Revolution

CHAPTER 2:
Claustrophobia

I woke up in a bed that was three sizes bigger then me. I looked around to see a new pair of clothes near the frame of the bed.

"how the hell did I get here last I remember I was in the arena and then I-" then it all came back to me as I remember what had happened. I immediately rushed out of the bed and put on the new clothes. I then swung the door open to the middle of a conversation between a what looks like a minotaur and that same griffin, but this time she is wearing my shotgun while over a table, with a set of five crystals occasionally saying what sounds like reports.

"- And all we need is the new alpha oh well speak of Cerberus here he is." The female griffin said as she turned towards me and I immediately asked

"how long have I been asleep."

"Are you referring to after the arena or after you killed that tyrant?"

"Id prefer if you go in order"

"Okay so after the arena you were gone for two weeks."

"WAIT hold up what do you mean two weeks oh shit poor Crystia she must be so scared."

"Wait you know Crystia?"

"Yeah why?"

"Well because there is a small settlement to the south-east that's led by someone by that name."

"I gotta go there and now!"

"Wait you can't just leave!" She stuck out her claw to stop me but I swatted her away.

"And what's stopping me!"

"Well the fact that we are fighting in a revolution!"

"What do you mean "fighting a revolution"?"

"I mean that ever since you went unconscious about 5 hours ago we the slaves have been fighting for our rights, against those who claim that you are not the rightful ruler and I can't fight with this broken weapon unless you want me to use it a club!" She swung the useless weapon around for emphasis.

"Well have you tried reloading it"

"....huh?"

"Of course you haven't, now if I could get to my backpack I could reload it."

"Well where is you're backpack?"

"It should be on my original body before I got you know." I slid one finger over my neck.

"Ah of course it has to be there because this can never be easy! -sigh- Well all my solders except for the three of us are busy trying to win the mines and their main F.O.B is in the arena and the adjacent areas which includes the main path"

"So we have to fight our way there?"

"No because that would be essentially suicide."

"I feel a but coming up"

"Okay yes while that path is a no go there is a secret path to the dumping room but only one person can fit and Tou over here can never fit in that narrow of a space, and with those damn dog using TNT to blow up our soldiers there is a possibility of that narrow cave collapsing in on its self"

"And?"

"And AND what do you mean and its! -sigh- Okay well it is the best path to winning this war so Tou lead him to the private armory and grab a suit of armor that fit him best and a dagger and meet us at the throne oh and take this." she tosses me the shotgun "if you survive go and show those mutts who the real boss is around here"

Tou grunts and starts to lead the way. I follow him easily and we enter the private armory, in which I find armors of all sizes but none that quite fit me. Tou grunts again and points to selection of weapons then leaves to go and assist the griffin. I quickly find the only armor that fits me which takes longer then we have. In all I have a pair of knee braces, chainmail, a slightly too big chest piece, and pair of elbow braces. I speed walk to the throne where Tou has finished pushing it to the side. It reveals a hole slightly bigger then myself .

"Okay so just follow that path straight to the dumping pitt and we will close the way behind you. Just remember this pattern to have us open the path." She curls up her talons knocks twice on the stone and after three seconds knocks again

I nod my head in affirmation and sling the shotgun over my back. I then squeeze my way through the hole and plop through into the dark corridor. I move about three steps forward and hear the path behind me close. I tip toe my way through the dark passage every thirty seconds or so the entire cave would shake as the dogs blow this entire place atop of themselves. Only noises I can hear are my pounding heartbeat, the occasional distant boom, and the sound of loose rocks. But my silence is ended when I hear pawsteps and a faint blue glow.

"Yeah ok so I sneak up on the leaders and the thing unawares and attack them.... okay maintaining radio silence if you don't hear me within 30 minutes you blow this whole tunnel up ..... okay maintaining silence until the job is done."

My eyes bulge open as the faint blue aura goes away and I hear the sounds of paws on rock inch ever closer. I start to panic as I try to think about what I can do. I ponder whether I should hand myself in, no he had orders to kill me as well so that only leaves one option, to try and kill it before he gets a chance to call up his buddy's, and try to rush there before they have a chance to blow me up. So I grip my dagger and prepare myself. one step, another step, and another step, and... silence. NO did he discover me, is he about to call his friends? I wait for what feels like a eternity. but I never see the blue aura. I hear claws against stone and him muttering something to himself. I continue waiting for him. I wait until I can feel his breath on my hand. He then stops just inches from the dagger and I feel him sniffing the air. NOWS MY CHANCE I jab my dagger into throat and land on top of him. I stab his throat until I can't feel his breathing and for good measure I toss his helmet a foot ahead of me and put my hand in front of his mouth. I feel no breath so continue on forward but faster. I keep walking but even faster but after a good minute of walking I realize what I have done. I have just killed a sentient being. Jesus Christ I just killed a sentient being. I mean I was going to kill the alpha but he had challenged me. I I I have to focus there is no time for existentialism or else they will kill every thing in this cave, and then will go on to kill Crystia and I cannot have that. She is like a child to me and I will never let those monsters kill her, or worse. I start speeding down the tunnel not caring whether or not I harm myself but only focusing on the thought of if I fail, nothing will change.

I finally get to the entrance to the dumping pitt and immediately start looking for my backpack. I find it almost instantly due to the bright blue color on it. I slosh to the backpack and take out the shells and start loading my shotgun. when I'm through the fifth shell I hear a door opening.

"Be careful bitches there was a sound down here, and the true alpha thinks that the idiot we sent up there was ambushed so guards up pups we might have to prove our mettle." As he said that I finished loading my gun, crouch in the what I hope was just blood and wait for them to step into my trap. They open the door and and what in totals three walk into mess. I wait until all of them step into the puddle. Then I cock my gun and open fire. One shots, Another shot, a third shot, and a fourth shot and all of the dirty dogs are on the ground. I reload my gun and cock it once more. I then put about 5 shells in each of my pockets. Then I put the box back into my backpack and walk to the doorway. As I walk past the door I notice a faint blue light and faint whispering.

"Let them come" I say in a voice so chilling that it made the solider piss his pants.

The "true" Alpha's POV

I walk around as I paced around the table. I tapped my chin as I wait for the guard to finish his report. But whatever the lieutenant was going to was interrupted.

"Let them come" Every dog in the room turned a shade paler. It sounded like the thing but it was filled with vengeance that made me pray to any gods up in the eternal paradise. But their was something in that voice I recognized. I know where it was from it was the mother to that changeling that I had killed, And I knew at that moment that, that thing cannot come up here or would be doomed.

"WELL DON'T JUST STAND THERE YOU BUNCH OF BITCHES BARRICADE THAT DOOR!" And at once the men did as I commanded and started to barricade the door. But it was for naught as the door was blasted opened. Then all my soldiers started fleeing.

"NO DON'T JUST FLEE DEFEND YOU'RE ALPH---!" I was so busy yelling at my underlings that I didn't notice that the thing point his hand cannon at me and fire. I felt a burning pain as I stumbled back into the table. Soon the thing was standing on my hind paws. I made the mistake of looking into his eyes and saw glowing red eyes that will follow me into the grave.

"w..w..what are y..y..y..you" I managed to stumble out as I looked straight into the barrel.

"I am hell given form, I am the dammed who weep for vengeance, AND I AM YOUR DAMNATION!" And then I saw nothing as my greymatter was splattered onto the table behind.

Davids POV

I stumbled backwards after my power trip ended and before I could process what had just happened I heard the griffin on the balcony speak.

"YOU'R "ALPHA" HAS PERISHED BOW BEFORE KING DAVID!" She yelled down upon the dogs in which they obeyed. Then soon after the griffin glided down with Tou following her lead by jumping down from the balcony making a noticeable crater. She walked up to me and gave the corpse a punch.

"Heh deserved way worse then this but hey you know what they say "we get what we can get on this side of the border." but anyway what's your plan now that this is over"

"H..uh oh yeah right well I am going to go check on Crystia and then plan what we are going to do"

"Oh you still want to do that I warn you that path is about 4 to 7 hours away depending on how fast you are going?"

"I have my ways to make that into a 15 minute journey."

"Heh I wouldn't doubt it"

"Hey wait I want to go with you as well"

"Sure and I am guessing he wants to come as well" I said pointing towards Tou in which he responded with a grunt and started walking towards me, and as we started to walk to the exist I realized something

"Hey by the way I never got you name"

"Oh yeah I guess I forgot about it in all of the commotion, yeah my name is Gilda"

"ah well Gilda I hope you are ready for one hell of a ride"

"Please I was born ready." So we walked towards the exit and before I left I wondered what will this new life be like. Little did I know that this a was the beginning. The beginning of what you may ask. Well the beginning of a

REVOLUTION