Board Thread:Fun and Games/@comment-37981206-20190723213858/@comment-35775904-20190831183709

Hooo muh gooshies this is long. Idek where I found time to do all this. xzD. Anywhooo tafaaa-

RITA

"Ah! Nebbie! Drop!"

A catapulted boulder was flying right toward my head as Nebbie droppped into a barrel role to dodge it. We were under attack for the third time in 24 hours. All of us were exausted by the relentless attacks. We had to organize shifts so that everyone could sleep for five hours. My eyes felt heavy and I clenched them shut as Nebbie rolled to doge some more arrows. We landed on the crystal-laden ground where I pulled out my axe and ran to help the others on the ground. The air was hot and smelled smoky and the whole area was dark and chatoic. I ran up to where Kate was fighting a large group and started to help her. Soon we were back to back, fighting off a large mob of soldiers with our dragons trying to keep the arrows and boulders flying around us clear.

"When is this going to stop?" Kate panted.

"LOOK OUT!" I screamed as a flaming ball of something flew right at us. We jumped out of the way as it exploded, covering us in ashes and smoke, but demolishing the guys we were fighting.

"Ha, jokes on them," Kare remarked, trying to brush herself off. I coughed and stood up saying,

"Yea, but if these relentless attacks dont stop soon then we're not gonna survive."

"We need to send some scouts to see if we can figure out how many more people they have," Kate replied. I nodded in agreement and we both took off to the base to start organizing that. --

"Rita? Rita! REEEETAAAAAAA!"

I snapped from my daze and stared across the table at Aud.

"Huh?"

Aud shook her head,

"Go to sleep Rits."

"No."

Aud rolled her eyes at me and I poked at the few noodles I was eating. We didnt have much to eat around here anymore. We should probably contact Freygair about that...

"Whats wrong? You seem upset," Aud asked. I shook my head tiredly,

"Nothing, I'm just worn out from the battle."

It was half of the truth. The other half was that I couldn't stop thinking about what happened yesterday morning. Vix and I had a very brief fight. I felt bad for calling him selfish, that probably wasn't the best choice of words, but at the same time, I was frustrated he wouldnt let me help him. It had been bothering me all day about how I was gonna fix this. I dont have time to have a long conversation either. Besides, I think he was currently on his sleeping break.

I vaguely heard Aud babbling on about stuff. My head was spinning as I tried to releive the stress of everything. I had my head in my hands and was muttering words of, "Uh huh, yea, mhmm," to whatever Aud was saying. A tap on my shoulder snapped me out of my gaze and I turned around to face Isla.

"Hey mate we need some help on the ground. You free?"

"Uh huh," I sighed standing up. Isla's hair was all disheveled and smoke covered her uniform and face, we all pretty much looked the same. She and I flew down to the area of most conflict and began trying to clear the area. I ran behind a guy fighting one of our recruits and hit him in the head with the bottom of my axe, knocking him to the ground. Right as I did that, a huge blast came out of nowhere and hit the ground, sending up a wall of fire, smoke and debree. The force threw me back several feet as I gasped for air. Then, I peered into the smoke at a black robed figure walking through the flames. He pulled off his mask and I gasped.

It was my father.

He grinned slyly and very slowly walked toward me. I tried sitting up from the blast, but fell back down in pain. A sharp pain ran through my ribs as I tried to focus on breathing. He walled in front of me and knelt down, putting his hand under my chin.

"Its been a long time Aud."

"I'm Rita you troll!" I spat in his face. He chuckled and stood up.

"Thats right. I always did mix you two together, probably because I never really cared,"he said while kicking me in the back. I tried taking deep breaths but the pain was making it difficult.

"Pitiful child. You always were the weaker one."

"Stupid dad. You always were the worst one," I shot back. He pushed me over and kicked me in the stomach,

"I'll teach you not to talk like that Aud. You've got your mothers audacity in you. Along with her weakness, probably why I was able to kill her so quickly."

I groaned in frustration and stood up to face him.

"Its Rita you rat. And its about time you pay for what you've done."

And with a surge of energy, I shot forward and began to fight him with all my strength. He nonchalantly blocked most of my hits with a chuckle, but that only deepened my rage. He slashed my arm amd left a decent cut running down it. I was tired, in pain and completely worn out, but something made me keep going. My mom didnt die for nothing. After at least five minutes of back and forth attacks, he quickly flipped his sword and smashed its end near my collar bone knocking the breath out of me, and knocking me to the ground.

The world spun for a moment as I gasped in pain. He stepped on me, pinning me to the ground and pointing his sword at my throat. I gripped his boot, trying to breathe, to no avail. Tears ran out of the corners of my eyes as the pressure and pain increased. I tried with all my strength to knocked him off of me, but I couldnt. He laughed at me,

"Honestly, I dont know why I was expecting a fight from you Rita. Your a hopeless weakling. You and your little friends are going to die today. And quite frankly, I'm going to enjoy watching you all die as much as I enjoyed fighting that bo-"

He was cut off by Nebbie's tail in the back of his head, which promptly knocked him out. She came over to me slowly and nuzzled her head under my arm. I weakly smiled and rubbed her frill.

"I'm okay girl. We need to get him to the prison and check on Vix. I have a feeling he was flighting my dad earlier. C'mon."

I slowly sat up. I was bleeding in mutiple places, but I could walk and breathe pretty normally again. Nebbie slung my dad over her back and I mounted her. Because of all the smoke in the air, she couldnt fly, so we briskly trotted towards the base.

Halfway there, I happened to look to the side and see Vix laying limp next to a large obsidian pillar. I gasped and jumped off Nebbie, running as fast as I could over to him. I slid onto the ground next to him and tried to wake him up.

"Vix! Vix? Vix!!" I said while tapping his face. "Wake up! Oh gods, Nebbie! Come here!"

Nebbie ran over and lowered her neck as I slowly dragged Vix over and onto her. Because three people was to much to carry, I quickly ran alongside her.

When we reached the clubhouse, Aidan and Michael were there on a meal break. They ran over to me and I quickly explained to them the situation.

"Can you take my dad to the prison? I"ll get Vix to the hospital."

"Yea sure," Michael said, before motioning to my wounds, "But make sure you get some care yourself."

I nodded and then frowned at my dad's timely conciousness. Aidan grabbed him by the collar and pushed him out of the room, Michael briskly following. I hopped on Nebbie and we flew off toward the hospital.

-- "Alright your free to go dear. Good luck with the battle," the cheery nurse said to me.

"Thanks. Do you know which room that other guardian who came in with me is at?"

"Room 36 right down the hall on your right," she replied.

"Thanks," I said before quickly jogging down the hall. I gingerly knocked on the door and I heard a groggy,

"Come in."

Shyly, I pushed the door open and stood akwardly near the doorway.

"Hi," I said.

"Hey," Vix replied quietly.

There was a good 30 second silence while I contemplated what to say. I ended up going with,

"How are you feeling?"

He shrugged in reply and I akwardly shifted my weight. We both sighed at the same time, and I spoke up.

"Vix, I'm really sorry about what happened yesterday. I really don't know how it feels to loose a dad and a sister. I can only imagine how hurt, confused and sorrowful you felt that day. I'm so sorry. I shouldn't have called you selfish and I shouldn't have raised my voice. I really didn't handle that situation well at all. I'm sorry."

He nodded and sighed in deeply, I could've sworn I saw tears in his eyes. I slowly turned around to leave when he said,

"Wait."

I turned around and looked at him and he said,

"C'mere."

I slowly shuffled to his bedside and stood there. He patted the bed and I quietly sat on its side. Then he looked at me and said,

"I'm the one who should be sorry. You were just trying to help and I really took my anger and hurt out on you. I shouldnt have done that. I'm sorry."

I smiled lightly, "Thanks, but it's my fault. I should've handled the situation better."

"No its mine, I shouldnt have yelled like that or said those things to you."

"But you were just reacting out of hurt because I said the wrong things."

"And I shouldn't have reacted like that. You were just helping."

I smiled and shook my head, "Agree to disagree?"

He smiled back and held out his hand, "Deal."

When I went to shake his hand, he gently pulled me forward and kissed me. I closed my eyes and put my hand on his cheek before gently pulling away, smiling. He smiled back and we just stared at each other for a moment before a knock sounded on the door.

"Come in," Vix called.

Aud sauntered in, an evil grin on her face, and the colour drained from my face.

"Watcha two up toooo?"

"Nothing," we both replied quickly. Aud smiled mischievously and I hid my face in my hands.

"You suuuuure?"

"Y-yes," Vix stuttered. Aud caught the stutter and chuckled,

"I see."

I looked up at her, "Need something?"

"Yea, a good dose of romance. Turns out the hospital dosen't sell it over the counter so they sent me here."

I rolled my eyes and replied, "Sorry, were out of buisness."

"Oh so you were a buisness in the first place?"

"N-no..." I replied, my face turning red.

"I see. So I guess you've just sold out for the day then? Hehe," she grinned.

"Aud!" We both yelled.

"Fine. Aidan and Kate need everyone not seriously injured to go out scouting. So that means you Rita."

I sighed, "Alrighty. Bye Vix, feel better."

"Thanks bye."

Aud and I walked out and she put an arm around my shoulder and said to me,

"Also, your my buddy for patrol, so we have a lot of time to catch up and talk about you and Vix. Hehe."

"Oh Thor," I sighed. This was gonna be a long patrol.

Eip Rita but be troubled no longer yee vixa fans. I hath saved yee. For now hehe...