Rodney was running through the woods in panic. She saw the two longcoats, standing over Glitch. Rodney charged through the bushes, and jumped on the back of the one longcoat, and snapped his neck. She turned to look at the other one, and began hitting him in any part she could. He fell to the ground. Rodney tore his gun off of him and began hitting him with the gun.
Finally she aimed the gun and shot him in the head. She threw the gun down and turned to Glitch. "Glitch…" she said, shaking him. "Rodney, you…came back…where is Aiden?" Glitch asked, looking around. He had a bullet wound in his shoulder, and it was bleeding heavily. "Of course I came back. Come on….let's get you back to the castle…" she said, helping him up. She looked at him. "I couldn't just leave you out here…" she said. Glitch looked at her. "Thank You…Rodney…" he said.
Together they walked through the woods, until they reached the bushes. "Aiden?" Rodney asked. Aiden emerged from the bushes, along with Azkadellia. "Azkadellia?" Rodney asked. Azkadellia helped her carry Glitch through the hedges. "What are you…how did you?" Rodney asked. "The longcoats took us to the woods. They were going to shoot us dead. We all got them disarmed and ran. DG and Jeb told me that they were heading to our kingdom to get help. They stole two of the longcoats horses. So they should be returning soon…." Azkadellia said, with a blank expression.
"How long have you been hiding here?" Rodney asked, before looking at Aiden. "I actually just got here. It took me longer since I was on foot, plus there are a dozen longcoats everywhere…" Azkadellia said. "Wait, is Cain still back here?" Glitch asked, his hand holding his would. They turned to see the tin suit still in place. The group walked up to it. Azkadellia put her hand ontop of the screws and began to twist them off.
When she had gotten both, Rodney opened the door and Cain fell out. His face had some silver paint marks on it. His hat rolled off, and Aiden ran to pick it up. "Cain?" Azkadellia asked. Cain looked up. "Az, Rodney, Glitch…" he paused when Aiden rushed over to him with his hat. Cain stood up with the help of Rodney and Azkadellia. "Thank you, Aiden…" Cain said. He looked around. "Jeb? DG?" he asked. "They went back to our kingdom to get help…" Azkadellia said. Cain looked around again, before looking at Rodney. "Where is Julia?" he asked.
"Zero…" Rodney replied. Cain looked up, and put his hat back on. He looked to the right and saw Julia's bow and arrow. He picked it up and stared at it, his expression soft. He turned back to the group. "We have to find her. Rodney, you stay with Glitch…I'll go find her…." Cain said. "Cain, she's my sister. There is no way I'm not going," Rodney spoke up. "No Cain, I'm fine. Its just a gunshot wound…" Glitch said. Cain sighed. "Fine, we will all go. But hurry. Zero could have her dead any second…" Cain said, before breaking into sprint….
Zero untied Julia and shoved her to the ground. She grabbed her broken arm, painfully. Zero began to chuckle slightly. "Boris, you take care of her. You come with me and we can go torture the other one and the Zipperhead. Then we can go kill the Tin Man…" Zero said. He turned to look at Julia. "It was nice seeing you again, princess…" Zero said, before walking out. Julia turned to face Boris, who pointed his gun at her.
Julia began to shake slightly. "I get to shoot someone today…I'm lucky…" he said. Julia raised an eyebrow. Maybe this longcoat wasn't as smart or as tough as she thought. She smiled, before turning to her side. He cocked the gun. Julia used her legs to act as scissors between his calves and he fell down. Julia stood up painfully and kicked the gun out of his hand. She grabbed his throat with one hand and began to choke him.
His two hands grabbed her one, as his color began to fade. Soon he stopped struggling, and was dead. Julia stood up, feeling nauseous. She walked over to the gun and picked it up. "Guess your not so lucky after all…" Julia said to the corpse. She chuckled slightly, before grunting in pain and grabbing her arm. She cocked the gun and walked outside the cave.
She looked around in all directions, trying to figure out which way Zero had disappeared off to. She began to walk to the right. She needed to find him before he tried to kill someone else….
Cain was rushing through the woods. He wouldn't let someone else he cared about be murdered by the likes of Zero. He could hear Rodney and Glitch almost directly behind him, and Azkadellia was with Aiden not too far behind him. Cain dared not call out her name, fearing the worst. If Zero or any other longcoats heard them coming, they would shoot them or worse, kill Julia on the spot.
Cain stopped suddenly and heard an 'oof' as someone ran into his back and fell to the ground. "Nice one, Glitch…" Cain said, without turning around. Glitch moaned and stood up. "How'd you know it was me?" Glitch asked. "Knowing you, you would run right into me…" Cain said, fighting a small smile. He began to look around. "This way…" he said…
Julia was ducking behind random bushes. She had found footprints, and eventually heard Zero's voice. She eventually saw his head in view, two longcoats were standing next to him on either side. Julia cocked the gun and stood up. "Stop Zero…" Julia said. Zero slowly turned around. "You're still not dead? Somehow that doesn't surprise me…" Zero said. He looked at her gun.
"Oh. The princess wants to play…" he said, looking over at one of the longcoats with a small chuckle. The other longcoats joined in. "Okay princess, let's play…" Zero said, his face getting angry as he pulled out his gun. The two began to walk in a circle, Julia limping, guns pointed at one another, eyes not leaving each others. "I have fair advantage. I'm not the one with the broken arm…" he said with a smirk. "I can still shoot you…" Julia said, narrowing her eyes. She grunted slightly at the increase of pain in her arm.
"So…shoot…what's stopping you?" Zero asked. Julia paused. She knew the speech, and she didn't want to or need to hear it. "I'm about to…" Julia said, her finger pulling slightly on the trigger. "There she is! Hey Mommy!" came the voice of Aiden. Julia turned her head slightly to see everyone coming. Zero took the opportunity and fired the gun, hitting Julia in her good shoulder. Julia dropped the gun, and fell to the ground screaming in pain.
Zero began to take off down the trail. Rodney went to run, but Julia held up her foot. "No. Don't even. He will just kill you…" Julia said, breathing heavily. "But he will come back if we don't!" Rodney protested. "Then let him. I'm not finished with him…" Julia growled. Rodney looked in the direction Zero and the two longcoats had disappeared in, and then sighed.
Glitch stood next to her, and squeezed her hand. "Are you alright?" he asked. "Glitch, you're more hurt than me. Why are you asking me?" Rodney asked. "Because, I need to make sure you're okay first…" Glitch said with a small smile. Rodney looked at his bullet wound, which was still bleeding before looking at him. "Oh Glitch…" she said, hugging him.
"You've got to be the sweetest guy…" she said.
Julia laid flat on her back, and fought tears. Cain knelt down next to her. "Julia…do you need me to carry you?" he asked. "No…no I can walk…" Julia said, she went to use her arm that she was shot in to help her stand up, but she fell to the ground again. "No, I'm carrying you…" Cain said. He gently lifted her broken arm over his head, and he ducked slightly. She winced slightly at the pain. Cain gave her an apologetic look and he slid his one hand under her mid-back and his other under her legs. He lifted her up bridal style.
"Thank you…" she said, resting her head on his chest, just under his chin. "You're welcome…" he said. Glitch continued to hold Rodney's hand as they made way back towards the hedges. The arrived there to see DG, Jeb, Raw, and Ahamo there on horses. Ahamo slid off. "Welcome home Julia and Rodney, princess's of the Ligark kingdom…" he said with a small smile.
Rodney smiled in reply and nodded politely. Julia however, did not reply because she had fallen asleep on Cain's chest. Raw jumped off his horse and walked towards Cain. He pressed his one hand on Julia's bullet wound, and it began to heal. Once it was fully healed, Cain started to lower her to the ground so Raw could heal her broken arm and her knife wound. He ducked so her arm would slide over his head. Julia woke up with a start, and quickly grabbed onto Cain's arm with her now healed arm.
Cain smiled. "It's okay. Raw is a viewer. He's going to heal your broken arm…" he said. Julia turned to Raw and smiled slightly. She felt Raw's hands press against her broken arm and she whimpered slightly, squeezing Cain's arm harder. Once it was fully healed, she let go of Cain and began to move her arm around. "Thank You…" she said.
"Good that Julia okay…" Raw said, running towards Rodney and Glitch. Julia raised an eyebrow at Raw. "One shining moment, and then he talks like that…" Julia muttered, although she knew Cain heard her by the smirk on the side of his lips. "Oh…thank you Cain…" Julia said. Cain shrugged. "No problem…" he said, and the two shared a smile.
Raw went over towards Glitch. "No…heal her first…" Glitch said, looking at Rodney. "But Glitch, you were shot. I just have cuts and scraps…" Rodney said. "I know, but…you first…" Glitch said with a caring smile. Raw put his one hand on Rodney's face and she moved slightly. "It's okay Raw doesn't bite…" Glitch said with a smile. "At least….I don't think he does…do you, Raw?" Glitch asked. Raw shook his head. "Raw only heal and see…" he said. Rodney gave Raw a weird look. "Okay then…" she said. Raw put his hand on Rodney's face again and healed her of her wounds. He shifted over to Glitch.
Raw began to heal Glitch's wound, and Aiden ran over towards Rodney. "Its my fault Mommy Julia got shot…" Aiden said, with a sad face. "Aiden, don't think that way sweetie. Mr. Zero is just a bad…bad….man….who doesn't like us. It wasn't your fault Aiden…" Rodney said. "It wasn't?" Aiden asked, smiling slightly. "No…" Rodney said. Aiden smiled and skipped over towards Julia and Cain, who looked down at him as soon as he came over.
He said something to Julia, before hugging her around her legs. Julia and Cain looked at each other for second, before Julia picked him up. The three of them began talking. Azkadellia walked over and tilted her head. "They kind of look like…a family…" she said. Rodney looked over at her. "Trust me. My sister together with Cain would lead to….hey…it wouldn't be so bad…" Rodney agreed.
Glitch smiled. "Aiden seems to like Cain," he said. Rodney looked at him. "I get the feeling that he's closer to you though. I mean, from our time together he loves to play games with you…" Rodney said, and Glitch smiled again. "Mr. Zipper…" Rodney continued, smiling slightly. Glitch laughed. "He's a good kid. Fun too…" Glitch said. He took her hand. "I get it…leave the lovebirds to be…" Azkadellia said, walking away.
"Az…" Rodney said, rolling her eyes. "Come on, you can meet the king…" Glitch said, nodding towards him. Rodney and Glitch joined the rest of the group. Ahamo looked at them. "Good day to you Princess Rodney. You're sister tells me that you have been living on your own for eight years, staying hidden…" Ahamo said. Rodney nodded. Ahamo smiled before looking at Cain. "Mr. Cain, I'd like for you and Mr. Glitch to stay here and make sure they settle into their home alright. Azkadellia, you stay here as well. I'll take DG and Jeb back with me…" Ahamo said.