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<blockquote data-quote="talien" data-source="post: 3453517" data-attributes="member: 3285"><p><strong>Adventus Regis - Part 12: Give Us Your Children!</strong></p><p></p><p>They had finally reached the hills where the more well appointed villas were located. They arrived just in time to witness a crowd of crazed townspeople battering down the barricaded door to a villa. Servants threw out furniture from the second floor windows onto the mob, in a vain attempt to drive them away. It was clear that the mob would overcome the barricade in minutes.</p><p></p><p>“Stop them!” shouted Ilmarė.</p><p></p><p>The mob was armed with many torches. Most of them had gathered around a wagon filled with barrels of lamp oil.</p><p></p><p>“Give us your children and they shall be spared!” shouted the crowd. </p><p></p><p>Cal thudded towards the crowd with his axe. He slammed one aside with the flat of the blade, then two more to his right.</p><p></p><p>“Get that oil away from the torches!” shouted Sebastian.</p><p></p><p>Beldin rolled underneath the wagon and, with his back to the wall, pushed against the wagon with his feet. The wagon creaked but barely moved.</p><p></p><p>An older man screamed, “The Last King demands your children!” Then he lit himself ablaze.</p><p></p><p>The flailing conflagration stumbled towards…</p><p></p><p>“The wagon!” shouted Ilmarė. “Stop him Cal!”</p><p></p><p>The big lizard turned, but it was too late. The man threw himself onto the cart. In seconds, it would explode.</p><p></p><p>There were pleas from the people inside. The cries of children.</p><p></p><p>Cal bellowed an ear-splitting roar, louder than the screams and the crackling of the flames. His earflaps stood straight up.</p><p></p><p>“Not him too!” said Sebastian. “If we lose Cal…”</p><p></p><p>“Cal has not gone crazy,” said Bijoux. She watched with careful interest. “He’s just angry.”</p><p></p><p>Cal seemed to puff up another full foot. His claws extended as he pounded towards the smoldering wagon. With a mighty heave, the Ss’ressen grabbed the front of the wagon and lifted it over his head. He spun, his dilated eyes scanning the terrain for a place where it would be safe to throw it.</p><p></p><p>“No,” said Beldin through gritted teeth. “He’ll never get away in time!”</p><p></p><p>“I don’t think he plans to get away,” said Ilmarė. </p><p></p><p>With the wagon nearly on his back, Cal strained towards open ground. He almost made it.</p><p></p><p>The explosion was powerful enough to knock the sane and insane to the ground. Bits of flaming debris showered down around them.</p><p></p><p>And at the center of the wreckage, a blackened form lay still.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="talien, post: 3453517, member: 3285"] [b]Adventus Regis - Part 12: Give Us Your Children![/b] They had finally reached the hills where the more well appointed villas were located. They arrived just in time to witness a crowd of crazed townspeople battering down the barricaded door to a villa. Servants threw out furniture from the second floor windows onto the mob, in a vain attempt to drive them away. It was clear that the mob would overcome the barricade in minutes. “Stop them!” shouted Ilmarė. The mob was armed with many torches. Most of them had gathered around a wagon filled with barrels of lamp oil. “Give us your children and they shall be spared!” shouted the crowd. Cal thudded towards the crowd with his axe. He slammed one aside with the flat of the blade, then two more to his right. “Get that oil away from the torches!” shouted Sebastian. Beldin rolled underneath the wagon and, with his back to the wall, pushed against the wagon with his feet. The wagon creaked but barely moved. An older man screamed, “The Last King demands your children!” Then he lit himself ablaze. The flailing conflagration stumbled towards… “The wagon!” shouted Ilmarė. “Stop him Cal!” The big lizard turned, but it was too late. The man threw himself onto the cart. In seconds, it would explode. There were pleas from the people inside. The cries of children. Cal bellowed an ear-splitting roar, louder than the screams and the crackling of the flames. His earflaps stood straight up. “Not him too!” said Sebastian. “If we lose Cal…” “Cal has not gone crazy,” said Bijoux. She watched with careful interest. “He’s just angry.” Cal seemed to puff up another full foot. His claws extended as he pounded towards the smoldering wagon. With a mighty heave, the Ss’ressen grabbed the front of the wagon and lifted it over his head. He spun, his dilated eyes scanning the terrain for a place where it would be safe to throw it. “No,” said Beldin through gritted teeth. “He’ll never get away in time!” “I don’t think he plans to get away,” said Ilmarė. With the wagon nearly on his back, Cal strained towards open ground. He almost made it. The explosion was powerful enough to knock the sane and insane to the ground. Bits of flaming debris showered down around them. And at the center of the wreckage, a blackened form lay still. [/QUOTE]
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