The Scythes of Rome (old)

I

The Tonist roared this ugly cry in the streets as they marched at the Scythedom building. The horde throwing rocks, Molotov, and other improvised weapons as they moved .

"BLADE GUARD FORWARD!" Yelled Scythe Scipio lifting his gladius towards the advancing toneists.

"Si vis pacem para bellum, Dulce bellum inexpertis, Casus belli, (ey!) DEUS VULT! (ey!)Inter arma, (ey!) silent leges (ey!)" They canted in response.

They formed a wall across the street with shields and Swords. The ranks behind the first lifted there shields to block in coming rocks and home made explosives. The tonist enraged by this charged with home made blades, farming tools, knifes, and other sharp objects.

"Bellum omnium contra omnes!" Yelled Scipio as he broke rank and fought the tonists.

He slashed his blade in tight arcs, the blade had little trouble cutting through the brown robes. He stabbed his blade into a Tonist who had charged at him. The tonist lifted her arm and punched him in the side of the head, he grabbed her wrist before the second punch and slammed her own fist in her face twice. He extended her arm out and with a quick slash her arm was on the ground, he uppercuted her and sent her flying into a store window.

"Bellum omnium calcuo est! Lus ad bello, lus ad belli" The guard continued as they moved like a wall of steel and anger. "Bella horrida!"

They jabbed there blades into the tonists and keep there shields close and tight. Scipio was running through the ranks gleaning tonists left right and in front of him.

"Infirmus!" He shouted as he jumped into the air, he had his blade pointed at the lead tonists head and his other hand on the pommel. When it hit, it cut straight threw his head and came out the back of his skull. Scipio pulled the blade out and flicked the blood off of it before he aimed it and flung it at a running tonist. It hit him square in the back.

"Incredibilis" he said as he chuckled, he walked over pulled his blade out of his back.

He kicked him over, he raised his arm for mercy, Scipio cut his hand off and slammed the blade into his heart. The blade guard continued there march, still chanting

"Non me constringis... cupivisset, Si vis pacem para bellum".

The rear tonist started dropping their weapons and running. Scipio cut down some of them to set an example to the others. After the rest ran, were rendered deadish and gleaned medic drones came to pick up the bodies. The Blade Guard slowed there advance till Scipio gave the next order.

"BLADE GUARD STOP!" He yelled as he raised his fist into the air. "The tonist have fled like cowards."

The Blade Guard went back to there guard duty on the Scythedom building and Scipio was called to the Highblade's chamber.