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Arvious came bursting out of the main hall, and seeing Anubis asked, "What happened to him?" 

"Tried to use his powers, didn't work," Demonsul said.  "Orders?"

"Yeah,"  Arvious said.  "We're taking an armoury deep in the enemy forces.  The escape route is supposedly there.  We should get going."

Having regained his strength while waiting for Arvious, Anubis was able to stand and join the group in the battle.  After taking refuge in the workshop, Arvious gave his next orders.

"Alright, we have the Devarians falling back, thanks to our help.  However, we need to split up and flank these soldiers in the main road.  Demonsul, Adam and Anubis, you go up the stairs in this building and walk on the rooftops until you reach the armoury.  Charley and Rell, you all are with me.  We're gonna sneak through the alleyways until we get to the armoury.  Hopefully, the guards will be able to hold off the forces.  Let's go, let's go!"

Nodding his consent, Anubis looked at Adam and Demonsul. "All right guys, let's do this!" Taking the stairs two at a time, Anubis ran up to the roof.  Then walking hunched over to avoid being spotted he made his way across the roofs.  Any Devarians unlucky enough to happen below him he would kill by pulling up one of the heavy shingles and dropping it on the Devarians skull, smashing it immeadiately.  Smiling at his companions he said, "It may be a little unorthodox, but it works great."

Edward, NOT Charley, followed Arvious into the armoury and searched around for the escape route.  He did not find anything and became frustrated with the search.  He then looked over at Arvious and saw a strange stone sticking out of the wall.  He opened his mouth to say something, but Arvious then kicked it.  The wall opened up and Edward decided that he was too slow to get the credit for it.  He lined up behind Arvious and followed him into the tunnel.

[[Rofl, sorry Edward.  Get's a little confusing switching the names sometimes.]]

[[Yeesh, give me some time.  This is my first successful RP, and I have no intention of ruining it with sloppy writing.  It'll continue tommorow. okay?]]

[[It is tommorow now -_-.  I didn't know I had so much crap I had to do today.]]

Arvious and the group grew inpatient as they continued walks through the tunnel.  They had been walking in there for so long, the torch was about to go out.  After much exasperationg, they reach the end of the tunnel, which, of course, was blocked.

"Haha!" Arvious yelled.  "I'll just kick a stone sticking out of the wall."

Arvious looked around the tunnel and found a stone sticking out.  Arvious ran up to it and kicked it.  A few moments later, Arvious is rolling on the floor, yelling in pain.  The brick really was a misplaced brick.

"ARGH, THAT WAS A BRICK!!!"  Arvious yelled.  He miserably got up and pushed another brick sticking out of the wall, and the tunnel opened up.  Arvious ran up to the closeby river and dipped his foot into the cool waters.

"Ahhh...  Okay men.  Geran Fortress is out of our line of sight, so I'm guessing we are closing in on Moorvora.  When we get there, we will rest for a day, and then stowaway on a cargo ship heading to the island city of Porlos.  We will head to Moorvoro... after my foot heals.  Ow, ow, ow..."

  As the tunnel stretched on and on forever, Anubis began meditating to past the time, so didn't even realize that the group had stopped until he heard Arvious yell, "Haha! I'll just kick a stone sticking out of the wall." Opening his eyes, Anubis was just in time to see the great warrior kick a brick which was quite firmly attached then yell like he had broken a couple of toes.  "Is this really the mighty hero that I had heard so much about?" Anubis wondered a little taken back.  After they got out of the tunnel Arvious spoke again. 

"Ahhh...  Okay men.  Geran Fortress is out of our line of sight, so I'm guessing we are closing in on Moorvora.  When we get there, we will rest for a day, and then stowaway on a cargo ship heading to the island city of Porlos.  We will head to Moorvoro... after my foot heals.  Ow, ow, ow..."

Arvious got up and took a look at his foot, which had turned purple.  He stood up and wrapped the foot with a piece of damp cloth and turned to his team.

"Sorry about being an ass and kicking a brick sticking out of the wall,"  Arvious muttered.  "Come one, let's get going."

The group walked for a couple of minutes before setting eyes on the first enemy town they would be visiting, Moorvora.  Due to the fighting in this area claiming and reclaiming this land, Moorvora has become neutral, and harbors both sides of the war.  Arvious continued walking while talking.

"Be very discreet here... unlike my blunder in the caves.  While this zone is neutreal, that does not mean that the inhabitants are all on the same side.  If people were to disccover that we were from the Reveritt Republic, we would not only blow our cover, but we might have to fight all the way to Sairio."

When they reached the town gates, guards walked towards Arvious.

"Your name and purpose."

"Well,"  Arvious said.  He allowed everyone to introduce themselves, and Arvious began to talk.  "And I am Arv... um, Leon.  Yes, and we will be selling goods here, jah."

The group began to stare at Arvious oddly, and th4e guards began to speak.

"I see no goods," he sneered.

"We have many food items ready, yes?"  Arvious showed them their massive food stocks.

"...Okay, we'll let you in.  But, seriously, what land did you come from, with such a strange accent like that?"

Arvious ignored him and walked on past the gate.

"If you're wondering why I did that, I'm pretty sure that guard knows who I am, so I chose I different name.  Okay, I'm going to see the next available boat we can use, the rest of you can go find an inn and get some rest."

Arvious walked off...

Edward introduced himself as Hamas Darlim, a trader of cheap weapons.  He pulled out several daggers that he had gotten from his adventures and gave one of them to the guards.  He kept his sword hidden underneath his black cloak and walked past, almost daring the guards to try something.  He listened to Arvious and decided to go to go find an inn to spend the night in. 
He found "The Dragon's Den" which was a older looking tavern.  He walked through the doors, ignoring the glances his way, and moved to the bar.  He whispered to the bartender, who's eyes widened in surprise, and he poured an unknown drink.  Edward drank it down in one gulp and then headed upstairs to a room.  He picked one at the end of the hallway, with a good view of the area thanks to the windows.  It also gave him a good escape route if enemies tried coming after him through the tavern.  There were hay bales outside the windows and several alleyways that could throw off pursuers.  He sat down on his bed and closed his eyes, going into a light sleep.

Edward opened his eyes and glanced at the window to see Anubis knocking at them.  He looked around carefully before opening the window and grabbed him by his arms.  He yanked him into the room swiftly and closed the windows again.  He pulled the curtains closed quickly.
"Were you followed? Nevermind that for now.  What do you want?"

Edward walked to the door and made sure it was still locked before sitting on a chair.

Edward listened carefully and then moved towards the door, pressing his ear against it.
"Everyone can be trusted as far as I know.  They were hand picked for this mission.  Get out the window and I will follow you.  Be swift and invisible to all eyes that wish to find us."

Edward moved away from the door and threw his back cloak around himself.  The material would hide him well in the coming darkness that was not far away.  The group had gotten far in a single day, but now they would have to move in the dark.

Edward quickly followed after Anubis, careful to remove all trace of his presence in the room.  He closed the window quickly and landed softly in the hay before dashing off after Anubis.  He raced silently down the alleyways, noticing that the docks were not as far away as he thought they were.

[[Anubis, no pl- oh, I don't give a damn.  I was gonna have me recognized in the plot sometime...]]

"Anyway, I would like to have a look at this boat here,"  Arvious said, pretending to be a dock official.  "There's been a black market trade here, and I've been instructed to check every boat in this town for illegal imports."

"Alright, here, 'ave a look."  The idiot showed Arvious into the boat, and saw there was much room for his group to be when they sneaked onto this boat.  Arvious pretended to look at all the crates, and then walked out of the boat.

"All looks good,"  he told the man.  "Good to know there are a few good boats here."

Arvious walked up, but behind him, a man approched the boat captain.

"I would like to have a look at this boat here,"  he said.  "There's been a black market trade here, and I've been instructed to check every boat in this town for illegal imports."

"Wait,"  the man said.  He looked at Arvious walk away and pulled his sword out.

"Wait here."

The man began to pursue Arvious, who noticed the man running at him, and began to run at full speed.  He ran until he reached an alley, and pulled his sword out.  The captain followed him into the alley and ran up to Arvious.  It really wasn't much of a fight.  Arvious quickly parried the first blow and struck the captain on the side with the blunt end.  Arvious then struck with quick, yet deadly swiftness, and knocked the man off his feet.  He then noticed people heading toward the alley.  Arvious pulled his bow out and aimmed at one of the men, when he recognized the man to be Edward , with Anubis running by his side.

"What are you two doing here?" Arvious said.

Edward followed Anubis and listened carefully.
"It would be best to run now and chat afterwards.  I am probably better than any mercenary or elite soldier following us, but we are outnumbered greatly.  Let's get to a ship and get out of here."

Adam had been watching the proceedings of Arvious, he had decided to maintain a low profile after sneaking past the guards especially when he saw the best of the elite Devarians roaming the city looking for them. At once he knew that there was a traitor amongst them, they couldn't have been discovered so quickly and so precisely, his mind began to suspect those whom he hadn't seen in quite a while. He dropped himself from the building which a jump amidst swirling robes. He got up and called out to the 3 of them, 'Hold your fire, (looking especially at Arvious, annoyance about the tunnel incidence still etched on his face) It's me Adam.

[[It was from a distance, Anubis just thought that you killed him :) ]]

Sitting in the darkened room of the Dragon's den.  Anubis began pushing at the curse that bound his powers.  Testing very slowly he tried to do the simplest and most basic signs and powers.  Even though he could not do them, and trying even on such a small scale was making him sick, he pushed past the pain and nausia determined to regain some of his powers.

Rell drew his bow and with lightning speed, he shot off an arrow. It struck one in the neck, he shot off another, and it struck another man in the head. Then, when they got close, he drew his cutlass and began dueling them.

As the group of men rushed forward, Anubis ran to meet them.  Twirling his staff over his head, he brought it down hard on the head of the first warrior crushing it like an over ripe melon.  Then he was in the thick of the group, blocking and twisting with lighting speed.  Whenever a man would thrust at him, Anubis would quickly turn the blow aside and the sword would take his attacker's companions instead.  One threw a dagger at Anubis and he dodged in by a hair letting it sail past him and take an different attacker in the eye.  In no time out all over half the group he had engaged were on the ground with wounds and the others were trying to run.  Giving them no chance to do so; however, Anubis leaped acrobatically into the air twisting over the fleeing men's heads and landed in front of them.  Before they could react his hidden sword shot out and he decapitated the first row of men.  The others turned around and again began to flee.... right towards Anubis' companions.  Knowing that his fellow warriors would finish them off, Anubis chose to finish off the fallen rather than purser.  After assuring himself that all of the fallen were dead he went to join the other members of his group.

Rejoining his group, Anubis nodded towards Adam.  "You're a good man to have in a fight" Impatient to bored the ship, Anubis turned towards their fearless leader who was still battling the commander of the group that had attacked them.  Wanting to help but knowing that it would be unappreciated, Anubis sighed and began readying the ship for launch. 

After trimming the sails, making sure the anchor would lift easy, [[btw what kind of boat do we have? Is it a junk?]] and securing the equipment on deck, Anubis went below to inspect the cargo hold.  Noticing all of the crates, Anubis began to wonder what could be in them so began to look around for a crowbar.  (Why haven't these barbarians heard of labels?)  Suddenly he heard a sound to large to be a rat.  Immeadiately beginning to move stealthily,  he tried to find the source of the sound.  Hearing it again he walked towards it and found that he was facing what seemed to be crates that were side by side all the way to the wall of the hold.  Upon feeling them; however, he found one that was loose and was able to pu*beep* to the side.  Getting on all fours he saw that a tunnel had been created using the boxes, and drawing his dagger, he began crawling through it.  Obviously the tunnel was only a foot or so, but at the end it made a 90 degree angle and opened into a little room made from a space between the boxes, and the boxes on top being held up by a board.  In the room was a little boy who had been croutching just out of sight and hidden by the darkness lunged suddenly at Anubis with a knife.  Catching sight of his attacker out of his periphial he twisted quickly and caught the boy's arm just as the knife tip penetrated the meaty part of his shoulder.  Anubis quickly twisted the boy's arm so the knife fell then threw the kid back against the wall.  Not giving the young fighter a chance to react he pinned him there and drew his blood red dagger back.  He paused however at seeing the boy's eyes.  Even though severly outmatched, unarmed, and facing death; he glared up at Anubis with defiance and an obvious willingness to keep fighting.  Admiring the kids spunk, Anubis asked him without lowering his knife, "Why did you attack me?" In a cold voice that would have raised goosebumps on the most hardened warrior. 
"I won't go back! Never! And I know what the captain of this ship does to stowaways.  So you just go ahead and turn me over to him! Or be kind and finish me off now! I don't care!"
Smiling, or what passed for a smile for Anubis, he lowered his blade and let the kid go.  "I'm not going to hurt you.  And the ship has new... owners now.  If you are going to ride this ship; however, you must be able to prove yourself useful.  And you will have to work.  Can you bind a wound?" The boy nodded slowly,  a wary look in his eyes.
"Yeah, my ma use to be a herb woman in my village.  I can heal anything!" Suddenly, warming to the matter he began blabbering, "And I can work too! I'm strong for my age and I know how to sail! I know the currents and the shoals around here and can safely take you where the soldier's ships don't go! I can help mister!"
Anubis eyed him critically.  "Very well.  Show me what you can do by starting with my shoulder.  If you do a good job, you can tag along with me as my helper.  Don't expect it to be easy though.  And you will need this."  Anubis said while handing him his dagger back.  After getting his shoulder bandaged, Anubis lead the boy up on deck to present him to Arvious.

Anubis smiled at the kid's spunk.  "If he becomes a bother we can always chop him up and use him as bait to fish."
"I won't be a bother! And you can't do that to me! I'll"
"You're gettig on my nerves.  Knock it off and learn some respect." Anubis told him in a chilly tone.  Surprisingly, the kid dropped his head and blushing apologized.  "I will try to be good sir, and not be a bother.  And I will work really hard." Nodding his head, Anubis went to sit at the bow and work some more on regaining his powers.  "Between this ship and the curse binding me, I'm going to be really sick." He thought to himself.  Sighing he began trying to use his powers of regeneration to heal his shoulder...

Arvious sat at the edge of the ship for hours, bored to tears, due to the calm winds slowing their ship speed.  The ship had barely a few miles of sailing completed before the winds failed.  At this rate, they'll be at Porlos next month.  Arvious took another swig of beer and looked towards the sea.  Something caught his eye.  A ship closing in on the trade ship.  The flag was black and had the desert skull waving high in the sky.

"Desert pirates," Arvious muttered.  "Everyone, to your stations!  Load the cannons."

"Um, sir, we don't have any cannons," one of the crew members said.

"Dammit," Arvious said.  "Everyone good at archery, at arms!  Everyone else, prepare to hold off boarders!"

Arvious ran to the poop deck and picked up his bow lying in a corner.  He picked it up and got into his ready stance, the pirate ship barely a few meters away...

Anubis, still sitting at the bow trying to regain his powers, jumped up when he heard Arvious shout.  Swaying dizzily, still sick from pushing against the curse upon him, he grabbed his weapons and headed towards the starboard side of the junk.  Sensing someone near him, he looked down to see the boy.  [[I don't think I've come up with a name for him yet... hmmm.  I guess I'll just call him kid]] "Get below deck kid."
"I want to fight too!"
Seeing the speed with which the pirate ship came in, Anubis knew he didn't have time to argue.  Grabbing a rope, he threw it around kid before the boy could react then tossed him overboard.  He knew that by the time the kid could climb back up the battle would be over.  Looking back up, Anubis was just in time to see the pirate ship grapple with the junk.  Jumping on the enemy ship, Anubis ran with incredible speed towards the captain's cabin.  Reacting subconsciously, Anubis had not only snapped out his staff's hidden blade, but was also using his god powers consentrated on the jackel's head.  The head was glowing like lightning and anybody it touched died screaming and burning.  Rushing forward with incredible speed, Anubis cut down any in reach on his way across the boat.  Seeing him coming, a miniature giant stepped in front of him with a gigantic scimitar.  As Anubis drew close, the giant thrust his weapon at Anubis, planning to use his own momentum to stick him through.  Anubis; however, leaped up at the last moment and throwing his feet straight out, took the giant full in the face.  The monstrous fighter pulled back, his face a bloody mess, then swung his scimitar down with a herculean force.  Anubis lifted his staff to block the blow and as a result was smashed to the deck with the giant's superior strength.  Rolling quickly to the side, and gasping for air, Anubis came up stabbing the giant under the arm.  A battle between the giant and Anubis quickly ensued.  The giant was infinately stronger than Anubis, yet Anubis' speed was unmatched.  Minutes passed, as the two combatants, lost in the bloodlust of battle and oblivious to time or the wounds they received, fought on and on.  Finally, dripping sweat and gasping for oxygen, Anubis spun to the side, sliced the giant who already looked like he had gone through a meat grinder one more time than feinting knocked the giant's scimitar from his hand.  Turning quickly yet much to slow for Anubis, the giant found himself facing the red-glowing jackel headed side of the staff.  Lowering his hands in defeat the giant waited for death.  Still breathing heavy Anubis told him "It would be a crime to kill such a powerful warrior.  Pick up your scimitar, grow stronger, and we will meet again." Then lowered his staff.  The giant looked at him for a moment the bent to pick up his sword, "I look forward to the day!" Then the giant jumped over the side of the ship and began swimming to shore.  Anubis muttering under his breath and just realizing the extent of the wounds which he had not felt turned to see the outcome of the battle.

[[Pulling out of all RPs...might as well take myself out then]]

Edward silently cut down another pirate before seeing a small boat of pirates attempting to board the ship.  He jumped off of the ship onto theirs, killing or tossing all of them overboard.  He then realized that there was a strange current pulling his boat away.  He shouted several more times before he was dragged farther and farther away until he was gone from sight.

Adam leapt on to the pirate ship and decided that he would take the ship for their own. Adam went as far up as he could on the pirate ship and viewed about, he saw that the pirates were on their last legs but were still more than enough to wipe out them all out. Adam saw out of the corner of his eye Edward leaping overboard and kill all pirates but in the process he got sundered from them. Adam sighed, he hadn't meant to reveal himself that early but he had no option, he saw that they were being separated and Anubis wouldn't make it on time.

A great fire rose inside Adam and all about him, all who saw him trembled in awe and fear for suddenly he seemed to grow in size, his countenance grew fair yet terrible, the sea currents swirled about the ships and the ocean seemed to tremble, Adam put his hand on the hilt of his yet undrawn sword and drew forth his enchanted sword 'Dragfury', made of a material unknown in the times of old by the elves and dwarves together, there was no other blade like it. It sparkled golden and white but to his enemies it instilled terror and dreadful fear in their hearts. Wha followed in the next few minutes was indescribable, 1 stroke by Adam's sword would go through even rock trolls with unpenetrable armour like a knife through butter, the pirates didn't even know what hit them, all were killed before even the thought of drawing their weapons could pass their minds, all this happened in a blur to even the fastest of the eye. Adam literally raced from place to place like a thunderbolt, the very air around Adam seemed to have turned golden, his sword flaming a terrible Golden-red whenever it drew blood. Pirates who even attempted to throw themselves overboard were killed before they took two steps.

Before the minute was ended the colour of the ship had taken a totally new colour, 'Red', Adam had slain every foe aboard the ship, he drew up to the last opponent, the captain of the ship who had thrown his weapons to the ground and was lying on the deck his hands above his head begging for mercy, Adam said in a voice that wasn't his own 'Get up,' the pirate looked at Adam, he immediately stopped moving, his body went limp, moments later he fell. Adam re sheathed his sword, he swayed momentarily on the spot before falling on the then foe dereft deck, he required immediate attention. The strain of using Dragfury had been too great.

Anubis, still at the helm, watched his comrades jump into action. He watched as Arvious used his fearful bow skill to drop pirate after pirate.  Then saw the captain jump into the sea and Arvious ran below deck.  About the same time, Adam sprung into action, moving with a speed matching Anubis' one, but with much greater strength,  then the captain that had jumped overboard climbed back on the ship, only to die when spoken to by Adam.  Anubis took a deep breath, the battle was over.  Leaving the helm, Anubis approached Adam smiling, "Well, it would seem that our fortunes have been increased by a ship.  And one much better than..." At that very instant, the ship blew up, throwing Anubis to the deck.  He didn't really know hw it had happened, but the ship was now sinking and he scrabbled quickly back into the junk. "By Osirus! What just happened? If I hadn't turned the boat away, our junk would have been capsized! Who did that?  Oh well, at least we are safe."  Anubis then preceded below deck, followed by a very angry and sullen Kid (I think I will call him Kip instead), to continue trying to regain his powers.  Hopefully is peace this time.