only people I will fight beside, the only ones I can trust. That. Is why I am telling you this now. You are my best friends. And I shall never betray you, as long as you never betray me first."I sighed
"I'm sorry Murtagh, I should not have jumped to conclusions, and I beg your forgiveness."he turned to me and smiled slightly
"it is only to be expected, I in turn beg all you for forgiveness for springing this upon you all of a sudden, and not telling you sooner"we all smiled, but it faltered as we heard a war horn not too far off
"what was that?" Meghan asked, suddenly alert
"the kings army couldn't have followed us through the dessert that fast!" Eragon said in disbelief
"it almost killed us, and we are only but 4 and 2 dragons, " Murtagh growled. With out warning, both Saphira and Zeus jumped into the sky, I Immediately melded minds with Zeus, seeing through his eyes, I saw an army of Urgals only a few league's away and yelled at the same time Zeus roared in my mind
"Urgals!" the two dragons quickly turned back to us and descended into the clearing, landing in unison, making the ground shake. we all jumped into action, all knowing our part in packing up, I saddled Zeus, as the others saddled their mounts. Eragon tied Arya to Saphira's belly and she took off, followed closely by Zeus and I, Meghan rode on the ground with Eragon and Murtagh. I contected minds with both Saphira and Eragon
"how long till we reach the Varden Eragon?" I asked
"Normally I would say a week, but Arya only has 4 days of life left in her, and even that is pushing it" he replied, Zeus cut in
"those poor excuses for dragons you have are on the brink of death as it is ,another 4 days of hard riding will surely kill them."
"What other choice do we have?" Eragon snapped
"you and I could fly to The Varden with her Eragon, it will only take us 2 days at most, David, Zeus and Meghan could stay behind and help Murtagh evade the Urgals" Saphira suggested
"No,i will not leave Murtagh behind, nor any of you, we either make it together, or die together, if on the fourth day we are not close, then I might reconsider, but Until then, we stick together." and with that, Eragon closed his mind off to all of us.
For the next day and night, we flew and rode without rest, finally, when the horses were about to keel over, we stopped for rest. We figured we had put enough distance between ourselves and the urgals to rest for a few hours. Zeus and Saphira went off hunting, but not too far away, just in case trouble rose and they were needed. Murtagh, Eragon, Meghan and I were resting against trees when we heard multiple horses coming towards us, we sprung to our feet.
"Do you think they are Varden scouts?" asked Meghan
"doubt it, bandits maybe?" I said uncertainly
"shall we try to outrun them?" Eragon asked
"Snowfire, Tornac and Porkpie are fine horses, but they have been running for a week straight, these horses are probably fresh, we would never outrun them, call Zeus and Saphira back, we may need them." Murtagh said. I contacted Zeus
"get back her pronto, but stay hidden, the element of surprise would be most appropriate for this encounter"
"I come, don't do anything stupid David"
"me, stupid? never" I snorted and drew Kveykva from its sheath. I stood side by side with Eragon and meghan, Murtagh took his spot by Eragon's right, his sword drawn. Both Zar'roc and Kveykva glinted in the sunlight that made it through the leaves of the trees. that's when multiple horses and riders burst from the trees, and surrounded us, bows trained on us. A man then dismounted in front of us and said
"I think we hit the jackpot guys. These are healthy and young, we could get a pretty penny for them"
"Zeus..."
"We are free men just passing through these parts, so you can be on your way now" Murtagh said
"I would be quiet and drop your weapons if I were you, that is not the way slaves talk to their masters"
"Zeus, they are slavers.." I found anger burst inside me
"Calm down David, Saphira and I are almost there, don't do anything stupid" Zeus rumbled in my mind. The Slaver approached Meghan and grabbed her by the jaw
"This one we could have some fun with boys" he laughed
"Don't touch her" I growled
"David!" Zeus warned. The slaver turned to me and walked in front of me
"protective one are you, first lesson slave, don't talk unless commanded too"with that he punched me in the gut. I doubled over, clutching my belly, the slavers laughed. There was a yell of excitement
"Tokenbrand, this ones and elf" then Tokenbrand said
"really? You know how much the empire would pay for her?"
"Fortune upon fortune" said a slaver with excitment
"Zeus, now! But don't harm them if they chose to run" I mentally yelled, Eragon must have been thinking the same thing because the sun was blotted out as two Dragons descended from the sky, Zeus landed on our left, Saphira on our right, both roared and bared their fangs, Eragon raised Zar'roc above his head, and I copied him
"behold, we are riders, flee if you want to live!" he yelled
"Stay if you wish to die a painful death!" I roared. A slaver let lose an arrow at Zeus, I pointed my free hand at it and said
"Letta...Thrysta!" the arrow flew right back at its owner, killing him, the others fled in panic, Tokenbrand was hit in the head with the blunt end of a javelin, sending him to the ground, Murtagh strode forward and sliced his head clean off. I shrugged it off, knowing it was wrong, but also knowing it was a split second choice. But Eragon blew up in Murtagh's face
"he was helpless! Why did you do it?!"
"It seemed like the right choice" Murtagh shrugged
"he was about to surrender!"
"Eragon calm down, it was wrong, but there is nothing we can do about it now, we have to go, the urgals probably heard that scene and have doubled their speed." I said
"yes lets go" Meghan said as she climbed onto Porkpie, I climbed onto Zeus and he jumped into the sky
"how is your stomach little one?" asked Zeus, sympathy crossed our mental link
"I've had worse" I chuckled, but stopped when I saw that the Urgals were just a league behind us, I contacted Eragon
"Ride, Ride! They are only a league behind us!"
"Impossible! How could they catch up to us so quickly, we are upon Horses for goodness sake"
"I don't know, just ride!" I broke the contact
"if need be, we could take Arya back to your world, the son of Poseidon could heal her" Zeus suggested
"the poison is from this land Zeus, I doubt he could save her. No, no matter the cost, we shall see Arya to the Varden" and with that, I ended the conversation.
We rode for another day and night before the valley of the entrance to the varden came into view from Dragon back which meant another half day riding on horse back, the problem was, we didn't know if Arya even had that half day, another problem arose when we could see no exit out of the valley for Murtagh to escape by, which greatly angered him, but we could do nothing of it. The biggest problem was, the Urgals were still gaining on us, we tried dropping rocks on them to slow them down, but it was impossible to keep that up for more than a few hours. I decided it would be best to sleep for an hour or two if a fight with the urgals was inevitable. So sleep I did.
"David! Awake! The Urgals have reached the others!" Zeus roared in my mind, I immediately woke and ripped Kveykva from it's sheath.
"DIVE!" I yelled mentally, Zeus did just that, aiming to land in front of the urgals, buying the others time to prepare themselves, and for Eragon to speak the pass phrase, since we were right by the entrance. He roared as he landed, twisting and sweeping his tail to send the first 2 rows of Urgals flying. I then jumped off his back, yelling
"FOR THE VARDEN!" and started hacking at Urgals, killing one after the other, that's when a giant Urgals, a Kull, charged at me, I raised the hand with my Gedwëy Ignasia at him and barked
"Jierda!" Breaking his neck. I turned to slice an urgals head off when an arrow spurted from in between it's eyes, that's when there was a different war horn sounded, and men and Dwarves (I guessed, since they were so short) alike charged the Urgals, I turned to see Meghan running through the waterfall, and yelled at Zeus
"Come on!"and climbed onto his back as he walked through. we were greeted by men pointing spears at us. A bald man braked
"follow me, the others are down here, and don't try escaping, these men aren't scared to kill a rider and dragon" but the look on the men's faces said otherwise, but I didn't argue and allowed Zeus to take us down the tunnel, where we were then lead into a room, where Eragon, Saphira, Murtagh and Meghan already were. The Bald man barked
"the younger one first, to pass in to Farthen Dûr, you must have your mind searched, resist, and I can make your experience much more painful, I will get the information I need." Eragon nodded slowly
"And if I refuse?"
"Then the black haired one dies" the Bald man grinned evily. Eragon nodded
"then just do it" there was a moment where nothing happened, then Eragon grimaced. Saphira growled. Zeus then said to me
"Quickly, what do you want the varden not to see?"
"All my feelings for Meghan, and our times together..uhhh.. All the words of power I know, the powers I had back in my world, that's all they don't need to know"
"it will be done little one"
"can you do the same with Meghan?"
"It will be harder, but I can try" he said this as The bald man finished and turned to me
"your turn Rider, try to resist, and the girl dies" I grumbled
"Your lucky I don't kill you for saying that" but I removed the defenses from around my mind and waited for the pain. Nothing happening then sheering pain as the bald man, forced his way through my mind, and started looking through my memories, I could do nothing but grimace and watch. he saw my child hood, then flashes of when the first laistrigonians attacked meghan and I, then when I was claimed, my first capture the flag, our quest for the bolt, when I was captured by Kronos, the battle for Manhatten, every death I winced at. Then when Percy disappeared, then when Annabeth and Percy fell into Tarterus, tears welled up in my eyes at that, I started absentmindedly putting up barriers just to stop the pain, but Zeus yelled in my mind
"David! Stop!" I sighed and let them fall. After re-watching my adventures with Brom and Eragon and Murtagh. the bald man's presence vanished, and so did the pain, I then held my head as he said
"what an Interesting past you have had, even though I have seen it all in your mind, I still don't quite believe it, from another world, son of a god? I think we can expect great things from you David Zeusson, or do you prefer Shuter?" I ignored Murtagh's stare, since I had not told him I was from another world, or the son of Zeus and said
"Zeusson is fine, or Shur'tugal." afterwards he went and did his mind invasion on Meghan, and deemed her okay to enter Farthen Dûr, then turned to Murtagh, who said
"you have no ones life left to threaten to get me to submit, my mind is the only safe haven I have left, so I refuse." then the Bald man said
'I could force my way into your mind"
"you could try" challenged Murtagh. That's when a Dwarf that had so far stayed silent said
"Enough! It is not our place to force our way into people's minds. If Murtagh does not want his mind invaded, then he shall stay here Until he changes his mind." the Bald man said
"it is not your place to interfere Orik, but you are right" he grudgingly concluded and stalked out of the room, Orik said
"you are to stay here the night, I will make sure food is sent to you"
"thank you Orik" I said, bowing respectfully, his nose reddened, probably from the fact a Rider, who was also the son of a god, was bowing to him, and left the room. Murtagh stared at me
"what did they mean by Shooter? What have you done to earn such a name?" I sighed
"Eragon and Saphira know of this. I beg your forgiveness for not telling you." he shook his head
"I cannot forgive till I know what it is you speak of." I nodded
"well, its Simple, I am not from this world. I am from a different one, where the gods bed mortals and have children. I.." I stood up proud "I am the son of Zeus, god of the sky, king of the gods" I then proceeded to tell him of my adventures with Percy, the prophecy of the 8, how Zeus, the dragon, was a gift from my father for my deeds, and how Meghan, daughter of Aphrodite, goddess of love, wanted to come along. After I was done, Murtagh was emotionless
"so you are a god" he stated
"demi-god" I corrected "I can still die like the rest of you." he nodded
"I guess I owe you an apology, that must have been hard to re-tell, watching your best friends fall into, tauter-sauce did you call it?"
"Tarterus" I corrected quietly
"yes, that. I guess I owe you my story, which pales in comparison to yours." he then told us his story, which, by the time he was done, the food had arrived. We ate in silence. Then when we were done, Meghan came over and cuddled up next to me as Zeus placed a wing over us for privacy
"thanks"
"your welcome, little one" Zeus responded, then retreated slightly from my mind. Meghan kissed me softly and murmured
"we finally made it"
"that we have' I murmured back "but what shall we face next I wonder, I have a feeling we only have tougher times ahead"
"when do we have anything different?" she sighed as she kissed my neck "but I shall stand beside you every step of the way" I smiled slightly and said
"I am counting on that" And with that I settled down to sleep.
The next morning we went to visit the leader of the Varden, Ajihad. He started with Eragon,for as he had gotten a message from Brom concerning him, but when he got to me and Meghan, he was stymied.
"Only one egg was taken from Galbatorix.. And he did not have a Black egg in his procession. Since Saphira was the only female egg, he could not have bred with Shruiken. The Twins tell me you got the egg as a gift from your godly father. How did he come by it?" He had said. I simple gave him a small smile and said, with serenity
"One does not question the king of the gods." Ajihad nodded
"You are correct. I am gladden that you chose our side. It is a mighty blow to Galbatorix. This tips the odds in our favor. Right now though, we have more pressing maters. The Urgals." He then got into explaining the urgal worked for the Shade, and for Galbatorix. Ajihad suspected they had one purpose.. To wipe the Varden out..
That was not at the top of our list. I worried about Murtagh, since he had been locked up until he let the twins enter his mind.. I also worried about food and some more sleep. We had been on the road far too long, and all we wanted to do was rest.
And that was what we did. Both Eragon and I were rarely out of the dragon hold and in public, but Eragon was in public way more than I. I was content spending all my hours sleeping or just resting with Meghan and Zeus, enjoying their company. It had been 2 months since I had come to this land, and in that time all I had done was fight and run for my life. It was nice to be safe again. How long would it last though?
When it was time to be tested, I was well rested. My test came an hour before Eragon's. The twins were tough. But Zeus and I prevailed. Next came Eragon's magic test, while I had my arms test with Fredric. It did not last long, for I bested him with in minutes. He seemed preoccupied during our fight, which is what I gathered led to my easy victory. He passed me, declaring that he wanted to get a re-match at a later time. I then watched Eragon's duel with Arya. I could tell Arya was toying with him, but Eragon was still doing well. I watched as he took a daring move and it ended up in his loss, but I clapped all the same. I walked up to him and clapped him on the shoulder just as Arya motioned for him to follow her. We gave each other a look
"Do you want me to come?" I asked. To which he just shrugged
"It most likely concerns you as well. Something we should be accustomed to by now, when it concerns one, it concerns the other. We are the last two Riders outside of Gablatorix, all we have is each other when it comes down to things." I smiled and said
"In other wards, yes?" He simply chuckled and nodded. He then proceeded to hop onto Saphira, as I did so on Zeus
"I am curious what the elf has to say" Zeus mentioned to me, I shrugged
"We are about to find out" When Saphira dived, Zeus followed. When we landed, Arya arived. She then looked at both Saphira and Zeus in turn before saying
"Skulblaka eka celöbra ono un mulabra ono un onr Shur'tugal né haina. Atra nosu waisé fricaya."
Zeus vibrated under me before letting a deep hum sound. Saphira followed soon afterwards. Arya smiled at them
Eragon proceeded to tell Arya how glad he was that she was well. I nodded and said in the best ancient language I could muster
"So am I, Arya. My regrets are we did not save you sooner." She gave me a nod and explained how she owed them a large debt.
"I have a feeling I know how Eragon wants her to repay this debt.." Zeus then growled and rumbled
"That is an elf you speak of David, watch your thoughts." I nodded slowly.
Arya proceeded to tell us the tail of how she was captured as we walked through Farthen Dûr. I listened intently, yet again feeling alien to this world. She made little reference to me, spending all of her time making references to Eragon. I only stayed because Eragon had wanted me along. After she was done her tale she finally turned to me.
"And you, David Zeusson. How did you come by Zeus's egg. As I know Galbatorix only has two in his possession, and if another egg had been stolen, I would have known." I then launched into my tail, giving her the shortened version, not the full tale I had given Murtagh a few nights previously. Once I was done, she sighed and said
"You have had a hard road to get to this point David, harder than most. I regret that you should have to suffer more. Until Galbatorix is de-throned, we shall have great need of you." I smiled at her and said
"It is my duty as a Rider, I will do what I must. Eragon is no Percy, but I am still honored to fight beside him." Eragon of course knew this, yet he still smiled and said
"Your words gladden me. I know I have big shoes to fill, but I shall do my best."
With that, Arya bid us farewell, and we decided to go visit Murtagh.
"I can see Eragon and Arya becoming something like Percy and Annabeth to you" Zeus observed
"I can see it too." I thought in a quiet tone, missing my old friends.
The meeting went well, but soon afterward Ajihad called for us. It turned out the urgals had been sent to wipe the varden out, and were making their way underground to Farthen Dûr as we spoke. They would reach us with in a day. Eragon, Arya and I were sent to collapse tunnels. It took most of the day, but when we were done, I was famished.
After we had filled our bellies, we took out spots among the 3 groups. One for each tunnel we left open. Eragon, Saphira, Arya and Orik were stationed with Jörmundur's command. Zeus, Meghan and I were stationed with Ajihad. Despite the slight panic of not being able to fight beside Eragon, I followed orders. I was paid handsomely for it though. I got a ful set of armor from the Dwarves, black and red, with a red lightning bolt on the chest, a cape draped behind me, short enough not to hinder my movements. Zeus himself got some armor as well. Dragon armor. A full set. As for Meghan, she had outfited herself from the varden's stock of armor. She had been able to stay thanks to my persuading Ajihad that she was no meager woman, but a Demigod who had suvived almost as many battles as I had.
We waited for hours, no one moving much, everyone tense out of fright. We knew our duty, but we knew we would most likely be all dead by morning. In the middle of the night, a horn blasted, then the ground shook.
"They are coming David. Are you ready to feast on the blood of our enemies?" Zeus growled in my mind. I pulled Kveykva from it's sheath and said in a determined voice, out loud
"Let them come, they shall taste the power of the son of Zeus" Meghan stirred beside me and readied an arrow.
"And the accuracy of a daughter of Aphrodite" When the Urgals rushed out of the tunnels, Zeus let out an almight roar, mirrored by Saphira's roar in the distance. That was the cue for archers to let their arrows fly. I raised my hand as Meghan fired her arrow, about to guide it with the winds, until I remembered I did not have that power here, I cursed and lowered my hand. Zeus looked at me and growled quietly, the look in his eyes enough to reassure me. I wished we could have kept our minds open, but with the possibility of the shade being near, we could not risk it. Archers started firing at will, but soon the Urgals had their own arrows flying at us.
"Letta!" I barked, raising my hand and stopping the arrows from reaching myself, Zeus or Meghan. When the first line of defense was crumbled, Zeus and I jumped into battle. Zeus's tooth and nail better than any sword, his tail more powerful than any mace. Kveykva was soon dripping with the blood of Urgal, and my armor was stained with it. I had a few cuts from miscalculated blocks, but otherwise I was fine. With in an hour my limbs burned from over use, but my blood boiled with the anger against the empire and the Urgals, I still fought.. But I made more mistakes. Constant roars of pain from Zeus told me he did too. It was a particularly loud roar that pulled me from the battle haze to notice Zeus surrounded, and a spear straight through his left wing, blood dripping from it. I particularly mad war cry escaped my lips and a charged into the mess. They were mostly Kull, but they were no real threat, not with Zeus in trouble.
I cut through the first with ease. I the ducked a mace and stabbed upwards, following with a quick slash through its neck. The third was quick with its sword and disarmed me. I quickly dived out of the way, grabbed the handle of the spear stuck in Zeus's wing, and gave it a sharp tug, pulling it out. I was able to throw it and duck in time to miss Zeus's tail wiping around out of instinct. I then quickly grabbed Kveykva and jumped on his back. With a grunt, he took off into the air.
I was breathing heavily. My heart hammering from the panic of that situation. I tentatively touched Zeus's mind
"I am sorry" He grunted as he flew, his pain felt as my own.
"It was what was required to survive" He growled quickly, trying to keep the pain he felt from reaching me. That was when a Twin contacted my mind
"Argetlam, the Urgals are trying to tunnel through the ground of Tronjheim, we need you to go and help Eragon and Arya to collapse those tunnels" I cursed and responded
"It will be done."
With that Zeus veered towards the city. We saw Eragon sliding down the endless staircase and dived for the foot of it, reaching it just before Eragon did. I caught him and steadied him. That was when the ground shook. It then exploded..and out from the hole came the Shade.
Eragon lowered into a crouch, while and twirled my sword. Durza barked something and urgals emerged, to for a tight circle around myself, Eragon and Zeus.
"My young Rider, it was foolish of you to escape me a Gi'lead, but I see your friend is not around you to save you this time" The Shade addressed Eragon. I scoffed
"What am I, chop liver?" The shade sneered
"No, you are just another young Rider who is coming with me. Now tell me, where is your Dragon?" I knew we had to buy for time, knowing Saphira and Arya must be up in the Dragon hold for some reason. I murmured
"I'll take the Urgals, you deal that Shade some Damage." With a roar, Zeus and I leapt at the Urgals, and Eragon began fighting Durza. The urgals were dismayed at first, but fought with skills even the greatest of Kull I had faced did not have.
This must be Durza's special guard, the same who attacked us at Gi'lead I thought as I frantically began fighting them. I cut through 3 before a presence touched my mind. It was not alien in the sense of someone I did no know.. I knew it was Arya, so I opened my mind. She quickly thought
"Saphira tells me you can summon Lightning with your sword. Quickly, stand under Isidar Mithrim and help us break it with lightning. Eragon's life depends on it." I growled and cut through the urgal in front of me before sprinting under the jeweled star. I then raised my sword and cried
"KVEYKVA!" nothing happened. Then CRACK as the lightning made contact. Then pain erupted in my back, I twisted and fell sideways. I saw Zeus roar, and then blackish orange fire erupt from his maw.. There was heat. Then everything went black.