Live Magazine February Issue February 2014 | Page 80

I am and hope he comes up before
calling for help or climb up to the
roof and hope he doesn’t see me.
I choose the later and scramble to
get up there. As I expected, he goes
straight to his fallen comrade when
he does not see me. Allowing me to
slip down and knock him out from
behind. As I go to do just that, the
man has already gotten up sword in
hand I have no choice but to draw
my own.
I bring my sword down before he has
a chance to call out. Even though the
man has brute force on his side I still
bring him down quickly countering
against his own strikes. The man
falls dead to the ground and I slip
down the ladder as silently as I had
come. The sun is starting to come
down and I use the cover of the rapidly diminishing light to make my way

“WITH ONE LAST GLANCE BACKWARDS I TURN AND DISAPPEAR INTO THE
DARKNESS LEAVING THE EMPTY WAREHOUSE BEHIND.”
to the second bell. So far I had been
able to avoid the guards for the most
part. However, there are too many
guards surrounding the bell to remain undetected. So I decide to confront all three at the same time.
As I reach into my pouch I come to
the startling realization that I am out
of smoke bombs and therefor out of
options. I scourge around in my pack
hoping to find a stray one but alas
there is only blowpipes left. With a
blowpipe clutched in my hand I realize that I could use a berserk dart.
Turn the guards against each other.
Of course this means that blood will
have to be shed but there is no other

way. So berserk dart in hand I creep
forward and hit the toughest looking
guard with my dart.
Within seconds there is chaos as the
guards fight one another. I watch as
he swings his axe around him catching one of the guards square in the
stomach. He kills another with the
use of a small bomb. However, before the guard can bring down the
other two he himself is bought down.
By this time I have reached the warehouse and am crouched on the roof.
The two remaining guards are on
high alert, however, before they can
find me I leap from the roof top double assassinating them before they

can blink. With no remaining guards
in the area and the darkness blanketing the area I easily approach
the bell and disable it.
Now, completely alone in the area,
but aware of the guards patrolling
the other side of the plantation I
swiftly approach the warehouse.
Letting out a call to my crew we take
the booty and they row it back to
the Jackdaw. With one last glance
backwards I turn and disappear
into the darkness leaving the empty
warehouse behind.
Written by E.J Tales

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