A Fallen Soldier

STABBING HEART

LUKES POV

She always was a smart thinker I'll give her that but she must be careful with a skill like that and now she has lit a tiny bit of flame after Isabel fell to her knees and I help her of course tell her things that right now feel like a blur Isabel is all that matters to me, the only thing I have left Scarlet and Daniel sit there for a few moments, Daniel seems so tried and Scarlets half scolding half comforting him it's so weird, it's like they've known such other for a life time, the commander seems to be muttering something along the lines of.

"I wish i'd brought Alan here"

his son. Scarlet stands up again looking over the man sorry, puppet like person and is muttering something I can't make out.

"Thomson? What are you-"

"Keep your bloody voice down"

And I'm surprised the accent
changed what accent I'm not fully sure but she corrects it, and sighs.

"We don't know if we're actually alone this time"

She scolds me, she acts more like a captain then me, I wonder why. And then something or someone is behind me, I duck and as the dagger flys pass me and I turn, I can't see his face.

"I think your right about that Scarlet!"

Scarlet turns and her face tells me she sees it to.

"Get down!"

Isabel, me, Daniel all duck but Scarlet didn't, she didn't have a sword but she rushed in, the person must have a sword because I can hear metal against metal how they can see in the darkness is beyond me I can barely see the persons face.

SCARLETS POV

I'm fighting a man I can't see, he has a sword, I have a dagger, nothing new to me clearly but I have no idea who I'm up against his moves are clean, smooth...yet fulled with strength almost breaking my defences.

My right foot takes a step back as we are both stuck in each other blades but I can feel myself losing the hold. I jolt back and make a move for his leg to cut it with my dagger but I fail as I feel him grab me wrist and squeeze it hard, so hard, it almost breaks and I almost drop my dagger, I move my right foot back to match my left and I kick him in the knee, nothing. I try again.

Nothing. The more I kick him, the harder he squeezes my wrist, this is pointless. Luke hasn't stepped in, Isabel has no combat training (to my knowledge) and Anderson is to tried to even fight if he liked, my eyes dart around, trying to think, think! But I can't, this grip is familiar, and it's sickening, then it hits me.

I grab his wrist the one that isn't holding my own and twist down, hard, but I don't hear him say anything but his grip on my wrist gets tighter for a moment which tells me it hurt like hell, I kick his knee again then grab his arm with my freed wrist and push him to the light, and what I see, almost makes me sick.

LUKES POV

We all can't move, not even me as we all collectively stare at the man's face, I know this man I've red about him, heard stories and so much more but this isn't really him with these glazed over eyes.

"Alexander"

I nearly whisper, this is Alexander Maxwell thought dead by millions, even me and Scarlet. Genius scientist tactician and Commander of Lydia and ex royal. right in front of us but so different a little older his black hair still the same, Lydias crest as a birthmark on the side of his neck but his green eyes once sparking with light are so cold and almost lifeless, but still he looks good for a man in his mid forties.

Commander Katz can't move, likely can't even think but Scarlet, Scarlet looks the worse out of all of us but unlike us she doesn't freeze she runs back in blades clashing left, right then right again with such practice ease you'd think they would have done it a thousand over, and all I can do is watch and then something else hits me, Scarlet is more of a captain then I'll ever be, Genius engineer, born tactician. And I have her as my deputy, funny. She might just be the death of me, but I need to step in clearly I pick up my sword and instead of joining her I yell.

"Scarlet!"

And then with such quick moments she ducks to get out of the way of Alexanders blow tosses her dagger into the other hand and I throw the sword which she catch's with her left hand again with practiced ease and blocks Alexanders attack they go back and forward like in a loop, but something is off about Scarlets movements, there slower then normal not as calculated, she's holding back, but why? This man is trying to bloody kill her.

DANIELS POV

I can't believe it well. I'm forced to because my eyes aren't messing with me. One of the greatest war heroes and scientists here, thought dead one half of the 'runway royals', then where's the other?

Scarlet quickly switches to defensive the sound of the blades the only sound in the hole place Alexander thrusting for the chest every chance he gets, which Scarlet blocks every time, I'm not fighting expert but I studied history for quite a while including Lydia's history and Alexanders fighting style seems more weak more predictable like a machine running it's code.

Scarlet would know that. It feels like a loop over and over the blades back and forth, steps back, and then right back into it. It never seems to end now that their blades are tied together as they both push for control, this is a battle of raw strength, and Scarlet doesn't seem to be winning. Her eyes start to dart around, falling on Luke protecting Isabel and then to Commander Katz, who, I know now his currently battleing another soldier who seems to have come out of nowhere, this couldn't get worse could it?

I'm the only one who's defensiveness, no weapon, and no combat training and I wouldn't dream of picking up a sword or carrying one but I also can't run, I'm not that pathetic.