July 20, 2009
Episode 28: Captured
11:43 PM | 
Posted by
pcbutler |
Joseph runs after Leland, occasionally looking back into the darkness.
Cracking of bone and rending of flesh echo off the walls mixed with the ever increasing laughter of Meyliss, until all goes abruptly silent.
Joseph stops and strains to listen. Groans and shuffling feet again start towards him.
"Oh Meyliss...it was an honour knowing you." He pulls his arm up and pops his shoulder back into place, wincing at the pain. The shuffling quickly starts to become heavy footsteps.
He takes a deep sniff of the air to track Leland's scent & as he starts after the others he shifts back to his human form.
After a few minutes he sees and opening above a wrecked grating. Can't do anything the soft way, can you Leland..
He takes a running leap at the hole and grabs the edge of the opening only to be grabbed himself, by multiple hands and dragged into the light and thrown back down to the ground.
Blinking against the light Joseph tries to regain his vision, when a sharp blast of pain against the side of his head sends him flat to the ground again.
"Bind his hands and place a collar on this...thing!" Josephs hands get wrenched behind his back and a collar is placed tightly around his neck. Small spikes on the inside dig into his skin. A man with heavy leather armour and helm pulls on an attached chain to bring him face to face with Joseph.
"You even try to change, 'thrope, and this collar will kill you quicker than.."
Joseph looks directly through the helms slits into the mans eyes. "..Faster than one of those?" Joseph looks into the hole where a wild manages to reach out and grab another armoured man and drag him down.
The wilds' grip is tight enough to crush the mans ankle and he screams as a half dozen hands come out to drag him back into the sewers, bloody gurgles filling the air.
"COVER THAT UP,NOW BEFORE ANY OF THEM GET OUT!"
Four men drag a large stone cover over the opening even as more hands start protruding out.
The man points at several others. " I want all openings covered up and a squad of armed men sent down the either destroy them or capture them."
A subordinate chimes up "But sir.. the orders from the Regent.." A heavy slap across the face quickly ends any arguments.
"I'll be damned if any of those creatures escape. To hell with Argus and his orders. NOW GET IT DONE!"
Most of the men disperse to their duties. The man then turns back to Joseph and slowly removes his helm. Half of his face is scared and disfigured, an ugly story to his obviously violent past.
"What?" Joseph asks sarcastically. "Was that done by one of my kind and now you're out for some kind of sickening revenge?"
The man strokes the scarred side of his face. "This? Hardly. This is simply a case of getting too close to the burning house where I was exterminating 5 of your kind." He grins wide with fond memory. "It is a pity that I had to capture you here. Now I can only bring you to the public gallows instead of burning you alive."
He stands up straight and hands his helm to a subordinate. "Ah well, such is life. And what do we have here?" As he strolls over to the limp body of Lady Harens, he unsheathes his sword. "I knew she was somewhere here, but could never quite pin her down. Looks like now, " He pushes the sword through her heart and what was left of her life ebbs away. " I'll never have too."
Joseph snarls, but a quick pull on the collar shuts him up. "Just be glad your friends here are still alive."
A horse and cart stop beside them and more guards pick up the others and place them none to gently into the cart.
"My name of Captain Haresh and you & I are going to get to know each other a lot better..." The captain forces Joseph to stand and walk beside the cart.
In the back of Josephs mind an unfamiliar voice says "Well, this isn't going to be very nice."
Cracking of bone and rending of flesh echo off the walls mixed with the ever increasing laughter of Meyliss, until all goes abruptly silent.
Joseph stops and strains to listen. Groans and shuffling feet again start towards him.
"Oh Meyliss...it was an honour knowing you." He pulls his arm up and pops his shoulder back into place, wincing at the pain. The shuffling quickly starts to become heavy footsteps.
He takes a deep sniff of the air to track Leland's scent & as he starts after the others he shifts back to his human form.
After a few minutes he sees and opening above a wrecked grating. Can't do anything the soft way, can you Leland..
He takes a running leap at the hole and grabs the edge of the opening only to be grabbed himself, by multiple hands and dragged into the light and thrown back down to the ground.
Blinking against the light Joseph tries to regain his vision, when a sharp blast of pain against the side of his head sends him flat to the ground again.
"Bind his hands and place a collar on this...thing!" Josephs hands get wrenched behind his back and a collar is placed tightly around his neck. Small spikes on the inside dig into his skin. A man with heavy leather armour and helm pulls on an attached chain to bring him face to face with Joseph.
"You even try to change, 'thrope, and this collar will kill you quicker than.."
Joseph looks directly through the helms slits into the mans eyes. "..Faster than one of those?" Joseph looks into the hole where a wild manages to reach out and grab another armoured man and drag him down.
The wilds' grip is tight enough to crush the mans ankle and he screams as a half dozen hands come out to drag him back into the sewers, bloody gurgles filling the air.
"COVER THAT UP,NOW BEFORE ANY OF THEM GET OUT!"
Four men drag a large stone cover over the opening even as more hands start protruding out.
The man points at several others. " I want all openings covered up and a squad of armed men sent down the either destroy them or capture them."
A subordinate chimes up "But sir.. the orders from the Regent.." A heavy slap across the face quickly ends any arguments.
"I'll be damned if any of those creatures escape. To hell with Argus and his orders. NOW GET IT DONE!"
Most of the men disperse to their duties. The man then turns back to Joseph and slowly removes his helm. Half of his face is scared and disfigured, an ugly story to his obviously violent past.
"What?" Joseph asks sarcastically. "Was that done by one of my kind and now you're out for some kind of sickening revenge?"
The man strokes the scarred side of his face. "This? Hardly. This is simply a case of getting too close to the burning house where I was exterminating 5 of your kind." He grins wide with fond memory. "It is a pity that I had to capture you here. Now I can only bring you to the public gallows instead of burning you alive."
He stands up straight and hands his helm to a subordinate. "Ah well, such is life. And what do we have here?" As he strolls over to the limp body of Lady Harens, he unsheathes his sword. "I knew she was somewhere here, but could never quite pin her down. Looks like now, " He pushes the sword through her heart and what was left of her life ebbs away. " I'll never have too."
Joseph snarls, but a quick pull on the collar shuts him up. "Just be glad your friends here are still alive."
A horse and cart stop beside them and more guards pick up the others and place them none to gently into the cart.
"My name of Captain Haresh and you & I are going to get to know each other a lot better..." The captain forces Joseph to stand and walk beside the cart.
In the back of Josephs mind an unfamiliar voice says "Well, this isn't going to be very nice."
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