Light of the Ancients
Chapter 6
The Marathon
"Woah!" Lest yelled as an arrow landed near him,
"FIRE FIRE!" one of the light knights yelled as they fired his volley, "We can't let them leave!"
"Ha ha!" Lest laughed as he avoided them all, "You got boost power!" he gained a burst of agility,
"Hey!" Frey called out to him, "Wait up!" she struggled to catch up, "Ha... Ha... AYYY!" she screamed when an arrow pierced her left flank,
"Huh!?" Lest turned around, "FREY!" he yelled, "Oh crap! No!" he ran back, risking his own life,
"Augh..." Frey groaned as she held her belly, "Ah..." it was lights out,
"No!" Lest shook her, "Frey! Wake up!"
"Kreee!" Senti popped out, sensing her master was in danger,
"Herph!" Lest grunted as he threw Frey over his shoulder, then bolted,
SCHLING! An arrow landed right as the two left,
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"Ha... Ha..." Lest panted as he ran down the road, the weight of the woman was putting a strain, "Hrah!" he avoided an arrow that went too close for comfort,
"Kree!" Senti popped a barrel roll as she avoided a projectile, "Kree Kree kree!" she told Lest,
"No!" Lest yelled, "We are not going to die!" he avoided an arrow, "Argh! Why is she so heavy!?" he groaned,
"Kree Kree!" Senti told him, "Kree! Kree!"
"I did not call her fat!" Lest argued, "I just asked why she is so heavy!" he repeated, "Did you all eat a lot!?"
"Kree Kree! Kreee!" Senti exploded, "Kree!"
"I did not call you fat!" Lest yelled, "I mea- WOAH!" he barely avoided an arrow that appeared out of nowhere,
"Kreee!" Senti was nearly struck as well, "Kree!"
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"Ha.. Ha..." Lest groaned, he was exhausted,
"That's it, men!" one of the light knights yelled, and they all started to vanish one by one,
"Huh?" Lest looked around as he saw the archers starting to disappear, "Hey..."
"Kree kree!" Senti cheered as she saw the threat go away, "Kree.."
"That's awesome..." Lest sighed in relief, "I guess I can take a break now." he set down Frey, "At least I saved both of us... That's what matters..." he patted her head and sat down,
"Kree Kree?" the fairy mumbled, "Kree kree kree?"
"What do you mean by that?" Lest asked, "Frey cannot die.. I saved her for a reason."
"Kree..?" Senti looked in suspicion,
"None of us can die." Lest told her, "It is the goal of both the Greater Power and myself. Or is that not who raised you?"
"Kree." Senti nodded, "Kree Kree Kree Kree?"
"My goal?" Lest turned red, "That is none of your business... In fact, it is not even my goal... It is only the will of my ancestors." he chuckled, but then paused.
In the distance, a noise started to boom,
TARUM TARUM! TARUM! The sound intensified and came closer and closer,
"EHYEA!" a noise, a horse whinnied, sounded,
"What in the gods..." Lest looked up,
"KREE!" Senti yelled as she spotted the worst sight...
A group of knights stormed down the road,
"Hyah!" the main knight struck his horse, gaining speed,
"Oh no!" Lest yelled and once again threw Frey over his shoulder, "Hrph! HAH!" he bolted,
"KREE!" Senti rocketed, following the knight.
"Hahahaha!" one of the knights laughed as the six knights hounded the two down.
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"Ha.. Ha.. Ha..." Lest panted and wheezed as he tried to escape the horsemen, "Hyah!" he tried his hardest to leave them behind,
"You got no chance boy!" a knight jeered as they all caught up to the knight and the fairy,
"We'll have your head!" another one taunted, "And the one of your harlot!"
"Augh!" Lest groaned as he was hit with the butt of a spear,
"Ha ha ha!" a knight laughed as they all raced circles around him, "Look at the beggar run!"
"Run! Maggot, Run!" the head knight growled as he swung his blade,
"HEY!" Lest avoided it,
"Hehehehehe!" a knight chortled as he harassed Lest, swinging his blade wildly, only intimidating him,
"Ah!" Lest gasped as he avoided the attack, losing speed,
"Take this!" the knight leader swung his blade,
"ARGH!" Lest screamed as he was struck in the red shoulder, "No..." he groaned,
"Kree!" Senti flew to help him,
"NO! I CAN'T DIE!" Lest screamed in terror, "I can't die! I can't die! I can't die!" he cried and bolted with such amazing speed it shocked all the horsemen.
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"What in the world!?" one of the knights yelled as they struggled to catch up to him, even on horseback,
"I CAN'T DIE!" Lest cried to himself, "I CAN'T DIE!"
"KREE!" Senti struggled to hang on to him,
"We can't let him get away!" a knight said, "I want his head on my horse saddle!"
"Give me that girl, lad!" another one laughed, "I want to have fun with her!"
"NO!" Lest bolted even faster,
"AH!" the leader of the knights gasped, "Dammit! End of the line, lads!" he stopped his horse,
"Ah, phooey!" a knight groaned, "Damn!"
"Well.. Maybe next time..." the head knight groaned as they started to dissipate.
"KREE!" Senti warned Lest as he got ever so close to an unprecedented danger,
PPOOOMPP!
"ARGH!" Lest yelled when he crashed..
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"What is that?" Frey, already conscious, asked as the two stepped in front of a gate,
"I don't know..." Lest groaned, "I told you... Argh." he groaned and held his head, "I crashed into it..."
"Are you ok?" Frey looked at his black eye, "Oh my..."
"I'm fine." Lest stood up, "Say... look at that." he pointed at the gate's lock, which was just a circle, "You think you could..."
"My rapier?" Frey asked as she pulled out the said weapon, "Hmm." she matched the point up with the inlet, "Ha!" she pushed it in.
KLOCK! The lock sounded as it unlocked,
"Hey..." Frey smiled and pulled her weapon out,
KRROOOO! The gate creaked open, revealing a glorious park with a picnic mat already set.
"Hmm..." Lest mumbled, "How nice..." he smiled and entered.
"What a relief." Frey grinned and followed suit...