Myst watches as Sabre painfully hands her Colin
through the hole in the wall. As Sabre squeezes her arm,
Myst looks at her, Go' is all she mouths. Myst nods
then whispers, "He is alive Sabre. Soul is alive." She
grabs up little Colin and makes for the treeline where
Champ is waiting. She looks around carefully then
mounts up and takes off through the trees tward the
swamps.
After about two hours she reached the
Keep. As she approached the gate she yelled to the
guards "Open the gate! It is Mystique! I have Master
Colin with me!" The guards didn't hesitate and the
gates were opened as Mystique came racing through
holding the baby close to her chest. She leaped off her
horse as she entered the Bailey and ran straight into
the main house. She was met at the Nursery by the
nurse maid and Garavar, the Cleric. "I know he was fed
before Sabre gave him to me, but I want him checked
throughly. Sabre was taken by bandits to that stink hole
outside Rivervale. Soul was not with her. But I feel he
is ok and by now hot on the trail to find her. If
anything happens to this child I will have both your
heads." The nurse and Garavar looked at Myst, knowing
full well she would do as she says if the child were
harmed in anyway. "Yes M'Lady, we will take good care of
Master Colin, of this you can be sure of." the nurse
said.
Myst left the baby in their care and headed back to
her room to pick up her crossbow and 2 quivers of
bolts. She then headed back downstairs to the great hall
and was greeted by the Captain of the guards and
several leaders of the Red Lions. "I may not be Lord
MacKermak, but you will do as I say." They all nodded their
heads. "I want the Guards out in full force both on the
walls and in the swamps. Any bandits they come across,
kill. Ahrmin, you and your Lizardriders will patrol the
swamps. Valeren, you take your platoon and patrol the
areas outside the swamps and along the King's road
keeping special eye on the way between Rivervale and
Thelindira. Makeri, you and your platoon will come with me.
We are going to the Bordello where Sabre is being
held. No one, and I mean NO ONE will be left alive,
spare the slaves, they will be set free. The place will
be burned to the ground." Mystique's anger very
apparent in her words. They all look to her stunned but
then nod and agree. They knew she was not one to be
taken lightly.
She looked at everyone,"You have
your orders, you now have exactly 30 minutes to have
everyone ready to move out." She turned, and walked out
and down to the stables to check on Champ. She wanted
to make sure he was ok to take back out again. It
was a very long and gruelling ride back from the
bordello with the baby. He will only have had about an
hours rest from the time they arrived to the time they
leave. She looked him over carefully. "Well my friend,
do you think you are up to go out again?" she says
as she strokes his nose. Champ looks at her and
whinneys. "I don't want you out there if your not ready
Champ. I can always get another horse for this if you
are not able." Champ snorts and nudges Myst as if to
say,"You dare not ride anyother but me." Myst smiles, not
knowing how she can seem to understand him, but knows
what he wants. "Ok, ok, I will take you." She laughs
lightly and rubs his nose.
She walks back out to
the Bailey and watches as the troops prepare. She
smiles to herself,thinking quietly,"This will be a
glorious battle."
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