by Chip » Fri Jun 11, 2004 8:30 am
OOS: Sorry, I was gone for a while.
IS:
Zent looked at Ether and Qwiss as a circle gathered around the two in the gathering square.
"What is going on?" Lord Zent asked, frustrated with the two caravan guards. "Why do you dare ring the church bell at this hour of the night?"
"M..my lord," Ether said. "W..we have spotted n..numerous torches heading towards the Fort. And.. we have a reasonable guess that it is..the..Uratha..sire.."
"What?!" Zent gasped, running up the ramparts to the floor of the wall.
Indeed, a large amount of torches were speedily making their way towards Fort Majiro.
"Prepare your weapons!!" Zent shouted. "Archers, mount the walls! Men, assemble near the front gate and courtyard!! We are under attack!!"
Panic ensued. The men raced around, putting on their armor and drawing their swords. The women ran for the safe-house, which could be triple-bolted from the inside, making it hard for the door to break down and let an enemy in. Frash, along with the other Fort archers, ran onto the wall top. Alirick, not knowing what to do, joined the other archers at their posts. Jacob could wait.
And speaking of Jacob, at this moment, Jacob, Rebeard and Colt were stationed behind the front gate. Colt, who was in civilian clothing, was a bit tempted to jab his blade into Rebeard at this second, but thought otherwise.
Along with Rebeard and friends came Ether, Yupher, Qwiss, Orie, Rodin and Tarick. Though small, Tarick was handling a rather heavy sword, and doing quite a good job at it too. Selfur and Zent were at the front of the troops, armed and ready. Markus pushed past Trin and Quen, and came up beside the two men.
"Half of these soldiers have never fought in their life," Markus commented.
"Oh," Zent contradicted, "but each of them will be willing to give up their life for their fellow man ten times over."
Markus grunted. That's when the archers began letting loss. The enemy must be close. Outside the walls, the foot soldiers could hear the men's shouts and screams as the arrows hit them and their companions. There was a THUMP at the gate.
Rebeard looked at Jacob, and Jacob grinned, holding Lakis into plain view.
THUMP.
Trin and Quen hugged one another, realizing that this may be the end.
THUMP.
Tecker ran from the Mender clinic to the troops, sword drawn.
THE GATE FELL.
Seviz and his men ran into Fort as if it were a kitchen on Thanksgiving. They were after something. They were after blood. A section of Fort Archers turned their backs to the outside in order to fire at those who had already made it into the Fort. Alirick was one of those archers. They fired volley after volley, everytime they hit a mark.
By now, the foot soldiers were swamped with attacks. Qwiss caught a glimpse of Seviz before his head was cut off. His body hit the ground slowly. Tarick, tripping on the body, began to go a little dizzy. Stumbling around, he finally made his way into the Inn, where he passed out.
Rodin, though fighting hard, could not get his eyes from drifting to Jacob and that "sword". He would have that sword. He was sure of it.
By now, Zent and Markus had killed fifteen men each. Selfur had fallen back to the mansion, but the other two men had held their ground.
Trin and Quen, meanwhile, were busy double-teaming every Urathian soldier that crossed their path. Not one soldier got away from them who didn't run at an incredible rate.
Rebeard, Jacob, and Colt could see that the Fort Men were holding out nicely. And just as Jacob nodded in satisfaction with Rebeard, the back gate fell.
OOS: Okay. Just two more, and then I SWEAR you can post.