Kali's last stand

Kali is finally at an end to her war campainge and her last battle is upon her. ( This is the prelude to my book)

It was close to mid afternoon. Kali was standing upon a hill not far from her camp. She was waiting for this day for many years. Finally her last battle to gain complete control of what is now known as Romania. Soon a battle will be waged upon the people in the valley below. Her positions surrounded the valley below and her favorite tactic was to battle when dusk was just setting. No one suspected it. After surveying the land below she turned to her second in command and most loyal friend Merrique. "Merrique, dusk will be upon us soon, tell the men to break camp and prepare for another victorious battle. If all goes well for us which it will, we will finally have our homeland back and in one piece." Merrique quiet in thought finally looked to his friend. " My friend you vowed when you were a child that you’d take back your land. I am glad to see you keep that promise that you swore on your brothers grave." Quickly to dismiss the memory of her half brother Kali tells Merrique to disband camp again.

A few hours later Kali was upon her black stallion, her sword and daggers firmly in place upon her body. It was time. The sun was just setting. She called to her man " we head down into the forest. Send the runners to alert the others that we attack now." With her final words the beginning of the end started.

High above in the tree lines disguised very well Akin was already watching the coming advance of Kali’ s army’s. He studied their leader. Surprisingly it was a woman. Ah, yes he heard of this one before, beauty that would make a Goddess jealous but warrior to the bone. It ran in her veins and fueled her. He would hate to have to kill her, but I would have to be done. Quickly he told his men that they were approaching if they had not sensed it already. "Hold your positions in the trees. Wait for them to pass up to where the forest breaks into the valley then attack."

Slowly Kali approached the forest. She looked and hoped they would not be attacked just yet. She set her gaze into the trees letting her horse find its way along the path. Suddenly she saw a slight movement in the trees and warned her men. " There in the trees!" In the flash of an eye Kali had her sword drawn and ready for action.

Akin was watching her enter the woods. Suddenly he knew he was noticed before Kali had a chance to warn her men. He alerted his men all around the forest that the battle has begun. Quickly they swooped down out of the trees. Akin attacked the man at Kali’ s side first. Kali saw him coming and warned her friend. Merrique having his sword drawn already swung it in an upward arc aiming for his attackers throat. His blade came down upon his chest. Easily the blade sank into the flesh but a moment later there was no blood, no wound. Noticing his chance Akin swiftly snapped his neck and ripped his throat open to let the blood gush and pump out of his body as Akin drank it. Kali witnessed this whole scene. Grabbing for her daggers she whipped them at the fiend feasting upon her friend. " You b*****d! You have no respect for the soul!" Raising her sword high she charged at him. Easily he sidestepped the on coming onslaught. Kali swiftly turned and attacked the fiend again. Noticing that all three of her daggers have lodged themselves in its back she quickened her effort and the thought of triumph coursed through her veins. The Fiend took up Merrique’s sword and they danced through each other’s lunges and attacks. At last Akin noticed that all her men had been destroyed. "Mortal warrior your army is dead. And to die by ones own friend’s sword would be a bad blow to your legend. Come with me. I will give you immortality." Panting and glaring at Akin, Kali accepted the deal. Her people were dead, her vow broken to her dead half brother. But vengeance would be hers one day and immortality gave her the time to accomplish it. Swiftly she grasped and yanked her daggers out of the vampires back making sure to be rough and then placed them back into their belts upon her body and returned her sword to her hip. " Beautiful one, Not only will the blood of warriors run through your veins but also the powerful blood of an ancient vampire will be with you. You’ve proven your worth and I will keep you at my side." Kali slightly smirking thought deep to her self that she would only be at his side till she knew how to either kill or run away from him.