The men of the King reined their horses gathered about their leader who stared in disbelief down at the talisman in his hand, watching the light flicker over and over before finally cutting out all together. He shook it a few times, before shoving the item into a saddle bag anger evident in his face as he glared out across the darkening land scape.<br/><br/>"Sir?" one of his men spoke up earning himself a glare which cause his tongue suddenly dry now and he lost his voice for a moment.<br/><br/>"Well spit it out!" their commander snapped at him, truly not in the mood to deal with anything extra at the moment.<br/><br/>"What are we going to do now?" the man rushed to answer his angered commander.<br/><br/>For a long moment James was still as he continued to stare off into the distance before he finally at up straight in his saddle, "We continue on in the direction we were going. Let the hounds off their leashes, they will zero in on anything that don't smell right. And we shall pray for guidance for the Gods to smile down on us to grant us with their blessings so that we reach their Chosen before the enemy!" he kicked his horse into a gallop and charged off, soon there after the baying of hounds could be heard as they were released. The hunt was on, though their time was running out and if they failed it was not just failing their king but failing the world.<br/><br/><br/>Shawne moved to her bike determined to not leave it behind but before she could begin trying to get it going again some more strangers stepped out into their campsite, though these had weapons. Shawne stared from her knelt position at her bike, not exactly in shock but not really afraid either. She actually thought it was all rather funny really and so it was with a smile on her lips as she stood looking at the man armed with a bow and looking for all the world like someone she should be afraid of yet she was not.<br/><br/>"How about this...you and your freak party turn around and go on wherever it is you are suppose to be. I am really not in the mood to be coming along peacefully and well there is no way in hell I am leaving my bike. So you can either wait for me to get it running again or you can just be on your way because I am not leaving without it" she said to him in a very serious and somewhat cocky tone. Whether or not this was a good idea or not remained to be seen but all Shawne knew was that she felt pretty damn good standing up to these men and was not going to let him bully her or her friends if she could do anything about it.<br/><br/>Off in the distance hounds could be heard, along with the pounding of horse hooves as the Kings men drew closer.