[i]"Hey, I see someone over there! Don't let 'em get away!"[/i]

"Captain!" William's voice is a frantic whisper, looking over his shoulder and the men coming closer - oh please don't be going after them, please-? "Go left, go left, [i]go left-[/i]"

Cassius does so, dodging into the alleyway William had so eloquently demanded he go into - then they run. William keeps glancing over his shoulder- one knight is tailing behind them uncomfortably close, horrid grin and wide eyes locked on them. Where did the other one go-?

The captain lets out a gasp and forces William to stop as well, drawing his bow back, trying to step back but Cassius is holding firm.

"Aww, lookie here, Caulder," the one in front of William says. Trapped like [i]rats[/i], these uns."

The other one - Caulder, apparently - just giggles like a twisted child. Cassius goes to draw his sword, but he had given it to that blasted woman. He quickly adjusts his aim and he gets his dagger instead, holding it out in front of him. William is pointing his arrow directly at the face of the knight behind them. This is hopeless. The two men stand back to back as the two knights speak. Cassius can't think of any possible way to handle this. He can feel William shaking from fear, but he can guess William's face is blank. 

"Whatcha think, Caulderrr?" the first speaks again, voice thick with.. something. Neither Cassius or Will want to name that emotional. "Kill 'em [i]right here[/i], or [i]tease[/i] 'um?"

"Princess!" Caulder replies, gesturing to Lady Maren. His voice is freakishly high-pitched. "Make her [i]squeaall[/i] like a lil' [i]pig[/i], ehehe.."

"Yes, of course, but what of th-" A steel-tipped arrow directly into the head forces the first knight to silence. He looks at William with rage in his eyes before his light is snuffed out. As the knight crumbles to the ground, William grabs Cassius by his sleeve and they run back from whence they came. William nearly falls into the street as he rounds the corner - Caulder, for whatever reason, does not immediately follow.

"Forget safest, we need [i]fastest[/i]!" he gasps out.

"No joke," Cassius replies.

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Avery lets out another cry of fear as two Karsusians come at him with their axe-spears, drawing his sword just in time to block a hit that could have easily cut his head into halves. The redhead shouts again as he is pushed backwards into the alleyway, like anyone could even [i]help[/i] right now. He's on his own - he draws his sword and keeps stepping back - oh this is so much worse than training. This is so much worse. This is [i]horrible[/i]. He's going to [i]die[/i]-

The soldier in front stops walking, causing the second to sort of bump into him. Avery's expression shifts to hopeless fear to confusion.

"What is the meaning of-"

"He's barely older than us-" the front soldier starts,

"What does it matter?!" the second interrupts, "[i]Kill him[/i], Tiberius!"

Tiberius grimaces, looking at Avery for a moment before turning to his comrade, halberd lowered, "Kedrick, I [i]can't-[/i]"

Kedrick pushes him aside, glaring at Tiberius like he's the dumbest person on this planet. "Then I [i]will[/i]. Oh, the commander will [i]not[/i] be happy to hear you're [i]still[/i] soft-" When Kedrick turns his head, he can see that Avery has started to climb up the wall.

"HEY!" Kedrick goes to throw his spear, but Tiberius grabs it, yanking it from his ally's hand and turning it around. He uses the wooden handle to knock Kedrick in the head - the man stumbles into the wall.

"You traitorous [i]cur![/i]" Kedrick growls, turning his halberd onto Tiberius.

"Better than a [i]murderer![/i]" Tiberius screams in response.

As Avery frantically climbs up and over the wall, he can hear the two fighting amongst themselves. The last thing Avery sees before he drops back down on the other side of the wall is Kedrick driving his halberd into the Tiberius's chest.