The Archers Mark (on hold)

Never Show Fear

Knives pov.

Fuck fuck fuck, was all that kept playing through my mind as I ran through the thick foliage of the forest. I completely forgot about my Lieutenant and the war beast's. I pushed my legs harder, pushing my lighter body structure passed the trees till finally the green started to fade clear to show the giant cellar doors that lead down to the pit. I quickly turned open the great big black wheel that held it shut and pushed it open, the leaves and twigs that drug on the ground between the small gap of the door making it harder for me to just easily swing it open.

I walked down the small rectangular pathway and kept walking with surety until it split in half, One to the view section of the pit and the other to a spiraled staircase that lead to the prisoners and the war beasts.

I stopped because I could smell the blood from here. Not of the prisoners their blood was never fresh, and when they were eaten you didn't care and the other prisoners would be silent. But as the sound of the beast growling and tearing in to fresh flesh and the prisoners yelling "That's what she gets!"

"That's what they should all get!" "You filfithy whore! Die!" "Share, share the meat!" "Yeah I haven't eaten good, for a while."

  I knew my Lieutenant was dead. I closed my eyes and felt the pain and regret swell inside me. I shouldn't have left her. What the fuck was I thinking?

 I shook my head, walking passed the double stair case and pushed back the curtain, that lead to the viewing balcony and felt mortified. I looked down the dirt ring and ring of cages that circled the pit and saw in the middle was a large 't' like structure but with a curved part in the middle and attached to that was my Lieutenant still very much de limbed but as the War beasts picked at her used to be flesh and snarled at each other for there own piece. 

I watched as the blood soaked the dirt underneath them reminded me of two years ago. It was a fairly easy task for me to get up and see the same place but as I watched as pieces of her flesh stuck between the teeth of the beast I felt something sad and powerful twinge in my heart. There would be no saving this situation.   This was my fault. 

I stared at the scene as the grey beast moved slowly and time itself began to stop, I felt cold as wind started to blow the dust away and scatter the scene from my eyes.

"You were too weak." I stated to the wind as the scene completely disappeared from my eyes. And the hollers disappeared to my ears.

"There once was a time that you weren't like this Knives." I heard my older sister say. I barely looked at Comet, But I felt different, even uneasy. So I looked back at her, and there she was standing in front of me, her broad sword at ease on her back in her new looking shiny black armor, her hair was free of the dyes she had put in it and was now its natural strawberry blond look and her eyes where a more clear red almost like transparent pink. In fact that's how her body looked completely transparent.

"Go away." I stated. Looking towards the wind. Comet stepped forward and sat down next to where I sat on my knees.

"Funny, I always thought you'd be the first to you know..Go." She stated looking at the dust storm.

 I tilted my head, "What do you mean? Don't you have a gate to protect?" I stated jabbing at her new job. She shot me a look. "Yeah, maybe, I don't know. Anymore." She stated to her self. I rolled my eyes. "You don't know your job? Here let me enlighten you." I stated as I got up and pushed her. However she was so fast to dodge it, it was like all she did was waver as I fell through her.

I got up and grunted my annoyance. She laughed and place a hand on her chin looking at me. "Yes, defiantly you. You know why?" she turned around. I sighed heavily and held out my hand rolling my eyes, "Why?" I asked.