So instead of further planning on how to undermine the camp Alice and Kyle are now prisoners of the camp. Atleast they wont be called deserteurs now should the enemies be defeated and they survive all of that without being killed at some point. So it has its good aspects one could say.
The bad aspects though are that they have to share a cage of around 2x2x2 meters as their prison with each other and are treated like trash. Water is sprayed on them 2 times a day in the morning and evening and they somehow have to get enough out of it to still their thirst and wash themselves. Food is some leftover of the last weeks that nobody wanted to eat anymore or rotten fruits. And all of that because the attacking country is one of the rare ones on the continent that are complettely racist.
Kyle is some kind of reptilian elf with his scales and long ears and Alice has 2 horns on her head so she may have a demonic heritage or something similar. The camps people are all without an exception Rapider. It is a race that resembles humans pretty much but has way stronger legs and weaker arms. And their feet are a bit special because they have a little spike on the back of their feet. The usual Rapider has some fast weapons on their hands like daggers or a rapier blade.
In addition to that they have some heavy armor on their legs and some even have something similar to a shield on the side of their legs because a they are that strong and flexible. Their main weapons are blades attached to their feat or legs that they use in a similar way to other races swords. Because of this difference in fighting styles they are often left alone and train under their own and after some had the chance their country of battle crazed Rapider came to be. And they only regard strenght but see every other race as weak because in their opinion their fighting style is superior to everybody else.
The only reasons Kyle and Alice were captured are because they may have some viable informations and may be used as captives to pressure the enemies. Should they realize that the 2 of them are nto fit for any of these jobs they will become useless and be killed instantly. At the moment though they are still thought to be useful so they are still alive even if the situation is not a pretty one.
A: Cant you do anything with your magic here? I mean my magic is useless in this situation. What could i do with a little bit of wind against a cage or so. Could you maybe freeze it or just make our guards go unconscious so we can get the key or something like that?
K: Alice, no. I dont even know how to activate it and even less how to control it so it does what i want it to. Furthermore how should i know what i can do. Just wait until the others come back and dont be anoying so we dont die here before they see us trapped inside here.
A: So it is ok to die AFTER our countrys man have seen us? I shouldve just walked away when i had the chance to do so!
K: ...
If you were ever trapped in a small room with another person you know exactly what will happen. Those 2 will start to argue about eveything and since they cant evade each other all it will end up in is silence. And not the good kind of silence at that. After 3 days they havent spoken to each other for a day already.
Each day before their meals they are taken away one by one, are forced to answer questions about the nearby area and stationed troups and get tortured a bit if they do not answer. Since both of them dont really know anything about this area in particular they get tortured all the time but are both too prideful to show the other. So they act as if nothing happened there although both start to really struggle.
After 5 days in imprisonment especially Alice has it hard. The enemies troops started to look at her with lust in their eyes from the beginning on and now that she did not say anything after all those days they start to becoem impatient and at the 6th day it happens. After they take her away during the afternoon instead of trying to ask her questions all they do is rip away her clothes.
Meanwhile Kyle is still ignoring Alice's presence and acts as if it is a normal day. Everytime they try to ask him questions he answers to his best but all he can tell the soldiers is that he does not know. At the beginning they tortured and hurt him far worse than Alice but even then not even his voice changes so after a few days they just take him for a standart programm since more does not help and take their hopes on Alice.
Everyday when Alice gets taken away Kyles look becomes very concentrated and he sharpens his ears and tries to listen to what they do to her. Everyday one could see a light red glow surrounding him if one were to look close enough and maybe feel a slight anger. But all of this is drowned in the sunlight and the anger is nothing unusual for battle thirsty people so it is disregarded too. Everytime Alice comes back though it stops immediatly and Kyles facase of ignorance is put up again.
On the 6th day though he hears them talking about raping Alice and that is something that Kyle cannot tolerate. At the beginning he thinks that maybe these people only fantasize about it but upon hearing Alice scream after her clothes get ripped of his mind breaks. Alice is currently the only person he feals any kind of emotion for on this whlole world. Everything else is more of an obligation or paying back favours but Alice is different for him.
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Just a second after the scream the cage gets blown apart and there is a dark red aura coming from Kyle. Everbody in his surroundings starts to fume in anger and attack the people near them. They start to get into a berserker modus and Kyle is the only one escaping their anger. He slowly walks towards the direction where the interrogations are held all the time. It is just behind the corner of a tent around 50 meters away.
Upon turning the corner one of the soldiers that has a horrible scar running along his face was just about to force Alice to lick his thing and the next thing he knows is seeing the floor. The distance between Kyle and the thug was covered in an instant and the head is rolling on the floor one moment later.
Alice already gave up hope and closed her eyes so she doesnt have to see the inevitable. After a few moments though nothing happens and she looks up. All she sees is carnage and in the middle of it a person that looks like a demon. His bloodred scales shine and although it is during a bright day sunshine does not reach the camp. Everything is covered in a dark red aura. This person runs around killing people left and right with an ease that would let everybody think he is on masterlevel in hand to hand combat.
But he does not combat with his hands. He does with claws on his hands, a razorsharp tail and claws on his feet. Between these claws on his feet you can still see some leather hanging in between where shoes may have once been. This demon that sends everyone surrounding him into a berserker mode and kills evenmore people himself does not leave anyone unaffected, not even the strong leaders. Although that is not complettely right.
One person is the exception. She also is not covered by red light but instead with a wonderful blue. And instead of the anger and carnage all around her she feels protected. She is safe and walks towards the demon.
When she arrives all she does is surround him with her arms and put her head on his chest.
A: Kyle, it is ok. You dont have to be angry anymore, I am here. Please dont lose yourself.
K: ...
Yes the demon that nearly destroyed the whole camp by himself was Kyle and the person in a blue light was Alice. Now in each others embrace they sink to the ground and cry to each other. Around them the rest of the people still fight against the other members of the camp but slowly sunlight pierces into the camp once again.
3 days later the army arrives. They were alerted by some veterans on scout duty that there was the beginning of a camp somewhere on their border and forces were gathered as fast as possible. Because the way was through the forest they arrived later than expected but once there they did not understand the sights. The whole camp was a single battleground. The scouts mentioned that there were others in their unit but they all fled after their first battle.
But this sight was something to behold off. In the middle of the camp there were 2 people. A beautiful half demon barely covered in some rags and another person who seems to be some kind of reptillian/elven hybrid. But there was something special about them. It can only barely be noticed but the 2 of them seem to be surrounded by a slightly blue glow but the boy was even more of a mystery. Most of his body was covered by fitting scales but the most surprising thing was their colour.
They shine in a dark blue that seems to comfort everybody around them.
The sight of these 2 is a complete contrast compared to their surroundings. Eveywhere surrounding them all you can see is war. Bloody war. But these 2 seem to be so calm and peaceful. It is unreal for everyone looking at them. Even after giving them better clothes and something to eat all they do is stare at each other and did not tell what exactly happened at that camp. So all the soldiers could do was take them back to the stronghold and get some higher officials to interrogate them because nobody really wanted to interrupt such a moment of peace.
Someone of the army's soldiers was actually so captivated by the sight that he made a wooden carving out of it. For the rest of this war this image spread like wildfire. Even though the story was told at some point the image became more and more popular. For all the soldiers who lost their hope it shows them what they fight for, what they want to protect and what they want to return to. A life of peace with their loved ones at home.
Althogh it does not matter right now but after the war on both sides of the war this will be the symbol of a new group. For people trying to defend their hopes and for those who pray to the goddess of peace. And there is a name for these 2 persons whose features got more and more distracted and now resemble more of 2 angels in a field of slain demons.
Hope's Calling
Authors Note:
Wow really did not expect this one, I mean I as an author did not expect to end this in such a short way and definitely not in this style but hey, happens xD
Happy new religion for the future! YAY