Confused Realita

Summary: Airiana is a young girl part of the resistance against Than, an evil man with a plan to destory the world. Short story based on a dream I had.

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Mythos Short Story 2

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“You have to get out of here.” Wararies hissed. He waved his arms to shoo us away, but neither Cassandra nor I planned on moving.


“We’re not leaving.” Cassie yelled with fiery passion. “Not until we find the information we’re looking for!”


“If they figure out I helped you guys it will be my head on the stake.” He argued, motioning his arms all around him for us as if we hadn’t noticed.


Severed heads that had been forcefully placed on wooden sticks tilted out of the ground surrounding the small building. Blood from the newest additions dripped and splattered onto the ground staining it red. The land for miles reeked of the stench of death, but people in the surrounding areas consisted of either followers of Than or citizens so hypnotized to his lunatic ravings they didn’t care.


Avoiding his gaze no longer, I peered at him intently. “I’m not leaving.” I told him firmly. Sadness filled his eyes when he heard me speak and he couldn’t stop the frown of disapproval from appearing. I forced a slight smile onto my own features while tilting my head to the side. He knew I wasn’t going to leave.


“They’ll be here any moment. Hundreds of men. I know you guys are strong, but…” Wararies voice broke as he trailed off not wanting to think about what kind of consequences lay in store for us if we got caught.


Upon hearing these words Cassie quickly glanced in my direction with a look of doubt spread across her face. Even with that expression I knew she would follow me where ever I would command. Even though her fighting skills were superior to others, it was her faith and the trust she had placed in me that deemed her my right hand man. That and the fact she was sensible in the times I wasn‘t.


“Go.” I ordered. Giving a nod of her head, with one swift motion she twirled behind Wararies into the tiny broken down building behind him. All the color drained from his face. “We wont take long.” I assured him with a wink, following behind Cassie.


The inside was as vile as the out. Dirt and mold carpeted the floor along with stained splotches of dried blood splattered across the, which I can only assume had once been white, walls. The only clean thing in the room was a new Visual Orb, an item which they used to record previous battles to watch and replay to help them improve. It sat on a rickety old bookshelf a far corner.


Crates were stacked on top of crates which were hidden behind racks. Three small tables sat covered in old papers in the middle of the room. A wood burning stove was placed on one end of a wall with a small stack of insect ridden sticks thrown messily beside it.


“Ugh.” My friend said as she took in the tiny crammed room. “This can not be sanitary.”


“Just look around and see if you can find anything with the location of the Deity Statue.” I said, shifting through some illegible water stained papers that sat on the nearest table. Cassie opened up an old wardrobe that stood in one of the corners of the room which held nothing but dust.


After a few minutes of searching we concluded there was nothing here. “At least we know they don’t know the location yet, right?” She asked, trying to cheer me up.


I agreed. “We can’t let them find it though. If they get the Deity of Destruction or Death’s blessing then we just might as well say goodbye.” I sighed.


“You guys need to get out of here. Now.” Wararies ordered standing in the doorway. “The retreat just informed me they heard our troops returning and they’re at Pravors’ pond.” He paused for a moment to see the expressions on our faces. Noticing no change he continued, “I’m leaving. If they catch you, they can’t know I was anywhere near. I’m going to Lightendale.” He told us, speaking of the nearest city to the woods where we were currently located. Quickly gazing over his shoulder impatiently, he took the time to look back at me. “Airiana… I wish I could help you.” He told me sadly, gazing into my eyes.


All I could do was nod my head. “I understand.” He looked down at the ground for a second. I knew he was thinking about staying. I also knew he was thinking about how if he left we might end up getting hurt. “We need you as our inside man. You need to go. Now.“ I told him. With that he nodded, turned around, and left. Cassie stood patiently, looking at me, waiting for advice. “We keep looking in case we missed anything.”


Shocked by my response, she asked, “Are you sure?” I nodded my head. “We’re not going to make it out in time. We’ll have to hide.” Instead of acknowledging her answer I continued looking for anything that may be useful.


The minutes flew by faster than seconds. It wasn’t long before we heard voices out of the decrepit building. Cassie squeezed herself behind an aluminum rack against the wall. Peeking her head out she hissed at me to find a hiding spot. Being slightly bigger than she was a hiding spot in this cramped room was limited. I ran over to the empty wardrobe and opened it. Easing myself inside I could see the shadows from the doorway. They paused to have a hearty laugh, not knowing we, the people from the resistance, were in their camp.


In my mind it was too late to hide. The chances of me entering the wardrobe and closing the door without being seen was slim. I wasn’t going to hide like a coward when there wasn’t a chance. Scooting back out of the wardrobe, I dusted myself off and walked to the center of the room. Cassie’s eyes were wide with shock as she looked from the doorway back to me. Then five men entered.


At first they were shocked to see a lady in the men’s camp. It gave me a slight advantage. “Hi.“ I giggled slightly, tilting my head to the side shyly. From the shadows Cassie shook her head, but I could tell there was a smile beginning to appear on her face. We hadn’t seen any action for quite some time. She emerged from her hiding spot with a small smile.


“What?” Was the only word the confused men could muster as they looked at us with hungry eyes in such a way that made me feel physically ill. Cassie exchanged looks and I raised my eyebrows. The shy innocent act was quickly dropped as I changed it to a smirk.


“Come and get it.“ I taunted, quickly changing into my battle stance. Before they knew what was happening, we attacked.


After purposely missing a swing of my foot over one of the guys head, I quickly dropped down to the floor to avoid a punch and successfully achieve knocking him down with my other leg. His head bounced off of the hard floor rendering him temporarily unconscious.


Cassie’s reflexes were through the roof as every punch and kick aimed for her was dodged with ease. However, because she was so focused on evasion her punches were weaker than usual. Twirling around a punch that was aimed at me, I jumped and executed a split kick knocking two people out at once. Only two were left to go.


One man swung his beefy arm at Cassie, who dodged with a split on the ground. On the way down, she punched him in an area sensitive to the male population. I couldn’t help but laugh as the man clutched himself in pain and dropped to her level. She gave him a sweet smile before giving him another punch, this time in the face. He was out cold. One left.


We both glared at him, but neither one of us made a move. “Please don’t kill me.” He begged. We just raised out eyebrows at him.


“Why not?” I asked. “You killed all those innocent people.” I snapped, torturing him. It was against our policies to kill anyone if it was possible for the situation to be avoided. That is why we only knocked the men out unconscious, despite the fact that deep down I truly wanted them dead.


The man, instead of answering, fainted. Our job was done.


“Wow.” Cassie exclaimed excitedly. “I can’t believe we did that!”


I just smiled at her. “Oh, please. They were just village volunteers to Than’s army. We could have taken a hundred of those and still come out on top.” I told her.


She rolled her eyes at me in disbelief. “Maybe if Wararies were here, right?” She giggled.


“Ugh.” I said in disgust. She was just trying to distract me. “Forget about him. We have to focus on more important things right now.”


Perhaps it wasn’t the smartest idea for us to walk out the door of their secret hideout, but that is exactly what we ended up doing. About a hundred men now stood outside of the area. All of them were looking in our direction with hatred in their eyes.


“I sure hope you meant what you just said.” Cassie said nervously, peering at the angry mob who were prepared to strongly defend their territory.


Staring at the crowd I grinned and said, “This is going to be fun.”