@Fluffy: Yeah, you should feel special if you're the only one who responded
@Staff: Instead of changing the topic name, since it's going to be too long if I do, I'm going to PM the people who were in Sky's GT test map, asking them for permission, but I'm afraid I might end up spamming them by accident. Would it be spam if I sent a them a PM if I were asking them for permission? Sorry for asking this
@Commander Fett: You will be in my SW fanon works, I'll PM you about it. Chapter 2 is here!
Chapter 2
Ping and his samurai guards were running for their lives. While the arrow Ping had fired had hit the Khan, it did not kill him, but did give him a bad wound. Now the Khan had sent troops after Ping. Unfortunately, Natsen had not gone over an escape plan, so the three resistance fighters had no strategy other then to make a beeline towards the city gates. Then, as Ping was running by an alley, an arm came out and pulled him into the alley.
"No need to struggle. I'm a resistance fighter, too. My name is Veran Dormof, and I'm here to help you escape," explained the man to a struggling Ping. Veran then let Ping out of his grasp. At that moment, the two samurai came down the alley and drew their swords, obviously threatening Veran.
"He's a resistance fighter, too. No need to use your swords," Ping said to the two swordsmen. "Now, how are we going to escape?"
"We'll have to lay low until nightfall. There's a bar down the street which I think we can hide in,"
"Oh really? How do you know nobody in there will rat us out?"
"The owner and I are good friends, but just in case, take this sword." Ping took the sword and fastened in on to his belt. It was a typical Chinese sword, being somewhat curved and tapering off at the top, and it had a red cloth attached to to the bottom of the hilt, to distract enemies during sword fights.
"Be careful now, we don't want to draw attention," Veran said, as they slowly emerged from the alley.
Upon arriving at the bar, the owner immediately led Veran, Ping, and the samurai to a storage cabinet used to keep alcoholic beverages.
"So, what's the plan once nightfall comes?" asked Ping, as he was sure one of the guards would notice four travelers running away from the city limits.
"We'll go to the stables, steal the horses, and hopefully bribe the guards to let us through,"
"Hopefully?"
"As in they might or might not accept a bribe."
As night fell, the four resistance fighters discreetly walked around the streets, as the patrols had been increased after the assanation attempt. Upon getting to the stables, the resistance fighters "borrowed" four horses, one for each of them. As they came to the gates, a guard stopped them.
"Halt! No one leaves the city at night, and nobody should by walking around at this hour."
Veran took out a small pouch. "If I give you this bag of money, will you pretend you didn't see us, and will you open the gates?"
The guard's face hardened, but he took the money and opened the gates. However, another guard noticed the four leaving the city. Being a little more trigger happy than the others, he fired his crossbow, which barely missed Veran. Realizing they had been discovered, Veran, Ping, and the samurai made their horses break into a running speed, but then the alarm bell went off. Arrows rained down on the resistance fighters, barely missing them.
"Where should we run to?" Ping called out to Veran.
"We'll run to Xian, and meet up with the resistance division there."
"Yeah, assuming we live to run!"
