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"Don't move," a low, quiet voice said. Ko jumped but obliged, she was scared. "Now turn around slowly and hand me that scroll" the voice demanded. Ko had found some courage and defiantly said "No. It's not yours and I'm taking it to my father." But as she turned around her confidence drained. The "voice" turned out to be a fully grown adult with a mace. Ko was only fourteen and had no weapons, she hadn't a chance of beating the man. "Now sweetcakes, give me the scroll." he said mockingly with an innocent smile. She analysed the situation, it was a dark alleyway with high walls. The walls weren't covered with moss so wouldn't be slippery. She had two choices, give the man the scroll and risk her father's life or run and risk her own. She chose number two. She leaped against the wall and pushed off, she bounced from wall to wall until she was higher than the man. "Quite the little acrobat I see," called the man.
Ko managed to get over him and start running. She could run fast but the man was older and probably faster. Although, to her advantage she knew all the shortcuts in Woldon, if only I could shake him off my tail... she thought. A pedestrian swerved out of the way as she ran through the crowds of people. Then she realised ; the man wouldn't last long, he'd planned to get her in the alley where it was dark. Out here it was broad daylight and a man with a mace wouldn't exactly be inconspicuous. Around every corner she went, she checked behind to see if he was still following her.
"Damn!" she called out. She'd hit a dead end. As she checked behind she saw the man skid round the corner waving his mace angrily. She hadn't a choice, the man would kill her ; she attempted the climb the wall but this time, being covered in moss, she slipped and fell at the feet of the man. Realising she had no chance she managed, rather weakly, to give the man the scroll. Despite the man getting what he wanted, he was angry so he took the blunt end of the mace and brought it down on her head, knocking her out.
Ko awoke, rather dizzy and confused, she had no idea where she was. As her eyes slowly opened, she winced as bright sunlight shot straight into her eyes. As she rubbed her eyes to relieve herself from the sudden burst of light, someone shouted "She's awake!". At that moment several people burst through the doorway and gathered around her bed. She could recognize a few faces, especially her parents, hovering over with her with concerned looks upon their faces. Although, she was sure the concerned look on her fathers face was more concerned about his safety rather than hers. As she looked deeper into his face, hoping for at least some comfort but he just returned her look with an icy stare. It reminded her of the icy stare of the man with the mace. As she relived the moment, she could feel the spot where she'd been hit, it was aching and it felt scabby. Her father looked back at her and said, flatly, "You should get some rest." with that he left the room along with all the other members of my family. She obliged.
Ko was awoken from her sleep, by her father who was accompanied by two large bulky men, who loomed over Ko. She didn't know what was going on, at first she thought her father had sent the men to kill her, but no, she realised it was for something different, they weren't carrying weapons. After, a short an awkward pause, one of the men began to speak.
"We heard about, your encounter with Jean LeJean." the first man said.
"Who?" inquired Ko.
"The man who attacked you the other day." the second man said, the words rolling out so smoothly, it was almost as if he had rehearsed them.
"Anyway, your father has decided, you are ready." the first man continued.
"Ready for what?" Ko said, looking rather confused and quite scared.
"You know, the training." the man said using the same flat tone he'd used the whole conversation.
Ko's heart skipped a beat. The training, she thought. This is what she'd always dreamed of. She would be Ko, the first female Trained One. In case you're wondering, her father ran an organisation of highly trained combat warriors, called the Trained Ones. They would learn all sorts of things, even how to manipulate the energy in the air to do insane moves. All this training was for a cause, they were training to defeat a band of people who attempted to find the scrolls to complete the training themselves. One of the scrolls, was the one Ko had been transporting. Luckily, it hadn't been an original, her father kept the originals locked away in a safe that only he could open, you could fill an entire book with the different things you have to do to open the safe but lets just say, it requires incredibly precise skill and power.
"Please meet us at the training door tomorrow" said the first man. With that, he left the room, followed by my father and the second man.
< Message edited by Alpha Atom -- 3/25/2010 13:53:59 >
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