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Message: <blockquote data-quote="darklight" data-source="post: 267149" data-attributes="member: 2450">The Coin, Part IIThe shadowy figure moved quickly and silently, not wanting to be noticed by anyone. As he left Stockrow behind him, he wondered what was in the pouch Touchberry had given him, but he knew his mission was too important to stop and look. He had to reach Her before the Baron discovered the theft. After running for a few miles, he heard a noise up ahead. He paused for a moment. The sound grew louder. There was definitely someone, or something moving towards him. As it got closer, he could make out the trampling of hooves, and the creaking of wheels. A wagon was approaching. He felt the tendrils of panic prodding his mind, but experience had tought him how to wash them aside. "Focus", he said to himself, and concentrated. He looked around for a place to hide. There were no trees or bushes nearby, but he spotted a couple of boulders, that might be big enough to hide between. If that wagon was one of the Barons patrols, he knew he had to be completely concealed. Many of the Barons soldiers were orcbloods, and had that blasted darkvision. He crept in between the boulders. He had to twist quite a bit, but better to be uncomfortable than dead. The wagon came roaring by. He felt a sharp pain in the back. He had to bite his tongue to keep from screaming. As the wagon passed, he got a quick glimpse of it. It was the Barons personal carriage. Panic crept into his mind again, along with the pain. What was the Baron doing here, and at this time of night? I must hurry, he thought. As he tried to get out of his hiding place, the pain struck again. The mountains were known for the deadly centipedes, and he knew he had been the victim of one. The poison was slowly spreading in his body. Shortly his muscles would begin to go numb. Now, more than ever, he had to hurry. She will help me, he thought. He started running, but it felt awkward, like his muscles would not do what he wanted. "I…must…focus", he said to himself, as he staggered on. His eyes began to blur, and he saw little sparks of strange colours. He turned off the road, his blurred mind still remembering the route to the cave where he was to meet Her. After climbing a hill, there should be a small stream, and then a cluster of trees. Stumbling into the water, he could feel his feet get cold, but he was unsure if it was because of the water or the poison. "Then the trees", he whispered. "Yes, those figures are trees", he thought, and moved towards them. The undergrowth made him loose his footing, and he fell. He tried to get up, but the poison had drained away his strength, so he had to crawl on. "I must get to the cave…She will help me…She will help me". He repeated that same sentence over and over, and it gave him the last bit of strength to drag himself further. There it was. The cave where She was waiting for him. He wanted to shout to Her for help, but no sound came over his lips. Just a little further…almost there… finally!He had reached the entrance to the cave. He pulled himself to a kneeling position, so he could look inside. What he saw in the cave was not what he expected. He prayed it was the poison that made him hallucinate, but deep in his heart he knew that what he saw was real. What little remained of his strenght left him, and he collapsed. The last thing he heard was a voice behind him saying "well, well, what have we here?"darklight</blockquote>

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