Renegade Chronicles Book 1: Dark Honor

April 17th, 3005 N.W. Location: Nova Village Outskirts

   
     It is still foggy as we made it out the town.  Sin and I rode where he last seen Metalion. The trees nearby looks like they were in the battle with a sword. They have large slashes that is highly that it was a sword that caused this.  Maybe it was Redival's sword or was it Metalion's spear. Redival's sword had like a dragon tooth-like blade. There was small sharp ends going across the sword until it reaches the tip of it. I hope that Metalion is alright, he was a great spearman, so he won't go down that easily. We examine the area until I notice a trail of blood leading deeper in the forest. "Look, there is blood." I point out to Sin. "I see it, it seems to look like it leads to the forest nearby." Sin says. We travel on until we reach the entrance to an eerie  forest. As we start to exam the area again, there is a loud rumble a few distance away. We pick up the pace, rushing to the noise. As we make our way there, trees start falling making large rumbles throughout the forest. Sin jumps off his horse getting on the branch above him. He climbs up, and start jumping tree to tree. He always reminds me of what they called a ninja in storybooks, because he moves quickly that I lose track of him up there. "Aghh!" a scream shouts up ahead. That was Metalion voice! I push Ishmar to go faster into the forest.  I got closer seeing Metalion on his knees, holding his spear in one hand, and holding his flesh wound in the other. The wound doesn't seem fatal, but looks to hurt. Redival is the one who he is battling as he looks like he hasn't gotten a scratch. "Oh, look who come to help you" Redival mocks Metalion. "Metalion, fall back!" I yell jumping of Ishmar. "Nexus, A little help!" Metalion yells back. "Watch yourself or you might not retreat without a head." Redival says laughing. Redival moves in on Metalion who was in no condition to fight. As he got closer to Metalion, a knife flew from the side making him stop before getting hit. "Now you fool, move." Sin's voice echoes around the forest. "Another one, huh" Redival chuckles again looking around for Sin. With a distraction from Sin, Metalion starts to run to me holding his wound. Redival starts to advance back on Metalion as more knives from the shadows is flown at Redival slowing him down. "My King! Help this lovely knight from getting his head chopped off please!" Metalion cries out panicking in a bit of a joking manner. Redival starts weaving, and dodging every knife that heads his way, gaining on Metalion. "Die" Redival says while attempting to stab Metalion. I sprint faster running past Metalion, pulling out my Nightshade colliding with Redival's blade. We start clashing swords, till more knives flew almost hitting Redival, but with his agility he dodges while engaging with me. He is too fast, and worse he is calm about the whole situation. I back up a little, before charging back in thrusting and slashing against his blade. We keep moving like a dance, our blades connecting like it is a beat to a song. I stay low and aggressive getting closer to him, forcing him to move back. I jump up slashing my attack vertically with my blade. He rolls out the way, then tried a sweeping kick. I jump again over it, but that's when I hear my horse charging this way. In the corner of my eye, I see Metalion charging on my horse signaling me to get down. Redival spins around while getting up, trying to attack me with a sword slash to my side while I am in midair. I reach in my robe and unsheathe Elec's sword, Lighting, blocking his attack. That swing from his sword is heavy, so I barely deflect it, yet it sent me flying to a tree smashing into it. I grunt feeling a deep pain in my upper torso. Probably a past wound from my younger days. Metalion takes over by attacking Redival on my horse, Redival dodges again, but he is getting push back by Metalion. I got up, gripping both blades, going for the attack from behind. Redival read my attack by backflipping over me, then kicking me into Metalion and Ishmar making us all fall. Ishmar went berserk with fear, running off in the forest. Metalion his holding his wound tightly that's on his shoulder, tossing and turning. My head, and back is in serious pain as well. "You didn't have enough strength to beat me. What don't you understand?" Redival asks us mocking us more.. Redival moves in again, thrusting his sword toward my back. I turn around just in time to deflect it causing him to stagger back. That's when Sin appear from the trees above, getting behind Redival while his guard is down stabbing him in the back with two knives in fatal areas.

    Blood starts dripping from Redival's torso as the knives pierce through. He starts coughing, and under his mask, blood start flowing down. "Hehe...HAHAHAHAHA." Redival starts laughing, a torturing laugh as if despair mixed with death upon many times. It frightens my soul, weighs down my heart, and makes me want to run as far as I can. "Pity, you don't have enough hatred... this would have been over" he says mocking Sin. What did he say, something about not enough hatred? "Shut up, murderer. I kill you for my friend you killed without a second thought!" Sin yells as he twist the blade. "Ha stop, that tickles." Redival laughs again coughing hard as he does so.. "Only one person in this group has enough hatred right now, and it's him" Redival points at Metalion who was looking terrified as I am. "Your close King Nexus, but not there yet" Redival says looking at me. "But you, you don't have nearly enough" Redival says turning his head looking at Sin. "This was fun but I got places to be, till we meet again." Redival says laughing. Then he sheathed his sword and walks off of Sin knives with hesitation. The blood streams down his back as he walks off the knives. He got a few feet away, then turns to look at us. "Hatred and wraith is a sin right, but looks like I walking away pure to live another day." Redival mocks one final time before turning away and disappearing in the forest. His red eye burned brightly as he says that. I grip the dirt around me in fear. Other than that, I couldn't move my body, sweat of fright rushes down my face. I am petrified with terror, and I guess the others were the same. Sin falls to his knees looking at his knives as blood drip down them in shock. His face turn pale looking deeply at them. "Impossible..." he mumbles. Metalion looks at where Redival left, deeply intently distraught about what went down. We all just sat there as the sun starts to break upon the horizon, thinking that we just survived a meeting with Death himself.

    After a long inadequate wait, making sure he didn't come back we got up trying to recover. I look at Metalion who now has a bandage over his shoulder, thanks to Sin. He looks better, but withdrawn from what just happen. Sin is how he always looks, irritated from our encounter. "Thanks, you two." Metalion says. We nod, then start walking back to Nova village. We were quiet looking at the devastation from the battle. Trees cut down to the roots, branches and shrubs all over the pathway. "Was this all of you Metalion?" I asks. "Yeah, me and that dragon was battling for a while" he replies looking ahead. "I was on chase behind the ape and dragon on horse, when I seen the ape keep running and the dragon stopped. I halted as well, telling him to surrender, not only did he not surrender but the bastard pull his sword on me and attacked. I was ready with my spear, so I engaged battle with him for quite a while. With me on horseback it was easy, because it was my specialty after all. But he manage to get me off my horse in battle, and stabbed me in the arm." he told us. "I see" Sin mumbles to himself. "But something isn't ri-" before Sin could finish a shout came up ahead. It is Angel and Blitz riding on their horses getting closer. Sin stops talking looking like he is keeping to himself. They pull up right in front of us. "Meta!" Angel shouts as she jumps off her horse meeting us. "I'm Okey dokey! " Metalion replies. We were all together again, we exchange stories about are battle with Redival, and theirs about the town waking up to a destroyed motel. They were not too happy about it, ironically the only person not upset was the owner who was at that desk. "I manage to get a map from one of the towns folk that leads the fastest to the Old Oblivion Labs in the Old World" Angel explains. "Good, are you all up for another battle?" I ask. They all nod. With Metalion's extremely good whistle calls, he calls all of our missing horses back to us. "That always does freak me out." Blitz says annoyed. "What did you say Mr. Passout?" Metalion says bitterly. "Look who's talking breathing statue, I would have still attacked if he was or wasn't the Grim Reaper. I won't let Elec's or Celeste's killer get away." Blitz says cruelly. Sin stops them before they start fighting. Sighs from both me and Angel as we start making our way ahead of them. "Nexus, are you sure this Redival guy said he killed Celeste and Elec?" Angel questions. I nod not saying anything. She looks away from me, squeezing her fist and biting her lip. I pat her shoulder as we rode next to each other. "We will get them Angel, keep a cool head." I tell her to encourage her. She flashes a look into my eyes, then nods, riding slower. "Is that true Nexus?" she asks before she got out of talking distance. There is nothing more to say, Redival said it out his own mouth with ridicule. I will kill him with my own hand, but that got me thinking how will I kill him. He took two stabs in the back. He drew blood, but he laughed it off like it was enjoyment. He makes me enraged thinking he is a god, but all gods have weaknesses, so I'll make sure his is my blade.