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I am not so sure about this one, it is more S rank and we have never done one at this level yet\" the other fox boy with a mixture of white and grey fur with orange accents said, replying back to his mate. \"Come on Ion, even you have been saying you want to take on bigger Contracts, one shows up and you want to pass on it?\" Zephyr asked to which Ion responded \"I was thinking more in the higher A rank then what we have been doing... but I guess S rank is close to the upper A class so if you think we can, then I will go for it.\" \"Ok then it is settled\" Zephyr exclaimed, \"team Fangenclaw wants to be added to the Virgil contract\" Zephyr continued as he signaled to the Contract distributor. 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Getting to the tribal fennec lands, Ion and Zephyr were greeted by the fennec warriors who were happy to see them after all this time at the settlement's gate. One of the warriors named Salt who was now the more grown up younger brother of that someone special escorted the two boys to elder Ember while catching up a bit along the way, \"so you have became a warrior as well\" Ion started saying, \"yes, it is something I wanted to do ever since big bro did it\" Salt answered, \"just keeping a piece of him alive here with the tribe, just as you two are doing out there in your adventures\" he continued as Ion and Zephyr became silent for a moment before arriving at the elder's tent. inside there was an older looking fennec looked happy to see the three boys who came before him. \"Ion and Zephyr, I was hoping you would have visited sooner but none the less, glad you boys have stopped by, I been hearing through the grape vine that you have been keeping warrior Flint's dream alive\" elder Ember said as Ion, Zephyr and Salt sat down in front of him. \"Yes we are trying\" Ion started saying, \"but in relation to that, we also came here to ask you something, do you know of any tribal wolf clans in the area?\" Elder Ember's expression changed at that question \"shouldn't you know about the other tribes being the son of the overseer?\" \"Well my dad never got around to that part before we left on our journey\" Ion replied, \"but now that he has gone missing, you are really the only one I can ask about this, other then elder Cosma of the cottontails.\" \"So it seams, yes it is unfortunate that Ivan has gone missing as the tribes have been lacking communication with Eios and with the other tribes in the area but anyways what are you planning to do with the tribal wolves? We don't want to start anything between the tribes\" elder Ember continued. \"We are not trying to start anything, but there might be a tribal wolf that has been terrorizing villages outside the wall mountains and we need to find out if there is and put an end to it... if it is true\" Ion replied, \"and besides, I am not saying this just as a Hunter but as someone who is suppose to be the next overseer, it is my duty to protect all those in Norland, not just the ones on this side of the wall mountains.\" Elder Ember sighed, \"well if that is the case, we can't let others get away with horrifying this like that, even if they are tribal, but as the next overseer you can't also just go in there and start something big, you need to act more like an overseer then as a Hunter, do I have your word that you will approach this professionally?\" \"You do\" Ion said with determination and a serious look on his face, \"very well then, there is a wolf tribe just further south from here, just beyond the forest's edge close to the wall mountains\" elder Ember clarified. \"Thank you very much\" Ion said giving a sign of respect to elder Ember, as he, Zephyr and Salt started standing up, \"but before you go, please go and see Flint, I know Salt there would want you to as well\" elder Ember interjected, \"don't worry, we were planning to anyways, we wouldn't leave here without doing that\" Ion answered back to which elder Ember replied \"good! Salt can you please take them to his resting place\" to which Salt nodded and bowed as the three of them left the elder's tent.\n\nIon and Zephyr followed Salt out of the settlement to a small ridge beside, overlooking the forest, here was where the fallen fennec tribal warrior's ashes were laid to rest, where Flint would be resting. Salt took them to a small stone pile marking beside a tree on the ridge, one one of the rocks was engraved 'FLINT, youngest tribal warrior and bravest of them all', the three of them sat down in front of the marking holding their hands together. \"Sorry it has been a long time since we came to see you\" Ion started saying, \"well you would be happy to hear we became Contract Hunters, I know... I know that is what we always wanted to do... just wish you were here as one with us as well.\" The three boys held their heads down for a few minutes of silence before some words could be heard, \"we will try to come and visit you more often but for today please watch over us as we go on our most difficult Hunt yet, especially Ion as we know he is lost without you\" Zephyr spoke out, adding a little playful voice to the last part with made Ion give Zephyr a look as Salt just chuckled. With that the three boys stood up, giving one last motion of respect to Flint's resting place before Ion and Zephyr said their goodbyes to Salt and ventured into the forest. The trip was uneventful but it did bring some memories back when Ion and Zephyr would adventure these woods with Flint, it had not even been five years since they have done that and now they were finally going to adventure beyond the woods, something they never got to do when Flint was around as they were not aloud to, the wolf tribe might have been the reason. Exiting the forest there was a small dirt path that was uncovered from the snow, leading into the direction of some rock formations going towards the wall mountains, Ion and Zephyr decided that was the direction to move in. Passing through the formations felt like there was something ominous, like something was not right, getting to where the wolf tribe had their settlement, Ion and Zephyr found it odd that there were no tribal warriors guarding the entrance. Puzzled they entered the small village only to find it completely deserted, like there was no one here for a long while. Continuing to search around, Zephyr alerted Ion to something strange in what would be their farm fields, the mounds were packed higher and with soil that didn't seam to resemble any type of farming material, \"are these mass graves?\" Zephyr suddenly said, \"it looks that way\" Ion replied as thoughts raced through his head, was this something Virgil did? Was he even tribal at all? Did he attack the tribal wolves and is now occupying the lands, passing his bandits off as the wolf tribe while the real member are all buried here? It was possible since his father was now missing as overseer, that with him gone main contact between the tribes has fallen off, this was something that needed investigating and more then just the two of them. \n\n\"Zephyr we need to go, we are dealing with something that we might be in over our heads with and would need support from other Hunters\" Ion started saying as Zephyr just nodded with agreement. The two of them left the wolf tribe settlement as fast as they could, however the feeling of many eyes peering at them could be felt as they started passing through the rock formations and within seconds, about ten bandit wolves started surrounding the two Hunters, the feeling of bloodlust thick in the air. Ion and Zephyr readied themselves and when the wolves came in to attack, they were ready, quickly cutting them all down in a flash of wind and lightning as well as sword and scythe as the snow around them stained red with blood. Knowing that they have been found, Ion and Zephyr quickly tried to exit the rock formations back towards the forest but in the small clearing there was one wolf standing in their way, a towering, imposing beast full of bloodlust, their target Virgil was standing before them. \"I have to hand it to you two, strong enough to kill some of my best men and even find out my hiding spot\" Virgil started saying in a cold tone voice, \"but I cannot let my secrete be known so you both must now die\" he continued, charging in on Ion and Zephyr in a flash, Ion was knocked hard to the ground as zephyr struggled to push back against Virgil's sword. They were in over their heads Ion could see, that attack was powerful, nothing like they have seen before, Zephyr was still struggling against it and himself, Ion struggled to stand as pain started radiating on the side of his chest, it was possible some of his ribs got broken from the attack. Looking up as his mate was still fighting, Zephyr turned his head towards Ion, \"Go! Go and get the other Hunters! I will hold him off so you can escape\" Zephyr struggled to say as he was still trying to hold off the attack. Ion shock his head, he couldn't leave Zephyr here alone with this blood thirst wolf, he would not leave his mate to die here. \"Come on Ion! You need to go now! I can handle this, I can...\" Zephyr continued to say but was cut off when Virgil was able to knock his scythe out of his hands. Time seamed to slow down for Ion as he saw Zephyr get disarmed, Zephyr stumbled for a moment as Virgil readied a large swing down with his sword, if it would make contact with Zephyr, he would die, Ion was sure of it. Without thinking twice, Ion was able to get himself off the ground, he darted towards Zephyr and with his full weight, Ion was able to push Zephyr to the ground near his scythe not far away, as Ion felt the strike of Virgil's sword on his left shoulder causing him to let out a small cry of pain. But he was in the middle of combat, Ion pushed through the pain to ready himself for Virgil's next attack, he was able to deflect the first swing of Virgil's sword but on the follow through Virgil quickly slashed his sword across Ion's face as he had no time to block this attack. Blood sprayed into Ion's eyes as a large cut was made above his nose, blinding him for a moment but with no time to loose, Ion took his right arm and quickly wiped away the blood to see Virgil coming in for another swing, Ion readied his sword to deflect but Virgil slightly changed movements on the up swing as Ion felt a searing pain in his arm as blood spouted out near the sleeve of his coat. His arm was no longer there, as Ion moved his eyes to see it flying in the wind with droplets of blood spraying all around, along with the sword it once held falling to the ground not too far away. Ion's eyes widen as he was dazed by the sight of his severed arm but Virgil was not finished, bringing his sword back on a down swing, Virgil sliced Ion down the side of his chest as he plunged his sword down his gut as well. In his daze Ion felt a sudden stronger pain that came from his belly as he looked down to see Virgil's sword had ripped through him, seeing that the the sword was stuck in him as Virgil had a large grin on his face. Virgil moved his eyes to look into Ion's as he pushed his sword further into Ion's gut causing him to grunt out deeper in pain as Ion could do nothing but stand there immobilized and in shock of what had just transpired. Pain was starting to overcome him as his mind raced in fear, he felt death approaching as he did not want to die here like this but the fear was not just for himself, but also for the someone who he could hear screaming behind him. \n\n\"ION!\" a blood curdling scream could be heard as Virgil pulled his sword out of Ion's body, moments latter Ion fell to the ground, with blood soaking his clothing and pooling around his fallen body, staining the white snow red like the bandits they killed earlier. Virgil stood over the fallen Ion, who was now whimpering in severe pain, struggling to take a breath as he began choking on his own blood. Virgil raised his sword over Ion's chest, a full smile on his face ready to plunge it in, \"I... I got to act fast, I need to find a way to save Ion!\" Zephyr thought as his body started shaking, viewing the nightmare unfolding in front of his eyes the sensation of fear could not leave him, \"Ion you pushed me out of the way, you saved my life, I now need to do the same.\" Zephyr had no time to loose, he quickly got up from his kneeing position and charged in, catching Virgil off guard, being able to blow him quite a distance away with his wind psynergy. With no time to spare Zephyr then turned his attention to his fallen mate, he almost teared up seeing Ion lying there, covered in blood with his left arm severed off and some of his bowels pushing out from the large gash across his belly, but he had to stay strong, Ion's survival depended on him, he would not let him die. Zephyr quickly located Ion's severed left arm, picking it up along with Ion's sword before going to his side, Zephyr began to push back in whatever he could of Ion's bowels as Ion howled out louder in distress. \"I know this hurts a lot but I need to put these back in to get you out of here\" Zephyr tried to calmly said to Ion, as he could see him struggling with the pain, doing what he could Zephyr then started to pick Ion up off the ground, only to find that Virgil was now slowly walking towards them. Zephyr struggled a bit trying to drag Ion away, taking him into the nearby forest to hopefully loose Virgil along the way, though Ion was leaving a fairly large trail of blood along the snowy cold ground, the amount became very worrying to Zephyr, he hoped Ion would have enough blood left to survive until he could get him some help. In the midst of trying to drag Ion through the woods, Zephyr tripped on a small extending branch, dropping Ion's severed arm along with Ion's sword and his own scythe as Ion's body fell on top of him. Ion's arm started rolling across the snowy ground only to be stopped and stepped on by the one who severed it off. \"Well what have we here? You intend to die along with you little friend here?\" the wolf snarkly called out, \"you know you could have left the dead meat behind and got away, you know what, I may just let you go if you do that now, what do you say? Your life is worth way more then his don't you think?\"\n\nThat thought never crossed Zephyr's mind, Ion may have sacrificed himself for him but he could not leave Ion behind like this, not now not ever if he had to go down with him then so be it. \"My answer is no! Besides, I still know your secrete, it is not like you would have let me go anyways\" Zephyr answered with a determined voice \"Well you are smarter than I thought seeing through my ruse like that in your current mental state\" Virgil started saying, \"well your reward for being such a clever fox is a quick death!\" Virgil cried out as he lunged towards Zephyr, though he was ready, his wind surrounded himself and Io pushing out in great force, knocking back Virgil again as Zephyr quickly picked up Ion's body, placing it on his back and using his wind again, Zephyr dashed through the woods, back towards the gates of Eios, the city was close by, he could do this, he could get Ion to help. \"You think you can get away that easily?\" Zephyr could hear Virgil yell out from behind, he was on their trail as Ion was leaking so much blood that it made a path straight towards them. Zephyr had to think fast otherwise Virgil would catch up and this time Zephyr didn't think he could knock him away with a wind blast, Virgil would have caught on by now. \"Sorry Ion, please hang in there a bit longer, I need to use a bit more of your blood\" Zephyr called out to a dazed but still whimpering Ion, as he darted in different directions, leaving behind trails of Ion's blood on the snow in all of the directions, this was the only way Zephyr could think of to get the wolf off his tail, Ion was better at this sort of thing then him but he was in no condition to come up with a escape plan, Zephyr just had to trust his own instincts. When he thought he made enough of the false trails, Zephyr with Ion on his back but now weaponless, continued on towards Eios, knowing that Virgil would not dare go into a city that large, remembering what Ion had told him earlier in the day and with the amount of Hunters there looking for him as their number one target. As he got closer to the city, Zephyr could no longer feel Virgil's presence, \"I think it worked, I think we lost him\" Zephyr called out to Ion who now was silent and fully unconscious, the silence coming from Ion made Zephyr's heart sink. \"Please still be alive, please hang on I am almost there\" Zephyr cried out with tears in his eyes as he flew past the gates of Eios and down the main street, bystanders looking on in horror of the blood trail that was left behind as Zephyr entered the Hunter's special hospital..... \n~\n\nIf the ending sounds familiar, it was based on what I originally wrote here https://inkbunny.net/s/2308883 This commission was suppose to be the image showing Ion's major injury but it got delayed almost a year (which I am very grateful for as it aloud me to finalize Ion and Zephyr's younger clothing in the timeframe and my writing has improved immensely since then as well so the story should be better now then if I wrote it back then, especially for one as important as this) and I decided to get something else also related to this story, it was then I decided to go with a new plan. That plan was to have this commission have the first half of the story with the other commission in the link having the second part but this one didn't feel right without the full story behind it and with them being just over three month apart, again my writing has improved (espically with dialogues), along with newer lore introduced in that timeframe that I wanted to make this important story as good as I possibly could, so rewriting it into one large part with even more lore introduced, I though was the best route to take (hopefully you agree as well). The other image will now accompany this story as an additional visual scene (as I updated the story in that one to the last two paragraphs of this one) but the full story will always be here to fully enjoy\n",
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The Beginning of the Nightmare...
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"Are you guys sure you can handle this?" the Contract distributor in the main guild hall asked the two fox boys at his desk, "a Contract like this one is not meant for... Hunters still so green" he continued. "Sure we are, we have not failed a Contract yet since joining on" one of the fox boys said, fur glistening white with beautiful blue accents, "Zephyr... I am not so sure about this one, it is more S rank and we have never done one at this level yet" the other fox boy with a mixture of white and grey fur with orange accents said, replying back to his mate. "Come on Ion, even you have been saying you want to take on bigger Contracts, one shows up and you want to pass on it?" Zephyr asked to which Ion responded "I was thinking more in the higher A rank then what we have been doing... but I guess S rank is close to the upper A class so if you think we can, then I will go for it." "Ok then it is settled" Zephyr exclaimed, "team Fangenclaw wants to be added to the Virgil contract" Zephyr continued as he signaled to the Contract distributor. The distributor sighed before saying "alright if you boys insist, I am still not sure if I should give this to you but here you go" as he handed Zephyr a copy of the official take down contract for a person named Virgil, "I hope you boys know what you are in for" the distributor cautioned as Ion and Zephyr left the guild hall. "So what should we do now?" Zephyr asked as Ion was better at getting the Contracts started, "well we can ask some of the other Hunters around, on the list it says Narche was the one who set up the contract..." Ion began to say before he was interrupted by Zephyr "but she is one of the guild master Hunters, she will not have time to talk to us about the contract." "Oh I know that" Ion responded, "but there are at least four other Hunters or teams listed who have also taken on this contract, we can confer with them to try and share some information, it would be a start." The boys now a plan to begin as they sought out the other Hunters who were on the same Contract as they were but every time they tried to confer with any of them, they were turned away with comments like, "you boys should not be on this contract", "you kids will just get in the way" and "this is not something for ones as young as you are" it became frustrating for Ion and Zephyr as they were getting nowhere.
"Everyone doubts our abilities, maybe we should have not taken this on, we can still hand this contract back and get something else..." Ion began to say, "well we can show them can't we Ion, we can track Virgil down on our own and take the full bounty for ourselves" Zephyr interrupted, Ion had not seen Zephyr get like this before, he was usually the one more reserved but maybe some of the other Hunters got under his skin or something. "Ok then" Ion answered back, "the Contract says he is a blood hungry bandit that has been terrorizing small villages in the valley..." "Then wouldn't Flint's old tribe be in danger?" Zephyr asked as he interrupted again, "no I don't think so" Ion answered back, "there is noting of him attacking tribal lands, doing that would probably get more heat on his back, more then just the Hunters and the villages he has been attacking are on the other side of the wall mountains to the south, so outside the range of Eios, probably for the same reasons." "So maybe we should start looking there?" Zephyr replied, "no, I don't think he bases himself out there" Ion started to say but Zephyr gave him a puzzled look, "what do you mean by that?" "Well first off, if you want to be a more successful bandit, you wouldn't put your base in the same area you are attacking, it would be way too easy to find and if he did, I think the other Hunters would have found where he is hiding out by now" Ion said, "that is true, now that I think about it, the other Hunters on this contract looked to be scouring the valley on this side of the wall mountains" Zephyr pointed out. "Right but I do think they are looking in the wrong place" Ion started to say, "remember what I just said about the tribal lands?" "Yes, that he would not attack them as it would put too much heat on his back" Zephyr replied, "Right but also a great place to lay low, most other will avoid those lands..." Ion started saying but again he was interrupted, "but wouldn't the tribal warriors just chase him off of those lands" Zephyr cut in. "I am getting to that part" Ion said back with a little irritation in his voice, "if you look at the sketches of Virgil, doesn't something look a bit familiar to you?" Looking closely at the sketches, Zephyr started thinking hard about what Ion was saying, then it hit him, "his clothing, it is similar to what some of the tribe members wear, I mean it is more concealing then what we have seen but it looks the part." "True on that but we have not seen any tribal wolves, so like with the fennecs and the cottontails, the clothing can be different among the tribes but still be similar in construction" Ion replied, "so my thinking is we go and see elder Ember of the fennecs and ask if there are any wolf tribes in the valley as well, it has also been a while since... since we have been to the fennec tribal lands and he would probably like to see that we are still keeping our promise" Ion continued though Zephyr was thinking that the last statement was meant for someone else then elder Ember.
The two boys traveled outside the gates of Eios to the south, a familiar path they would take when they were younger, to meet up with someone special to go out and adventure but that was no more. Getting to the tribal fennec lands, Ion and Zephyr were greeted by the fennec warriors who were happy to see them after all this time at the settlement's gate. One of the warriors named Salt who was now the more grown up younger brother of that someone special escorted the two boys to elder Ember while catching up a bit along the way, "so you have became a warrior as well" Ion started saying, "yes, it is something I wanted to do ever since big bro did it" Salt answered, "just keeping a piece of him alive here with the tribe, just as you two are doing out there in your adventures" he continued as Ion and Zephyr became silent for a moment before arriving at the elder's tent. inside there was an older looking fennec looked happy to see the three boys who came before him. "Ion and Zephyr, I was hoping you would have visited sooner but none the less, glad you boys have stopped by, I been hearing through the grape vine that you have been keeping warrior Flint's dream alive" elder Ember said as Ion, Zephyr and Salt sat down in front of him. "Yes we are trying" Ion started saying, "but in relation to that, we also came here to ask you something, do you know of any tribal wolf clans in the area?" Elder Ember's expression changed at that question "shouldn't you know about the other tribes being the son of the overseer?" "Well my dad never got around to that part before we left on our journey" Ion replied, "but now that he has gone missing, you are really the only one I can ask about this, other then elder Cosma of the cottontails." "So it seams, yes it is unfortunate that Ivan has gone missing as the tribes have been lacking communication with Eios and with the other tribes in the area but anyways what are you planning to do with the tribal wolves? We don't want to start anything between the tribes" elder Ember continued. "We are not trying to start anything, but there might be a tribal wolf that has been terrorizing villages outside the wall mountains and we need to find out if there is and put an end to it... if it is true" Ion replied, "and besides, I am not saying this just as a Hunter but as someone who is suppose to be the next overseer, it is my duty to protect all those in Norland, not just the ones on this side of the wall mountains." Elder Ember sighed, "well if that is the case, we can't let others get away with horrifying this like that, even if they are tribal, but as the next overseer you can't also just go in there and start something big, you need to act more like an overseer then as a Hunter, do I have your word that you will approach this professionally?" "You do" Ion said with determination and a serious look on his face, "very well then, there is a wolf tribe just further south from here, just beyond the forest's edge close to the wall mountains" elder Ember clarified. "Thank you very much" Ion said giving a sign of respect to elder Ember, as he, Zephyr and Salt started standing up, "but before you go, please go and see Flint, I know Salt there would want you to as well" elder Ember interjected, "don't worry, we were planning to anyways, we wouldn't leave here without doing that" Ion answered back to which elder Ember replied "good! Salt can you please take them to his resting place" to which Salt nodded and bowed as the three of them left the elder's tent.
Ion and Zephyr followed Salt out of the settlement to a small ridge beside, overlooking the forest, here was where the fallen fennec tribal warrior's ashes were laid to rest, where Flint would be resting. Salt took them to a small stone pile marking beside a tree on the ridge, one one of the rocks was engraved 'FLINT, youngest tribal warrior and bravest of them all', the three of them sat down in front of the marking holding their hands together. "Sorry it has been a long time since we came to see you" Ion started saying, "well you would be happy to hear we became Contract Hunters, I know... I know that is what we always wanted to do... just wish you were here as one with us as well." The three boys held their heads down for a few minutes of silence before some words could be heard, "we will try to come and visit you more often but for today please watch over us as we go on our most difficult Hunt yet, especially Ion as we know he is lost without you" Zephyr spoke out, adding a little playful voice to the last part with made Ion give Zephyr a look as Salt just chuckled. With that the three boys stood up, giving one last motion of respect to Flint's resting place before Ion and Zephyr said their goodbyes to Salt and ventured into the forest. The trip was uneventful but it did bring some memories back when Ion and Zephyr would adventure these woods with Flint, it had not even been five years since they have done that and now they were finally going to adventure beyond the woods, something they never got to do when Flint was around as they were not aloud to, the wolf tribe might have been the reason. Exiting the forest there was a small dirt path that was uncovered from the snow, leading into the direction of some rock formations going towards the wall mountains, Ion and Zephyr decided that was the direction to move in. Passing through the formations felt like there was something ominous, like something was not right, getting to where the wolf tribe had their settlement, Ion and Zephyr found it odd that there were no tribal warriors guarding the entrance. Puzzled they entered the small village only to find it completely deserted, like there was no one here for a long while. Continuing to search around, Zephyr alerted Ion to something strange in what would be their farm fields, the mounds were packed higher and with soil that didn't seam to resemble any type of farming material, "are these mass graves?" Zephyr suddenly said, "it looks that way" Ion replied as thoughts raced through his head, was this something Virgil did? Was he even tribal at all? Did he attack the tribal wolves and is now occupying the lands, passing his bandits off as the wolf tribe while the real member are all buried here? It was possible since his father was now missing as overseer, that with him gone main contact between the tribes has fallen off, this was something that needed investigating and more then just the two of them.
"Zephyr we need to go, we are dealing with something that we might be in over our heads with and would need support from other Hunters" Ion started saying as Zephyr just nodded with agreement. The two of them left the wolf tribe settlement as fast as they could, however the feeling of many eyes peering at them could be felt as they started passing through the rock formations and within seconds, about ten bandit wolves started surrounding the two Hunters, the feeling of bloodlust thick in the air. Ion and Zephyr readied themselves and when the wolves came in to attack, they were ready, quickly cutting them all down in a flash of wind and lightning as well as sword and scythe as the snow around them stained red with blood. Knowing that they have been found, Ion and Zephyr quickly tried to exit the rock formations back towards the forest but in the small clearing there was one wolf standing in their way, a towering, imposing beast full of bloodlust, their target Virgil was standing before them. "I have to hand it to you two, strong enough to kill some of my best men and even find out my hiding spot" Virgil started saying in a cold tone voice, "but I cannot let my secrete be known so you both must now die" he continued, charging in on Ion and Zephyr in a flash, Ion was knocked hard to the ground as zephyr struggled to push back against Virgil's sword. They were in over their heads Ion could see, that attack was powerful, nothing like they have seen before, Zephyr was still struggling against it and himself, Ion struggled to stand as pain started radiating on the side of his chest, it was possible some of his ribs got broken from the attack. Looking up as his mate was still fighting, Zephyr turned his head towards Ion, "Go! Go and get the other Hunters! I will hold him off so you can escape" Zephyr struggled to say as he was still trying to hold off the attack. Ion shock his head, he couldn't leave Zephyr here alone with this blood thirst wolf, he would not leave his mate to die here. "Come on Ion! You need to go now! I can handle this, I can..." Zephyr continued to say but was cut off when Virgil was able to knock his scythe out of his hands. Time seamed to slow down for Ion as he saw Zephyr get disarmed, Zephyr stumbled for a moment as Virgil readied a large swing down with his sword, if it would make contact with Zephyr, he would die, Ion was sure of it. Without thinking twice, Ion was able to get himself off the ground, he darted towards Zephyr and with his full weight, Ion was able to push Zephyr to the ground near his scythe not far away, as Ion felt the strike of Virgil's sword on his left shoulder causing him to let out a small cry of pain. But he was in the middle of combat, Ion pushed through the pain to ready himself for Virgil's next attack, he was able to deflect the first swing of Virgil's sword but on the follow through Virgil quickly slashed his sword across Ion's face as he had no time to block this attack. Blood sprayed into Ion's eyes as a large cut was made above his nose, blinding him for a moment but with no time to loose, Ion took his right arm and quickly wiped away the blood to see Virgil coming in for another swing, Ion readied his sword to deflect but Virgil slightly changed movements on the up swing as Ion felt a searing pain in his arm as blood spouted out near the sleeve of his coat. His arm was no longer there, as Ion moved his eyes to see it flying in the wind with droplets of blood spraying all around, along with the sword it once held falling to the ground not too far away. Ion's eyes widen as he was dazed by the sight of his severed arm but Virgil was not finished, bringing his sword back on a down swing, Virgil sliced Ion down the side of his chest as he plunged his sword down his gut as well. In his daze Ion felt a sudden stronger pain that came from his belly as he looked down to see Virgil's sword had ripped through him, seeing that the the sword was stuck in him as Virgil had a large grin on his face. Virgil moved his eyes to look into Ion's as he pushed his sword further into Ion's gut causing him to grunt out deeper in pain as Ion could do nothing but stand there immobilized and in shock of what had just transpired. Pain was starting to overcome him as his mind raced in fear, he felt death approaching as he did not want to die here like this but the fear was not just for himself, but also for the someone who he could hear screaming behind him.
"ION!" a blood curdling scream could be heard as Virgil pulled his sword out of Ion's body, moments latter Ion fell to the ground, with blood soaking his clothing and pooling around his fallen body, staining the white snow red like the bandits they killed earlier. Virgil stood over the fallen Ion, who was now whimpering in severe pain, struggling to take a breath as he began choking on his own blood. Virgil raised his sword over Ion's chest, a full smile on his face ready to plunge it in, "I... I got to act fast, I need to find a way to save Ion!" Zephyr thought as his body started shaking, viewing the nightmare unfolding in front of his eyes the sensation of fear could not leave him, "Ion you pushed me out of the way, you saved my life, I now need to do the same." Zephyr had no time to loose, he quickly got up from his kneeing position and charged in, catching Virgil off guard, being able to blow him quite a distance away with his wind psynergy. With no time to spare Zephyr then turned his attention to his fallen mate, he almost teared up seeing Ion lying there, covered in blood with his left arm severed off and some of his bowels pushing out from the large gash across his belly, but he had to stay strong, Ion's survival depended on him, he would not let him die. Zephyr quickly located Ion's severed left arm, picking it up along with Ion's sword before going to his side, Zephyr began to push back in whatever he could of Ion's bowels as Ion howled out louder in distress. "I know this hurts a lot but I need to put these back in to get you out of here" Zephyr tried to calmly said to Ion, as he could see him struggling with the pain, doing what he could Zephyr then started to pick Ion up off the ground, only to find that Virgil was now slowly walking towards them. Zephyr struggled a bit trying to drag Ion away, taking him into the nearby forest to hopefully loose Virgil along the way, though Ion was leaving a fairly large trail of blood along the snowy cold ground, the amount became very worrying to Zephyr, he hoped Ion would have enough blood left to survive until he could get him some help. In the midst of trying to drag Ion through the woods, Zephyr tripped on a small extending branch, dropping Ion's severed arm along with Ion's sword and his own scythe as Ion's body fell on top of him. Ion's arm started rolling across the snowy ground only to be stopped and stepped on by the one who severed it off. "Well what have we here? You intend to die along with you little friend here?" the wolf snarkly called out, "you know you could have left the dead meat behind and got away, you know what, I may just let you go if you do that now, what do you say? Your life is worth way more then his don't you think?"
That thought never crossed Zephyr's mind, Ion may have sacrificed himself for him but he could not leave Ion behind like this, not now not ever if he had to go down with him then so be it. "My answer is no! Besides, I still know your secrete, it is not like you would have let me go anyways" Zephyr answered with a determined voice "Well you are smarter than I thought seeing through my ruse like that in your current mental state" Virgil started saying, "well your reward for being such a clever fox is a quick death!" Virgil cried out as he lunged towards Zephyr, though he was ready, his wind surrounded himself and Io pushing out in great force, knocking back Virgil again as Zephyr quickly picked up Ion's body, placing it on his back and using his wind again, Zephyr dashed through the woods, back towards the gates of Eios, the city was close by, he could do this, he could get Ion to help. "You think you can get away that easily?" Zephyr could hear Virgil yell out from behind, he was on their trail as Ion was leaking so much blood that it made a path straight towards them. Zephyr had to think fast otherwise Virgil would catch up and this time Zephyr didn't think he could knock him away with a wind blast, Virgil would have caught on by now. "Sorry Ion, please hang in there a bit longer, I need to use a bit more of your blood" Zephyr called out to a dazed but still whimpering Ion, as he darted in different directions, leaving behind trails of Ion's blood on the snow in all of the directions, this was the only way Zephyr could think of to get the wolf off his tail, Ion was better at this sort of thing then him but he was in no condition to come up with a escape plan, Zephyr just had to trust his own instincts. When he thought he made enough of the false trails, Zephyr with Ion on his back but now weaponless, continued on towards Eios, knowing that Virgil would not dare go into a city that large, remembering what Ion had told him earlier in the day and with the amount of Hunters there looking for him as their number one target. As he got closer to the city, Zephyr could no longer feel Virgil's presence, "I think it worked, I think we lost him" Zephyr called out to Ion who now was silent and fully unconscious, the silence coming from Ion made Zephyr's heart sink. "Please still be alive, please hang on I am almost there" Zephyr cried out with tears in his eyes as he flew past the gates of Eios and down the main street, bystanders looking on in horror of the blood trail that was left behind as Zephyr entered the Hunter's special hospital.....
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If the ending sounds familiar, it was based on what I originally wrote here https://inkbunny.net/s/2308883 This commission was suppose to be the image showing Ion's major injury but it got delayed almost a year (which I am very grateful for as it aloud me to finalize Ion and Zephyr's younger clothing in the timeframe and my writing has improved immensely since then as well so the story should be better now then if I wrote it back then, especially for one as important as this) and I decided to get something else also related to this story, it was then I decided to go with a new plan. That plan was to have this commission have the first half of the story with the other commission in the link having the second part but this one didn't feel right without the full story behind it and with them being just over three month apart, again my writing has improved (espically with dialogues), along with newer lore introduced in that timeframe that I wanted to make this important story as good as I possibly could, so rewriting it into one large part with even more lore introduced, I though was the best route to take (hopefully you agree as well). The other image will now accompany this story as an additional visual scene (as I updated the story in that one to the last two paragraphs of this one) but the full story will always be here to fully enjoy
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