Forgotten Poisons

Part 2

Edenil...

Her hearing was coming back, she was slowly gaining control over her body. The place she was in felt uncomfortably warm and something was pressing slightly on her body disabling her from moving. Edenil could hear murmuring and muttering to her right along with the all too familiar sound of her Kobold companion scribbling franticly on his papers, the sounds he was making now slowly sounding like one of the songs he had composed.

Edenil.

Slowly she opened her eyes and waited for her vision to become clear. With a groan Edenil attempted to lift herself upright only to have her muscles give up on her, flopping back helplessly as the noises next to her ceased and she heard an all too familiar voice.

"Booooooss! You okay!" Deekin practically screeched the words as he threw himself upon her giving her a tight hug. Edenil coughed and groaned, a sharp pain running through her entire body. Deekin sensed her pain and immediately jumped off of her, "Sorry boss, Deekin is so happy you is okay! Deekin was getting worried for boss. Drow lady said you would be okay," he was jumping from side to side with glee.

Edenil went to speak but her words got caught in her dry throat. Glancing over to the water that was sitting next to where Deekin had been writing she made a small wincing sound and Deekin quickly brought her a drink. The cool water felt good against her throat and she could feel her body temperature lower slightly. A further survey of her surroundings suggested she was in Lith My'athar occupying one of their empty rooms. The dark grey walls had pillars carved into them, beautiful details made their way up the pillars and added a border to the ceiling. The bed she was in was made out of a dark, black metal, adorned with small red jewels, a red satin blanket was tucked around her tightly.

Again she tried to speak only this time words were able to be produced, "Deekin...where am I? What happened? Why do I feel so...so horrible?" Closing her eyes she took another gulp of water and waited for her companions reply.

Where are you, Edenil?

"Do you remember going with drow lady, goat-man, and Deekin to see Beholders?" Edenil shook her head. The last thing she remembered was arguing with Valen about her loyalty toward The Seer and the rebel alliance. "Well, Deekin tried his best to help boss, but boss be very heavy and Deekin is only small," Deekin looked at Edenil with innocent eyes oblivious to the insult he had just given her regarding her weight and continued, "Boss got hits with a dart in her neck when bad drow surprised us. Dart was full of poison and boss fell to the floor. Goat-man carried you back here and we's been waiting for you to get better."

Nodding slowly, Edenil attempted to sit up in her bed again, and with help from Deekin she was able to sit upright, elbows on her knees supporting her head. She could feel the sweat in her hair and ran her hands down her neck, following the trail of sweat down past her collarbones and assumed she was drenched in it.

Edenil!

"Deekin?" The Kobold was now sitting on the end of the bed looking at her intently.

"Yes boss?"

"Could you please go and tell whomever it is calling me where I am and that I'm alright?" She was slowly massaging her temples now fully aware of the beckoning she was getting from the hall outside.

"Umm...boss?" She looked up and found Deekin staring at her, his golden scaly head tilted to the side. "Deekin doesn't hear anyone calling for boss."

How could that be? Surely it was Valen or one of the male drow, perhaps even Ilmoth. The voice sounded very familiar. Edenil raised her head to stare right at Deekin, "Seriously. I'm in too much pain to play games. Please at least look outside the door." The little Kobold nodded, sprung off of the bed, and exited the room.

Edenil? Edenil?!

Deekin walked back in to the room shaking his head. "You can't be serious!" Edenil's eyes were wide in astonishment, "I just heard him call my name." She slowly pushed her cover off of her body and adjusted her weight so she could get out of bed, holding onto the side table for support. Deekin rushed over, collecting one of her magical staffs along the way, and propped himself under her arm for support as well as handing her the staff so she could use it to walk forward.

Please. If you can hear me, come find me.

"I'm coming!" Edenil shouted out as she hobbled out of the room, Deekin looked up at her with a concerned expression on his face. Exiting the room she could hear a male saying her name over and over again coming from down the hall, a hint of urgency in the low tone of his voice.

"I'm coming.." she muttered to herself as her body gave way bringing both herself and Deekin to the floor. Before she blacked out she could faintly hear her Kobold friend speak about getting help, could hear his small clawed feet scramble along the hallway floors, and the unknown voice beckoning for her once more.

Edenil..