Chapter ten:

Figures move through the darkness as eyes scan the shadows.

Suddenly a fist is raised into the air causing all moving figures masked within the darkness to slow to a stop.

The figure in the lead lowers the fist then peers over a bush.

Ahead of the figures is a group of unaware beings.

The figure in the lead raises a hand again then begins signaling.

All fingers pointing to the left then going back to a fist before doing the same thing but pointing to the right then pointing to straight ahead with the final fist being lowered. All done in a quick fashion to try to keep them from bringing attention to themselves.

Figures sneak along following the commands of the silent signals and soon the figures have made a small half circle then they begin to move forward as the leader of the figures moves forward.

With a final flick of the wrist from the leader the group of figures charge quickly slamming into the unsuspecting group of three.

The three let out cries of surprise before pushing the five attackers away so they may draw their swords. They do so and point the weapons forward in warning.

"You must be with the traitors to our King! Come quietly to face your punishment that King Light will decide and you might be shown mercy!" One of the three says in a commanding tone.

"Never!" The leader of the five charges taking a swing with the sword in hand towards the one of the three that spoke.

The one that spoke raises his sword causing the two metal weapons to clash together.

The others also begin fighting as the sounds of weapons clashing are heard.

The two leaders are left alone to fight while for the rest it's two against one.

The leader of the small group from the rebellious group takes a swift swing managing to slam a hit on the other groups leader.

The leader of the three that are loyal to Light yelps out in pain as his arm is slashed with a splash of blood coming from. He snarls and swings his own sword toward the leader of the group from the rebellious group but the attack is blocked by a swing from the other.

The leader of the attacking rebellious group knocks the sword away long enough then sends a blast of wind right towards the other managing to knock him off his feet. He then moves forward quickly to on top of the other straddling the other's chest with the sword threatening close to the mans neck.

"So you have the power of wind…. Like the other one…" The other leader looks right into the leader of the small rebellion group that is attacking. "No way… Gevanni?"

Gevanni pauses a little surprised but it opens a window of opportunity so the other takes it and slashes Gevanni hitting him in the arm. He yelps in pain and is suddenly shoved off of the other.

The other gets up and quickly charges for Gevanni. "It ends here!" He growls. "You filthy traitor! I thought you at least would have been loyal to Light!" He thrusts the tip of his sword straight for Gevanni who is trying to raise his own sword in time to try to block the attack. "I was hoping you only moved to someplace to serve Light better yet you dared to turn your back on him and join those traitors!"

Gevanni finds he won't get his sword up in time so he drops his sword and creates a circle of swirling wind catching the tip of the enemies sword like a shield. "Light doesn't deserve to be king." He growls back as he shifts his other hand to try to reach for his sword knowing that he can't just keep this wind shield going. He needs to preserve his powers for when he really needs it in this fight. "You are blind to his true nature of evil it seems."

The other pulls back his sword raising it above his head. "You are a true traitor." He snarls in rage. "So you will die like the traitor that you are!" He swings the sword down.

Gevanni stops the spell of wind and grabs the sword swiftly getting it up just a half a second before the collision happens.

As the two weapons hit each other a few sparks end up going flying as the two scrape against each other.

But this move has saved Gevanni as he has managed to knock the sword to go above his shoulder instead of wherever it was going to end up striking him.

He raises a foot slamming a kick into the others stomach knocking him back. He gets up. "You are nothing but a blind loyalist." He charges even as the other raises his own sword.

…. Pain…..

Gevanni gasps in pain as he feels it shoot through his body. He glances to the sword stabbing into his shoulder then he turns back to the other in time to see the life starting to die from his eyes as blood from the stab wound in his chest is soaking his clothing.

The other's hand falls from his weapon and the last light of life leaves his eyes.

Gevanni pulls out his sword and takes a step back. "Your blindness lead you to your demise." He says to himself then he raises his head looking to the others. He sees one of the other enemies dead while the other that is badly wounded is stumbling off as fast as possible.

One of those in Gevanni's group is about to charge after the wounded man.

"Wait! Halle! Don't!" Gevanni says getting the others attention. "Let him go. He can carry a message. Let's do what we can for our wounds then head back. When we get back I'll report to Matt about what happened."

Halle nods in agreement letting herself relax. She heads over to Gevanni who pulls the sword out of his shoulder. She examines his wounds as she lets one hand become like a light as a yellowish white glow of light surrounds it. "I can't do anything about the stab wound." She says. "Since I have two powers they are weaker."

"Do what you can." Gevanni says. "It's at least something. Better than nothing."

Halle raises a hand to the slash Gevanni has and a small yellowish white light glows around her hand, that is a little more white than her other hand, as she uses her powers healing Gevanni's slash as if it wasn't there saved for any dried blood or blood stains on the skin.

"I can handle any other wounds until we get back. Save as much power as you can." Gevanni says stepping back after that.

Halle nods and goes to help the others before the group heads back home.

…..

A man hurries into the throne room just before Light could move to begin to leave it. "Your highness! The patrol came back!" He says quickly bowing.

"Great. I've been interested in hearing about what they have to report." Light says since today everything was getting ready for the interrogation tomorrow since they had to make sure everything would be perfect.

"Well." The man removes his helmet that is more like a hat. "Only one returned… Badly wounded… He reports being attacked. The others didn't make but he was allowed to escape once he managed to get away from the two attacking him." He reports. "Is this bad news?"

Light looks slightly thoughtful. "It is most likely a warning."

"A warning?" The man asks almost not wanting to hear that answer. He is brand new at being a royal guard well technically a royal guard in training so he doesn't feel he's had enough experience to fight in a possibly huge battle just yet.

"A warning that the rebellious group is still out there and that they have not been discouraged. That they are still very active wherever they happen to be hiding out." Light says looking off into the distance over the man's head for a moment as he speaks before looking back to the man. "Get him healed. We will continue patrols as normal right now and we shall see if we see anymore signs of movement at all."

"Yes sir." The man bows his head.

"Then go! That is all!"

The man hurries off upon hearing that command and as he hurries away he puts his helmet hat back on.

"Well… I wonder how he's doing…" Light whispers to himself then moves off leaving the throne room.