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Chapter 9

Traitor

Walking. That was all they did when they did not rest. It had been going on for about a three days like this. Gregor's feet were killing him."Lets rest here."Ripred said as he put his tail on Gregor's shoulder.

As Gregor sat on the ground he heard a rock shift somewhere to his left. He turned his head and clicked. He saw nothing. Ripred was ten feet to his right by then, Luxa on his back as she had been almost the entire time. Ripred seemed oblivious of the sound.

"Did you hear that?"He said as he pointed towards where the rock had shifted.

"Hear what? All I have heard is the sound of our footsteps the entire time."He said as he lifted Luxa off his back with his tail. He laid down on the floor.

Gregor started walking in the direction the sound came from. as he walked he heard something to his left and turned. He let out a click as the rock collided to his face. A man had been hidden in a cloak so that he looked like a rock.

Gregor's head turned from the impact and he stumbled. His hand instinctedly went to his face. When it pulled away it was covered in a light layer of blood spots. He let out another click and saw the rock headed towards his face.

As the rock flew through the air towards him he put his hand up and caught it. He heard a cling and a fire started before his eyes. He closed his eyes and turned his head. As he did he noticed the smaller torch that was a beading red of ember. It was letting out just enough light to see a few feet infront of you.

When he turned back his head he ducked to dodge a fist at his head. He grabbed the person's arm from above. He could not see their skin other than their eyes, which of course were a vibrant violet.

With his grip Gregor turned the arm twisting it back. The person screamed in pain. It was a scream of a woman."Traitors working with the rats. They say you were hostages. Liers I can see through your plans. Here is the rat that has 'captured' you. It was all a trick to conceal your treachery. Why would you be headed towards Regalia when they denied to give the demands?"

Gregor put the arm behind her back and pushed it up. He heard a loud crack under the woman's screams. He let the arm fall limp and kicked her in the back grabbing the torch. When he turned back to the woman she was unconcious.

"Well, something bad must have happened. Why would she try to attack us other wise?" Luxa said out of the blue.

"Well at least the boy still can fight. Other wise I would have to do all the fighting if it happened." Ripred joked. Gregor frowned at him.

"What else would you have expected? The only thing I can think of is the bane's followers." Gregor said eyeing the rat. The rat glared at his eyes, but he just glared back harder.

"Do not mistake all creatures to love you. Half of them hated you for just staying to heal after the war of time. Some hated you for not coming back, and may still have a grudge. The shiners never cared for you, but their stumaches were the only reason they saved you." Ripred said. Giving Gregor a matter of fact look. He closed his eyes. Soon the rat was asleep.

"You get some sleep too. I'll keep watch. I'll see what I can do for a fire also, see if there are plants around or such."Gregor offered. Withing minutes he was the only one awake.

Gregor walked over to the woman and started too look through her stuff. Under her cloak she had a backpack with a weeks worth of food and , he thought, now we won't be stuck eating fish. He looked deeper in and found a note.

The note read...

'Dear Algia

The overlander has betrayed us once more. Make sure he will never do it again. I know you can hide the death easily. You have done this before. Make sure it looks like the gnawer's doing. The queen will be working with him. Do the city something good. Save it from these traitors. Remember what happens should you betray me.

Don't fail our city,

From Anonymous'

Gregor froze up in shock. Who had been feeding this bluff to this woman. It was not the woman who was the traitor. She would be counted as a murderer, of course, but the true traitor was someone she trusted enough to betray the queen.

He shook the thought from his head.I'll show it to her tommorow, he thought. He began rummaging through her stuff some more. He began looking through the stuff. Some of it was simple such as knives, fire starters, and herbs to start fires. As he was looking through it he found one piece of equipment that was very interesting.

He found seventeen small arrows and a small version of a crossbow with two straps attached. It had a small button on the side of it. It was small but when he pressed the button a arrow was stuck in the stone next too him. He found it fit nicely on his arm just behind his wrist.

"Well at least I have a weapon now."He mumbled. He put an arrow in and found it was faster than you would expect a crossbow to moved it up so his thumb was able to press the button if needed to be. He walked over to the rest of the group and took a seat on a nearby rock.

This is going to be a long night, he thought too himself as he began truely starting his post.

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