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There was suddenly an uproar into the town, citizens were running around screaming as there was a series of explosions going off through the town, followed by gunshots. Darian cocked his head. "Gunshots?" Guns, though in this time were only rifle, were a new invention, given to only those who could afford it. They were all expensive, and the ammo and gunpowder was just as high in price. "This isn't good." He got onto the driver's side and cracked the rein's of the horses to bring them into an alley to hide them. He moved out to the back and made sure the tarp was up and covering the entire cart. Grabbing his crossbow, he sat behind a dumpster and looked past it, wondering what was goign on. All he saw were knights in red and yellow armor firing into a crowd as well as throwing molotovs into buildings. "What the hell is happening...?! Where's that idiot gone!?" He began to wonder if Synthia would care if Nathan had died in this little raid. But that was a minor worry. He was more important to hiding the girls.
 
Lolithia groaned out softly and woke up, surprised to see Synthia curled up next to her, dried tears on her face. "What the hell...?" She whispered, before sitting up and pulling a blanket over the other girl. She went over to the clothing chest and slipped on a travelling outfit, then strapped on her sword belt. She untied the back flap and ducked out. skirting over to Darian. "What the hell is happening?" She whispered to him, holding her side softly.
 
"I don't know!" Darian called as he began to fire arrows out toward a guard who had noticed Lolithia skirt out from the cart. "Dammit get down and protect Synthia! She's not fit for fighting and I'm holding them off while keeping us silent. Put the wooden crates at the back of the cart and pull up the trunk door and stay down so you don't get shot!" He ordered. He couldn't tell what was going on exactly from where they were, but he did know a lot of people were dying.
 
She growled at being ordered around and nearly hit him, but an arrow flew past her ear and punched into the wood of the cart. She darted over to some crates and started moving them to make a barricade before pulling up the cart's backdoor, adding the protection for Synthia. She ducked next to Darian again and drew her sword. "Well...what's the plan, yer Highness?"
 
"Don't you dare confuse me with royalty scum." He said with a frown. "The only royalty I am is the master of the best underground bar of my town and thats it." He said with a glare. "And the plan here is simply if you want to, go find that idiot and bring him back if he's alive. I'll keep Synthia safe."
 
She punched Darian in the mouth, before barking out at him, "I am not scum you low-born fool." She peeked over the crates and waited for an opening before sprinting across the street and into another alley. She knew he would of been in a brothel, and so headed to the most prestigious brothel in town. She skirted many different fights, and always kept a look out for him.
 
Darian grumbled. When she socked him in the mouth, he would have snapped back at her but she was already off. "You are scum...putting that innocent man into a situation where its death or betrayal...and whats worse your little curse has him openly fall in 'love' with you." He said as if she were there, though she was long gone.

Nathan was back in the brothel. He had not gone far when the raid happened, and the brothel would be the safest place to be. Women who knew how to fight were there, because men who went there were usually scumbags who would attack them if they didn't do anything they liked. He would hold off there until the city was safe again. He helped block the door with random furniture and did the same to the windows. He ordered all the women upstairs into the rooms and board them up as well, and to stay away from the windows and not go to them for any reason whatsoever after it was boarded it. Bullets could still penetrate the wood furniture, mostly anyway.
 
She reached the brothel after nearly a half hour of ducking and running. She walked up to the door and knocked on it. "Nathan! You in there?" She yelled, her eyes darting left and right, making sure she wasn't about to get shot. "Open up you jagger!" She banged on the door harder, feeling that it was barricaded.
 
Hearing Lolithia, he immediately began to tear down the barricade. Opening the door, he pulled her in and closed it before he began to barricade it once more. "Lolithia, what the hell are you doing here...!?" He said with a frown. "I thought you were with Synthia...!"
 
"Your girl is fine, she's passed out in the back of the cart. Darian is watching after her. Uhhh...I was kinda sent to bring you back...?" She trailed off as he finished barricading again. She sighed softly and pinched her nose in annoyance. "Don't want to leave yet apparently?"
 
"It was the best place to hide! This place is like a fortress pretty much! The women here are trained to at least protect themselves with knives and some of the men in here are brutish enough to be the strength!" He said with a glare. "If we hurry, we can get to Darian and Synthia and get the hell out of here before the raiders decide to kill us."
 
"Oh pleaseeeeeeee, these guys are just raiders there is no way- " The door and half the barricade suddenly blew in between them, smacked open by a cannon ball. "Oh....shit..." She said, pulling out a splinter from her arm that was 6 inches long. "Bitches..." She ripped out her sword just as a dozen raiders rushed into the brothel, armed with spears, clubs, and swords. She slashed a spear in half them gutted him, before turning to parry three swordsmen.
 
Nathan wished he hadn't left his sword back at the infirmary that Synthia was in, so he was at a disadvantage. He was dodging and evading all the attacks on him before he managed to take the spear of one of the guards and jab him in the gut before slicing the forehead open on the guy. Snapping the spear in half, he made it a smaller stick with a pointed edge rather than a two handed weapon. Nathan rushed to help Lolithia, killing off all the raiders that were invading the brothel.
 
She didn't need his held, sitting onto of the bodies of the five men she had killed, going through their gear expertly. "Hmmmm, most of these guys are piss poor...but nice weapons and some jewelry." She dropped a handful of money and rings into her pouch, picking up the captains longsword. "Get a weapon since you left your's smarty-pants." She walked over to the hole, peeking out ot see if anyone was left outside.
 
"This...makeshift spear will do just fine." He said with a smile as he began to get things ready for the owners of the brothel to build up the barricade again. Seeing no one outside, Nathan smirked. "Alright Lolithia...Whenever you're ready, lead me to the cart so we can get the hell out of here...unless you want to make more coin and take out these guys. Their guns would be pretty useful too...they're expensive and hard to come by. If we take them, all we have to worry about is the price of pellets and other bullets as well as gunpowder. Its your choice 'princess'."
 
"Uhhhhhg, I wouldn't know how to use them....if we run into anyone that uses them on the way back, we will collect what we can." She sighed and ducked out of the building, heading into the alley ducking low and moving fast. She kept to the side alleys and deserted streets, until they arrived back at the cart, which was being besieged by close to 30 troops. Half of them had rifled and were ripping through the little cover that remained.
 
By the time Nathan and Lolithia would have came, Darian would have barricaded the area a bit more, fending off the soldiers with his crossbow as a bullet wound lay in his opposite firing arm's shoulder. He now had to shoot with one hand, which was a little less precise and he was quickly running out of arrows that he didn't salvage from ones being shot at him. "We have to hurry and help!"
 
She watched the men closely, noticing where they looked and their formation. "Ok, here is the plan: circle to the right and kill as many as you can quietly, I will do the same on the left, they will have to split their attention. Deal?"
 
"If fighting guards with guns and bows up close and in the open is your idea of a fight, I like it." He said. "I'll be back...don't attack until they notice me." He then began to slip off, turning around the block and began to circle around before he began to silently kill off the soldiers until they began to notice him. "Now!" He called out.
 
She gave a primal war cry, tearing into their left flank, immediately dropping five soldiers in seconds, before the others reacted. The other turned and began to shoot at her, which she was barely able to dodge. She took a bullet over her arm, grazing her. She gutted another two raiders before being stopped dead by four spearmen.
 
"Lolithia!" Nathan called out when the four spearmen began to surround her. He rushed toward the group, trying to get to her before the spearmen would kill her. He began to take out two, hoping to save her. "Don't you fucking touch her!"
 
"Hahahaha, love you too!" She called out, chopping off the spear points and driving them back. She danced past them and killed a raider before he stabbed Nathan in the back. "Start backing toward the cart." She ordered, stepping back toward the barricade as the last remaining raiders attacked them.
 
By now Darian was assisting once more, aiming and firing as Nathan and Lolithia headed back to the cart. Once there, Nathan helped Darian, who was still firing, into the cart before getting into the driver's seat and helping Lolithia up. He cracked the reins and the horses were off, speeding off fast and not stopping as Nathan steered them out of town as quick as he could.
 
She hoped back into the cart and looked at Synthia, who was awake and holding a bloody arm. "Hey sweety....let me look at that..." She took the girl's arm and started to patch it up. Synthia hissed repeatedly, and near bit Lolithia's shoulder several times. "There, you will live." She finished patching her up and held her close.
 
Nathan looked at Synthia and frowned as they were in the clear and trotting down the road away from the town. He wished he could have helped the town but it was already too late...but who were those raiders? He let Darian drive as he was about to hop down beside the two girls before Darian grabbed his arm and shot a cold glare into his eyes. "You've done enough to hurt the girls. Leave them alone." This...actually intimidated Nathan and he backed down and kept his head down, his banes covering his eyes as he sat in guilt.
 
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