Book 2: Falling from Grace

Chapter 15: Hold

Falling From Grace

Chapter 15

Hold

    Pigsy watched as MK swong the staff taking out the wall entirely. More people began to file through and break through the soldiers barriers. They wouldn't be able to defend now. Soldiers began to fall and the people had them on the run.

The building rocked back and forth. Pigsy and MK ran down the hallway fighting off any more soldiers they came across but it would seem the majority were out in the courtyard and the general Yuri's husband had been killed.

MK ran into the room just in time to see Tyla slam Yuri to the floor several times before standing up and glaring down at her. Her harpoon had been broken in two. There were swords all around them. They looked as if they had been bent, broken, and even curled into itself.

"Tang!" Tang had used himself to shield the princess. Luckily it looked like either of them had been hit by the swords. Pigsy helped Tang up off the princess. He looked around for a moment. The scholar reached up running his fingers over Pigsy as if testing to see if he were real. These last few days had been hell for him, and it was hard for him to tell dreams from reality. Yet when Pigsy leaned forward pressing his forehead to his Tang broke down in Pigsy's arms.

"I gotcha. I gotcha. Everythings alright now. We can go home." Pigsy stood up picking up Tang, and walked out of the room.

MK sighed as he pulled his phone out and texted Mei. 'We got him, we're on our way home.'

Tyla walked by holding the unseated Queen. She walked over to the group and held her up.

"Do as you will!" She yelled.

MK walked over to the princesses sister and handed the young girl to the rightful Queen.

"We are indebted to your family again."

"It's our job." MK said waving at them as they left. Tyla sighed as she watched them put Yuri into the stocks and started throwing the rotted food they had been forced to eat.

    A few days later

Pigsy walked into his restaurant and sighed looking around. It had been cleaned and ran without his knowledge. The writing on the note was in good handwriting.

"Thats Raya's hand..." The door opened and Raya came inside with groceries on her.

"Oh now you show up." Raya giggled. "I was bored, and I still had a key. Not a lot of customers because of the snow, but...it's good."

Tyla practically pranced up to Raya and pulled the papoose from around her and placed it back around her chest.

"Oh mommy missed you Tao." She kissed his forehead and smiled. Tao yawned like nothing happened.

"Oh yeah not even a care in the world." She giggled waving over her shoulders.

"Pigsy?" Tang whispered watching Raya leave with a wave.

"Yeah Tang?" He asked putting down some soup for Tang his jaw was hurt from being backhanded. Not a lot of chewing.

"I want one?"

"One what?" Pigsy asked not to look up from making the soup.

"A baby." Pigsy dropped the whole pot.

"Baby! Tang thats...thats impossible you and I are both..." He jumped hearing the front door ding. A young kid walked into the restaurant and held out money to Pigsy.

"You want something kid?" Pigsy asked the kid nodded and pointed to some dumplings. They were rather warm for the hands.

"Where's your parents kid? Or are you doing a run for them? Might need more than just one."

"Just me, always been just me. No one was there when I was born...just the woods, the river, and the sky." Pigsy looked at Tang. Tang nearly jumped out of his skin hearing the chime. The last he heard that chime was when the Goddess of Mercy disappeared.

"I think..." Tang looked at Pigsy

"Yeah I do too..." Pigsy said as he put the dumpling down on a plate and cleared his throat. "It's much too cold outside for ya kid...why doncha...stay?"

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