"Hey. Wake up, lad."
Titus snorted and grumbled something unintelligible before turning on his side.
Rin scoffed and kicked Titus hard in the stomach.
"Gah! Dammit, woman. I'm awake!"
Titus cursed and helped himself to his feet. He grabbed his Galea and Gladius before observing the clearing they were in.
"How long was I out?"
The Highlander was the one who answered.
"Long enough. I was the first to wake, lad."
Titus looked at the two and asked.
"Well since we're not at each others throats. My name is Titus. I would've said my full name but that would be too long for your barbaric minds."
Rin snorted and punched him in the nose, sending him back to the ground.
"The name's Rin. That's all you need to know."
The Highlander nodded.
"Aéd."
The Highlander said before offering his hand fir Titus to take.
Titus stopped caressing his nose and looked at the hand before taking it.
Aéd helped him to his feet and looked at a pathway that led to a forest.
Aéd narrowed his eyes.
"Something's not right here."
Rin looked at the towering man.
"What do you mean?"
Aéd kept his eyes on the forest and looked back at the two.
"I've travelled through Valkenheim, Ashfeld and the Myre. These trees and landscape are unfamiliar. What was the season before we ended up here?"
Rin looked at the unfamiliar surroundings.
"Winter" She answered "It was winter."
Aéd nodded.
Titus stared at the ground, deep in thought.
"What was the last thing you remembered before we woke up here?" He asked.
"A light." The three of them looked at each other.
"Then nothing."
Aéd looked at the forest and made a decision.
"We can't stay here. There's nothing to gain standing around."
He hefted his Claymore and rested it on his shoulder. Taking the lead, he ventured through the forest.
Titus and Rin looked at the Highlander's retreating back and set off as well.
Titus grabbed a handful of purple berries and tasted one. He spat it out and threw the rest of the berries away.
He took another handful of berries, this time red, and found it's taste delightful in his tongue. When he was finished, he took an apple from a tree they passed by and took a bite out of it as well. After he finished, he threw away the core and grabbed another handful of berries.
Rin looked at the Centurion from underneathher Kasa.
"With the way you eat, it's a wonder you still fit in your armor."
Titus looked at her with a raised eyebrow.
"What? Can't a man indulge himself to nature's bounty?"
He chucked one of the berries in his mouth and immediately spat it out.
"Ahh, tastes like shit."
He looked at the berries in his hand and threw it away.
Rin shook her head and continued their pace.
Aéd ignored the two but heard something.
He raised a fist to signal the two to stop.
"Do you hear that?"
Titus and Rin listened intently.
Nothing at first, but then they heard it.
The clashing of blades.
Aslan's How
"Treachery! They shot him! They murdered our King!" Sopespian yelled before running to his horse and returning to his army.
Peter turned to the Narnians.
"Get ready!" He ordered.
Prince Caspian saw a Telmarine soldier behind the two Kings and warned them "Peter!"
The two turned around just in time to see the Telmarine with a blade sticking out of his chest. The blade was pulled out and the soldier was spinkicked in the head.
Rin scoffed before turning to address the Kings "Well? Don't just stand there and gawk. You got a war to win don't you?"
Before they could answer, someone yelled "Look out!"
Rin was suddenly pushed out of the way just as a boulder smashed to the spot where she was standing. She looked to her left and saw Titus, without his helmet, looking at the boulder.
He turned to her and said "Are you deaf or are you blind?"
The answer he received was a solid punch to the face.
"Aaahhh! Damn it, woman! You punched me in the face! What is wrong with you!?" Titus screamed as he held his, probably broken, nose.
"Hn." Rin scoffed before picking up her Kasa from the ground and dusting it off. She heard the screams of the Telmarine Cavalry and saw them scrambling inside a pit. Before they could get away, however, arrows rained upon them.
"CHARGE!" Peter ordered as the Narnians charged and surrounded the Telmarine Cavalry. She noticed Titus beside her, securing his helmet on his head.
"Heh, when in doubt..." He brought the face mask down and raised his gladius "ATTACK!"
He ran and lunged at the closest Telmarine, burying his gladius in the soldier's chest. Kicking the body then parrying another Telmarine's swing. He clotheslined the soldier and stood over him, kicking the man's arm away before stabbing him in the heart. He pulled the gladius free and gave a charging Telmarine a solid uppercut, sending him sprawling to the ground "Incredibilis!"
Meanwhile, Rin let out a feral grin and dodged a Telmarine's swing. "Tsumaran!" She then stabbed him in the abdomen and twisted her blade. She twisted it again, before pulling it out and letting the soldier fall to his knees, letting him clutch his wound in pain. She raised both her katanas, her grin growing wider as she saw the fear in the soldier's eyes when he looked up at his executioner, before burying them above the Telmarine's shoulder blades.
She pulled her blades out and parried a Telmarine's attack. "Amai!" She grabbed the back of his head and slammed the kashira of her blade into his face, stunning him. She turned around and stabbed both her blades in his midsection with her back to him. She turned her head to look at her opponent and gave him a wink before pulling the blades out, letting his body fall to the floor, dead.
"Weak."
She looked to the battle and saw Titus laughing as he parried and stabbed Telmarines left and right. She saw Aéd cleave a Telmarine in two. He grabbed one by the neck and threw him at the Telmarine Shieldmen.
He turned around and kicked a soldier charging at him, sending the man flying. He dodged a swing from a Telmarine and retaliated with by burying his Claymore deep into the unfortunate man's chest. He pulled it out and let the man fall on his knees. Without missing a beat, he swung his large blade and cut man's head clean off.
He grabbed the head and raised it for all the Telmarines to see.
"Rrraaaggghhh!"
Titus saw this and scoffed "Such barbarity."
He ducked from a soldier's swing and stabbed his Gladius in the Telmarine's chest. He pulled it off and kicked the man back. He positioned his body as if to throw his blade at the enemy.
The Telmarine saw this and used his arms to shield him from the attack.
Titus let out a cruel smirk and threw his Gladius near the man's feet before delivering an uppercut that sent his opponent, and his face mask, flying.
Before the Telmarine could get up, Titus pounced on him. He punched the Telmarine again and again and again. He didn't bother that his knuckles were soaked with blood or the man's face was now beyond recognition or the smirk behind his face mask turned into a sadistic grin.
When he was done, he got off the dead soldier and retrieved his Gladius. He saw Rin staring at him with an unamused expression.
"If what Aéd did was barbarity, then what do you call this?"
Titus looked at the dead body and shrugged.
He parried a Telmarine's strike and disarmed the man. He punched him in the face then followed it up with an elbow to the gut then a slash across the chest before burying his sword with enough strength to slam the Telmarine's body to the ground.
He pulled the sword out just in time to see Rin combine her swords and slash the Telmarine twice before cutting his head off. She disarmed a second soldier then uses to fingers to strike him twice in the chest and then a final strike with her palm. The strength in her final strike was enough for the man to suddenly crumble on where he stood.
Titus chuckled "I see I'm not the only one to kill a man with their hands."
Rin scoffed before seeing what's become of the battle.
Titus joined her and couldn't decide whether to stutter in disbelief or just accept it.
'Trees. Trees are getting off the ground and killing people. Well, I'll take what I can get.' He thought as he watched the trees do work.
The Telmarines were pushed back to the forest with their tails between their legs. The Narnians giving chase.
The duo was soon joined by Aéd, his bloody Claymore rested on his shoulders while his hand was holding a decapitated head by the hair.
Titus looked at the head then at Aéd.
"Having fun, my towering friend?"
Aéd looked at him with a raised eyebrow and motioned his head to the corpse woth a barely recognizable face.
"I could say the same to you, lad."
Titus chuckled "You damn right I am."
Rin shook her head before wiping the blood off her Katanas. The sun reflected off the blade when she was done.
Titus saw this and decided to wipe his Gladius with his worn-out cape. When he was done, he saw his Gladius was still rusted as ever.
Aéd didn't wipe his Claymore but crouched to pick up a pike from the ground. He placed the head on top of the pike and planted it to the ground.
Titus and Rin looked at him with a questioning gaze.
"I remember seeing a knight do this after executing a traitor from their order. It's a perfect warning."
Titus shook his head "If it were up to me, the man should've been crucified and left for thw crows to feed."
Rin snorted "And you keep calling us barbarians."
The trio were interrupted when they heard a deafening roar.
"What was that?"
"Hmm. Sounded like a lion."
"I didn't see a lion. Besides, how can a lion roar that loud?"
His question was left unanswered as Aéd decided to follow the Narnians that chased the Telmarines.
Rin looked at Titus and shrugged before following after Aéd.
Titus sighed and looked at the sky.
"Gods, if you can hear me. Tell me... What the fuck is going on?"
Only silence met his question.