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Post by Solan on May 14, 2009 12:22:29 GMT -5
The troops advanced into the thick forest. Everyone kept their guard up because they were entering Amazon territory. A young man, about seventeen years of age rode up on his horse. Lifting his hand up, he silenced his men. Pulling himself from his horse, he looked around. It was quiet, a little to quiet. Pulling his sword from it's sheath he swung it around as it glistened in the afternoon sun. "I want you and some of your men to travel up north. We all will split up. I want this territory scouted out. I want it. I want this land. Do as I say" he said to his right hand man. The man saluted him and instructed part of the band of warriors to follow him.
Solan or Octavius as he called himself, stared at the other men. Some looked like they were going to run off scared and others were determined to fight and win. Some And the others knew they would face death today. "On this day, the third of March, I declare war against the Amazon nation." He pointed his sword in the direction they would go. Just then flying arrows headed towards them. A few men fell while others shieled themselves. "ATTACK." They ran towards where the arrows had been flying from.
Swords clashed as another round of arrows and spears came at them. Solan ducked as he slashed a few of the Amazons. One in particular caught his interest as he grabbed her hair. She was a fiery red head. He cut her hair off with one swift motion of his sword. He chuckled as she scampered off crying but soon fell as another soldier finished her off. This was turning into massacre and he was enjoying ever second of it.
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Post by Gabrielle on May 14, 2009 21:38:05 GMT -5
Gabrielle had heard of the rrouble from one of the queens as she came with her sword and sies and when she got there the fight was on. she saw the leader and he seemed familler to her in a strange way biut there was no time for that now as she had to help her 'sisters'. she then attacked those in her way as she fought to the amazon queen and they fought side by side. she knew that Xena must not be far off. She then sighed as she watched them all.
"We must bring them to where we want them sisters...never give up and we will protect this place as best as we can"
With that she slashed at some of them with her sword and others she attacked with the sies not really paying much attention to what they all looked like. she then sighed as she helped all those she could and knew thwy would have to run if they were too wounded. She had done this once before and won and will do it again now as it was needed. she hoped that Xena's plan would work as this wasn't looking good for now.
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Post by Solan on May 14, 2009 22:30:25 GMT -5
All around him people were falling. He watched as his men were slaughtered. Blood stained the Amazon grounds. Anger coursed through every single inch of his body. He knew that he had to retreat but he was clouded by rage and the need to shed blood. Some of his men were retreating. “COWARDS” he shouted at them. Only a few remained but soon they fell. It was just him now. Looking around he stared at his badly injured men and the dead. Gritting his teeth, his wild eyes darted back and forth at the Amazons. “DEATH TO THE AMAZONS.” Solan charged at them but didn’t get far. He felt a searing pain in his shoulder. He had been shot at. The arrow went through his shoulder. Biting his lip he broke it and pulled it out. Solan continued on but each staggering step he took another arrow tore into him. This time in his leg. A cackle escaped his lips as he pulled the arrow from his leg. He was bleeding through his armor. “YOU THINK YOU CAN DEFEAT ME?” His vision blurred and soon darkness consumed him. Someone had hit him from behind. His body fell forward, hard onto the ground. He had lost.
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Post by Gabrielle on May 14, 2009 22:39:38 GMT -5
Gabrielle and the amazons took him back and tied him up to face trile for the sinns he had comited against thier people as she sighed slightly and watched from the opaning of where he was being kept. she didn't go in there though as she didn't wish to. she rememberd last time she had to be harsh like this and didn't like that fact very much. she waited for him to get up as there were guards all around him and it was well protected.
Gabrielle then tried to figure out why he looked so famillier but couldn't really as she then sighed and hoped that what they gave him wasn't too harsh but then again one can never know with them. the land had been stained with Amazon blood and that blood must be repayed in everyone's mind really.
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Post by Solan on May 14, 2009 22:48:33 GMT -5
It was awhile before Solan woke. He groaned and winced slightly. His head throbbed from where one of the Amazon’s had hit him over the head. Opening his eyes he looked around. He took note of two guards close by. Grunting, he pulled at the ropes but was tied securely. He knew he should have run when he had the chance. The call for retreat should have been made but Solan had been to thirsty for blood to see that. His men had been slain and now he was captured. Solan was most certain that the punishment would not be light. They would seek death. Either they would hang, burn, or behead him. He didn’t fear death but today he did. He feared that his life would be over soon. That was one thing he tried to not show. He hated to be weak.
Something or rather someone caught his attention. Looking up at her, he tilted his head at the blonde. A laugh escaped his lips as his eyes danced like fire. “Wasn’t that fun?” he asked and grinned at her. “To bad I didn’t get a chance to take every one of you disgusting whores down. I would have loved to taste the blood. I would lick it off my sword and I would feed your cold, dead bodies to the animals.”
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Post by Gabrielle on May 14, 2009 22:58:56 GMT -5
She looked at him and shook her head slightly at his coldness and then she saw it a glimce of what she had seen once in Xena when she had been on the path for revenge but she said nothing about this as she wasn't sure how that was possible as she had seen solen dead in Xena's arms that night by the hands of Hope.
"I wouldn't be talking like that around here,you are in our hands now and you are in no place to make such threats! they will do as they like to you and it will be harsh as you spilled our blood and for that there is no forgiveness! you should have run when you got the chance"
She then leaned on the side of the tent as the guards bowed slightly to her as she shook her head and told them there was no need for that as she had given the rule to her friend really, though they still considerd her as a queen really. She then waited to see what he would say or do now as she had the guards tighten the ropes just in case and of course his weapons had been taken from him any way.
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Post by Solan on May 14, 2009 23:09:06 GMT -5
Solan couldn’t help but laugh more. “Oh so I am now allowed but you are allowed to threaten me?” he asked. “Tsk, tsk…that is not very nice at all.” He shook his head at her. “I don’t fear death. Let them kill me. Let them torture me and make me bleed. And I do not run. I am not a coward. I will accept the decision of your Amazon nation but hear this; in the end you will regret it. In the end you will pay and at a price. A very big price I may add.” He leaned his head back against the wooden pole as he felt the guards tighten his ropes. “Is this how you treat all prisoners of war? No hospitality? I thought you were a woman of peace. I thought it wasn’t in your nature to kill. I thought you were passive, Gabrielle.” Solan ran his tongue over his pearly whites. “Why not kill me now? I dare you to. Come on. Show me little Amazon, bitch.” Solan was harsh with his words. He clearly was not the happy boy he had been raised to be. He was not the young boy who liked to play ball with the others. No, he was a fierce man who yielded the sword. And this sword was full of death and destruction.
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Post by Gabrielle on May 14, 2009 23:19:12 GMT -5
She watched him as he spoke and then sighed coming closer to him now with her sword thinking about what Xena would do when she saw her son like this after having eve become evil and back again. Gabrielle herself had little mercy for those who killed her own but she hated to see Xena loose her son again. This was a conflict that only Xena would be able to figure out.
"I was once,those days are over Solen...much has chaged since you were a child and as I can see so have you! Death doesn't become you Solen and i know you fear it as it's in your eyes! Your mother won't like this one bit"
She then put the sword to his neck as she leaned in closer and whisperd in his ear with a sigh as she kept the sword on his neck now.
"Don't temp me solen and I have learned a lot from your mother even the ways of war! I'm a warrior now and stand by my people unless another way is found by Xena herself"
She then pulled her sword back leaving a slight mark on his neck as she put the sword away with a sigh. she couldn't beleive this happened again and didn't know what to make of it really as she knew that eve was away making peace in the world but all has changed over time and she didn't know what to think about that really.
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Post by Solan on May 14, 2009 23:28:31 GMT -5
“The name is Octavius. Solan is dead” he said to her harshly. He hated to be called such a puny and pathetic name. Octavius sounded bolder and a great warrior name. It also sounded like a great ‘god’ name as well. One day he would rise above all the other gods and he would be stronger than the Mighty Zeus, himself. Solan lifted his chin up more as she pointed the sword at his neck. “Go ahead and cut me, or are you to afraid? Are you afraid that Xena might hate you if you end her son’s life?” he asked. “And your wrong you dumb bard. I don’t fear death. I don’t fear anything. It’s you who fear. I can see it in your eyes. You don’t have the courage to kill me. And you never will.” Solan pulled more at the ropes but the more he pulled, the more it tightened. He could feel the blood being cut off but he didn’t care. “I WILL KILL ALL YOU AMAZONS AND HANG YOU FROM THE TREES. IT WILL BE A REMINDER TO ALL WHO PASS THESE LANDS. THIS IS MY LAND.” One of the guards ended up gagging Solan, not wanting to hear anymore of his crazy talk.
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Post by Gabrielle on May 14, 2009 23:46:38 GMT -5
Gabrielle shook her haed as she looked at the guards and walked out with a sigh. she didn't know what to do about this really as she hated to see him this way. He was once a peaceful and loving boy but something changed and had a feeling Alti or Ares had a hand in this really. The world was a harsh place now that most of the gods were gone and Gabrielle had to learn that the hard way really.
"I may not be able to kill you Octavius but know this,they don't have such feelings for you and you will either leave our lands or die it's up to them really not me"
she thrn walked to her tent as she sat there and let out her breath not knowing what to do or say now about what was to come. she didn't know what Xena would do but they had to figure this one out and fast.
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Post by Solan on May 14, 2009 23:55:55 GMT -5
‘Then let death become me’ he thought to himself. If they wanted to destroy him, then so be it but he always had a back-up plan. And that back-up plan was Alti. They had crossed paths and ended up coming to agreement on a few ‘evil’ plans they had. Solan would not die in the hands of the Amazons. No, he would live to see another day. He could feel it. Eventually he succumbed to the darkness. He was tired and somewhat weak. He still bled from his wounds but they didn’t bother him so much. He had a high tolerance to pain. It wasn’t until a little while later that he woke up. He was still gagged and tied. Solan began to slam his head against the wooden pole. He pulled harshly on the ropes as it left marks on his arms. The rope ended up snapping as he pulled the gag down. Quickly he got up and went to fight the guards. They easily went down. Walking out of the hut, he looked around. A huge grin on his face as he grabbed a sword that stuck from the ground. “OCTAVIUS, RULER OF THE GODS” he shouted. "AND DESTROYER OF NATIONS." He ripped the title from his mother. It was his. He was the Destroyer of Nations.
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Post by Gabrielle on May 15, 2009 0:07:40 GMT -5
Gabrielle heard this as she ran out and told the amazons to stop him at all costs as she too came to fight him herself. she then faced him as she tried to stop him from leaving.
"Don't do this solen,listen to the good part of you i know it's still in there"
She then attacked him with the sword as she had to stop him from killing those like her and she was angerd now more then she even thought possible. she hoped Xena had a plan because this one wasn't working out too well.
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Post by Solan on May 15, 2009 0:13:23 GMT -5
He arched his eyebrow at her and smirked. “Really Gabrielle?” he asked her. “The good in me?” He had to laugh at the way she spoke to him. “You are not my personal savior, Amazon.” Solan blocked the sword with his as she attacked him. “Oh that’s right, there’s the feisty little blonde everyone likes to see.” He slammed his sword against her and used his body to push her down. He was not afraid of any form of a wound. Over the years he had become immune to the wounds. They didn’t hurt as much as they used to. He had built up a high tolerance. “No, Warrior Princess to help you out today? That’s a shame. Well she doesn’t get the treat of seeing her beloved friend die.” Solan raised his sword and went to strike at her. “Death will become you today, Gabrielle.”
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Post by Gabrielle on May 15, 2009 0:19:47 GMT -5
Gabrielle watched him as he raied the sword and whren he came to strike she took out her sies and blocked the sword pushing him back slightly and twerling them in her handsa as she stood there like a warrior and an amazon queen would. she then struck at him with firce anger and frustration.
"It's not that easy to kill me Octavius and I don't need her protection but she will face you soon enough and then you wll regret this"
she then blocked his attacks as she sighed and watched a fellow Amazon attack him from behind as arrows flew in his direction once more and she sighed. Gabrielle herself had been an Archangel once and because of that the ways of the warrior came easy to her really.
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Post by Solan on May 15, 2009 0:26:44 GMT -5
Solan grunted slightly as she struck himself. Blood came from his mouth as he spit it out. “You think your strong?” he asked her. “Your not strong. You are nothing, nothing but a shadow.” He went to strike her once more but he ended up dropping his sword. He felt the arrows in his back. Blood oozed from his mouth and nose. Gritting his teeth he pulled out the arrows and went to pick up his sword. His vision blurred as he stumbled slightly. “Stupid Amazon bitch.” Another arrow pierced him and brought him to his knees. He wasn’t giving up as he pushed himself from the ground. He shook slightly as he aimed the sword at her. Another arrow got him and this time he didn’t get up. Blood pooled underneath him as he lost consciousness.
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