Dec 31, 2006 23:04
In the Azrian base Incognito was with Czar in the hospital room looking at the injured. Even though most of them were trying to get up and out of the beds and the nurses were holding them down. Most Azrians really hate to be in the hospital because they know if they will be ok or not. The nurses were using Nyquil shots to pass them out and then strapped them in the bed. Czar had left the room, and went into the yard of the castle. There only minimal guards were posted along the walls. Overhual was sitting near the fire as he checked out the cast on his wrist. It was bright green and he wrote the name Shiv on it. They were rarely separated because they were the best of friends from the very beginning when the Azrians were formed. Kenny was worried about Mason because they were like brothers. Snoozer was new to the Azrians so nobody really knew what he was like. Cyrus and Tom were known, but nobody really liked Tom so no one worried about him.
Czar was now forming a small scouting party to find the missing men. He was walking back and forth in front of Kenny, incognito and new recruits. He didn’t say much, in fact what he said he said under his breath so no one could hear him, almost as if he was talking to himself. He snapped his fingers and the Azrian group took off. The mist was growing in thick, hard to breathe on the floor so they stuck in the trees. But the color of the mist wasn’t the usual whitish-grey color; it was closer to blackish-red. No one knew what the change in color meant but they kept moving towards the battle area. When they reached there, a few Azrians were still alive but knocked out. The three recruits grabbed all the survivors and took off, Kenny and Incognito stayed to look if anyone else was alive. Then they found something interesting on the ground, footsteps of several Azrians leaving the battle field along with barefoot prints. They started to follow down the path.
In the cage Shiv and Mason looked at each other aggravated because of their situation. Tom was mouthing at them, snoozer did not return yet and the guards were treating them like chopped liver. Tom was saying something about thespians or the features of his ipod or something along those lines when one of the guards told him to shut up.
“Do you have any idea who you are talking to?” he asked as he stood up and pointed at himself. Shiv and Snoozer took a glance what was going to happen, and Cyrus took a step back.
“No I don’t, am I talking to a runt possibly” said the Guard as she stood up and was at least a foot taller than Tom who climbed the cage so he was eye level to her.
Shiv whispered to Mason “O I hope he gets slapped”. Mason grinned with delight and put his full attention on Tom. Tom started to poke her in the shoulder.
“I demand better treatment and I say some better cell mates.” He shouted
All three of the Azrians in there looked at him with anger and if the Guard wasn’t going to hit him, they knew they were. The Guard looked at each of their faces and she smiled, took the back end of her spear and butted him in the gut, causing him to fall and complain.
Just then Snoozer returned wearing new clothes, and he walked into the cage. Everyone didn’t seem to notice because they were keeping their eyes on Tom who was trying to get up. Snoozer walked over to him, looked at the rest who finally noticed he was back,
“Mason finally killed Tom I see” he said as Tom gave up getting up and rolled over to his side.
“Man don’t I wish” laughed Mason as he kicked Tom,
“So Snoozer how are you doing?” Asked Shiv as he poked tom with a stick to make sure he was alive. tom gave very little movement but enough to make Shiv want to continue what he was doing,
“Lets say Im not something I was yesterday.” He said smiling.
“How does the newb get so damn lucky with the chicks” said Cyrus as he sat down crossing his arms.
“I don’t know, but welcome to manhood, now why are we still in this cage?” asked Shiv as he threw the stick at the cage walls.
“Trust seems to be an issue with them, there were others similar to us, but with a weird mark on their uniforms, they made an alliance with them, then back stabbed them.” Said snoozer.
“How do you explain what you and she did?” asked Mason.
“Have you noticed there’s no men around here, she prolly wanted some love” Said Shiv as he started to get quieter.
There was silence among the compound as the guards ran to the castle doors, someone was knocking and it was Czar with a few Azrians behind him all with looks of ready to fight. The Queen appeared looking down onto the Czar, with her guards pointing spears down at the Azrians. The mist turned and evacuated from the area, and Crash members came into view from the woods. The Czar and Queen looked away from each to look at the swarm of Crash running towards their castle…..