King's Soldier

Wounded Love

Jack woke up in a small dungeon. He grabbed his head and looked around. There was body to his right and a body to his left. The body to the left started to move and groan.
"Hey!" Jack yelled as he ran over to the body.
"Emilia?"
She groaned lowly as she sat up.
"Wha?"
Jack held her head in his lap as she went in and out of being awake. After a little while, the other body stood up, it was Joe.
"What the fuck?" Joe looked around and shook his head. No one knew where they were but they also didn't know how each other got there. Too bad for Joe, no one trusted him. Emilia stood up and walked over to the bars made of iron. A hooded creature appeared from the shadows, it looked almost human but with a long tail. It's eyes glowed a dark green.
"What are you?" Joe looked the creature up and down. The hooded robe suddenly fell exposing the creature. It's skin was scaly and pale green. She was naked, she looked so human.
"I am the spirit of the forest" she had a soft voice that hummed gently.
"My my, you all look delicious!" She licked her lips. Joe found a rib bone on the ground and threw it at her.
"Let me go!!"
"Never!" She hissed at him as the bone broke into tiny pieces.
"I thought this would be a more appropriate image but I can see that I will need to eat you with a more aggressive form!" She turned huge and became a winged beast with long snout and sharp teeth.
Emilia shook her head as she sat down and started breathing slowly. She suddenly burst into flames causing Jack and Joe to back up. She came out as a large demon. She broke through the bars and roared as she began to fight. She was small compared to the spirit but her skin was tougher and thicker.
"Emilia! Careful!!" Jack yelled out to her and carefully moved through the broken bars, Joe followed and was still shocked at the demon Emilia had become. Emilia roared out in pain as the spirit tore into her neck. Blood poured down from the spirit's mouth and from it's chest as Emilia dug into it. Emilia only stood about 15ft tall and the spirit in this dragon form was 39ft tall, it's head just about touching the roof of the dungeon. Rocks started to fall off the roof, almost falling on Jack and Joe. Jack fell on his side and felt the wound open.
"FUCK!!!" He screamed out as blood came dripping down his arm. Joe pulled him to his feet and the ran outside. Jack fell as he held his arm in agonizing pain. Joe sighed as he put pressure on it.
"Why agh," Jack looked at Joe, "are you helping me?" He winced at the pressure.
"She likes you, loves you even. I still am going to try to steal her from you but I think she is in love with you Jackaboy." He chuckled as he pulled a small flask out of his butt pocket, he opened it and poured some of the liquid onto the wound.
"AGH!! What is that?!?"
"Rum." Joe stated easier as if he didn't just pour it on him.
"I fucking hate you." Jack gave Joe the middle finger before passing out.
"I have no idea what she sees in you. Oh well." He sighed and drank the rest of rum, it was bitter to the touch. Joe chewed on the inside of his lip before pulling Jack over to a huge tree before slipping into the sleep he so desperately wanted. Emilia roared out angrily as she tore through the exit, wings flapping and tail whipping as they continued to fight. Finally the spirit seemed to fly off, hopefully forever. Emilia dropped out of the sky and landed with a thud before turning back into a human. Joe and Jack were a few hundred yards fast asleep so they didn't notice the blood pouring out of her neck. She held her wounds with her hands.
"I ugh..." She coughed up a deep, dark liquid, most likely blood only darker and richer.
"Agh gurgle" she tried to hold back the blood rushing out of her mouth but it was impossible to stop.
"Ja...." She let out one last plea, she slowly dropped her hand as her body gave up the fight.