Amazon's Power (ON HOLD)

Prologue

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Zeke slipped in between the trees, cursing the undergrowth that hampered his every move. Turning back, he could see his best friends Micah and Samuel struggling as well.  "Dammit… Micah stop crashing into me for like five seconds so I can cut you lose," Samuel exclaimed loudly.

"Shhh" Zeke rounded on the pair of them angrily "Stop making so much noise, you're going to alert every soldier in the area that we're here."

"Yeah, yeah, yeah… We understand, but those Amazons seem to disappear every time we get close to where their base is rumored to be. So pardon me for feeling extremely irritated that we marched all the way out here only to discover that they're gone again," Micah snorted.

Running his hand through his disheveled brown hair, Zeke had to admit that he was extremely frustrated as well. They had tracked the rumors to this base only to find a forest and no Amazons. He was getting concerned, the Commander had sent them on this mission a few months ago and he had no progress to show for the time. Over the past few months, they had followed almost all the viable and some unlikely leads to find the elusive Amazons, but failure every time. Hardening his resolve, Zeke walked back to Micah and Samuel, helped them cut Micah free from the vines, and explained his next move. "I think we're going to have to go back to base and see if the Commander has any more concrete information on the location of the Amazons. We are only wasting time that could be spent battling the Feviors."

Suddenly, Samuel stiffened, his eyes darted around. "Zeke, we've got company…" Zeke's head shot up and he noticed what he hadn't earlier. Fast moving shapes wearing something that looked suspiciously like Fevior uniforms were heading straight for them. Cursing, Zeke, Micah and Samuel stood back to back.

"Hey Zeke…" Micah cheerfully exclaimed while unsheathing a sword. "I don't know about you, but I think it's time to use that lovely stick on your back to shoot some of those buggers before they get here."

"I would but the trees happen to be standing a little too close and they're in the way. And what have I told you about calling my bow a stick?!?" Zeke snapped gripping his daggers.

"Boys, boys, stop fighting and concentrate on surviving. By my count we're outnumbered five to one. Anyone got any ideas?" Samuel said.

"We can't retreat because they'll just follow us and take us down one by one. I think our only choice is to make a stand and hope for the best. Nice working with you gentlemen," Zeke calmly pointed out.

"Awww crap," Micah and Samuel exclaimed before the enemy was upon them.

The clearing dissolved into chaos. Five on one really isn't a fair fight Zeke thought as he fended off two swords and stabbed his dagger into a man who got too close. The man groaned and collapsed but his comrades just seemed to become more enraged. They came at him at the same time making Zeke retreat hurriedly. As the fight dragged on, Zeke could feel his arms growing tired and his wounds accumulating, the only thing keeping him going was the sounds of his friends continuing to fight. Zeke managed to slit the throat of a man that left his guard open. Red blood splattered across his dirty face as the man slumped to the ground. Three on one now Zeke thought grimly. Suddenly he heard a scream come from someone and he spun on his heel hoping against all odds that is wasn't his friend… and was confronted by the sight of Samuel on one knee desperately trying to fend off two soldiers coming at him. Zeke felt rage engulf his body as he sent one of the daggers spinning towards one of the men. It hit the soldiers chest and he jerked back just as Samuel managed to kill the other soldier. However, that lapse of attention was all that was needed for the Fevior soldier to thrust his sword into Zeke's stomach.

As Zeke crashed to the ground, darkness consuming him all he could think was I'm sorry my friends.

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