"Alright Mr. Cowboy and Mr. Zipper! Now lets go after the dragon and the wizard!" Aiden said. He rode his imaginary horse over to where Julia and Rodney stood. Rodney stretched her arms out. "You'll never save the princess!" she growled. Azkadellia pretended to whimper in fright. Aiden pointed at Julia. "There's the evil wizard! Quick, Mr. Cowboy! You get the wizard, and Mr. Zipper and I will get the dragon and the princess!" Aiden cried out.
Cain stood there for a second confused. Julia jumped up and did a 360 and then landed on her feet again, ready to fight. "Is thou' going to attack? Or shall thy come in for the kill?" Julia asked, in a mid-evil voice. Cain tilted his head and then sighed. He started walking closer towards Julia. "I suppose I should kill you…" he said.
Julia narrowed her eyes. "Kill the wizard Mr. Cowboy! Tackle her, like this!" Aiden said. He ran into Julia's leg, and she pretended to wobble. "Oh, he's so strong! What should I do?" she said, melodramatically. "Quick, Mr. Cowboy! Help me!" Aiden said, with a smile. Cain walked towards Julia, and wrapped his arms around her middle.
"Now what, Aiden?" Cain asked, feeling awkward. "Let's tackle her!" he said. Both Cain and Aiden pushed their weight on Julia, and Julia collapsed onto the ground. Aiden stood up. "Hold her down Mr. Cowboy! While I stab her!" Aiden said, twirling around his imaginary sword. "Okay," Cain said, still holding Julia around her middle on the ground.
Her back was to him so he couldn't see what her face looked like. Probably annoyed, ticked, or awkward. Aiden pretended to stab Julia. "My life has ended, goodbye magical world!" Julia said, pretending to die. Cain laid there for a second, and Aiden ran towards Rodney. Julia slowly turned to face him. "You're still…holding me…" she said.
"Oh, right…." Cain said, letting her go and standing up. He held out his hand to help her up. She shook her head. "I'm dead remember?" she asked. Cain nodded. "Of course. How could I forget?" he said. Aiden ran over to Rodney. "Mr. Zipper! I need you to cut off the dragon's head so I can save the princess!" Aiden said. "Right away, Sir Aiden!" Glitch said, saluting him.
Glitch walked over towards Rodney, who raised an eyebrow. She spread her arms out and her legs out. "You have to get through me to get to the princess!" she said. "Get the dragon!" Glitch exclaimed. He tackled Rodney to the ground and than pretended to cut of her head. "Take that dragon! You okay, Rodney?" Glitch asked, changing subject.
"I can't talk I have no head, remember?" Rodney said with a smile. Glitch nodded, slightly embarrassed. "Right, okay. Aiden, does thee have the princess?" Glitch asked. "Yes, Princess will you marry me?" Aiden asked. Azkadellia pretended to be in shock. "The prince wants to marry me? Oh!" she said, pretending to faint. DG and Jeb caught her.
Julia and Rodney stood up, and brushed themselves off. "What an interesting game…" Cain said. "I'm sure you're used to it by now, Cain. After all, you did raise a boy…" Julia said, nodding towards Jeb, who was talking to DG and Azkadellia. "Not like this," Cain said, shaking his head. Rodney sighed. "To get to your kingdom, we must pass through Central City am I correct?" she asked. "Yes," Glitch answered.
"We should cover some ground today. We still have half a day of sunlight," Rodney said. The group gathered what little supplies they had, and began to move towards Central City. Julia seemed somewhat tense. "What's wrong, Julia?" Azkadellia asked. "It's been many annuls since we went through central city…." She said, looking ahead.
"There are a lot of friendly people there! It's an interesting town really, everything has gone back to normal for the most part. There are still some longcoats hiding there though," DG added. Julia turned to look at her. "What do you mean by longcoats?" she asked. Rodney looked up. "I think she means who," she said, still looking at Julia.
"I don't know… some of them from back in the day. I'm not sure which ones," Azkadellia said, feeling confused. Julia bit her lip either in anger or worry. "What about…Zero?" Julia asked, her voice changing to anger. Rodney looked away and then back at Julia. "If he's there, we won't go near him. He won't recognize you anyway. You've changed a lot in eight years," Rodney said, putting a hand on her shoulder.
Julia shrugged the hand off. "So, what is your kingdom like?" she asked. "Beautiful," DG said. "Thanks, care to say more?" Julia said, rolling her eyes. "Its on the Northern Island. It used to be frozen, but now its back to its beautiful state. Flowers, birds, trees…." Azkadellia closed her eyes as if to envision it.
Cain and Glitch walked ahead of the group, Aiden walking in between them. "That was so much fun! We should play again Mr. Cowboy and Mr. Zipper. We have to! We just have to!" Aiden said, getting excited. "Sure we will, Aiden. Right….Mr. Cowboy?" Glitch asked, showing Cain a grin. Cain rolled his eyes. "Sure. You have my word," Cain agreed.
"Awesome!" Aiden said, jumping up and down. There was a snap of twigs and Cain pushed Glitch and Aiden behind a bush. Julia and Rodney must of heard it too, because they drew their bows, arrows drawn. They ushered the rest of the group behind the bush as well. Cain stood up, his gun drawn. Glitch looked around for a weapon. Rodney reached into her pocket, pulled out her dagger and handed it to Glitch, all while keeping her eyes scanning the woods.
Jeb drew his gun and was moving around. "Take it easy, son." Cain said, his voice worried. DG and Azkadellia held Aiden close. More rustling came and the whole group pointed their weapons towards the one spot. Rodney leaned towards Julia. "We can't just fire at will. What if it is a child? Not a longcoat or a Bagun?" Rodney asked.
"I never said fire at will," Julia replied. Rodney looked up. "Who is there? If you are an enemy, be warned. We have weapons…" Rodney spoke out. The rustling stopped. "Probably just an animal," Cain spoke up. There was rustling all around them and the group realized they were surrounded. Rodney looked around, and she saw about fifteen Baguns had them surrounded. The group stood with their backs to each other, their weapons pointed at different Baguns.
One of them stepped forward. He was a male. Instead of having black robes like the rest, his were red. He was their leader. "We received word from a ally tribe that humans were walking our way, but you are late…" he said. The group stood there, anxious. The leader looked down at Aiden. Glitch stepped infront of him. "Leave him alone," Glitch said.
The Bagun laughed. "We have you surrounded. You have no choice but to hand him over…" he said. "Like hell we will. Surrounded or not," Rodney spoke up. The Bagun tilted his head. "You're voice patterns sound familiar…" he said. "We try not to get friendly with…thing…we intend on killing," Julia spoke up. The Bagun grinned. "I thought it was all lies, but now I recognize you two. You're supposed to be dead," he said.
"Sorry to disappoint you," Rodney retorted. The Bagun looked at her. "You're Princess…Rodney. Yes, yes I remember you. I guess you're little….lover…. didn't kill you after all. Want to know what we did with his body?" he asked. Rodney's hands began to shake, causing her bow to move around. Julia looked over to see tears forming in her sister's eyes.
"Alright, that's enough…" Julia said. The Bagun turned to face her. He grinned even more. "Ah, my favorite. Princess Julia. You don't remember me? Are you sure?" he asked. "No," Julia stated simply. "My dear. Surely you'd recognize the Bagun who took the life of your child right infront of your eyes," he said. The group shifted their eyes to Julia, who squared her jaw, tears faintly appearing in her eyes.
The Bagun dared to step closer, but Julia raised her bow. "Don't you even think about it," she growled. The Bagun faked worry. "She was probably one of the tastiest lives I've taken. And you…" he said, turning to Rodney. "You're lover probably made a good meal for the creatures of the sea. They probably tore him right up," he said.
He rounded on Julia again. "The best sound in the world. You're daughter…little Olivia….screaming into my ear like a….." he was cut off by Cain firing shots at him. The leader fell to the ground slightly, on his knees. He laughed, and continued laughing until he was dead. The other Baguns shifted in worry. Then, they all took off as quickly as they came.
Julia and Rodney walked up to the body, and kicked it to make sure it was dead. They looked up at each other. "He's dead…and the rest are gone…" Rodney said. "Yea…" Julia agreed. The rest of the group stood there, unsure of what to do. They slowly moved forward, and Cain stepped infront of Julia, placing his hands on either one of her shoulders.
"Hey…." He said. Julia looked at the ground. "Look at me…" Cain said. Julia looked up, tears straining not to spill. "It's all over, okay?" he asked, concern and care in his eyes. Julia stepped out of his reach. "Yea, it is…" she said, stepping around him. Glitch went up to Rodney. "Rodney? You okay?" he asked. "I'm…I'm fine…" Rodney said, not looking at him. "Rodney…" Glitch said, lightly grabbing her arm. She didn't move, but she didn't look at him.
"It'll be okay, alright?" Glitch said. Rodney looked at him and her eyes too had tears in them. "I wish it would be, Glitch…" she said, pulling away. Aiden looked around. "Those were BAD guys!" he said. The group all looked at him, before laughing. Aiden even joined in on the laughing. Julia shook her head. "Alright, let's move on…" she said.