I finished this chapter sooner than I thought. So I'm like what the hell I'll publish it early I though maybe its kind wrong to keep this chapter till this weekend. Plus I'm finished with my finals so yeah no school for me! Well at least until next year. Anyways so here's chapter two I hope you like it.
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Chapter 2: The Betrayal
They quickly leave their house out of the back door careful not to be seen by anyone. Gwen and Eylan tip toe down to the side of another home as they could see their father shaking hands with a tall man in a dark cloak. The two men walk along the pathway side by side in a quiet dialog. They change directions only once making a left turn towards the pier. At this time of the night the usually loud and bustling dock is completely desolate except for a lone drunken man stumbling down the boardwalk.
"Who is that?" Elyan asks his sister.
She wrinkles her eyebrows in thought. "I'm not sure. He looks really familiar." She pauses in thought and thinks back to where she has seen this man before. "He's father's contact he came to the house before. What was his name? Um it started with a P. Father introduced us, was it Mr. Porter? Nah um Mr. Planter? No that's not right. Oh I got it Mr. Pendragon. Yeah that's it Pendragon. Don't you remember Elyan that afternoon we were playing inside and father sent us outdoors. We met Mr. Pendragon on the way outside remember?
Elyan's eyes light up as he remembers that day." Oh yeah I remember that. Come let's follow them."
She takes off after the men as her brother follows closely behind. They continue walking until they notice the Pendragon and their father walk into a building on the right side dock he closes the door behind him. They move stealthy toward the building careful not to make any sound. The children spy a faint glowing light on the side of the building and they make their way to it. They find a small window that is just a little to high for them to look into. Elyan sees a couple of boxes and he and Gwen begin to stack them carefully so they can see inside. Once the boxes are piled high enough the they quietly step on the top box on glance into the mysterious building.
"Ahh the famous Captain Leodegrance." A voice says the siblings watch in shock as their father bows respectfully toward the direction of the unseen speaker.
Captain Leodegrance, the Pirate King! No their father wasn't a pirate. Was he? It seem as though they were thinking the same thoughts as their shocked expressions could be found on each other's faces.
Helios Blackwater a known wealthy Spanish aristocrat stepped from the shadows. "I trust you have everything in order like we agreed."
"Of course Helios, I am a man of my word. I can account that both me and my partner Uther Pendragon have everything in working condition." He stated confidently.
Helios smiled truly impressed. "That's good, that's very good to hear. I thank you for your discretion in acquiring the requested supplies. Here is the payment as promised." He hands over two large pouches of coins. "I just go and collect my merchandise. Nice doing business with you Captain." He snaps his fingers and his men follow him out of the building.
"Our father is the great Captain Tom Leodegrance. Can you believe it?" Gwen questions her now speechless brother.
Elyan is now dumbfounded. All of this information about his father was all to take in now. He just needed a moment to think. They continued to stay hidden in their hiding place as watched their father speak to the man he called Uther Pendragon.
"We did it Uther. With the coin we made tonight not to mention the shipment we'll be set for life." Tom was completely enthusiastic he smiled at his friend. "Uther, Uther say something man."
"Sorry Tom." He cocked his revolver a pointed his gun straight at Tom's chest.
A look of surprise, anger and hurt graced Tom face but he was not afraid. "You back stabbing traitor. You're sorry you son of a bitch is that all you have to say after all we have been through! What is this about the money?" He throws the bag of coins at Uther sending golden coins spreading all over the ground.
"TAKE IT!" Tom yells.
"I not just about the money and you know that." Uther spits. "You're a wanted man Captain. Wanted dead or alive his majesties men have issued a proclamation of a reward to however can capture or kill the Great Captain Tom will be rewarded beyond their wildest dreams. You and I both know I can dream big." He says with a wicked grin.
"Plus I need to make sure that the events of this evening are kept confidential. I can't have any witnesses to what took place here tonight. Why if anyone knew the details of what that shipment really included I'd be imprisoned for life." Uther states.
"So what are you going to do Uther kill anyone who knows you're secret? What about Blackwater?"
"I'll deal with Blackwater eventually now I just need to dispose of you."
The children watch holding there breathes as they watch Uther Pendragon murder their father in cold blood. As the gun fires off two shots Gwen jumps up tears clouding her vision, in a vain attempt to get to her father. She is restrained by her brother who she turns to see is crying too. They look back through the window just in time to see their father slump to the ground bleeding profusely from his chest. His gold medallion slips out of his shirt as his body falls to the ground.
The glint of gold catches Uther's eye as he turns and sees the beautiful pendant hanging from Tom's neck, his children watch in seething anger as he reaches down and snatches the medallion from his body. Tom tries to lift his body from the ground while his breathing becomes more and more difficult. Uther Pendragon walks away and never looks back at his former friend as he bleeds to death stopping only to pick up the bag of coins on his way out the door.
Gwen and Elyan wait for what seems like years stunned and in shock at the events that have transpired before their eyes. As soon as they are sure Uther has left they rush to their father's body. He's not moving when they sit on each side of him and they fear the worst that he is already dead. Their hopes are raised a little as they see his chest rising and falling slowly with each painful breath. Their father is covered in blood and he is dying as he takes in his a few last breathes.
"Children what are you- doing here?" He mumbles.
"We are so sorry father we shouldn't have followed you." Elyan cries with tears in his eyes.
Gwen strokes her father's head and cries silently. She is so overcome with emotion she cannot trust herself to speak.
"Listen." Tom gasps. "There isn't much time. Remember what I told you find Gaius. And promise. Promise me you won't end up like me, don't follow the path I took. Because this is where it ends don't become like me."
"We promise father." They said together as they watched their father close his eyes and breathe no more.
Gwen leaned down and kissed her father's head while Elyan gently held his father's hand in his palms. They were own there own now. No mother, no father no other living relatives that they knew of. They sat on the ground behind their father's dead body and wept silently. They cried until no more tears would drip from their eyes and they knew it was time to go.
Elyan was the first to stand. "Come on let's get out of here." he motioned for his sister to follow him. Leading the way out he bumped into a tall figure, whose large hands gripped the collar of his shirt.
"WATCH WHERE YOUR GOING YOU LITTLE VERMIN!" Yelled Uther Pendragon, his grip on Elyan's neck tightened.
Gwen saw her brother being man handled by the monster who had just killed her father. Never in her life had she been raised to be a violent person, but at that moment something inside her snapped she looked around for anything to free her brother from Uther. At the corner of her eye she spies a hollow piece of metal pipe about a foot long. She picks up her weapon screams with all the fury and rage burning inside her and charges.
"Get away from my brother!" She shouts as she swings the steel tube makes contact with Uther's skin right above his left knee. The force of the blow shatters his bones sending him flying to the ground with a howl of terror. He instantly releases the boy as he attempts to soothe the pain from his now damaged leg.
"GOD DAMMIT YOU LITTLE BASTARDS! Shit!" He blows out fiercely trying to calm himself. As the pain shoots through his entire body like fire. His leg is broken hell he can feel break himself after tonight he knows he's never going to walk normally again. He places his hands on the ground in a vain attempt to straighten himself. He manages to lift himself partly off the ground as the two children who seem familiar to him somehow, grab hold of each other. They are clearly shaken and afraid as they try to steady their labored breathing.
Gwen grabs her brother. "Are you okay?" She asks breathless from her sudden adrenaline rush.
"I'm fine, hurry up before he come after us." They turn and run away leaving a crippled Uther laying on the ground.
Later that night they find their Uncle Gaius he takes them in and cares for the them as if they were his own children. Elyan and Gwen found no rest that night as the images of the father being shot in cold blood hunted their every thought. The siblings kept their word to their father both promising to never make the same mistakes their father had. It is their interpretation of that promise that will shape the future of both their fates.