The Beginning

The miasmic fog crept in through the closed door, sliding under the crack in the walls and reformed into two malevolent faces. One was hooded in black robes that seemed to radiate evil but were held in by the turquoise markings and chains adorning his body. The other figure was entirely cloaked and you could see the malicious energy coming off her in waves. The first hooded figure threw back his hood, and a ash blackened elfin face gazed into the red lit halls with searching, turquoise glowing eyes.

He said," He's not here."

The second figure said, "Do not be so hasty apprentice, remember what we came for, and not your own foolish reparations."

The turquoise figure bristled at that and, in a low menacing whisper said, "Be careful, master, for one day these chains and wards will come off and then I will be much, much more powerful than you. Even now, you are not much more powerful than I am."

"Have it your way." said the still hooded figure "I came for personal reasons also."

"What might be those reasons for coming to our home, Dust Zombia!" A voice so righteous and just that the two minions of evil shrank back a step.

Suddenly, two figures appeared, resplendent in their mid-evil armor and glowing with the light of holiness. One was of an elfin heritage, but none that had ever walked this world. The skin was ebony black like that of the one whose hood was thrown back, but not so violently so. The other figure was glowing too profusely too see in his holy aura and was also radiating heat violently off his body. The holy, elfin face looked at the first with horror and said, "What has happened to you Ilz'vohdr?"

The un-hooded figure spat back, " I am no longer that name, chosen of the thunderbird. My name is now Cursed Wraith, for I am called that now because after the ceremony, I was hurled along with you into this world. However unlike you, I have no resistance to this worlds atmosphere and my skin has deteriorated into nothing, and when I return, my skin will remain the same!"

With that he let off a focused shout and the two elfish figured grappled with each other, ones fists blocking, charged with electricity, and the others fists punching and kicking with the dark force brought on by himself and his master.

His master looked up at the glowing figure with a look of pure vengeance and hate.

"So we meet again, RedFalcon, and this time my apprentice will defeat Elven Lightning and I will defeat you!"

With that she leaped into battle with a bolt of tenebrous energy leading the way. Redfalcon dodged the bolt but the murky energy of the attack jumped off the bolt and struck him in the chest. He reeled and the holy aura around him dimmed and now a shock of red hair adorned the thirty-ish face of one of the debtinators strongest fighters. When Redfalcon looked up again the lich, Dust Zombia, was gone and in her place was an army of the undead with another lich replacing Dust Zombia. There was also another servant of evil, a patch of the negative energy, stood next to this unholy army and began a spell. Whether it was something to make that unholy army stronger or make him weaker, he didn't want to know. He launched two fireballs; one going for the army, the other hit the ceiling and rained fire on them. He then followed that up by spitting fire on them, and they were no longer there. Redfalcon cursed and spun around as the illusion shimmered as the attacks went through it. He then summoned a sword of flame from his fires and recalled the rest into his body for later use.

He noticed his companion, Elven Lightning, looking about, as his foe vanished also. He immediately began a spell to make a field of electricity around his body, thus ruining any surprise attacks the dark elf could attempt. However, this did not aid the righteous elf because the dark elf attacked him with sound. The sound was tiny, but it went into the elf's ears and upset the center of balance; the inner ear! Elven staggered, then covered his ears and for a minute forgot his field and in that second the Wraith let loose a blow of savage immensity. Elven flew back and the Wraith went under the flying elf and let loose many more lighter blows. Elven regained his senses and flipped and kicked at the unholy elf. He was away from the elf's attacks for a minute but he knew that attack wouldn't hurt the elf that much. He spun in the air and let loose a volley of electricity and a netlike cage of pure energy. This held the elf who was still wracking from the first volley and allowed Elven to get in some of his own close ranged assaults. He put a portion of his energy into one arm and then the cursed elf was on the ground, gasping for air from the blow to his stomach. The elf turned away and said, "Go home,Ilz'vodhr, you cannot defeat me."

The kneeling elf roared with fury and let loose all of his sonic anger in one final burst. Elven Lightning was unprepared for that attack and was severely hurt. He reeled and the dark elf used his malevolent powers to heal his body and the elf felt a veil come over his vision. He looked at the dark elf with fury and focused his energies into two huge blasts. The elf exploded with lightning and then grabbed the younger elf's cloak and pulled him up then punched the malevolent elf with all of his fury. The elf fell broken to the ground.

The lich whose cloak of invisibility was disrupted by both of the elf's attacks, looked at his apprentice with disdain.

"To think that this elf will one day be on par with Lord Recluse." he then looked at the elf now advancing on him, "however I must finish with Redfalcon before I go, so stay there."

He then summoned his dark servant who then wrapped himself around Elven Lightning's entire body. RedFalcon advanced on the lich with his flaming sword in hand.

"You have fouled this earth too long lich! He yelled" then charged. The lich looked at him and then at the last second dodged.

"You call that an attack?" said he.

RedFalcon replied, "No, I don't, that was a diversion." His sword then flowed back into its regular state and bound the lich's feet. RedFalcon then made an even more powerful sword and smote the lich across the chest. The lich hissed and dissolved into darkness, remembering what the lich was going to do, he made a fireball and threw it at the ceiling. Again the flames rained down and this time the lich's army was exposed, the lich talked to his counter part then picked up the body of the fallen elf and the negative energy crept around them and he was gone.

Redfalcon cursed and then remembered the lich's entourage. The zombies looked at the remaining lich and then attacked. Redfalcon jumped into the mass of them and exploded into flames. The zombies fell to the floor smoking along with the grave knight but the lich remained. Redfalcon looked at the lich and circled him. The lich threw a bolt of energy and Redfalcon remembering what the bolt could do made a shield of fire around him and then leapt into battle. The lich hissed and then made a spear and a shield out of the negative energy. Redfalcon looked at the shield with disdain and with his little remaining energy cut through it like butter, then sliced the lich. The lich dissolved into smoke and was gone. The human looked at his companion whose wounds had finally taken their toll. He then pushed the emergency button on the computer. "We have been ambushed. A lich and a dark elf attacked us. Base in immediate danger of another assault. Elven's energy has been exhausted and is in need of immediate medical attention. Repeat. We need immediate aid. Come as quickly as possible."