Chapter 15
„ Rumble in Fyrwenn"
-„ You thought that we would leave you alone after what you did to us, kids?" – Shorty said -„ You thought wrong! Now you will pay for what you have done!"
-„ Fhyeeaf!" – Bonzo said and smiled, showing his hole-riddled jaw
Cait looked at Bonzo and grinned.
-„ I thought that we left you in the forest" – he said -„ I didn't think you would have enough energy to waste it following us."
Previously, Shorty and Bozno, with 2 other bandits, had attacked Cait Sith and Delgado in the forest, on the way to Fyrwenn town. They thought that they would beat the two travelers easily, because Cait and Del were small. However, the group was too dumb and the attack had ended with 2 deaths, Bonzo's new gaps in his mouth and Shorty fainting. Delgado stared at them until he felt someone touching his sand-colored T-shirt.
-„ Can you let us go?" – Topos asked, who, like Aizon was being held by the collar by Cait Sith and Delgado.
-„ Oh, we forgot about you" – Delgado and Cait let Aizon and Topos from their grip. The twins then shaped their collars and Aizon had cleared his throat. They both stood up from their chairs and looked at the bandits.
-„ What do you want?" – Topos asked. Aizon glared at the two bandits -„ Do you know each other?"
Shorty turned to Topos and looked up.
-„ And what's your business with us, huh?" – Shorty hissed on him -„ You also want to get hurt?"
-„ Our business is to check what some shorty accompanied by an idiot who needs a dentist, want from two kids" – Aizon hissed back -„ And don't think you can hurt us. If you do we will use our blades to hurt you back – you may cry"
Shorty then looked at the two warriors more closely and he saw the divided sharp weapons on their backs. Now he knew that he must be careful with them. Sweat dripped from his face onto the ground. The marks from the sweat on the ground had quickly evaporated. Topos turned to Cait and Delgado, who were still on the table.
-„ What do they want from you?" – Topos questioned them
-„ Four bandits attacked us in the forest when we were traveling here" – told Delgado -„ And Cait beat them" – he smiled then
If Cait Sith could blush, he would do it now. But he only said:
-„ Ahh, I didn't. It isn't hard to beat bandits" – on these words, Shorty and Bonzo both turned red. Cait continued -„ But the move you did to make that gnome unconscious was great, and you saved my life when he caught me as I tricked those two"
Topos and Aizon had looked at themselves.
-„ If we even just punch them, we may kill them" – Topos said to his brother quietly
-„ Why not, I don't like these stupid weaklings. It will be better for the world to clean it from such wimps" – Aizon replied to Topos.
Topos turned to the bandits. Shorty was almost purple in the face from anger. Those brats that beat them are talking about this as if it were some tea party. He was also damp with sweat, and Topos noticed that.
-„ Are you scared?" – he asked Shorty -„ You can still run if you want. We can have mercy on you"
Shorty then started to stomp his feet and wave his fists in the air.
-„ I AM NOT A COWARD!!!" – he cried -„ I WANT MY REVENGE! GET HIM BONZO!"
Bonzo listened to his small master and charged at the table where Del and Cait were. But then he felt pain and fell to the ground, with another tooth lying near his head. Shorty cringed when he saw Aizon, with his fist raised up.
-„ No… not again… why is this happening to me?" – Shorty said in fear
-„ What a fool!" – Aizon said and lowered his hand -„ Don't you understand that we are too strong for such wimps as you? You better leave here or I will slice you with my lance!"
-„ I didn't want to do this…" – Shorty whispered quietly -„ But I have no choice…"
Shorty then whistled. That wasn't a good sign. Then, they could hear breaking wood, shattering glass, screams and the patters of many feet.
-„ What's going on there?"- Delgado asked
They could hear the patters coming closer and closer. On the horizon appeared a dust cloud.
-„ Something big" – Cait replied
The warriors immediately turned in the direction of the dust. They could see some human silhouettes.
-„ So there's more than two of them" – Aizon commented as he looked at the moving dust
-„ Yep" – Topos admitted -„ And I thought that being back home would be boring. At least we will warm our bones"
The dust was moving closer. They could see some humans with maces, machetes, spears and other weapons.
-„ Or maybe we will cut "their" bones" – Aizon grinned and prepared to draw his weapon.
The entire racket stopped in front of our heroes.
They were bandits, all wearing similar clothes, indicating that they were from a bandit guild. There were about 50 of them, close-knit and ready for some action.
The group made a clear pathway down the middle and two teenagers moved themselves in front.
The bandits looked scary. They were glaring at the kids and the warriors. One of them even licked his saber while looking at Cait Sith. Cait could only make a disgusted face and look away from him.
One of the teenagers looked at Bozno, who was without his teeth, and then on Shorty, who was lying on the ground. Shorty only smirked.
-„ It's good to see you boys" – he said to them
The teenager only scowled.
-„ Your nose is bleeding" – he replied
Shorty touched his nose and felt something cold. When he looked on his fingers, he saw his own blood on them. The second teenager chuckled, but then also scowled.
-„ We thought that you would be able to do this alone, fool!" – he hissed at him.
Shorty looked at him, with his face white and nose bleeding.
-„ They are…"
-„ No, not "they are" fool!" – the teenager pointed at him -„ But "you are". You are just a wimp fool!"
The bandits started to laugh, but then Topos and Aizon moved closer to them.
-„ Sorry to interrupt in your sissy gossip, but can we know what you want?" – Aizon said
The bandits and teenagers looked at them both.
-„ Us?" – the first teenager said -„ Ah, it seems that you must be from the moon if you don't know us. We are two of the leaders of the „Grunt" guild. I am Dartf, and this is Bif" – he explained and pointed at the second teenager.
Because we don't have time for the explanation in dialogue – I, the narrator, will explain what the „Grunto" guild is and who are Dartf and Bif.
The Grunto guild is a guild of bandits that steal and terrorize people in the forests that are in the Fyrwenn sector. Because the Fyrwenn sector is quite separate from the rest of the world, it's easy to terrorize, without any fear of breaking the rules.
Because there are many leaders in the guild, the leaders decided to have some puppets, to control the bandits outside of their guild. Bif and Dartf are two of these puppets.
Dartf has golden eyes and brown hair. He was wearing brown clothing, the symbol of the guild. Bif had blue eyes and blonde hair. He also had an obsession with the word "fool" when talking about other people.
Shorty wasn't in the guild. He and his men were outsiders. Outsiders were the people that were used in more dirty work.
-„ We came here because this fool had put down the honor of the guild outsiders" – said Bif -„ So by this he also put down our guild, fools!"
-„ Who are you calling a fool" – Aizon replied -„ The fool, or the person who wants to annoy the fool"
-„ So… what are you going to do now?" – Topos smiled and crossed his arms -„ We don't want to hurt you kids"
-„ We are not kids anymore" – Dartf replied -„ We are here because he called us" – he said whilst pointing at Shorty, who was still sitting on the ground, trying to stop the bleeding -„ He wanted to get his revenge with Bonzo. We allowed that. But it seems that he was too weak to do that. So we came here to beat you for the honor of the guild. Simple?"
-„ Very simple" – Topos said -„ But we still think that you're just kids, so go home"
The bandits started to whisper amongst themselves.
-„ Silence!" – Dartf waved his hand in the air to silence the group -„ We won't go home until we give some lashes to those two that are on the table behind you"
Topos and Aizon looked on Cait Sith and Delgado, who were observing the scene
-„ What?" – Cait said when he met with Topos and Aizon's questioning looks -„ We were polite, right Del?"
-„ I don't think that's funny now" – Delgado said as he was looking on the bandits.
-„ It seems that you two are popular here" – Aizon commented, with a grin on his face
Topos turned to the group.
-„ Firstly, you must pass us boys to get to them. But we really don't want to hurt you"
-„ But, you will at least learn some life lessons from us" – Aizon added
Dartf and Bif crossed their arms and grinned.
-„ Let's blast those two fools first" – said Bif to his company -„ Then we will take care of the little fools!"
-„ You're right Bif" – Dartf replied, uncrossing his hands and pointing at the Setterdeters -„ Get them, boys"
The crowd moved closer, leaving Dartf and Bif behind, preparing to attack them. Muscled and ugly, they moved slowly, like a snake that wants to attack its prey and swallow it. Topos and Aizon were ready for the action that was going to happen. Cait Sith sat on the table, knowing that it would be a good show. Delgado did the same, after he saw what Cait Sith had done, but he was still a little scared. Will Aizon and Topos be a match for 50 bandits that could squash them like insects?
The bandits started to move more quickly. Topos and Aizon were prepared to use their blades in defense. But before they could do that, Topos, as always, must say something:
-„ But no blood this time, brother" – Topos said to his brother
-„ Why not?" – Aizon asked, with an arrogant tone -„ Killing will be faster than incapacitating them. We will kill them quickly, and then we will kill those two brats."
Now the bandits were closer…
-„ They don't deserve to die" – Topos explained -„ And besides, we can't always think about blood like our compatriots from the West – Northern peninsula"
At these words, Aizon frowned. The bandits were now really close, ready to attack them with their weapons.
-„ Fine" – he mumbled -„ But let's do this quickly then. We have a long voyage tomorrow"
Delgado almost screamed when he saw that sharp weapons were heading towards the twins, but in that moment, something shined, and the bandits at the front were lying on the ground unconscious.
-„ Wh… where are they?" – Del questioned, as he couldn't see the twins.
Cait only pointed somewhere with his gloved finger.
Delgado looked in the shown direction. Topos and Aizon were standing behind the bandits, in front of Dartf and Bif, with sharp and shining lances in their hands. The teenagers went white in the face, but the twins weren't looking at them. The Setterdeters turned back to the group and charged at them. Before the bandits could move, the twins started to batter their blades on all of them. Some bandits flew away; some noticed that their weapons were in pieces.
Aizon and Topos somersaulted so that they were on both sides of the bandits. Some turned to Topos, and some turned to Aizon.
The bandits charged on Topos, but the warrior only smiled.
-„ Do you like wind?" – he said -„ Then I will make you one"
Topos turned his boat-looking lance and quickly waved, making a gust that incapacitated the bandits.
Meanwhile, Aizon was taking care of his own group. He jumped in the air and plunged one of the lance's ends in the ground, between the bandits. Suddenly the ground started to shake, making little cracks that made the bandits down.
-„ Hey Aizon!"
Aizon turned his head and saw that other bandits surrounded Topos.
-„ Will you give me a helping hand?" – Topos asked his brother.
-„ Of course" – Aizon replied. A bandit tried to attack him from behind with a mace, so he grabbed his hand and threw him at Topos.
Topos saw the bandit, who was flying towards him. He caught his hand and spun him around to knock out the surrounding bandits. When the bandits were lying on the ground, he released the hand, sending the bandit high into the sky.
Aizon quickly moved to Topos. There were still many bandits on their feet, so they were surrounded again.
Delgado seeing this was amazed, but still scared.
-„ Maybe we should help them?" – he asked Cait.
Cait was lying on the table with his hands behind his head, looking at the action.
-„ There's no need" – he replied -„ They are doing a good job and are providing a good show"
When Delgado turned his head, some bandit wanted to attack them from behind, but Cait's fist was fast and it sent the bandit to the land of golden stars.
-„ What was that?" – Delgado asked, as he heard something.
-„ Nothing" – Cait smiled to him -„ Watch the show"
Topos and Aizon were sticking together, with their lances in their hands. The bandits thought that they had got them now so they were all smiling evilly and were moving slowly towards them, prepared for the next attack.
-„ I told you that killing would be faster" – Aizon hissed -„ This is boring and we waste a lot of time!"
-„ Ahh, I wanted to give them a chance" – Topos replied -„ But if you want to end this so badly… Quick Attack!!"
They ran quickly, the bandits fell on the ground with their weapons. There was no one left. All of the bandits looked on the Setterdeter twins, standing proudly with their lances. All of them started to run from the town to a wood. As they were escaping, the dust cloud was even larger than the one that was at the beginning.
-„ Here. You have your ending" – Topos smiled to his brother.
-„ No" – Aizon replied shortly -„ There is still one thing to do…" – and he looked behind him angrily.
Dartf and Bif were all white. The bandits were beaten and gone… they were alone now.
-„ Ahh… we lost to those fools…" – Bif said to Dartf, with his face covered in sweat.
-„ I think it's time to sneak out…" – Dartf added.
They were prepared to leave, they were almost ready to run, but the twins caught their capes. Aizon and Topos moved them to the closest chairs there were. They sat and put the teens on their laps and begun to give them lashes on their butts with their sharp blades. Bif and Dartf begun to scream as they felt the lashes on their butts. Delgado and Cait Sith had twisted faces as they looked at the action.
-„ Ouch" – it was the only word that could come from Cait's lips.
Later, Dartf and Bif were running out of town, with their hands on their butts and tears in their eyes.
-„ We will be back fools!" – Bif shouted to the little group.
-„ And you will pay for what you've done!" – Dartf cried out
Delgado and Cait Sith were now standing with Topos and Aizon, looking at the escaping teenagers.
-„ They're making an even bigger dust cloud" – Cait said in delight.
Then, Shorty ran across them, pulling Bonzo by his feet.
-„ Hey, wait for us!" – he cried out -„ Wait for uuuus!"
As every bandit left the town, Delgado turned his head to the Setterdeter twins, with a big smile and shining eyes.
-„ You showed them!" – Delgado said to the twins in joy.
-„ Yeah, we showed them. And I hope they learnt a lesson from that" – Topos crossed his arms
-„ Or else" – and Aizon's blades flashed
Cait Sith then jumped on Topos's right arm.
-„ Hey will you take us now? You don't want to leave us with them?" – he asked like a child who wanted an expensive lollypop.
-„ Well… we really don't normally do this because we are protecting the safety of Mytheristos" – said Topos -„ This is the biggest mystery of this world. But you will be with us all the time. You must also have in mind that you must keep this secret to yourself. If you tell the secret to the people in outerlands, the Mytheristians that are hidden in Outerlands can kill you. And you must be polite all of the time"
-„ Really?" – Cait Sith was too amazed -„ So you can take us with you?"
Aizon nodded.
Cait Sith jumped into Delgado's arms.
-„ Did you hear that?!" – he said to him loudly in joy -„ We are finally going to the place where I can be real! I will be a real being!"
Delgado started to dance with Cait in his hands, like some kind of a victory dance.
Aizon then turned to his brother.
-„ Why did you really agree?" – he asked him.
Topos was watching the sunset, but he heard the question that came from the site where his brother was.
-„ Those bandits wanted to attack them because earlier they beat some dangerous people. They are little, but they did it. And that cat's dream… it seems that he really believes it. You can't resign from your dreams. Even if they are not possible. And that boy…"
Topos looked at Cait Sith and Delgado who were dancing and laughing.
-„ Maybe he has his father's talent… I want to know. We can train them when we will reach our Headquarters. In those two is something… uncontainable"
Aizon grinned as he was looking at the dancing two.
-„ It's late" – he said -„ We should find some inn where we can sleep. We must hurry until people come out of hiding. I don't want a parade"
The streets were empty due to the bandits and the fight. On the ground were some pieces of wood, glass and steel.
-„ You're right Aizon…" – Topos replied -„ We should get some rest. We don't know what will happen tomorrow after the seafaring"
They walked to Cait Sith and Delgado…