Ethan was tied against a pole, his hands were tied up in a very comfortable manner. The leader of the group, Lord Cyrus stepped out again, with a cigarette in his hand."Ah...what a pleasant day. Isn't it, Ethan Vanguard?" He asked in his posh accent. Ethan didn't respond to his question."Oh, now you won't answer me." Lord Cyrus stated and laughed."Make the knots even tighter." He ordered.Two of his soldiers came forward with an extra metallic rope. They tied Ethan's hands with it, tearing his skin as they did."Arghhh." Ethan groaned as blood trickled down his body.Lord Cyrus walked to Ethan's front and held his jaw."How I wish the people of Armoria could see their legion commander right now, weak and almost lifeless in my arms." He sneered.Ethan spat on his face in response. Lord Cyrus frowned and banged Ethan's head against the pole."How dare you?!" He fumed. "Your mouth stinks." Ethan responded.Lord Cyrus's eyes narrowed, he looked at some of his soldiers standing a few
Everyone were beginning to lose hope on finding Ethan as nothing had been heard concerning him yet. The house was gloomy, the dishes were left undone, everything was dusty. It looked like there was no one in the house but Elizabeth and Skyler were there. Valerie had gone home after her mother had summoned her. Therese had felt that Valerie would be able to take whatever news that came to her if she was around her family.Today, it was Lieutenant Keith himself that had come to see Ethan's family. Skyler didn't look so enthusiastic to see him but Elizabeth was. Skyler sighed and went into her room, she didn't want to hear anything."Lieutenant, how is my son? What is going on with him? Is there any update? Has he been found?" Elizabeth asked desperately.Lieutenant shook his head."I'm sorry he hasn't." He started, and Elizabeth's shoulders slumped in sadness."But we do have an update." He added."Okay, what is it?" Elizabeth asked, with her eyes widened.***************Skyler turned
Back at Ethan's house, there was a small crowd forming in front of the house. They were holding placards and thrusting th upwards into the air. Elizabeth and Skyler peeped through the window. “Mom, it seems to be a peaceful protest.”Keith, who was also in the house with them, began making calls to have security men mobilized to the location. Elizabeth decided to pay more attention to the words that were being said, “bring back Ethan vanguard! Bring back Armoria’s hero!” They chanted in unison.She felt a bit relieved to know that people were out there and they wanted Ethan back as much as she wanted. “I'll go out there and make sure I clear up the crowd,” Keith said and then left the sitting room. Skyler wanted to follow after him but then Irene immediately stepped in her path. “You brother wanted me to protect you, I'll do just that. I can't let you go out like this.”Skyler sighed and then turned to face her mother. “Don't worry mom, Ethan will be rescued.”Her phone began buzz
Ethan's eyes fluttered open to the view of some men hovering around him. He was on his knees, each of his arms tied to individual poles on either side. His head hung loosely, and his body trembled in weakness. It's been almost three days, three days with no food. Adjacent to him, not too far off was Jax, who was also weak and covered in bruises. For the first time, Ethan felt truly defeated. He didn't have any escape plan, because there was none. Cyrus walked up to him. “Ethan Vanguard, today is the day you die!” he threatened. Ethan shared a knowing look with Jax, this was it, this was how they’d go. He squeezed his eyes shut in acceptance of his fate. Cyrus grabbed a blade that was lying on a table in the distance and struck it against some rocks to sharpen it. Each time the blade met with the rocks, Ethan swallowed. Lord Cyrus was wearing a shit eating grin as he neared Ethan, much to Ethan’s surprise, Cyrus moved behind him and simply just stood there. The Legion commander d
Skyler and Elizabeth were hiding in their rooms, their backs pressed against the wall. Irene held out her fun, her vigilant eyes fixed on the door. Two strange men had broken into the house and there was no doubt that they were coming for Elizabeth and Skyler. Just then the shrill of a phone ringing filled the air and Skyler's eyes widened, it was her phone ringing. She immediately accepted the call so that the sound of the ringing would end. “I'll call you back,” Skyler whispered in a shaky voice and just before she could hang up a gunshot ripple through the air, making her flinch and drop the phone. The screen cracked up on impact to the ground and the phone went off instantly. Irene looked back at the two women tucking her gun behind her. “You two stay here, don't come out no matter what. I'll go check out what's going on outside.”Elizabeth and Skyler I wanted to stop her but they were defenseless either way, so they nodded. Irene stepped out of the room looking both ways b
Cyrus had his gun pointed at Ethan, but before he could pull the trigger the soldier who had rescued Ethan lunged forward, kicking the gun away from lord Cyrus's grip. The gun hit the floor with a clatter, and he and Cyrus began to struggle. “Go!” The man said to Ethan. Ethan was still skeptical, he wasn't just going to abandon this man here. Jax grabbed Ethan by the shoulder and pulled him backwards. “You can't stay here and try to fight, you can't win this, not like this.”Ethan wanted to argue, but he knew what Jax was saying was true. “C’mon let's go! We can still make it!” Ethan said, trying to reason with the man who was pinning Cyrus down. “Just go before the rest of them come here and kill all of us!”Without being left with much of a choice, Ethan and Jax had to make a run for it. “Do you have any idea where they kept the other men?” Ethan asked. “Sir I respect your decisions, we cannot rescue these men, not in our current state.”“I took an oath to protect them,” Ethan
Valerie quickly swerved her steering wheel sideways but it didn't stop the truck from colliding with her car. This caused her car to skid off road, and then somersault.She was thrusted forward but her seat belt yanked her backwards keeping her secure to the seat. Her world slanted and rotated several times as her car tumbled. The air bags were immediately deployed and for a moment it was a safe time had stopped. She couldn't feel anything, just the adrenaline coursing through her body. Her car finally came to a stop, and the truck driver had run off, not caring to stop and check if Valerie was still alright. Valerie could feel blood rushing towards her head and that was when she registered that her car was upside down. She tried to remove the seat belt but it was jammed. The small cuts on her face had begun to bleed out and all the windows were shattered.“Hello?” Keith's voice suddenly rang. From the corner of her eye she could see the glow of her phone. She remembered that she
Ethan was tethering close to the edge of the massive waterfall. There was no doubt that a fall from there would kill him instantly. Jax had managed to grab onto a rock which was very close to the riverbank and was managing to crawl his way out of the dangerous waters. Ethan was still being violently tugged by the water current. It seemed like all hope was lost for him until he managed to grab onto a large exposed tree root, coming from one of the trees that was growing by the river banks. He didn't let go, securing his arms around the road with all of his strength. The water continued to crash against his face, giving him little time to catch his breath in between.His lungs had begun to burn but he didn't care he just held on tight. He began to crawl, wrapping his legs around the road and inching forward towards the riverbank. Jax watched in anticipation on the other side with his heart in his mouth. Finally Ethan was able to make it to the riverbank and he immediately crashed a