Sing Your Way Out
Chapter 13: The Dangers of the River
Cj POV:
I balanced lightly on the tree branch I was perched on. Tiki, Susan, Jasmine, sawn, and me, were all perched up in trees. We waited for the line of knomes and monitors to surge under us, to fall onto our prey. I looked down, to see Ian crouching next to a bush at the foot of my tree. I smiled. Any time I saw him I smiled. I focused my eyes at the now darkening horizon. I watched as the sun disappear behind the tree line, and darkness stretching across the forest floor, until we were bathed in shadows, blending in with our uniforms. There was barley any light from the moon. The moon was just a thin claw in the sky. We could clearly see the knomes in the distance. The clock ticked slowly until zero hour. The battle would resume. It was currently two hours until zero hour, when I heard scuffling at the base of my tree. To the untrained ear, you would think it was a squirrel. The footsteps were way too heavy for a squirrel. The scuffling was now at the base of my branch. I turned around on the narrow branch. A face lit with silent laughter looked back.
"I…" I hissed, trying to sound an alarm, when the figure moved closer, and put a small knife to my throat.
"Say a word, and you know what will happen." The voice hissed. I recognized that voice. Cal. He shot me with the poison dart. I looked around, trying to catch Swans eye. I did. She gave me a look. Jasmine looked my way, and gasped silently, her face flooding with terror. She slid down the trunk of her tree, and shot over to Swans tree, Swan slid down her tree, and talked urgently with Jasmine.
"Ian!" Called Swan in an all to casual tone. They talked urgently. They nodded their heads in agreement, and crept over to my tree. Heard a small scuffling at the base of the tree.
"Stay here, precious." He hissed, slipping way. I looked down, expecting to be able to jump down and flee to safety. It was a 20 foot drop. What did I expect? I had to be that high to do some damage if I jumped. If I jumped now, I would risk breaking something. The scuffling came back, and suddenly, Cal was on my branch, his back to me. Swan crawled confidently onto the branch.
"Let her go." Swan said.
"You have no business in what I do." Call hissed.
"Yes I do. If you haven't noticed, the tree is surrounded." Swan spat.
"Then, I can do this." He spat, as quick as a lightning flash, he unbalanced me. I feebly tried to hold on. The next second, I was tumbling towards the earth. I heard his cold laugh, and a fight breaking out between Swan and Cal. The next second, I hit the ground. A pain shot through my side. I opened my mouth, but nothing came out. Ian was at my side at once. A single tear raced down his check.
"Ceej…" He whispered.
"I'm still here." I whispered. He smiled.
"Let me." Joy whispered. She quickly checked me, and wrote it off as bursed ribs.
"I was afraid I was going to lose you." Ian whispered, hugging me.
"You will never lose me." I said with a smile.
"I hope I won't." Ian said, placing a hand on my cheek. This brought me back to another set of wounds, and other circumstances, and other words. He seemed to remember to. He gently pressed his lips to mine.
"Never let them take you from me." He whispered.
"I promise." I said softly.
"Well, let's get back to our places. Less than ten minuets until the attack." Jay hissed to everybody. I scrambled up my tree. I glanced down at Ian. I smiled. I glanced up as the general cry of battle was taken up by the front lines as they charged. The crys of the Knomes and monitors as they launched themselves into battle. I watched as their forces swept past the front lines, and into where everybody was hidden. I watched Jay jump out of a bush, and take down a monitor with a roar. I watched as Jasmine let out a battle cry, and leapt off of her branch into the fray. I looked below, found a target, and prepared myself. With one loud battle cry, I leapt off of my branch onto an unsuspecting monitor. My speed and wight sent the monitor crashing into the ground. I was instantly swept away, and quickly found another target. I lashed out, fighting, using all of my training. I quickly took down three when a rebble boy named Frenk. Came to my aid. Frenk and I had trained together. One of the first friends I made when I came to Tower. Frenk and I had learned fighting alone, and together. We had learned how mirror each other's movements. He flashed me a sweet smile. We quickly turned around as one, and attacked together.
"Well, Flower, you fight better than ever." Frenk
"Still better than you, Leaf." I said as we lashed out at a knome. I smiled. Flower. His nickname for me. When we meet, I was holding a flower from my mother. He picked up the leaf that had fallen of the dying rose.
"I think this is yours." Smiled a younger Frenk.
"Thank you." I smiled, grabbing the delicate leve.
"No problem." Frenk said as he walked away.
I quickly snapped out of it as a knome punched my stomach. I let out a small hiss. I lashed out at its hidden face. Frenk lashed out at its stomach. The knome crumpled, and fell to the ground with a grunt. Together, we let out a cry of triumph. I saw Ian momentarily look at me, and look at Frenk. I race towards him as a Knome knocked him over, Frenk at my side. We quickly began to lash out together at the knome. I heard Ian get up behind me. I smiled as the knome crumpled with a hiss of pain. I turned to look at Ian.
"Ceej! You saved me!" He whispered.
"I would have done it for anyone." I said shrugging of his praise.
"But you did it for me Ceej." He said. The sounds of battle were silenced.
"Yes I did." I whispered looking into his eyes. He smiled.
"Ceej, I love you. Do you love me?" He asked.
"Yes, Ian, I love you." I whispered.
"AAAGGGGHHH!" Came a scream from behind me. I watched as Jackson knocked Frenk to the ground. He picked Frenk up, and put a knife to his throat.
"Well. I think we can work something out here." Oden spat.
"AAAAAHHHHGG!" Came a battle cry from above as Joy leapt out of her tree and landed squarely on Odens shoulders, crushing him.
"Let's get Frenk to Command." Joy said looking at me.
"Okay." I said, helping Frenk to his feet, and helped him past crowed and crowds of fighters. In the main tunnel we met up with Susan, Tiki, Jasmine, and Swan. In the tenseness, Tiki suggested a song. We began.
Staring at the blank page before you
Open up the dirty window
Let the sun illuminate the words
That you could not find
Reaching for something in the distance
So close you can almost taste it
Release your inhibitions
Feel the rain on your skin
No one else can feel it for you
Only you can let it in
No one else, no one else
Can speak the words on your lips
Drench yourself in words unspoken
Live your life with arms wide open Today is where your book begins
The rest is still unwritten.
We all smiled. A few minutes later we were back on the battle field. I climbed up on to a tree branch where some fights were taking place. I crawled along my branch and sad, crouched, behind a monitor, who was uneasy on the branch. Without hisitatation, I leapt, and lashed out at the monitor. The monitor lost her balance, and plummeted to the ground. I let out a scream of triumph. I quickly jumped down, knoking another monitor to the ground, and sprinted to the River that runs through Tower. I approached, and saw how the battle was going. I saw Swan; she was fighting a knome at the water's edge. I saw as another knome lurking in the river, about to attack her. I hoped that my uniform was water proof, and slid into the water and let the current carry me to the knome. As soon as I was close enough, I grabbed onto some boulders that were under water, steadying myself. My nose was just a bit higher than the water lever, concealing myself. I narrowed my eyes. I plunged under the surface, and swam to the knome. With one strong kick, I surfaced behind the knome with a loud splash. Before he could turn around, a brought my weight back down, pushing the knome under. I let out a scream as I was lifted off the knome, and pushed under the surface of the water myself. I struggled, my struggles getting feebler with very second that passed. My legs went limp with the oxygen deprivation. Then my arms. I heard a scream above the surface and roar of the river. Whoever it was, lifted whoever was holding me down.
'Too late.' I thought as the world went black.
Hey! Thank you all for reviewing! If you read, review! From one of my earlier author notes, I said the story would have a sequel. I have changed my mind. I will just add part 2 to this story. Mayby even a part three… Well, review as always. As a reminder, I OWN NOTHING! The song is called Unwritten. Till next time!