Noticing the smile on Marie's face Atreyu looks at what she she is looking at "the stars eh" he silently think to himself. Standing up Atreyu says "you are welcome for the food and it will get better as we near the capital as long as you don't try run away." Moving over to another tree Atreyu makes himself comfortable and just as his eye lids are drooping shut a twig snap. Eyes shooting open as a throwing knife is hurled towards his head Atreyu calmly reaches up and grabs it centimeters from his eye. A group of soldiers walks out of the forest discarding the advantage of subltety for numbers. Smiling he tosses blades towards their thoats until they make it close enough to him that he is forced to draw his dagger and sword. Dancing in a torrent rain of blood Atreyu's weapons finding the weak poits in their armor and effortessly slipping through. Slashing the last man's throat Atreyu looks up at the sky the silvery moon turning blood red to his eyes.

Marie heard rustling in the forest just before a knife flew from it. She looked at the rope at her side, knowing that Atreyu had not retied it. She looked over at Atreyu as she stood. She was unable to stand without the use of her arms so she leaned against the tree and slowly lifted herself. As she lifted herself from the ground, a small piece of bark grabbed onto the rope and pulled it down. The rope fell off her hands and she was able to lift her arms to free herself from the ropes. As the battle began to stop, she made a run for the forest trying to lose Atreyu in the trees. She knew she would be caught by the freezing of the Ancients. She hoped that she would have escaped without being seen by Atreyu but she knew his sight was amazing. She ran into the woods with all her weapons still hidden in their rightful spots. Her bow was still on her back and her daggers were in the small slots in her clothes. She stopped running and looked around the dark forest knowing Atreyu would not be able to find her.

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Richard walked along the tunnels when they reached the exit. "We should wait near the gates, hidden, so we can see them enter." He said as he walked up next to Sargun. "This is the only gate into the city walls, I do not think they would go over the wall or through the port." He hoped Sargun had the same idea.

"Damn damn damn where did she go" Atreyu yelled angerly as he reached the spot where Marie was tied. Relaxing then focusing Atreyu turns noticing a trail of disturbed leaves and moss. Grin sliding over his face Atreyu tracks the trail to where it ends a extremely dark part of the forest. Shouting Atreyu yells"Marie if I don't take you someone else will you are tading one known evil for a unknown one if you come out by yourself I will not do anything bad but if you make me hunt you I will drag you to the king by force" Then leaping into the forest Atreyu tries to catch onto her trail.

Marie heard Atreyu in the distance. She began to run in fear of being caught and captured right now. She heard him speak once more but was unable to hear what he was saying. She looked at her sheath and sighed. There was no sword within because she had dropped it when she froze. She did not want to be captured but knew she had to see the King. She kept running through the forest when she noticed a faint blue glow in front of her. The glow looked to be the same type as the many that were in the ruins. She kept running but when she hit that blue orb, her energy was taken away and she fell to the ground. She was able to move but she couldn't run or even walk. She rolled onto her back and looked at the bright stars. "Do not avoid your destiny," The deep voice said once more knowing that she would do what she was told if she likes the idea of moving freely. "Do as you are told." Her energy returned in a rush of cold air but she knew that if she got up, she would fall right back down. She stood up once more but her energy still remained. She ran into the forest, and unknowingly into Atreyu. She didn't even noticed Atreyu when she stopped running.

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Richard kept his eyes on the gate just in case Marie were to go through the gate. He ran closer to the gate to get a better view and dove into some bushes as a guard patrol walked passed. He watched the guard carefully and smiled, glad they didn't see him.

"I'm surprised you actualy came back to me maybe you were just worried about dying." Atreyu said not beleiving a second of what he was saying. Atreyu noticing something wrong with her conciousness, she was concious but unreactive almost as if in a state of shock. Not bothering to tie her up since she was in this state. Trudging on he carries Marie up to the castle gate using the rope to tie Marie to his back Atreyu stabs his sword and dagger in the gate one higher then the other. Then taking out the lower one he inserts it above the one which was higher using this strategy with the cover of night and shadowy clothes no one would see him unless they were staring at the gate for a long time. Reaching the top of the castle wall he unties Marie for a brief moment of rest.

Sargun peered out of the tunnel, and saw something up at the gate. It looked like someone climbing the gate, but there was something on their back...someone tied to their back? It was difficult to see, but the light of the sun was slowly growing, and Sargun could clearly tell now that it was two people. He motioned for Richard to look up at it, and then began moving towards the castle, making sure to avoid any oncoming guards or patrols.
"We need to enter the castle before, or just as, they do," he stated the obvious to Richard.

Marie sighed as she saw Atreyu. She knew that if she ran, she would lose her energy once more. She sighed as he picked her up once more and tied her to his back. She was confused at why she wasn't being tied up completely. Maybe he had run out of rope. She slowly discarded that thought as she found out that he knew she wouldn't run. She watched as Atreyu climbed the city gate and sighed. He hit the other side with a small thud and untied her from his back. She knew that the King would not want to find Atreyu just plain carrying Marie. She knew the King and he rarely trusted his prisoners to not run away. Why would he treat her any other way? She kind of wanted to help Atreyu get the most amount of money he could possibly get but she didn't want to be tied up anymore. That was the only way a person could bring a wanted criminal in alive and get the amount on the poster. She had done that many times for him and learned from her mistakes.

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Richard saw Sargun looking at the side of the wall and smiled. He looked up ther himself to see the assassin and his captive girl. He ran out of the bush and over to the gate. He sighed as he found guards on the other side sleeping. He looked through more to see Atreyu with an untied captive. He tried to motion for her to run but she didn't notice. He looked at Atreyu to see him facing away from the gate. He moved back behind the wall and looked at Sargun. He signalled for Sargun to climb the wall and jump onto the nearest building. He scaled the side of the wall himself and when he got to the top, he jumped to the next building.

Sargun was over the wall right after Richard, and followed him onto the other building. He looked down at Atreyu with Marie in captivity, and then looked back towards the castle in the distance. He didn't know how they were going to get into the castle to find the King without being at least sighted, but that was what they would have to do. Sargun turned back to Richard and for the first time asked someone's opinion on how to do something.
"How should we get into the castle?"

Marie looked at Atreyu as he was looking away from her so she decided to try to make a run for it. She darted into a dark alleyway hoping Atreyu did not see her. She kept running through the alley when she came upon a dead end. She knew she needed to see the King and that is where she headed. She ran through the back alleys trying to avoid any light that could give her position away. She knew she would have to pass through a large road that led into the city center but kept running. She looked around through the darkness as she ran but saw nothing. She knew it would be dificult to see the King. She looked back up into the sky as she ran but the stars were much more dim than they had been in the forest. She slowed her pace as she got to the large road and looked around. She checked to make sure that there was nobody around to see her so she ran across when the coast was clear. Halfway across the street, she heard a man yell. "Hey you." She slowly stopped running to see three guards coming in her direction. She looked at the wall right in front of her when she noticed one of the wanted posters was up. She sighed when she saw it but darted into the alley on the other side. At this point, the guards sped up and tried to catch her. She looked back to see the Guards were right behind her, She knew she was fast but these guards seemed to be much faster. One of the Guards got close enough and grabbed the cloak she had worn. He pulled on the cloak which slowed Marie down. The cloak had seemed to be choking her. She had to slow down or she would fall unconcsious from lack of air. As she slowed down, the guard grabbed her arm and pulled on it. Marie lost much more speed at that time. Another guard grabbed her other arm and together they stopped her completely. The threw her up against a wall and put her arms behind her back. She felt shackles being placed around her wrists and sighed. She was caught. "Help!" She yelled at the top of her lungs trying to get someones attention. "I've been set up." She tried to reason with the guards until one put a gag over her mouth. All she could do now was listten to what they said. The guards pushed Marie through the alleyway with one guard on each side of her. She got out into the main road that led up to the castle. She continually tried to struggle but knew it would not help. Everytime she stuggled, she was pushed or pulled forward.

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Richard watched the scene unfold below and watched Marie run through the alleyways. He followed her from the building rooftops and sighed. 'Why is she going towards the castle?' He thought to himself. He watched the young woman look up into the sky and sighed. He did not wish for her to see that he was above, he merely wanted to watch her and see what she was doing. He knew Sargun was following him so he then responded to the man's question. "How did she get into the castle before, after the General's assassination?" He asked hoping that same place could be their entrance. He watched as they reached the edge of a building. He stopped running as Marie ran across the street only to be seen by the guards. After Marie took off, Richard jumped from the building and climbed up a new one on the other side of the street. He continued to follow the guards when they stopped Marie and put the shackles on her wrists. He heard the cry for help she had given off and knew that if they tried to save her, she would still go to the castle. He looked around as he followed the guards with the helpless captive and sighed. "Don't try to save her," He said knowing that they would be their access into the walls of the castle itself.

Lillith heard screams for help and began to struggle against her captors. elbowing one in the bridge of his nose she heard the sickening crunch of the bone running into the brain and shuddered. The remaining Knight ran at her with his sword, she jumped out of the way but was unable to avoid the sword as it cut down her ribs, tearing the skin savagely. Gasping for breath, she leaped at the guard and tackled him to the ground, wrestling for the sword he hit her in the cheek with the hilt and her vision went dark for a second. Snarling she wrenched the weapon out of his hand and drove it mercilessly into his chest. grabbing her weapons from the now deceased Knights she ripped the bottom of her shirt and tied it around the wound. Steadying herself she began to run at top speed to where the screams had come from. Turning down a few back alleys she soon arrived on main street and came up 30 or so metres behind the captive and guards. Running after them she soon caught up, grabbing the guard on the left side of the captive she launched onto his back and grabbed his head, twisting it viciously she snapped his neck and the lifeless body crumpled and pushing herself off of him she leaped at the other guard with her switchblades, driving them both into his throat he gasped and fell. Lillith knew that it was far too public to untie the captive so she merely grabbed her around the waist and ran down a back alley at top speed. The screams of commoners echoed eerily as they practically flew down the alley into an abandoned building.

"She ran away again well she is probally captured by a guard by now." Atreyu thinks not really caring that she got away he finished what he needed to do get all three of them to go into the castle, two who would inevitably rescue one. Jumping from one roof top to another Atreyu ties the rope to one the metal disk with a hole drilled in the center of it then throws it at the castle wall. The disk digging in far enough that it became part of the stone. Atreyu grabs the rope and carefully climbs up the rope and onto the roof of a guard tower.

Marie looked around as she was being pushed toward the castle. She knew she wanted to go there but being forced was not an option for her. she looked back when she heard the slashing of swords and men hitting the ground. She noticed a young assassin fighting the guards. She looked closer at the assassin and realized she knew who it was. She struggled at her shackles when the Guards began pushing her once more. She heard the footsteps of the speedy little assassin getting closer. By the time she turned around, The assassin had already killed two of the guards. As they fought, she tried to run away but felt a force grabbing her around the waist and whisking her away into the unknown building. She struggled within the building and broke out of the assassin's grasp. She fell to the ground and winced as the pain flourished within her body. She looked at the young assassin with he hands still shackled behind her back and the gag still in her mouth. She sighed as she struggled at her restraints and sighed when nothing worked. The shackles made her wrists very sensitive with many scratches around. She sighed as she lay there helplessly on the floor. She knew the assassins wanted her to kill but wasn't sure about this young one. She wished she could speak but knew the gag would be blocking her voice.

"There is a passage system into the castle that was designed to allow troops and guards move quickly from the castle to several points in the city," Sargun muttered slowly. "Mostly, only high ranking Knights and nobles even know of its existence. She used one of the passages to escape from Dregne. We can use it."
He began moving, and then made his way down from the buildings down to the ground. He knew he would have to use a more covert pathway to get to one of the passage's entry points, because he was now a 'criminal'. He moved through some of the dark alleyways, where there were mostly only a few drunks and thugs who cowered in fear in his coming, he eventually stopped in one of these alleyways. It was empty, and right in the middle was a man-hole that supposedly led to the sewage system. Sargun tentatively lifted the lid, and allowed Richard to peer inside. It was lit with candles.
"Patrols come through every now and then. It leads right into the castle."

Richard looked down into the manhole and smiled. He knew he had a perfect way to get into the castle but he remembered seeing Marie getting rescued. "We need to get Marie before we go any further." He said knowing that an assassin had saved her from the guards. He looked around the dark alley and peered into the manhole. "It seemed as if Marie wanted to go to the King instead of being rescued." He knew something was wrong when Marie was going towards the castle. "Lets go back and get Marie so we can escort her into the castle without any troubles." He knew that she would have plenty of trouble entering the castle especially with that price on her head. He looked into the night sky and knew Marie would find a way to get herself into even more trouble. He knew if they were to save Marie from the King, she would have to be in the castle for that to be possible. He turned away from the hole and began walking down the alleyway. "Come on." He said as he hoped Sargun would like his idea of rescuing her. She needed to be in trouble to be rescued.

Lillith crouched down and took Maries gag out, "This is the second time I've saved you," she said in a conversational tone. Crawling around behind Marie she grabbed a lock pick from her hair, and watched as a tendril of caramel hair slid down onto her face. Using the pick she quickly undid the shackles and propped the other girl up against a grimy wall. "So, what did you do to get caught this time?" she asked, sitting down opposite Marie, with her legs tucked in, pulling the cowl of her hood away she looked up again at Marie as she fixed a pick into her own hair.

"Lorde lorde lorde this waiting is getting to me." Atreyu thinks curious why no one had entered the castle for a while. Coming to a conclusion he mutters "she must not have got caught." Crawling down the rope from the castle Atreyu tries to get a sense of where their was something off in the city. Noticing a large group of guards Atreyu sneaks in closely hoping to find out something. "Dead guards tsk looks like I'm not the only one hunting tonight." Atreyu thinks briefly before walking down an alley towards a building abandoned because of its poor structures. Entering the building slowly he does a quick scan then a click of manacles being removed resonates through the air. Smiling he approaches Marie and Lillith Atreyu says in a confidently menacing voice "give me the girl and no one has to get hurt."

Lillith turned quickly at Atreyu's voice, jumping to her feet she pulled out her switchblades and slid her cowl on before he could see her face. Sneering, only her mouth showed and the threat was obvious, "come and get her," she growled, crouching into her fighting stance, with a switchblade in each hand in a defensive position she was ready to lunge or parry at the slightest movement by the intruder. She was watching him wearily, he was obviously confident and the sword at his hip obviously had a longer reach then her blades, but that had not stopped her before.

Marie smiled as the gag was removed from her mouth. She did not like having her speech limited by something blocking it. She was fine with plainly not speaking but not when she was forced not to speak. She sighed as the shackles fell from her wrist and she was propped against a wall. She slid down to a seating arrangment on the floor and rubbed her wrists. She looked at her wrists and noticed they were rough from the shackles rubbing on them. She heard the girl begin speaking but simply and rudely ignored it. She looked out a nearby window to see the castle not too far away. That is where she needed to go. She was getting frustrated knowing that it would take longer for her to get to the castle with all of these assassins fighting over her. She looked over as a man entered the room. The man was Atreyu. She listened as he spoke and then looked at Lillith to see her ready some weapons. She sighed knowing that she was not some prize to be won. She stood from her seated position on the ground and began walking from to room. She stood outside of the door and looked up into the night sky. She had no intention of running from these assassins because she knew they would take her to the castle sooner or later. She looked from the stars to the castle and smiled. She saw a large group of guards marching down from the castle gates and into the city. She knew that this would be here way to the castle. There was no way two assassins could defeat a few hundred guards, especially while they are feuding.

Lillith turned her head slightly to watch Marie from her peripheral vision, "what's happening?" she asked, over her shoulder. Not wanting to turn her back from Atreyu. Slowly, she began to back away from the man toward the door waiting for a perfect time. Turning quickly she looked out of the door which was now a foot or so away and saw guards leaving the castle. Swearing under her breath she glanced at Atreyu and Marie. Thinking for a moment she stared at both of them hard and decided to ignore her opponent, "What do you want to do?" she murmured under her breath to Marie.

Marie smiled as she saw the Guards marching down from the castle and looked back at the two assassins. "Let them take me," She said knowing that she was the reason they had been sent out. "They will kill you two on sight. I know they want me." She walked out into the alleyway in between the buildings and sighed. She looked back at Lillith and smiled. "Just get out of here so they do not kill you." She cared for the other assassins but knew that it was their job to capture her. She looked around as citizens lined the streets watching the scene unfold. She walked into the crowd on the roadside and watched as the knights marched down the road. She looked back on last time at Lillith before she walked into the middle of the road in front of the incoming guards. She knew they knew who she was when they stopped and stared. She looked at them and smiled.

The guards rushed at Marie and circled around her. The circle was a good few feet away from her on every side. A guard walked through the middle of the guards and looked directly at Marie. "You are under arrest for the crimes of treason and murder." He said as he motioned for another guard to restrain the woman.

The guard pulled out shackles and was about the place them around her when Marie interrupted. "Don't you think it would be easier for me to just follow you to the castle without these shackles?" She asked as the shackles were locked around her wrists. "I guess not."

Lillith nodded once to indicate that she understood and ran off down the alley way. Stopping about half way down she scampered up a drain pipe, climbing up it. Soon she was on the roof of a tall building. Crouching down she began to army crawl along to the edge of the roof. Looking down she watched as Marie was shackled. She had heard a lot of rumours about Marie Raime but none seemed particularly realistic, the woman had been caught at least 4 times now. She watched as the guards began moving back to the castle as one unit and followed them, crouching low along the roof tops.

Marie looked around as the guards escorted her up the street. She quickly counted each of the guards and knew there were certainly many more then she had expected. She turned to the guard who had spoken earlier and sighed. "What did you mean by murder?" She asked not fully comprehending who she had murdered. She never remembered murdering anyone other then those she was paid to kill. She looked down at the guard bodies as they passed, citizens were being forced to drag them away and bury them. She closed her eyes and prayed for them as it seemed the guard had completely ignored her question. She looked back at the guard and sighed once more, knowing that he was a rude man for not answering her question. The night was cold and a breeze swept across Marie's bare shoulders, making her shiver. She wished she could hold her arms to keep warm but knew that if she tried, it would look like she was struggling at her restraints. She looked up to her left and noticed Lillith on the rooftops spying. She knew that young assassin probably thought she was a very poor assassin. She looked back on the passed few days and realized that her ninja skills were not the best she possibly could. She had been caught many times, tortured once, and even saved. She looked over at Lillith once more and realized there wouldn't be anymore houses for her to hop to. They were reaching the walls surrounding the castle but would not enter for another few minutes.

Lillith looked up and saw that the buildings were quickly coming to an end, thinking for a second she rushed ahead of the troupe toward the 5 metre gap. Leaping, she pulled her cloak out behind her and used it much like a parachute, soaring through the air towards the castle wall she worried slightly as she realised that she hadn't jumped high enough, and was going to collide with the wall a metre below the top. Reaching out with cat-like grace she grabbed the lip of the stones and hung to it for dear life, hanging 10 metres in the air. Using her arm muscles, she dragged herself up and reached for the lip of the wall. Grabbing it again, she repeated the process, pulling herself on top of the wall. By the time she reached it and looked down the group had already entered int the castle and she began to follow them again, along the wall.

Marie looked around and sighed. She knew she was being arrested but she knew the murder charges were completely false. She felt the shackles scratching her arms up and she knew that she would not be able to get out of this alive. She looked up at the courtyard walls, knowing that the young assassin would use them as an entrance into the castle. She hoped the assassin would not interfere with what was to happen but knew that if she were to be killed, the assassin would help, either for the money from the Brotherhood or the Honor it would bring to her. She continued to watch the walls when she noticed Lillith had been following along the side of the wall. She wanted to motion for the girl to wait for an ideal time for a rescue but knew that the King would not kill her. She had thought long and hard about the wanted poster and why it said "alive" for her. She knew the King would not kill her but she knew something bad was to happen. She slowly walked with the guards as they passed the gallows. She felt the guard's hands grip her upper arms and heard the sound of swords unsheathing from all directions. She looked around hastely hoping that they had not seen Lillith.