Thane roared out a barking laugh at her words "You, missy? We have you outnumbered tenfold, you'd do well to just surrender to us now!" He smirked, drawing his blade as the rest of the soldiers followed suit. "Now, I suggest you drop the weapon, I'd hate to have to hurt you, Miss." Thane motioned for one of the nearby soldiers to approach, he wanted to take her captive, he was sure they could learn something of the revolters plan, what a promotion that would give him! 'I'll be twice the man you ever expected, Sarah...' he thought to himself, images of his fiance flashing through his mind.
He could still remember the day he was assigned, how worried she had been, afraid of him leaving never to return, and how he'd promised that when he made it back, he'd use the money he'd receive to pay for the most lavish wedding they could ever dream of. She'd objected, of course, saying again and again that she didn't need to money, or an expensive ceremony, that all she needed was him, but he knew in his heart that she deserved so much more. He laughed at the thought of her worry, all that commotion, and it had turned out to be so easy... 'I'll be home soon darling'...