A while back I posted a section from my novel Finding Home: The Orphan’s Journey. I wanted to post another section from the book, so people could see what happened.
As always, if you like what you read, check out the full book at: http://www.amazon.com/Finding-Home-The-Orphans-Journey/dp/1490556427/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1394553842&sr=8-1&keywords=finding+home+Lydia+Hill
Enjoy!
“So the young lad awakens” one of the men said with a laugh. “All alone tonight are we?”
Yeah, sure feels like it. “Who are you?” Ben managed to say as he sat up.
“That’s not important,” the biggest of the three said in a gruff voice.
“What do you want?”
“Oh it’s not what I want, it’s what you want.” The big man smiled, revealing his crooked teeth. “See, if you want to live, you’ll give me anything you have, and if you don’t… well….” The man put his hand gingerly on his sword hilt.
Ben gulped. I don’t have anything to give them. Oh I hope the captain acts soon.
“What are you numbskulls doing?” a voice said from behind the three men.
“Sorry sir. We were just trying to find out if he was worth taking captive.”
Ben watched in horror as the big man stepped aside to reveal another man. This man was definitely in command. Although he was smaller than the others, his body was sleek with muscle and his steal gray eyes had the silent stare of one in authority. This doesn’t sound good. Oh hurry up captain.
The commander stepped forward and glanced over Ben. “He’s of no importance,” he said indifferently. “Kill him.”
Ben grabbed his sword and stood up in one motion.
The other men soon had drawn their swords as well.
“Why didn’t you check him for weapons?” the commander asked angrily.
“Don’t worry sir, this won’t take long,” the big man said arrogantly as he stepped forward.
Ben saw his opportunity. He ducked the man’s blow and thrust his sword forward catching the man in a break in his armor.
The massive man screamed in pain and fell to his knees.
Ben pulled back and noticed more men beyond the group coming closer to see what was going on. Where are you captain? I can’t keep this up for long.
“Why you little…” one of the other men said as he stepped towards Ben.
Ben swung at the man, but this Ungul was quicker than the last one and deflected the blow easily. Out of the corner of his eye, Ben noticed more men starting to gather in a circle around him as he continued to fight. Come on captain, your bait’s about to get eaten.
Ben stepped backwards as another man joined in the fight. Ben blocked again and again, barely deflecting one swing before the next came. The swords got close enough to tear part of Ben’s shirt and scratch his arm, but Ben was able to avoid any major injuries. He was so focused on staying alive that he didn’t notice that the taunts of the men around him were slowly turning into gasps of horror.
It wasn’t until one very loud scream broke through the noise of the fight that Ben and the now three men he was fighting stopped to see what was going on. As soon as Ben realized that the surprise attack was finally happening, he took advantage of his opponents’ confusion and attacked.
Soon there were other soldiers around Ben, fighting the Unguls. “About time you got here,” Ben called to the captain as he jumped into the fight.
The captain took on one of the Unguls fighting Ben. “Sorry about that, but your distraction was too perfect. Thanks to your little sword fight, we were able to take out half the troop before they even noticed we were here.”
Ben pulled back towards a big bolder as the lone Ungul he was fighting took another swing at him. “You’re welcome.”
The captain, noticing that Ben was pinned against the bolder, deftly spun away from the Ungul he was fighting to help Ben. After a few quick moves both of the Unguls’ swords were on the ground. The captain smiled as he watched the two Unguls turn and run for their lives. “You’re welcome.”
“Thanks.” Ben sat down exhausted.
The captain removed his helmet and watched silently as his troops finished off the few Unguls left in the camp.
One of the soldiers yelled after a fleeing Ungul. “Yeah get out of here ya yellabelly! Stay in your own country!”
“You think they’ll just leave?” Ben asked the captain.
The captain ran his hand through his matted dark hair speckled with gray hairs, “Sure hope so.” He smiled down at Ben then held out his hand. “Need some help?”
Ben took the captain’s hand and stood up. “You know, I still don’t know your name.”
“Yes, well I suppose I’ve gotten used to just ‘Captain,’” he said with a chuckle.
“Alright Captain.”
The captain smiled. “But you aren’t one of my soldiers. The name’s Martin.”
“Martin then.”
“Just don’t use it around the troops, might throw them off a bit.”
Ben nodded.
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