Friday, December 21, 2018

Legends of Caspian: Rage of the Sea Part 2

Swish thud! Arrows bolted down from the sky like rain as the Vindication turned it's wrath on the bobbing Clipper. Caspian rushed Lydia to cover as more arrows fell. David ducked in with them, plucking two arrows out of his bulky frame as if they were mere splinters.
"They've got us pinned," he growled snapping the shafts in two. "Tage was hit, I think. We're without a pilot."
"Where's Luke!" Caspian asked looked around wildly. Then he saw Luke positioned uncomfortably underneath the giant crossbow on the nose of the drifting clipper! He was trying to put a large clunky looking arrow onto the crossbow's string. He finally succeeded, and desperately trying to aim fired the arrow at the Vindication! It shot above the archer's heads to their audible laughter as they readied for another deathly salvo of arrows into the Clipper. Caspian tensed.
"David, see if you can get to Master Tage and get him to get us out of here," he said.
"But Lydia-" David began.
"Your sister's fine! But she won't be if we don't get out of here now!" As he said this Luke fired a second arrow! It shot through the air and collided with one of the archer platforms! The archers panicked, and suddenly in a fiery explosion the platform burst to pieces, throwing scraps of wood and archers over the side and into the murky depths of the lake. Caspian cheered, and Luke fired another, erupting the second archer platform. One more to go. Already the archers were scrambling off the platform madly trying to escape certain doom.
KA-POW!  
No more archer platform. The ships was burning, but the slaves who manned the oars were cheering.
"Archers!" Sir John yelled, "Stop the ship now, or you all die!"
A commotion broke out, Apparently the sailors were refusing to listen to the archers, but a well aimed warning shot by Luke proved a miraculous solver. The sails were lowered and several anchors thrown overboard. Luke kept a well aimed explosive arrow on the now obsolete Vindication. The archers quickly complied with the demands of Sir John. They released the slaves onto other boats, which quickly were rowed assure where the exultant coal black natives of Africa let out a lusty cheer of approval. The archers had given their weapons to the slaves, and when the archers were forced to go ashore, they quickly ran back to Lord Gelon, under pain of death if they returned! Luke then proceeded to blow the Vindication to smithereens.
"They'll be back," Master Tag scowled later as Lydia dressed his arm. "Be sure of it."     

Thursday, December 20, 2018

Legends of Caspian: Rage of the Sea Part 1

Caspian gaze pierced through the mist, and what he saw froze him in hideous terror! A ship. No it was to big to be a ship.
It was a Behemoth.
It was the Vindication.
Screams rang out as oars rose and fell, propelling the far away but coming quickly Vindication forward with a tremendous speed. Red and black archer's stood ready on not two but three raised platforms! There was a trumpet blast. The archers rose their bows and fired a hail of death into the sky. Luke desperately brought an arrow to the string and fired. It whizzed through the arrow storm and struck on archer, who tumbled overboard with a scream. One down, ninety nine to go. Caspian leaped through the air and caught Lydia's body in her hands, they plunged underneath he surface of the water, as three more bubbling darts pierced it with them. David, Luke, and John were safe. Arrows shot through the water around them, before cracking, or flipping and rising slowly to the surface. Caspian quickly strove to reach the surface, and he finally found it. He cast Lydia onto dry ground. She gasped for breath and coughed up water. Caspian bent over her worriedly. He pushed her stomach and a spurt of greenish water burst from her mouth.
"You saved my life," she choked as her brother, Luke, and John came out of the water,
"Back to the hut!" John ordered quickly, but it was to late. John's men were pouring out, grasping their weapons. They all raced down to odd shaped boats on the lake's surface.
"To the clipper!" Tage called, racing out of the hut. Caspian draped Lydia over his shoulder and they all turned and dashed for the clipper. Caspian leaped on as Master Tage ducked through a door into the pilot's shed.
"To the armory!" John called. He plunged through a trap door and came up as the Clipper pulled away from the sandbar. He threw down an assortment of javelins and darts.
"This is going to be a tight squeeze, but we'll try to make it out of here alive," he said. Luke raced over to a large crossbow contraption on the nerve.
"It's about to get a little fiery," he called. Caspian carefully set the panting Lydia onto a barrel and turned. He saw the hordes of thieves trying to escape on their boats. They weren't' making it. A boat drifted past them. It was riddled with arrows and two men lay dead, covered with shafts. Lydia let out a choking cry and Caspian turned her away from it. He held her and whispered, "I'm not going to let them take you."

Tuesday, December 11, 2018

Legends of Caspian: The Vindication

Spray flew off the bow of the ship as the clipper sped through the water with the ease of a fish. Master Tage was at the helm, if you could call it that. A strange assortment of rope, knobs, wheels, and other things had met Caspian's eyes when he saw it. Master Tage explained that he could pilot the whole ship from that one spot. Caspian watched as the lake where Master Tage lived came into sight. Then he saw something that made him stand up and look hard at that direction of the hut.
Smoke.
Caspian drew his sword, causing Luke to look up. Seeing the smoke he set two arrows to the string. Lydia drew her long curved knife, and David reached for his huge war hammer. When the clipper nosed up next to the port Master Tage had built, David leaped out and watched as Caspian tied it. Then Lydia, Caspian, David, and Luke advanced cautiously toward the hut. The door was leaning, slightly ajar. The smoke was gone, but the remains of a large bonfire was nearby. Caspian lifted up his foot and smashed the door down, Thundering a war cry, he crashed into the hut as men, dressed in dark green, looked up in surprise! Arrows came his way, and swords flashed from their sheaths, suddenly, Caspian was surrounded by men. Now he recognized them. They were the outlaws of the forest. 
"Why looky 'ere cap'n," a leering outlaw said. "It's the prince! I say we kill 'em now!"
"Nah, burn him alive for what his father did to us," another said waving a torch.
"No killing or burning unless I say so!" another man thundered walking out. He was dressed in dark green, a bow was slung over his shoulder, and a sword hung loosely at his waist.
"Yes John," the outlaws wilted away from him.
"Sir John!"
"Yes Sir John!"
"What do you want with us?" David spoke up swinging his trusty war hammer up and down. "Hurt the girl and you lose your life!"
"The girl will not be harmed," Sir John said. "I am a true knight, but I was outlawed by Lord Gelon for thwarting his plans. In fact, none of you will be harmed. I have heard much of prince Caspian, he will be a good fighter for us."
"I will never become an outlaw!" Caspian spoke up.
"Look around you lad. You are an outlaw, but we have bigger problems." John led them to the end of the port and pointed with his hands as a massive shape broke through the mist.
"Behold the Vindication!"









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