Ruined Palace

Golian walked through the corridors of the palace, most of the walls had cracks in them and others large gapping holes. He heard some noise coming from outside, he made his way to the balcony that overlook the courtyard. He opened the double doors and moonlight brightened his pale skinned face. He walked to the railing of the balcony and saw Ainella and Luix setting up the training area.

He then turned when he heard footsteps from behind him, he saw Senyn standing in the door way. Golian thought to himself how creepy it was that Senyn was able to get that close without him hearing. Senyn gave Golian a faint smile and then said “I untied all of them and the guards are going to come tell us when they are ready.” Golian nodded and said “ Luix and Ainella are really getting into this.” Senyn walked over to the railing and stood beside Golian and said “ I know your still disappointed about what happened that day. But none of us could have predicted what was going to happen.” Golian looked at Senyn with a confused expression, he was silent for a second and then said “ why are you brining this up now, its pointless to think about the past. We both know that all to well my friend.” Senyn nodded, he then put his left foot on the railing and prepared to push himself up and off the balcony. He looked toward Golian and said “ lets help get this training field finished.” Golian climbed up on the railing and then jumped off, Senyn followed.

Ainella smiled when she felt a hand touch her shoulder. She turned to see Senyn and Golian standing right next to him. As Ainella was about to speak she was interrupted by Luix and his booming voice, “ How about you three ogling each other and help me move some of this equipment!” Ainella turned and glared at him, then turned away and stared setting up. Senyn walked over to Luix and gave him a hand with the equipment he was carrying. Golian began helping Ainella, all four assassin looked up and saw a guard running toward them. Golian met with the guard and the others kept working, the guard told Golian “they seem to be making their teams, we can move on to the next phase very soon.” Golian nodded and then turned to the others and said “ I’m going to go back, can you guys handle things here.” Luix was the first to speak and he said “ I am quite insulted that you think, I can’t handle this menial labor, without your help.” Ainella smiled and said “though his wording was a little brutish, I agree with tin man.” Luix glared at Ainella through his helmet even though she couldn’t see it. Senyn laughed and said “ go, we can handle things here.” Golian turned around and walked off with the guard to go back to the trainee assassins.

Luix stood in the middle of the courtyard, he looked around at the completed training grounds. He and his fellow elite assassins had worked hard on it, he couldn’t wait for the trainees to return so he could test their skills on this unforgiving “playground” as he liked to call it. His ear twitched, as heard the sound of a crossbow firing. He turned his head toward where he heard the sound and everything around him seemed to go in slow motion, he saw a crossbow bolt flying toward him. In the blink of an eye, the bolt combusted and turned to ash before it even reached Luix’s helmet.

Golian then crawled out of the bush where he had fired the crossbow. Golian looked at Luix, who wasn’t to pleased, but it was impossible to tell because of his helmet. Golian smiled and said “I was just testing this, didn’t want it to mess up during the training sessions. Golian then placed the crossbow on a stand, attached a wire to it and hid it behind bush. Luix shook his head and Golian shrugged his shoulders and said “what, you act like I was trying to kill you or something.” Luix turned toward the palace and said “sometimes, I wonder if you really are trying to kill me.” Golian walked over to him and patted him on the back and told him “I would never try and kill you.” Golian smiled and Luix walked off, Golian then looked up at the moon and said “That guy, really doesn’t have much of a sense of humor.” A voice then responded “well, you can’t see the guy’s face so, how can you know he isn’t smiling under it.”

He turned toward the direction the voice came from, he saw a person leaning against a tree covered by the shadow of the tree. He then said “who’s there?” The same voice responded “what, you can’t recognize my voice… how did you ever become an assassin.” The person emerged from the shadows, it was man who looked to be in his late twenties. He was wearing dark clothing and a long white cloak, the man had long hair and his right arm was metallic. Golian smiled and said “Matthias, it has been a long time.” He then paused and said “don’t take this personally, but why are you here…wait is something wrong?” Matthias sighed and said “can’t I just visit my friends and try to lend a hand without being interrogated.” Golian shrugged, and walked off toward the palace. Matthias looked confused, Golian turned around and said “you told me you didn’t want to be interrogated… so are you coming inside or not.” Matthias shook his head as he began walking, then he said under his breath “I think he got weirder since the last time I saw him.”