Henry had woken up soon after Godwin had passed. He naturally freaked out when he realized that he had an arrow in his shoulder.
Fareman got into the cart and put his left hand on Henry's shoulder and his right hand on the shaft of the arrow. Henry frowned and sighed, when he realized Fareman's intentions.
"Do it fast."Henry said calmly.
Fareman's face twitched and then he pulled the arrow backwards so quickly, that Henry didn't feel the pain until 5 seconds later. Fareman looked at William but realized that the man had already pulled it out.
"Did they get Faulken too?"Henry asked through his gritted teeth.
"Yes. And Godwin and the rest. We need to leave for Arronsville fast." Malcom said.
"You both going to bleed out if we don't leave right now."Elric said.
Henry looked around the camp and nodded. William slightly nodded as well. There were only 5 people left. 5 very injured and tired people.
"How long are we staying there?"Fareman asked.
"1 or 2 days."Malcom said sternly.
"You have Godwin's sword and map right?"Elric asked, still saddened by everything.
"Yes, and I have Faulken's bow and horn." Malcom replied.
"We can't just leave everything like this."Fareman said, fiercely gripping his forearm.
"What can we do?"Elric asked.
"I don't know. But we lost 5 of our own. We could do something. Godwin said we had a week to do what we could do in 2 days."Fareman said.
"We can't Fareman! Alright?"Malcom snapped.
Fareman went silent and then walked away. He stopped in the field and threw each half of his broken sword as far away from himself as possible.
Both ends of the sword were never found again.
Fareman walked back to the group and climbed onto the cart with everyone else quietly. Malcom looked at the camp one last time until they left down a very faded and overgrown trail.
"We have to find a river. All of you keep a look out."Malcom said, about half way to Arronsville.
"Why?"Henry asked.
"Because if your wounds don't get cleaned, you'll die within days."Malcom said angrily.
"Alright, alright."Henry said.
"Over there!"Fareman shouted.
About 5 yards away from the trail was a fast moving river. All of the water had a baby blue color but was moving so quickly that all of the water was a foamy white. The three of the most injured members of the group were standing by the River. William Henry and Fareman waited for Malcom and Elric to walk over before they started to take off their boots.
"Alright William, I'll help you with your leg. Elric can help with Henry's wound. Fareman I think you can handle yourself."Malcom said as he ram his hand through the fast moving water.
"You know me too well."Fareman said bluntly.
Henry looked down at Fareman's disgustingly ripped up arm and shuddered. Fareman rose his shredded arm into the sky dramatically and jammed it into the running water. He screamed and cried as blood and excess skin floated down the River.
Henry and Elric cringed at the sight, William just tightly closed his eyes, But Malcom just stared at his cousin blankly.
Fareman lifted it to show a drenched non bloody but still disgusting shredded arm. Fareman sighed with wide eyes and stepped away from the River.
Elric lead Henry down stream and ripped the man's shirt off and threw it aside. Elric used a pan that they had salvaged from the camp to pour water on Henry's shoulder. After he did this he began to cry, with his left hand covering his eyes. It wasn't loud crying. The only sound was an occasional sniffle and sob.
Meanwhile William was being helped with his leg by Malcom. But there was a sudden rustle behind Malcom's head. He knew someone had intended to hurt him before he turned around. A man in a dark green cloak pointed a very small crossbow at the back of Malcom's head.
"Don't move at all. If you do you'll never see your friends again."The man said very calmly.
"What do you want?"Malcom asked nervously.
"Why are you going to Arronsville?"The man asked.
"How do you-" Malcom asked.
"Nobody comes near Arronsville. Not anymore. You 5 are the first since October."the man interrupted.
"Is a man named Leonard still there?"William calmly asked.
The hooded figure lowered his crossbow and blinked rapidly.
"Um... yes. How do you know him?"The man asked.
"I was his neighbor. He's a real charmer."
"Yes, he is. We... live together."The man said.
"Who are you?"Malcom asked.
"Orion, I'm Orion. And you owe me an explanation."The man said.
