Whoops, put the wrong chapter up by mistake, it's ok though, this is the right one.
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Fight Through The Tower
Tamara and Taren stared across the bridge, waiting for the right moment to run, as the Darkspawn were launching flaming projectiles at the ruins. Alistair wasn't the smartest person though and he ran out onto the bridge. The twins raced after him and Taren managed to yank him back by the arm just before the ground in front of him exploded.
"ARE YOU CRAZY?" Taren yelled at him over the noise of the battle below, "YOU COULD HAVE BEEN SQUISHED!"
"TAREN!" Tamara yelled, her voice almost lost in the noise, "YOU CAN FLAY HIM ALIVE LATER! WE'VE GOT TO GO!" Taren released his grip on Alistair's arm, and hurried after his sister, keeping a constant eye on the incendiary missiles, Alistair close behind him. They made it to the other side and sighed in relief. As they approached the gates to the tower of Ishal a guard and a mage came running towards them.
"You," the guard stated, running up to them, "you're the Grey Wardens, right?" all three nodded, "You need to help, the tower has been taken."
"What do you mean? How could the tower be taken?" asked Alistair, flummoxed by what they had heard.
"The monsters burrowed up through the floor, we were no match," the mage explained.
"We need to get to the top of the tower," said Alistair.
"He's right," agreed Taren, nodding his head, "if we don't light that beacon, everyone in that valley will die."
"Then let's get going," smirked Tamara, drawing her blades. One spell from the mage later and they were on fire. Running off towards the fighting, she didn't even turn around when her brother called after her.
"Well, we'd better get going before she hogs all the good Darkspawn," Taren laughed as he drew his own now flaming weapons and racing after her. Alistair shook his head before sending the soldier to report to Duncan and beckoning the mage on with him.
The fight through the courtyard was a breeze for the new Wardens, Alistair could hear them laughing as they cut through the tainted monsters, saving other soldiers as they went. It was fun for them, but it was more than that. When they fought they could forget the horrors that they had already lived through. When they fought there was nothing but them and their opponent.
They entered the tower and almost choked on the stench of death and corruption. There was blood everywhere and bodies were piled against the walls and under barricades. The group edged forwards, wary of traps and ambushes. Two of the soldiers from the courtyard had accompanied them and were covering the rear.
Tamara's hands shot forward and she tapped Taren and Alistair, who were in front, on their shoulder guards with her blades. They stopped and she slipped between them. She crouched down and started fiddling with something that only she could see, though Taren quick realised what she was doing and then he could see it too.
"What's she doing?" Alister asked under his breath.
"She disabling a trap," Taren whispered back
"How come you didn't see that?" Alistair whispered.
"She better at making and spotting traps, I'm better at making poisons and antidotes," Alistair nodded and looked about, checking for enemies. They heard a snap and a sigh, Tamara looked up at the others and gave a swift nod. At that moment they heard a Darkspawn roar and one of the soldiers from behind ran forward.
"No, wait!" Tamara exclaimed, but too late. The trap was merely to release a flammable liquid onto the floor. The Darkspawn shot a flaming arrow at the barrel containing the liquid and it exploded, just as the soldier was passing it. The man was flung forward and his burnt body was impaled on one of the barricades.
The others surged forwards, killing all the Darkspawn in their way. They came across a room with a giant hole in the floor. Alistair leaned over it, trying to see the bottom, but Tamara grabbed him by the scruff of the neck and dragged him back. They made it to the second floor and paused, giving the mage and soldier time to catch their breath.
"Maker's breath!" Alistair whispered, they could feel the Darkspawn presence in the tower and didn't want to draw their attention until they were ready for it, "what are the Darkspawn doing in the tower? There shouldn't have been any resistance here."
"You could try telling them that they're in the wrong place," Tamara suggested with a smirk.
"Sure, because this is obviously just a misunderstanding. We'll laugh about this later," he mock glared at her, but she just laughed under her breath.
"Weren't you complaining that we wouldn't get to fight?" Taren asked, lifting an eyebrow in Alistair's direction, whose face became thoughtful.
"Huh, I guess there is always a silver lining," he said before shaking his head and focusing, "in any case we need to light that signal. Without it Loghain won't know when to charge." The twins nodded at him and motioned to the mage and soldier that they were moving. They slaughtered the Darkspawn and made their way to the third level. They came across a room with caged mabaris in as well as Darkspawn. They were starting to get tired and now more than ever they could feel the strain that their weapons had on their arms.
Tamara faded into a shadow next to the door and reappeared from the one behind the lever that opened the cages. She gripped the lever and pulled it down, releasing the hounds. She found it satisfying to watch as the dogs tore the Darkspawn apart. They moved on, Tamara whistling for the dogs to follow.
Finally they made it to the steps leading up to the top floor. They ran up them and towards the fireplace when a sight that the twins wished they had never seen stopped them. Crouching beside the signal fire, eating the bodies of the soldiers who had died trying to kill it, was an Ogre. It had obviously heard them because it turned to look at them, dropping its current meal, and it roared, and then it started to charge.
They scattered and tried to regroup, but the Ogre was determined not to let that happen. It reached out and grabbed the other guard as he ran by and tossed him at the mage. The mage had been standing in front of one of the windows, casting spells at the beast, when the soldier was thrown and hit him, propelling them both out of the window and down into the battle below.
The three Wardens were darting around the Ogre's feet, cutting at its legs, arms and as much of its torso as they could, but it wasn't enough. It flailed it arms about and caught Tamara, sending her flying backwards. She was a little disorientated, but she got back up and gave her head a shake. She looked back at the fight and saw the shield on her brothers back. That gave her an idea. She took a deep breath and gripped her weapons tight.
"TAREN!" Taren looked over his shoulder at her and realised what she was about to do. He knelt down and braced himself as he heard his sister whistle, trying to get the Ogres attention. She ran forward as the Ogre turned around to face her. She leapt onto the shield and, using it like a platform, she launched herself towards the Ogre. She stabbed it through the chest with her blades, the force of the impact forced the Ogre backwards and it fell on its back. She yanked her weapons out of its chest and drove her sword into the head, killing the giant Darkspawn. She pulled the sword out and stood up, then jumped backwards off of the monster.
Taren was there to catch his sister and make sure she was ok. Alistair hurried over to light the beacon while the twins went to watch the battle below from the now open window. Alistair joined them as soon as the signal had been sent, just in the nick of time too. The battle wasn't going so well for the Grey Wardens, but thankfully Loghain would be signalling his troops to march and attack the Darkspawn from behind.
As the minutes dragged by they started to get worried. There was no sign of Loghain, he wasn't answering the signal. Loghain and his men should have been charging over the hill to the rescue by now, but he wasn't. They stood there watching the Darkspawn overwhelming the Grey Wardens feeling helpless.
They heard movement coming from the stairs and felt the Darkspawn coming. They drew their now extinguished weapons, but were quickly taken down by Darkspawn archers. The twins last conscious thought was that they had failed and then they knew nothing.
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