3.5 Bleak Falls Temple

A/N[2.2k words]

Inside: Bleak Falls Temple

'Well, it wasn't an arrow, she had fallen and injured her knee but why was she unconscious?' He thought.

He checked her breathing, she might have suffocated, but her breathing was normal. then was she sacred? maybe.

He healed her injuries with the Healing Hand Spell. After healing her, he sat down, his back against the wall, the light coming from above and interacting with his golden hair gave them an ever-brilliant golden glow. 

He put Camilla's head on his lap, he stayed there silently waiting for her to wake up, but she didn't, so he lightly slapped her a few times, which seemed to work.

"Umm, Lucan, let me sleep for a few more minutes," As he heard her speak those words, his face contorted in disarray, he looked around him as if finding his surroundings unreal, or was it the opposite, he quickly brought his hand near his mouth to cover it, as if about to vomit, but thankfully didn't.

'I can't get used to it. Whenever I hear something emotional, it irks me and makes me feel so out of place. Sigh!' He thought.

10: Minutes Later

He slapped her a few more times, and she woke up from her slumber but not fully, to the bitter reality.

Her squinted eyes took notice, that it wasn't her brother who was waking her up, for another day sitting, or haggling with the customers inside the shop, that they had purchased after coming to Skyrim a few months back, but now he will never wake her up. And she would be asleep to never wake up.

But there was hope, It was in front of her eyes as she opened them to the bright light, shining through the young man's golden hair, making it glow with a golden hue.

Her heart was filled with the sudden realization of her brother's death again, and her eyes were filled with tears.

Darius noticing this tried comforting her, he caressed his hand through her head, feeling his touch on her head, she was brought back to her senses and quickly got up from his lap.

Sitting in front of him her back towards him as she heard him say, 

"You're finally awake,"

Darius grabbed her from behind and she was scared of something and shuddered but the next second, the sudden warm embrace of comfort she felt, from which she could get away, any time she wanted, but she didn't want to get out of there.

Since it was much better this way, than to be in the hold of misery from which she couldn't get out earlier.

(Darius's P.O.V)

Noticing as her eyes well up, 'What th- is she crying?' I thought, 

Sigh!

I started caressing her head, to comfort her, I felt like a babysitter but I didn't dislike this feeling.

Suddenly she shot up from my lap, her face away from me, "You're finally awake," I said, even though I heard this line just a day before, it felt nostalgic.

Her tears, I could feel them, as her body trembled, I grabbed her from behind and pulled her in between my arms, her body shook from fear of something, but she quickly melted.

The embrace felt comforting, I like this, I guess, I'm also a little emotional right now.

After a few minutes of silence, I was still hugging her when I asked her what had happened this morning, to let her get used to her brother's death before we go to her house, which might break her.

But she didn't answer, and stayed silent, and I let her.

After a few more minutes of silence, she finally told me.

[Flashback]

A/N[One of the men Darius killed inside the temple, the Bandit Outlaw, will be referred to as Jason, an outlandish name I know.]

7:30 AM: Morndas, 18th Last Seed, 4E201

The sun was about to rise. The nights have become longer unbeknownst to the people of Skyrim.

Inside the Riverwood Traders, on the floor above were two single beds on which lay two Imperials asleep.

On one bed was a young girl with black her and a beautiful face, Camilla, and on the other side was a man much older than her, his hair matching with hers, Lucan.

Lucan had woken up since he was dehydrated.

Downstairs, unbeknownst to Lucan, two men have barged inside, one was a Dark Elf, Arvel, and the other was a Nord, Jason.

They were here for the Golden Claw, a job given by a woman to Arvel.

They walked as quietly as they possibly could, since it was dark inside the shop, they had to be extra careful not to make a sound.

Reaching the counter, they found what they were looking for, Jason finally looking at the Golden Claw couldn't hold himself back, and quickly extended his arm towards the claw, a knife was knocked over to the ground due to his wrist colliding with it.

Clang! Clang!

As the Knife dropped, they heard the voice of a man from upstairs. and quickly hid behind the counter

"Is it that rat again? ah! did Camilla leave the dishes open?" He said looking over to his sister, "I'm gonna get this rat today," He said with his eyes burning with ambition.

He took a broom and a Lamp and headed downstairs. 

He lit the lamps inside the shop, brightening the room to clearly see the rat.

The two hiding behind the counter were murmuring something, "Why are you so fucking greedy?" Arvel asked Jason in a low voice, to which he replied, "What, so it's my fault we came here so late, the sun's already fucking up," With anger.

Arvel clicked his tongue thinking, 'He's right, if I hadn't been threatened by that woman,' 'And why did she tell me so fucking late,'

Lucan thinking its a rat behind the counter, quickly went over to it, but was met with the earlier fallen dagger stuck in his throat, spraying blood all around him, as he choked on his own blood, unable to scream.

His body fell to the ground with a thud, but he was still trying to get away.

Jason's face was covered in blood from the spray, he tightened his grip on the dagger and stabbed Lucan in the back, who was on the ground squirming in desperation and pain, finally killing him, 'This guy's insane,' Arvel thought.

Upstairs Camilla, hearing the noise coming from downstairs woke up from her sleep, she sat up on the bed groggily, with her her hand over her mouth ehe yawned, she looked at her brother's bed, and didn't find him there, thinking he was already opening the shop, she got up from her bed to help him.

'Sigh! isn't it too early to open the shop?' she thought walking towards the stairs, it has been difficult for them ever since the war that took their parents, Lucan, her brother is trying his best to support both of them, so she will do the same.

"Let's go upstairs," Jason said.

"Why? We already got the claw, let's get out of here," Arvel said in a hurrying tone, 'She said not to kill anyone,' Arvel thought, remembering the hooded woman.

"We have to check on the girl, she might have heard us," He said, but that wasn't his goal, his goal was to take her. Jason had seen the siblings before, when they had first arrived here in Skyrim a few months back, and ever since then, he wanted to fuck that girl, and today was the day he would get what he wants.

That's why he accepted this job, even after knowing the risk that they might get caught, because the notice arrived too late, and it was already morning, but he still accepted it hearing it was in Riverwood Trader.

"What, why? we can just get out here now," Arvel said getting anxious.

But Jason wasn't going to listen to him, he was about to say something when they heard a noise coming from above headed towards them.

Jason quickly hid under the stairs, and Arvel went behind the counter again to hide.

As Camilla walked down she noticed her brother lying in a pool of blood, but before she could scream Jason got out from under the stairs and put a cloth soaked in Sleeping Tree Sap Potion, on her mouth muffling the sound, as she struggled to get out of his grasp,

"Jason! Don't kill her too, That woman's gonna kill me" Arvel said getting out of his hiding spot.

"What, what nonsense are you spouting, I'm going to make love with her, Keh!" He said with a wicked smile as Camilla drifted into darkness. Due to the potion.

A/N[The closest thing to a Sleeping potion I found on Skyrim wiki was Sleeping Tree Sap, but its effects are a bit different]

10 Minutes Later:

Jason And Arvel were on their way up the mountain, Jason was carrying Camilla on his shoulder smiling wickedly. Thinking about how a week ago, he moved his group here, because of this girl, so when he gets the chance he would have her to himself.

And now he gets the girl and 4/5 the of treasure inside the Barrow, except a certain stone tablet, his luck has been really good recently.

Behind him was Arvel, who was walking silently. Why did he even bring Jason along with him? He could have done this job alone.

Arvel works alone most of the time, so why did he bring Jason with him? It was because he was told that there were 3 Imperial Soldiers and a Thalmor agent inside Riverwood a day before.

He was familiar with Jason, he worked on one job with him a long time ago, and also because the barrow was in his territory right now, Jason had at least 10 people under him.

so he agreed to give him 4/5 of the treasure inside, except the stone tablet, which the women requested of him. And his main source of income was the job contract itself, 2000G, 

She told him not to kill inside Riverwood, and now it was all kinds of fucked up. He could only sigh.

Suddenly Camilla moved and screamed, alerting the nearby wolves.

Help!

Someone!

"You fucking bitch," Jason exclaimed as he put her on the ground, he was about to punch her, when 4 wolves attacked them, one of them bit Jason's leg, and he screamed in pain as he brought down his axe on the wolf's head, killing it.

Aaargh!

He looked at Camilla, with anger, and said, "I'm gonna make you beg me to stop!" Hearing this, Camilla, who couldn't move due to being tied up with ropes, could only shiver in fear, anticipating what dark end awaited her.

"A little help here," Arvel asked as he was handling the other three wolves alone.

Jason turned around, and helped as much as he could, with an injured leg.

After they had killed the three wolves, Jason fell to the ground, "Hey... do... do you have a Potion," He asked Arvel while panting.

'I can just kill this guy here, I also have the claw' Arvel thought but he had to get inside of the Barrow, if he killed him, then the others wouldn't let him inside without a fight.

So what can he do is, he can kill him 'Naturally' "No, I don't, where's yours?" he lied.

"I didn't bring it with me, Fuck!" Jason screamed, Jason knew Arvel was lying but couldn't kill him because only Arvel knew how to open the Sanctum's gate, and in frustration started throwing the wolve's bodies off the cliff.

And Arvel just stared at him blankly, thinking 'This guy has a lot of nails loose,'

Camilla, still awake was shivering on the ground due to the cold, and Jason this time, poured every last drop of the sleeping potion on the cloth, putting her to sleep again.

40 Minutes Later:

It took them forty minutes to climb up the mountain because of how slow Jason was with his limping leg, and Arvel had to carry Camilla on his shoulder, On the way up here, Arvel had loosened the rope that tied her, Arvel was planning to make her a distraction,

At the Temple's gate, Arvel sat Camilla to try and wake her up so she would run away, and he would kill the two inside the Temple himself, but Jason noticed this and asked what he was doing.

"Ah, uhm, nothing I'm just tired man," He replied nervously.

"You can't be serious. Someone get her inside," Jason called to one of his men.

'Fuck,'

Inside: Bleak Falls Temple

The man dropped Camilla inside, and left, now there were only five of them, including Camilla.

The male bandit asked "Who's this,"

"She's mine," Jason replied with a snot.

The bandit woman thought, 'Fucking animal,'

"Give me a Potion, Quickly," Jason screamed.

Before he could Drink the potion, Camilla, who woke up noticing her ropes were loosened, quickly got out of them and ran inside the Temple.

"Hahaha! This is the best part," Jason laughed knowing she wouldn't be able to get far.

Arvel seeing this ran behind her, he could use her to get away from that hooded woman.

[Flashback Ends]

(Darius's P.O.V)

"And then when he saw the spider, and pushed me in front of it and ran inside," Camilla said.

'Sigh! I really let him have an easy death,' Darius thought, about the outlaw he killed.

Darius remebered what Camilla told him, that Arvel mentioned, a women that would kill him, could it be 'Del-

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