Chapter 2 - A Strange New Place.
“Ugh, what happened?” Scout groaned from the uncomfortable position he was in. Pyro was laying nearby entangled with Spy while Engineer lay sprawled across Scout’s legs.
“Merde, where are we?” Spy moaned as he tried to untangled himself from Pyro. The ground underneath them was covered in healthy grass and a vast amount of tree surrounded them.
“Dang nabbit. As if I know Spah!” Engineer shouted.
“Mmmf.” Pyro mumbled. “Mmph Mmh?”
“I’m trying.” Spy muttered as he squirmed out of the tangled mess that was their limbs. Engineer rolled over onto his back allowing Scout to get up.
“Hey. Where’s my hat?” Scout asked. Spy looked over and laughed.
“Haha! That outfit!” Spy kept laughing even when he started to snort.
“W-What are you talking about! You look weird too!” Scout shouted back. Scout looked down at his clothes, rather than the usual uniform that he wore a old fashioned, green and brown leather tunic stood in place of his shirt. Dark brown pants replaced his gray ones. His feet were completely barefoot yet he still wore his dog tags. He looked like an elf from a fantasy novel. “What the hell?!”
Spy was wearing a completely black outfit with his normal mask and a massive hood. Engineer looked the same just without his normal gear. Rather than his overalls and t-shirt he wore a plain ivory coloured shirt with light brown pants. Pyro wore their normal outfit but something that looked like fairy wings were strapped to their back and a ring of flowers crowned the pyromaniac's head as well as their wrists.
“What the heck is goin’ on?” Engineer questioned.
“I can tell you that!” A unknown voice said, it’s overly cheerful tone very loud. Out of the trees stepped what looked like something out of the pages of a fantasy book.
“What the heck are you!?” Scout shouted as he scrambled away.
“A forest spirit!” The creature chirped.
“AHHH!” Scout shouted as charged forward with a stick and whacking it to the ground before repeatedly hitting the creature with the stick. Pyro mumbled with protest before shoving Scout away and crouching in front of the dead creature. Before they could do anything else shouting came from somewhere to the east of the small clearing.
“What do we do?” Scout asked.
“We use zhese.” Spy said as he dumped some weapons in the middle of the clearing. He pulled a dagger and a few throwing knives.
“Where did you get these?” Scout questioned as he grabbed a bow and arrow and strapped it onto his back. Engineer picked up a slightly rusty sword and some leather armor and put it on. A small, smooth stick was the last in the pile. Some fancy carving curved around it as well as a few small stones. Pyro picked it up and waved it around causing flowered to grow nearby. Pyro giggled with enjoyment as the shouting got closer.
“They’re in here!” The voice of a man shouted. A large group of armed men enter the clearing.
“Hold your ground.” Spy muttered as the stood in the center of the clearing.
“You're under arrest for treason against the King!” One man who sat on large, black, horse shouted. He seemed like the leader.
“We don’t know what your talking ‘bout but we ain’t comin’ peacefully!” Scout shouted as he put and arrow in the notch of his bow. Scout turned to Spy before whispering in the man’s ear. “You still got your cloak n’ dagger?” Spy nodded. The armed men around them had arrows in the notches of their own bows. No one moved as the tension between them grew and grew. Spy cloaked causing the men to become startled and panicked. Scout took this distraction to fire at a few of them with his weapon as Engineer and Pyro ran forward, Engineer hacking away with his sword and Pyro creating fire with that twig of theirs. A strangled cry came from a man behind them as Spy dug a knife into his throat.
“Aw geez Spy was that necessary?” Scout moaned as he shot an arrow into one horse’s knee causing it to go tumbling to the ground and the man on top to be crushed to death by the weight.
“Quit your yappin’ Scout. Now ain’t the time.” Engineer shouted as he drew his sword out from a burning corpse. The remaining guards ran away in fear as Scout shot an arrow into one man’s eye. The smell of burning flesh permeated the air around them as they regrouped in the middle of the bloodstained clearing.
“Hudda hudda.” Pyro mumbled cheerfully.
“We should get a move on before other people discover zhis clearing.” Spy bluntly said. Scout wandered over to one of the dead bodies that wasn’t burn of hacked to bits. An arrow had pierced through his eye and into the skull. A worn, leather satchel lay beside him. Scout picked it up and peaked inside. Inside was a canteen of water, 2 loaves of bread, some cheese, a medium sized chunk of meat, some matches, two packets of cigarettes and a small book. Tying up the string to close it, Scout flung the thing onto his shoulder.
“Hey guys. I found some supplies off one of the dead dudes.” Scout mentioned. “Food n’ matches and stuff.”
“Well I’ll be, nice job Scoot.” Engineer said as he patted the man on the back. Spy walked back over with three other satchels in his arms. He tossed one to Engineer and the other to Pyro while he strapped the other one across himself.
“Where do we go?” Scout questioned. Spy pointed to the rising smoke in the sky.
“Maybe zhere?”
(Leaving it on a cliff hanger. if you haven't read the first one. Go read it ya dipshit. Anyway Chapter 3 will be out as soon as i can be bothered to write more. Art by me
Edit: Thanks for.. wow 30 likes? Anyway forgot the link to the last chapter. Unknown Magic - Chapter 1 )
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