The White Paladin

~Chapter Twenty-Two~

     My pace began to slow down as I began to hear the sounds of swords clashing. I paused to catch my breath as I noticed myself in front of the training room.

     'Ok good. Well at least Keith is ok.' I think to myself as I open the door and Keith barrels into me.

     "Ah! (Y/n)?" Keith questions from on top of me.

     My face begins to heat up but I jump at the sounds of heavy footsteps. I look over Keith to find a gladiator charging at us. I bring up my legs and launch Keith away from me and roll away before the gladiator could reach us.

     "Keith what's going on?!" I ask while summoning my bayard as the gladiator turns back to Keith and they resume their match.

     "Trying to survive!" He yells out as he begins to run down the hallway with the gladiator on his tail.

     As we ran by the airlocks, something caught my eye. I turn to them and find Lance inside banging on the door.

     "Lance?! What the heck is going on?!" I yell out as I duck under one of the gladiators swings and press myself to the airlock door.

     "Help me! If you don't open that door and get me out of here I'm going to be sucked out into space!" He cries out while continuously banging on the door.

     As he finished talking, the airlock behind him began to open. He grabbed onto something and screamed out: "IM GETTING SUCKED OUT INTO SPACE!"

     I began to panic until I spotted the button to the airlock, and with a small scream, I slammed my hand onto it. The door opened and a strong pulling wind made me slide forward a little bit. I braced myself on the wall and turned to Keith.

     "Keith! Kick it in!" I cried out and he looked to me and nodded.

     He spun around and launched the gladiator into the room, and out to space. He then went over and grabbed Lance and pulled him back in. I quickly closed the door, stopping the suction, and we all fall to the ground in exhaustion.

     "What were you doing in there?!"

     "Who was that guy?!" Keith and Lance simultaneously yelled at each other with me off to the side trying to catch my breath and settle my quickening heart.

     I feel something move in my clothes and look down to find the mice sticking their faces out of the top of my shirt and pockets. They climb out of them and rest on my shoulders and head.

     "Well at least you guys are ok." I say to them with a tired smile and laugh.

     "He was trying to kill me!" Keith shot back at Lance and I release a sigh.

     "Well the castles trying to kill me!" Lance yells back and they both freeze.

     They then jump up and start in another direction. I quickly spring up and sprint up to them, wrap my arms around their necks, and bring them back to the ground.

     "Guys! You both almost just died! Lance you almost died twice and you want to go off again to have the castle plan another way to kill us?! Please let's just stay together. The mice saved me the first time but I'd rather not almost die again." I say to them and they look up to me from in my lap, look to each other, then Lance quickly jumps up.

     "Of course I'll protect you my beautiful princess, or should I say goddess?" He bows to me and wiggles his eyebrows.

     I stare up at him completely unamused and look down to Keith.

     "Yeah....no. I'd rather Keith carry me bridal style for an entire day." I say and Keith springs up from his position.

     "Wait really?!" They both exclaim in different tones then glare at each other.