A/N- Well, here you guys go! The long-awaited chapter 6 that people have been waiting to read! I hope you guys enjoy :)
Teldryn Sero sat before her, still wearing his Chitin Light armor under his robes, but the helmet lay on the table. He had a scar running down his left eye, and one on his right cheekbone. A mug of ale sat before the each of them. Teldryn had drank half of his, and Rayne just sat there. "What are you doing in Skyrim?" Rayne asked him. He exhaled before speaking. "With Thrynn's death, I knew you'd be going on some vengeance-rant, and you proved to be a good warrior. I figured I'd tag along for the ride, if you don't mind." Rayne drank from her mug of ale, swinging her head back as she finished it iin one go, then said to Teldryn "Okay."
"Do you have a plan?" Teldryn asked, before drinking from his mug. Rayne thought for a moment, then admittedley said "No". Teldryn exhaled and looked into the corner of the dark room, just watching as if something was there, listening to their conversation. Then he turned his attention to Vekel and asked for a refill, setting a few gold coins on the table. Vekel nodded, and brought over a bottle of ale. Rayne took her mug of ale andi finished it, getting another round from Vekel. "So, now what do we do?" Rayne asked.
"Well, I suppose we can drink ourselvves to death, or get going and start striking back at those bandits." Teldryn said with a smile. "Strike back." Rayne said. They both nodded, Teldryn left a tip, and they went ot the cistern. Form there they went to the secret exit for the Thieves Guild.
The walk to Ivarstead was hectic. Bandits, wolves, trolls. And this time, Rayne could not avoid them. The two had no time for short-cuts. At Ivarstead, they bought some supplies, such as small amounts of food, a few bushels of arrows, and a set of Leather armor for Rayne, with a Steel dagger and sword. "Where are we going to put the food?" Rayne asked. Teldryn stopped, set the food down, and pulled a deer-skin pouch out of his pocket... The same one Thrynn made for Rayne. He handed it over to her, and she slowly accepted it, choking back tears. "I found it on the battlefield in Solstheim, saw it fall off your armor. I picked it up, held onto it. Figured you'd want it back."
Rayne held it in her left hand, shut her eyes, and squeezed it, as if it could just fly out of her hand at any minute. She put the food into the pouch and slipped it into the leather pocket on the back of her armor. She looked back at Teldryn, and they were off again. Their next location was the Silent Moons Camp. There's a bandit clan there, and their might be something useful to go off.
The Silent Moons Camp...
Rayne pulled out her Hunting Bow, which she bought at the trader's in Ivarstead. She readied a steel arrow, and set her aim on one of the sentries. She waited until no one was watching, and fired at him. He fell into a puddle of water. The splash got the attention of the other sentry, which Rayne silenced with an arrow to the throat. She watched as Teldryn made his way to the third sentry who was eating a piece of venison. Teldryn slid a dagger over his throat, quickly and quietly. Then he signaled for Rayne to move up. She emerged from the low stone wall she used for cover and made her way across the moon-lit grassy ground, and climbed up a stone wall, leaping onto the walkway atop the wall, and made her way to a sentry up ahead. She mounted her bow and pulled out her steel dagger, approaching the sentry, and killing him.
Teldryn took care of most of the sentries at the camp, while Rayne looked for another way into the camp. The most obvious way was the front door, but it was too, well, obvious. Then Rayne found it. A side entrance to the second floor. She signaled for Teldryn to get up where she was. He quickly ascended to her position, and they took the side entrance.
Inside Silent Moons Camp...
Rayne entered through the door first, then Teldryn. They made their way through the stone structure, taking out bandits here and their, and reached the camp commander. He reached for the battle axe on the table, and Rayne sent her dagger into his hand, pinning it to the table. "You bitch, I'll ki-" Rayne cut him off by punching him in the face. "What do you know of the clan with a bloody mace as the emblem?" The bandit chief reared back before reacting and flung his elbow ather, which she quickly dodged, punching him in the face again. He decided it was no use. "They go by the Spirit of Boethiah. They believe that if they follow the ways of Boethiah, they will be accepted into his plane of Oblivion. They slaughter anyone that is within their reach."
Rayne let him go, and he tried to remove the dagger, quickly recieving an arrow to the head from Teldryn. Rayne removed the dagger, cleaned it, and sheathed it. She then searched the room for anything that would give information to ties with this bandit clan to the Spirit of Boethiah. But hse found nothing. Damnit, she thought ot herself. She searched the body, but found nothing, as well. She kicked the body, and Teldryn rested his hand on her shoulder to calm her. She breathed in and out a few times, then said "Let's go."They exited through the front entrance, making way to the horses they had left tied to a tree at least a hundred feet outside the camp. They mounted their horses and left the area, heading for Whiterun to stay at the inn.
The Bannered Mare, Whiterun...
The inn wasn't very full. Hulda was sitting behind the bar counter, cleaning a few mugs with a wet cloth. Sinmir sat near the fire on a bench, and Saadia was no where to be seen... Because of Rayne, of course. She sold her out to the Hammerfell mercenaries searching for her. Sinimr recongized Rayne, and asked where Thrynn was. Rayne's strength to forget about the incident had failed to hold up, because she broke down in tears. Sinmir understood, and approached Rayne, giving her a hug, which Rayne accepted. When Sinmir released her, she went to Hulda and paid for the room. Hulda returned the gold to Rayne. "You deserve the room. Keep your money." Hulda said. She knew Thrynn, and understood what Rayne was going through. Rayne politely said thank you, and she went stright to the room, carrying an "on the house" bottle of mead.
Rayne drank the mead within one go, and went down to get a few more. She brought them upstairs, drinking away her sorrows. It dawned on her that no matter how hard she tried, she could NOT get over his death. After more sobbing and mead, she fell asleep, surrounded by seven or eight bottles of mead.
That night she dreamed about the battle, again. The catapult operators, the look on Thrynn's face when he hacked at the men on the field... The moment when he... died... She relived the whole thing in one dream. Over, and over, and over again.
The next morning, she woke up with a start. Sweating again. She walked downstairs in her leather armor and looked around. Sinimr was the only one who was downstairs. He said good morning to Rayne, and she nodded in confirmation. She went to the bar and sat down, asking for a mug of water. "Too much mead, huh." Hulda said, prepping the tankard. Rayne nodded, and rubbed her eyes. Her head hurt, insanely. As soon as the tankard of water hit the wooden counter, Rayne took it and swung her head back, gusling the water. When she finished, she got up from the stool and asked where Teldryn was. "He went to see Eorlund Gray-Mane to get some things improved." Rayne nodded, and left the inn.
Shepassed by a few of the citizens of Whiterun, who simply nodded, or payed no attention to her. She made her way to the Skyforge, where Teldryn would be waiting. As she walked up the steps to the Skyforge, she felt a dagger run into her leg. Another one went into her lower-left back. She screamed, and Teldryn descended the steps. He pulled out his sword and rushed the attacker. In one quick swing, Teldryn killed the attacker. Rayne fell to her knees, feeling blood pour out of her. Teldryn held his hand over the wound on her lower-left back, and picked her up, taking her to the Temple of Kynareth. Raynes vision was going back and forth between dark and light, and she caught view of the attacker.
A Dark Brotherhood assassin.
The last thing she heard was Teldryns orders to not die.
A/N-Tensions rising, people! What will happen to Rayne? Will the Dark Brotherhood get to her before she completes her mission? Can she get over Thrynn's death? We'll just have to find out in the coming chapters, won't we?