In the safety of her Knight (Queen and Batman)

The guards drew closer to Gildarts as he worked harder to make the gate open. Soon he could see the ten men coming for him and with a sigh of regret he stood up strait and placed his shield under the wench leaving the back gate open enough to slide under for Rose. Taking off his helmet he revealed his face for the first time. A square jawed man with scars running down the left side of his face and a whited out right eye. His long black hair cascaded down his face as his sword came up in both hands. Charging the then guards he blocked four arrows and ducked the other two. Without care or a sense of warning he slammed into the first charging guard and sent him toppling head over heels behind Gildarts and stuck his blade threw the chest of the second man before the other eight guards surrounded him...

She stopped her search as she looked up to see Gildarts stop with opening the door to fight with the oncoming guards. She watched him as he took off his helmet and revealed his face. She watched as he killed the first two but then was surrounded by the others. She knew she had to go but hesitated for a few moments. She looked up the wall to see if the archers were still there and too her surprise they weren't. Rose nodded her head then looked back to the group before slowly standing against the wall then walking along it towards the gate, her eyes only leaving the group to scan for any other dangers.

Gildarts placed his left boot to the torso of the man he impaled and drew his blade from the guards chest. Swinging his sword in a half spin he managed to keep five of the soldiers back while the others moved in from his flanks. Lashing out with one arm he struck a guard in the face hard with his right fist. Before he could swing his massive sword again the other two guards struck his legs hard from behind forcing Gildarts to his knees. Grunting in pain he dropped to his knees and swung his sword straight up and back stabbing a man in the skull with his blade and causing blood to run down his sword and cover his face. Soon the other guards were striking him with the broad side of their weapons having instructions to take Gildarts alive.

She tried to hold back the urge to help the knight and stopped in her tracks to compose herself and to think. She looked to the gate then back to Gildarts. Her heart was torn. Save herself or help save the man who was helping to save her. She didn't know what to do. Rose knew she would not be able to defend herself out there by herself. She also knew that she would surely be turned into a sex slave if she tried to help him and they both got arrested. She turned her hand into a fist and realized she still had the bow. She looked down at her right hand then back to the ground just before her. She saw all the arrows standing on the ground and a thought popped into her mind. She slowly slid to the floor and carefully crawled towards the arrows. She pulled out all the ones closer to her which happen to be about 6. She looked up at the group and realized there were 7. She knew she could help lower the number of guards beating on him. She notched the arrow then aim. She was quick with lining up her shot then released it. She didn't bother to watch if it hit her target due to picking up the next arrows until she had shot all six.

Five guards suddenly dropped around Gildarts and the beating he was taking was let up on. A knowing smile crossed his face and as a foot came sailing at him his arms came up and clutched the foot of the guard causing the man to hop up and down. Quickly Gildarts stood up in a black and red blur throwing his arms up hard and tossing the man to his back. The falling guard dropped his blade and his eyes widened in fear and surprise as he slammed into the floor. Spinning on his heel Gildarts brought his fist up and around slamming it hard into the last man standing and could feel the mans jaw break under the pressure of Gildarts fist. Bending down Gildarts drew his sword and swiftly killed both men. "LETS GO!" He called out and returned to his shield.

Rose watched as the guards fell to the ground. She looked at Gildarts and watched as he took the other two down. She guickly grabbed her bag and the bow as she ran after him towards the gate. She wanted to check him over to make she he was okay but knew it could wait until they were safe, far away from the castle. She glanced around as she waited outside the gate for him, hoping their were no more guards coming and if there were for her and her knight to be gone by the time they get to the gate.

Gildarts looked around and became obviously annoyed. Grunting he walked over to a dead body and dragged it to the crank and used the body to prop up and hold the crank so he could take his shield back. after strapping it to his arm he followed Rose out of the gate and took the bow. "Excuse me" Aiming his shot he let loose an arrow and hit the body over witch caused the gate to close once again. Handing back the bow to Rose he patted her on the back and spoke in an almost whispered voice. "Thank you for the help." Taking the lead he headed to a small forest just outside the castle walls.

Rose nodded her head as the knight thanked her then watched as he started to head towards the forest. She followed but stopped for a second to look back at the castle she once call home. She felt tears form in her eyes and blinked them away. She turned back to where the knight was and quickly caught up to him, walking at his side with her head down slightly. She clutched the bow and her bag as she tried to hold back the tears that threaten to fall.