Kin Chronicles Realm: Betrayal of the Guardians

[Gabag]

During the journey, Felodran asked Entaru a couple questions.

"You seem to know so much about these people... who the heck are they.. and why does Korius always solve his issues with violence... sure it's fun but not a real smart thing to do in enemy territory..."

Later Felodran wanted to know something.
"So Korius... what's the deal with you hunting Guardians? I mean they are supposed to be crazy powerful?"

Now Felodran was no coward to be sure... but he would rather at least fight an enemy on equal terms... or at least not one that can blow crap up with their mind.

[Entaru]

Entaru raised his eyebrows at Feldoran's question.  "Know them?  HA!  All I know is that I didn't want to be 'waltzing my Matilda' for the rest of my life.  These kids have a noble, if a bit suicidal, cause.  I've spent my entire life running from everything and I want to do something worth a **** with what time I have left.

Entaru breathed in heavily (as he ran out of air for his rant) and continued.  "As for this Korius kid, I don't know why he does things the way he does.   But I'd have to agree with you, who knows what kind of trouble his methods may get us into."

[Srgntcuddles]

A day later Jarik loaned Ferdande and Alexia his carriage to help Drevo get to White. He also gave them a few days of supplies before they set out. Ferdande drove the carriage; leaving at night to not draw attention as they traveled. As the next day came they came up to a guard station; it was heavily guarded for some reason. As they approached four guards came up and stopped the carriage. "What is your business here?" asked one of the guards. The other three surrounded the carriage; the archers in the tower readied their crossbows for the slightest hint of trouble. "Just passing through, sirs." replied Ferdande calmly. "What's inside?" Ferdande turned his head slightly; halfway looking back at the carriage. "My wife; whom of which is naked, it's early and she likes to sleep in the nude," replied Ferdande somewhat loudly as to give Alexia a heads up. "Oh really? Likely story...I'll just..." The guard slowly opened the carriage door. "Pervert!" screamed Alexia who was holding a blanket over her chest; which was covering Drevo. She slapped the guard in the face and he stumbled back with a red handprint on his cheek.

The guard chuckled and gave the signal to let them pass. The guards opened the door and they rode through without incident. After they rode long enought to be out of sight Ferdande stopped and hopped off the top of the carriage. "Hey, Alexia, sorry about that, it was all I could come up with." he said as he approached the door of the carriage. The door flew open and smacked him right in the face causing him to fall on his butt. "Just keep driving! Jerk!" shouted Alexia furiously. Ferdande rubbed his face as he stood up. He groaned as he climbed back ontop of the carriage and continued driving.

[KittKat chunky~]

The two Szardas remained silent through most of the journey, though they talked among themsleves they kept reserved and quiet around the rest of the group.... This was typical behaviour of rangers, as most of their kind had been hunted down and killed by the guardians... socialising it seemed came after staying alive and not being killed....

[Shinzuu Katame: Her Tolfy]

As they settled down again, on the third night, something just didn't feel right to Korius. He surveyed their surroundings, and between the trees behind him. Something was definitely amiss. Korius put his stuff back into his duffel and rearmed himself before getting up. He tossed his bag next to White, "I hope you've at least been able to read enough to learn a basic barrier. If not, you better guard that with your life." Korius moved around into the small thicket of trees behind where he had been sitting and scoped around. He heard a faint whistling and ducked as a throwing knife hit the tree where his head would've been. "Everyone on alert! Bounty hunters!" Korius drew Valia and prepared for anything.

[Vee Katame: His Wolfy]

Kiana had watched Korius as he surveyed the surroundings. She could tell that he sensed something was wrong. Covering her mouth with her hand, she held in a chuckle when Korius threw the bag at White unexpectedly. When Korius alerted them from the bushes, she sprang to her feet and readied herself for a fight. Her eyes were narrowed and focused as she scanned the area around her, watching for the threats.

[White Wolf Guardian]

*White sweated as he held the bag close and then his eyes widened upon hearing Korius yell about bounty hunters* "Damn!" *The wolf didn't know what to do other than flip his knife open and clutch it in his free hand and the bag held tightly against his chest with his hand shaking* "These guys probably want me dead too this time, and even if not they will surely not want witnesses.. crap no turning back now for good. and unfortunately for Korius I've barely figured out the first words of that scroll, but I don't know what that will do for me." *He looked around in ever direction expecting an attack scared and excited at the same time* "What's in this bag anyways...?"

[Gabag]

Felodran whipped out his broadsword and removed the shield from the strap on it's back. Soon after doing so, a bounty hunter rushed him. Felodran dove downwards and grabbed the man's legs, to send him over his back and onto the ground. The man hit the ground hard, and screamed before a broadsword was introduced with his heart.

"Well this'll be a welcome change of pace... finally lawless enemies to kill" He said, wiping his sword on the dead man's tunic to remove the blood.

[Entaru]

Entaru, upon hearing the warning, jumped into a bush to hide.  He wouldn't say that he was a coward, he just preferred to provide artillery cover  He whipped out one of the glass orbs and began imbuning it with magicka.  It would require a fair amount but, if done right, could catch the bounty hunters off guard.  He rolled the orb out of the bush to where he saw the dagger come from.  The orb seemed to melt and create a clear sheen on the ground.

"Here kitty, kitty, kitty..."

[Srgntcuddles]

Ferdande kept driving, during the day they passed through a village and kept going. It wasn't until a few nights later that Ferdande was too tired to keep driving, and with Alexia already asleep he decided not to wake her. He pulled off to the side of the road, towards the treeline a bit. He gathered the makings for a fire and set it up near the carriage. He didn't get any bedding to sleep on, he just sat in a meditative position infront of the fire. As the night dragged on Alexia stirred from inside. She sat up from lieing down and looked over to Drevo who was still unconscious. "It was just a dream..." she said sofly with a sad tone. She noticedced they weren't moving and looked out the window of the carriage and saw Ferdande asleep by the fire. Alexia crawled over to the side of the carriage Drevo was on and stared at him. A tear rolled down her cheek and landed on his shoulder. "Drevo...I...Know you can't hear me but...I don't want you to..." She began to cry a bit more until she contained herself. "I love you so much, Drevo!" she cried as she hugged him tightly. "I love you, Drevo, I would give anything for you to just open your eyes!" she continued to cry; hugging him tightly.

Suddenly Drevo's arms embraced her as hers did him. She was shocked as he sat up still holding her in his arms. She stiffled her tears as he held her like a baby in his arms a smiled down at her with the most tender and loving eyes. "D-Drevo...?" she squeeked, looking up at him with his puppy dog eyes. "I love you too, Alexia...More than you know..." he said sofly as he leaned slowly towards her. Alexia knew what was coming and closed her eyes; waiting for it. Drevo and Alexia both kissed eachother passionately for a moment. He then looked at her with his loving eyes and spoke tenderly. "You know that we can't be together yet you toy me still..." "W-What? Drevo I-..." "Even though our love is forbiden you still lead me on like a lost puppy..." Alexia's face showed a dumbfounded expression as she looked at Drevo confused. "What are you saying, Drevo?" she choked out almost crying. "The only place our love will be aloud..." Drevo drew a knife from under his pillow and raised it over Alexia. "Is in the next life...Join me, Alexia and let our love reign eternal!" he screamed histarically as he plunged the knife into her chest. Alexia shot up in a cold sweat and looked over at Drevo who was still unconscious. "It was just a dream..." she said soflty. She crawled over to him and hugged him tightly and layed down next to him. "I...Want you to wake up so much..."

[Shinzuu Katame: Her Tolfy]

Korius took out the katana as he found two bounty hunters charging him with spears. He quickly hopped up as they lunged in, the spears hitting into the tree and Korius standing on them. Korius ran up the spears and beheaded the first on the left before jumping over them. As he landed, he brought the katana around and decapitated the other spearman. Korius hurriedly ran out of the little thicket and found three more in front of him, one archer, one with throwing knives and a swordsman. Korius sheathed the katana, drawing the twin sai, as he charged them. The archer and knife thrower barraged him with projectiles. As he got closer, the swordsman came at him. Korius blocked the man's downswing and jumped up onto the man's shoulders in a twist, disarming him and sending the sword into the air. As he landed on the man's shoulders, he threw the twin sai, hitting the other two in the arm. Korius grabbed the airborne sword and drove it into its owner's head. He then pushed off and grabbed the sai from the other two before they could recover from the sudden attack and ran the sai through their heads from the chin.

[Vee Katame: His Wolfy]

Kiana suddenly stomped her right foot down hard on the ground which shot a pillar of rock up somewhere amongst the trees, causing a bounty hunter to fly through the air, screaming the entire time. The hunter landed about five feet in front of her, knocked unconscious from the landing. She walked over to the hunter who she could now tell was female and found one of her daggers in her cloak. Removing the dagger from the cloak, Kiana stabbed the hunter in the chest.
As she stood up, she heard a rustling. Directing her attention towards the noise, she grabbed the branch to her right and pulled herself up into the tree. The dull thud of someone being kicked could be heard before another bounty hunter came down through the branches. Kiana jumped out of the tree as the hunter was getting back on his feet and drawing his sword. He came charging at her and she quickly manipulated the earth to cover her left forearm, shielding her from being cut when she blocked the sword attack and used her left leg to kick the hunter's feet out from under him. She quickly stepped on his sword arm and disarmed him. Picking up the sword, she raised it over him then brought it down on his neck, decapitating him and leaving the sword between his neck and his head.

[White Wolf Guardian]

*White looked around everywhere hoping to avoid getting stabbed by an unseen hunter or other enemy* "Crap, there's a LOT of these guys.." "I hope they don't try to team up on me, because I doubt me, my white magic, healing skills, or butterfly knife are going to save me from throwing knives, swords, tactical and/or brute force. If only I was a fast learner on these hands on objectives."  *The wolf tried to stay in an open area and waited silently for someone to come back to the starting point*

[Gabag]

Felodran was busy looking at the dead hunter, trying to identify anything faction specific or at least a clue to who he was. However before he could get any idea, three more hunters charged in, two archers and one greatswordsman, rushing in through the bushes.

Raising shield, Felodran's arm recoiled backwards a little bit as the arrows embedded themselves in shield. The swordsman used the opening to perform a running downwards swing, which was dodged. Felodran went for an overhead chop but the man deflected the blow and gave a swift kick into Felodran's torso. The force of the kick knocked Felodran to the ground, and he barely rose his shield in time to deflect a stab, and he rolled out of the way of another kick.

Getting back on his feet Another arrows whizzed by, and Felodran took initiative, while the other warrior was avoiding his friend's arrows and grappled him, then shoved him to the ground. With the swordsman on the ground, Felodran raised the shield once again to block the arrows and began to run after one of the archers.

[Entaru]

Entaru watched intently as the hunters came from out of the thicket.  One small group stumbled onto the ground covered in glass, and began slipping and sliding on top of it.  But that was not it's purpose.  It's true purpose came into view as the group practically exploded in a torrent of blood as the glass shot out of the ground and shredded the hunters on top of it. 

The now crimson glass shot towards another group of hunters like serpents, impaling the hunters on themselves.  The dead hunters hung there like dolls on a tree as the glass tried to seek out more targets.  In the bushes, Entaru's face was grim and without pity.  He had used up all but a small amount of his magicka to create the trap and now it was hunting for more dolls to decorate itself with.