Chapter 18
"Where did you acquire that boomerang?" he asked.
"I've had it since I was a child," Sango answered, "Why?"
"That is a rather rare weapon, and I have a dear friend that uses one," he said, "We had gotten separated, and I am sincerely hoping to find her".
She lifted her helmet off, and seen a smirk on his face, "Well Miroku, I think you've found her.
"I thought so," Miroku answered.
"What have we walked into this time?" Sango asked.
"I don't know, it's definitely not something we been through before," Miroku replied, "And it looks like this place is about to see a lot of fighting very soon".
"Do you know their numbers?" Sango mentioned.
"Enough," Miroku answered, "Though I managed to eliminate most if not all of the trolls though".
"They have already attacked here?" Sango said, not seeing any damage.
"No," Miroku answered, "I was attacked and eventually ran here. There were so many that I did not think I would make it".
"Well...," Sango stated, "We will have to make their numbers smaller then. Now, won't we".
"Your weapon would scare them when you use," Miroku said, "It is not like anything they have seen".
"Well..., you have seen them so..., you're probably right about that," Sango replied, "How long have you waited here?"
"Three days," Miroku answered, "Spent most of them readying the walls".
The next day.
"All men to the walls! All men the walls! The orks have Arrived! Take your Positions! Fight to the last man!"
Miroku took a place on the wall right beside Sango, Seeing an army that clearly was bigger than what he faced. He seen numerous ladders, catapults where being set up. He seen a large battery ram at the back, and seen thirteen trolls. He thought that he destroyed all of them, but then assumed that they came with the siege weapons. Soon the orks closed in, and the catapults inside Pelargir opened fire. Even though the orks wouldn't be ready for a couple hours. The orks had three times the catapults, so that made every shot from Pelargir's even more important.
Soon the orks were in the range of the archers, and they opened fire. The first salvo created heavy casualties. And they continued inflicting heavy damage.
"Sango, the ladders," Miroku stated. Sango threw her boomerang and destroyed the ladder that was about to come up in front of her. And then when it returned, she thrown it at the ladders that already been placed. Destroying them before many had a chance to strike. She then went and did that to the other side. And soon moved down the line, and destroyed more ladders. Shortly there after, the orks retreated.
"If they show up like that the next time, we will massacre them"
"You think that they will be try that again? Their siege weapons have not been used yet. Their catapults double ours. What are you going to say when they try again, after a week of two of boulders flying at you".
"What that matter if they can't get inside the walls?"
"When our catapults are destroyed beyond repair... What are you going to do to stop the battery ram? Archers and small stones will do little!"
"Catapults are more likely to miss, that isn't going to work!"
"It is a must to not let them within the walls! If that happens, we are all dead! We have to do something about it!"
"So what do you suggest?".
"A small group, about or five large goes outside the walls tonight. And try to burn the battery ram down. And if it is to well defended a catapult or two".
"Won't that get them caught?".
"Not if they go by horse".
"They would know".
"Not if myself and Sango go," Miroku inserted himself into the argument, "If we can keep any horse from making to much of a noise. We can get in, undetected".
"How are you going to burn it down? A torch would easily show where you are!"
"Why would I need to bring a torch? I'll just use one of theirs," Miroku answered, "Just have a salvo of arrows, and the catapults ready for when we return. It is likely that we will have orks attacking as we do".
"Sounds like we have a plan".
Sango in her own armour, Miroku, and a soldier had left the gate and out on their mission. All three on foot, with a horse in tow. Only carrying a their primary weapons, they removed
anything that could make a noise. Slowly, and quietly moved towards the large ork camp. Once they had gotten close, they stopped and left the horses with the soldier, and silently moved in to a position that they could get the location of their targets. Both realised that the batter ram was to well defended. They knew that there was to many for them to reach the target, let alone destroying it, or escaping. But they seen that the catapults, had been lightly guarded.
Sango and Miroku remained undetected when they moved in close to the enemies long range weapons. The catapults where in a straight line beside each other. And about two orks beside each one. Miroku managed to eliminate three before he was caught, and Sango lit two before the few orks in the fight had many come to their aid. Sango's boomerang was sent through five others. Damaging them, though they would be repaired, it would take a while to fix. Sango demolished an ork attacking her when it returned, and both ran.
They had numerous arrows fired at them on their run, they quickly found the soldier the left Pelargir with. Quickly mounted their horse, and galloped back to sanctuary. Soon they seen numerous warg riders closing in on them. They seen he gate open, and all three knew the wargs would hit first. But a large boomerang changed all of that. It scared the oversized wolves, for a couple seconds, but gave chase again. Once inside the gate, it closed, the archers opened fire on the wargs, removing numerous from the fight, and the wargs retreated. Followed by two catapults firing on the orks.
"Miroku, wasn't there three catapults?" Sango asked.
"Must of been destroyed by the ork salvo when we first headed out," Miroku answered.
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