Chapter 10 Ryan

I got jabbed in the ribs by a musket. The plan Cass made didn't work so all the wharf rats and Captain Bart were killed and me and Ryan were now prisoners of war. "Keep moving prisoners." Said the hollow voice that came from the Armada soldier behind us, "Our leader will want to see you so hurry up."

We moved as fast as they allowed us to the elevator where we went up, and up. Going past a room where they were making more clockworks; the prison that was empty; and then the top floor where we met a clockwork the Royal Navy and all Marleybone knew. He was well defended like a knight but a knight with a giant gun, "Bring them over so I can show them their beloved skyway that they conquered."

He got shoved forward towards the edge of the stronghold where there wasn't any rail to make sure people don't fall down into the sky. "A long drop, be a shame not to just put spikes there to warn people not to approach." Said Cass, "We would have turned around if we saw that but now look where both of us are clockwork. Taking time out of our day just to deal with some war stuff over a stronghold in Skull Island and the Governor's Daughter being kidnapped."

"Do you play smart with me, I know your tactics. You all " I replied quickly knowing that Cass was trying to save us. "But wait, don't you want to here a song or two? We have traveled far and wide all over the Spiral to perform our musical out in the sky: Skyical."

Cass stepped forward towards the clockwork trying to get him to move back, "This is our rendition of what happened at the Armada stronghold in Skull Island."

Cass did a back flip and knocked down with a musket and threw it to me which I then shot clockworks flying up from the bottom of the stronghold up to the top. "Time to end your pity way of leaving your doom." Said the clockwork, "I think not you hunk of junk." Replied Cass.

By now Cass had some swords from one of those flying clockworks who came up onto the level and jammed them into a lose part of the station leader's armor and then everything went by fast. An explosion happened, Cass grabbed on to my hanging for dear life, and we landed with a hard thud on a island right outside the stormgate to Avalon.

"At least we helped The Queen with the war." Said Cass when a sudden pink windstone fell out of the sky, the windstone to Avalon beckoning to go closer to it, to use it. Or I still had the hidden smell of magic on me from Springer and the house and it wanted to absorb it.