Green hand pulled down the hood, taking off the cloak, and throwing it to the side. It wasn't a monster, green hand looked like a human, wh…what is he doing? His eyes were black; something must have happened. His upper chest had a big circular scar; only the right arm was green, which confused me… Is he a human serial killer?
"Is he human?"
"I think so!" Valdor answered, taking deep breaths as he seemed to be maybe injured.
Green hand took a step to the side and looked behind me towards the wagon behind with civilians. Tried making a lame attempt to cover, but he still saw the civilians.
Valdor noticed and took two steps back towards me.
"Who are you?" A dark voice came out from me, and Valdor backed away even more, like he was aware of me being maybe a threat.
"I am nobody, a civilian who wants the world to burn, with all of you included," Greenie uttered with his crispy voice.
"And by that, you decided to kill innocent civilians of Paladin. They had not done anything to you!" My voice came back without the dark tone uttered, yes! I am back…
"DO NOT DELVE IN THINGS YOU DO NOT KNOW ABOUT BOY!" He screamed, his face angry.
"I don't have a long time left; you have to attack before all your wounds will open up again when I disappear." I heard the voice inside my head telling me.
It didn't look like Valdor was going to attack as he covered the door leading to the other wagon, so I need to do something fast before I get useless.
When I took a step forward, the man raised his green fist into the air, and it began to shine brightly. I felt a hand grabbing me from behind and pushing me back as I saw in an instant Valdor's worried look as he passed me, when black smoke surrounded the other man as he disappeared. I fell on the floor thinking that Goldie must be crazy, and I tried to get up quickly when I saw something from a distance, it was…BIG is moving towards us. The driver of the train opened the door and ran past us, escaping to the other wagon while I was completely frozen. The big monster destroyed the tracks in the direction we were going as its teeth surrounded a huge mouth, plowing through everything, leaving nothing uneaten on its path. A bright yellow light shone so strongly that I couldn't see anything in front of me, so I moved forward, felt the door, opened it, and moved my hands around to try to find the brake. My hand grabbed something, and I pulled with all my strength as the sound of the train's brakes grew louder, and the light disappeared. Valdor's was only glowing now, and stared past me. I turned around, noticing we were going right into the mouth of the beast. I ran past Valdor, thinking we needed to move back to the other wagon, when I turned and saw Valdor take on the beast directly, and the ground split as I flew into the wall on impact. The train had stopped, and I got up and looked into the other wagon; the civilians looked okay. I turned to Valdor, who was holding up the mouth of the creature as teeth from all directions had stabbed him, but he still managed to hold on, even though a big pool of blood was beneath him. The teeth had gone through both his hands and feet, stuck as the creature tried to close its mouth. I moved forward to Valdor to check how bad it was, and when I came beside him, several sharp teeth had dug right through his stomach and chest. He was barely holding on. I need to get everyone out of here, but Valdor looked at me and smiled with all the blood dripping down his cheeks.
"Y…you must hurry, young man! That is an Octarius Worm from Hell. The only way to kill it is to bleed it out. The only way to make an instant kill is right behind all the teeth; there is an opening without protection back there.
I saw the spot, but it was an impossible angle to reach, as I had to stand in front of the mouth before punching it. Valdor coughed up blood, and it looked like we didn't have much time left.
"Oldie! We need another plan; it is impossible to reach it from the side. I need to stand in front of it."
Valdor smiled and answered:
"Exactly!"
Is he crazy? He wants me to punch through him, but I don't even have that kind of power.
"Gandor!" He uttered, and I lost control of my body. Couldn't control anything.
"Are you sure?" My dark voice asked him.
"Yes, it will save lives, like old school days when we played Heroes in Valiant," Valdor said
My body moved back a couple of steps as my right hand clenched into a fist, and my whole right arm caught black fire. I couldn't stop anything.
"I am sorry!" My dark voice of Gandor expressed itself with a lowered tone, like he was really sad.
"It is okay, a King will always sacrifice himself for the people."
He was hesitating; he didn't move. Stop, damn inner voice, do not go through with it.
"Sorry, boy! Valdor is a friend from school, and he will sacrifice himself to save the civilians and your life. I do not have much time left, so I need to go through this."
"End this!"
My body leapt forward, and my right shoulder leaned back, and with full force, my right fist went through Valdor's back, and the meat inside the beast started to bleed out fast.
"Take care of…Isabella!" Was the last thing Valdor uttered before there was no life left, and Gandor disappeared, and I grabbed Valdor's body and pulled him back towards me so we both fell on the floor. My wounds opened up as pain filled up, and I saw the monster back away with the whole wagon getting filled with blood.
I tried to steady my breath, but it was hard. The king was dead, and the mission had failed. I think the sound of the door leading to the other wagons was a small crowd gathered inside our wagon.
"Y…YOU KILLED HIM; I SAW YOUR FIST GO THROUGH HIS CHEST WHEN I LOOKED THROUGH THE WINDOW. Y…YOU KILLED THE KING OF THE PEOPLE." A female voice screamed out in the air.
Well, at least I will have the honor of dying together with him, as I could feel all my injuries, with the pain getting worse for every second that passes. It may be an honor to be on the floor and bleed out waiting for death together with the King of Valiant.