They start advancing towards me while this random little girl I saved hugs me tightly not letting go. She smells familiar somehow. I am not sure how or why but it seem familair.
I start shifting myself backwards in fear after they shot me but end up at a corner. I am trapped.
"Dont move lizard your caught, release the girl into our custody"
Sounded so serious. I am in so much trouble....They pick me up with the girl still attached to me and they try to pry her off me but she resists.
"Girl your safe now release him."
"No! He saved me leave him alone!"
The guards look at each other for a moment an question this girls sanity. Maybe Stockholm syndrome they think. But she just knows the truth.
"I didnt do anything wrong but I am willing ack..To let you bring me in for question once you get this arrow out of me."
They look at me and know I am serious and decide to take up my offer. But they need to girl to go with them. Just for her safety.
"Please little girl come with us." the girl only responds with a shake and digs her face into my side. Very clingy this one is.
*sighs* "bring her in with him. We can't be out here in the open with all these witnesses. Bring him to the eastern barracks."
-20 minutes later-
I am sitting in a wooden room with metal bars and this girl still is clinging to me like I am a teddy bear or something.
I need to get her off me. She shouldn't hug a stranger. I trying to pat her head to remove her but all she does is hug tiger. I am stronger than her but I dont want to force her or hurt her. I will let her for now.
"So what's your name little girl?"
"I am not little! I am 16 and my name is lissa!"
I was shocked with her response. she looks like she is 16 now that I look st her but she is jsut so petite I mistaken for her as younger...My bad.
I was sitting with her in silence for a while but she finally released me from her clutches and decides to make small talk.
"My name is Lissa Marrygolden. H-how about you?" says in a shiver.
"My name is Coda. No last name sadly."
"Are you adopted or oprhaned?"
She guessed that pretty fast. I bet she is smarter than she looks if she came up with that conclusion that fast.
I take my hand an rub my wound on my leg which they have bandaged and removed the arrow from me. Though similar to how that precious doc did by yanking it out. At least they used some better methods.
"Yeah actually, I was an orphan for most of my life and was never properly adopted. But a family did fmbring me in as a sort of Member of the family unofficially."
"Wow...cool."
She seems brighter than she was when those thugs tried to do something to her in the carriage minutes ago. That's good though.
After a while some guards walked in on us and she immediately went back to hugging me tightly without letting go. I guess she doesn't want to be alone.
"Please dont leave me with them sir cody"
Sir cody? Is that a nickname she gave me? Not bad in all honesty sort of cute. But I prefer my main name.
"Sir come with us. the girl however must stay in this cell for her proper family members to bring her home under there juristiction."
I guess I have no choice but to leave her. I am sorry Lissa but I have to. Guards orders. I stand up but she still holds onto me with a smile but it goes away when I lift her off me and set her down on the bench.
"W-wait don't leave me!"
"Its okay I wont leave you I will just be going to another room".
I take my crutch and start limping over to the opening of cell. It closes behind me and she starts to whimper a bit. I can't help but want to stay with her. But guards orders.
I am sat in a different room that is wooden with a table in the middle that is metal and a papers I cant read upside down. Never had that skillset.
A man in a suit walks in all in black. He has a suit case. He seems to be important maybe like a lawyer. I hope I am not being tried for kidnapping.
"So, I heard you saved the girl from a bunch of kidnapper. Is that true?"
"Yes, that is true. I did it on my own accord."
"Honorable...But foolish as the dangerous in such an action is...well dangerous. Especially for bystanders who might get hurt in the process. The thugs claim you are a part of there gang who hijacked the ride. But witnesses say that they say you fighting them atop and inside the carriage. Is that true?"
"Yes it is true bbn I was fighting them atop and inside the carriage. I did it to save the girl inside."
"Hmm. That will be all. I would be here longer if you were lying but so far you seem to have passed my challenges. I used magic to detect your heart rate and mind waves to see if there was any subtle changes. So far you are calm and collective and the little girl I questioned before seems to think of you as her hero".
"I see. I am her hero I guess I did save her"
"Welp that will be all. I will let the guards know you are free to leave and will make the proper payments for your service to you guild"
"Wait what?"
"Oh you didnt know I see. Someone posted a contact that was to save or find missing person "Lissa Marrygolden" right after the carriage was hijacked. And since you are the one who found her and is apart of the guild the payment will go to you. Payment will be an astonishing 1000 silver coins. Lucky you."
"Wow...just...wow..." I say rubbing the back of my head ruffling my feathers. My tail is so excited from hearing this.
"But what about the girl what will happen to her?"
"She has already been picked up by her family. Though she seemed to be very reluctant for it. Very...angry she was"
"I guess she didnt want to leave without me. I did make a promise I wouldn't leave her until I had finished. I would just be in a different room."
"Well sorry about that but the family jsut wanted there daughter back. Now that will be all sir. I must leave and interrogate the thugs who kidnapped her. I won't be so merciful on them as I was to you however. As I knew you had better charisma.
"Charisma?"
"Anyways goodbye."
He walks out of the room and I am just sitting alone with a injured leg. I get myself up and start walking out of the room and some guards look at me. But not for to long as some greet me warmly with waves and smiles instead of stares.
I start moving outside of the building of the barracks and need to get back to Arla and tell her the news. Such as 1,000 silver coins and also foiling a hijacking.
I start slowly making my way back to the hotel and I am greeted with more smiles and chatter around me instead of stares of discrimination like last time. I heard someone mentioning a lizard boy saved a little girl from hijackers. I guess rumors around what I did is getting around this part of the city.
I continue limping with the crutch on my side. I eventually however make my way to a medical clinic and contemplate if I should get this checked out. I decide to since I got time.
I walk inside and there appears to be empty. I then start walking up to the front desk where a woman is smoking something. I guess it is normal around here to smoke inside a clinic.
"Hello?" I ask
"Yes? How may I help you sir?"
"I am hoping to get my leg checked out. I got shot by a uhm...hunter by accident."
I shouldn't mention getting shot by a guard might raise some alarms and last thing I want is to be brought back to the barracks for interrogation. Again
"Oh no! I am sorry to hear about that! Here let me help you to a room!"
We walk over to a room and I wait on a medical bed on my own for a few minutes. I then start doodling with my fingers.
-3 minutes later-
"Hello, I am doctor Hersha, nice to meet you" she says
She has red hair, brown eyes and glasses on. I then take my hands and feel a little flustered by her beauty. I gotta keep my head straight.
"Uhm so what are you gonna do?" I ask.
"So I will need to undo you bandages and then put some special herbs and medicine I got to prevent infection"
She gets on her knees and begins the process of removing the bandages.
-30 minutes later-
"There you go! Good as new. Or better I mean."
"Thanks you so much. can I give you payment now or?" I ask starting to reach into my pockets.
"Actually...This is on the house. In fact, I could say you were a good boy."
"What?"
"I believe you deserve a special reward..." she starts to remove her coat and I widen my eyes to her to this seductive manner. She is very attractive but I barely know her I need to get out of here.
"Its fine let me just go now" I get myself up and start limping fast over to the door which she allows me to. Are all these female doctors perverted or something?!
I make my way with the crutch in my hands and make my way out. Sort os smiling from the ordeal now realizing how funny it actually is and maybe I overreacted. Doesn't matter now.