Chapter 6: Koo Temple

Turner and Hong walk through the autumn forest as the breeze brushes against their fur, "Did I tell you I hate you?" Hong asks.
"Six times now" Turner reply.
"Well, I hate you"
"I know"
Turner stops when they reach the end of the mountain and looks down to see the waves clashing against the stone and Hong slowly approaches behind him. "I know where we are" Hong states. Turner turns around and looks at Hong with curiosity.
"Where are we then?" Turner asks.
"The Seaside Cliffs, there is a cat village nearby where my grandfather use to sell his exotic fruits"
"Well then, let's get going"

Hong and Turner travel through the cliffs, the strong winds pushing them towards the sounds of waves clashes against rock, "Can you see it?" Asks Turner.
"No, not in this mist"
Turner stares into the mist and sees two shadows pass by, sprinting through the area. Turner chases the shadows and Hong follows. "Where are we going?" Hong asks. Turner looks back at Hong and then looks back up to see his lost track of the shadows, "Damn it! I lost them" Turner says whilst stopping his movement. The area became quiet until a sudden step was heard and Turner and Hong react to raider leaping from the mist at them with two daggers in his hands. Turner charges at him and the raider throws a dagger at him but a he reacts quickly and leaps into the air and comes down to perform a flying kick on the raider. The raider jumps back and Turner misses, Turner reveals his dagger and the raider firms his grip on his, Turner charges but the raider clashes blades with Turner and then rolls and sweeps Turner off his feet. Hong begins to charge but the raider grabs a rope dart from his bag and then throws the blade at Hong but Hong sidesteps and grabs the rope dart and pulls causing the raider to fall. Turner after getting back on his feet grabs the raider and flips him onto his back and holds his dagger to the raider's neck. The raider feared for his life after losing a battle and was panicking as he waited for his life to end, "What are you doing here?" Turner asks whilst intimidating the foe.
"We're on a mission" He replies
"What do you mean 'we're'?"
"I was with the other raiders as we followed our leader"
"Who is this leader?"
"I'm not really sure but I believe one of the raiders called him Jack"
"Jack, that slimy bastard, where were you heading?"
"Koo Temple, Jack said he needed to fetch some artefact for the supreme commander. I wasn't briefed on why he needed it"
Turner gets off the raider but holds the raider by the neck and lifts him into the air, "Tell Jack 'I'm coming'" Turner commands. He then throws the raider to the ground and the raider scrabbles to get back up and then looks up to Turner,
"Who do I say it's from?" He asks.
"He'll know" Turner replies.
The raider then runs off into the mist.
"Are you sure you be heading for such a low-level target?" Hong asks.
"To me his enemy number one" Turner replies.
"Why?"
"I have also suffered the effects of the dog army"
"Well, what's the plan"
"I have some personal dealings, I want you to rent us an inn in the village, we'll be staying for a while"
Turner retrieves a sack of gold from his satchel and chucks it to Hong, "Now go" Turner commands.

Turner slowly approaches the massive, mossy, overgrown temple. Statues of Wolf heads hang over the doorway that stands on top of a flight of stairs. The door is a large wooden door with iron outlines. Turner begins to walk up the staircase whilst he looks around at the trees and moss that grow over the stone structure. He reaches the door and draws out his dagger and then puts out both hands and pushes the door apart as light breaches into the dark temple, Turner spots two dark figures who then withdraw their swords and Turner firms his grip on his dagger and prepares for a fight. The two figures charge at Turner and reveal themselves to be raiders, one swipes at Turner but Turner rolls under the blade and takes two chops at the raider's hip from behind. The raider holds his wound but continues to defend against Turner, Turner prepares to finish him when the second raider jumps in for the attack, the raider swoops at Turner's feet but Turner jumps and kicks the raider back. Turner turns back to the wounded raider and clashes his dagger against the sword and then ducks to swoop the raider off his feet and into the ground, the raider falls and Turner stabs his dagger into the raider's neck and then turns around to the face the other raider approaching. Turner continues to clash against the raider as the raider pushes Turner back further and further from the doorway until they reach a balcony. The raider goes for a swipe on Turner's shoulder but Turner slides to the side and grabs the raider's head and smashes it against the balcony railing causing the railing to break and the raider to die. Turner realising their location looks off the edge of the balcony and looks down to see Jack and a raider having a conversation in front of several pillars casting a shadow in Turner's direction. Turner takes the advantage leaps from the balcony, landing behind one pillar. Turner hides in the shadows as he listens in to their conversation. "This temple is giving me the creeps" the raider says.
"We must push on or the dogs will have our head!" Jack replies.
"Fine then, but make it quick!"
Once Jack turns his back to the raider and begins to approach the wall Turner swoops from behind and stabs the raider in the back causing the raider to scream in pain before dropping dead. Jack turns around and sees Turner.
"Turner!?" Jack says, astonished.
Turner charges at Jack and grabs him by the neck and slams him against the wall,
"I will murder you, you traitorous bastard!"
"I thought you were dead"
"You underestimate me!"
"You do the same"
Jack pushes Turner back and to the ground and Turner quickly recovers his footing but sees Jack push an out of place slab into the wall and all of a sudden the wall begins to rise and glowing eyes stare from the darkness, "I hope you enjoy my friend as much as he enjoys you!" Jack says. Jack turns and pulls a torch on the wall and another wall rises and as he walks into the darkness it closes again. Turner refocuses his attention to the eyes and then hears a loud roar as the creature comes charging from the darkness to reveal itself to be a wolf! Turner is shocked and attempts to run from the gigantic wolf. Turner notices the pillar and then runs up a wall and leaps onto one, Turner sees the wolf approach the base and leaps to the other as the wolf smashes the base and it comes down. Turner leaps to the third before the wolf can get him but the wolf runs through with his fist out and smashes the second pillar and quickly comes charging at the third. Turner leaps from the pillar as it smashes but he jumps late and doesn't get much height before dropping to the ground. Turner lies in the debris as the wolf slowly approaches. Turner was shocked, motionless until a rope dart came flying down and spike the wolf in the chest and Hong came leaping down after tying the rope to the balcony and with the other end in his hand. As Hong came down the wolf was rose into the sky and when Hong landed he jabbed the rope dart into the ground and then got up. Hong walked over to Turner and helped him up.
"I told you to leave" says Turner.
"I'm not leaving without you" replies Hong.
The two turn around and look at the wolf's lifeless body hanging in the air. Turner turns over to the wall and stomps his way over to the torch and pulls but nothing happens, he tries again and again but still nothing. "We should be heading back" Hong says. Turner rests his head against the wall and replies "Yes, we should".