Fire. Deep in a forest, a fire is raging. A huge castle is being burnt down. Soon a robust man jumps through the door. A woman right behind him carrying a baby.
"Princess! We have to get out of here!" Exclaims the robust man.
"Not without the family heirloom!" The princess says as she gives the man the baby and runs back into the building.
"Princess no!" The robust man says but she vanishes into the flames of the castle. Inside the castle, the woman skillfully dodges falling planks while simultaneously avoiding the areas with the most fire. She runs into a room and darts towards a small safe breaking it open. She opens the black container that was inside. A green pendant comes into view. It has a faint glow to it. The princess becomes mesmerized but quickly snaps out of it. She tries to run back out the door but a huge plank falls and blocks her way. As the fire closes in on her, a glint of determination appears in her eyes as she sprints towards the windows, performing an aerial cartwheel over the bed which had burst into flames. She jumps through the window and lands in front of the castle.
"Princess! That was dangerous. You could have been hurt." The Robust man says.
"Not now Rigilo. This was not a normal fire. Someone has to be behind this." She replies, dismissing Rigilo's anxious heart.
"You are right, princess. This truly isn't a normal fire. It is more similar to a game of cat and mouse, no? " A man sneers as he and two other people dressed in black appear.
"Rigilo. Take the family heirloom." The princess whispers.
"What are you planning princess?" Rigilo asks worriedly but the princess provides him with no answer.
"Who are you and what do you want?" The princess asks while tracing her sword.
"Princess, you should know why this is happening after all you decided to leave the King without saying goodbye." One of the men in black mocks as they attempt to circle Rigilo and the princess.
"So the king sent you...I see. Well you see, I am not for sale and neither is my family. So you can go back to him and tell him to go shove it!" She exclaims angrily.
The leader of the three men in black says "Ahhh...Now normally, that would be a great plan but unfortunately, we have been ordered to bring you back with us. Don't worry, he needs you alive. Though I can't say the same for your friend there."
"Rigilo, take my son and run!" The princess exclaims as she draws her sword.
"But Princes-"
"GO!"
Rigilo nods as he blasts into the forest as if the very wind is assisting his movement.
"You two. Go after him. Kill on sight." The leader of the men in black says. The two other men nod and disappear.
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Rigilo is running through the forest holding on tight to the baby. He turns to look back and sees the two men in black running towards him.
'Shoot. I need to pick up the pace if I want to outrun them. Guess I have to use that spell.' Rigilo thought.
He mutters something under his breath and suddenly his speed triples. The two men chasing him look on incredulously until one of them says,
"Quick charge up your long-range spell before he escapes!"
The other begins to mutter as red orbs begin to gather in his arm creating a spear in his hand.
"Fire Style: Burning Star Ripper!" The man calls out. The spear materializes and shoots through the sky like a shooting star. It quickly approaches Rigilo and embeds itself right into his back, the high temperatures threatening to liquefy Rigilo. He lets out a curse while moving the child in his arms out of harm's way. His body soon starts to glow green and the spear disappears but the damage is done. His speed drops tremendously but he is still faster than them. He approaches a small village and falls to the ground coughing up blood. The baby curled up in his chest crying. He cries out for help,
"Hey! Anyone! Help! PLEASE!" Soon multiple people gather around him while only one goes towards him.
"Step aside. I'm a doctor. I can help." Says the man as he walks towards Rigilo. But as he nears him, Rigilo says,
"Please take this baby in my arms. Make -cough cough- make sure he doesn't get captured." Rigilo says as he coughs up more blood. The man, ignoring the captured part of that statement says,
"Sir, your injuries are life-threatening. If you just let me he-"
"STOP! There are people on their way here that will not stop until they kill me! Now take the boy and run!" Rigilo bellows.
The man nods picks up the boy and runs. Soon the two men arrive.
"Finally caught up. Do you know how much trouble you have caused us? If you had just given up maybe we would have given you a quick and painless death. But you had to make a futile attempt at escape. Ohhhh I will enjoy this..." One of the men says as he approaches Rigilo.
"Captain said we should kill on sight. Cmon, just kill him." the other man says.
"Just let me have my fun. It has been a while since I have had such wonderful prey."
He stabs Rigilo repeatedly in different places while making sure to avoid the vitals then pulls him up so that they are at the same eye level and asks,
"Aren't you going to beg for mercy?" Rigilo just stares angrily at him then spits on him. The man's facial expression contorts as he lashes out and cuts of Rigilo's head.
"Now I'm in a bad mood. Maybe the killing of this village will make me feel better." The man says as he turns to some of the villagers that were dumb enough to stay and watch. Under his stare, all of the villagers fall to their knees while some of them start to cry out,
"Please don't kill us, my lord!" The other man in black suddenly stiffens and says,
"Hey, mission accomplished time to go."
"You guys are lucky. You get to live another day." The man says and both of them vanish into the night.