The Ancient Prophecy

31 : A draw - Alk

     Alk ran as fast as he can to the fight scene . He got his sword out of its sheath . Adrenalin hit him as he fought through the Resistence's army .
    He dodged swords , sprears , sometimes arrows . Little bloody scars were around his face and arms and his clothes were a little scratched . But it was alright . If he did not get majorly injured then he could keep fighting .
     Then a hand grabbed him by the arm and dragged him away from the fight .
"There you are !" Iro said , slightly panting "Where were you ?"
"I just went for a walk .." Alk responded .
"Bad sincronisation ." Iro said with a pained smile .
"Then let's get back to the fight ." Alk said while starting to walk away .
      Iro quickly grabbed his arm again and dragged him away "Do you not see yourself now ?"
"What is it ?" Alk said with a frown .
"You have too many bleeding wounds . If you lose more blood then it will be bad . You may think you can still fight , but when the adrenalin will wear off you it won't end well ." Iro explained .
"But I can't just stay here and wait ."
"I know you can't , but this time you have to . Go to the healers' camp and at least patch up your worse wounds ." Iro said , slightly letting go of Alk's arm .
      Alk sighed with frustration "Alright ."

                                                     ***

      The healers' camp was right behind the base  . A tall pavillion , inside some rows of white hospital beds .
      The healers are usually finders who decide to take the path of a healer or any off-field workers who know something about healing .
      As he walked , Alk started to slightly feel his wounds and bloody scratches sting . He pressed a hand on his face and it came out stained with crimson blood .

"General Alkaios ?" a healer said as Alk entered the pavillion . By the look on their face , they were quite surprised to see someone like him at the healers' camp . I am suprised myself that I am here .
"Let's say this is not one of my lucky days ." Alk said with a slight smirk as he sat on one the beds . 
       A healer came to him and started cleaning up his wounds with warm water . It stinged a lot for most of the wounds but it wasn't such an unbearable pain for Alk .
      At last , the healer wrapped across his arms some bandages .
     Eventually the scars across Alk's face stopped bleeding .
      Now Alk was waiting . Waiting for any signs of the battle to stop so he could finally come back to the base .
      As time passed , more and more finders came in the camp with bloody injuries , some even carried by other finders .

                                                        ***

      At some point the fighting sounds faded slowly . Alk rose quickly from the bed and ran to the front of the base .
     As he got closer Alk observed the Finders' army was slowly going back in the base . The Resistence's army was gone , but they left their presence pretty well across the battlefield .
     In the crowd of finders he saw Iro and ran to her .
"How did it went ..?" Alk asked her as he walked besides her .
     Iro turned her head to him and Alk observed with shock that she had a bloody scar going from her forehead diagonally across her nose and cutting her upper lip .
"Oh Titans.. who did that to you ?" Alk said , concern in his tone .
     Iro tried to smile but her smile twisted in a pained one "Weird how you are the one worried of me now .. does it matter anyways who did it ?"
"I suppose not.." Alk said "I know it's one of the Resistence anyways ."
"Yes.." Iro said as she turned her head to look around the crowd "This time it ended in a draw . Both armies were so injured  that it could be insanity to continue fighting ."
     Alk nodded slowly "Such a shame I did not get to fight much .."
"Better than dying of blood loss ." Iro commented .
"You are saying this with that gigantic wound on your face . You should take care of it as soon as possible ."
"I know ..." Iro tried a chuckle "At least I'll have a cool battle scar on my face ."
     Alk rolled his eyes "Are you for real ?"