Retribution
#1 of Retribution
Retribution
Its been five years. Five year's since my traitorous rat of a brother betrayed me, betrayed our family, betrayed our father. Five fucking years, and my so called friends just stood there and fucking watched. Five years since I was declared a traitor to my people, and I, alongside my mate, were locked away, imprisoned and forgotten about, by both our people. But soon our time draws near, and I will be free again, and my mate will stand at my side and help me bring my brother to justice, and return my family to its former glory.
The Guards saluted as the tall, dark green dragon approached, this dragon wore light leather armor, with a royal family katana tethered to his hip, and also wearing a royal purple cloak, the Cloak of Kings. This dragon that they saluted was Argos, the king of the dragon tribe. Argos stopped and returned the salute, and the guards dropped their salute and stood at attention.
"Has the prisoner's said anything yet?" Asked Argos.
"No my lord. It's been five years; I doubt that they ever say what you want them too." Answered one of the guards.
"Hmmm... Maybe if we.... Put one of them under pressure." Said Argos.
Both guards gasped in shock,
"But, my lord, one of the prisoners is your brother, and it is forbidden to put any of the royal family under torture, and his mate is an emissary from another tribe, that would spark a war." Said the other guard.
Argos laughed and said, "Just idle speculation my friends. I'm going in to talk to him. Stay vigilant."
Both guards clapped a fist to their chests and said in unison, "As you wish."
Argos entered the dungeons of the family castle, and descended down a long spiral stair case, until he came to the floor where his brother was being kept. Here, he walked with absolute silence, he held the royal blade in one claw, so it wouldn't clank against anything, and his cloak was balled up into his other claw, so it wouldn't rustle. He was hoping his silent approach would allow him to sneak up on the prisoner, he was hoping that he might over here the prisoner talking to himself, hopefully. The prisoner inside was standing towards the back of the cell, turned away from the bars, in complete silence, and didn't say a word of anything, until Argos was at the cell door, where he suddenly said,
"It's been almost a month since you've been down here, brother. Now you come down, and try to sneak up on me. I wonder why?"
Argos stepped back, his approach had been absolutely silent, how could he have know of his approach?
Argos growled in irritation, "How did you know I was here?" He demanded.
"Your foot steps were silent, but I could hear you breathe, and I could hear your heart beat."
Argos growled at his brother, "You lie, no one has hearing that is that acute."
In the blink of an eye, the prisoner whirled around and leapt across the cell and slammed into the bars, denting them outwards, causing Argos to stumble back in and gape in awe of the shocking speed and strength his brother had. He stared up at his older brother, easily a foot and a half taller than he, his jet black scales making him hard to see in the darkness of the dungeon.
"DO NOT IMPUNE MY HONOR!!! Unlike you, I have never lied, nor betrayed anyone, I have always spoken the truth, and I have only killed out of necessity, not even you can say that."
Argos stared at the floor, like a child being scolded by his parent. He quickly shook his head and stepped towards the bars of the cell and said, "You are in no position to say such things Magnus."
Magnus glared at his brother, his red eyes seeming to glow with fury as he stared down his younger brother. "And I wouldn't be in this position, if it wasn't for you, isn't that right brother? You and I both know that Talim and I haven't done anything wrong. How long do you think you can keep us locked up for? Sooner or later, we'll get out of here."
Argos laughed and said, "You would not be in this position, if you had chosen a dragoness for a mate, instead of a raptor, and the Chief's daughter, no less. Either way, I'm the king now, Magnus, what I say, goes. So I can keep you here for as long as I wish, until everyone forgets about you and your mate, then the both of you will be executed. Privately of course, the two of you don't deserve the honor of a public execution."
Magnus gripped the bars of the cell in his claws, he was squeezing them to keep himself from lunging at his younger brother, but still, the metal could be heard, groaning as it bent a little from his grip.
"Mark my words brother, our imprisonment here is drawing to a close, and when we get out of here, I will bring justice upon you." He whispered.
Argos listened and laughed. "I doubt that brother. Enjoy rotting in that cell." He said, and with that he spun around and stalked away.
Magnus watched as his younger brother left. He shook his head and turned away and went to the back wall of his cell and placed a hand against it. He closed his eyes and cleared his mind, when he had cleared it; he reached out with his mind, until he felt the presence of his mate, Talim. He felt her consciousness react to his.
_--"Your brother paid you a visit?"-
--"He did my love. He must be planning to kill us soon."-
--"If death comes for us, I will die happy, knowing that I had you as a mate."-
--"Now Talim, do not think such things. Although I am happy that you love me, and I love you will all my soul, but we are escaping from this prison. Our time draws near. I warn you, it won't be easy."-
--"Nothing is easy, with you my love."-_
Magnus smiled at this, and then continued,
_--"When the time comes, be ready, it will happen fast."-
--"I am always ready, but how do you know that we are going to escape?"--.
--"A stranger comes. An outsider to this world. He will stumble into our world, and he will help us."-
--"What do you mean an outsider?"-
--"A human. A human explorer will accidentally stumble into our world. Our world, that has been hidden for countless millennia, will finally be exposed."-_
_ To be continued... _
(This is the introduction to a new series that I just started writing, hope everyone enjoys.)