Chapter two

(Unknown place)

Zahkar groans as he moves to his side feeling his body ache with every movement he does. As he slowly stir from his slumber he look around his surrounding with drowsy eyes, hearing the crackling sound of the fire burning the wood as it echoes in the cave.

"Your finally awake." A female voice came to his ears making him turn to the direction of where it came from. The voice came from a High elf from her appearance, having short light blonde hair, her bangs almost covering here light teal blue eyes. From the height she would be the same height as Zahkar.

"Where are we and who are you?" He asked with slight panic having notice his swords next to her fearing she was with the scions. "Relax soldier I'm with the federation." The thought still didn't leave his head but if she was with the scion he would of been dead already, this made him relax a little.

She move closer to him holding her staff and begin murmuring a few words before he staff start glowing a bright light green. Holding her staff in front of him the light begins to cover his whole body making Zahkar panic before finding out his wounds were healing. Smiling at her work she respond "Guess this is your first time being healed by a priest, am I right soldier?"

Zahkar look at her bewilder, amaze at her power to heal. "How do you have this much power to heal someone and you are in this hell hole?" The question sadden her look " I was a field medic but my team died before I could heal them..." He looked at her with worried eyes. "Sorry I brought that u-"

He was cut off "But my job still isn't done I need to bring supplies back to the town..." Now this made Zahkar laugh surprising her. "Why are you laughing over that?" He looked at serious "Because I came for the supplies as well for the town folks." This made her smile slightly. "Guess we are partners for now then." This made her glad for a moment before watching as how a Zahkar got up from his position wincing slightly from his body aching after the effect of being thrown around by the scions.

"Guess your magic doesn't work on back pain now does it." He stated as he chuckled a bit earning a small giggle from her. "And I taught castanics can go all night fighting." He looked at her and smile before grabbing his sword and righting them around his back. "They can but no after being thrown around against a wall multiple times, come let get going Miss-" he waved his hand in the air for her to answer. "Lhiwil, my name is Lhiwil."

"Zahkar is my name Miss Lhiwil." He stated before he headed for the exit if the cave before having Lhiwil grab his shoulder. "How stupid can you possibly be we are surrounded by them including the boss!"

He look at her with a small evil grin "Don't underestimate me Lhiwil." He spoke with a dead serious tone before grabbing his swords before heading out looking at the boss. His jaw dropped as the boss wasn't compared to anything he hasn't seen.

The boss could be describe as a winged man the size of a building. With a mask covering his face only showing his red beady eye. Chains dangling from his hands, legs, and neck from collars. As he roars, the sound cause Zahkar and Lhiwil have a difficult time standing up right.

"We are suppose to fight that?! Even all my times with the angels of death I never seen something like this!" He looked at Lhiwil before she looked back at the beast. Grabbing his swords he run towards the beast swinging his sword only to meet the metal collars creating sparks. As the beast raises his arm again to smash down on Zahkar making him raise his sword before a crater from under him from the hit and leaving him with his arms and legs broken before he looks up seeing Lhiwil casting her magic on him before he seep out of his conscious to his dreamscape.

(Zahkar dreamscape)

Zahkar wakes up in a field of flourishing grass and flower before looking across to see the opposite of where he laying at. Seeing his opposite sitting across from him with his twisted grin before he stand up and walks up to him. "My turn now partner, I won't harm the girl on the outside..." He laugh a bit before he get his signature grin "can't promise about her inside though." Before he disappears leaving Zahkar stunned.

(Boss room)

Zahkar body rise from the ground before he laugh as a maniac, his blue light eyes erased by blood red ones. "Now the fun begins, come on monster let see who the worse!" He yells before he grabs the chain dangling from his arms and start climbing up running along his arm. "YOU'RE INSANE!" Lhiwil yells at him making him laugh before he stab the boss arm as he swing his arm in the air trying to get him off.

As he gives up on trying to get him off he grabs Lhiwil in his grasp before he start squeezing the life out of her before he laugh and looks at Zahkar. "I'll squeeze the life out of her if y- ARGH!" In Zahkar position was a shadow version of himself, and the arm holding Lhiwil had his finger cut off clean. Looking down he see Zahkar holding Lhiwil bridal style before he notice Zahkar arm grabbing a health potion and placing it between her lips so she could drink before laying her down on the ground gently. "Wrong move buddy..." He stated in dead pan serious voice before his shadow split into five version of him. Pointing his sword at the boss his shadows attack him at different speed and angles.

Grabbing one of his shadows he throws onto the ground before smashing him to bits. Four of his shadow jump in the air to attack him aiming for his limbs as he open his wings. "YOU'RE GETTING IN THE WAY!" Before he flaps his wing once breathing out fire from his mouth. As the shadows hit against the wall their flaming doom awaits them in mere moment before they disintegrate. Laying Lhiwil head gently on the ground, before he break into a full sprint toward the beast as he spew out his fiery breath.

Rolling to his side to avoid the fiery breath he jump back onto his feet. Watching the boss every movement he sighed before he laugh at his own misery causing the boss to look at his fading figure before he realizes his neck was slashed open and he was behind him the whole time. "The warrior always have a few tricks in his sleeve always" before he fall on the floor screaming in agony as he get pulled out of control over the body and Zahkar soul take over returning his light blue before he forces himself to stand up. As he limps his way too Lhiwil caring her bridal style to the stolen supply caravan, laying her down on the wooden floor of the wagon. Heading to the front of the wagon he grabs the rein of the horse before hitting the horse making the caravan move towards the town.

(Front gate of the town)

As the caravan goes through the front gate, the town folk surround the caravan to see the heroes. Jumping off the front and hurrying to the back he grabs Lhiwil in bridal position and start yelling "I NEED A MEDIC!" Around the the square before he see Teilra come by with a group of medics towards him. One of the doctor aims to heal his wounds but he shoves him aside. "Her first... I can't live knowing I let someone die in my care." One of the doctors take Lhiwil from his hand and rushes away with two nurses following him to a nearby building.

As Zahkar tries to keep up with them one doctor grab his shoulder and Teilra grabs his hand. "Please Zahkar you did what you could tend to your wounds as well..." Pleaded Teilra with tears forming in her eyes "I don't need another person under my name, please I beg of you." He look at before he stop resisting letting the doctor pull him away inside of a building to a room tending to his wound.

-five hours later-

Zahkar walks down a white corridor his upper torso, and limbs covered in bandages. As he walks down looking for Lhiwil room to make sure she was alright.
'Right this is just to make sure she alright none thing more or anything else.' As he head towards her door he sigh for a moment before twisting the door knob, steeping in looking at her sitting up right on her bed. The bandages covering her upper torso and her arms looking at the window.

"You alright Lhiwil?" The question made her jump not hearing him enter before she grabs one of her pillows and throws it at him. "You scared me you know that!" He grabs the pillow and a seat placing it next to her. "Guess if you can throw a pillow at me your fine then."

She smiled before looking at him "You did it... When we couldn't-" he silence her by placing his index finger on her lips as the tears form in her eyes. "Shh just let it all out." He open his arm and take her head between her chest and let her cry all her pain away. "It gonna be alright don't worry about it... I win this war not for me but for everyone, even the dead so they don't in vain." She lifted her head to look at him before they slowed lean toward each other. His lips brushing against her for a moment before the push against each other in a deep kiss, causing him to warp his arm around his waist and Lhiwil to warp his hand around his neck pulling him on too her bed.

Warping his arms around her as he pull the cover over his body. As she lay stills between his arm staying still between his arm expect for her breathing. "You know you are a brave one right?" He look at her with a smile before snuggling his face against her before whispering to her ear "Only to the beautiful things..." This made her before she snuggled her face to his chest.