The sky began to turn into an orange color as the day went on, Vilkas wiped the sweat from his forehead looking up at the sky. He had been training for the rest of the day counting the breaks he took in between, he stabbed his sword into the ground and took out a cloth from his pouch and wiped the sweat off his face.
He quickly turned his head hearing footsteps approach, he saw that it was Aela returning. "Took you long enough didn't it." He said in a teasing voice. "Your one to talk, you had to have a woman save your hide, but I figure your used to that from me." She snapped back at him. Vilkas glared at her a little, everyone kept teasing about that woman and it annoyed him, it had been months and they still wouldn't let it go.
He tried to think quickly of something to say back but he just looked away deciding not to bother with it. Aela smirked a bit seeing how annoyed that made him. "Giving up so easily? That's not like you." She said teasing him a bit more, she didn't wait for him to snap at her she just turned and walked to Jorrvaskr and going inside.
Vilkas aggressively yanked his sword out of the ground cursing under his breath at Aela, he walked to the weapon rack and placed his sword back onto it. He walked inside seeing only a few companions in the main room, some were sitting and others were just gathered talking. He looked at the food on the table and felt his stomach growl but he just walked past it, he wanted to bathe before he ate dinner.
Vilkas walked down the stairs and down the hall to his room, he gathered some clothes, a long cloth and a large bag. He walked back out of his room and back up the stairs into the main room. It was a warm night so it was a good night to take a bath in the river near Whiterun, he needed some time to himself anyways so he was looking forward to it he couldn't help but smile a bit as he left Jorrvaskr and walked through Whiterun.
It was now well dark outside, most of the people in Whiterun retired to their houses calling it a night, now only a few guards patrolled the streets. A dark figure stirred in the shadows with light footsteps that no one could hear, it was easy to slip past the guards in Whiterun they were useless and never noticed the obvious. Someone could slip their hands into their pockets right in front of them and they still wouldn't notice.
The figure quickly moved through the shadows making its way through Whiterun, if anyone did notice the figure they would be able to see that the figure took a shape of a woman if they looked close enough and if the figure actually stood still long enough for them to see.
She had to pause for a moment to let a guard walk by, she stood completely still keeping her breath steady so that they wouldn't notice anything. Once the guard was far enough away she quickly came out of hiding and made a quick run for it, she had to be careful the guards knew of her and it wasn't hard to tell what she was because of her armor.
She slipped past just a couple more guards and than finally made it to the target, Jorrvaskr. She stood at the bottom of the steps looking up at the giant building, she had heard of the companions but took no interest in them, their kind of work just seemed boring. She was given a job to sneak into Jorrvaskr and steal a valuable amulet that their so called leader had.
She was a bit un easy sneaking into this place but mainly because the companions weren't only hired muscle they were also their own kind of authority but she just ignored the knot in her belly and quickly started to run up the stairs before someone came along and saw her.
She went past the front doors and slipped around to the back, she peaked around the wall to see if anyone was there but luckily no one was outside. A small smile formed on her face, as she quickly walked along the wall kneeling down a bit making sure she stayed in the shadows.
But she heard the back door slam open and she froze, she could feel her heart beat begin to increase. She may have been in the shadows but there was nothing to hide behind or crouch behind, it take a fool to not notice her. 'Crap..' She thought to herself. Even though she was beginning to feel her nerves act up she was still able to keep her breath steady almost like she wasn't breathing at all.
She moved her eyes to see who it was that came out of the door, her eyebrows furrowed down in confusion when she saw it was just a drunken fool that stumbled out the door. "Dammit can't a man get a peaceful drink around these fools!" The man yelled out in a drunken slurs. He had blonde hair that was tied up in a small pony tail and she could see that he had a beard as well. "I need a drink!" He yelled again almost falling over to the ground.
He stumbled past her grumbling more but he was so drunk she couldn't really understand him. Once he was out of sight she let out a deep sigh. 'That was close.' She thought to herself as she quickly continued to run along the wall again. She made it to the back door and quickly looked around to make sure there was no more surprises.
She knelt down to her knees and checked to see if the door was locked but surprisingly it wasn't, she blinked a bit confused but than just shook it away and slowly opened the door and peaked inside. "I'll make you regret that!" She heard a woman yell out in anger. "Yeah right!" She heard a males voice yell back, she blinked in more confusion and opened the door even more to see what was going on.
Her eyes widened in surprise and in confusion that there was no one near the door, they were all gathered on the other side of the room watching a fight between a woman and a dark elf. She slipped inside and slowly closed the door behind her, she sat there for a moment watching them in complete confusion but than she couldn't help but snicker a little bit. 'I can't believe this, this is the famous and brave companions?' She thought to herself chuckling quietly. 'Their nothing but drunken prideful fools.' She smirked quickly sneaking past all of them and making her way to the stairs.
She was told that the leaders room was below and at the end of a hallway, she quickly went down the stairs slowly opening the door and letting it close behind her. 'There so caught up in there stupid fight that they'll never notice.' She thought to herself in full confidence. Maybe a little too confidence because someone did hear, Aela the Huntress heard the door shut.
Aela slightly turned around hearing the door shut, she furrowed her eyebrows and looked around at everyone. Every companion was in the room except for Vilkas, Kodlak and Torvar, she knew Vilkas wasn't back yet and she was sure Kodlak wasn't up there to begin with. She crossed her arms keeping her eyes on the stairs, the smell in the air was different she knew it was no companion. She turned and took on last look at the fight and than began to walk towards the stairs.
The woman carefully walked down the hallway, she looked around slowly making sure no one was around. 'This will be easier than I thought.' She couldn't help thinking to herself with a smile on her face. There was only one room at the end of the hallway which made it even easier, she knelt down and peaked in and from what she saw there was no one there.
She sneaked into the room trying to keep her footsteps as quiet as possible, she looked around and saw a few display cases. She looked into a couple and than the last one finding the amulet in it, she tried to open it but naturally it was locked. She reached into her back pouch and pulled out her lock picks and began to do what she did best.
It only took a few seconds to get the lock to open, she quickly reached in grabbing the amulet and than put it in her back pouch. "Did you get what you came for?" A loud angry voice came from behind her, she froze in her spot, she could feel her heart stop for a moment. 'Crap..' She thought to herself. She could feel her throat tighten as she tried to figure out what to do.
She slowly stood up and slightly looked back, her hood was up so she knew he couldn't see her face. She tensed up hearing him unsheathe a dagger. "I'll be having that back now." He said with an angry voice. She turned her head back around and took a deep breath, she slowly turned around reaching back into her back pouch. She examined the man, he was older with long white hair and piercing blue eyes. She kept her head low so that the hood at least hid her eyes.
The man watched her closely, he looked down at her hand and watched her pull something out of her back pouch. She quickly pulled out a small bottle and threw it at him to throw him off, he jumped back and moved to the side letting the bottle hit and break on the wall behind him, when he turned back around she was already on the run. "Stop!" He yelled taking off after her.
She ran down the hallway quickly and than turned yanking the door open and to her surprise Aela was blocking the way. "Not one step fur-" Aela was cut off by a hard shove to the side causing her to hit the wall pretty hard. "Stop that woman!" She yelled out trying to quickly go back up the stairs after her.
The woman stopped in her steps for a moment looking around at her surroundings, all the companions that were in the room began to surround her. She sneered at them all but it quickly faded and she lowered her head slowly. "You ready to surrender?" The old man called out making his way up the stairs.
A smile slowly began to appear on her face and a quiet chuckle followed after it. They all just stood there for a moment and than quickly charged for her. "Keep her alive!" The old man yelled out to the companions. They all quickly nodded and attempted to punch and grab her, the woman swerved around them keeping herself out of their reach and ducked dodging their punches. They were just too slow.
She couldn't help but laugh at how clumsy they seemed compared to her. "You honestly think a bunch of brainless brutes could take me?!" She shouted out at them. She used a homely looking woman, the one she saw fighting before as a spring bored by jumping onto her back and than off getting herself away from the group.
She quickly ran towards the door and grabbed the door handle. She turned around with a wide smile on her face as she held up the amulet she had just stolen. "Maybe next time." She laughed out. She quickly threw open the door and ran out of it but instead of an escape she ran into a tall hard figure causing her to fall backwards onto the ground dropping the amulet.
That tall figure was Vilkas, he looked a bit confused not expecting a small body to slam into him. He looked around in the room seeing everyone out of breath looking at him. "Did I miss something?" He slowly asked raising an eyebrow, Farkas moved his eyes down to the ground in front of Vilkas's feet. Vilkas looked down to see a woman laying on the ground before him but he couldn't really see her face from where she was laying.
He examined her armor and than furrowed down his eyebrows realizing that the armor she was wearing was the armor of the Thieves Guild but not a normal Thieves Guild member armor it was the armor worn by the high ranked thieves and the leader. He only knew that because he had a run in with a thief by the name of Brynjolf but he failed to capture him, at least he captured this one.
He watched the woman slowly sit up, as she sat up from the ground her hood slipped off and fell back. Vilkas's eyes widened as he felt his heart stop for a single moment, his stomach knotted and turned, he wanted to throw up from what he saw before him. He'd know those green eyes and blonde hair from anywhere. It was the woman he couldn't stop thinking about, the woman that saved him from a dragon attack and looked like a divine.
He clenched his jaw tightly as he slowly began to glare at her. 'I don't understand..' He thought to himself. He kept his eyes on her and even blinked a few times making sure it was actually her he was seeing. "Nice timing Vilkas." Aela said quickly walking over looking down at their little thief. "She almost got a way with.." Aela began to say but quickly shut her mouth seeing that the amulet had shattered from hitting the ground so hard.
The old man slowly walked over looking down at the broken amulet. "Girl, do you have any idea what you have done." He spoke in a slow angry voice. She just sneered at him and quickly looked away. "I'm sorry Kodlak." Aela said glaring at the woman. She looked up at Vilkas and saw the strange look on his face, an un easy but angry look on his face.
The woman just sat there tapping her fingers on the ground trying to think of a way out of this, she moved her eyes around the room trying to think of a way to escape but she could see no way past all these people. "What should we do with her? Should we get the guard?" Farkas asked walking over to Kodlak. "No we Companions have always delt with our own problems, but I wouldn't mind using their jail cell for this one." He replied slowly picking the shattered amulet off the ground.
Kodlak turned his head back to the woman to look at her for a moment. The woman slowly lifted her head to meet his eyes and for a moment she thought they looked sad, she slightly raised an eyebrow in confusion but than just brushed it off and looked away from them.
Kodlak placed the broken amulet into his pocket. "Farkas and Vilkas, grab our little thief here and lets take her to Dragon's Reach dungeon." He said crossing his arms. Farkas walked over to the woman grabbing one of her arms, he looked up noticing that Vilkas wasn't moving. "Vilkas." Farkas said loudly snapping him out of it. Vilkas hesitated but he went quickly moved to the woman and grabbed her other arm. "Let's go." Kodlak said opening the doors and letting them walk through first.
As they walked up the stairs to Dragons Reach Vilkas couldn't help but keep his eyes on her, he was still trying to wrap his head around everything. The first day he saw her she wasn't wearing a Thieves Guild armor and she seemed so great, but now all he feels is anger, anger at himself for being so easily fooled. His gaze turned into a deep glare towards her. "Keep looking at me like that and this may go somewhere." She said with a smirk on her face. Vilkas just sneered at her and looked away.
Kodlak opened the door and let them go in first, they walked down the stairs shoving the woman in front of them. The guards looked up from the usual table they were sitting at. "Look what we have here." One of the guards said getting up from the table. "You know who this is?" Kodlak asked leaning his back against the wall. "I do, this woman had made herself known in Whiterun Hold." The guard said walking towards the woman.
A small grin appeared on the woman's face as she watched the guards. "She's been wanted for some time now for theft." The other guard spoke. "Yes and it took this long to get me, and it wasn't you." She replied with a smirk on her face. "Why you!" The guard yelled reaching for her but Farkas and Vilkas pulled her away from him.
The guard looked at them a bit confused. "There's no need for that, we are not turning her in to you, we companions solve our own problems." Kodlak spoke stepping forward. "Than why did you bring her here?" The guard asked turning his head towards Kodlak. "Because we wish to use your cell for a little while." He said taking the woman's arm leading her forward.
Vilkas and Farkas followed Kodlak watching him carefully, Kodlak opened the cell door and pushed the woman through it. "So what are you planning to do with her?" Farkas asked him. "Well first we need to take her belongings." Kodlak said casually taking her pouches off of her, he patted her down to make sure she didn't have anything else hiding in her armor. "What is your name girl?" Kodlak asked taking a few steps backwards handing her things to Farkas.
The woman just sneered and looked away from him. "Stuff it old man." She said crossing her arms. "Hmph." Kodlak replied, he tilted his head examining her. Vilkas sneered at her remark towards Kodlak, he examined her face seeing the Nordic tattoo on her cheek. 'She's not worthy of that.' He thought to himself. 'She's not worthy of anything, especially the name Dragonborn.' He frowned at that thought, he always heard legends and stories of the Dragonborn.
They were suppose to be noble, brave, and have great honor. There was nothing honorable about this woman and for some reason that made him feel upset, it caused his stomach to tighten into knots and a lump rise in his throat. He just never expected his next meeting with this woman to turn out like this.
Kodlak sighed and turned around walking out of the cell. "Come on let's get back, we can figure out what to do with her tomorrow." He said waving his hand for Farkas and Vilkas to follow. "Right." Farkas replied following behind him. "Wait." Vilkas said walking up to the woman. She turned her head raising an eyebrow at him, Vilkas just stood there for a moment.
The woman furrowed her eyebrows down at him getting a little annoyed. "Do I know you or something?" She finally said with an annoyed tone. Vilkas's eyes got bit. 'She doesn't remember me?' He thought to himself almost feeling disappointed but he just shoved his feelings away and quickly grabbed a strap of her armor un doing it.
She tried to step backwards but he grabbed her arm stopping her. "What ar-" She began to say but stopped once he reached inside her armor and pulled out a few lockpicks. She looked down at his hand and than smiled a little. "Smart one I see." She said.
Vilkas sneered at her and turned shutting the cell door locking it and walked away. "Thieves armor always has an extra pocket blind to the eye, I've caught enough of her kind to know that." Vilkas said walking past Farkas and Kodlak. They both looked at each other and than quickly followed behind.
The woman watched them leave and once they were out of sight she turned her back to the door letting out a quiet sigh. She walked over to a hole that was blocked off by bars, every cell had one. She tried forcing it open but it was locked and she had no lockpicks. 'I knew I should of brought my bow and arrows with me..' She thought to herself with a frown forming on her face.
She thought it was just going to be a simple job, so why bring her weapon with her she won't need it, she was wrong. If she had her arrows she could pry the bars open, a dagger would work too but they took all of her things. She re did the strap on her armor and than walked over to a wall sitting down on the ground leaning her back up against it. "This is just great.." She whispered to herself crossing her arms.
She sighed again leaning her head back against the wall, she closed her eyes letting thoughts run through her mind. 'I'll find some way out and a way back..' She thought to herself as she thought about the Thieves Guild and a certain man among them. 'Someone will realize I'm gone for too long and come looking for me..right?' She slightly hoped but a feeling of disappointment creep up on her, they were also thieves they only look out for themselves. A small frown appeared on her face but she just shook the feeling away and just kept hoping.