The Last Elite (Book One).

Chapter 6: On The Run

"Wake up Maximus" came the distant voice in my dream. "Maximus, they found us get up!" it screamed, this time i knew it wasn't a dream. I shot up and looked around Raknash had Tiger Fang and were holding a blade to her throat.

"Easy now, or we will cut her throat" warned the commanding Raknash. He was tall about seven feet six inches tall. His scales were black which was odd for his kind. He had bright red eyes and razor sharp teeth on both his lower and upper jaw, he definitely was different from the rest being he sported no fangs on his upper jaw at all. His muscles and scales rippled with every movement he made and he never took his eyes off of me for a second.

"Now, do as we say and the women won't be killed" the commander cooed as he stood next to our gear and my weapons. I slowly stood up and felt the dull throbbing pain in my shoulder, i had forgotten about my wound that was still in the process of healing. I, for once was at a complete disadvantage, I slowly laced my hands behind my head and got on my knees.

"I never thought i would see the day the ghost of Backrendor would be on his knees" laughed the commanding Raknash spit and foam flying out of his mouth. He was obviously pleased with having the legendary elite on his knees in front of him ready to beg for his life.

"I wonder how i should relish this moment" the Raknash pondered.

"How about by facing me in combat ?" I suggested.

"I'm not stupid elite, i know how good you are in armed combat" he spat obviously pissed at my request.

"Then have me be unarmed" I quickly countered hoping he would take the bait.

The giant lizard pondered it for a moment and the looked at his soldiers and then back at me."Fine, you shall face me and my platoon unarmed" he announced. on his order the Raknash dropped Tiger Fang and surrounded me drawing out their cutlasses and long hand made daggers.

In and instant they all charged, I would have to say it was very irresponsible on they're part but i took what i could get. I ducked and somersaulted between the commanders legs as all his men crashed into each other and impaling one another on their weapons. Half of the platoon dropped dead as their comrades weapons protruded from their chests and necks. The commander however i learned was definitely a problem, he came out unscathed even though swords and daggers stuck out of his chest none of it phased him. He pulled them all out and threw them to the floor as his eyes turned black and he curled his lip and snarled at me making my blood curl.

"A very underhanded trick" he snarled "I shall see to it that it never happens again". And with that he charged me drawing a long dagger with a green strip going down the middle. I froze staring wide eyed at the dagger, the dagger was once my best friends dagger. Everything about the dagger matched up perfectly to his and suddenly i blacked out.

I woke up finally and saw myself on top of the commander green blood covering and dripping from my hands. His face looked like someone had taken a sledgehammer and pounded it into his face multiple times. I staggered back horrified at not knowing what i had done. Quickly i surveyed the area, Tiger Fang sat wide eyed across the cave and around me lay dead Raknash all looking like the commander.

"What did....i do?" i stuttered not really wanting to know the answer.

"I have never seen anyone go that ballistic" Tiger Fang whispered, slowly standing up and inching her way toward me.

"Where did you learn to do all that?" she asked as if i had known what i was doing the entire time.

"I blacked out, I don't remember anything i did just now" I admitted hanging my head in shame of letting my anger get the best of me. Tiger Fang was visibly taken aback by my confession and seemed some what scared of me for a few moments. Then she regained herself and walked over to me and placed her hand on my bloody shoulder. I winced and quickly jerked away holding my shoulder and pain burned from my shoulder making me want to collapse and die.

"Shit, I reopened it" I cursed through gritted teeth.

"Sit down and let me have a look at it" Tiger Fang said forcing me to sit down and take my hand off my shoulder. I groaned in protest but let her examine my shoulder. Tiger Fang poked and probed the wound making it burn and bleed, Every now and then i would winced as she figured out how bad it was and it would make her jump. Finally she went to her med pack and brought back disinfectant, thread and needles, and gauze.

"This is going to hurt, a lot" Tiger Fang smiled.

"Can you just kill me now?" I joked, but her smile quickly disappeared and hurt crawled into her eyes.

"Don't joke like that, i need you, alive" she mumbled, barely loud enough for even me to hear it. She went about and disinfected my wound, as soon as it was applied i have to clench my teeth because my shoulder burned and screamed with pain. It felt like the skin was being peeled back and my muscles were having acid poured on them. But as quickly as it came the pain subsided and Tiger Fang proceeded to stitch up my wound again and wrap it in gauze.

"Now, no more fighting and protecting me for awhile, it's my turn for that" she beamed.

"I think i should be worried about that" i joked back making a fake i'm worried face.

"Hey !" she said lightly tapping my shoulder, "I can protect us both, your not the only bad-ass here".

I laughed and leaned my back against the wall of the cave. We were going to be here awhile and that fact scared me a lot. Our position was known to the Raknash and right now we could have them watching our every move. Until i was healed we would be in constant danger. And Tiger Fang was hell bent on not letting me fight or move my shoulder, which meant if we were attacked i couldn't do anything because if i opened up my wound again we would have to stay longer. And i for one didn't want to spend a year playing who can kill the most waves of deranged lizard people.

Night came and slowly went, no sign of any Raknash came for days. I started to think that they had finally gotten the message that we weren't going to die and decided to just leave us alone. But i knew better than that, they were planning something and it was fast coming. We maybe only had two days at best and my instincts were mostly all the time correct. Whatever it was we need a plan to defend ourselves Tiger Fang knew it to has she went into the woods and stuck her explosive daggers all over the place. But switched their settings so if any other life form came past it other than us it would blow instantly.

I wondered how many birds and other native animals were going to lose their lives to her daggers but it provided protection from the Raknash. And at this moment in time it was the only thing that allowed me to sleep, and i took it. Tiger Fang remained vigilant the entire time, i don't believe she ever took a nap. She always seemed to be on high alert and right by my side when my wound throbbed checking my stitches making sure that they didn't open. My wound was healing fast because of Tiger Fang giving me forced orders to become lazy. I guess it was a good thing but i couldn't wait for it to be healed so i could deal more damage to the Raknash, i was itching for another fight. And i knew that in two days i would have my chance we would be on the run for a few days before we could go back to our outpost, we both knew it and we both were ready for whatever lay ahead of us, nothing was going to stand in our way.