(Don't worry about it!)
Eclipse was injured to, I mean, how could he not be, having been fighting for his life for hours on end. It was probably close to midnight, and he was so tired that it was by sheer willpower that he kept going. "Nik…." he called hoarsely, "We can't keep going like this!" he called, ending up in another coughing fit, taking another, much deeper wound in his side.
Nik shook his head a little. He could feel the monster roaring inside of him, itching to get out and kill and kill and kill. But he couldn't let it. "We have to! They'll kill us!" he replied. The fire was dying down, running out of fuel. There weren't many soldiers from either side left, and for every man Nik and Eclipse killed, two more took his place.
Eclipse coughed some more, before calling back, "I know!" he called, before shifting to his wolf form, having gotten surrounded by too many for his human side to take as he used his fangs and claws to take down as many as possible, too tired to care much about how his fur was soaked in blood, both his and other's, and how his fnags dripped with blood after a few seconds.
Nik blinked in surprise at the wolf. But he couldn't let the monster out. Wouldn't let the monster out. Because the monster would kill Eclipse too, and he didn't want his soulmate's blood on his hands. He already had his mother's blood there. So he kept fighting. But every time he moved his left leg, he nearly fell, pain thrumming through him.
Eclipse moved back, killing every attacker he saw, focusing his attacks to defend Nik. He wasn't about to lose his soulmate here, not within twenty four hours of finding him. Kevran or not they were in this together, fighting till the end.
(Are they going to get captured? Or just kill everyone and be left alone and injured in the wood for awhile, and then have idk assassins after them?)
Nik sighed softly. He kept fighting, but he was stumbling and exhausted, the smoke making it ever harder to breathe, and his leg hurting more and more by the second, making it nearly impossible to continue fighting. Or at least, to fight well.
(captured)
Eclipse eventually shifted back after getting slashed from behind, opening a new wound on his back as he continued to try and defend Nik, "We're….. we're fighting…. a losing…. battle.." he panted, his jaw and hands covered in blood from fighting in wolf form.
"I know." Nik rasped, his voice nearly gone from the smoke. He cleared his throat, not daring to even glance at Eclipse. "At least we're making a stand for the ages, though. Maybe they'll sing about it someday." he coughed, body shaking with the effort to get enough air.
Eclipse nodded, reaching out to take his hand, not even bothering with the fact that his was sticy with blood as he cut down another soldier. "Yeah" he said, coughing as his strained lungs tried to find oxygen.
Nik squeezed Eclipse's hand gently, then let go. He needed both hands to wield his cane and sword. He let out a cry as a sword slashed into his left leg, tearing through the still healing scar, and he went to his knees, unable to remain standing. He fought as well as he could from a kneeling position, but it wasn't long before first his cane was torn from his hands, then his sword, leaving him defenseless.
(Won't respond for a moment, dealing with shit in a PM)
(ok. I gtg for a while. I got a new phone today, so i won't be super active i don't think)
Nik squeezed Eclipse's hand gently, then let go. He needed both hands to wield his cane and sword. He let out a cry as a sword slashed into his left leg, tearing through the still healing scar, and he went to his knees, unable to remain standing. He fought as well as he could from a kneeling position, but it wasn't long before first his cane was torn from his hands, then his sword, leaving him defenseless.
did his best to defend the other, but was soon overwhelmed by the surmounting forces, taking a beating before finally tripping over a corpse and falling back, knocking the air out of his lungs and giving the attackers the chance to pin him down completely as he dissolved into a coughing fit, struggling to get air back into his lungs.
Nik was coughing. He reached for Eclipse's hand, wanting to at least have that before he was killed. Their attackers laughed, and tied the two princes up, and picked them up to carry them away. Nik flailed and squirmed in their grip, trying his best to get out.
Eclipse struggled too, but was mostly overwhelmed by his own coughing, finding it hard to stop. When he finally did his throat, and head hurt, yet still he kicked and squirmed to get away, "What do you want with us??" he yelled.
There was no response from the men who had taken them. Nik felt the monster clawing at him from the inside, and he coughed again. No. No no no no no. He thought desperately. I can't lose control now. I can't.
Eclipse gave up, knowing he was too weak to make struggling any kind of effective at the moment as they were carried away from the carnage that was the campsite. He knew looking back that no one would realize that they were still alive, and he knew that things might just go to shit before they could escape these maniacs.
Nik went limp, focusing all his fight on containing the monster. Sure, it would break through these ropes with no problem, but then it would slaughter and eat everyone here, including Eclipse. He didn't want that.
Eclipse sighed softly, waiting as they were taken to a kind of make shift camp in the woods not far from the now battle site. He and Nik were thrown to the ground near a campfire, everyone around them beginning to mock the two princes, at which Eclipse's wolf side showed a little more, forcing him to let out an animalistic growl.
Nik let out a soft groan when his injured leg hit the ground, and he curled up a little, fresh blood leaking out from his wounds. Ash streaked his face, and he was coughing still from all the smoke he had inhaled. The men laughed. One prodded Nikolas in the ribs with a foot as he said something to his comrades.
Eclipse growled again when they began taunting Nikolas, his struggling to escape the bindings renewed, hating the fact that he was bound when the trees and wilderness around them called to him, when he soulmate needed protecting. His eyes flashed with a defiance he didn't normally show as he struggled to get free, coughing still as he tried to clear his lungs of smoke.
Nik didn't have much energy left to even try to resist, and he just flinched away from the men, coughing and sucking in ragged breaths of air. The men snickered to each other, at both princes. A leader came over and said something to them in a different language, and the men split away.
Eclipse growled wolfishly as they left, squirming to try and loosen the ropes somehow, but he only succeeded in making the bindings dig further into his injuries, eventually forcing him to give up, his attention flicking to Nik, "You okay?" he asked worriedly, his voice raspy from the coughing and smoke.
"Okay." Nik rasped, taking a deep breath. "Just…they cut the scar on my leg open. I don't think I can walk." he swallowed dryly, wishing desperately for some water for his dry throat. He sighed, resting his head on the ground. "You?" he asked, peeking over at Eclipse from the corner of his eye.
"Okay…..ish.." he said softly, coughing again, "Kinda mad, a little sad, definitely in pain, and I can't get the taste of blood out of my mouth.." he sighed, rolling up against the other, "But at least we can say we're alive?"
Nik nodded. "Yeah." he agreed. He rolled over and leaned his head on Eclipse's chest, closing his eyes tiredly. "I'm tired…but I can't sleep like this." he shook his head a little. And…my father… He bit his lip slightly, feeling like he would cry if he thought about what had happened to his father.
Eclipse did his best to let the other use him as a pillow, sighing, and then coughing, sadly. "You probably should.. otherwise we'll never recover enough to escape….." he said softly, "I know it's been a long day…. but we need sleep.."
"I don't want to sleep." Nik mumbled. He lost control the most when he was asleep. He needed to be chained up with special chains when he slept, to keep the monster from breaking loose. Here, he only had flimsy ropes too easily broken.
"Nik…" Eclipse watched him worriedly, wondering of there was possibly another reason for him not to sleep. "I'm not going to let you stay up by yourself.." he said finally, letting his head fall back against the ground.
(i gtg to bed soon-ish)
"I can't sleep, Eclipse. I…" Nik trailed off. "I sometimes…" he shook his head a little. I may as well. "I turn into a monster." he blurted. "When I…when I sleep sometimes. And I can't control it, and…and if I turn, I'll kill you and everyone in this camp, and probably eat you too."