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P. · #5 [ ] 06-16-2006, 04:38 AM

Chapter three: A heavy burden

Kandred walked out of Nay's home, with Jaques by his side.

"Nælís is pregnant you know," said the phantom in his grim voice.

"I know; I was drunk, and iyt was her fault as much as mine," Kandred replied; his voice was also grim. "I was drunk; so was she. On my drunk will we slpet together; also on her drunk will, you must realise that."

"I do, she has taking a liking to you."

"And I to her. But what will I do about the child?"

"You must either prevent it from being born, or, you could always allow it to be born, and sire it."

"I will sire the child; I could not prevent it from been given birth to. I have stopped enough living in my lives. I will not continue to do so."

"You must talk to her, that you must realise."

"I do. And I will."

Kandred walked along the path back to the house, and he saw Nælís on the other path, he walked to her.

"Leave me alone, I must think." she said, Kandred did not like the answer.

"But Nay-"

Nælís jumped up into the tree, and disappeared. Kandred looked up and down for her, but it was to no avail. He walked back to the house and found Jaques at the door.

"Hello, was your talk succesful?"

"No. She sent me away, and disappeared into the canopy of the forest."

"Wait here, when she gets back, I will talk to her. Come, it is warm inside."

Kandred walked through the door into the cave and walked up the flight of stairs to the left. When he got to the top, he was looking through a window down on the white landscape below. He sat in a leather chair, and thought.

I can't wait any longer, it must be done.

Kandred walkd back down to Jaques, and talked with him.

"You need to talk with her, I can't wait too long, I have things to do, places to go.

"I know; your judgement is clouded. You need to have a think."

"I have. I have concluded that I will leave at nightfall tonight and search for my burden. Jet will stay here."

"Jet has left, Master. He left after you chased him, he thought that he should leave you for a while."

"So be it. If he comes back, tell him that I have left to find a friend of mine. Tell him to stay here until I get back."

"Yes, Master, I shall do your bidding."

Kandred left the building, taking only the provisions he needed. He took a southern path, walking only through the trees and not in the open for fear of being hunted was about him.

He camped for the night, only stopping for food and rest, nothing else would slow him. His water soon ran out and he had to melt the snow around him to make water. Kandred noticed a rowan amongst the towering elms, and he aproached it. He climbed up the side of the tree until he reached the top, and he jumped across to an elm, which he began to climb.

When Kandred reached the canopy of the woods, he looked out onto the vast emensity of it all.

It's beautiful.

He jumped from tree to tree, he was one with the woods and it was a part of him. His elf agility and strength flung him through the trees with tremendous speed. One day when he camped, the wind was still and thick with the scent of blood.

Wolves.

He climbed down to a low branch as he heard something coming, and he sat still, not making a sound nor moving a muscle, not even breathing. Three gray wolves walked past his tree and sniffed around, and they began to walk off. He slid out of the tree silently, and crept towards them. One growled, and he jumped behind a tree. When he turned back, the wolves were gone. He sped to the top of an elm, and lokked out over the woods. He saw four wolf-like creatures in the sky, and he realised that they had been werewolves. They were not exactly werewolves, they had taken flight, they had wings.

Nightwolves.

He jumped to the ground, knowing that there would be more nightwolves following. He ran southwards, and he eventually broke into a sprint. He looked up as he heard a scriech from the sky. He saw a Nightwolf in the sky, its bat wings were absolutely huge. Before landing, its wings folded along its back, adn turned into a billowing cape of black leather. The wolf turned into a human, and put a pair of shades on.

"Don't move, you're surrounded." The cape turned out to be a jacket that went to the Nightwolf's ankels, and stopped there. The Nightwolf placed a hand at his belt and pulled out a pistol, which was no ordinary bullet-firing pistol, this was a frag pistol. Kandred twitched slightly.

"I said, freeze!" The man pointed the frag pistol at Kandred's head, and walked slowly up to him. "It's an elf!"

"And you would be? Oh, yes, that's it, vermin."

"You do what I say, freak. Don't move." The apparent leader of the Nightwolves spat on Kandred's cheek, and Kandred wiped it away. "Don't move! I am Brokefang. And your name is not important." Brokefang's pistol hand trembled as he placed the barrel in contact with Kandred's left temple. "This pistol is loaded. Oh what's that? Did I just hear you ask what a pistol is? Hey, guys, I forgot that these primitive scum aren't very knowledgeable. How silly of me!" Brokefang laughed, so did the rest of the Nightwolves that had just landed, then the it stopped. Silence.

"I am Kandred, and I do know what a pistol is, and what a gun is. Your type are so 'knowledgeable', but I don't think you could remember what a good old punch is." In a swiped of his fist, Kandred disarmed Brokefang, punched him in the face, and before the pistol hit the ground, grabbed it and raised it to Brokefang's face. Brokefang twitched, and tried to kick Kandred in the thigh, but Kandred spun around backflipping onto Brokefang's back, and put Brokefang in a headlock. Kandred raised the pistol, and pushed the barrel into Brokefang's throat. "Science lesson: remove the pistols trigger, remove the clip, and remove the targeting array. Place the targetting array in the trigger slot, remove a charge from the clip, and rip a hole in the side of the barrel, and open the charge so you expose the nitrites. Heat the nitrites, and put them in the hole in the side of the barrel, and push on the targetting array." Kandred flicked the pistol around inside Brokefang's throat, and pushed down on the targetting array. Kandred jumped back, forcing the pistol down Brokefang's throat, kicked one of the Nightwolves in the face, and did the same to the rest. He jumped into a tree, and a high pitched humming came from Brokefang's chest. The hum became low pitched, and Brokefang's chest erupted in a burst of lung and flesh.

Kandred subsided the flames, and looked down on Brokefang's contorted face. The jaw jad been rent upwards, the throat was rent open, his nose was half ripped off, and his eyeballs had burnt to ashes. Kandred pushed the body over, and removed a fine silver chain from Brokefang's neck, it had a steel crucifix on it, which had fine engraving with gold trimming, and it was unscathed. Kandred slung it over his neck and walked off through the woods, heading for a burden that he knew he would find no matter the cost.