A Saint To A Sinner

3.10

Once they reached the cliffs of Bebbanberg, Y/N started to question how they were going to get in. Sihtric and Finan reassured her that they had managed to get close enough around the back to find an entrance on the side.
"Yu ready to rock climb woman." Y/N looked at Finan with a sarcastic grin as she took his hand. Y/N breathed in as she gripped the wet rocks climbing behind Finan, with Sihtric behind her. Y/Ns heart started to pound in her chest as she tried to focus on not slipping on the rocks until they reached a path.
"Wait for the signal." Uhtred said as Finan followed him to the gate. Sihtric patted Y/Ns arm in reassurance as they waited.
"Let's go." Y/N said as they ran towards Finan quietly, keeping their backs against the wall.

Y/N looked at Uhtred as he waited for his son to come to the gate, but the anticipation made Uhtred frustrated as he told them to lift the gate. Y/N stretched her arms and followed, trying to help lift it with the others, but it would not lift.
"Stop! It is too heavy." Y/N stopped at Uhtreds words as she looked around for something. "Sihtric." She called as she found a boulder. Finan and Sihtric came with her to drag the boulder towards the gate.
"Pass me those oars." Y/N grabbed the oars and handed them to Sihtric, who lined them up against the boulder. The three of them waited for Osferth and Beocca to line them up on the otherside to push it down, hoping it would open the gate.
"Now!"Finan called as they pushed it down. Y/N grunted as she pushed her body weight onto it, even using her leg for strength.
"Lord, can yu do it." Finan shouted while they pushed, waiting for him to crawl through to the other side. Once Uhtred was on the other side, they let go, allowing the gate to shut as they panted for a few moments before starting again so Uhtred could pull the gate from the other side.

Y/N pulled out her sword as she entered the gate. Her eyes scanned the area as she listened, but it was too quiet until a bell rang.
"Keep going." Finan said to them as they pushed forward around the tunnels until they reached the watch tower, slaughtering the men in front of them. Y/Ns hand tightened around her sword as she crept against the wall following Uhtred. She could hear the shouts and the grunts of Young Uhtred and the priests, but she could not see what was happening to them. Uhtred decided to make a move, once he was close enough to see that his son was in danger.
"No one speaks but me!" Uhtred called out as he approached a man, kicking him to the floor. Y/N followed, raising her sword at the citizens as she stood close to Beocca, watching Uhtred grab at the man, pointing his sword to his throat. She believed the man was Ælfric.
"Do you know who I am." Uhtred shouted. "I am the true Lord of Bebbanberg. I have no fight with you. Only this man is doomed. Are you happy to see me, uncle?" Uhtred taunted as he looked at the men around him. "I have waited a lifetime to avenge myself! No one else will suffer if you swear loyalty."

Young Uhtred looked at Y/N dead in the eyes. His eyes were covered in tears as he looked at them all. She could see what he saw. He saw them all as Heathens. Monsters. Y/N shook her head to not do anything as she listened to Uhtred swearing fieldelty to the citizens of Bebbanberg.
"Aiden. You remember me? What's your alliance." Uhtred called out to the old man who pointed to the boy at the watch tower who was holding a crossbow. Y/N looked at Finan, who looked at her with a tense expression.
"Who are you, boy?" Uhtred called out.
"Whitgar, son of Ælfric." Whitgar called out. "Very much alive and back at Bebbanberg as flesh and blood. And I could kill you with this arrow in a heartbeat."
"You can try. The arrow would miss." Uhtred challenged.
"Then you know nothing of the weapons of the desert." Whitgar said as he shot his father in the eye, causing the men to retaliate.

Y/N walked backwards as she stood by Beocca while Finan and Sihtric stayed close to Young Uhtred.
"Go!" Uhtred said to Y/N as she pulled Beoccas arm to follow her to where Finan and Sihtric were heading.  As soon as she was close enough, Finan harshly grabbed her, pulling her close to him.
"You want these men to call you the true Lord of Bebbanburg. Earn it! Fight me like a man!" Uhtred challenged. Y/N winced at his words, her hand clutched the sword tighter, knowing the fool had the men on his side, and they would not win.
"Whitgar! Lord!" Beocca called as he stepped out, holding his arms out in peace. "You do not know me. I was your fathers priest. I knew his strength and his flaws. This enmity was of his making! You have settled that! You could make peace! You are cousins! Let this be a new beginning!  Unite against your common foe and defeat the Scots. Secure your land for the sake of your children. For all Saxons."
"You have spent too long in Winchester priest!" Whitgar spat, almost laughing at him "You seem to have forgotten the north do not seek peace. You are a stranger here, Uhtred Ragnarson. But I am wiser than my father." Whitgar turned the crossbow to face them. "I will not have anyone challenge my birth right or my bloodline. I will kill you, Uhtred, but you will watch the death of your boy."
"No! Finan drop your swords." Y/N crouched and lowered her sword as Finan grabbed Young Uhtred as the men shouted at each other.

Within a brief moment, Y/N watched Beocca fall in front of her with an arrow shot in his chest. Her heart clenched in despair, causing her to pick up her sword, retaliating along with Uhtred. Her anger rose as she sliced the men in front of her, ignoring the shouts of Sihtric and Osferth to turn back. Y/N spun around looking for Uhtred to find him trying to get to Beocca, but Finan stopped him, so she tried to make a run towards Beocca's body when she felt something slice her leg. Y/N turned around to slash them when she saw it was Sihtric. Sihtric smacked the sword out from her hand before ducking underneath her to pull her over his shoulder as he ran with her back to the boat.  Her eyes never left the grounds of Bebbanberg as Sihtric carried her out. Her body gave up knowing she could not put Sihtric in danger.
"Osferth, untie the ship!" Sihtric called out when they reached the boat, causing him to push Y/N off of him. Y/N grabbed the sword from a dead man and continued to fight in the rain, but her leg gave out on her from the pain, causing her to fall in the water.

"We need to leave soon." Sihtric called out as he pushed Young Uhtred in the boat.
"Y/N!" Sihtric called out when he realised she wasn't behind him. "Where is she?" Sihtric yelled out in fear, looking between the water and the tunnel for her.
"She fell in the water." Young Uhtred spoke out as he looked for a body in the dark water as Sihtric shouted.
"She's there!" Sihtric jumped into the water as fast as he could and grabbed onto her, pushing her into the boat, just as Finan dragged Uhtred towards the boat. Sihtric yelled at Uhtred to hurry up, but he was deafened to their calls. Y/N looked around her and took hold of the oars and started to pull at Finans voice. Her spirit had left her, and so did her strength to fight, but she pulled for them.