Whispers of Darkness and Light

Chapter 11: Help

Omg. The fist chapter 11 got deleted somehow. So im writing it again here. sorry if its out of order.

While they were walking, the group did very little talking, maybe it was because they were tense or maybe they were scared. Hope had said she thought someone was following them earlier, but they never saw anyone. Still, the whole group was on guard now. Suddenly, there was a rustle in the bushes, all heads turned to the noise. A shadowed figure stepped out of the bushes, "Well hello again, Skylar." The figure smiled at her with razor sharp teeth... wait, it was the bandit who attacked her earlier! "YOU AGAIN!?" Jonathan shouted angrily. "Come on, we can take this guy down," Jonathan took a step forward but the figure just laughed. "Oh... who said I was alone?" He flicked his hand in silent command and ten other hooded figures stepped out of the trees. Now the group of travelers had their backs pressed against one another. "Ok, this is going to sound stupid, but its the best we got.... SCATTER" On Jonathan's command, everyone went in a different direction. Skylar took of into the tall pines, weaving between roos and rocks, she heard a pair of foot steps behind her, suddenly she tripped and fell face first down a hill, she rolled to a stop and was facing the sky. Suddenly one of the hooded figures's boots was pressed into her neck, blocking her air flow. She looked up into the figures eyes as she struggles, there was no compassion, his face was blank besides from the hint of rage. He pressed down harder, and she struggled more, her vision was blurring, and she felt her body start to relax.

Suddenly the calm was gone, all that was left was rage. She grabbed the figures botany yanked it forward, the guy flew over her, she still was hanging onto his foot. She then spun around and puled out her dagger, and just as quick as it started, it was over. She plunged the dagger into the mans heart. He looked at her in shock, then began shaking violently. His hands went to his chest in an attempt to stop the blood, but it did nothing to help him. A wet gurgling sound came from his throat, he looked at Skylar one last time, an expression of shock over his face, before he took his last breath and stilled.

Skylar looked at the bloodied body, she couldn't feel anything, it was just numb. But she knew she had to keep going, so she picked herself up and ran into the trees again. She saw a tree and began to climb it, but something made her stop, she saw a pair of eyes looking at her from the thick tree leaves, she almost screamed, but a voice spoke before she could. "Skylar, get your butt up here." Arthur demanded. "We don't have all day, they were right behind me!" Skylar didn't need an invitation, she scrambled up to Arthurs branch, and they both sat in silence, watching, and waiting.