Redemption

redshurtugal08 · December 19th, 2009, 3:47 am

Zantos walked forward as the men from behind pushed him. He was futilely trying to tap into the magic within him, but the drug was resistant to all his efforts. His clothes were torn everywhere and splattered with blood, as well as his face and even the chains that kept him walking towards the platform at the center of a Varden camp, looking out to a crowd of people, who seemed to have mixed feelings about what they were in the presence of. More than half seemed angry, some seemed shocked, and others disappointed. Zantos's eyes looked out everywhere, finding anything that might help him escape the fate that the leaders of the Varden were trying to impose on him. He could literally hear his heart pumping out as his thoughts became more hurried and flustered. Soon, they were walking up the steps, and finally they reached the looming, defiant guillotine in the center. Someone took out a knife and pulled his hair straight out. "No," Zantos said. "Leave my hair like it its. It won't get in the way of the execution anyway." The man who had been about to cut it stopped, considered, then shrugged and pocketed the knife. He did not seem very intelligent. Zantos was laid down and pulled forward. The man had only to let go of the rope and the blade would fall down, cutting his head off. But first, he knew, he would read the charges against him. Slowly, the man drawled out the false stories of how he was a spy plotting against Galbatorix. Zantos, despite being on the brink of death, shouted out what he knew to be the truth, that the man who was reading those words was the real spy. Some people yelled at him to shut up, and he felt a whip lash across his back. He grunted slightly but otherwise remained silent. He saw one of the people from the crowd run forwards to try and attack the man reading the sentence against Zantos, but he could not see clearly who it was. The man finally finished reading, and Zantos struggled to tap into the magic one last time. He heard the stupid man let go of the string and heard the whoosh of the blade fall through the air. Then, what every person saw was the blade stop in midair, the man who had been about to be executed break every chain, then the blade break off and fly at the man reading the sentence. Zantos felt all his energy return. Finally, the drug was starting to wear off, and he was glad that he had been able to stall the execution for this long. Still, as he saw hordes of soldiers and magicians run towards him, he felt that he might need some help if he was to escape from here.

Redemption

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