Today is WQ149, but based on the 10th day of Christmas...10 Lords 'a' leaping? Well, looking at the elements, no such thing, BUT they suit my little story. So, here's the continuation! (see yesterday's post for Parts 1 and 2). 250 words, elements are guards, a fence and 'above the law'.
Here's the link to the website to see my story and others' work (it says WQ148 at the mo)...
http://theironwriter.com/the-iron-writer-challenge-weekend-quickie-148-2/
And here's my Part 3 here...
Part 3
As the night
passed and the morning began, a cool dawn wind blew as they moved by the outer
hovels built by the poorest of their folk. Not one man showed signs of slowing
the pace and so they made their way, over rough and high land to their quarry.
Some time
later, they came upon a fence, taller than any of them, and which stretched as
far as the eye could see in both directions. The first warrior stepped forwards
and with his large machete, slashed a hole big enough for a man into the fence.
One by one, they went through, only to be stopped by the sight of a squad of
guards, twenty and four head, standing some distance away.
“You are
trespassing on royal ground! Lay down your weapons and leave!” shouted one
guard. Without a glance towards each other, all five men continued their march.
“Halt! In the name of the Empress, I demand you to stop!” shouted the same
guard, hand on his sword, at the ready. The five warriors continued their march
without pause. The guards unsheathed their weapons and blocked the way. “In the
name of the law, I demand you to halt!”
Feyle stepped
forwards and sliced the man’s head off. The dead man’s comrades watched in horror
as it fell to the ground. “We are above the law,” grimaced Feyle, and with
that, his four fellow warriors tore through the crowd. Blood was spilt, limbs
were lost, lives were taken.
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