Death Wish

1-Gem

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The war between China and the Turks had been going on for 3 years now,Bao's father's health was slowly detoriating, he no longer had that glow instead he was gray and pale. Due to the Great General Weis sudden weakness meant the army was becoming weaker, with a weak leader meant a weak army. General Wei knew his time was coming, he had to think of a plan fast as his troops were loosing against the Turks.

He turned to his son Hong whom he is planning to give him the title 'Clan leader' when he passes.

"Hong, my son I'm getting old I feel it, death is approaching me,
I'm telling you this because I'm planning on leaving my assets to you",
said General Wei patting his son on his shoulder.

"Father how can you speak of death", Replied Hong.

"It's reality, we need to act fast we are losing against the Turks", sighed General Wei.

"I miss home,do you think you'll die before the war ends?" Asked Hong.

"Yes, I don't have much time left that's why I asked for your sister to come here to these dangerous war camps, I wouldn't have asked if it wasn't serious".

"Bao will be fine, she can fight", laughed Hong missing his younger sister.

General Wei let out a chuckle which brought pain to his chest, he grabbed his chest tight and started coughing up blood.

"Father!" Shouted Hong rushing to his father's side.

"Someone call a physician!",he called for help.

After awhile, the physician arrived, he closely examined the fragile general.

"How's father?",asked Hong in deep concern.

Before the physician could answer his question, a messenger barged into the tent.

"Im here from the camp in the East, the Turks are heading towards the South we need back up immediately", said the messenger trying to catch his breath.

"No way, we need to act fast get 4000 men ready we're heading to the South", ordered Hong.

The messenger nodded and left the room in a rush.
Hong he held his fathers hands and gave him a sympathetic smile.

"Father I will make you proud", he whispered.

"I won't be back for awhile, please take care of my father, and my younger sister will be coming soon make sure she's safe", He pleaded to the physician.

The physician nodded and Hong took one last look at his father and headed out the tent.

It was a cold Autmun day full of rain and grey skies Bao had been traveling for three days and was now approaching

her destination. When the messenger arrived at her home Claiming her father demanded to see her urgently, she had a unsettling feeling of anxiety due to an awful amount of thinking to figure out exactly what her father urgently needed to say.

When she seen the war camp tents and red,blue,and yellow dragon flags representing her country, she let a sigh of relief and ran towards her father's tent.

"Fath-", she exclaimed but stopped her sentence when she seen her Father in a terrible weak state. Her heart dropped when she seen him, her eyes began watering but she kept her tears from falling, as she felt crying showed weakness.

"Oh lord Father, what happened to you?" She cried.

"My precious Gem",he said stroking her cheek.

Bao kept her chill, and looked up to see there was another human in the room. The stranger was sitting on the floor brewing tea with a fan he had a broad bulit chest,his black hair was slightly disheveled and tied in a bun with a silver pin holding it , and was dressed in a
Physician's outfit. She eyed him in curiosity and they made eye contact for a long minute. She coughed to make it less awkward.

"Are you the physcian?", she asked.

"Are you his daughter?" He replied.

She gave him a annoyed look and he started laughing.

"Can you please be serious?" Bao said.

"How may I help then?" He smiled.

"First by telling what happened to my father,secondly where's my brother?"

"Your father is suffering from a severe flu, due to stress and lack of sleep it'll be a very hard recovery, I recommended bed rest and eating of nutritional foods and I am brewing a remedy for him".

Bao looked over at her father now unconscious in deep concern,she hated having to see him in such a state.

"And my brother?" Bao turned back to the physician.

"He went with troops to the South", he replied giving her a smile.

She smiled back at him.

"You're dressed unusually for a daughter born from a noble family", he said looking, up and down at her.

She looked at her outfit it was wearing a simple cotton blue tunic,black trousers and black boots, her long raven hair was tied at the bottom with a blue ribbon. She shrugged at his comment and tried to not let it bother her.

"What were you expecting, a 100 layers of colored dresses and heavy jewelry?" She laughed.

He nodded which caused her to laugh even more.

"Sorry to disappoint, but I'm not
That kind of girl".

"Then what kind of girl are you?"he smiled.