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Chapter V


As Hero ran up to the line, he had seen the old man turn away going in to another room. "I can borrow these cloths for a while, i am sure he will not mind." Hero put the cloths on in a hurry not wanting to be seen taking some ones cloths. " A little small but not too bad of a fit. smells funky But beggars and all." *Slam! the door in the room had shut and Hero could heat the sounds of some one walking towards the window."Crap, umm..." Hero ducked pressing his body against the little house just under the window sill "WHAT! some one has stolen my good dress cloths, of all the nerve, ill kill the one who has done this." the old man ran to the door in a hurry and fumbled around to grab his sword that was mounted on the wall. "Son of little stink'en..." Hero knew that he did not have much time to run but if he did not he was in some deep crud. "Nahh got to go, got to go." hero ran around to the side of the house trying to find a place to hide. only a clear field with well trimmed grass and trees off too far to get to with out being seen. Hero was about to turn back to run. Blackness fell over his eyes and a sharp pain in the back of his head, then nothing at all.

"What are you going to do to him Grand pa?" " Hmm i should have called the guard but some thing odd about this guy ." the old man walked away and in another room. the other person in the room was shuffling around. and with a soft ans sweet tone "Well you are one lucky person. Grand pa is not usually this nice to those who steel from him. I dont know why he did not turn you in but dont try any thing else." the voice ended and the door shut and clicked with a locking noise.

Hero woke up the next day or so he thought it was the next day. He was in a small room with a small slit high on the wall letting light in. He could see that it was a storage room with mop and bucket to boot. the door was open just by a bit and hero could smell that some one was cooking. "man that smells good. Ohh man my head hurts." Hero felt the back of his head and half way down was a nice lump. "Damn what hit me a truck?" Hero walked out in to the next room slowly, looking around and taking in everything around him. It was a small hallway to the right was a door and some pictures on the wall. toy the left was a stair case that went up to another floor. and in front of him was another open doorway that looked as if it went in to a dining room. The smell of food was making Hero's belly growl louder and louder now.

"Mm i guess if the door was open and i am not in jail i guess that he old man is not too mad at me." Hero walked in to the the room. it was large a table in the back right corner then a door on that wall. off to his left was an anvil. "Well that is set a little out of place." and a rack that ran along the wall with many odds and ends. "Looks like the old man is in to crafts." Hero then spotted a bed in the back left corner of the room just under a window. "GRRGL" Hero's belly growled sharply. He made his way to the door that seemed to ploom the sent of food. "Smells like bacon, i hope the Old man is willing to share with me." Hero slowly pushed the door open hoping not to have another run with the old man's sword.

Hero looked in to the room it was a small kitchen brick oven on the wall, a small pantry with a table connected to the side and a stove. With a shock Hero jumps back a little bit. the other voice that he heard last night, sweet and caring. "I have died and gone to heaven, she is beautiful." the girl was a bout five nine with long blond hair that looked well kept. Maybe 19 years old. and a voice that would make the devil cry.

" Umm excuse my.. uhh, Hi" Hero slowly moves in to the room as not to startle the girl. "Oh you are awake, i was getting a little worried about you." her voice soft and caring. "You were out for three days. i guess Grand pa hit you pretty good. You really lucked out." She stopped and looked at hero and giggled a little. "Umm what? what is wrong?" hero looked at the girl wondering what she was thinking. "Well first off i think you are in need of some cloths." she quickly turned away back to the food that she was cooking. Hero looked down in a snap that would have broken steel. " NAAH, Ohh, yah about that i am sorry, yah it is cold, umm i .. it .." Hero stumbled back around the door to cover him self up. " Hum I think Grand pa has some old cloths under his bed in a box." Hero shut the door and crept over and looked under the bed. A lone dusty box that was falling apart. " Ok lets hope that these cloths fit me." After slipping on the cloths and fixing him self up he realized that these cloths were really old and looked as they were for dress up . " Oh well at least it fits me." The front door opened and closed. the sounds of foot steps came up the hall way. and the old man turned the corner.

"BIH what the hell are you doing? How did you get out, take my son's cloths off now or i will kill you this time!" the old man darted towards Hero. " Ok Ok, calm down old man, your grand daughter told me to look under your bead for some cloths to ware, i had no idea." the old mad stopped and looked at the door of the kitchen "Hmm that girl some days, Jenna! Jenna come out here please!" Hero took off every thing but his pants. "Oh Grand Pa you are home so soon? i did not think you were going to be hone till this eve." Jenna walked over to the Old man and gave him a hug. "Why did you tell this boy to go under mt bed and put on those cloths?" " I thought that was ware you kept your old cloths Gramps?" The old man looked over at Hero and snorted "that is ware i keep your Father's Guardsman's uniform. no one was to ware it, never again and now this thief is defiling it." Hero looked back to the girl then back to the old man. " I am soo sorry i had no idea..." "Lies! Every one knows the Guardsman's uniform, if you dont you must be from another country." The old mans eyes got big and then fell to a glare. " You're not from here, then you are an enemy of the kingdom! Jenna get back!" the old man drew his sword and pointed at Hero. in a flash hero pulled the dagger out of the bottom of the box and pulled it from its covering. A shimmering blade only six inches. "Crap this is not going to end well."

"Grand pa stop! he has not done any thing to us, he was in need of some cloths and found some." the girl stepped in front of the old man's blade. "Damn it girl get out of the way, he can use you to get away." Hero looked surprised, never thought that some one would stand up for him. "Ok i will put down the dagger and change my cloths, only if you can provide some old ones you don't need." Hero put down the silver of sliver in to th box. "Hmm if i am to trust you what is your name?" the old man blurted out lowering his weapon to his side. " Well umm..." "Out with it boy your name, what is it?!" hero looked down then ran his hands through his hair and over the lump. " Well i don't remember. one too many blows to the head i guess." the old man looked at Hero with wonder "Fine ill call you boy till you remember or i find a good one for you." Jenna looked at Hero then at his left arm. "That marking you have, What is it?" the old man hobbled over and grabbed Hero's arm and jerked it over so he could get a better look.

"Hmm i have seen this mark before, twice in fact." the old man threw Hero's arm down. "The first time was when i was a ..." GRRWOOLL!! every one looked at Hero. "Sorry the food smells really good can we eat?" Jenna busted out in a full laugh while the Old man smirked and agreed "Ok lets eat ill grab the plates and Gramps you grab a seat. Umm well BOY can you help with the food?" Hero looked down, and started to wonder what his name really was. "Yah sure not a problem."

Sitting around the small table the old man started to tell of ware he had seen the symbol. "Long ago, when i was a young boy i was running in the woods. i found a Crystal sticking out of the ground. as i went to remove it from the dirt a Wolf attacked me. I had fallen back and dodged the first lunge, i scramble to my feet in an attempt to run. The wolf howled and three more came out, i was surrounded and then a Large wolf man walked out from behind a tree. He wanted all of my money but i had none. So he told me that he was going to eat me alive. I screamed loudly and fell to my knees and curled in to a ball closing my eyes. I was waiting for some thing to kill me but i had heard the sound of wolves yelping. I looked up to see what was going on and that is when i had seen him. a tall man in a black and silver outfit and a silver mask on. On his cape was that symbol in Red and Gold. He has killed the little wolves with his bare hands. The wolf man was stunned by what had happened, then threw back his head and howled. "You will pay for this interloper, i will crush you!" then the Wolf man started to chant and he got three times bigger. then that is when it happened. the man lifted his left arm and the sleeve blew out with the symbol glowing in fire. And with a mighty thrust the man put his arm in to the beast's chest, all of the way to his shoulder. The Wolf man stopped chanting, looked down at the man and coughed up blood. the man removed his arm and the beast fell to the ground and reverted to a little wolf. he walked over to me and picked me up off the ground and asked if i was ok. I nodded and he put me back on my feet. " My name is Silver Angel nice to meet you" the only thing i could do is stare at the man wishing i could see his face, in the soft glow of his mask i could see my mother's face, she was smiling at me. i closed my eyes and the next thing i knew i was home with my mother hugging me."

"Wow gramps i did not know." " well it is not some thing i like to talk about too often." hero looked at his arm then back at the old man. "And the second time?" the old man took a drink and started again.

" The second time was not all that long ago actually. About 18 years ago this kingdom was at war. Jenna's Father was apart of the Elite Gard. When the war broke out he was ordered to go to the castle to speak with the king and his generals. over two weeks of not seeing him he finally came home. He informed me of what was going on. The king requested that I forge weapons for part of the army, i gladly accepted the task. My son went out for several hours and came back with another young man, he was a little gruff looking with a scraggly beard and long hair down to his back. Both of them seemed to be good friends at the time. After dinner that night both of them started to talk about their mission to end the war swiftly. The king asked them to sneak in and assassinate the other king, Kink Karal. on top of all of that the king asked that i work on a weapon of immense power, I did not ask questions at the time. in three weeks my son and this man would be heading out. i did not know the man's name till the fourth day he was here. He went by the name Zan Angel. It was an odd name for one in the kingdom. i had seen him changing on the last day and spotted the symbol on his arm. when i asked him about it he told me that he has had it for as long as he could remember and that it was his family crest. After the war was over I found out that my son had died at the hands of the rival king. Then i found out that the rival king and Zan were missing. If you ask me thay were in cahoots with one another.

Hmm so if it is a family crest and you have it than you must be related to those other two men. both had Angel in their names so that is what i will call you from now on. You got a problem with that?"

"Hmm" and in a flash some of his memories came back to him. His mother sisters and brother. he sat their wondering what had happened to get him here in this world. "Well that sounds good to me, at least until i remember my real one." still pondering his memories he could not help put wonder what? "Oh well" he thought then finished the rest of his food. "Ok old man ware are the cloths that i can ware?" Angel asked with a sound of humor ringing. " Dont be cocky or I'll clock ya even harder this time." And then the old man went up the stares. "So Jenna is it just you and your Gramps then?" Angel asked as he was getting up to clean the mess. "Yes like Grand pa and told you my dad died in the war before i was born." "and your mother?" Jenna looked a little sad when he asked about her mother. " She died when i was little." Jenna picked up the last plate and walked quietly to the kitchen. "I...i am sorry i did not mean to pry." Angel scuttled over with the rest of the dishes.

"Well what about you do, you remember your mother and father?" Angel looked around the room,"I can remember my Mom, Sisters and little brother's faces but that is about all." and with a clap of Laughter the old man strolls downs the stairs with a smile from ear to ear. "Ok boy here is your new cloths!" the old man pulls out a long dress with a Huge red heart on the chest. "Gahh are... wah.. be. Oh you are one silly old bugger." after several minuets of the old man's laughter Angel looks back at Jenna who too was chuckling. "The things i do for a pair of pants." the old man pulled our a sac with some beat up leather travailing cloths. "Thank you Old man, for all of the help. i guess ill get changed and be going then?" Angel walked over to the closet he had awaken in and changed in to the cloths. "UMM i look like Robin Hood in this get up. Oh well On word my marry men!" Angel walked in to the room ware the old man was putting the cloths of his son back in to the box and under the bead. " Guess i shan't bother you again, and thank you for every thing." Angel bowed to the old man in respect. And with a quick smack to the lump on the back of Angel's head the old man laughed. "Well boy in return for the food and cloths and the sword i gave you." Angel looked around him self "Uhh you did not give me a sword old man." and with a sharp toss the old man thew the sword at Angel. "Now let me finish, I want you to take my Grand Daughter to the capital city." Angel looked confused. "Ware is it? Far? and why do you want me to take her? Do you really trust me that much?" " Humm good point if any thing happens to her i will find you and make you wish i did kill you the first time we met. OK?" With a stumble back Angel nods. Jenna walked down the stairs ready to go.

"Aww man what have i got my self in to this time? Oh Well On word to the capital!!" and with a march towards the front door Angel falls flat on his face and quickly stumbles back up. "Hem...well.. i meant to do that! Onwards ... again!"