MOVE
"Oh fuck" Kaelen torso has been kicked with an unseen foot, trashing him onto the side of the house nearby.
"You really thought that the slave bitch is enough to fool us?"
Tessen stepped out of the darkness and faced him; he wasn`t dressed for the hunting, he wasn`t ready for it nor was he a proper part of them ; yet here he is.
The slaver was the one who found the slave, who would have thought.
"Tessen!" Kaelen knew him, one of the only people he had to bother remembering the name of. Not because he liked him, not because of him being interesting; simply because when he beat him on the ground shouting his name was the only thing that stopped it.
"That`s sir Tessen to you slave boy" He spat towards him "The Overseer is in a really foul mood because of your .... missing corpse" Tessen kicked Kaelen again and kept walking towards him
GET UP GET UP GET UP GET UP GET UP
The black feather was screaming in his head while the pain was screaming in the stomach.
"Now why does he care? Who knows" Another kick
FIGHT BACK
"I just like my job, and killing you might just keep me going for a while longer"
KILL HIM
STRIKE BACK
Another strike and Kaelen fell far away form him, rolling over a few times down a small hill.
"So be a good slave, and die for your master" His face made a sadistic grin as he cracked his knuckles and slid down the grass.
"Im not" Kaelen`s veins tightened and created webs around the dark gem "A slave. Not anymore" And raised the hand towards him.
Yesss
Now repeat with us
"What are you ..." Tessen paused his slow march with genuine hesitation in his eyes, as the pose he made was early similar to what Overseer used to do.
Breath of hollow /"Breath of hollow.."
And the chanting he begun was confusing too, enough that Tessen pulled out a small present from the coated man - simple iron dagger of good quality. A symbol of trust in him.
Light`s decay /" Light`s decay.."
"I COMMAND THE WIND, BLOW AWAY!"
Instead of the instant and raging power that threw the thugs away, it was a proper wind that pushed only and just Tessen away. But the force wasn`t small, if not even greater.
The slaver was briefly pushed back, and then the wind pulled him so hard that the grass was ripped from the ground, mud and swamp water surrounded him and all as one package flew up up and away.
All of that for a small price of vomiting from Kaelen, although now it was much better again, as instead of mysterious goo, it was moss. Just .... digested. and disgusting.
"Damnn..." Kaelen wiped his face clean and turned to the gem "I didn`t you need poetry to work"
It is not poetry ; incantations
"Difference being?"
Not now
More humans are here
Run
And in fact, there they were ; all of the hunting team heard the wind and started to run towards it. Torches lit and blades taken out, the sight was a first for most of the slaves.
But not for Kaelen.
It made him remember. And that made him just more angry than before.
Torches, fire, goons - only thing that brought back was memories of his parents.
"No. They are dying today"
The light was coming closer and it was coming with a bright orange aura, setting every piece of wood and greenery ablaze with its glow.
Kaelen moved quickly back to the village of mud huts and of course one them housed a friend
"MIRA! " He hissed towards the one place where he knew someone would listen ; the one hut with the light inside.
The red haired girl put out her haid out of the window, her pale face in contrast with the dark and the orange light. Mira was now in a much better mood ; less shaking, less fear. Replaced by determination, she coldly nodded and went inside the house.
Kaelen just ran past it with a slight smile.
They will catch you. They will kill you. Why are you laughing??
"They won`t" He hid behind a root while the hunters ran on the street.
"GET HIM!!!" The thug in the front raised his torch and screamed at the others behind him. They knew now exactly where he was and were done chasing him.
"Hey umm...angel. How that wind chant went ?? " as they closed in on him
....
-Silence-
"Please?"
The dark feather responded with what sounded like a sigh, but then repeated the incantation to his mind, and once it was completed, the wind burst once again blew.
Spread out between 5 of them, it was much weaker, mostly pushing them back or dropping them to the ground. But more importantly...
"HEY WHO THE FUCK THREW THAT??!" One of the thugs screamed with pain as something hit his head.
"STOP THROWING MUD AT ME!!!" Another one
And another one
And the first one again.
In lack of torches and almost complete darkness, someone was throwing mud and rocks at the thugs.
"Told you" Kaelen vomited again "They`re not gonna kill me"
The hunters were in a panick as slaves around them were throwing bits of their own houses towards them, with Mira on the biggest offence with a solid brick aimed at the shiny head of a bald one.
"Why are you all like this" A cold voice came from the darkness.
One torch was left standing and came in late after them. The coated hunter came in and instantly the situation stopped. Slaves stopped the onslaught and hid inside, hunters got up and re-lit the torches.
"Get up. Kill the boy. Than you can play in the dirt"
"Not our fault boss" The bald guy cleaned his forehead "He has a feather on him"
"Oh?" The mask turned towards Kaelen, and even under the fabric, he could see a grinning smile "This changes a lot" The torch was dropped to the ground as he cracked his knuckles.
"Kill everyone around. I`ll take care of our little slave myself"
You were right
"What are you talking about??" Kaelen whispered to himself
They are not going to end you
He might