Not Too Late

Heading Back To You

Yn's POV

I try and keep my emotions in check as his horrible voice comes closer to me. I stay emotionless on the outside but on the inside I'm furious that he has the guts to speak to me. "That boy Yn, where's he going?" "Couldn't catch him could you?" He orders a man to hit me across the head. I groan and look at Ivar. "Why you so curious Ivar?" "I just am" "well you know what the whispers say" A wicked grin starts forming on my face. "Curiosity kills those who seek" His smirk is wiped off his face and I laugh. "Lock her up, I want all men on guard, no one leaves her"

A man stands me up and I plant my feet on the ground. "Why is it that you love Hvitserk? But not Ubbe? Or Bjorn? I mean they are your brothers" his face turns red which makes my smile grow. "Or maybe you're just waiting to strike at him like you did Sigurd" "GET OUT!" I laugh and pull up my feet. As the man takes me away my eyes never leave Ivar's I glare at him until we leave. They drag me through the mud and to a cage far from the rest of the homes. They chain my hands to the ceiling and my feet to the floor. One of them looks me up and down. "No use looking my body is covered in scars not very pretty" He rolls his eyes and he walks out leaving me in the dark.

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Igor's POV

I rush through the town of Kiev. I run as fast as my legs can go. I push the throne doors open and Oleg stands to his feet. "Igor? The wars over? Where is she?" "She sent me away before the war could be over she's still over there. She was captured" Oleg steps down his small steps before walking towards me. He crouches and holds my hands. "She'll come back and you worrying will not help her" "They strung her up in the cold and whipped her Oleg, she barely survived the first time what if they do something worse?" Tears roll down as the thoughts of Yn dying comes into my mind. He wipes my tears away with his thumbs. "She is the best warrior in all the lands, you will see her alive again now come on let's get you cleaned up" I nod and we head off to my room.

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Yn's POV

I watch as Ivar approaches the cage I'm currently chained up in. He stops in front of it and just looks at me. "Is there something you would like to say to me?" "Why fight for my brothers? What did they offer you I could simply-" "Nothing" He looks at me closely. "They offered you nothing and yet you sided with them?" I simply nod my head with a smile on my face. "so would you fight for me?" "You hurt my boy, I will never fight for you for as long as I'm breathing" He opens the cage door and steps inside. "Well maybe we'll just have to make you stop breathing"

I focus on disjointing my ankles and thumbs. His eyes are focused on my and oblivious to my actions. His hand grabs my neck. "Is that the best you got?" He takes it as a challenge and squeezes my neck harder. "even in chains I have more power than you" "I am the boss of me not you!" "As long as I'm here you will never being in control so let me go" Both my thumbs pop out of place and I hold onto the metal. I have one ankle popped and my other one I'm working on. "over my dead body" I wait a second as my ankle pops. "Alright" I lock my thumbs back in place as well as my ankles after I get them out of the chains. I head butt Ivar and it sends him flying to the ground.

I grab his axe and kill the two guards outside of the cage. I look back at Ivar on the ground. His eyes are wide as fear sets in. "You should know better then to try and tame a wild chicken" I grab my gear that has sat in the back of the cage. How foolish he is. I pull on my black coat and head out. "you won't get far" I turn to him with a smirk on my face. "I know how to hide Ivar, but I can run for a lifetime because I have nothing here to lose" I pull the hood over my head and flee.

I run through the woods trying to gain some distance between me and Ivar. As I look back all I see is woods and the mere colour of the field behind Kattegat. I start walking at a pace as an axe is held at my throat. I pray that its a man as I kick him in the crotch. He folds and I grab his axe before pinning him down. I hold the axe to his neck and straddle him. "Ubbe?" "Thank god it's you" "you know better than to sneak up on me" I try to stand up but his hands grip my thighs keeping me against him. I take out my dagger and stab it in his hand. He pulls back quickly letting me go. I jump up and smile down at him.

He stands up. "We have a place you can stay if you'd like" "no thanks I have somewhere to go" I grab my knife out of his hand and start walking off. "I insist!" "And I don't!" I place my knife in its place on my waist and start walking through the woods.