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Remorse
By razzer claw
Too
With draw."To remove one self,"
Absolute. "Unrestricted,"
Remorse. "A deep tormenting sense of guilt felt over a wrong that one has done to something or someone."
War "A battle agents oneself or someone"
Ch 1 flash back
As the storm approaches from the east and the moon still high in the night sky, as the cold steel light dances on the dew covered grass sways like tiny swords raised to kill there next victim, A shadowed figure moves through the under brush as if to avoid the steel blade of the light. The land slowly becomes still and dark like death choking the life from it's victim. The Moon now lost in its grasp as the last glimmer of light passes through the formless pitch-black hand and slowly fades as if to succumb to it's will. The dark figure wasting on time rushes to the large wooden door of the nearby tower. Soon after, the sounds of swords clashing and mumbled screams echo through out the forest, then quickly fall silent. In the mist of the dimly lit room stands the tall figure with the blood of his kill dripping from his sword jest to pool next to the butchered adversary at his feet. Suddenly the sword falls to the floor with a clang as lighting flashes through the fog covered glass of the tower window. There on a blood darkened wall hang his comrade with flies and moths drinking the blood that oozed from the bruises and wounds that covered the length of his body. "Kage, Kage, it's me Rock," as he undid the shackles from his wrest and ankles, as the shadows of moths flying around the flame of the candle flashed around the room. "Can you hear me? Wake up."
But after shaking Kage's battle stricken body to no avail, the room goes dark. The glowing red wings of a dieing moth were the only sign of light left in the musky room. Rock picks Kage up on broad shoulder and precariously makes his way down the dark mud covered steps and out in to the unknown safety of the cold night.
As thunder rolls off into the distance and the air thickens as a vial of mist rises off the ground, like the steaming breath of an ancient dragon waiting to awaken from its long winter sleep, Rock comes across a small spring surrounded by tall reeds, as he lays his unconscious comrade against a fallen log, he splashes the cool crisp water upon his swollen face then turns around to see if they have been followed.
Kage starts to open his eyes to see a blurred figure in front of him. As he carefully grabs for the handle of his sword, he struggles to pull himself away.
Rock, hearing the sound of a sword puling from it's sheath then hitting the ground turned around to see Kage, who could barely manage to hold up the weapon that was shaking in his hands.
"Kage it's me, Rock.", replayed the blurred figure
Hearing the familiar voice, Kage dropped the sword from his hands as a tear rolled down his cheek turning red with blood before falling to the ground.
"Rock is that really you?
I thought I would never see you again.
How long have I been gone for?"
Rock looked back at Kage.
"It's been two days now, if we hadn't fingered out what witch territory they took you thou we would have never found you."
Kage looked up at Rock, with his swollen face and smiled,
"So, what took you so long?
You missed all the fun.
I took out at least four of them before they came up from behind and knocked me out."
Rock smiled with a grin. "We figured we would let them try to knock some sense into that thick skull of yours, but it looks like they can't even do that right."
The too laughed for a few moments, then Rock, helping Kage to his feet picked him up onto his shoulder as they made their way through the night.
As Rock pushed his way through the dense under brush the sound of his boots striking through the mud sent Kage nodding off to the sound of sir...sir...sir, "Sir, sir, there's a young boy here that wants to speak with you and only you."
"Tell him to come back tomorrow, I've had a long day. It's late and I'd like to get some rest."
"But General, sir."
"Did you not hear me?"
"Yes, but sir, he claims to know the location of the red guards front line!"
"Well, well, with news that good I can afford to loose a little sleep. Send him in !"
The young argon entered the tent and looked around. He saw tables with maps and other documents on them. The young man was lean but his muscles were well defined. He wore a tribal armband on his right upper arm and his scales were a ruff black color.
A deep voice came from behind the candle lit curtain.
"So do you know where it is boy?"
Instead of answering the question the he just said, "I...I want to join your army sir!"
The shadow of the man moved closer to the curtain.
He was a little bigger than his outline had appeared, he then stepped out to see the young lad face to face.
He too was argon. He had broad shoulders and his scales were dark brown in color. The older argon wasn't wearing much jest a loincloth and a large cape that covered most of his upper body. The general stared at the young lad fore a few seconds before speaking,
so you want to join my army and fight, you're either very brave or very stupid, then he turned and started to leave.
"Go home and don't waste my time."
The young argon felt his blood began to boil. "Why," he asked.
The older argon stopped and snarled as he turned to look back at the young boy. "You dare question me?"
The young argon went from anger to remorse and said, "no sir."
Then he heard him ask, "So, do you know where the Red Guard's camp is?"
The young lad said, "Yes. They're just outside Soothsayer Falls, but Sir, I readily need to join you," as he clenched his fist.
He then felt a large rough hand cuff his chin.
"So they're close," the General muttered to himself, then looked back down at the boy. "So what's your name son?"
"Kage sir.
"I'm naruk, General of the Trion Guard." Then naruk turned and started to his chambers.
"Follow me."
Kage moved the silk-like curtain aside and entered the dimly lit room. The general was standing next to a pile of cushions and had just started removing his cape. As it slid off his shoulders, Kage saw the large battle scars that snaked across his back.
"Now Kage, this won't be as easy as you think, you'll stare death right in the face. So, what makes you think you have what it takes to fight in my army?"
Kage looked right up into his eyes then told him I have remorse to die fore, family to kill fore, and the scents that my life is worth fighting fore, the conviction in his words made him think, that this boy may have what it takes, naruk handed his cape to kage,
I didn't come hear to be a servant as he hung it on an near by perch,
this boy is jest like his father, interesting brave and a little insolent naruk said to him self, but something tells me that there's more to him then rose had mentioned, as naruk glance at the young argon, then grabbed fore a near by sword,
by the time kage saw the glimmer of the black steel blade it was to late naruk was standing next to kage as he looked at the ground to see the blade of his weapon.
Kage jest stood his with his arm held up and staring back at naruk with wide eyes "what the hell was that fore"...
how shout your face I knew all about you and what you can do with your arm before you even told me your name, "kage laroy".
Kage was in shock jest who the hell are you and how do you know about me,
ill tell you in good time but fore now it's late and we have a big day ahead of us, you'll sleep hear fore the night as he left the tent.
As the moon begins it's slow assent down to the jagged horizon, as the last of forbidding glow bathes the tee tops with it's steel rays, kage turns in his sleep as he wakes up in a cold sweat laying on the floor next to a fire,
kage its all right said rock as he helped him sit up and held a flask to kages lips, hear this will help, as he took a sip, the liquid burned his dry lips but numbed his mouth, ware are we as he looked around to see the light of the fire dance across the walls of the cave making it seem alive, were jest outside oden with that said rock picks up kage and makes his way throe the night, now the stars as the only light they have and the moon lost on the horizon rock knows that they only have a few hours left before day brake.
As he pushes his way throe the dense brush kage body falls limp once again "jest hold on kage were almost there" rock thought to hi self.
Kage finds him self back in his tent with the sun light glowing throe the slot in the door, kage hears the sound of swords clashing out side, as he walks out to see what was going on a large Dagon spots the half awake kage and starts charging at him with his to sword drawn and ready to kill the argon standing in front of him, kage with no time to waste grabs fore a nearby konni rifle and with the first swing knocks the Dagon to the ground as blood pours from his face, as the dagon stumbles to gain his footing, kage reaches fore a near by sword as he readies him self fore another attack, the Dagon turns to take on his opponent with his eyes fixed upon kage as his lower jaw hanging by a piece of flesh swaying back and forth with every step he took as blood ran down the front of his armor, his knuckles turned white as his tightened his grip on the sword as his rage was influenced by the eminence pain, he charges with a loud gargling roar that bellowed from black hole below his face, kage holds fast as the hellish figure moves closer fore the kill, the beast is now jest a few feet away kage moves the sword to his side as the small stones that surrounded his feet trembled with every step from his blood drenched adversary, as kage ready his grip on his weapon he lunges, with the first attack swings up cutting thru armor and flesh blood covered kage as the dagon grabbed his arm as his life sustaining liquid pored thru his fingers as he fell to his knees, screaming as he pounded his face deep in to the earth trying to cope with the pain, with the red liquid now covering both warriors kage turns with his sword held high as if to show mercy towards mutilated foe as he plunges the red blade deep in to the skull of Dagon.
Now with the cries of the dammed silenced he removes the blade from the lifeless body as he wipes the blood from his eyes jest in time to turn and watch as naruk kills another next to him.
The battle had been going on fore about two hours now and the odds seamed to be going in there favor, naruk was fighting three Dagons and was enjoying him self as he finished them off one after another as kage watched, but that was about a half hour ago and the general was no ware to be seen, kage fought amongst the chaos that had formed a mists the battle filed as he swung his weapon to kill one and turning around take out another slitting his throat in one vile-lent move, then to make shore that he was finished ramed his sword in to his chest , as he fought his way throw what seemed to be a never ending field of death he found naruk, the closest thing to a father that he knew had jest finished off a dagon but as naruk finished him off he was attacked by a rather large black dagon, he looked like the dagons general, but as the two fought kage noticed another dagon approaching from behind him unaware of the impending doom kage charged at him, just as the dagon blade came crashing down upon his back the sound of body's smashing together rolled off behind him,
"That boys going to pay fore that"
Said the black Dagon as the two stood in place with their swords screaming as they sled agents one another trying to see who was stronger,
"No you'll be the one to pay",
As naruk pushed the dagon back as there swords arced.
The two men had been fighting nonstop fore about several minuets as the sun ascended higher in to the evening sky, with sweat rolling off there bodes as it steamed on the ground below there feet, the two seem to be equally skilled and strong, as there swords exchanged blows sending the sound of there life and death battle throughout the air like thunder ripping throw the sky jest to echo in distances, as the two fought on there muscled bodes succumbing to fatigue with each swing of there mighty swords, as they continued there battle fore life, the Dagon knew that this battle was not going to end well fore him, with a last desperate effort to end this fight he managed to pushed him self away from naruks blade,as he looked over his opponent fore a weak point , like a tiger stocking it's pray ,then with all the strength he had left lunged at naruk with his sword held high, as he came crashing down upon naruk he drops his weapon then grabbing naruks wrist as he lunged forewords with all the shear force he had caucusing him to lose his footing in the rocks beneath his feet making both of them fall to the earth.
As kage and the other Dagon got to their feet the sound of the two generals battle cared off behind them. Your mine as the dagon smiled looking at the aragon waiting fore him to make the first move, kage then obliged him and struck with a lighting fast move the dagon barely managed to block it as kage got in his face then smiled
"Watts wrong to fast fore you" "that's not what your mother said"
This relay pissed off the dagon as he clenched his weapon tighter
As the two fought just a few yards away from the two generals kage watched as the two fell to the ground
No thought to him self as he lost his focus fore a split secant, the Dagon took note and made good use of his brief distraction as he swung his sword sidewise, kage turned in time to see the massive weapon smashing in to his side as it sent hurling to the ground. As the Dagon went to aid his general, the two men were still strongly engaged in there epic battle to kill one anther that nether of them noticed the trouble approaching. As the two got to there feet the red dagon grabed fore his that lie next readied his sword, I'm going to kill that argon even if I kill my own general to do it, the red dagons sword violently descended then pierced mercilessly on the scaled hide cutting thru it victim with ease, his screams were added to the noise of the battle field as naruk saw the dagons blade impale his body.
This made him redouble his efforts as he repeatedly punched the Dagon general in the face causing blood to cover his eyes, as he managed to get up he saw kage still holding on to the black sword that was still imbedded in his right shoulder, the mere sight of his wounded comrade and son enraged naruk beyond reason as he launched himself back the Dagon in a berserk attack, kage managed to remove the blade from his body as he lie on the ground the Dagon retrieved another sword from the body of fallen argon then ready fore another attack, kage moved as fast as the wound would allow him as the Dagon prepared to end this argons worthless life, kage raised the sword and plunged it deep in to his chest as blood sprays from the opening , as he fell to his knees kage got up as his left arm fell limp at his side, then asked, do you have any last words you bastered, the Dagon looked up at kage then asked "I want to know your name", 'my name is kage walker and yours"? "It wont matter because you're going to hell kage walker as blood rain down chin, before kage could even react he stabbed him in the leg with a dagger.
Stumbling backwards as kage was removing the weapon from his leg, he watched as the Dagon tried to remove the sword from his body as he struggled to get up, but as he got to his feet kage yelled "you first " kicking the handle of the sword impaling it threw his body, then taking the dagger from his leg slit his throat, as the dagon fell to the ground dead, kage staggered a few yards before collapsing from fatigue and blood lose.
The Dagon general came to jest as naruks sword descended upon his skull, his body twitched as naruk removed his weapon from the once formidable foe.
With the dagons general no longer among the living they retreated back thou the gate, naruk killed another dozen before finding kages blood drenched body.
As naruk turned his body over hopping he would be wrong thinking he'd be dead kage eyes opened and with a smile said I told you I'd protect you as his body fell limp in nakaaks arms.
As rock makes his way to oden he alredy knows that something's wrong as an orange light passed thru trees as smoke bellows from the horizon, the stench of flesh burning filled the morning air as crowvens fight over the rotten flesh of the dead, as he makes his way thru the ash covered streets darting thru the shadows trying to avoid being seen by the few guards that roamed the alleys, finely making his out from the burning city and with the gate finally within his sights, as he punched the coredex in to the griet he could hear the sound of feet running behind him ,as he locked in the last coredex the two pillars that stood in front of the griet began to glow blue as lighting arced between them, as the gate door began to form rock hade to draw his sword as the men were jest a few feet away, "ware do you think your going arogon" asked one of the men as he pulled out his weapon then charged towards rock, jest as he was about to attack the gate opened as a blast of air then a blinding light came from the gate door, the dagon dropped his sword then staggering a few feet before falling to the ground dead as rock sled his sword back into it's sheath, then turning around "who ells wants some" with a look of enjoyment on his face, the rest of the men took off living there fallen comrade behind "cowards" as rock picked kage up then steeped in to the translucent gate.