Chapter 7 Vala Sees Saku

Saku stops and falls to his knees with tears in his eyes quickly wipes them away before Ferin or Fang could see them, he balls up his fists " I was kicked out and left for dead you can say that you cared all you want, but you would not have sent me out if you did." Fang walked up next to Saku " Remember brother it was someone else, not your father that had you sent out, your father might have been upset with you, but he would not have sent you out to die." Saku puts his left hand on his head and tells him about his memory, once he finishes Fang tells him " I am sure it was your father's second in command war-chief! Your father would not have sent you out like that or he wouldn't have acted surprised to see you. Oh and remember what your father said about the guy he had kicked out so it wasn't you." Saku reluctantly agrees Ferin tells him " Um! Saku we still have a little ways to go and we don't have a lot of time to get there." He agrees, stands when he hears one voice from the past he thought he'd never hear again " Well, well, well if it's not the outcast of the wank shield-maiden of a mother! Tell me how is she still sleeping around with the dead!" Saku felt the rage inside, so much anger, he balled up his fists his Landvaettir screech loudly informing all who could hear of the rage within. Fang looked at him and mumbled " oh shit! berserker rage! Ferin back away slowly!" As Ferin backed away Saku turned and saw Ulfkel grinning from ear to ear " You was kicked out of the clan and the settlement. Why are you still around?" Saku said Ulfkel holds up a spear " Well you know I wanted to try and find you so I could give this to you!" This spear was a bronze color with a grey sharpened stone with blood on it. " Do you remember her? Do you remember how she died?" He pulled a small bag from his side, lifting it over his head, and throws it in front of Saku. He picks up the bag " what is this supposed to..?" He says as he opens it and pulls out his mom's hide armor. It was covered in red dried blood with a spear hole in the chest piece, " Do you remember now?" Ulfkel lifts the spear over his shoulder attempting to throw it when he notices Saku's blood turning almost black " No matter Saku you will not be alive to fight this battle, I will take that honor from you and deny you the hall of warriors with your bastard father!" Black storm clouds roll over Vala towards the spot Saku and Ulfkel are. Rumbling echoes across the sky, by the time the rumble stops Saku has slipped into an eerie rage that no one has seen from him. He looks at Ulfkel " You killed my family?" Ulfkel grins " I had to do something to take the rich farmland the settlement was on from your family. They weren't going to leave any time soon, but no I did not I had someone do it for me, and from what I was told it was easy because they were all asleep." Saku walks towards him " You robbed them of the glory!" He lets out a yell that sounded like a massive eerie roar ramming into Ulfkel barely giving him any chance to react, swing after swing like a mirage of bullets plummeting into Ulfkel. He gets a foot up barely and kicks Saku off him grabbing for his sword and ripping it out of its sheath, Saku grabs his axes growls, and runs at Ulfkel. He swings only to be blocked by Saku's ax while the other one finds its mark up through Ulfkel's abdomen, Saku backs up for a second and swings after swing tearing into Ulfkel's flesh. Fang and Ferin stand back watching in fear and awe as Saku gets his revenge on Ulfkel for his family. Thunderclaps and lightening strike multiple times around Saku until a scream shatters his berserker rage, Saku's rage subsides and he looks at the way the scream came from only to see Vala with her hand over her mouth in shock as she saw the side that father told her he was on the edge of. She stood there wondering what was said to anger Saku that much to put him into a berserker's blood rage. Vala runs down the slope towards Saku "Bróðir! What happened? Are you okay?" She asks when she looks at the shredded body " by the gods it looks like a bear got ahold of him or her!" Saku takes a breath and sighs falling to his knees with his head down " That was Ulfkel the family killer!" As he picked up the armor he tossed at him holding it in his hands and close to his heart. "As far as what happened I can't remember, all I do remember is the anger the rage that was built up caused me to blackout, by the time I came back to I had heard a scream. I'm guessing that came from you?" Vala nodded as he continued " I started to calm down after that." Vala looks at the body again " That's Ulfkel! It doesn't look like him now and as far as the blackout bróðir that was a berserker, a blood ravaged berserker. Damn! so not only have you gotten close to the berserker point once, but you've been looking for me everywhere since I left!" Saku nodded " It's been two summers since you left systir and I have been going crazy thinking I did something wrong !" She shakes her head " No you didn't Saku it's just I had to deal with something back home, but by the time I got here everyone was gone except for a little one that hid under the dock by the water. So I have decided to take her with me." Ferin looked at them " But first we have to find the second piece of the amulet right!" Fang agrees looking at Saku " Yea since I found my systir we must find the second amulet for Midnight." Saku said in agreement. As they all came to an agreement Vala walks over to the dock " Hey Yumal we are going to go find something of grave importance a small amulet!" Yumal looked at her confused then pulled out a small gem " Hey um guys! You might want to come here and see this!" Saku turns left and walks over to Vala " What is?" he is stopped short when he sees the gem " Holy hell that's it! Where did you find this at?" Yumal looked at him then Vala, she nodded her head "It's okay!" And Yumal handed him the gem " That guy had it, said he was going to kill every clan and tribe!" Saku whistles and his Landvaettir chirps swooping down as a small bird landing on Saku's arm. He puts the gem in a small hide bag ties it on the foot " Go, get this to Midnight fast!" It chirps and with one flap of its wings its flies off. "It's not an amulet at all it's the gem. That gem goes into the center of the first piece and creates a protective aura."