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estiroseThis is what happens when my muses pick up inspiration from prompts and need to be kicked out of my head. Basically, a tiny bit of an AU where a certain somebody was unconscious the whole time and doesn't speak modern English. Set during "Break Out", but diverges from the end.
He doesn't understand the words the man is saying. They should make sense, but they are too slurred, too fast, too different for him to understand. There is anguish in those eyes, as if Ivan's emergence from the monster who had captured him was not expected.
But Ivan can't do anything about that right now. He knows, instinctively, what he has to do. He calls the strange armor and fights the monster that has captured him, brushing aside the obvious concerns of the others with a wave of his hand. They do not seem to be knights, even if they do have the armor and are fighters. He does.
Soon, the battle is done. The man that comes with them is obviously of the Zandar nobility, royalty to be exact, even if he doesn't recognize the face. There is something wrong, he could see it from when he had fought inside the large metal bird. Things have changed. Things are vastly different. Still, he has a duty to this lord, at least to offer the gem and his services.
But after consulting with the other warriors, the prince gives him back the gem. He is confused, blinking at the idea that he is not in the lord's service.
The other warriors attempt to bring him with them. He can tell they're not trying to restrain him, as if bringing him to trial. Instead, they seem happy to have him with them. Maybe he had it wrong, and maybe Ivan is being released to work with them.
He looks back at his prince, trying to get him to say something, even if he can't understand. Even if the man's words are as slurred and as fast as the others'. But the prince says nothing, and seems to even encourage him to go with them.
So Ivan does, because this is what his prince wants, and this is what he will do.
He doesn't understand the words the man is saying. They should make sense, but they are too slurred, too fast, too different for him to understand. There is anguish in those eyes, as if Ivan's emergence from the monster who had captured him was not expected.
But Ivan can't do anything about that right now. He knows, instinctively, what he has to do. He calls the strange armor and fights the monster that has captured him, brushing aside the obvious concerns of the others with a wave of his hand. They do not seem to be knights, even if they do have the armor and are fighters. He does.
Soon, the battle is done. The man that comes with them is obviously of the Zandar nobility, royalty to be exact, even if he doesn't recognize the face. There is something wrong, he could see it from when he had fought inside the large metal bird. Things have changed. Things are vastly different. Still, he has a duty to this lord, at least to offer the gem and his services.
But after consulting with the other warriors, the prince gives him back the gem. He is confused, blinking at the idea that he is not in the lord's service.
The other warriors attempt to bring him with them. He can tell they're not trying to restrain him, as if bringing him to trial. Instead, they seem happy to have him with them. Maybe he had it wrong, and maybe Ivan is being released to work with them.
He looks back at his prince, trying to get him to say something, even if he can't understand. Even if the man's words are as slurred and as fast as the others'. But the prince says nothing, and seems to even encourage him to go with them.
So Ivan does, because this is what his prince wants, and this is what he will do.
