"This is bullshit!" I screamed as I was being dragged up stairs. I'm trying as hard as I can to roll my body to get a look at my….would this be kidnapping or would he me my assailant? I digress. Well anyways, he was still dragging my body across the ground slowly. This is not the most comfortable ride I ever had. Now I see a stretch of wood. Oh lord is he going to throw me off the edge? Just great. He keeps walking and dragging me until I start to feel a bit of warmth. Wait who is pulling me? I look around and spot Griggs running around the room,looking for something. "Griggs what happened?" I strain out. This bolt is so uncomfortable to have in my back "Also, who the hell is pulling me?!"
"Oh, I dodged the crossbolt and got the undead, but then I saw Kirk and decided to look in here for something useful for the predicament you have yourself in." He states it like I should have known about Kirk.
"Hey, can you put me down Kirk? I mean we're here in the bonfire room, so we're safe for now." With that being said, he dropped my legs with a thump. My knee crashes down right on the ground. Let's just say ramming your knee into the stone floor does not feel good. "Thanks." I grumble under my breath. I get a grunt in reply.
"Sorry about Kirk, he had his throat slashed by a hollow a while back. While Estus did heal the wound, it didn't seem to fix everything." He said grimly.
"I see." I say. With all of the growling Kirk probably does he would seem like the Meta (Agent Maine RvB). "Wait, what were you looking for?"
"Anything small." His reply was simple and small. I don't like the way he said that, it means he's planning something. As I think that, I hear. "A-ha!" He whips around and dashes towards me, prying my jaw open and shoving a piece of wood in there. In the short amount of time that I had, the only thought I could process was 'What the'. That is until all hell turned loose as he started to twist the bolt in my back. It was like he was twisting back and forth, trying to cause as much pain as possible, but in reality, the bolt went in deep. The pain was so excruciating, I could hardly keep myself from passing out. The world began to spin as I became lightheaded. Finally, with a giant tug, the crossbow bolt came free from it's place in my back.. As soon as the bolt came out the poor piece of wood that was jammed into my mouth almost snapped in half from the force I had bit into it. After it was free Griggs waited for me to stop struggling. When the pain finally lessened,he took the piece out and brought me into a sitting position, having me drink the rest of the Estus that was left in the flask. I grabbed my left hand with my right and tried to give myself another thing to worry about other than the pain the 'healing' was causing. Finally the pain started to subside enough to allow me to pass out from the exhaustion of this whole experience.
-A Few Hours Later-
As I slowly came back to consciousness, I noticed that the only one here was Griggs and another person. I don't know who it is because all I can see is his shadow, but I have a feeling I know who it is depending on the shadow and the shotel sheathed at his side makes it obvious who it is. I groaned as I try to pick myself up, but Griggs rushes over and pushes me back down.
"Stay down, you don't want to waste energy that you need to fully heal." That was the sternest I have ever heard him.
"Why? I need to stand." I tried to fight my way up but I stopped when I saw Lautrec start to walk over. He crouched down in front of me.
"You ever wonder why Kirk can't speak?" He asked, I just looked at him in confusion. Where is he going with this? "He never healed properly due to him wearing himself out too much before all the wounds could heal…. I bid thee farewell. I hope we meet again." with that he vanished off toward the Taurus Demon's area.
"Now that was short." I said with a chuckle. "Also, how come I'm meeting people and then one second later, they disappear?"
"Well, we all are trying to break the curse so we don't have to keep dying to these hollows. They are fighting so all of the future undead will not have to deal with these issues that we do on a daily basis." He says this with so much enthusiasm, that I almost believe we can get through this without dying. But I can believe it, because I have seen this game before. Even though most of this stuff is messed up like the Hollows have moved and I am meeting the NPC's before I was even supposed to know about them yet, but here they are. Honestly who am I going to meet next Havel?
"Hey Griggs, thanks for ripping the arrow out, but why can't I move while I heal?"
"Why you can't move because our body doesn't have the healing properties you need yet so it can only heal when motionless. Don't worry Misun just remember that every time I save you I get a step closer to hearing your tale. " I smile as he says that at least it will not be permanent . "But you need rest so take your shift of sleep I watch our backs while you're out."
I have faith that he will keep true to his word so I lean against the wall and close my eyes slowly as sleep grasps me yet again.
-Some Time Later-
I awoke at the sound of a crash. Looking up, I find the offender wearing black knight armor. I see Griggs dodge a wide swing from the knight. Due to me being by the ladder I wasn't noticed by the knight so I stood up tiptoed behind him for a backstab with the bandit's knife. As he begins to rise again, he took a swing at me. I had a chance presented to me and I took it without regard for my own safety. With a timed parry, I knocked the knight on its back and went for the riposte. It stood up once more about to swing again when it had a soul arrow explode into its back. Evaporating into the air and leaving a sword in its wake.
"Thanks for the assistance Misun." Griggs says. He looks a little shaken from the whole fight and from what it looks like he went for a small walk. Whilst doing so he aggroed the knight. "I thought all undead had a bad sense of sight."
"Well, apparently not but why did you go out there?" I asked as I took the sword for myself.
"I heard growling over there and I guess curiosity got the better of me." I just laughed.
"So curiosity killed the cat." He looks sad about that statement. "Hey, it's fine you didn't know that he was there." I reassure him to the best of my ability.
"No we saw him earlier. I should have remembered that he was there." He is at the point of not listening to logic,So time to bring him back to Lordran. From my sitting position I chuck a homeward bone right into his face. "What was that for!" He shouts
"See now you're not so worried about what happened. You know that you can't change the things that have already happened, but all you can do is think of the future and forget about your past mistakes. Yes they happened, but now they are over."
"You're right… You're right I need to stop worrying about the little problems we have. I am dearly sorry. " He seems to understand
"It's fine, we just need to get going, I am one of those people that when I'm not doing anything or keeping busy, I feel like I'll go crazy.. If you want to rest for a bit go ahead, I will stay near."
"Ok I will rest." He says as I start to walk away. "Wait Misun"
"What?"
"Thanks for everything." He says.
"No need." I reply, walking over to the bonfire to light it. After a quick rest and a weapon change to the Black Knight Sword I am ready to head out for a bit. I walk over to the newly respawned sniper and kill him with one swing. As he falls I smile, this should be much easier than having only the Bandit's Knife and the Zweihander. My next swing is for the undead coming up the stairs. It hits him in the chest killing him instantly. My swing hits the ground clipping the head of another undead trying to make its way up to me. Yea, now I remember why I love this weapon and its high damage output. Walking over to the area where the Black Knight was I walk down the stairs to the first door in front of me. As I enter I hear "Look Yulia, we have ourselves a customer maybe he will be less stingy than the last" he laughs out.
AN-I would like to thank Tgood98 for editing this chapter and finding all the mistakes you found thank you. He is both a personal friend, and a very good writer. He does a lot of RWBY, but seriously man thank you a lot :3 Anyways thanks for reading. Please rate and review and see you next week
