The sound of dripping water was all that filled the silence of their shared cell. At first it was unnoticeable, but Dorian eventually took note of it when the silence became stifling. He, the Inquisitor, and Cassandra had been taken by surprise by a large group of bandits and then taken to their camp and thrown into cells. All but his sister that is. Elisa was taken somewhere separate and none of them had any idea if she was okay.
Drip. Drip. Drip.
The Tevinter's eyebrow twitches in annoyance with each drip, and the third put a scowl on his face.
"Are you sure there's nothing you can do Dorian?"
Dorian directs his foul mood to the Seeker and then noisily shakes the manacles binding his wrists. "These are suppressing my magic Seeker. They are not my idea of an accessory!" He gives off what little magic he can and it couldn't even really be called magic. Sparks fall to the dirt floor and all three watch quietly as they extinguish.
"I would have thought you were strong enough to bypass the enchantment." Cassandra says with a frown, and Dorian glares at her.
"I am so sorry for disappointing you."
"That is not what I meant!"
Drip. Drip. Drip.
The mage swears loudly in Tevene until one of the guards bangs on the door and yells at him to be quiet. Dorian continues his swearing under his breath and Nolan looks at him with mild amusement.
"I just know how you are when Lady Umbra is involved. Especially when she could be in danger."
More sparks jump from the Altus's fingers and both Nolan and Cassandra exchange looks when the magic goes unnoticed by Dorian. His protectiveness over his adopted sister did in fact strengthen his magic, but it appeared the mage wasn't aware of it. The Inquisitor quickly caught on to what Cassandra was attempting.
"The poor thing could be subjected to torture." Sparks turns into flames. "Flogging…lashing…"
Nolan's heart drops to his stomach when a terrified scream echoes through the room, but it was the final push Dorian needed. The mage sends a large fireball at the wooden door, burning a large enough hole for the Inquisitor to squeeze through. Nolan does just that, knocks out the guard standing in shock by the door, and swipes the keys off his belt to properly open the cell door. Cassandra runs past him in search of their weapons as Nolan unlocks then manacles on Dorian, and the three meet up at the door to arm themselves once again. Now their top priority was to rescue their youngest, and they had a furious mage to open a path for the other two. Normally Cassandra was the one to cut them said path, but even they knew not to get between Dorian and Elisa if one of them was even in potential danger. So the mage was the one to lead them to the room the ravenette was being held in. They hardly came across any bandits, and when they entered the room Elisa was being kept hostage in, they quickly learned the reason.
The young warrior had gone berserk.
Crimson eyes glowed in rage as Elisa ruthlessly cut down every single bandit, and when they were all dead…she turned on Cassandra. The Seeker blocks Elisa's attack with her shield while Dorian carefully steps closer with his hands out in an effort to calm her.
"Sorora! It's alright! You are safe now!"
Elisa ignores him and continues her assault on the Seeker who does nothing but defend herself. Nolan was standing a few feet away so he wouldn't crowd Elisa, but also close enough in case he was needed. Dorian would be the only one to calm her since this had never happened before.
"Do something quick Tevinter! She is not tiring!"
Since words didn't seem to be helping, Dorian moves behind her with a spell quite literally on hand, and uses the hand to reach around and cover her eyes. "Satis."
Dorian's spell took effect almost immediately. Elisa slowly eases off Cassandra's shield and the Seeker cautiously steps away from the mage and his young charge. After a few moments of tense silence, the youngest slowly turns in Dorian's grip and rests her forehead over his heart. That was enough proof that something scared her, but the mage had no idea what. Elisa had unfortunately been tortured before, but she had never reacted like this before.
"I'm sorry." Elisa whispers into Dorian's shoulder, and the man gently cups the back of her head.
"What happened?" Nolan ignores his lover's glare when the ravenette points past Dorian, and the Inquisitor looks around the pair to find a table with leather straps. "They strapped you to the table?"
Dorian turns his head sharply to look at the blood stained table and hugs Elisa closer to him. It answered his previous question to her sudden reaction. Being strapped to a table would have reminded Elisa of the torture she endured with the scientist, based on stories she told him, and now she was scared and hurting.
"You're safe."
"We should return to Skyhold. We've done enough for now and we can all use some rest." Cassandra says.
"I agree. Let's head home." Nolan heads toward the door and Cassandra follows him out.
"Come," Dorian mutters to the girl in his arms. "When we get back, I'll make you some warm chocolate and you can lie down. Take all the time you need."
"I should apologize to Cassandra."
"I'm sure she understands, but do whatever you need."
Elisa nods against him before pulling away.
"How did you calm me down?"
Dorian smiles. "I tweaked a sleeping spell so it would only calm you. We couldn't very well carry you everywhere."
"Well…warm chocolate sound great."
"Then we better catch up with the other two."
A/N: Satis-Enough