Back To Work

Back To Work
Chapter 11: The First of Many

By: Major Frostwing

I was absolutely livid. That stupid guard just had to say something stupid and ruined my mood. I let out an annoyed huff as I moved through the market place finding a food stand that sold dried food and canteens of water. "How much?" I asked as the shop keep looked up at me with a bored expression.

"20 bits per ration. 30 per canteen." The man said as I glared down at him before looking at his sign.

"Sign says 5 bits per ration and 7 for a canteen." I said as he rolled his eyes.

"That's for people who live here." I closed my hands into fists before turning away only to see the contingent of guards from before.

"Stop following me. It's pissing me off." I said as I kept walking through the market.

"We have to make sure you don't cause any problems." I focused my magic activating my gravity magic only for my hand to explode. The explosion startled a lot of people and a few of them were screaming. The leader not once panicked only raising her rifle at me ready to shoot me at short notice.

"You are very very lucky." I said as I reached into my bag pulling out a new hand and connecting it to my arm.

"What the hell are you even doing out here?" She asked as I only turned away from her. "HEY I'M TALKING TO YOU!" I waved my hand to her walking away.

"What should we do Thorn?" One of the guards asked as she let out an annoyed sigh.

"I will keep an eye on him you all go home and get some rest." She ordered as the rest of the guards left letting their captain do her job. I turned down an alleyway finding a good spot to sit down. I needed to rest for a bit before continuing.

I sat down against the alley wall curling my legs up to my chest before pulling out my map. "Alright I need to go to the Griffin Empire and then make my way over to the badlands... I really hate that fucking Queen." I muttered setting my forehead on my knees.

"So mind telling me why to are going to the Griffin Empire?" Thorn asked as I raised my head slightly. "That entire area is crawling with the Tyrant's troops you would have to be lucky to even get close." Thorn said leaning against the wall next to me.

"You make it sound hard..." I muttered looking at her through the corner of my eye.

"I used to work for the Tyrant so I know which places are heavily fortified and how to get around them." Thorn smiled looking down at me.

"Why are you telling me this?"

"If you really are The Traitor then I can use you to kill the Tyrant... Maybe with her death we might all be saved."

"I am already working on getting our saviors." I muttered laying my head down on my knees. "A true revolution is coming... The world will be changed..." I said closing my eyes. Why am I so tired?

"You are still a danger to these people so I can't just let you walk about free... Sorry but I have to do this." I glanced up to see that the horn on her head was glowing softly.

"Stupid... bitch." I muttered as I let sleep claim me.

"That's the town. What are your orders sir?" A soldier asked through their radio.

"The queen wants all resistant factions to be eliminated... We will slaughter them in the night when they won't expect it." The scout gave his acknowledgement and silently pulled back.

I awoke with a start suddenly fully awake. "Fucking hell who kicked on the juice?" I asked as I got to my feet. I looked about my new location noticing I was in a cell. "Why is it whenever I wake up after being knocked out I always find myself either in the hospital or locked up?" I asked scratching my head. "They didn't even try to take my hands." I rolled my eyes grabbing the bars only for electricity to arc through my body. I continued to pull the bars only for them to not budge. "Fucking hell these bars are tough." I muttered releasing my grip on them.

"It's no use. Those cars are made of a magical alloy that is near impossible to bend after it has been forged." I heard a familiar voice say before walking into view. "I am surprised you were able to keep holding on after so much punishment." She pointed out as I only let out a growl of frustration. "You growl a lot. Are you sure you are not some wild animal?" She asked as I kicked the bars as hard as I could.

"Never cage something you can't control. It just pisses us off." I said looking over the woman before me more closely now. "Who the hell are you anyway?" I asked sliding my hands into my pockets.

"My name is Rose Thorn. You can call me Thorn. You are the Traitor now that we have introductions through I can go tell you what we need you for." Thorn said as she stepped forward. "We need you to help us kill the Queen. So you are going to do everything we say and free us from the tyranny of the Queen." I put my hand under my chin thinking it over carefully.

"I already have plans to kill the Queen but you are hindering those plans. I need to go and free my friends." I pointed out as I began to pace about the room.

"You mean the ones who helped you overthrow the Sun and Moon?" My eye twitched at that but I took a deep breath letting it out as a sigh.

"No you fucking idiot. The ones I need to find are the ones who used to run this country. I am bringing back the Sun, Moon, Friendship, and Love. In order to do that you need to let me out of this cage so I can do just that."

"And if I refuse?" Thorn asked as I flicked my wrist summoning Umbra to my hands.

"I will do whatever it takes to get a shot at the bitch that killed me and my friends. You want to try and stop me? I am more than happy to kill you for trying to stop me." As soon as the words left my mouth and explosion rocked the building we were in.

"WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON OUT THERE!?" Thorn yelled out as I only smiled.

"Looks like a party to me." I said as I appeared next to Thorn. "Let's go see who wants to play a drinking game." I said startling Thorn as I kicked the door leading out of the house only to see chaos. "It has got to be my birthday." I said as I charged into the chaos feeling right at home.