A Light in the Darkness [Complete]

[Ash Williams]

"Man, what's taking so long?" said Ash standing there waiting for the commander's return.

The militia commander comes back in the main chamber and gives Ash news about their head leader.

"I'm sorry stranger but Atelos isn't available at the moment to speak to but we do have available positions for you." said the commander to Ash then turns away back to the table of plans.

Ash walks over to the table and takes a look at the big map that they have arrows and strategic ideas written on it. The map consists the overlook of the south, west, north, and east walls of the city. West looked to be the troubling one and the commanders were suspecting it to be the side that will get mostly attacked tonight. They got the news from the scouts that were gathering intelligence on each side of Darkshire. There was report on much activity on the west side heavily with Dracula's fiends presence. The other walls looked like they were going to have little force or be a dead shift.

"With our reports in, the west side looks like it will have the most trouble tonight. They would definitely need your help to fend off these beasts." said the commander pointing the position on the map.

"What kind of enemies are we looking for here? Is it mostly vampires?" questioned Ash about what he is up against

"Well, it's mostly a mixed of monsters that Dracula controls which is the undead, werewolves, vampires, and etc." responded the commander

"So pretty much we're going up against an army of freaks." said Ash looking back at the commander.

"But don't underestimate the strength of these creatures. They can be powerful in numbers." continued the commander giving the details to Ash

"If I could help Lord Arthur and his men defend off an army of deadites then I shouldn't have a problem here." said Ash to the commander's concern.

"Good then, we will have you assigned on the west wall to help out our people but please look out for the soldiers of Darkshire. They are valuable to us." pleaded the commander for Ash's protection.

The evil dead slayer nods in response for his request. He gets his orders now and is sent out of the base. Meanwhile, the sun is starting to set with an orange afternoon sky with some clouds above. This makes Ash hurry to his post to get in time before anything happens. After an half an hour later, he finally arrives at the west wall of Darkshire. Two male guards covered the exit of the city and see Ash arrived. The evil dead slayer stops then huffs and puffs after running a bit to catch his breath for thirty seconds. He walks over the gated entrance of the city where the two guards are at.

"Hey, I got permission from your higher-ups to help you guys with guard duty for the night." said Ash looking at the both of them.

"We just got the word that you were coming here earlier. You may proceed." said one guard to Ash

"Oi, you must be the prime then. Thank God you came, I was starting to feel pretty nervous from the news we been getting from the scouts. We better give 'em a good bloody hell fight. Especially you prime." said the other guard.

They opened the gate and let Ash through to meet the militia that he was going to work with tonight. Campfires were set up as the evening begins to get a little chilly. The soldiers gather around the fires to warm up and some were having a chat with each other. Some stare at Ash as he passes by from his prime appearance. From the features of the soldiers, some of them looked quite young in their early 20's even possibly 18 and others looked to be in their mid 20s to late 30s. For Ash's age, he was somewhere in the lat 20s which he was pretty similar to the men out here.

The evil dead slayer comes up to one of the fire pits that had some soldiers surronding it. There wasn't too much conversation at this fire pit since it seems that some of the young men look pretty nervous like it's their first battle that they'r about to be in. It felt awkward for the prime standing here in this dead silence and hearing others have some conversation behind them.

"So, is anyone doing something special for the weekend?" said Ash trying to at least start a conversation with the nervous bunch at least make them feel little comfortable.

But, no one spoke and still stand there in silence hearing the fire crackle and pop as if they ignored Ash. This made him look around at the people who stand close to the warmth.

"Ok then, good talk everybody." responded Ash in a sarcastic way at the strangers.

Still, everyone was silence and the sun starts to disappear and the moon begins to come back up for another night which some clouds pass by it from the breeze.

"Oh c'mon everyone, lightin up! I been in your shoes before too. For example, I was trapped in the woods with my possessed girlfriend which I was forced to kill then I had to stand up for myself to keep my right hand from killing me. Also, don't even get me started on how me and other men like you had to fight off the whole army of deadites. Listen well get through this night together then afterwards we'll go to the tavern to get piss drunk and especially pick up a few ladies if you guys know what I mean." rambled Ash trying to lighten the mood for everyone around the fire and it did made a few grin especially some laughed a little.

"Sorry there prime, for some of us here is our first time defending from a possible attack. We never been in a situation like this before and have a sick feeling that we will probably never survive to see our friends and family." said one of the nervous young soldiers to Ash.

"Just follow my lead then kid. I'll make sure you get home in one piece." said Ash to the young soldier next to him with confidence.