Second chapter now; again, something I wrote ages ago, over a year now actually. For those that want to know, I'll be posting this untill chapter 5-7 depending on my mood. Comments welcome as ever.
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Chapter 2: The Price of Revenge

Shoxx covered his head as he walked through the village, while it may not be rare to see a Drakan anymore, Shoxx didn’t want to give his ‘host’ any early warning of his arrival. Shoxx stopped in front of the 10 foot high walls surrounding the manor. 10 feet isn’t much of a jump for a Drakan but he felt sure that there where guards on the other side and he didn’t want to make a ruckus as he entered.

Shoxx walked around the wall surveying every inch looking for any kind of opening. Suddenly he was tapped on the shoulder, he hadn’t noticed until now but his hood had come down exposing his face so everyone could see it. Shoxx jumped round ready for a fight. There was a man in his mid 30’s smiling at him; this man wore a tattered t-shirt, Worn jean and heavy work boots. He also had 3 pouches attached to his belt holes and a curved scimitar like sword tied around his hip. However although Shoxx hadn’t recognized the man something about this guy seemed familiar to him.
“Hey, how are you Shoxx?” the man asked, a slight laugh in his voice.
“How do you know my name? I’ve only ever told…” something clicked in Shoxx’s head. The man nodded with a wide smile.
“Thon? What are you doing here?”
“That’s what I was gonna ask you. Why would you come to the house of the man who wants to capture you?”
“Well, first off he has some thing of mine.”
“Me too. He’s got my family in there.”
“I guess that explains why your still here. Say you don’t happen to know an unguarded way in do you?”
Thon paced for a few seconds deep in thought, he then turned back to Shoxx. “Not that I know of. Sorry I can’t be of more help”
“Well, that figures. Guess we’re gonna be making a bit of noise.”
“If its noise you want, then I think I’ve got the perfect thing right here.” Thon said this as a wide grin over came his face, he then produced some explosives from one of his pouches and began to juggle them in his hands.

Shoxx and Thon had agreed that it would be best to wait until nightfall, then place the explosives at the East wall of the building and enter through the south gate once the explosion went off. Once the guards where distracted by the explosion they snuck into the courtyard of the manor, unnoticed by all, this was because every guard in the manor had gone to investigate the east wall as they were convinced they would be attacked from that opening. “I couldn’t have planned this to go better myself.” Shoxx said with mild surprise in his voice.
“I can believe that. Something tells me thinking isn’t your strong suit.” Thon answered, holding back a small laugh. Thon and Shoxx walked up to the front of the manor and noticed that there were three entrances. One each for the east and west wings and one entrance in the middle for the main building. Thon explained that the east wing was for the guards and thugs; the west wing was specifically for his Old boss Piertro and his ‘forms of entertainment’ as he called it. Finally the main building was only used for entertaining guests or for great banquets and the like.
“Ok, you’re the tour guide. Where do we go from here?”
“If Piertro has something valuable that he ‘acquired’ with out the previous owner’s say so he’ll keep it in his private rooms.”
“No. where do we go to find your family”
“I think they’re in the jails, follow me.”

Thon lead Shoxx into the main building through its massive double doors. Once inside they came face to face with no less than twenty people wearing the same armor that Thon had been the previous night. “I think you should handle this. My sword can’t pierce the armor” Thon told Shoxx as he stepped back looking worried. Shoxx just gave a quick laugh and then ran into the middle of the crown slashing at everyone in range. Within two minutes most of the thugs lay unconscious on the ground the rest where groaning and writhing in pain. “For someone who doesn’t like to fight, you sure rushed into that one”
“I said I didn’t like killing. To be perfectly honest I love fighting; can’t really say why.”

The two continued to climb over the bodies, careful not to step on any. Thon lead Shoxx down a small passage that was mostly stairs, eventually they came to a steel door which Thon preceded to open using a key he had liberated from an unconscious thug. Once inside Thon scanned the cells for any sign of his family. After what seemed like an hour Thon stopped at a cell situated against the far wall of the room. Shoxx followed Thon to the cell and was appalled by what he saw. An eight year old boy lay dead on the floor of the cell. The boy had been stabbed several times in his back with a broadsword that was still stuck in his back. Thon smashed to lock to pieces with a swing of his sword and then ran inside the cell. Thon pulled the sword quickly but carefully from the boy and threw it on the floor of the cell, he then proceed to cradle the body of the boy. “I’ll kill him, I’m gonna kill that son of a…”
“Whoa. Slow down. Who’s the kid?”
“He’s name is Jay. He’s my son.” Thon lay down his son’s body gently on the floor, tears streaming down his face. He then rose to his feet, straitened out his face and stormed off out of the prison area.

As Thon crossed the main building he took care to kick and tread on as many of the thugs that he could trying to vent his anger. A few seconds later Shoxx jogged up to Thon (not kicking the bodies along the way). Thon looked at Shoxx and although he was trying to keep a straight face it was easy to see that he was mad and focused on killing Piertro. Shoxx was just about to speak when thon burst out the main door and into the west wing, probably looking for Piertro. Shoxx followed closely behind him sure that he would meet some resistance. Thon turned a corner and noticed a guard with his back turned to him a few meters ahead, without thinking Thon drew his sword, jumped a swung at the mans right shoulder. However the force of the impact of Thon’s sword had shattered it on the man’s armor. The man turned to Thon, drew his own sword raised it above his head ready to strike his unarmed enemy. It was then that Thon noticed to broad sword lying on the floor by his right hand, with out a second though Thon grabbed the sword and raised it to parry. But what happed then no body could have guessed, as he rose the sword a shockwave of air emitted from its blade shattering the thug’s sword and knocking him 5 foot down the hallway. Thon examined the sword; it was made of two separate blades attached at places by thin but sturdy strips of metal and for some odd reason was coloured a kind of sky blue. The hilt seemed as if it was way too small to hold both blades, but despite this the blade was perfectly balanced.

Thon untied and dropped his now useless sheath. Then he proceeded down the hall at a steadier pace, dragging the broad sword on the floor, totally oblivious to Shoxx following closely behind him, he was now only focused on two things; the first was Piertro and the second was revenge. When the two got to the end of the corridor Thon stopped abruptly, facing a steel reinforced door. Shoxx came up next to him examining the door as he walked. “This is it. This is where Piertro pays for what he’s done.” Anger was apparent in Thon’s voice. Shoxx figured that he could end up getting himself killed if he doesn’t calm down but also knew that if he didn’t do it himself he might as well stay angry.

Shoxx sliced through the reinforced doors with little resistance. As soon as the door way cleared Thon barged his way past Shoxx with his Sword at the ready, he was just about ready to dismember Piertro after what he had done. However standing in front of Piertro where six thugs, each of them where wielding two swords of the same design of the one Thon had shattered. “Hum, Irada.” A voice just behind thon announced. “Irada?” Thon had turned round and noticed that Shoxx had closely examined his sword. “Irada is an alloy that is actually slightly harder than Drakan’s talons. So you shouldn’t have any problem piercing their armor.” (Shoxx pointed to the Thugs as he said this) Shoxx’s reply came in a more serious tone than he usually used, it was like the threatening tone he put on when they first met, but Thon could tell that this tone was not a fake one. It was the type of tone one used when they where prepared for a fight.

The six thugs took up positions in front of Thon and Shoxx making it impossible to get to Piertro without a fight. Shoxx studied the thugs looking for an opening. This is when he noticed that Piertro’s armor was different from the thugs, it was few inches thicker and coloured entirely gold while the thugs where wearing red armor with blue trimmings. Thon and Shoxx just nodded at each other and charged the thugs, Thon slicing through the left three while Shoxx Chopped up the right three. Soon enough only thon, Shoxx and Piertro where left standing in the room, thugs bleeding out on the floor could hardly move and would soon be dead.

Shoxx and Thon moved up on Piertro, Piertro was now showing his true colours because he didn’t out number them seven to two. Piertro kept backing away until he was leaning on the rear wall of his room, then the wall opened and Piertro pulled out a woman in her late twenties using her as a human shield. “Thon?”
“Alicia!” Thon turned from Alicia to Shoxx “Shoxx, I’d like you to meet my wife. Alicia.”
“How you doin’?” Shoxx asked Alicia
Thon turned back to Piertro his anger reaching boiling point. “Let her go Piertro. You’ve already killed Jay and I’m not going to let you kill Alice too.” Alice looked guiltily at the floor. After a few seconds she looked up a Thon with her eyes full of tears. “He didn’t kill Jay. I did.”

Alicia explained what had happened. After Thon’s partner way found dead in the mountains, they had assumed Thon himself was also dead as they couldn’t find his body. When this news had reached Alicia she totally lost her temper and left Jay at home to go and see Piertro. Convinced that Piertro was to blame for Thon’s death she was determined to make him pay one way or another for widowing her. Once she reached the manor she had snuck into the armory and stole the broad sword that Thon was now carrying. After she had acquired the sword she made B-line straight for Piertro’s private quarters. Unbeknown to Alicia Jay had followed his mother and way now only feet behind her hiding around a corner. Alicia opened the door into Piertro’s room and snuck inside, just then a Thug walked into the room carrying a struggling jay in his hands. The Thug saw Alicia sneaking around the room with a sword drawn and putting two and two together he threw Jay to one side, drew his own sword and attacked Alicia. Alicia dodged the attack and thrust the sword into the man’s side. The thug fell to the floor; however the sound of the man’s armor hitting the ground had woken Piertro. Alicia lunged at him, but Piertro had grabbed Jay who lay unconscious on the floor next to him and used him as a human shield. The sword had pierced Jay’s heart killing him instantly. Alicia dropped to her knees, dropped the sword and cried into her hand. Shortly afterwards some thugs came and through her into the hidden room.

As Alicia’s story came to an end Thon’s temper came to a boil. “Using my son as a shield. How low can you get?”
“Hey, it’s survival of the fittest, you either kill or get killed” Piertro answered with a cocky laugh.
Shoxx looked at Piertro with a cold stare. “If that’s the way you see it then I won’t stop Thon when he lands the killing blow”
“What ever. Thon can’t touch me as long as I have his wife as my hostage”
“Maybe, but you won’t have her for much longer.” As Shoxx finished his sentence he seemed to disappear. A second later he reappeared behind Piertro with his talons dug into Piertro’s hands forcing him to release Alicia. Alicia ran over to Thon. “Thon now, straight through the stomach” Shoxx yelled this as he held Piertro in place with one arm around his neck and one holding his right arm so he couldn’t draw his own sword. Thon ran straight at Piertro and trust his sword straight through Piertro Breast plate. However the sword had lodged half way through it and Thon didn’t have the strength to move it an inch. Piertro laughed “You’re too weak to piece my armor completely” Piertro Said to Thon.
“He may be, but I’m not” as he said this Shoxx came round the front of Piertro place both hands on the sword and pushed it through until it pierced Piertro’s heart forcing him to cough up blood. Shoxx removed the sword from Piertro and handed it to Thon “You might want to hang onto this; it seems to come in handy” Shoxx’s voice had gone back to its usual warm tone.

Shoxx, Thon and Alicia fled from the manor at top speed, Shoxx mowing down any resistance. Once outside the town Thon took a small box like object with a button on top of it out of a pouch and pressed the button. An explosion went off at the manor reducing it to rubble. Shoxx and Alicia both looked sternly at Thon, “What? I had a few spare.” The three just laughed and walked off into the forest.