Chapter 2: The Escape

I stood up, cleaned my dagger with the rags Gotoh was wearing, placed it back in its sheath, turned to Kara and said, "Let's go Kara. We need to get to out of here and to Windhelm. And fast." as I walked out of the cell, Kara following close behind. "I'm sorry that I did that in front of you. It was a much more honorable death."

"I understand." Kara said. "He told me that if any Stormcloak were to come for us, he would ask to be killed. I tried to talk him out of the idea, but he wouldn't listen. Eventually he told me that he would never make it long enough for a Stormcloak to come for us, so he dismissed the idea. But when he said it a few minutes ago, it took me by surprise." I looked at her and saw that tears were still running down her cheeks.

I stopped and reached to gently wipe them away and said, "I'm here for you Kara. If you need anything, all you need to do is ask."

"Thank you Navarre." Kara said sweetly.

I then heard a door up ahead open. "The guard! Kara, get into that cell, hurry!" She did as I ordered, moving into the darkest corner of the cell. Even though her dress was covered in dirt, it still stuck out in the dim light of the corridor. I walked over, stood over her and said, "I'm sorry for what I'm about to do." I'm not one to throw myself on top of a woman, but my dark toned Dragonscale armor would hide us both us temporarily so I crouched over Kara to kept us from being spotted. I heard the guard stop for a minute. Then continue down the hall. I stood up, looked to the left of the cell we were in, and saw the guard about 4 or 5 cells away now. "Come on. Let's go." I said, gently grasping Kara's wrist and hurrying her behind me.

-Meanwhile- (No POV)

The guard that had just passed Navarre and Kara continued down the hall, until he reached Gotoh's cell, and found only the old sage, on the floor, in a pool of his own blood. "General Tullius!"

(Back to Navarre's POV)

"Son of a bitch. He found your father. We need to get out of here quick." I said after hearing the guard. We were getting close to the exit, but still had a few sets of stairs to go down.

"I… I can't run… anymore… Navarre." Kara said between heavy breaths.

I thought for a minute, and then an idea came to mind. "Kara, are you able to use destructive spells?"

"Yes, why?" She asked.

"Get on my back. I'll carry you out, but I need you to keep any guards from stopping us." I said as I crouched down in front of her.

"Okay." Kara aid as she climbed onto my back and wrapped her arms loosely around my neck while I out my hands on her legs, stood up, and continued running. "How are you not exhausted yet?" She asked.

"I've been running from the Empire for years. I've gotten used to it." I replied.

(10 minutes later)

We finally made it out of the tower, and thankfully it was still dark. For how much longer I didn't know, and that was what concerned me most.

"Is something wrong Navarre?" Kara asked.

"I'll tell you later. There's a cave not too far from here that I've been using the past couple of nights. We'll camp there until things quite down." I replied.

"Very well Navarre. Let's hurry then before the Imperials start after us again." Kara said. I started running again, then my worst fears came true; the sun started to rise. I tried to pick up my pace as best I could, but now fatigue was starting to get the better of me. Why now does it feel as though my energy is leaving my body? And what the hell is stinging my back? "Kara."

"Yes?"

"You aren't… wearing any… silver… are you?" I asked between pained breathes.

"I have this silver necklace." Kara replied. How did I not see the necklace?

"I… need… you… to… remove it." I said through heavier pained breathes as I dropped to my knees. 'Damn it. I'm going to die here'

"Navarre? What's wrong?" Just as Kara asked, the sun started over the hills, and hit the right side of my face.

"AAAAAAAGH!" I couldn't help but let out a scream of agonizing pain.

"Navarre!" Kara exclaimed. "What's happening?" She asked worriedly.

"The cave! I need you to drag me to the cave!" I screamed, trying to point southeast in the direction of the cave. I then felt Kara pulling me up with all of her strength, throwing my arm over her shoulder as she started running toward the cave. Thankfully the entrance was surrounded by trees, offering plenty of shade and protection from the sun.

She set me against one of the tree, and I could finally catch my breath and rest. "Wha… what are you?" Kara asked.

"I'm sorry. I should've told you sooner. I'm… a…" I said before passing out.

Well, there's chapter 2. Please review, and if you have any ideas for potential oneshots for Navarre and Kara, feel free to leave them in a review, or send them to me in a PM.

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