Lost and Found
Chapter 6: Rumble in the Capitol part 2"Let me go", shouted Moses as he struggled and kicked. The guards were forced to bring in two extra men just too hold him. Even bound with a bag over his head he still put up one heck of a fight. The guards threw him into a cell with the bag still tied over his head. Moses body slammed into the hard stone floor, and his body was immediately reminded of the flogging they gave him earlier.
One of the guards spit on him before he closed the gate. "Hope you choke on your bag", spoke the guard as he walked away from the cell. Moses struggled to free his hands, but to no avail. The bag over his head made it that much more difficult. As Moses struggled to free his hands he felt a touch on his shoulder. Immediately he jerked away, but a calm voice sooth his rage.
"Let me help", spoke the voice. The voice was soft and kind. From what Moses could tell this person was a woman, though the voice did not belong to Robin. Never the less Moses stopped struggling and let the woman do her work. She first untied his hands, and then began to work on his feet. As she removed the knots from the rope binding his feet Moses worked to remove the bag. The guards had made sure to tie the bag on tight to prevent Moses from knocking it off. Eventually the maiden was forced to help him remove the bag. What took him several minutes to accomplish she did in thirty seconds. Before he knew it the bag was off his head, and Moses could once again breathe fresh air.
"Thanks", spoke Moses as he looked upon his savior. It was a young woman no older than seventeen. She had milky white skin that was as smooth as silk. Her eyes were a bright green and her hair was a shimmering platinum blonde. The young maiden wore a green tunic, with a cream colored undershirt. Her hands were protected by thick leather gloves that had a metal plate attached to the fist. The fingers in the gloves were cut off, and left expose. Covering her long slender legs were a pair of baggy white pants that stuffed into a pair of leather boots that stopped right below the knee. The toe and bottoms of the boots were covered with a thin plate of steel. The extra metal made them clank whenever she walked around. Across her chest was a thick leather strap that fastened an empty sheath for a blade.
"Here", she spoke as she extended her hand. A small blush crossed Moses cheek as he got a clear look at the maiden's face, though his blush was invisible due to his dark brown skin.
Moses reached up and grabbed her soft hand. To his surprise however her grip was quite firm, and with little effort she helped pull him off the ground. "The name is Moses", he spoke as he extended his arm to shake her hand.
"Lander", spoke the maiden as she returned the jester. She grabbed hold of his hand and gave him a very firm handshake.
"Lander", spoke Moses with surprise as he stared at the maiden. His perplexity followed through to his facial expression signaling to the maiden that something was wrong.
"Yes Lander", spoke the maiden as she let go of his hand. The puzzled expression still remained on Moses face.
"That is a very masculine name", spoke Moses as he stared at the maiden.
"Well I am a guy", spoke Lander. As the words left his mouth he saw Moses eyes widen. At that moment he realized what had happened. The young man let out a great sigh as he placed his palm on his face. "Not again", he spoke as he mumbled curses under his breath.
"Sorry about that", spoke Moses as he rubbed the back of his head with his left hand. It was not very often that Moses mistaken a guy for a girl, and as a matter of fact this was the first time Moses had mistaken a man for a woman.
"Don't worry about it", spoke Lander. "It is not the first time I have mistaken for a woman, and it probably will not be the last time I will be mistaken. Seriously just because a person has long hair and a slender frame does not mean he is a she."
"It seems everyone else disagrees", spoke a voice from the corner of the room. Moses quickly turned toward the direction of the voice. He had not noted anyone else in the cell, though it should have been obvious with the relatively large size.
"Tcsh, cheeky as always", spoke Lander as he turned toward the corner of the room. From the corner walked out a burly man of a dark complexion. He was not as dark as Moses, and in truth he looked more tanned, but the man stood almost eight feet tall towering over Moses and Lander by at least three feet. The man's hair was bright pink color, to Moses great surprise, and was neatly tied into a single pony tail that ran down his back. On his jaw was a great beard that was neatly combed out to form silky smooth lines. The beard ran all the way down to the man's chest.
"Pink", spoke Moses in surprise as he stared at the man's long hair. A great frown soon followed as the tall man opened his mouth to speak.
"What of it", he spoke in a booming voice. It seemed Moses had hit a sore spot in the man's ego.
"Nothing", spoke Moses franticly as he raised his hands in defense. "I was just surprised to see a man with pink hair."
"So what, only women can have pink hair", spoke the man has his voice began to rise! Now the group had gotten the attention of the guards, and the other prisoners in the other cells.
"No, no, no", spoke Moses as he waved his hands and shook his head. Moses was strong, and very confident in his ability to fight hand to hand, but even he did not want to go toe to toe with the giant. "That is not what I am saying. I am saying I am surprised to see somebody, man or woman with pink hair. Back home in US there was no one with any bright color hair like that."
The giant seemed to calm down at Moses words, but now his curiosity was sparked. "There were no people in you lands with pink hair", spoke the giant with no regards for the other people in the prison. His voice bounced off the walls and destroyed any conversation that was taking place in the building.
"Hay keep it down", shouted one of the guards, but he was quickly shot down by the giant.
"Silence", he spoke and immediately the guard shut up.
"You there, Moses answer my question. Are there no men, nor women in your homeland with pink hair."
"Yes", spoke Moses as he regained his composure. "Nobody from the land I come from has natural pink hair."
"Natural", spoke the man as he gave a puzzled look at Moses.
"Yes natural. There are many dyes that once can use to change their hair color, but no one is born with pink hair, or any of the funky hair colors I see around here." Moses took a moment to look around the prison. He saw many shades of greens and blues. He even saw shades of bright red, and a small population of purples. The hair colors of these people were like skittles, it ran across the full spectrum of visible light. "The only colors we have back home are brown, black, red, and blonde", spoke Moses continuing his sentence. "Anything else is not natural in our society."
"Strange", spoke the man as he began to rub his beard. "In truth Moses I do not know which is more out of the ordinary, the fact that your people have such a shallow pool of possible hair colors, or the fact that they would waste precious dye on changing their hair color."
"Well big man", spoke Lander as he inserted himself into the conversation. "Since you are now talking would you mind sharing with us your name?"
"Silence woman", spoke the giant without turning his gaze at Lander. "Men are speaking. Go sit in a corner till we are done talking."
"Woman", spoke Moses puzzled staring back at Lander again.
"I am not a woman", screamed Lander! The young man was greatly angered by the giant's words. "I told you on the first day I was thrown in this god forsaken hell hole. I am a man", as Lander shouted all eyes turned their gaze on him. Whispers began to bounce off the walls as murmurs of a woman being placed in a male prison circulated through the spectators. Even the guards began to double cheek their data book to be sure they had placed the right prisoner in the cell.
"Yes you did woman", spoke the giant causing another vain to appear of Lander head. "And if you remember correctly I told you I would call you a man when you start to look like one. Grow a beard, or cut your hair. Do something to make yourself look like a man. As long as you appear like a woman. I shall call you such."
"Ok", spoke Moses breaking up the argument. "Big man would you be kind enough to share with me your name."
"Very well", spoke the giant. "My name is Shan Yu."
"Shan", spoke Moses.
"No, Shan Yu", you have to say it together."
"So Shan Yu", spoke Lander.
"Silence woman", shouted Shan Yu once gain all eyes were on the trio.
"For the last time...", spoke Lander before he was interrupted. Suddenly and without warning the wall of the cell next to one shared by the trio exploded. Stones and rubble flew in all directions as dust filled the stone hall.
The guards were caught completely off guard. The men in the cell next to Moses were dead. Their bodies were crushed under the pile of stones that once made up the wall. Light, in all its brilliance, began to pour into the dark corridor illuminating walls that have not seen the sun in centuries. Two silhouettes stood in the new opening. One of them was very tall, and the other was very short. The light from the morning star shinned around them blinding the prisoners from making out their forms.
"Told you it was the other cell", spoke the small figure in a calm voice.
"Yeah", spoke the second in a deep eerie tone. "If I had smashed open the other cell then the guy we want would be dead. Like those guys", spoke the figure as it held out a titanic greatsword with one hand. The tip of the blade pointed to one of the crushed corpse of the prisoners in the cell next to Moses'.
"Hmm, true" spoke the first figure.
"Halt who goes there", shouted a guard as he pulled himself off the floor. The debris from the wall had knocked him over during the explosion.
"Guard", spoke the second figure as it raised its blade.
"I got it", spoke the first as he rose up a book.
"A book", spoke Moses in a confused tone. As the words left Moses mouth a mass of blackness swirled over the figures head. The swirling darkness blocked out the incoming light long enough for Moses to get a clear look at the figure. The figure was short about a foot and a half shorter than Moses. From head to toe he was covered in dark purple robes that left only his eyes visible. "Flux", spoke the short man as the mass of darkness seeped into the ground.
"Dark Magic", spoke Shan Yu as the darkness rose from the ground and enveloped the guard.
"Sound the alarm", spoke the guard as his body was reduced to bones. The second guard, who was guarding the door, rushed forward and ranged the alarm bell signaling a prison break.
"Damned guard", spoke the second figure as it rushed into the open prison. He jumped forward leaping over the rubble. A loud boom roared through the open hall as the man's heavy steel boots smashed into the stone. From head to toe the man was covered in heavy armor. His armor was modeled after the generals of old, and was not as stocky as the modern armor. None the less the weight and strength of the steel was the same. The armor weight and size was increased even more by the fact the man was extremely tall. He stood about an inch higher than Shan Yu. This gave him a very spine-chilling appearance. On his right shoulder rested a titanic greatswrord that was as long, and almost as wide as he was. The sword had a very peculiar look to it that stuck out to many of the prisoners.
"Is that Durandal", spoke Lander as he stared at the armored warrior. Without sparing another moment the armored giant rushed forward. The speed in which he moved caught everyone off guard. In less than a second he was upon the guard ringing the bell. His sword ripped through the guard armor and all. The wall was stained a bright crimson as the burly man stepped back into the main walkway.
"Good job Balgoth", spoke the first as he stepped on the stones crushing the prisoner's bodies. He turned and walked toward Moses cell, and stared the young man in the eye. "Come", he spoke as he melted the lock with his dark magic. Without waiting for a response he pressed open the cell and began to walk toward the hole in the wall.
"Excuse me", spoke Moses. Moses could hardly believe what just happened. Even more so when a man he has never met before suddenly breaks him out of prison.
"I said come", spoke the dark mage as he turned and faced Moses. The short man was soon followed by the armored giant who took the time to explain.
"Come with us if you want to live duel swordsman." A surprise expression crossed Moses face as the man spoke of his talents with the sword. "We saw your fight with woman", he continued. "Your skill was great, but your weapons were weak, and that was your down fall. We desire your skill." With those words he tossed Moses two identical swords. The blades were of a strange design, and hailed from a age long past.
"They are champion swords", spoke the first man. "They will not break so easily."
"Wait", spoke Lander as he stepped out of his cell. Lander was soon followed by Shan Yu who looted the corpse of the guard. "What about us."
"What about you", spoke the first man? "We go into danger, and I have no use for women".
"I am a guy", shouted Lander, but he was quickly ignored.
"Follow if you want", spoke the first man as he motioned Balgoth to do something. The armored giant began smashing the locks to the other cells with his gigantic sword. The blade popped open the cells allowing the other prisoners to escape. "Don't expect a weapon from us. We don't participate in charity."
"You heard that Duel Swordsman", spoke Balgoth picking up were his friend left off. "That means you owe Lambert, and I a debt for the swords."
"The names Moses, and yes I figured as much. However I have to make a request."
"Let me guess", spoke Lambert cutting off Moses. "You wish to rescue the woman who was dragged in with you."
"Yes", spoke Moses. He was a bit surprise he that Lambert knew what he was going to ask for, but none the less he was on the money.
"To bad for you", spoke Balgoth as he popped open the last cell. "That woman was taken from the female cells about an hour ago, and she was released from prison. "
"Yeah she was even given a royal escort to the palace. It was almost as if she was someone of great importance", spoke Lambert timing in on Balgoth words.
"An hour ago", spoke Moses with surprise. He figured Robin would get out easy, but for her to get out that quick was quite a shock.
"Nothing personal", spoke Shan Yu breaking up the conversation. "I think it is time to go. If we stay any longer we risk being surrounded by the guards."
"Good point tall guy", spoke Lambert.
"The name is Shan Yu".
"And I am Lander", he spoke taking advantage of the moment.
"And I am out of here", spoke Lambert as he stepped into the bright light.
"Keep up or you will get left behind", spoke Balgoth as he followed his short companion.
"Whatever", spoke Moses as he and the other two members of the trio followed.
As Moses stepped out of the prison he was met with the image of a city in chaos. The prisoners Lambert and Balgoth let out ran rampant through the streets. Unknown to them they had just let lose Yilisse most dangerous criminals. With the market district just below it did not take them long to arm themselves and cause panic and mayhem in the streets.
"This way" spoke Balgoth as Lambert finished analyzing the streets.
Ok, you all where warned Balgoth would show up. Also I would like to apologize about my lack of update; however I will tell you the reason is school. I am on the term system, and I am in final season right now. I have been spending the last few weeks studying, and writing papers. I would also like to apologize for the lack of Robin in this chapter. She will show up in the next so don't worry about it.