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Hama Of The Riddermark · 09-30-2004, 08:11 AM

Hama saw Sandrina kill the man, but he was too well conditioned to flinch as he saw the headless body slump to the floor. He heard footsteps behind him a fraction too late as a sword swung into his armour, knocking him off balance. Regaining his footing he turned to see a familiar face. "John" he said, stepping forward and thrusting, which was parried. "Hama, I knew you'd be here, always the Lightheart's loyal dog." this time the mercenary slashed, and Hama parried and darted forward, ramming his sword into the mercenary's chest up to the hilt, it burst through his back in a shower of blood. "Better a loyal dog than a dead one." he spat into the man's face, letting him slide off his sword to the ground.

Hama heard a cry...Sandrina! He looked round and saw a man holding her round the waist in an attempt to keep her still for another man to kill her. Hama cried out as he ran towards them. The man holding Sandrina looked round and saw Hama, Hama saw his eyebrows raise in fear as he hurled his sword. It sliced the shoulder of Sandrina's shirt as it spun, pushing through the man's neck. He fell, desperately clutching the sword as he tried to pull it out. Sandrina screamed as blood spurted onto her clothes and ran towards the second man just as Hama fired, the arrow ripped the other shoulder of her shirt before thudding into the mercenary's chest. As he sank to the ground, Hama ran up to Sandrina. "Sandrina...you're good, but not strong. Do not take on men twice your size, or you will end up dead."

starkat · 10-01-2004, 08:27 AM

The battle had begun. Anora had crossed swords with one of the mercenaries and Was trying to disarm him. The man was taller and heftier than she had fought before, so she was having trouble. Suddenly she tripped and just as the man was about to kill her an arrow knocked him backwards.

Anora caught a glimpse of Hama and nodded her thanks. She ran over beside him and Sandrina and the three of them stood together.

Crystal Heart · 10-01-2004, 12:26 PM

Sandrina shook in fear. Only moments prior she had been in the grasp of two men, bothing asking each other would would be able to get to do what they wanted with her first before killing her. Hama had saved her. If he had not she would have been dead.

Her split sleves hung down and flapped in the small breeze. She ripped them off and threw them to the ground. She grabbed Hama's hand and pulled him away from the battle. Her chest heaved, trying to pull more air into her frightened lungs.

"Hama," Sandrina gasped as she ran, "There is no way that we can stay here. There are too many. I, I've grown too tired to fight. I can barely weild my sword. If you do not stay with me, then I fear that I shall die before my time."

Sandrina tripped upon the ground, nearly falling completely face first into the grass. Her legs shook violently and she knew that she could not carry on. She had already killed, three men, or something like that. She could no longer recall. She had seen too much death and blood and she had pushed herself past her own limits. She had drained herself.

She grabbed the front of his shirt and pulled his face closer to her.

"Leave me. Save the others. Their lives are more important," Sandrina pleaded. Her eyes shimmered with tears that she tried to hold onto. She swallowed hard against her words. More memories that she had lost came swarming into her mind. Memories of a long forgotten love for the man before her. She had forgotten, but her heart had not. It explained what she had been feeling deep inside since she met him.

She wanted him to save himself. She did not want to see him die here. His life, above all others, was more important to her then anything else in the world. She closed her eyes and kissed him softly before pushing him forward.

"Go. Please. I beg you."

Hama Of The Riddermark · 10-01-2004, 02:50 PM

Hama looked at Sandrina, he saw the tears flowing down her cheeks. He smiled the first real smile she'd seen form him as a tear escaped the corner of his eye momentarily before he blinked it away. "No, Sandrina. I swore that I would protect you, you are the most important thing here right now. I cannot let you just die here. There are only one or two left now, we WILL come through this." Sandrina looked up at him from the ground and her brow creased as she tried to stop more tears. "You are so unlike how I remember you, Sandrina." Hama smiled, "The girl I knew before was not the sort who could kill a man, even if he attacked her." Sandrina gulped, "I still can't." she sobbed, "I still can't kill heartlessly, I'm no soldier, Hama."

"Drop your sword!" Came a voice from behind. Hama felt cold steel against the back of his enck and lamented his misfortune. He stood slowly up, throwing his sword a few feet away before moving with the sword of the mercenary. He stopped, and Hama heard the swish of the sword and squeezed his eyes shut. He screamed in pain as it sliced deep into his lower back and he fell to the floor in a spray of blood. The nmercenary looked pleased with himself and moved over to Sandrina. Hama looked through his hazy eyes to see him clamber on top of her. "Well Missy, looks like your little quest has failed." he said heartlessly as he began to unbuckle his leggings. "Not if..." Hama crawled up and rose to his feet, pushing his regained sword through the mercenary's shoulder, Sandrina screamed again as the point pushed through and cut her slightly, and as the man coughed blood onto her chest. Hama rolled the mercenay off Sandrina with his foot. *I can help it..." he finished his sentence, before swooning and falling onto his back.

Crystal Heart · 10-01-2004, 03:25 PM

Sandrina picked up Hama's sword and chopped the man until she was sure that he was dead. Then she dropped to her knees where he had fallen. She placed a hand upon his face. It was still warm and he was breathing.

"Hama!!" Sandrina screamed in terror, hoping that he would wake to the sound of her voice. He didn't move. She shook him violently. Yet he didn't move. She fell upon his chest, sobbing. Totally unable to move away from him. She could hear his heart beat and his strong breathing, but she was so afraid that if she moved that he would die.

She finally raised herself up off of him and pulled him over. The gash in his lower back was deep and bleeding. She grabbed her sleves and tied them together and tied it around him the best that she could, ripping more of her shirt to stop the bleeding. She looked up.

"RAEN. ANORA, ANYONE!! HELP!!!!!!!!" Sandrina screamed at the top of her lungs, hoping that they would hear her in time.

starkat · 10-01-2004, 03:52 PM

Anora had only been a couple of steps away from Hama and Sandrina when Hama had been wounded. The man she was currently fighting was more than the sword maiden could handle, but suddenly the mercenary slipped. Anora's blade came down and she took off towards Sandrina. The remainder of the mercenaries were facing the remainder of their group.

"What happened?"

"Hama got stabbed protecting me." Sandrina choked out. "He is still breathing."

Anora took no time in checking Hama's pulse and tearing her own cloak to add to the padding that Sandrina had already done. I hope the rangers can help him more than I can. They must know more about the herbs that we need. Sandrina's sobs drew her attention.

"Sandrina, we are doing everything we can. Raen and the others will probably know more than I do to help him." Anora looked in the direction that she had last seen the rangers. Just as she spotted them, the last of the mercenaries were taken down.

Anora called out to them. "Raen, Braedon! Hama needs help. Where is Haven?"

09-30-2004, 08:11 AM	#1
Hama Of The Riddermark Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 282	Hama saw Sandrina kill the man, but he was too well conditioned to flinch as he saw the headless body slump to the floor. He heard footsteps behind him a fraction too late as a sword swung into his armour, knocking him off balance. Regaining his footing he turned to see a familiar face. "John" he said, stepping forward and thrusting, which was parried. "Hama, I knew you'd be here, always the Lightheart's loyal dog." this time the mercenary slashed, and Hama parried and darted forward, ramming his sword into the mercenary's chest up to the hilt, it burst through his back in a shower of blood. "Better a loyal dog than a dead one." he spat into the man's face, letting him slide off his sword to the ground. Hama heard a cry...Sandrina! He looked round and saw a man holding her round the waist in an attempt to keep her still for another man to kill her. Hama cried out as he ran towards them. The man holding Sandrina looked round and saw Hama, Hama saw his eyebrows raise in fear as he hurled his sword. It sliced the shoulder of Sandrina's shirt as it spun, pushing through the man's neck. He fell, desperately clutching the sword as he tried to pull it out. Sandrina screamed as blood spurted onto her clothes and ran towards the second man just as Hama fired, the arrow ripped the other shoulder of her shirt before thudding into the mercenary's chest. As he sank to the ground, Hama ran up to Sandrina. "Sandrina...you're good, but not strong. Do not take on men twice your size, or you will end up dead."

10-01-2004, 08:27 AM	#2
starkat Wight Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Cair Paravel during the Golden Age of Narnia Posts: 146	The battle had begun. Anora had crossed swords with one of the mercenaries and Was trying to disarm him. The man was taller and heftier than she had fought before, so she was having trouble. Suddenly she tripped and just as the man was about to kill her an arrow knocked him backwards. Anora caught a glimpse of Hama and nodded her thanks. She ran over beside him and Sandrina and the three of them stood together.

10-01-2004, 12:26 PM	#3
Crystal Heart Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Rohan Posts: 568	Sandrina shook in fear. Only moments prior she had been in the grasp of two men, bothing asking each other would would be able to get to do what they wanted with her first before killing her. Hama had saved her. If he had not she would have been dead. Her split sleves hung down and flapped in the small breeze. She ripped them off and threw them to the ground. She grabbed Hama's hand and pulled him away from the battle. Her chest heaved, trying to pull more air into her frightened lungs. "Hama," Sandrina gasped as she ran, "There is no way that we can stay here. There are too many. I, I've grown too tired to fight. I can barely weild my sword. If you do not stay with me, then I fear that I shall die before my time." Sandrina tripped upon the ground, nearly falling completely face first into the grass. Her legs shook violently and she knew that she could not carry on. She had already killed, three men, or something like that. She could no longer recall. She had seen too much death and blood and she had pushed herself past her own limits. She had drained herself. She grabbed the front of his shirt and pulled his face closer to her. "Leave me. Save the others. Their lives are more important," Sandrina pleaded. Her eyes shimmered with tears that she tried to hold onto. She swallowed hard against her words. More memories that she had lost came swarming into her mind. Memories of a long forgotten love for the man before her. She had forgotten, but her heart had not. It explained what she had been feeling deep inside since she met him. She wanted him to save himself. She did not want to see him die here. His life, above all others, was more important to her then anything else in the world. She closed her eyes and kissed him softly before pushing him forward. "Go. Please. I beg you."

10-01-2004, 02:50 PM	#4
Hama Of The Riddermark Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 282	Hama looked at Sandrina, he saw the tears flowing down her cheeks. He smiled the first real smile she'd seen form him as a tear escaped the corner of his eye momentarily before he blinked it away. "No, Sandrina. I swore that I would protect you, you are the most important thing here right now. I cannot let you just die here. There are only one or two left now, we WILL come through this." Sandrina looked up at him from the ground and her brow creased as she tried to stop more tears. "You are so unlike how I remember you, Sandrina." Hama smiled, "The girl I knew before was not the sort who could kill a man, even if he attacked her." Sandrina gulped, "I still can't." she sobbed, "I still can't kill heartlessly, I'm no soldier, Hama." "Drop your sword!" Came a voice from behind. Hama felt cold steel against the back of his enck and lamented his misfortune. He stood slowly up, throwing his sword a few feet away before moving with the sword of the mercenary. He stopped, and Hama heard the swish of the sword and squeezed his eyes shut. He screamed in pain as it sliced deep into his lower back and he fell to the floor in a spray of blood. The nmercenary looked pleased with himself and moved over to Sandrina. Hama looked through his hazy eyes to see him clamber on top of her. "Well Missy, looks like your little quest has failed." he said heartlessly as he began to unbuckle his leggings. "Not if..." Hama crawled up and rose to his feet, pushing his regained sword through the mercenary's shoulder, Sandrina screamed again as the point pushed through and cut her slightly, and as the man coughed blood onto her chest. Hama rolled the mercenay off Sandrina with his foot. *I can help it..." he finished his sentence, before swooning and falling onto his back.

10-01-2004, 03:25 PM	#5
Crystal Heart Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Rohan Posts: 568	Sandrina picked up Hama's sword and chopped the man until she was sure that he was dead. Then she dropped to her knees where he had fallen. She placed a hand upon his face. It was still warm and he was breathing. "Hama!!" Sandrina screamed in terror, hoping that he would wake to the sound of her voice. He didn't move. She shook him violently. Yet he didn't move. She fell upon his chest, sobbing. Totally unable to move away from him. She could hear his heart beat and his strong breathing, but she was so afraid that if she moved that he would die. She finally raised herself up off of him and pulled him over. The gash in his lower back was deep and bleeding. She grabbed her sleves and tied them together and tied it around him the best that she could, ripping more of her shirt to stop the bleeding. She looked up. "RAEN. ANORA, ANYONE!! HELP!!!!!!!!" Sandrina screamed at the top of her lungs, hoping that they would hear her in time.

10-01-2004, 03:52 PM	#6
starkat Wight Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Cair Paravel during the Golden Age of Narnia Posts: 146	Anora had only been a couple of steps away from Hama and Sandrina when Hama had been wounded. The man she was currently fighting was more than the sword maiden could handle, but suddenly the mercenary slipped. Anora's blade came down and she took off towards Sandrina. The remainder of the mercenaries were facing the remainder of their group. "What happened?" "Hama got stabbed protecting me." Sandrina choked out. "He is still breathing." Anora took no time in checking Hama's pulse and tearing her own cloak to add to the padding that Sandrina had already done. I hope the rangers can help him more than I can. They must know more about the herbs that we need. Sandrina's sobs drew her attention. "Sandrina, we are doing everything we can. Raen and the others will probably know more than I do to help him." Anora looked in the direction that she had last seen the rangers. Just as she spotted them, the last of the mercenaries were taken down. Anora called out to them. "Raen, Braedon! Hama needs help. Where is Haven?"