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He looked at her. "Why did you say that?" He asked, wondering why she had said that. "And do you actually believe it. Because if you do, then you might as well quite now." He said as he sat down to finish off his tea. This girl actually interested him for some reason. He quickly checked through his mind of the things he would need for tonight.

"I want to get tougher. I need to. There are people who depend on me. People who expect things from me, and I can't just sit back and whine about my past, no matter how much I may hate and cry over it. I know Chrono's alive, and I know my little brother is alive, and I swear when I find the bastards that started this I'm going to ******** castrate them with a bunt object!" Rosette yelled standing up and holding her fist out triumphantly. Well.... At least she had a goal in mind, no matter how horrible the visual might be.


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Chrono was able, amazingly, to hold his own for a while ust by kicking and headbutting anyone who tried to subdue him. If anyone not interested in either sides safety was to watch this, they probably would have found such a fight rather hilarious. Chrono, on the other hand, was more interested in not getting the snot beaten out of him, or worse...

"Gah!" Chrono let out in surprise as he felt someone tug on the end of his blade, causing him to fall back.... and right into the short blade of a dagger.

"I got him!" His attacker announced triumphantly, just before Chrono twirled around, dislodging the dagger, and tripped the man. He'd barely been on the ground for more than a second when Chrono brought his foot down on his windpipe, crushing it with horrifying ease.

Blood oozed from the open wound in his back, his strength lessening with each drop. Chrno drooped and fell to his knees, panting as those he had not put down as came at him roughly tugging at his hair, clothes, and restraints as they dragged him and threw him into the cell they prevously thrown the other boy into.

"Ah!" Chrono cried out as he landed on the injured part of his back.

"We should kill 'em now! You saw what he did to him!"

"Yeah, but just look at the whelp now. He snuffed our guys fast, but he's going to die, slowly and painfully. If anything, we can come and check on him once and a while, and open up the wound a bit. Make sure he actually DOES bleed to death on there. That way none of these other scumbags don't get any heroic ideas..."

"Well, in that case is it good enough to wish you the best of l-"

Rosette's eyes suddenly went wide, and stumbled forward, falling to the floor without so much as a squeak. Her hands came out of her pockets, the right releasing a thick piece of metal in the shape of a hexagon, and engraved with may small and foreign symbols. And through the thick cloth of the coat, Blaise and Khnui could easily see a dark spot of red forming at the bottom of her back...

"...M-My back." Chrono replied through clenched teeth.

'Rosette! She's going to be in pain! SHe'll be hurt! Damn all this. Rosette, please be alrihgt!'Chrono thought frantically. He had no idea where she was, or if was alone, or if she was safe. He silently prayed for the best, despite the bleak situation.

"...Rosette..." Chrono said weakly, his breath barely stirring up the dirt near his face."She'll.... She'll feel this too. She'll be hurt... I promised her I'd keep her safe. I...I can't die yet! I haven't fulfilled my promise to her! I-I can't die yet!"

Chrono struggled to sit up, on the rest his head back in the dir again. He wanted to stand, but didn't have the strength to do so.

He coaught Rosette before she hit the ground. He searched for the wound and found it. He was about to treat it when Raise burst in. He listened to what she had to say since she didn't give him much of a choice. He looked at the stone. So, thats what this is. He thought to himself. "I'll go and get Chrono. Blaise, treat her wounds." He said as he handed her his vial. "Just a small drop right in the wound should do it. But you both will need to hold her down because it will burn like hell." He said as he stood up and went to his door. When he was by Raise, he said. "And next time, knock please." He was then out the door. He then took off running, especially since Broken Oak was a ways away. If he guessed right, the stone was a connection between Rosette and Chrono whereas they could find each other within a certain distance. The down side to it is if one of them gets hurt, so does the other. If that is the case, then the healing salve should also heal Chrono. At least, that was his theory. He wouldn't know for sure until one of them told him.

He soon found himself outside the walls of Broken Oak. He looked at it, remembering the layout of the prison. He waited for a gaurd to pass before he scaled it using specialized gloves that had spikes sewn into the leather, which gripped the wall much like how a spider climbs a wall. Within the prison walls, he quickly made his way into where the heavily gaurded prisoners were. Since by Raise's report, that is where they would keep him. He saw three gaurds talking to each other. Throwing a smoke pellet, he charged underneath the cloak of the smoke and killed the three gaurds. Unfortunately, none of them were carrying keys. He wanted to do this quietly, but he wouldn't be able to do that without the keys. Shrugging his shoulders, he quickly checked the cells to see where Chrono was. Smiling when he found him and another prisoner. He checked the lock, it was too heavy for his lockpicks to work and too small for him to use his daggers. He would need to go and find the keys, but he needed to see if Chrono was ok. So he popped his head back into view. "Don't worry, I'm with the Forest Fugitives. I just need to know how you guys are doing." He said quietly, since the last thing he needed was the whole prison souding the alarm.

The persistent flow of blood felt warm and thick beneath his hands, and he was sure that if he lifted them they would be stained by the liquid immensely. But his hold was secure, even as Chrono struggled and failed to raise himself. Tax did not want it to seem like he was pushing his prisonmate down, he just had to keep the cut as closed as possible. To maintain contact with him, he implored Chrono to continue on his sentiment. At first he was confused on what he meant, but just assumed that his Rosette would be hurt by his loss.

"Tell me more about Rosette. Tell me of what makes her special."

Hearing commotion outside of the cell, he whipped his head towards the door to see someone inbetween the bars of the window. Not a guard...Fugitive Forester? His eyes dialated slightly as he focused his attention back to the bleeding Chrono, but not before eyeing the man with secrecy.

"He's bleeding badly. If you're here to help him, you must make haste."

He nodded at Chrono and dissappeared from their sight. He quickly went through where the gaurds were normally posted. He didn't see any bald man so he figured the man would be in the barracks. He made his way to the barracks, only having to kill two gaurds. He snuck inside the barracks, making sure to stay quiet so as not to wake anybody up. He found the bald man sound asleep with the keys cluched firmly in his hands. He sighed as he pulled out a dagger, slitting the man's throat. The grip loosened and he grabbed the keys, cluching them so that they wouldn't jingle. He then made his way back to the cell, moving more quickly since it shouldn't take long for them to discover the bodies. When he got back to the cell, he unlocked it and went to Chrono. Bending down to unlock all of the chains, cutting the rope of the other man when he was done. "Can you walk Chrono?' He asked, contnuing before Chrono gave him the strange look he knew he would recieve. "Rosette wouldn't train unless she knew you were safe." He said as he looked at all of the bloodloss. In his hurry, he had forgotten to bring another vial. He hoped his theory was true or Chrono may not last. He reached into his shirt and pulled out the first aid kit he always brought just for emergencies. "Here friend, use these." He said. These bandages had been soaked in the salve, but it wouldn't be as effective. It would still work better then the man using his hands.