Stick Wars: Clash of the Empires

Chapter 8: A Hunting Surprise

As soon as we got the message that it was already night time we prepared for hunting. I went to the weaponry and got some throwing knives and a scavenger knife.(used for getting meat.) I went to the other village to see that Scarlett was also ready. She had a firm bow and a whole quiver if arrows.
"Let's go." She told me as I followed her to a room that had a long ladder and a trap door above it.
"What's the target? Boar?" I asked.
"Deer!" She said starting to climb the ladder.
"Biggest kill gets a point!" I said challenging her.
"Sure! If you can." She said as if she were better than me.
" Just so you know I don't only go by the way of the spear. " I told her.
"Yeah well I don't care if you get a big one cause I'm getting a bigger one." She said, opening the trapdoor. To our surprise, their were Chaos troops waiting outside.
"Well, well, what do we have here?!" One said clapping his hands softly.
I threw a knife right in his head before he was able to say anything else. Another Juggerknight came towards us and tried throwing his axe. He terribly missed and Scarlett shot him down with an arrow.
"I got your back." She said, readying her next arrow.
Two more juggerknights engaged in the battle, charging at us. He tried hitting me when he swung his axe horizontally, luckily I was able to dodge it and I swept the ground with my foot, making him fall. Scarlett was able to shoot down the other juggerknight and I finished off the one near me by stabbing him in the chest. I got the knife from the head of the leader knight and threw it at one of the enemies nearby.
"Fallback!" An enemy said waving his arm backwards. The enemies started running away but before they were out of sight, Scarlett threw a volley of arrows, hitting all of them. None of the enemies were able to runaway, but I felt like there were still some around us. I heard the leaves rustle in one of the trees. I threw a knife at the leaves and a few seconds later, a dead body dropped.
"Well that was unexpected." Scarlett's said as she stares at the dead body.
"A scouting group, looking for none other than trouble." I said, taking out the knives that I threw at the enemies.
"There must be a camp nearby." She said starting to move in the direction where they tried running away. She got the arrows from the dead bodies when we smelled a fire.
"Definitely a camp!"
We followed the scent of the fire and later on saw a glowing light, like it was created by a fire. I climbed up a tree and I was able to spot an enemy camp.
"They should be back by now." I heard one of them say, starting to get up from the log he was sitting on. I signaled for Scarlett to hide.
When he was near the tree I was on, I threw a knife at him, killing him silently.
I climbed down the tree and took the knife from him.
"I need your help. Get up a tree." I whispered to her. As told she went up a tree and she readied her bow.
"On my signal..." I whispered loud enough for her to hear. I waited for the right time.
"What's happenng?" One of them said standing up and walking towards the place where the first one died. Before he was able to notice the dead body I was able to kill him easily. I waited, and waited.
"Something's definitely not right!" One said.
"Let's check what's happening." Another said signaling the others to go.
"I'll stay here to guard the camp." One said being left behind. When they left, Scarlett shot him in the throat, making sure he didn't make a sound. Before any of them were able to notice the dead bodies, Scarlett shot down the one who was at the back most part of the group. Then they turned around noticing the arrow piercing the guy's chest. The guy who was before in front of the group and now behind it gasped. Then I threw a knife at him. They turned around again until there was one person left. We dropped down the tree, making our weapons face him. I was in front, Scarlett was at his back.
"Well, well, another raid I see. So what's in for it, pieces of gold?, information?, weapons?" He asked raising his hands.
"Who sent you hear and why?!" I asked him, glaring daggers at him.
"Whatcha gonna do if I don't tell you?" He asked teasing us. Scarlett shot an arrow at his ankle saying, "That!"
He wailed in pain silently and took the arrow of his foot. 'Gross!', I saw Scarlett's expression's say at it.
"Now, now we don't want to start a-" he said being interrupted when I round-house kick on his face.
"Let me say that again, Who are you working for and why did you come!?" I asked as he fell down, frowning in his helmet. He didn't answer and Scarlett tried to shoot an arrow at his back but he deflected it with an axe he pulled out from his belt. I tried throwing a knife at his knee but he deflected it with another axe from the other side of his belt.
"Now you run off, or your head will be the one running off. Scarlett backed away and ran away, but I knew she was hiding behind a tree.
"So it's one head only." He said, getting in a battle stance.
"And that will be yours." I said pulling out the scavenger knife and a throwing knife, getting in a battle stance.
He charged at me like a maniac, but I got down on the floor, sliding between his legs and I kicked his his back. It didn't budge and I was pushed back by his back. He turned around and charged at me, trying to hit me as I ran backwards. The chase went on and on until an arrow hit his head and he bumped a tree branch.
"Took you long enough!" I told Scarlett as she came out of her hiding spot.
"Unfortunately we aren't getting answers. On the bright side, the city is still hidden." She said putting back her bow at her back.
"Oh we'll find it alright!" The juggerknight who we thought was dead said as he got up and took the arrow of his head.
"What the-" Scarlett said, but she wasn't able to finish her sentence because the zombie ish guy knocked her out with a punch.
Scarlett's POV
I was blacked out by the creepy juggerknight and I felt a bruise on my head. When I regained consciousness I was in a tent and with me was Spear's helmet. Has he been killed?! What happened to the guy who knocked me out?! The thoughts kept rushing in my mind. He had to keep calm so I wouldn't hyperventilate. I saw a silhouette of a man about to open the tent. I was ready to meet my fate. The tent opened and I was greeted with a
"How are you?" Spear asked.

My POV
I greeted Scarlett.
"What happened?" She asked rubbing her eyes as if she just woke up.
"I was able to finish him off, now I'm looking around in the tents." I told her leaving the tent.
"What did you find so far?" Scarlett asked getting out of the tent.
"Just weapons, there are still two more I haven't checked."
"Which ones?" She asked, yawning. I pointed at the ones I didn't check yet. The next one I checked was fresh roast turkey.
"Yum!" Scarlett said carrying it out.
The next we found a poor baby deer all tied up. I was able to untie it and set it free. I watched and followed it out of the tent as it gracefully trotted away. It looked back before it was out of sight then it went away. I just sighed, we weren't able to hunt. I just stood there, looking like I didn't know what to do. Then out if the blue, a translucent blue figure happened to pass by. It had the shape of a grown deer and a spirit like essence. It stared at us for a while, bowed it's head and jumped away.
"Woah!" Scarlett said as she munched into the drumstick of the turkey. We headed back to the trapdoor and we climbed down the ladder. Well, I slid down it. We were both depressed that we weren't able to go hunting but at the same time we were happy we were able to have a delightful supper. We both ate the turkey and had fine grape wine for a drink.

???'s POV
I was knocked out pretty bad by a bratty kid and that girl. With stabs and bruises and cuts on me, it would be a long way to go back to mommy. At least I will be able to satisfy her with information about a hide-out. Next time for sure I WILL get them. And next time, their heads will be a real trophy.

Narrator
As the zombie ish juggerknight walked out of his grave, he left a deep blood trail in his path. Slowly, his wounds were healing, with a series of inhuman tissues, he would be able to heal his wounds in days.