Shadows of Ash- Re-writing!!

Chapter Six

When I woke up I was inside my tent with the girl hanging over me. When she saw that I woke up she looked relieved. I tried to sit up but she held me down and then started chanting a spell and I didn't feel groggy anymore, Weird. I looked at her and she smiled shyly. I slowly sat up.

"What happened?" I asked her, looking around.

"Well... as I said you can't be without you're bloodbound over long distance because of the

bond between you. It's like a body being without its brain. Well actually that's a horrible

comparison. But anyways it was because you were away from Zero for too long but that image of her was like her being here again. She Must Have Seen The Same Thing But It Was You!" She started to mumble excitedly to herself. I slowly got up and went out of the tent as she continued to talk to herself.

"How long was I out for?" I asked her stopping at the tent opening.

"Almost three weeks. Like I said before you can't be without you're bloodbound for too long." She said. I walked out of the tent and left her to her own devices.

"What in the world is happening!" I said to myself and then went to grab my sword from by the fire. I walked back over to the tent the girl was in.

"I'm going somewhere." I said to her and she nodded.

"Wait! What's your name?" She asked me.

"Sam. What's yours?" I asked her back.

"My name is Yarina." She said cheerfully. I smiled at her and walked back out.

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I was walking back through the forest to the spot where Hadrin was killed. I wanted to come back here so I could give him a proper burial... and to figure out what happened to the monster. As I was walking I saw some broken tree limbs and a wet spot on the ground. I walked over to the wet spot and found that it was blood, Hadrin. I turned around and went to the broken limbs. There was a black tattered cloth on it.

I tried to pick it up but it disintegrated. I went around the bush that had the cloth on it and started to walk. As I was walking I got this drowsy feel to my body. It was like my brain was awake but my body was asleep. I had to stop to lean against the tree. I started to lose consciousness. I looked up to see Yarina with a gray and black Hadrin with mist around him.

"Here he is. Now you promised to take me home." She said while quietly crying and looking at me with a sad expression. I looked back in forth between them confused.

"Yes child you can go back... to the Rose." He said and took out his sword. I used whatever strength I had to get my short sword and push myself at him. I stabbed him in the stomach and we both fall. He grunted and then became a pile of the goop as I passed out on top of him.

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I woke up in the same cell as before but now the bars were broken and I could get out. I slowly got off of the cot and noticed some breed with my bow and quiver full of arrows, they were all glowing blue. I walked over to them slowly because my whole face hurt for some reason.

I picked them up and put them on my back. I walked over to the whole in the cage door. I stepped through careful not to cut myself on the sharp metal. As I walked to what seemed to be the end of the fairly long hallway but it seemed to just stay in place, as if I was walking in place.

I turned around and where there was a wall before there was nothing, just the outside of the building. I looked all around me and soon enough there was no building, just me standing in a forest. I looked around and sitting on a tree stump was my bag full of all my stuff. I grabbed it and put it all back on. As I was looking through the bag I found a silver bladed black dagger. It had vines engraved on the hilt. The vines were filled of a glowing substance but I couldn't tell what it was.

I put it on and looked around... I'm back to where I was before... What happened? I spun in circles looking at the forest. I started to walk in what I think is the way back to Hadrin's camp. It was dark before I found the camp. When I walked through the forest I saw a little girl in a blue dress walking away with Haydrin... or someone who looks like him. I crept behind them until they walked over to a figure in the bushes. The little girl started crying and the man that looked like Haydrin took out a sword. All of a sudden Sam came out of the bushes and stabbed him. There was a dark figure behind the two people.

The little girl screamed and the man turned into goop. I looked back to where the dark figure was and it was gone. I ran over to Sam to see that he was unconscious. I looked up at the little girl and she just looked at me with a scarred but awed expression. I looked back at Sam and started to drag, and carry him back to the camp which wasn't very far away. The little girl silently followed me while looking at the ground.

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I looked up at as the guards changed shift. Two guards would come down and two would go up. I was sitting on the hay pile and as the old guards left I picked up the sharpened stone I made and the thick piece of cloth and stabbed one guard and held his mouth closed till he stopped breathing. As the second one was about to call for reinforcements I did the same to him. I pulled the guard's belt to the iron bars and took the keys off of it.

I unlocked the gate and stepped out and looked around before going to the left and up the stairs. I went slower and quieter as I went up. When I came to the top I stopped at the corner. I peaked out to see that the guards are being called into the captain's room. As soon as the last one left I sprinted to the door and went out... Only to find one standing right outside the door.

We looked at each other for a long moment, "Bye" I said and sprinted towards the front gate.I see a guard coming from an alleyway but he didn't make any moves to stop me, as I looked at him we locked eyes. I felt something burning in my chest and his eyes widened. I kept running though. As I run I slide into an ally and go into one of the thief tunnels and keep running till I make it to the central cavern. As I run into the cavern, panting and out of breath, everyone looks at me.

"What it's not like none of you have run from the guards." I said and they all looked away. The cavern was big in the middle and spread into small tunnels on the left and right. There was a small bar and eating area near the back of the cavern and where I was held all of the training equipment. The tunnel on the left leads to the library and the one on the right leads to the fences and some other door. I walked to the left tunnel and came to the library.

I went to the very back right corner of the room and went through the hidden trap door. As I climbed down the latter I heard the yelling voices of my old friends, The Silver Daggers. Once I got down I was engulfed into a hug by Bear. Don't let the name fool you just because he uses a battle axe and is huge, he is gentle and kind. Just don't make him mad.

"Hi... Bear... let... go.." I said as he squeezed the life out of me. He dropped me and looked down at the ground, " I'm not mad at you bear just don't squeeze me so hard." I said and patted his back and he looked back up all happy again.

I looked around at the rest of the men. Arobin the thief, June the assassin, Urim the banker and Bear the tank. Then there's me... the one bound by blood to another. I looked around at my old friends, "Ok guys, I need you're help with getting a certain person."

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I looked at my lab assistant as we watched Subject A protect some little girl. Subject B was getting treated by one of our scientists sent into the past. Malisa was adding different blood serums from different Shile Guardians. Now she has the blood of subject A in her... One of my best works yet. I smiled to myself while watching the built in cameras.

"Go make sure Malisa is using the right blood serums." I said to to Tom, my right hand. He nodded and left the room. I left soon after to call the General... His super soldiers are almost ready.