Brynjolf was pacing in front of June's cell. He would look at her several times and each time she was still asleep. He didn't know how she could sleep chained up like that but he guessed if a person was tired enough... Brynjolf let out a sigh as he suddenly stopped and rubbed his forehead. In his mind was a constant battle. He could help June, help her escape but than he remembered she was just as angry with him as she was at Maven. That wasn't his only concern. He worried that Maven would take her rage out on the rest of the guild if he did help June escape.
A day had passed since Brynjolf came. It was early morning and he finally knew what he was going to do. Just as he grabbed the key from the wall he heard the door open and slam shut up the stairs. It made June jumpe awake. Brynjolf hid the key in one of his pockets and waited silently. June blinked away her tired and blurry vision and looked over to the stairs.
It wasn't just one set of footsteps, it was several and they sounded like they were in a hurry. Brynjolf's eyes widened as he saw that it was Thalmor agents. June furrowed her eyebrows down as she looked at them confused. 'The hell they doing here?' She wondered. "Well. It looks like you were telling the truth." A familiar voice came from behind the line of Thalmor. It was Elenwen and they were not on good terms, considering that June had attacked several of the bases, gave Ulfic the locations of the other bases and freed prisoners they had. 'Crap.' She was worse than Maven.
"Of course. Have I ever steered you wrong?" Maven was right behind her. Brynjolf clenched his jaw as he looked at them all, there was definitely too many for him to handle alone. Elenwen looked at Brynjolf and examined him for a moment. "You have the key?" She asked him with an eyebrow raised. Brynjolf just stood there counting them all. "Brynjolf." Maven furrowed her eyebrows down at him.
Brynjolf shifted his eyes to the side at June and saw that she was looking at him confused. Brynjolf slowly reached behind him and grabbed a silver cup off of the stand that was next to the chair. "Here." He quickly threw the cup at Elenwen. She wasn't expecting it so it caused it to hit her right in the face. Some raced to her to see if she was okay because they didn't know what it was and the rest ran to Brynjolf.
He quickly dodged one and kicked him hard in the middle of the back. Another soldier tried grabbed him but Brynjolf twirled around to where he was behind the soldier and than grabbed him by the hair and slammed his head into the wall. Before he could turn back around a soldier quickly came up behind him grabbing his arms. The soldier slammed Brynjolf against the wall pressing his face against it. Elenwen walked up and searched his pockets. She smiled as she pulled the key out. "Thank you." She turned towards the cell and unlocked it.
"Get her." Elenwen ordered her soldiers. Two of them entered the cell and unlocked the cuffs. Once she fell to the ground they quickly grabbed her arms hard. She tried to fight but she didn't have enough strength. As they walked out of the cell she quickly looked at Brynjolf. He had his eyes on her even though his face was pressed against the wall hard. "June." He managed to get out. "I'm-" Before he could finish the soldier quickly bashed his head against the wall knocking him out. "Let's hurry and get her to the base." Was the last thing he heard before he completely blacked out.
Brynjolf groaned in pain as he slowly regained consciousness. His head was throbbing and his cheek went numb from the cold stone floor. He had no idea how long he had been out. Brynjolf slowly sat up holding his head. He looked around seeing the room was completely empty and he guessed that no one was there anymore. "Dammit.." He groaned in pain again. He slowly sat up leaning on the wall for support.
He jumped hearing the door get kicked down up stairs and than hurried footsteps approaching the stairs. Brynjolf slowly stood up straight hearing loud voices. "June!" He heard one of them call. He heard the door open and than whoever it was hurried downstairs. Brynjolf stared at the opening and waited, his head still throbbing. Brynjolf clenched his fists tightly as he saw it was Vilkas.
Once Vilkas turned he instantly let out a growl and glared at him deeply. A few more people appeared behind Vilkas that Brynjolf had never seen before. Vilkas charged at Brynjolf grabbing him by the throat and slamming him against the wall. Brynjolf let out another painful groan. He was still too dizzy to fight back. "Where's June!" Vilkas yelled. Brynjolf grabbed Vilkas's wristst as he struggled to breath. "I don't know." Brynjolf coughed out.
"Liar!" Vilkas growled deeply. "I'm telling the truth. I don't know." Brynjolf wince as he felt Vilkas's grip tighten around his threat. "Vilkas!" Farkas quickly walked over grabbing Vilkas's shoulder. "I don't think he's lying." Farkas quicky pulled Vilkas off of Brynjolf. Brynjolf gasped as he released and rubbed his throat. "Do you know anything?" Seradia quickly stepped forward. Brynjolf looked up at her confused at who she was.
"The Thalmor came and took her." Brynjolf hesitantly answered. "What?" Vilkas furrowed his eyebrows down at him. "Why?" Ginji stepped forward. Once Brynjolf saw him he felt his stomach twist as he recognized who it was. Brynjolf would never forget the cries he heard coming from a Khajiit cub. "I-I don't know." He quickly looked away. Ginji examined him closely thinking he looked familiar. "So it was the Thalmor who took her than?" Sera asked still confused. "No not at first. It was Maven who had her taken first." Brynjolf leaned against the wall feeling dizzy again.
They all exchanged looks. "So you don't know where they went?" Vilkas asked aggravated. "No." Brynjolf glared at him. Vilkas let out a loud sigh and rubbed his forehead. "All I heard them say was that they were going to take them to one of their bases." Brynjolf watched him. "Oh yea that helps. They only have like what..ten bases in Skyrim!?" Vilkas yelled at him. Brynjolf glared at him again.
Ginji sighed also growing impatient. "Who is this Maven and why would she take June?" He asked. Brynjolf clenched his jaw not really wanting to ask that but he knew he had too or he would probably get hurt. "Because she is the one who.." Brynjolf cut himself off and quickly looked down rubbing his forehead. "She is the one who had her family killed years ago. They were some kind of..Khajiit family..She is wanting to get rid of June before she has a chance to get rid of her." He let out a deep sigh. Ginji's stomach twisted into knots and his heart beat increased as a fire started in his belly. "Good to know.." He said in a deep voice.
Seradia slightly looked down and started to think. "You said they took her to one of their bases?" She asked. "That's right lass." He replied. "Do you know something?" Farkas asked. "Maybe.." Seradia tapped her chin. "A year ago we helped Ulfric Stormcloak a lot. We gave him several base locations so if anyone would know anything about them he would." Seradia quickly looked up at them. Vilkas let out a loud sigh. He hated the war and hated both sides. The fact that they were probably going to have to ask a favor of one of them made him feel angry.
"Look, it's better than what we had just a second ago!" Seradia yelled at him as she heard his annoyed sigh. "I know! I know.." He sighed again. "Windhelm is...probably five days away.." Vilkas was thinking. "By the time we get there it might be too late." Vilkas looked up at her with his eyebrows furrowed down. "We have to try!" Seradia pleaded. "You're right." Vilkas scratched his head as his worry increased more.
"Well than if we are going to go to Windhelm than we better go now." Farkas said. They nodded and started to leave the room. Vilkas stopped and looked at Brynjolf seeing that he was just standing there. Brynjolf looked at him and their eyes met. "When you find June tell her..Tell her I'm sorry." Brynjolf leaned back against the wall. "Sorry for what?" Vilkas furrowed his eyebrows down. Brynjolf looked at him a bit surprised that he didn't know. "Well, you'll just have to find out from her." Brynjolf crossed his arms and looked away. Vilkas examined him once more and than left the room and than left the building.
A couple hours had passed since they left, instead of walking to Windhelm they decided to head to the closest city which was Riften and take a carriage from there to Windhelm. Riften was a couple hours away and once they reached the city it was well past dark and they agreed to stay at the Inn for the night. No words were spoken as they traveled to Riften, too much was going on that they didn't understand. Once they entered the Inn Farkas immediately got them a couple rooms but Ginji payed for his own.
Seradia was already sitting down at one of the tables, she had her book open and was writing in it. She was doing whatever she could to take her mind off of things. Vilkas took a seat across from her, Ginji decided to just eat in his room and than call it night. "Here." Farkas brought over a plate full of food and a waitress came next giving them their drinks. As she sat the cups down in front of them she slid her hand across Farkas's arm and winked at him. Vilkas raised his eyebrows as he watched her walk away. "Well. Look's like you have someone attention." Vilkas smirked.
"I don't care much for Tavern wenches at the moment." Farkas shrugged. Seradia didn't say anything, in fact she wasn't really paying much attention to them at the moment. She just kept her head down and wrote. Farkas and Vilkas both grabbed themselves some food, as he began to eat he noticed that Seradia wasn't even bothering to eat. "Aren't you hungry?" He asked. "No." She answered. Vilkas raised an eyebrow at her. "What are you doing?" Hhe asked.
Seradia put down her ink pen and let out a sigh. "Trying to distract myself." She leaned her elbow on the table and rested the side of her head on her hand. "From what?" Farkas watched her. "From everything that's happening. I don't understand what's going on anymore." Seradia leaned back in her chair. "First Maven had June captured and than the Thalmor took her away. You would think that they would fear a war by taking the Dragonborn as a prisoner." Seradia looked up at the ceiling.
"That's what they want though. War." Vilkas looked down at his mug full of mead. Seradia let out a small sigh as she closed her book. "I think I'm just going to skip dinner and go to bed." She said quietly. "A-are you sure?" Farkas asked her with his eyebrows furrowed down. "Yea." She gave him a small smile and than got up and left. Farkas looked down at his food. It was awkward around the now since last night, he felt like an idiot. He should of just got up and left once he saw her but..He couldn't take his eyes away.
She looked so beautiful in the moon light. Remembering her wet body made him uncomfortable in his seat. He had to go make things right about it. Farkas cleared his throat and without saying anything to Vilkas he got up from his chair and walked up the stairs. Vilkas watched him for a moment and than went back to his drinking. Right now that was the only thing keeping him calm.
Vilkas couldn't stop thinking about June, he worried that something would happen to her and he knew that the Thalmor indeed would kill her just to start a war but for some reason he had a feeling that it was more than that and trouble was just over the horizon. Just thought of her death made his stomach hurt. He wouldn't be able to bare it and he wouldn't get the chance to tell her how he feels. Now Vilkas was definitely sure that once they rescued her he wasn't going to waste any time in letting her know. Even if she didn't feel the same and rejected him, she just had to know.
Farkas made his way upstairs, he wasn't sure which room she was in until he heard some movement from one of them and than he was sure. He walked up to the closed door and was about to knock but he stopped. He suddenly felt nervous about speaking to her about it. 'Just do it.' He forced himself to knock on the door. He heard the movement stop and than slow footsteps towards the door. The door slowly opened revealing Seradia on the other side.
"Oh Farkas it's you." She gave him a small smile. "Is there something you want?" She asked. "Can I come in?" He asked nervously. Seradia looked at him a little confused and than nodded letting him into the room. He stopped in the middle of the room and kept his back turned towards her. "I uh.." He stopped and quickly cleared his throat. Seradia tilted her head as she watched him. "I want to apologize for what happened last night.." Farkas rubbed the back of his neck.
"Oh." Seradia quickly looked down as her face became warm. "I really wasn't trying to sneak a peek at you. I just stumbled across you and-" Farkas cleared his throat again. "I believe you." Seradia replied. Farkas turned around and looked at her a little surprised. "I mean you said it yourself that you wouldn't want to look at me naked so I know it must of been an accident." She shrugged and gave him a fake giggle when really she was a little disappointed.
Farkas frowned as he remembered. "What?" Seradia asked him noticing his frown. "Well..." He quickly looked away. "It's not that I..Don't want too its just that.." He kept cutting himself off. He didn't really know how to say it. Seradia felt butterflies flutter around her stomach as she watched him. "It's.." Farkas sighed. "What?" Seradia quickly walked up to him growing anxious. Farkas looked at her and examined her face.
He didn't know if he was just seeing things but for a moment it looked she was hoping for something. Farkas slowly placed his hand on her arm making her tense up a little. Their eyes met and they just gazed at each other. "Sera..I didn't mean to say what I did yesterday I just panicked." He spoke quietly. "To be honest..I.." He slowly placed his other hand on her other arm. He saw her cheeks slowly turn a light pink, he saw her press her lips together as she waited anxiously for him to tell her.
"What?" She asked him again. Farkas clenched his jaw as he kept looking into her eyes. 'How do I say this?' He let out a small sigh. He was never good at talking about his feelings. "What were you going to say Farkas?" Seradia asked impatiently. He sighed deeply. "It's not like I wouldn't mind seeing you..you know.." As he spoke a smile started to slowly appear on Seradia's face. "Well to be honest what man wouldn't want to see a woman naked." He shrugged not realizing what he had just said.
What smile was forming had quickly disappeared. "Oh. Right." Seradia quickly backed away from him. 'Wait..' He blinked confused. 'What just happened?' He watched her and examined the look on her face. "Oh wait! I didn't mean that like I would want to see any woman naked!" He quickly tried to correct himself. "What I meant was..Ugh." Farkas rubbed his forehead as he tried to find his words. "It's okay Farkas. I know what you meant." She gave him a small smile. "Really?" He looked back at her. "Yea. It's just natural to want to, I guess." She looked away and shrugged. 'No! That's not what I meant!' He clenched his jaw tightly and screamed in his mind. Farkas let out a loud sigh as he looked down and rubbed his forehead again. "Sorry." He quickly apologized and than left the room. Seradia wanted to stop him but she just stood there watching him leave. 'Idiot!'
He quickly walked back downstairs and took a seat next to Vilkas. Farkas rubbed his eyes with both hands. Vilkas looked at him with an eyebrow raised. "You okay?" He asked. "No." Farkas sighed and put his hands down. "What's the matter?" Vilkas asked. "I never say the right things around Sera. I think of what I want to say but something else comes out instead." Farkas started to explain. "Just tell her how you feel. Be plain and simple about it." Vilkas crossed his arms. Farkas sighed deeply. "I want too but..Every time I'm near her or when we're alone..I just get my words mixed up and just.." Farkas sighed again.
Vilkas couldn't help but chuckle at his brother. He gave Farkas one hard pat on the back and than handed him some mead. "Here. Don't worry about that until this whole mess is over with. It probably isn't a good idea getting something like that started during this anyways." Vilkas took a drink of his mead. "Yea..I guess you're right.." Farkas sighed and than joined his brother in drinking. Both of them just sat there and drank the night away.