Help Nacius

You had to help him, it wasn't fair to just leave him after all he's done for you today!

You try to take some deep breaths, to steel yourself. You look at the dagger Nacius gave you, then peek out at the road once again.

"Okay, Sanna can do this, she is fast, she just has to outrun whatever is out there." You say to yourself

You peek out at the road once again, then finally, you make a break for it! You run to a tree next to the road, taking cover behind it.

"N-Nacius!" You call out.

You get no response, you run farther down the road, then take cover behind another tree.

"Nacius, are you okay!?" You call out once again.

You hear nothing, you begin to think the worst, but you've already come this far. You dart down the road, looking for any sign of Nacius.

"Sanna!" You hear Nacius say, he sounded hurt.

"Nacius, Sanna is coming!" You reply

You follow his voice, eventually coming across a thin trail of blood, following the trail, you stumble upon the corpse of an Argonian, the blood was coming from a hole that looked as if it ran straight through his chest, in his hand was a dagger, covered in blood.

"Ah!" You fall back, startled.

"Sanna!" You hear Nacius call out again.

You stand up, and begin following his voice again.

"Oh moons." Is all you can say.

You finally saw him, he was bleeding pretty bad from his side, his sword was covered in blood, presumably from that Argonian.

"Help me up will you miss?" He asks, weakly.

You quickly rush over to his side, grabbing his arm and begin pulling him up. Once he's up, he clutches the wound on his side.

"The... the bastard managed to stick me in between the armor, right under my ribs..." He said, out of breath.

You look at the wound, it was bleeding, you didn't know how fast, but judging as he was standing up, he would be okay, at least for now you think.

"Do you have any bandages? Healing potions? Anything?" You blurb out.

"Whiterun has some bandages and a small health potion in his saddlebags, we... we better get back to him eh?" He says before slowly walking back towards the road.

You run over to him, slinging his arm over your shoulder in an attempt to assist him.

"Aye miss, you don't have to do that, I can... I can walk myself."

You shoot him a glare.

"No! Sanna is helping you out of here! By the moons, even as you die, you still joke with Sanna!" You yell.

Nacius lets out a weak laugh.

"Just trying to keep the mood light miss, this is the most excitement I've had on the job in a long time."

You continue to assist Nacius back to the horse, passing by the argonians body.

"That lizard got me good... nasty little prick that dagger of his gave me." He says, with labored breaths.

He suddenly has a concerned look on his face and he abruptly turns to look at the Argonians corpse.

"We need to keep moving Nacius." You say.

Nacius scans the corpse for a moment.

"You said you saw an arrow fly at you, right?" Nacius asks.

You look at the corpse, a wave of dread washes over you, the Argonian didn't have a bow, nor did you see any arrows on him.

"Y-yes..." You stutter out.

You begin walking faster, still having Nacius lean on you.

"Come on Nacius, we need to-"

You feel an intense, sharp pain in your right shoulder, you've been shot. You fall to the ground, clutching your shoulder. Nacius unsheathes his sword, wobblily looking around.

"Y-You bastard! Come out where I can see you, you rat!" He screamed

You lay on the ground, unable to say anything, unable to focus on anything that wasn't the arrow that was currently sticking through your shoulder.

"Get out here!" Nacius screams.

You attempt to move slightly, instantly a debilitating sharp pain keeps you grounded, you weren't going anywhere, not like this.

"You rat! Come out here now!" Nacius calls out once again.

Laying there, curled up and clutching your shoulder, you tried to speak, but all that came out where sharp breaths and whimpers. You hear what sounds like running feet get closer and closer to you and Nacius, eventually you hear a loud metal on metal clang.

"I'll kill you, swine!" Nacius say's swinging at the attacker.

You slowly try to roll over to see what was going on, the pain was unbearable, with each slight movement in your upper body, you felt like you were being shot all over again.

"Die fetcher!" You hear the unknown attacker say, his voice sounded hoarse, like a Dunmer.

You continue rolling over slowly, tears stream down your face, your hands are shaking faster than you thought possible, but you couldn't speak.

Nacius takes a few more clumsy swings, his wound impacting his ability to fight, the Dunmer was dodging every swing that came his way.

"You'll pay for this you wretch!" Nacius yells.

You could now see the both of them, although it was pretty hazy, you were in a lot of pain, you didn't know how much blood you were losing, out of the corner of your eye, you see the dagger Nacius gave you, you instinctively attempt to grab it, but as soon as you try moving your right arm, you're met once again by a sharp pain.

The two men continued to fight, Nacius swinging mindlessly, like he's gone mad, and the Dunmer dodging every single one. You try to begin sitting up, finding this easier to do than you thought, you were quickly sat up, looking right at the two men.

The Dunmer had his back turned to you, all of his focus was on Nacius at the moment, dodging all of his strikes.

"Why'd you do it huh!? You animal!" Nacius says.

You lean forward slightly, trying to grab your dagger with your left hand, but the immense pain had been making it hard to focus, you managed to nudge it closer to you however.

Nacius tries thrusting forward with his sword, the Dunmer dodges it and swiftly kicks Nacius right where he had been stabbed.

"Aaagh! Gods!" He screamed, clutching his wound and falling to the ground.

You looked at the scene before you and knew you had to act fast, you once again try reaching for the dagger, this time you'd managed to snag it.

Nacius attempts to get himself up, but he can't bring himself to do it, the pain was too much.

"You shouldn't have killed my friend here, dog." The Dunmer says glancing at the dead Argonian.

He begins slowly walking towards Nacius, sword in hand. It seemed like he was enjoying this.

You try to kneel in order to stand up, but your legs are wobblily and you collapse once again.

"He was a good friend to me Imperial, all we wanted to do was scare you, harmless fun." The Dunmer says, getting closer to Nacius.

You once again try to kneel, this time you succeed, the pain in your shoulder almost felt like it was throbbing, your vision grew even more hazy now that you where getting up.

"You almost hit her you sick bastard!" Nacius yells, still on the ground.

You attempt to lean against a nearby tree and use it to prop yourself up, as you inch your way up the tree, you can hear your heartbeat, and the pain in your shoulder worsenes.

"But I didn't did I?" The Dunmer replies, now practically standing over Nacius.

Nacius attempts to swing his sword, but the Dunmer kicks it out of his hand.

"You did this to yourself, dog." The Dunmer says.

You're now fully stood up, you need to stop the Dunmer before he kills Nacius! You slowly begin walking towards the Dunmer, each step causing you to feel weaker. The Dunmer hasn't noticed you yet, he seems hard focused on drawing out Naciuss' suffering.

Nacius notices you creeping behind the Dunmer, but doesn't say anything, he instead spits at the Dunmer, hitting him on the face.

The Dunmer stops, and wipes the spit off of his face, grinning.

You were almost right behind the Dunmer, you weakly hold the dagger up, ready to stab him right in the back.

"How filthy." The Dunmer says, flinging the spit off of his hand.

You were almost there, you felt at any moment you were going to collapse back to the ground, but you knew you couldn't, or else Nacius would die.

"It didn't have to be like this Imperial, goodbye." The Dunmer says, raising his sword.

As quickly as you can, you jab the knife into his lower back, after stabbing him, you collapse back onto the ground, yelping in pain as you land.

"Hng... you... you bitch!" The Dunmer says looking at you before falling to his knees and attempting to grab the dagger.

Nacius takes advantage of the distraction, using all of his strength to push himself back onto his legs and grabbing his sword, with one clean swing, he manages to slit the Dunmer's throat.

The Dunmer falls back, now grasping at his neck, attempting in vein to stop the bleeding, then he goes limp. Nacius stood over him, wheezing and clutching his side, he then turns to you.

You try to stand up again, but you feel you are too weak to stand up on your own, Nacius gets to you as quickly as he can and attempts to help you up, the both of you yell as he pulls you up.

"Whiterun! Whiterun boy! Come... come here!" Natius calls.

You try to speak, but every time you open your mouth you only let out whimpers and sharp inhales. Whiterun eventually reaches the two of you and walks towards Nacius.

"Miss, you're loosing a bit of blood, I've got to get you bandaged up... okay? This is going to hurt." He tells you.

You can only nod in acknowledgement, you watch him shuffle through the saddlebags with one hand, eventually he grabs a roll of bandages and puts his hand on your shoulder.

"Now...Sanna, I'd sit down for this." He tells you and motions for you to sit on a nearby rock.

You both weakly hobble over to the rock, Nacius assists in getting you to sit down and he begins unraveling the bandage.

"You have to try and stay awake okay Sanna? This... this is going to hurt you, just focus on breathing okay?"

You once again nod, he reaches forward and starts wrapping the bandage, immediately you let out a shriek and kick your legs, kicking up some dirt.

"I... I'm so sorry Sanna, just hang on okay? You... you got this." He says as reassuringly as he can.

This pain is unbearable, you are finding it exceedingly difficult to keep your eyes open, you feel your hands and legs go numb, and you feel yourself start to fade out.

"Stay with me Sanna... you need to try to stay awake okay? You might not wake up if you fall asleep!" He yells, shaking you awake slightly.

The pain makes you wish for ****, you feel yourself start to slip, but every time Nacius manages to keep you awake. You wonder if you can actually do this, if you can actually make it through without passing out.