Deserters

The Beginning of the End

When Alex got back to Fort Hammer he stayed locked in his quarters for weeks without talking to anyone. One day, Alex finally opened his door and called Skall in to talk. They continually talked for weeks without anyone else being able to hear them. They were planning something. Something that would make them well known throughout the land.

Alex and Skall started to plan various attacks, wiping out bandit camps, saving prisoners, stopping enemy assaults and various other acts of heroism with their troops. Alex started volunteering his elite soldiers he brought to rescue his sister for missions left and right, mostly missions that offered great rewards and came from Maximilian himself.

This happened continually for almost a year. Alex had received another promotion to Major General. There were only ten Generals who were above him now. Alex was one of the youngest soldiers to ever be promoted to Major General. Because of his new rank, Alex now had to attend monthly meeting in the Capital, where Maximilian and his ten Generals would discuss incidents and receive reports from all of the forts. Occasionally, Maximilian would have one on one chats with Fort Commanders who were attacked a lot or who were showing great feats of victory. Alex attended the meetings every month and finally received orders from Maximilian that he was to meet with the High Ruler one on one to discuss matters of upgrading his fort.

Before Alex headed out to the Capital, he had another one of his meetings with Skall behind closed doors. They came out and walked over to Alex's carriage still talking slightly. Before Alex left, he looked at Skall and said firmly "I'm counting on you Connor." Skall looked at him and nodded slightly, as if he was also saying goodbye. "My father would be proud of you..." Alex said and then left the fort. A tear formed in Skall's eye as he walked towards his horse and mounted it. Skall led Alex's elite troops out of the fort and headed out to the border of Lunarville.