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~3rd Person POV~

The trio entered a field covered in rocks. They panted and sighed heavily. Ty was the first to recover. He quickly grabbed Mitch by his bound hands and dragged him closer to him. They watched as the masked man knocked Preston out. Ty was angered, Lachlan was scared for his freind, and Mitch was just as stone-faced as he was before. Ty turned to Lachlan.

"Lachlan, I want you to stay here. Keep that man at bay. Do it your way." Ty said as he began to drag Mitch away.

"Alright. Wait, what's my way?" Lachlan asked. Ty groaned in frustration and glared at Lachlan.

"Grab something, hide behind that boulder. When he comes into view, hit him in the head with whatever you got!" Ty exclaimed loudly, dragging Mitch away from Lachlan as fast as he could.

Lachlan sighed in defeat and grabbed a small pebble. He didn't want to hurt this guy, he just wanted to be away from Ty. Lachlan walked over to the pebble Ty pointed to and crouched behind it.

Meanwhile, Bacca had came to a stop in the rock fields he had seen the trio stop to rest at. He cautiously made his way through, until he felt a small amount of pain in the back of his head. He turned quickly, coming face-to-face with the man he heard be called Lachlan.

"So you must be the masked man that was able to best Preston." He stated kindly. Bacca nodded.

"I am, and you may call me Bacca. Now, may I go?" Bacca said patiently. 

"Well hold on a second there mate! Ty will literally kill me if I don't try and take you down. Please, me and Preston have been his slaves for years. Just fight me for a bit before going and taking down Ty!" Lachlan pleaded. Bacca sighed before nodding.

"Alright. I'll help you. But in return, you have to leave the Prince alone." Bacca stated. 

"Of course! But if you ever need help in any way, let us know. We'd be glad to repay the favor." 

Bacca smiled behind his bandanna and chuckled.

"Alright. So how do you want to do this?" He asked. 

"How about a good old fashion fist-fight?" Lachlan asked with a smile.

"Sure. Let's begin." Bacca states as he gets into a crouching position.

Lachlan follows suit, then fight begins. The tow rush at each other and are locked together. (AGAIN. BAD AT FIGHT SCENES. SO WE SKIP!)

Bacca rubbed his arm as he stared down at the unconscious body of Lachlan.

"I'm sorry my friend. You're gonna feel that in the morning." Jerome said as he rushed off towards where the Prince and Ty had run off to.

~Mitch's POV~

I glared down at my hands as Ty held my arm and held a knife to my throat. The sound of rushing footsteps caused me to lift my head up. My eyes locked with the mysterious man that had followed my captor all the way here.

The man stepped closer, which caused Ty to push the knife harder against my throat.

"Take another step closer, and this knife slits his throat." Ty said angrily. The man held his hands up and stopped moving. 

Tears pricked my eyes as warm liquid ran down my neck, which I instantly knew was blood.

"How about a little challenge?" The man asked slyly. Ty laughed insanely.

"Why? Why would you want to go against someone as amazing as me?"Ty exclaimed.

 "Well I've got an idea. How about a battle of wits?" The man said. Ty looked at him intently.

"For the Prince?" The man nodded. Oh come on! I'm not a prize! "To the death?" Another nod. What the heck are you getting yourself into?

"Okay. So how do we do this?" Ty asked as the man approached and took a seat across from us. The man pulled out a small vile filled with a clear white liquid.

"This here, is a potion poison. When put with a liquid, it is odorless and colorless. The affects kill someone instantly." The man said as he grabbed two glasses filled with wine. He turned around so we couldn't see what cup he out the poison in. He turned around and placed one cup in front of him and another in front of Ty.

"The poison has been placed. The battle of wits has begun. Choose a cup. When you do, we'll both drink. Then we will find who is alive and dead." The man said.

Then they plunged into this huge discussion about which cup the poison would be in. It was all going smoothly until Ty decided to cheat.

"What in the world is that!" He exclaimed, pointing behind the man.

"What? What is it?" The man asked as he looked behind him.

Ty chuckled quietly as he switched the cups. I would've said something if it wasn't for the knife sitting on my throat.

"Must have been my imagination. I could've sworn I saw something. Anyway, let's drink!" Ty said as he grabbed the cup in front of him, the one that used to be in front of the man. The man grabbed his and they both downed the contents of the cup.

"You chose wrong." The man said as Ty slumped forward with an insane giggle. 

I stared at Ty as the man undid the rope around my wrist and dragged me away from the body.

"Come on your highness. We have a ways to go."

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And there we go! I know I said this would be a three part bit, but I decided to put them together, since the part with Lachlan was only 300 words long.

So here we go! :3

~Mia