Sorry for that last cliffhanger, well... not really. HA HA HA! (That's an exact quote from Rick Riordan, from cover of "House of Hades." Read it, or Galbatorix will get you!) You know the drill, mental speech in ' ' and ancient language at the bottom. Enjoy people and please review! I only own my own OCs.
I screamed, "Murtagh! You vile, disgusting, creature! No words can explain my hatred of you! You left me, and to serve the man we called a tyrant and a destroyer! Did you lie in everything you said? I-" Murtagh muttered, "Eldunari." I knew Galbatorix had Eldunari, and I had often spoke with them, but the wave of mental vastness that hit me at once was too much. I couldn't move in my efforts to escape, and for a moment, my defenses wavered as I flashed to the vision of minds invading mine, but I couldn't let them win. I forced, I pushed, and I managed to regain the ability of movement, but not soon enough.
Murtagh had used the time the Eldunari bought him to reveal chains attached to manacles. He had slight trouble attaching Nasuada's as she pummeled him, but still managed. As I drew a knife I'd picked up in battle, Murtagh turned to me., grasped my wrist. We were at a face-off. With my knife at his neck and his hand on my wrist, we could have killed each other. But we both knew who would win this. With the dragons still attacking vigorously, I was at a disadvantage. I used the second before Murtagh sprang to yell, "Eragon! Hel-" Murtagh forced me to the ground, and said, "Galbatorix warned you I was coming. Why didn't you leave? I wouldn't have had to do this..."
He sounded genuinely sad, but I choked out, "I'm not one to run away. And you don't scare me. Galbatorix cannot force me under his thumb. I will not give up! Eka weohnata vel fyrn Galbatorix's deyja!" Murtagh smiled sadly, understanding I had just pledged in the ancient language to fight until Galbatorix died, and said, "You don't remember anything, do you? If he wanted you dead, the Eldunari would have killed you in your sleep. No, Galbatorix wants to employ you. Like I said, you should have ran." He locked the manacles on my wrists, and as if in my nightmares, I could only watch through blurry eyes as Murtagh took me away.
I fought against the Eldunari, but there were too many, and I was too weak. Galbatorix had planned this. He knew I would have been able to keep the twenty or so Eldunari away at full strength, so he attacked me in my sleep. This was a fate worse than death. But I suddenly remembered. 'Emerald! Get Eragon and help! Murtagh is kidnapping Nasuada and me! Hurr-' The Eldunari snapped the connection, cutting us off. I could still feel her softly, but she felt so far... I reached out to her, but the Eldunari pushed me back and forth violently, as if playing a game.
They stopped attacking, strangely enough, and I looked, only to find the worst. Nasuada's chains were wrapped around spikes on the red dragon's back, the chains on her right on the front one, her left on the back. I was behind her, in the same way. But Murtagh made a mistake in this. The spikes were razor sharp, and with the Eldunari no longer attacking, I reached as far as I could, and started rubbing the chains on the spike. I muttered, "Nasuada, like this." She turned slightly, saw me, and copied.
But we weren't quick enough. Murtagh had been on the ground, pushing away Nighthawks (Nasuada's guards), and now leapt into his saddle, and we lifted into the air. If Eragon and Arya hadn't showed up, we would have been doomed. They rode Saphira, and quickly gained on Murtagh. He turned from East to West, over Lake Leona, and yelled to Eragon, "You are not what I came for today!" My front chain snapped, and I quickly started on the back. I saw Nasauda's chain snap seconds after.
Eragon locked swords with Murtagh, Thorn and Saphira wrestled the best they could without knocking off their Riders, and Arya held a green lance that made me feel cold. I ignored this, and three things happened in one minute.
1: My chain snapped.
2: I attempted to aid Nasuada.
3: Thorn thrashed, and I plummeted down towards Lake Leona.
I knew people's lives flashed before them as they died, but I only saw the horrible nightmare/visions as I fell. I heard yelling, and the Eldunari grip my mind again, and I felt them hold me as I collided with the surface of the water, and for the last few seconds before I sank, all I saw was white bubbles and the black darkness that reminded me of Galbatorix's eyes, pulled me in, never wanting to release me...
Eka weohnata vel fyrn Galbatorix's deyja!= I will upon Galbatorix's death!