Chapter 3: Thou shall not die
The assassin brought the herald of death in his arms down onto the trapped princess
-AH!?- A scared shout, light, then dark and then finally dead silence.
The princess couldn't believe his eyes, she moved his hand, burned by the sparks made of the scythe and the chains colliding, it hurted but at the same time it was weird how light his hand felt, it was also quite weird looking, there was a line right across his wrist, it actually looked like his skin not soiled by the life in the cell.
She jumped on his "seat" again when his other hand was slightly burned again and filled with this sensation of lightness too -A…Ah?- When she realized what happened it was even more confusing the assassin just freed his hands. Was this some kind of honor thing? Letting her fight back? He wanted to toy with her? Was that it? Some sick game of his?! But unexpectedly the assassin just leaned on the other side of the cell looking at her, like if it was waiting for something
-What do you want? A thank you? If you are going to toy with me just start already bastard. -
He grinned and sitted down
-You don't have strength to wield heavy armor and a giant axe, yet it is not that you lack strength, you can't solve the hardest math problems yet again you are not considered to lack intelligence-
-What do you m- The shadow kept talking not letting her say a thing
-You can't use magic but still you are not thought of lacking in power, and yet you only lack one thing, the one thing that everyone should have and overall people like you more than anyone. You know what that is?- The princess remained in silence for she didn't know, at of which the assassin smiled -You are a bird, without wings, you my lady… lack freedom-
The princess remained in silence yet again, for the shadow was right, she couldn't choose to escape, to fight, to rebel, she was chained and trapped, she had no freedom… and so what, if this man wanted to make her cry by telling her something that she already knew then he better try harder. Yet the assassin didn't try to make her cry, he did not attack her, he didn't treat her like royalty, he just spitted out facts, then he just got up and slashed the chains on his feet getting on one knee the shadow smiled and offered a hand
-I offer you a choice, grab my hand and I'll set you free, I will give you a chance to fight back and earn your freedom, if not then I will end your life right now right here, as painlessly as possible-
There was no ill intent on his words, truth as clear as it can be, a very honorable offer in fact, for an assassin that's it. She extended his hand over the one of the shadow and just as he was about to grab her she got back at him and pulled him by the neck of his shirt until his own forehead clashed with his mask
-I'm not a little girl you can play with, get this straight, I know you are gonna want something in exchange so you better tell me the truth straight up. What. Do. You. Want.?-
His smile extended trough his face as big as it could be
-GYAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA I KNEW I WAS RIGHT ABOUT YOU! WHAT A SHOW! WHAT A SHOW! - He laughed and yelled abandoning every ounce of stealth he had until a second ago -A jester, I wanna be the royal jester- He answered getting his composure back-
- … Why?- The princess let his neck go
-It just suits my motif Gyahahaha don't you think?- The jester got up and offered his hand yet again -I'm Joker, his majesty, from now on and until you regain your own freedom I'll be your personal jester and handyman gya~-
Could she really trust him? This guy, this assassin was definitely not normal, heck all of this could be part of his sick play… … … but even if it was a lie, it is better to die fighting than to give up, so even if this idiot tried to backstab her at the moment she looked away, she will choose hope. She grabbed his hand and got up free for the first time in a year or almost free at least -I am Zephyrine the 2nd let us bring down a fake king then Joker-
-Good choice~-
Now I know what you are thinking, the best assassin and thief of the underground should be able to do this kind of things in a pretty stylish way. Right? Just get in and out easy yup… … … unless you are not used to getting out with someone… someone alive that's it
-Okay then let us start our escape plan from this castle Zeph!-
-Hm… Yes you are right if I were to present to the people right at this moment it would be too much of an opportunity on top of that my uncle has been taking care of the kingdom playing the character of the good guy, people could accuse me of using magic to change my face just so I could get the throne, we will have to slowly make our moves so I can put myself as the true heir to the throne and expose Valmount on his schemes, after seeing what he did to me just so he could get in power there's no doubt he will have more dirty laundry we can use against him… also is Zephyrine please- The princess throwed a bunch of words suddenly
-Huh… yeah sure I just wanted to say "escape plan"… here put this on- said Joker throwing her some rags
-This is a bag with holes-
-Indeed would be troublesome if people saw me with you- answered the jester as he cutted his wrist spraying blood around the chains that holded the princess not so long ago -There this should help us deceive him for the time being-
-I am the one that should say that, if I want to win the trust of my people I can't be seen with a man like you- She looked at his wrist while dressing up with the bag, the blood had stopped flowing -How did you do that?-
-Easy trick to cut the blood flow or at least reduce it any good fighter can do it, I've even heard of some that can fix dislocated limbs or cut the blood flow of a severed one just with their muscles, either way let's get moving princess we don't wanna the sun coming up before we get out gyahaha- He started walking up the stairs and so did the princess -Once we get to the actual cells we will have to move in silence so if you need to yell or say something say it now-
-Don't get us killed or anyone innocent-
-Fair enough, let's do this- And then he opened the secret door
They moved silently and as fast as possible, changing routes a few times because of the guards positionment, it was not easy but Joker could manage, or so though the princess but she didn't take in account one thing, she had not the energy for this activity, it was not long until she wasn't able to keep with Joker -Wait… ha… huf… wait a… please…-
-Hm… I should have seen this coming… you think you will be able to get far from here before morning?- The jester pulled her into the shadows in the corner of a corridor, no guards had passed close in a while so it should be safe to stop for a bit.
Zephyrine looked at him and he understood, she would try until his last breath but they wouldn't be able to do it because of the princess -Hmmmm are you sure I can't kill some guards? If not it's gonna be impossible to escape, I could dispose of the bodies real good nobody will ever know- The princess shut him up putting her hand on his mouth
-Arf… the delivery tower… where they store the royalty and novelty packages until checked… we can hide there until tomorrow… they used to check them monthly and even if anyone entered to deposit one we could… hide… -
- … … … You do know we have to cross the bridge that connects the tower with the castle to get there right? That place is obviously under surveillance, and a dangerous one at that, the bridge is high up over a hard paced river, we can't just jump on the water and pass swimming-
-Hehe… what? The best assassin and thief can't distract a few guards? And here I was thinking… that in Ugly Death you are encouraged to perfect your schemes…-
-Gyahahaha of course I can after all I AM the best- The assassin started walking yet again in a different direction -Okay then let's accomplish ourselves a little improbable mission. Shall we?-
-Hehe… sure- Said the princess
And so they started their walk onto a most unlikely successful endeavor, or so they did until the legs that kept Zephyrine so tall couldn't keep her up anymore and she felt with such bad luck that one of the multiple porcelain pots with flowers that decorated the halls in the memory of the defunct princess (aka her) crashed on the floor. If until that point no one knew that a shadow had infiltrated the castle in the middle of the night they sure did now.
-Over there!-
-Get the intruders!-
-Don't let them escape!-
How… How could I let this happen… DAMNIT… Not only I alerted half the castle but I can't even run by myself damnit… and this Joker guy… he could have just leaved me there but instead is carrying me for fucks sake…
The shadow hid in a corridor while various guards carrying weapons and lights passed him by going straight where they thought he was at -Few~ You sure did a mess Zeph-
-Just… let me… there's no place we can hide long enough to escape… and there's no way you can or would want to carry me out of this mess. We dont have a plan… we just fucked up-
-Wow language! I thought you were better than that miss royalty, besides you are only right about two things- Joker started moving again even though there were not guard in sight they could be heard from all sides
-What do you mean?-
-We still have a plan-
-What plan?!-
-What plan? Yours of course Gyahahaha- Said Joker ramming a door with his back
The moon shone illuminating the fugitives who still ran till half the bridge where the guards of the delivery tower cut them out, at the same time guards started coming through the rammed door
-What did you do!? We are gonna die!-
As the guards got closer and closer Joker jumped on the ledge and the princess catched a look at the bottom of the fall, the river looked rough, and it being only illuminated by the moon didn't help
-HALT RIGHT THERE YOU TWO ARE ARRESTED IN THE NAME OF THE CROWN- Yelled one of the guards
-Get down of there- said another
-Welp start praying whatever you know… but do not worry Zeph, for thou shall not die GYAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA-
And so they jumped
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