a bit anticlimactic

Andy blocked the attack with the hand holding the brass knuckles. His hand began to vibrate violently. The knuckles began to glow brighter and brighter and vibrate more violently. Then it was replaced with a sudden stop, but the glow in the runes stayed for a few moments before fading, andy stood silently and peeked his eye open. "Huh? arent i supposed to be dead" He said looking at his hands and checking his own pulse

Tony began to cast some light healing magic. It wouldn't fix his leg or his arm but at least he could muster up a limp walking speed in order to get medical attention. As soon as he finished that he began to limp to Andy and pulled out his note pad, but it was torn to pieces.

Andy snapped out of it and ran to the injured partner and helped him stand up

"Are you ok?" Tony communicated using sign language.

"Yea. I guess his strength fizzled out in the end" Andy chuckled in a tired voice.

Tony gestured to the body of the lord and asked: "Is he dead?" In response Andy shrugged "Stay here I'll check" he put Tony down and began to walk to the body of the lord Andy picked up a spear from the ground and cautiously moved to the corpse.

"Are you dead?" Andy said as he poked it with the spear from afar like a child would a wild animal.

*poke. poke. poke.* After giving it a few more pokes. He got closer, and when he did he found something spilling out of the armor "Is that sand?" Andy knelt down beside the armor and pulled off the helm only to find grey dust seeming to fill the armor "The years must have taken their toll on him that magic must have been the only thing holding him together" Andy got up and put the helm down "Even if you were a bit of a jerk I hope you find peace" He said kicking the helm and walking back to meet his partner.

"Is he dead?" Tony signed. "Yep definitely not getting up from that" Andy smirked. Tony looked at the smirk and said "your sense of humor is really morbid" using sign language.

"Well in our line of work life is short so if we don't laugh while we can. We never will. Now then how about we get out of this godforsaken hole?" Andy said picking up the injured Tony by the arm and began to walk out of the room.

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On the outside.

"They have been in there a long time. Should we call reinforcements?" One police officer said to the other.

"HEY! MIND GIVING ME A HAND HERE?" The voice rang out from the inside of the cave. Andy slowly emerged with Tony on his shoulder.

"ON IT!" The police responded quickly. grabbing Tony off of Andy and laying him down on the ground and phoning into headquarters that they need an ambulance and checking Tony's pulse. They gave a sigh of relief seeing that his pulse was steady but he was still very bused and beaten.

"Your gonna be alright Tony your a tough kid," Andy said patting his chest making Tony groan in pain. Tony faced his mask to Andy began to make a sign at him with his one good arm "Aw comes on having some class" Andy began to laugh and Tony's mask vibrated a bit because he let go of a chuckle.

Andy laid flat on the ground, but as he laid down he felt the ground rumble a bit and hear the sounds of engines arrive. "Did you guys call back up?" Andy said to the two policemen the one with yellow hair responded: "No just an ambulance." While the other nodded in conformation

Andy quickly figured out who it was "Tweedle-dee and tweedle dum here we go again" Andy felt like he couldn't get a break "Did I piss off a god in a past life or something?"

"I don't know but I'm sure if anyone can piss off a god it'd be you" A man with sunglasses and a black suit and tie "Its the middle of the night Ryker why the sunglasses" andy asks "because i feel like it now tell me what happened" Ryker responded 'what a d**k' Andy stared at the elf with disdain he knew they would always lord they're higher blood over everybody and this guy was no exception

"So give me your report now" Ryker stared down at Andy

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"So you're telling me that there was a lord in an underground castle and you defeated it?" Ryker said in disbelief "well not me it was mostly the kid i just helped the kid be able to finish the incantation after that he shot him with a light beam through the chest." Andy explained. Ryker scratched his chin for a moment then took off his glasses. "We will take it from here. Go home and get some rest take the day off tomorrow and I'll talk to your boss" Ryker said as he picked up a walkie-talkie and signaled to a crew in one of the cars "Do you need a ride home?" Ryker asked "Yes that would be nice" Andy responded "Ok I'll call you a cab" Andys face soured cause he knew how cheap these people were so he knew he would be paying for his own cab since they towed the kid's car and the ambulance all ready picked up the kid "Fine" Ryker called up the company and they sent one right away

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After a 40 min drive, he had to dish out most of his paycheck for the cab fare "I swear Ryker I'm gonna...ah forget it" he was too tired to think right now and just needed to hit the bed asap he went upstairs and went into his apartment. He put his coat on a hanger and began to heat up some old takeout and ate it, he took shower but midway through the shower he heard his phone ring so he got out and grabbed it but the vibration was not coming from the phone. it was coming from his jacket. He picked up the jacket and checked the left pocket and found what was doing it " Why are my knuckles vibrating?" when he looked at it he saw the runes glowing again and he heard a voice come through it "Where in gods name am I!?!?!?!" Andy was startled and threw the thing across the room. it bounced off the wall and landed on his nightstand next to his bed "WHY ARE YOU TALKING!?!?!" Andy screamed running over to it "WAIT YOU CAN HEAR ME?!??!" The voice responded back they both shared a quick moment of silence before Andy asked: "What is going on?"

"I guess it's true. The spell failed to hit its target." The voice sounded tired and sad

"Wait a minute" Andy paused. He was putting the pieces together. "YOUR THE LORD FROM THE CAVE!!" the voice didn't respond for a second "...Yes....." Andy began to laugh loudly "A powerful lord screwed up a spell and got stuck in my knuckle dusters!" "Silence before I get out of here and silence you myself," Kale screamed out from within the knuckles "Oh please. If you could get out of there you would have already. Now you're just throwing empty threats at this point" Kale didn't respond to Andys claim because he was right.

"Well looks like im gonna have to turn you into the headquarters tomorrow" Andy sighed "You just sit tight till tomorrow

He grabbed the brass knuckles and threw them into a drawer and got dressed for bed but before he could lay his head on the pillow the knuckles start vibrating from the drawer. Andy became annoyed and opened the drawer "What!?" he said, "Do not take me to the authorities." Kales' voice was serious and slightly fearful

"Why not you attacked me and my partner and broke one of our arms and even his ribs. why should I care about how you feel?" The voice was silent for a moment before responding

"I apologize"

"What?"

"I said I apologize. Look when you came into the room you stepped on something very dear to me and I got swept up in my emotions, but if you take me to your higher authority. The elves will subject me to a fate worse than death." Kale pleaded with Andy desperately

"Fate worse than death?"

"Yes, first they will torture me to find out how to become lords and then they will destroy my soul so that I may never return. So I ask that you please forgive my transgressions" Kale begged.

Andy sat on his bedside and began to think about the possible outcomes and after a while, He reached his conclusion he knew that what he said about the elf's was most likely true, and if he took him to them then they would blame Andy for steaking evidence "I won't take you to the elf's" " Thank you, sir, you truly have a gracious heart"

"But. You have to stay in my knuckles because if you go out there and go on a killing spree that would be on me" Andy said "WHAT?!?! NO that is something i can do if i stay her-" "Would you rather i throw you in a lake?" Andy said coldly.

"....No....." Kale responded " Good enough now shut up i need to sleep and I will deal with all of this tomorrow," Andy said as he closed the drawer again and went to bed.