Sword of the Fae King

by Maveriqua

All Marius wants is to have a normal life. But when a Spring Break trip goes awry, Marius and his friends are caught up in a race against time to stop a powerful artifact from falling into the wrong hands. Why is it so important? I don't know but it has to be important or else those idiots wouldn't want it. Marius's life will never be normal again. Rated for later violence. Updated

2. Chapter 2: Victorian London

Chapter 1:

South of London, England, 1895.

A man in a thick black coat and hat raced through the rain. He was in a large farmer's field, with wheat on the left and right of him. Anyone looking at him might have thought he was a member of MI6, or a similar organization. Maybe he was carrying papers to his superior. But they would be wrong. This man, Hollace Bialas, was carrying something much more dangerous.

He ran towards a small farmhouse, so small it could barely be seen over the wheat. Perfect. He looked around nervously and ducked into the basement at the side of the house. In the basement, covered in preserves and bags of seeds, was a small table. Sitting at the small table was a man. He had medium stature but, like Hollace, wore a coat and hat that hid most of his features. Despite the pouring rain outside, he did not seem to have a drop of water on him.

"You brought it, I hope?" the man said as Hollace closed the door. Hollace nodded and wrung out his hat.

"Pain to get it here," muttered Hollace, "people still frightened after all. Stupid Martians... I got stopped at three checkpoints..."

"But you have it, right?"

Hollace nodded and reached into his coat. He brought out a long package wrapped in brown paper. The paper was wet, not just with rain, but also some stains that the other man really, really hoped were ink, but probably were not. The man took a deep breath as Hollace cleared away a bag of seeds and put the package on the table. The man partially opened the package with shaking fingers, checking the contents. He nodded.

"The hilt?" he asked.

"With my wife's sister. She's headed to America in a week. I've asked her to leave it in a random place. An alleyway maybe."

The man nodded gravely. "Good. Hopefully, no one will have to find it again."

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So, like it so far? Who are these two men? What's in the package? What do martians have to do with anything?

Tune in next update (which I might do faster if I have reviews [hint, hint, wink, wink, nod, nod]) :)