[One Shot] Rush's Bad Meal

Rushlove is a ex-bandit who changed his ways after a bad raid. His troop attacked a heavily armed Mercenary unit and were demolished with only a few of them surviving, after that his group split ways and Rushlove ended up staying in the desert sands he loves so much.
His fighting style uses a simple long sword combined with melee strikes enhanced by Rushlove's ability to control the sand. He also can 'swim' freely through the sand covering incredible distance with little effort and little time.
Rushloves personality is confusing as he acts like a person that will never leave you, and then disappears when your back is turned. Thus the quote that follows him 'Gone with the Sand'.
When not on a mission only certain people can track Rushlove down, in fact go to any desert and wait, he'll find you and then be gone before you can say 'Gone with the Sand'

"So whats your name?"
"... Lynthellia..."
"Lynthellia eh... weird name"
"It is not!"
"I'm going to call you Lyn from now"
"Bu...bu-"
"My name is Rushlove but you may call me Rush, pleasure to meet you"

Rush held out his hand to a young girl who's clothes had been torn badly. Her face showed numeroubruises and small cuts.
Rush himself was wearing basic clothing and a long scarf covering his lower-face. His long dark hair was tied back into a pony-tail and he had one side of his fringe reaching his chin. He wore a kind smile although his face and clothes were splattered by gore.

Lyn was sitting on the floor feeling a little sorry for herself but he took Rush's hand and he heaved her up. She cried out slightly as her ankle gave way underneath her own weight. Before she could even fall rush quickly caught her and lifted her up in his arms.

"Seems your ankle may be broken.." Rush tutted slightly
Lyn blushed as she noticed his strong arms keeping her in his grip firmly but comfortably
"Ahhh well, seems i'll have to carry you home" Rush shrugged
"You..you don't have too..." Lyn said quietly
"Yes i do, now where about do you live?" Rush smiled




A small fire cooked a pathetic looking fish that was lying on a bed of short sticks. Rush picked at it for a second before groaning and throwing himself to the floor.
"Dammit no proper food in weeks" he complained to himself.
There was a small snap and Rush looked at the fire only to see the bed of sticks had broken and his dinner was getting thoroughly burnt.
"Ahhhh Dammit!" Rush cursed as he pounced to save his meal.

After eating a barely nutritious meal Rush sat on the edge of a high cliff overlooking the desert sands below. The small pong where he caught his meal glistened like a sapphire in the slight distance. Rush sighed heavily and leaneed back against his arms as his legs dangled over the edge.
"Soon i'll have to go back to civilization..." he said quietly
He grinned as he tried to think back to when he was last in a decent sized town.

Rush looked lazily down towards the pond and noticed that even more in the distance a trail of sand was blazing around. He cocked his head and strained his eyes as he saw several small blips appear in the distance.
They were travelling fast as he soon could see the amount of people and the fact they were riding on horses.
He tilted his head again as he thought the reason for thrashing their horses so hard in desert terrain. They weren't that close to any of its borders and the pond they rode past was the only fresh water for miles around.
His eyes widened as he realised they weren't travelling fast, they were being chased.
The group of horses was clearly split in two, the first group of about four riders were panicky riding their horses trying to get rid of the second group of riders which numbered roughly about thirteen.
As they got even closer Rush noticed the smaller group wearing high class clothing whilst the second group were wearing the colours of a local bandit and slaver group.
Normally Rush would ignore such attacks as they were common in desert terrain, but he noticed that the horse in the temporary lead held a woman of apparent impeccable beauty, she was wearing very high class clothing especially made for long distance horse riding although they were showing signs of being worn. Her face was pale and grim and her eyes were desperate.

Rush blinked as he saw her look up right at him.
For a brief second that seemed to last an eternity their eyes locked. Rush's deep brown eyes clashed against her Emerald green eyes.

"Well fuck..." Rush smiled and he tried to look away.

He couldn't not help her now.

Rush took a deep breath and pushed himself of the cliff. By now the riders had gone past his position but he could easily catch up. Rush held his breath as the sandy ground grew nearer and nearer. At the last second Rush closed his eyes and moved into a diving position.
He hit the ground and sank deep into the sand. Rush opened his eyes only to feel a breif stinging as his eyes got used to the sand. Underneath the sand Rush's eyes could 'see' vibrations from movement and loud sounds. So Rush could clearly see the horses in the distance. He smiled to himself making a strong mental note not to open his mouth. He pushed his energy into his feet and shot himself forwards at an incredible speed. So fast, that he caught up to the riders in mere seconds. Rush smiled slightly and shot himself upwards out of the sand. He flew through the air on a interception course with one of the bandit riders, in mid-air he drew his sword and roared loudly as he plunged towards him. The bandit looked up and screamed quickly before Rush's sword plunged through his chest. Rush pulled the sword out as his body landed next to the horse. Rush concentrated his powers again and shot a large ball of sand at blinding speeds towards another adjacent rider. The shot actually decapitated the rider before he even knew what had happened.

Rush felt his energy drain slightly form the lack of decent food, he sighed slightly and pulled himself onto his first kills horse. He looked ahead to see the other riders had cornered the girl and her riders. They jabbed crude swords and spears at the riders whilst another bandit threw a rope around the woman, she screamed as he gave a heave and thrust her off the horse.
She hit the floor hard and Rush felt her ankle crunch through vibrations sent through the sand.

Rush let another burst of energy pulsate throughout the ground liquefying the sand underneath several other riders, they screamed as their horses fell into the deep sand and within moments they too were unheard.

Rush heard a male scream as a Rider covering the woman was cut down in a merciless barrage of attacks. He fell of his horse in slow motion and by the time he hit the floor he was already dead.
Another rider covering the Girl quickly got overwhelmed after the first died and he too got cut down.

Rush swore slightly and urged the horse to block off the bandits from the last rider from the attacking bandits. As he got close the last rider swung down to pick up the girl, he grabbed her hand quickly and threw her to Rush.

"What th-!" Rush shouted as he caught the girl
"Take her!" the man urged as he drove his horse into the center of the bandits. He cut down a bandit before several spearheads pierced his body. He roared before cutting another down.

Rush tutted loudly and turned his horse away
"Run!" he ordered the horse.
The horse neighed loudly and put on a burst of speed.
Rush looked down at the girl who's head was locked on at the last riser, she screamed out as several swords hacked at his body.
Rush placed his hand across her eyes and brought her head to his chest.
She didn't struggle and after a moment he could hear her sob into his clothes.
"I'm sorry about your loss..." Rush said to her
The girl shook her head angrily and continued to cry.

Rush and the girl were suddenly thrust forwards out of the horses saddle as a lone spear flew out of the sky and pierced their horses rear leg. It struck deep and the horse screamed in pain as it skidded to the floor.

Rush broke the fall as he carried the girl, she was light and small so he had no real problems. However as he looked at the seven remaining enemy bandits his eyes grew focused.
"Wait here.." Rush said bluntly as he placed the girl down.
the girl offered no resistance although he did feel her tug against his shirt slightly before letting go.

Rush stepped forwards and drew his sword. He drew a deep calm breath before throwing a lump of energy forwards, at the last second he shaped it causing the ground just in front of the incoming riders to suddenly shunt upwards and solidly rapidly. rush quietly apologised to the horses as he felt and heard their legs break and snap against his concrete sand. All seven riders fell to the floor and only six got back up. Rush felt that the seventh rider had broken his neck against the floor, he smiled as he quickly made the sand engulf him and then started draining the last of his rapidly failing energy.

The boost wasn't big but it was noticable, Rush thought about it for a moment before covering his plain sword in a sand skin, enlarging its range and causing to rip and tear as well as pierce. He ran forwards and clashed against the bandits, they were not used to ground combat so their legs were slow and weak, something that Rush made an advantage of. The first enemy got cut down as Rush aimed a sweeping lick at his legs, before the rider hit the floor Rush had cut him in half from the waist. Blood splattered on Rush's clothes the body fell to the floor, he then used his sand skills to sink into the sand and cut another rider in half, all the way through his body as he burst out from beneath him.

With four riders remaining Rush lazily shot another bullet of sand at one of the riders punching a hole the size of a large melon through his chest.He fell to the floor coughing up large amounts of blood.

Three left and Rush countered a weak thrust at his chest, he flicked the blade away with his own sword and then covered his hand in sand shaped like a spear point, he then thrust his hand through the body of that rider.

The second to last bandit held nothing but a knife as he charged his way to Rush.
Rush rolled his eyes before side-stepping the Riders easy charge, Rush then impaled him with his sword.

The last bandit was clearly panicked and instead of fighting, tired to run away. Rush laughed slightly before forming a large amount of sands into literal 'sand' sharks.
"Feeding time" he said shortly before turning around towards the fallen girl.
He did not see the rider die, but his screams and he several severed limbs hitting the sand gave Rush all the information he needed.

Rush rubbed at his neck slightly as he stepped towards the girl on the floor. She had watched him fight and waas naturally slightly wary of Rush, although she didn't attempt to run.

"So what's your name?"