The Capture

winfry and isa had managed to escape but only to be left behind. After slipping out of their Foggistani imprisonment and evading the Assmachistani assault, the two spent the night in the woods just like they had before their Foggistani capture only now they had a rifle – the one they stole from their guard. When they woke, the Assmachistani forces had control of the tower but they were sending search parties all over the area. Lithuania must have escaped. Now how on Coralende were they going to find her again?

But isa soon figured out what to do. There were only two of them but thousands of Assmachistani agents scouring the forest for Lithuania. All they had to do was follow Assmachistan. So that’s what they did; all the way to Lockton. Within a few days, the pair found a couple of trade routes and decided to take the one with the most traffic, which led to Lockton. Where they found an Assmachistani encampment tucked in with the southern edge of the town.

In spite of the sundry of search parties sent out everyday, none of them seemed very concerned with the 200 meter radius around the camp. This made it more than easy for isa and winfry to observe the camp from the hill just south of the city. After two days of observations, they concluded that Lithuania must be somewhere no more than 20 miles southeast of Lockton. That’s where the search groups focused and some of the Assmachistani tents had sprouted decorations. It seemed like they were going to be there for a while. So that night, winfry and isa left Lockton heading southeast.

To make a long story short, winfry and isa didn’t have any better luck than the Assmachistani search forces. All they found was this strange yellow bird that seemed to follow them but would fly away whenever they realized it was watching them. At least they hadn’t much difficulty with all the Assmachistani troops trouncing around the area. Working at night and sleeping in tree hollows during the day seemed to help with this. On there second night searching they found a gigantic briar patch that took half the night to walk around. They thought they heard voices but they had enough experience with the forest to know it was just another one of its illusions. And a few days later it happened.

As they walked, the dark became even more oppressing than normal. winfry tightened his grip on the rifle and isa squeezed tight right behind him. Then, suddenly the darkness seemed to swoop together and with a chuckling the dark formed into a lady.

“You let me cap your access for a second time. Now you two really need step it up. That was quiet easy.”

winfry and isa’s confusion was obvious, but the lady didn’t seem to believe them.

“You must know there is nothing you can do now. So tell me where the others are. They can’t be far. You wouldn’t be that stupid.”
As the lady drifted towards them winfry opened fire but to no avail. She continued to advance. Like reflex they ran only to have their legs knocked from under them and their arms locked to their backs when they hit the ground. Something was paralyzing them. They couldn’t fight it.

With their faces in the dirt they couldn’t see her but she made herself clear. “Now tell me where the rest them are or experience living hell.”

winfry managed to sputter, “We have no clue who you are talking about. I think you are confused,” and then the pain ripped through them. When he woke up, he and isa were being dragged down stairs. The woman was still there.

“You will wait down here until you are ready to talk. Lock them in separate cells so none of them can see each other.”

The guards roughed them into their pitch black cells and they heard their footsteps decrescendo and the door slam and it was silent for a moment.

Then from a cell adjacent to winfry’s, they heard, “Castration! She got you too. That is the absolute last thing we need. Her with the librem and a quilaire to boot!”