LightReader

Chapter 12 - CHAPTER ELEVEN: NORMALLY I WORK ALONE.

CAMADA'S POINT OF VIEW.

Rave stares at me as I literally 'gallop' to his side in amused surprise.

"Back so soon?" he asks in a taunting tone, I frown;

"L…look at that!" I yell while pointing at the monster that has tailed me,

Rave's expression instantly falls.

He sighs in exhaustion,

"You were only gone for two minutes",

The creature bounds up to us, it is like a huge, mutated horse, it's teeth are enormous and jagged fangs and it charges madly towards us I'm incredible speed.

Rave quickly whips out two huge knives from a latch that doubles as a belt.

"And yet you've already managed to attract trouble"

He pushes me out of the way, and strategically launches himself at the beast,

He manages to give the creature a slash to it's muzzle.

My butt hurts from hitting the ground roughly when Rave pushed me.

-But my ego hurts even more-

"It's not like I attracted the thing to myself!"

I holler out,

"Just shut up for a minute..." he snaps back, as he faces the Creature squarely.

The monster seems to keep a safer distance since it now recognises Rave as a real threat.

Rave perceives the creature objectively.

"There's something kinda familiar with the aura of this beast" he blurts out to nobody in particular just as he begins running towards the beast's direction;

He plans to keep on attacking it ;

-Head on-,

" What do you mean?... more importantly,…I don't think charging forth is such a good idea!".

I caution, noticing how much his actions are disadvantageous,

"Well then…if you have any better idea" he responds whilst attempting to launch an attack at the monster.

"Feel free to demonstrate…" he barely dodges a blow from the beast,

-I feel even more insulted; he literally told me I have nothing to do apart from blab-,

I look around me,

-Is there anything I can use to effectively tackle this unnaturally huge creature?-,

My eyes settle on the small fire Rave had earlier prepared to skin a dead beast,

-Why do all my ideas connect with fire these days?-

I carefully pick the largest firewoods, and crouch down in order to capitalize on Rave distracting the beast, and then when the situation is dire, I'll -STRIKE-

"Seriously…it would be less irritating if you ran away rather than stay here uselessly!"

Rave yells at me in annoyance as he is presently tossed around by the beast,

I giggle,

-My revenge being exacted by some creature-

This infuriates him even more, he viciously stabs at the creature in successive strikes, meanwhile the small embers on the firewood starts dying out

-I panic-

CAMADA'S POV END.

************

TAKI'S STORY: MEMOIR 1.

For some reason, this dark and creepy forest, reminds me very much of my state of mind back at home.

-The cold, empty and frightening atmosphere is something I can reasonate with-

I can never actually adapt to sleeping on itchy grass such as this…but I definitely feel even more comfortable than at home -Home-,

I am the only daughter of the Prime Minister of Pandora with four older brothers, and although the general assumption is that I am cherished for being last born and the only girl, the treatment I receive is quite contrary…even now, the memories are crystal clear, the abuse my mother receives for her status as the second wife, the abuse I receive for being the only child to an inferior wife .

-Sickening!... absolutely sickening!; the system, the hierachy, everything hypocritical sickens me!-

They call themselves heroes, saviours, philanthropists.

-Who would believe that the Prime Minister is equivalently as heartless as a beast?-

I've decided to prove myself;

-By learning magic and becoming strong-

END OF MEMOIR.

"Taki!, Taki wake up…it's time for your shift…"

I am jolted out of my sleep by steady taps, I finally open my eyes.

Thee sight of Yal's sleep-starved face greatly amuses me.

"Please wake up Taki…I'm about to die of sleeplessness" Yal pleads, I smile as I sit up

-That's right, I'll become strong-

TAKI'S POV END.

**********

CAMADA'S POINT OF VIEW.

I blindly launch the flaming woods upon the beast, this stuns it, and it is only able to slightly dodge my attack, however , I have managed to injure it a little, and so it shrieks in pain, Rave capitalizes on its pained frenzy to stab at it multiple times, a final strike, brings it down, I gaze upon the dead body and I turn to glare at Rave victoriously

-I demonstrated didn't I?-,

I am surprised to see Rave staring intently at me.

His eyes aren't angry or taunting like they normally are, rather he seems;

-Intrigued?-

I blush somewhat shamefully at the attention he pays to my face,

"Normally I work alone but…that can't always work out...right hooded one?" he says looking up at the sky,

-It's almost as if there's someone looking back down at him-

I stare at him quizically,

-Hooded one?-

He abruptly turns back to me, ultimately catching me staring. "Let's go" he intones smiling, as he starts walking.

-SMILING?!-

I never thought I would see the day...

"Right…" I respond while catching up to him.

CAMADA'S POV END.

**********

THE HOODED ONE'S POINT OF VIEW.

I smile while gazing at the screen,

Although I can't really see anything, I perceive exactly what I was hoping to see in Rave;

-Understanding-

I smile to myself,

-This disastrous pair really met up to my expectations; Rave has learnt a lesson that I worried he never would-

"Who is he to you, that you would go through the trouble of tampering?"

Gazo asks almost jealously as he stares at the same screen, -I smile-

"The one who's going to ruin the system" I respond simply.

THE HOODED ONE'S POV END.

More Chapters