Everlasting
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“That?!” Tanya yelped, ducking as a volley of arrows fired her way. “We need to cross that?!”
Cassiel threw her to the side as another volley fired her way. At the same time, he reached down and picked up the spear launched at Katerina. Without breaking stride, he hurled it back down the mountain. There was a swish of air, followed by a gurgling yell as it hit its target.
One down. Just fifty thousand to go.
“Dylan,” Katerina gasped, throwing her entire body towards the bridge, “what if we don’t make it? What are we going to—”
“We’re going to make it.”
Their eyes met, and he said it again.
“We’re going to make it.”
It wasn’t an option. It wasn’t a choice. They would make it. Or they would die trying.
The army was closing the distance between them, gaining constant ground, but only a few seconds later the gang skidded to a stop at the edge of the bridge. They stared at it for just a fraction of a second, swinging precariously over the deadly abyss, before jumping on top.
“Whoa!” Katerina threw out her arms for balance, grabbing hold of the rope. “Guys, this thing was NOT meant for more than one person at a time!”
Already, the beams were beginning to shake. The rope was beginning to tremble. For a terrifying moment, it felt as though the entire thing was about to flip over and pitch them off. Then the wind died down and it righted itself once more.
“Cass and Tanya, stay to the right,” Dylan commanded, flinching to the side as a dagger whipped past his face. “Kat and I will stay to the left.”
They divided quickly and did as he asked, cutting their way through the misty mountain air with as much speed as was possible. It was an impossible task but, for once, luck was on their side.
They had made it more than halfway before the first soldier set foot on the bridge.
That’s when things started to get interesting...
There was a rush of air, followed by a sudden cry as an arrow whipped through the air in between them. A splash of crimson shot into the mist, and Katerina look up in horror to see Tanya’s body fall precariously against the rope. She was doubled over at the waist, clutching at her side.
“Tanya—”
She started to scream, but before she could two more arrows followed suit. One lodged itself rather harmlessly in her cloak, while the other buried deep into Dylan’s thigh.
His knee buckled, and he went careening towards the edge, but in a strange turn of events she leapt forward and caught him just before he slipped over the side. At the same time, Cassiel picked up Tanya and draped her across his shoulders, racing toward the doors with renewed speed.
“Are you okay?” Katerina gasped, steadying Dylan and dragging him forward all in the same motion. They were almost to the other side of the bridge, but the enemy was gaining fast. “Dylan, talk to me! Are you all right?”
He let out a gasp of pain, but when he lifted his head once more she didn’t see a trace of it in his eyes. There was anger there instead. Lots of anger. And a fierce kind of determination. “Better than all right,” he answered, draping a protective arm across her shoulder as they raced forward. “I just thought of a little surprise for our friends...”
Tanya and Cassiel had already reached the other side of the bridge. They banged desperately on the tall doors, but there was no response. By the time Dylan and Katerina joined them, their faces were pale with a helpless sort of panic.
“What are we going to do?” Tanya gasped, collapsing against the door as she gazed out at the advancing army. “It’s not opening. What are we going to do?!”
For a moment, it seemed there was nothing left they could do. Then, with a smile Katerina would always remember, Dylan stepped bravely forward to face the horde.
“We’re going to stall for some time.”
Without a moment’s pause, he reached down and ripped out the arrow that was still lodged in his leg. A torrent of blood was quick to follow, but no sooner had he grabbed the shaft than he thrust it with all his might into the center of the rope.
There was a violently snapping sound as the threaded twine gave way. The soldiers yelled with fright and skidded to a halt, but it was too late. A second later, Dylan cut the other side.
It seemed to happen in slow motion. The moment when the bridge fell.
Katerina watched with a strange sort of detachment as what had to be a thousand men plunged to their death in the endless mist, the ancient bridge twisting around them like a child’s ribbon. The sounds of their screams grew quieter and quieter until, at last, all was still.
“I can’t believe you just did that,” Tanya said quietly, staring down into the mist.
Dylan followed her gaze for a moment, then turned deliberately back around. “I can’t believe I didn’t do it sooner.”
Cassiel didn’t say a thing. He just turned back to the door and started pounding on it with his fist. Katerina watched him for a second, feeling a bit dazed, before the weight of their predicament started to settle upon her weary shoulders. Her eyes flickered once to the mountain they were standing on, then back to the mountain on the other side. Twice, her eyes made the journey. Then a third time. Sweeping across the endless distance that separated the two peaks.
“Dylan?” she began uncertainly.
Unlike her, he didn’t look. He took a deep breath and kept staring right in front of him.
“I know. We’ll deal with it later.” After a moment, he added, “It was the only way.”
She froze a second, nodded, then turned with forced determination back to the door. At the moment, she was in absolutely no position to worry. She was in no position to do anything at all.
But the fact remained.
They’d made it to the sanctuary. Their harrowing journey was complete. The only problem?
We now have no way to leave.
THE END
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