Grab your Things

"Kids, I need you to pack your things," I said to Audhild while trying to clean up the blood from Rolfs wounds.

"Why Mother?" Rolf asked me, wondering why I would give an order at a time like this.

"I'm going after your fathers ship," I answered.

Rolf and Audhild looked at me like I was crazy.

"Why should you try? You wouldn't be able to get onto the ship, you know how the commanders feel about women trying to fight," Audhild said with concern.

I processed what Audhild said for moment, since the men are very cruel to us women; they all just think we want to stay at home to cook, clean and care for the children, animals and crops. No! Well at least not all of us. Some of us want to fight, and we have the potential to do so; to sharpen our blades and to swing it with honour and pride, and that is what I planned on doing, one way or another, I was going to get on that ship.