The Slave Prison

[Yuna Braska]

Sero sprinted down the stairs, changing his course, remembering the routes that were put into his head. The images were still making him dizzy but he tried to look past them and get the two of them out of there.

Finally Sero found a door to the west courtyard. He held the little girl close to him, shaking his head to try and get the images from flashing up. He looked around the courtyard and above the walls. Even with the patrol times, Sero was struggling to find a way to get out the door on the other side of the courtyard, the door to the forest beyond and down the mountain. He put the elven down on the ground and stopped to catch his breath for a while. He had to think about what he could do, he didn/'t want to come this far and have the guards find him.

[Tifa Lockhart]

Evie's eyes remained fixed on Sero as he put her down, she was trembling all over, but her eyes were confident. She glanced up where Sero was looking, noting the guards that protected the gate. She wobbled to her feet, her entire body unstable as she held out her hands. Her eyes began to glow, and two rocks levatated from the ground in front of Sero. Before his eyes they would begin to change shape, slowly becoming sharp and pointed. Then, with a tiny flick of her hands, the now arrow-sharp stones would go flying towards the guards.

There were two small thumps, and for a moment it seemed nothing would happen, then right before their eyes, the guards toppled from the walls, dead. Evie fell over again, giving a small whimper before she looked over at her saviour, eyes beckoning.

[Yuna Braska]

Sero lifted his head to notice a few rocks transforming before him. At first he thought it was after his and the girl, but then realised it was her that was doing it. Sero stepped back watching carefully with wide eyes as the now sharp object flew and pierced themselves into the guards ontop of the walls. It looked like they were gonna get out of here after all. He looked to the elven girl and smiled. "Come on then" He said in a sweet whisper, catching her before she stumbled to the ground. Sero ran up some more stairs so that he was ontop of the wall. They were not able to go through the door because it is usually operated by a lever in a room under the wall, plus that would take them too long. Sero could still hear the bell chime in the air, and he had no choice but to do something drastic. Sero put down the gril again and looked over the side. It was a fair way down, but Sero believed he could make it. "Wait for a second" he said.
Then Sero crawled onto the edge and dropped backwards down to the other side of the wall. He landed on his feet but the speed caused him to tumble over onto his shoulder. He moaned when his shoulder moved from it's natural position, and almost yelled when he got up and snapped it back into position. Looking up Sero put out his arms. "Jump!" he called out to the girl. "Trust me!"

[Tifa Lockhart]

Evie gave a yelp as Sero let himself fall, a hand pressed to her mouth as her eyes were wide with horror. She whimpered audibly when he picked himself up and fixed his shoulder, worried that he might have hurt himself. When he called up for her to jump she hesitated for a moment, not looking like she would have the guts to do it. She turned to look over her shoulder, as if contemplating some other way down, or even giving herself up so he might escape, but then mere seconds later she gave a squeal of fright, an arrow whizzing inches above her head. She didn't hesitate anymore, she simply leaped, trusting that her saviour would catch her. She was weeping heavily and rigid with fear, soft whimpers accompanying every hurried breath she took.

[Yuna Braska]

Sero prepared himself to catch the girl, standing with his legs apart. When the girl landing in his arms he could feel his hsoulder almost pulling away from his torso. He gripped tightly to the girl though, not wanting to let go. He staggered to stand up and tried to withstand the pain of his shoulder and hand. He transfered the girl to his other arm which still was bonded with straps and the glove, his other arm too sore to lift anything.
"Well done" he said through his teeth, masking the pain. He began to run down the hill that the prison was situated on soon hitting a forest. Sero didn't stop running , he didn't want to stop running. He couldn't consider himself free until he knew that they were no longer after him.

[Tifa Lockhart]

The moment Sero had settled her in his arms Evie pressed a gentle hand to his neck, relaying images of gratitude and apology. She knew he was in pain, and seemed to blame herself for his agony, conveying a wish to help, even if she did not know how exactly she could. He'd been running for a very long time now, and she was afraid he would get sick. She conveyed her worries to him, silent as always, that she knew they had to run but did not want him to fall ill or hurt himself anymore.

[Yuna Braska]

[TO RIFT FOREST ]