Looking Forward

Chapter 3 - Jean

Jean                                    We were in this old tavern when some woman walked in. She was fully kitted out in armor and had two other soldiers behind her. They had a mark on they're chest, It was the mark of ᚡᛁᛚᚨᚾᚷ. Except they had an X crossed through it. Something told me that wasn't good. That something may have been Kyros whispering in my ear "Stay still, act like a normal pedestrian. These guys are trouble." I did what he said and sat in my seat. I heard the girl say "Everyone! I need you to drop your weapons and your money on the floor!" I began to take my short dagger and put it on the floor but Kyros grabbed my hand. "Don't." " When I stand up I want you to charge the two guards behind them." I stared and then nodded in agreement. She began to talk to the bartender but I couldn't hear what she was saying, I assume it wasn't nice words though. She began to walk around picking up all the money and weapons, she acted as if no one would attack her. She was so carefree, she eventually got to the table in front of us and the men who were sitting there tried to attack. One grabbed her neck and tried to choke her, the other pulled out a sword and tried to stab her in the eye. She dodged both attacks and pulled out a sword, she swung so fast I could barely see what happened. Both the men fell over and had a big cut on their throat. Kyros stood up and tackled her. This was my time. I ran towards the two guards and kicked one in the gut. He stumbled backwards holding his gut. I pulled out my dagger and shoved it in his neck. He fell over, the other one tried to stab me in the back but I kicked the wall and jumped. I landed behind him and I pushed him forwards. He hit the wall and I thrust my blade in his stomach. He headbutted me and I fell back. I was on the floor and he was ready to swing. I stood up as fast as I could and picked up some nearby rope. I wrapped the rope around his neck and went behind him. I pulled him towards me using the rope and stabbed his back, He went limp and I let go of him. I started to run towards Kyros to help when a chair got thrown at me. I dodged it and kept running. Kyros was holding his own but was clearly in pain. He had a large cut on his arm and his lip was busted. The woman had scratches all over her armor and what looked like a burn mark on her shoulder plate. I picked up a nearby bottle and ran towards her. I slammed it against her head and the bottle shattered. Glass fell on the floor and I was now holding a broken bottle. There were sharp shards of glass sticking out of the bottle. I shoved the bottle into her neck, she grabbed my hand and pushed me back into a table. I stumbled backwards and landed on the floor. I stood up and saw Kyros lift his sword which now had a slight glow, occasionally it would flicker and look like electricity was flowing through the sword. He swung but she blocked the attack. Their swords met and a blue flash of light surrounded them. Everytime Kyros swung his sword the flash of light would appear again. I decided to ignore this and rushed towards the woman. She took a knife out of her pocket and threw it at me, I reached for my dagger and blocked it. I kept pushing towards her until. BOOOOOOM!! I got thrown backwards and hit the wall. I fell on the floor. My vision started to get blurry and I couldn't hear. I only hear ringing in my ears. I couldn't see much but it looked like the girl had gotten blown away too. Kyros was standing as if nothing had happened and started to walk towards the girl. Fire had started to spread on the floor. Whenever it seemed like it was going to stop it would only get worse from all the booze on the floor. In no less than two minutes the whole place had caught ablaze and I had to try my hardest to stay out of the fire. The girl had stood back up and the black gem on her glove had started to glow slightly. She threw a punch at Cyrus but he dodged out of the way. He was significantly faster than before. When he moved little sparks of blue would show on his body, it was like electricity was moving through his veins. He threw a punch and a big blast of blue that looked like lightning shot out of his hand. It struck the woman in the chest and blew her backwards. I rushed towards the woman, I ran through the fire and pulled out my dagger. As soon as I was close enough I thrusted my dagger towards her head. She grabbed my hand and punched me in the gut. The punch was unlike any other. I got launched and I flew backwards. I blasted through the walls and ended up outside. I had landed on the brick road outside. I was in a crater around three feet deep. I slowly began to stand up when I saw a big blast of blue come from the sky. It looked like a beacon of blue light right over the tavern that was now completely covered in fire. The windows exploded and chunks of furniture and wood flew everywhere. Shards of glass were thrown into my body and flashes of bright blue were coming from inside. Each flash came with a loud BOOM. I stood back up but as soon as I did a large wooden plank flew towards me at high speeds and hit me in the head. Everything went black. My body felt hot, really hot like I had just fallen into a volcano, it hurt. But it began to stop hurting and a bright orange light appeared in the distance. I stood up and the ground looked like dark black ooze but I was able to walk on top of it. Everything around me was pitch black besides the orange light. I began to walk towards it when I saw something. A man who was pure pitch black besides his glowing orange eyes began to float down towards me. He had a bright glowing orange halo above his head and large wings with feathers that looked like they could stab. He opened his mouth and began to speak "Εσείς, Απόγονος του Ζαν. Θα σου παραχωρήσω τις μεγάλες του δυνάμεις. Αλλά πρέπει να σκοτώσεις, να σκοτώσεις τον άνθρωπο που αποκαλείς «Κύρο»." I stared at him "I don't understand, what are you telling me?". He opened his mouth and began to speak to me again "Δεν είναι αυτός που φαίνεται. Το πραγματικό του όνομα δεν είναι Κύρος. Είναι αυτός που ήταν προορισμένος να σκοτώσεις.Είναι ο Πρέφικ." I stared at him in pure confusion. He began to rise into the darkness. I watched him until he eventually disappeared. Suddenly my chest began to feel hot. Really hot, hot enough to hurt. I've always been resistant to heat, when I was six I trapped myself in the oven and somehow managed to turn it on. When my parents eventually got me out they were expecting a roasted corpse, but instead I was still alive. Not a single burn mark on me. The heat in my chest began to disappear but now, my hands had a very faint orange glow to them. So faint that I could barely see it. Then I woke up.