Love Gone Wrong
Chapter 4
Hey guys!
During the small break between a Chapter for 'A Doctor's Man' and a previous one of 'Between a Mother and Daughter', my writing's going to have some change by adding detail, which probably all of stories lack. Hopefully, it'll take a turn for the better, once I get used to it, and bring you better chapters! I'm spreading this message across all of my current stories!
Also, I think this chapter will be more enjoyable than the last few, I hope you think the same!
Anyway, here's the next chapter!
Bryan ran ran up the concrete steps to the top where Hag's Cure awaited to the left. He turned the corner, and entered the store.
"Bothela, I'm here, what happened?" Bryan asked urgently as he jogged down the steps to the front and to the right, then around the corner. Smelling the blue mountain flower scent that the lady has always had the shop like.
"I'm worried, I had Muiri go outside Markarth to collect a few ingredients, near the river, and she hasn't returned for awhile now," the Apothecary said to him.
"Come on, Bothela, you know about the Forsworn. Did you send anyone to escort her?"
"I hired a mercenary here in town, and he hasn't return either," she replied.
Bryan let out a sigh, then patted the counter, "I'll go look for her."
"Thank you," she said to him, "I don't have enough to hire someone else to go investigate it."
"This one's on the house, so don't worry about it," Bryan said to her withs smile.
She smiled back, "don't let me stop you."
"I'll return with her alive and in one piece. I promise you," Bryan assured her.
She nodded, "Please hurry."
Bryan nodded back, then went his way out of the store.
Following the stone road by the running river to the right, he searched for any blood.
He kept walking and walking, and eventually, came upon a body.
A Nord, by the looks of him. He was wearing studded armor, with a cut through the heart. His entire chest was bloodied from the bleeding, no doubt. The man had light blue eyes, short, auburn hair, and a trimmed beard.
Bryan saw something in the cut. He reached down and felt something paper-thin. He used two fingers to slide in and pull the object out.
It turned out to be a folded piece of paper. He opened it, and tried his best to read what the contents held:
Hey, slimeball,
Want your girl? Come find us at the abandoned lodge in The Reach.
Hope you're ready to die,
Javarr Dufont
Bryan narrowed his eyes on the name. Dufont? Alain has a brother? It's obvious that the man's a bandit as well.
He looked further down to see a map of the Reach with an 'X' southeast of Karthspire, near Sky Haven Temple, it wasn't very far.
He folded the paper back up, and slid it into a pocket, then began his journey.
Gasping for air, the forsworn woman fell off Bryan's steel sword after performing a thrust through the middle.
She fell back onto the ground with wide eyes and a open mouth.
He just killed the last of the forsworn in the area after a long, weary battle, but he was so close to rescuing Muiri. For the lodge was on a steep hill.
He could see it from his location on the boardwalks built by the Forsworn over the same running river, now, it's time to head up there.
Bryan crouched behind a rock line, he peeked by looking from the side to see an average sized house with two bandits outside on a low, uncovered porch. One was sitting in a chair on the right, and the other was leaning on the wall.
The house itself looked it has. indeed, been abandoned for a long time. It was sitting on a piece of flat land with the said steep hill in a semi-circle, surrounding it.
Spider webs cling onto the house in various locations. The roof, the wall on the side, etc.
He needed to distract the guards, so he can sneak over and kill them without alarming the people inside.
The Dragonborn thought about it, and got an idea.
Quietly, he said;
"Zul...Mey...Gut!" In the dragon tongue.
"Hey, Giant's Toe!" Came a voice.
Both men instantly reacted, jumping to alert.
"What was that?" He heard one of them say.
"I don't know, let's check it out," said the other.
Bryan silently drew both of his steel swords out.
The men came noisily by with their studded armor, walking right by where Bryan was, a perfect opportunity.
He looked, and spotted them. He was wearing his leather armor, so noise wasn't his concern.
Bryan moved around the wall, both men were side by side. He got closer.
"Huh, must have been nothing," said one.
The other man shrugged with agreement, then both men turned around.
Before they could do anything, Bryan driven both swords, one in each, to the hearts.
He booted the one on the left off his blade, and did the same with the right.
He turned around towards the house, and marched to it.
"Oh, don't worry, your boyfriend is going to pay for killing my brother," Javarr said.
"He's not my boyfriend! I asked him to do a simple job, and he got it done!" Muiri said to him.
She was at the end of the house, strapped to the chair, face to face with Alain's brother. He had two other men with him here, and another pair outside.
"Don't lie to me! We've seen you with him!" Javarr shouted.
"Think whatever you want, Javarr! It won't change the past, your brother brought on himself!" Muiri shot back.
"Maybe he did, maybe he didn't!" The man retaliated.
Muiri found herself needing Bryan, more than ever right now, and she wondered where he was at.
She heard a knock, and all three men turned towards it, the two bandits neared the door.
"Knock, Knock!" She heard someone outside say.
Then, the door came off the hinges as Bryan kicked the door in, smashing the bandit behind it into the wall behind.
Still shocked and surprised, the bandit didn't get a chance to move before Bryan cut him down with a large gash across his chest, his studded armor sliced in half.
The Dragonborn turned to Muiri and Javarr.
"You must be Alain's brother, you have some face resemblance of him," Bryan said to the man.
With Alain having black hair in a pony tail with a full beard, Javarr was different, he had blonde, long hair tucked behind his ears, and sideburns.
"Bryan!" Muiri said with a smile, but it quickly faded from this;
"You'll pay for killing my brother,' Javarr said to him.
"But first, you've made a big mistake for doing what you've did," The man continued.
Javarr slid behind the chair where Muiri was sitting, with a dagger up against her throat.
"Now, put down your weapons, and we'll talk this out," Javarr told him.
Bryan got another idea. Going with what the bandit said, he took out both swords, put them down, and kicked them over to Muiri's chair.
"What are you doing?! Don't listen to him!" Muiri told Bryan.
"Quiet, girl, for this will be all over soon," the bandit said with a wicked grin.
He walked out from behind the chair, and to Bryan.
"On your knees."
Bryan hit his knees with his head bent and hands on top.
Javarr stepped to the side with his own iron sword ready to slice.
"No!" Muiri cried out.
"Tiid...Klo...Ul!" Bryan said in the dragon language.
Time slowed way down while Bryan was normal at speed.
He knocked the sword away, and propped himself on one knee, and pushed Javarr back against the wall.
The Slow Time shout expired, and Bryan used that to grab his swords.
Now, he stood between Muiri and the bandit.
"What was that?" Muiri asked,
"I'll tell you later," Bryan said to her.
She nodded, and watched the two men.
"Come on, you want to kill me, bring it," Bryan taunted the man.
Javarr shook his head to clear the dizziness, and faced Bryan.
"Oh, I'll bring it," he replied.
As always, the man went for an overhead strike. Bryan crossed his swords and blocked the attack. He kicked the man, causing him to stagger back.
Bryan went for the kill. Using both blades, he swept underneath the man's legs, swinging him on to the ground with his back.
He flipped the sharp metal and brought it down, then twisted.
The man drew his last breath with a sword through the chest and the stomach, spitting blood out on Bryan.
He jerked the swords out, and holstered them.
He turned around to face Muiri, who had a smile on her face.
"I just knew you would come!"
"Bothela sent me a letter about your kidnapping, I went and came as fast as I could," Bryan said to her, walking around her chair.
"I didn't know Alain had a brother," she said to him.
"I didn't know either."
He drew his dagger and cut Muiri's hand binds.
She worked to get the ones on her feet, off. When she accomplished this, she threw her arms around Bryan, who just walked in front of her.
He returned the embrace.
"Are you ok? Did they hurt you?" Muiri asked.
"I was about to ask you the same thing, but no, they didn't get me," Bryan answered her when she let go of him.
"Well, they didn't do anything to me."
He nodded with a smile, "I'm glad."
"Can we go back to Markarth? I'm tired of this place," Muiri said to him.
He nodded again, "Let's go on, then, Bothela's worried about you."
"Oh, Muiri! You're ok!" Bothela said to her as they hugged.
Bryan smiled at the reunion.
"I'm fine, Bothela, all thanks to my hero," Muiri said as they let go, then looking at Bryan with a affectionate smile.
Bothela walked over to him and gave him a hug, "Thank you, dear."
"It's the least I can do for you having a beautiful lady here," Bryan told her, giving the same smile back to Muiri.
"Didn't I hear you two were together?" She asked, as she let go.
Bryan blushed at the words, while Muiri went to uncertainly.
"Well, not technically..." Bryan tried to say.
Not hearing an answer from Muiri, Bothela gave her a questioning look.
"I'm...I'm not sure..." Muiri said upon noticing Bothela's unwavering gaze.
"Come on, now, Muiri, it's obvious. This young man has went through Oblivion and back to save you from your nightmares. Both, Alain and your rescue," Bothela said to her.
"You don't have to..." Bryan tried to say, but he had a finger put to his lips.
Bothela looked back at Muiri.
Muiri let out a contented sigh, "You're right. I was so sure he was the one, but My heart wasn't so sure."
Bryan nodded, looking off in some distance, he knew what she meant.
Have your heart broken, you'll think twice before going do the road again.
"And, today, I think I may be ready, only one question for Bryan."
He snapped back to reality when he heard his name, and looked at her.
"Will you...stay with me? Keep by my side?" Came the question as they faced each other.
Her eyes were pleading for the answer, she had that same vulnerable look in her blue sapphires.
Bryan took her hand, and wrapped it in both of his, looking into her eyes.
"I vow to you, Muiri. I will be there, whenever you need me. I will hold you up when you fall. I will carry you over mountains you cannot climb, and most importantly of all, I will not leave you a broken heart, if you'll have me."
She had tears falling from her cheeks by the time he was finished, and in the end, she gave a smile, then pulled him in for a deep, passionate kiss.
And there you go!
I'm grinding this one to a halt, so I can get started on another idea that's been around for a bit. I don't know if this fanfic needs continuing, it says it all.
Thank you, my fellow readers, for your support in following and favoriting! I hope you'll find the next story as entertaining as this one!
~Dark
Story List:
Mass Effect:
- A Doctor's Man
NEXT - Hearts Over Minds
- Living in Hell on Earth
- To Love a Quarian
Skyrim:
- Between a Mother and Daughter
COMPLETE - Love Gone Wrong
- The Shaman of the Skaal
- A World Upside Down
The next story will take the place of 'Love Gone Wrong'.