Drums?! This Late?! (Personnel Event)

[Sage Sudeki]

Spike was in Lightning Country and checking in on some of the small farming villages near the borders. The meal tickets as some of the organization referred to them. He did a few inspections, answered some questions and got some requests to take back to the capitol. It had gotten pretty late and Spike had a few too many drinks to relax in the evening.So it was time to rent a room with the farmers and call it a night. Paying for his stay he'd make his way to the room and kick off his boots, his jacket and tie. He'd place the Bokken handle on the night stand next to him and begin to close his eyes.

Thats when it happened, someone was dropping a beat and it wasn't hot. It was annoying and startling. He'd rush tot eh window with the Bokken Handle in hand and see what the hell was going on!

[Raikotsu Sudeki]

As soon as Spike grabbed his Bokken handle and stood up the entire room would be suddenly gone! Spike would find himself in what appeared to a small grassy clearing only all around him was dense foliage that he would see as impossible to pass. However in perfect intervals the foliage would be broken io by statues! There were 4 entrances thus eight statues. In between each statue was a door as if the statues were the guardians. Behind all the doors was sounds of war. Clanging of metal, screams, and war music.

Each statue was engraved. The first two would be, "Liu Bang and Xiang Yu". The next two, "Leonidas and Xerxies". The third set, "Alexander The Great and King Porus". Finally, "Ramesses II and Muwatalli II".

[Sage Sudeki]

Spike would freeze as the room changed, looking around himself to make sure he wasn't attacked, or for some reason hit in the head by a baseball bat. He wasn't sure why that was a concern to him. However the familiar sounds of war brought him back to his childhood, and he hated it. With each statue he would pause to read the inscriptions getting a feel for what this was... A trial of some sort, battles he had read about, he knew there was Sudeki involvement in some of these.

However if he had a chance to witness a single one of them it was going to be the great king Leonidas leading his 300 spartans against the would be God King of Persia. He would walk through the gate of those statues.

[Raikotsu Sudeki]

When his mind was made before he could even touch the door it would open and he would be pulled inside. As soon as the door closed behind him he would find that he was on a mountain path. He would see two trails that he could travel down. One lead to a small shabby makeshift encampment inside the hills, the other to what looked like a surprisingly well set up tent, very lavish, on the beach.

[Sage Sudeki]

Spike went with the flow and he looked out at the two sides. The lavish living of the fat, weak, and stupid. Giving in to sloth, pride, and lust. Letting it blind them to the way of the warrior, pride, but with honor... He shook his head and made his way down to the make shift shacks. His blood demanded it.

[Raikotsu Sudeki]

As Spike continued down the path he chose he would find that he arrived at the camp faster than expected. When he finally stepped out of the brush he would be met immediately with spears!

"Who are you?!"

"Where did you come from?!"

Neither of the men were currently wearing armor but the way they were built as well as the way they held their weapons, it wasn't hard to tell that these two were Proud Warriors of Sparta. If Spike looked behind him he would note that the path he just traveled was gone!

[Sage Sudeki]

Spike would raise his hands slowly showing his open left palm and the handle to a wooden sword in his right.

"I am Spike Sudeki. A warrior from a land far from here. I am lost and homeless, I saw the makings of war camps and thought to offer my services."

[Raikotsu Sudeki]

Wrong answer! Spike would see them both snap at the mention of his name, then the side of one of the soldiers spears would slam into the side of his head. Lights were out!

When Spike came too he would be on his knees, his hands tied behind his back and a sword at his throat.

"He is awake, my King."

That's when Spike would notice the hulking figure in front of him. He wasn't wearing a crown nor was he wearing anything elegant. Matter of fact the man seemed to be two elbows deep in hard manual labor repairing their tools of war. The man turned around and stared at Spike.

"So, you are the enemy spy my men found. Tell me, how did you make it into my camp?"

[Sage Sudeki]

Spike would suck air between his teeth from the pain in his head. Great, off to a good start. Well at least he wasn't dead, the guy had questions. Spike didn't have answers.

"I saw it from the mountain and walked. It's easy enough to move through thickets when you are alone. I'm also not a spy."

He'd spit to the side to express his distaste for being called such.

[Raikotsu Sudeki]

The large man chuckled and crouched in front of Spike.

"You say you are not my enemy, yet you share the name of the enemy forces my enemy uses against us. The Sudeki, or as Lord Xerxes likes to call them, his 'Immortals' are some of the strongest warriors I've ever had the pleasure to go to war against. But, as skilled warriors as they are, it is apparent that you are not as skilled in stealth."

The man chuckled.

"Let's try this again. My name is Leonidas. I am the King or Sparta. And this, friend, will be my grave. But before I rush to meet it, I mean to hold back the god-kings forces until my people are ready for war. So I can't very well have you messing that up. No matter what coin they may be offering you."

[Sage Sudeki]

Spike would wiggle his toes to check his circulation.

"Trust me, King Leonidas. If I were trying to be stealthy, you wouldn't of caught me. While I am a mercenary I am being paid nothing. I'm not properly equipped, I'm barely clothed. If you knew my people besides the role they are playing in battle you would know they can be bought as well. While I am Sudeki in name I do not work with or for them if I can help it."

He'd sigh and lean on his restraints.

"Or did you not find my appearance or armaments odd?"

[Raikotsu Sudeki]

Leonidas would stand up and scratch his beard.

"I'll not lie. Your armor is of a make I have never seen before, and is nothing similar to what I've seen your brethren in name wear. Nor, have I seen any wild a weapon like yours."

He would say as he pulled out Spikes Bokken handle.

"A weapon of power like this... I've only seen once before..."

Then he grip the handle tight and a bright white energy would erupt from BOTH ends of the bokken handle, making what appeared to be an energy spear.

"How am I to know what you say is true?"

[Sage Sudeki]

"You could always keep me restrained until the morning, give me a shield and put me on the farthest end of the front so I don't ruin the phalanx. Or, I could give you positions of enemies. I have a power of sight you could use to your advantage. Either way, it's up to you in the end. The only thing I can do is tell you."

Spike would shrug.

"Unless you care to take a wager?"

[Raikotsu Sudeki]

This peeked Leonidas' interest.

"A wager you say?"

The bokken handle would deactivate going back to normal. He would then nod at the guards would would allow Spike to stand up. He would even have the blade removed from his throat.

"And what kind of wager do you have in mind?"

[Sage Sudeki]

Spike would groan a bit from standing up finally. Looking at the man and his guards a bit before smirking.

"I wager I can take one of your men into the enemy camp, take the head of an enemy general, and return before dawn. If I win you will have to trust me, and if I lose, I'll likely be dead. Win-win as they say, I'll even go unarmed the man can cut me down if I am suspicious."