"Where are you taking us?" Rajav asked the young man Zachariah Fury as they marched across the hot sands with the rest of the family. The Furys had tied Rajav and Lanette up. They moved across several dunes.
"We've been hunting members of the Blackquill for several months now. We haven't found many of them, enough to get information on them. They're a bend of good for nothing peace makers, who say they specialise in magic. Bah! Magic! Doesn't exist, I say. Well, the only magic users I believe in is Acurian himself and his self appointed servants, who speak to him."
Haakim Fury looked over to Zachariah. Haakim was brown haired and wearing pieces of old brown armour, with a helmet on and pieces of cloth and robe worn around his waist. He was sharpening his axe. "Well said, boss." He laughed. His face was dark and asian, strong but battle-worn.
"That's Haakim Fury. If either of you step out of line, i'll have him cut both of you down with his axe."
"We'll make sure not to." Lanette gulped.
A woman in red leggings and a crimson top appeared in front of Zacheriah and behind her, a scouting party of what seemed to be more of house Fury. The tall woman swaggered over with her long thin legs. Her clothes were a dark red, as if they were taken from ruby gems, with the red top only covering her bust, allowing for air to come in through her stomach and kneck but despite this, she would have been very warm in her leg areas. She removed a piece of cloth that was wrapped around her hair and Rajav saw a long stream of ginger hair.
"More prisoners? You boys have fun with your prisoners don't you." The woman spoke.
"Baljeet Rajav, a former Admiral from Sandrush right here in Hethia, and Lanette Pathorn from Elmsgrove in the Great Forest." Zacheriah Fury pointed to the two of them. "We found them here. They had been chasing our master it seems. And they wanted to join the filthy Blackquill in Babylon too."
"Babylon? Is that what the base is called here?" Lanette asked.
"Silence, girl." Zacheriah put his finger up. "Or you're in for more torture."
The woman in smooth dark red clothing swaggered over to Rajav and stared at him, her eyes red and her lips too. "This one's nice..." She put her hand up to Rajav's veil and moved her hand slowly down. She had long red nails and a series of glittering silver and gold rings on her fingers. She pulled Rajav's veil off. She stood and stared at him before moving away from him in horror.
"You're burnt love." She looked at his ugly face with great facination.
Feeling the awkwardness, Zachariah butted in. "You two haven't been properly introduced yet to her. This is Seraphina Fury."
"You didn't tell me two more prisoners would be coming...the surprise...i like it..." Seraphina smiled at Zacheriah as she edged closer to him.
"Excuse me? Are you two married?" Lanette asked. Things were getting boring for her.
"We're siblings!" Zacheriah shouted. "Of course...we were..." The two of them danced around Lanette.
"How can you be siblings and lovers at the same-" Rajav was interupted by Haakim who marched over to Rajav before punching him in the stomach.
"Good one, Haakim. If you ever interfer again, i'll have at you!" Zacheriah warned them.
Seraphina smiled at Zacheriah than they began a conversation. "Find anything in the sand dunes?" Zacheriah asked her.
"Only an old relic castle, a tower of some sort. We found great treasures there, like most places. There were a few huts outside so we captured the people there and executed the Blackfilth, whatever they are called." Seraphina reported.
"And they told you nothing?"
"Nothing. Found badges of theirs...old spell books...nothing about the location of Babylon. We should know by now. The King's men have nothing either. We've fought against the government for a while now but they still haven't got us. We're obviously doing something right. When we find the information burried up, we will be able to slaughter the Blackfilth."
"We really should be asking ourselves...are they a threat?"
"Of course, they're a threat, they're spell casters. Maybe we can turn them over to the master's side...but they still provide more and more resistance. I myself have been trying to learn some of their spells in the hope of infiltrating them."
"There's no need. That's why we've still got these two prisoners."
"You're suggesting we send them in as new recruits?"
"That could work couldn't it?"
"It could actually, if we monitor them enough."