SARAH

Prolouge

"We shouldn't be doing this" a man in his late fifties whisper yelled.

"OK, if you said so let us stop what we are doing turn back and get our heads chop off. Sounds great?" With sarcasm dripping on each word that the other men utter from his mouth. His cap on that no one will recognize him and the fact that the night hide them so well makes it less useful.

As they walk on the darker side of the forest the temperature drop as well. They shivered as the wind touches the bare skin that was exposed to the night. Hugging their clothes tightly to lessen the shivered one man stopped.

"I think were here" taking his cap off as the light of the moon shone at him revealing the wrinkles that crept to his face showing the years had pass and gone was the young age.

"What do you mean by think? You're not sure if we're here or not?!" The other man showed an evident anger in his face.
"I know we're here but what I am not sure about is if they are here already" putting his cap on again to make sure those who will come glimpse no evidence in anything.

"I don't even know what came to your mind to be doing the most stupidest idea that you have ever done. For Christ sake you know the consequence yet your at it, stupid so stupid" this time he kicked the grass that was beneath his feet.

"It might be stupid but it saves lives now shut up they're here" as is a cue a sound of stomps can be heard and silhouette of three or four can be seen from a distance. They also started walking to get close. Once they are but feet from each other both parties stopped.

"Did the letter came from any of the two of you?" The other parties leader ask with the gruffness in his voice.
"It's from me" the men with the cap replied pulling his cap lower.

"Well make sure it's worth the trade then" the other party said. "So is it true?" He added.

"My assistance here can show you" the man with cap on pointed the man beside him while he stood still not knowing what to do.

"I hope then he will show us before he peed himself" one man said and barked of different laughter killed the silence.
With legs shaking the man step up.

"Here, we got this with our lives on the line. Rumors says it hold power more valuable than anyone could imagine"
He said while showing a red stone big as his eyes, red as the rotting blood and shining with mischief on it.

"Come a little closer that I can have a look" The other party said. The man stepped closer and extended his hands before he could blink the stone was snatched from his hand that now extended shakily in the open.

"Look what we've got here a stone so rare ending up in our hands. So tell me what about the owner?" Now closer to the two men they could see the beard and same sign of age on him. His hair showing a full white color behind the hood that he was wearing.

"Well he thinks it's still where he left it last" as he now put his hand inside his pocket.

"Poor him. He lost something so precious while having servants that are unfaithful" sadness can be trace in his voice but his face shows none of it at all which cannot be seen in the light.

"We all gonna have to survive so we gotta do what we got to do" as a matter fact replied the man with his cap on.

"Sorry for you but we do not need boys whose loyalty do not belong to anyone. They are the most threat in this world. Probably scarier than this gem that you brought me" there was a silence as if no one believe just what he said until two words decided the two mens faith.

"Kill them" with no remorse he commanded.

"Wait! we made a deal I give you what your looking for and you give me a reward. What the hell is this?" So confuse and angry he threw his hand upward ending in his head making his cap fall off. Before it can even reach the ground a gun shot was heard having two bodies fall to the ground with the cap at the same time.