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Crystal Smee

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He slid through the slender space, leaving the door the way it was. He pressed his back to the wall of the barracks, melding himself with the shadows. Bit by bit, he inched around the corner, so he was in the slim alley between the two buildings. His eyes were locked on the guards that paced the center of the ring made by the barrack buildings. When he was in the alley, his breath left him in a whoosh. He hadn't realized he was holding it.

"Logaen?" he hissed softly.

"Here, brother," came the equally quiet reply.

"What did you want to tell me?"

"I think I've found a way out, Saine. My friend, he's planning escape. He knows an old white knight who fled at the very beginning, and made it to a hideout. He's leaving tomorrow, and he says we can go with him."

Saine smiled broadly in the darkness. "Well done, brother. Where should I be, and when?"

"Be near the walls when the sun is at its peak." Logaen replied. Saine heard a rustle as his brother vanished into the darkness.

Saine turned on his heel to go back to his own bunk. He plastered himself once more to the wall. Sweat dripped down his face. Holding his breath, he slunk back to the door.

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He paused to glance up at the sky. Shimmering stars dotted the mysterious blackness. He caught the well-known constellation known as "Dragon's Breath", a group of stars, that, if connected by lines, would form something that looked like a gout of fire.

The door stood before him. Suddenly, his breath caught. The door was shut. Somebody had to have known that he had gone out. Eyeing the guards in the center, he placed one clammy hand on the doorknob and twisted gently. He shoved his shoulder against the door, but nothing happened.

Saine was breathing heavily now. How had the door been locked? Suddenly, he heard a voice behind him.

"Looking for this, laddie?" He whirled and was face-to-face with a burly, foul-smelling guard, a key dangling from his fingers.


~*~ End of Chapter ~*~

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~*~ Chapter 2 ~*~


Saine fought down a shriek. He stared mutely in horror at the guard. He felt as though a brick had been slammed into his stomach. Taking a deep breath, he struggled to find his voice.

"Ah, sir. In fact, I was. You see, I had to..ah..relieve myself." He felt his cheeks heating as he flushed, and not from the humility of his lame excuse. Sweat trickled down the back of his neck and down his face.

The guard snorted. "Likely tale," he scoffed, then smirked coldly. "Eltof!" He called softly. Another burly guard appeared, a torch in one hand. Saine peered behind him curiously. Somehow, the other guards had not yet noticed the commotion here. In Eltof's other hand was the back of Logaen's shirt. Logaen struggld and squirmed in the iron grip, his face pale with fear and indignation.

"This yer brother, no?" Eltof sneered. The flickering flames of the torch cast dancing shadows across the Zamorakian's oily, ugly face.

"What were yer plotting, boy?" snarled the first guard, shaking his fist in Saine's face. Saine gulped and glanced at his brother. He saw the wild fear in Logaen's bright eyes.

"Good sir, I do not know him. Like I said, I was simply out to relieve myself. I did not get the chance earlier," Saine fibbed, flushing again.

"Liar!" the guard growled, his face contorted in anger. He lunged for Saine. Reacting instantly, he dove out of the way, towards Logaen.

18-Jun-2006 16:54:12 - Last edited on 18-Jun-2006 16:54:59 by Crystal Smee

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He tackled Eltof, pinning him to the ground. The guard's iron grip on Logaen did not falter, and the golden-haired boy was thrown to the ground. He twisted furiously and there was a ferocious tearing noise as his shirt was ripped from his body. But he was free.

Saine heard the noise and knew his brother was free. He rolled off Eltof after punching him hard in the jaw and looked up in time to see the first guard fly onto him. He raised his fists protectively and turned his head away. A satisfactory loud grunt grated on Saine's ears as the guard landed flat on his hands. A faint gurgling noise announced the rough condition of the guard's stomach. Saine barely threw the guard off him before vomit sprayed into the air.

Leaving the two guards on the ground, Saine scrambled to his feet and grabbed Logaen, dragging him into the shadows. "Look what we've done," he hissed, gesturing. Then he paled. "The other guards are coming! Can you get us to the hideout?"

"I think so. The gates are shut at night, but not guarded. My friend told me where it was," Logaen replied. "C'mon." He darted into the short alley. Angry bellows rent the air behind them.

"They attacked the guards! Get them!"

"That way!"

Saine gulped and dashed after his brother, pursued by the ferocious shouts of the guards.


Sweat poured down Saine's face as he trailed his brother away from the barracks. It seemed to seep from every pore on his body, plastering his clothes to his skin.

18-Jun-2006 16:54:16 - Last edited on 18-Jun-2006 16:55:25 by Crystal Smee

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Fear pumped adrenaline through his body, and his breath came in ragged gasps. Finally, he saw the rubble that was the walls ahead of him. There was only a little left. The blood-red of the new walls glittered in the eerie glow of the moonlight.

"Logaen, stop," he begged, stumbling and grabbing his brother's arm, slippery with sweat. He did not have the same vivaciousness that his younger brother possessed.

"The guards...they're still coming.." Logaen protested. The angry shouts that ensued proved this statement, and they continued on.

They reached the walls, aiming for the heaps of crumbled stone that had not yet been rebuilt. Saine thrust a burst of speed into his limbs and vaulted onto the rubble, clambering over the blocks and sliding down the other side, into the woods.

A moment later, his younger brother tumbled down and landed face first in the dirt beside him. "Up," Saine urged, grabbing Logaen under the arms and heaving him up to his feet.

"Port Sarim...peninsula..." Logaen panted. "If I don't make it.."

Saine's face creased into a frown. "You'll make it, brother. Come." He steadied the golden-haired lad and began sprinting again, hearing the guards as they gained in the chase.

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