Dreaming of reality chapter 7
I was completely lost. The buildings around me held a dingy look that seemed familiar but I could not place them. everything seemed that way since I woke up. I honestly didn't know what was a dream anymore. Stopping I looked around and surveyed my surroundings. I had been here before. I felt it. Looking up at the night sky I felt things starting to get back to me. Laughter rang in my ears along with other signs of merriment. But they quickly vanished leaving just as confused as when I arrived here. Looking to my left I saw a strange sign. A man hanging upside down. It began swinging in the wind.
That's when I heard it. The light shuffling of feet. Looking above me I saw the shadows as they moved across the roof line preparing for their assault. I couldn't help but smile.
This is going to be fun. The voice perked up inside my head once more as I took my bow of my back and quickly knocked an arrow. The shadows stopped moving above me and I laughed softly as I saw the first archer take his aim. His arrow missed me by less then a foot but it was just enough to give away his position. When I next saw his shadow pop up, I quickly turned around and let my arrow fly. I was rewarded by the sound of gasping as it hit the man in his wind pipe bringing him down almost instantly.
I smiled to myself and nocked another arrow just as another thug came into view. He ran like a shadow across the buildings, I couldn't take aim. But I watched his figure as it moved waiting for the perfect time. I almost didn't hear her behind me. Dropping my bow and arrow , I jumped up and backwards un-sheathing my knife and plunging it into the women's back before she could see what hit her. Two more thugs replaced her falling from the roofs. I could still see the shadow moving and observing me. Watching as I took down each of his companions. One by the thugs came and one by one I took them down, marveling in the battle I had been tossed into. Each move felt so natural. Each turn and flip. Each slash and stab. It was as if I had moved like this for years. And I just went with it. Not caring what this world was any more. All I knew it was what I wanted. And right now it was what I needed.
The last thug had fallen leaving only the shadow left. But he escaped my eyes. Placing my daggers back into there casing I rand for my bow and arrow, barley hearing the poof as it popped up behind me. I had just enough time to block the shadow's attack, catching his daggers on my bow and turning them to disarm him. Once his weapons were gone, I smacked him with the tip of my bow, knocking him on to the ground leaving a sizable gash on his face from the smooth wood. Holding him down with my legs I held my bow tightly to his throat.
"Who are you?"
The man didn't speak. I pressed the bow harder into his skin causing the wire to cut into his throat. He winced in pain.
"Who are you?" I growled.
"Bounty hunters." He said franticly. "We were hired. I don't know by who."
I pressed harder. "I SWEAR!" the shadow cowered in fear.
"If I ever see you again, you are dead, just like the rest of your people." She released his hold and watched him scurry off into the night. "Andtell you employer to send better hunters." She called to his retreating figure laughing as he hastily turned and headed out of this part of town.
Still laughing I turned around to see Anders, Sebastian and a strange looking white haired man looking at me. The white haired man looked bored as if this was usual, clearly Sebastian and Anders had not explained to him my amnesia. Those to on the other hand looked completely in awe, their eyes jumping from body to body and then finally landing on me. I felt the blush flow up to my cheeks and a shy smile started to creep across my face.
"umm, I can explain."