User blog:Skull5657/My LU Story 2

Here's chapter two. An in case you didn't see the first: My LU Story

Chapter 2

           Skull ran for his life. He didn't care what he ran into as long as it wasn't maelstrom. He had told his dragon to meet him in a field two miles from where he had landed. Skull got to the field. No dragon. But he felt himself being watch. He heard a screech behind him. It was his dragon. It was attacking him.

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Crane looked around him and saw no one. He was next to a field covered with dew. He heard a screech glanced at the field. He saw Skull and his dragon. But, there was something wrong. Crane urged his lion. Crane came galloping on his lion toward Skull. Skull leaped on to the lion and shouted something. It was too late. The dragon was on top of them. Both of them were knocked unconscious.

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Alx steered his bird to his left. He had heard shouts and laughter. He had also heard dragon roars and sound of struggle. Then he saw a dragon rise from the trees. But this wasn't a normal dragon. It seemed to have malice and hate. Alx decided to follow it to see what it was up to. The dragon went downward. Then shouts echoed forth. Nothing. No sound. Alx went landed and saw the dragon prowling over something. He started to go forward, but the dragon turned his head and saw him. It advanced slowly but steadily. It loped faster until it glided closer to the ground. Alx looked to his left and saw an unconscious lion. It woke up. Then it stared at Alx and charged at him. Alx sprinted back to his bird and mounted. He told the bird to fly like it never flew before. The dragon chased them.

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Selucia, Dwarfy, Wii and the other first in-commands waited. Wii slammed his fist down on the table they were seated at. “It’s been to long. They should've been back by now. A reconnaissance mission does not take this long."

"Well at least–" Selucia started as Alx ran in gasping for breath.

"The maelstrom have th..them...." Alx fell over unconscious.

"Alx!" Dwarfy ran to Alx's side. "He's exhausted. He needs to get to the infirmary. Soldier, carry him to the infimary right now!"

“Yes, sir!”

"Skull and Crane! I need to go for Skull right now." Selucia exclaimed.

“Selucia, we can send out a group with a lower ranking commander leading–”

Selucia angrily cut Dwarfy off. “No, I need to go for him. He’s my second in-command and I’m responsible for him.”

Wii broke into the conversation. “I feel I need to go for Crane just as much as Selucia does for Skull, Dwarfy. I think you should let us go.”

"Fine." Dwarfy relented. "You can take a score of men each. I'll stay here and take care of Alx and his bird. It must be almost dead from exhaustion if Alx is like this."

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Skull woke up. He couldn't see anything. He felt slimy stone walls. Crane stirred beside Skull. "You awake, Skull?" asked Crane.

"Yes, I am. Are you ok?"

"Yeah, I guess I am. Where are we?"

"I don't know. All I can tell is that we are in a prison. I wonder why the maelstrom just didn't corrupt us. It would have been a lot easier for them to do that instead of putting us in a prison."

"Yeah. Do you know if there are any weak points in the wall?"

"I don't know. I'll check."

Skull got up and started checking. Just then, the door opened and a maelstrom came in.

"I have food for you two," it said in a gravelly voice.

"We don't want it," Skull retorted angrily.

"If you don't eat the Master will be very angry." the maelstrom said.

"Fine." Skull picked up the food.

The maelstrom left. Skull put a spell on the food and drinks so that if there was poison on it, the poison would be removed. Then they ate.

"Ewwwwww, this bread is almost covered by mold." complained Skull.

"My drink tastes funny. Can't you just put a spell on the bread and drink so they're fresh, Skull?" asked Crane.

"Not sure."

"When we get out of here, I'm going to waterboard you until you find out if there is a spell and learn it."

"Okay, I'll learn it."

"Thank you."

Skull brushed the crumbs off his hands. "Okay, let's get to checking the wall."

Crane responded, "I don't think there's anything over here."

"Wait a second, this stone is loose. I can pull it out."

Skull pulled the stone out but all there was was a concrete wall.

“If only we had our weapons,” sighed Crane.

"Well, just wait a second." Skull concentrated all his will upon the concrete wall. It slowly started vibrating, and a few small cracks appeared. Then the vibrating stopped. “Ah, it’s no use. I need my staff to fully concentrate. Well, might as well put the stone back.” Skull replaced the stone just as another maelstrom guard came in.

"The master wants you," it said.