Chapter 3: Unannounced Visitor

"One more for dinner this evening." - Moroes in World of Warcraft

Nokami wasn't sure if she was livid or grateful when the succubus didn't return the next day to continue her work. She was grateful that she was being allowed to heal and live but livid over the fact that it was simply so she could be tortured more later.

How did she know this? By listening.

The metal bars of her mostly open cell didn't block out any of the conversation the guards and the blood elf healer who came to visit her had. Lack of anything else to do made Nokami listen and hope for a chance to escape.

Boredom also lead to her collecting small debris from around her cell. None of the small rocks could do enough damage to a guard to knock him out but the rocks did allow her to work on her aim some.

She tied her old shirt to some bars and used it as a big target. It certainly didn't have any other use as anything but a rag and the woman who came down to heal her had brought some robes one day.

They were spacious in the way of girth but to short on her tall form.

Aside from the healer's occasional visit and the guards dropping off meals no one bothered her. Nokami started to wonder if Illidan's plan was to bore her to death. She would've told him to spare himself the misery cause she had camped out for weeks with nothing to do in order to kill things before. Camping out and waiting for weeks or months to die was nothing.

So when there was a commotion heading her way Nokami was curious about what was going on.

Two demons were dragged someone into the cell next to hers and left, laughing and chattering on in demonic.

Nokami cringed seeing the state the old broken was in. From the looks of things he'd taken a nasty beating.

The sound of hoofs rang out and made her glare up at the door.

Illidan ignored her. His fury was all for the old broken before him now. "Did you honestly think you could get away with what you tried to do Akama?"

Akama said nothing and simply laid there, much to Illidan's displeasure. "I asked you a question Broken!" He snapped as he kicked the elder in the face.

"Leave him alone."

It was low and made Illidan think of a wild animal growling as he turned around. "Excuse me?"

Nokami's eyes narrowed. "I said leave him alone."

Illidan sneered at her. From conversations with guards and the healer he'd heard that she never made so much as a peep. "Or what?" He asked her. "You'll scream?"

With a snort he picked Akama up by the throat intending to beat the answer to his questions out of him. Something hard hit him in the head though before he could get started. With a growl he glared at Nokami. She simply threw another rock that pegged him in the head again.

Nokami hadn't realized how fast the hybrid could move. She was just about to release a third rock at him when he caught her hand through the bars, rock and all.

Self preservation had her pulling and trying to pry his finger off her with her other hand. If he kept squeezing he was going to break her fingers.

"You seem to have a talent of inciting my ire hunter." Illidan growled.

Nokami snorted back and planted her feet on the bars. Illidan realized her plan but when he let go of her hand she grabbed his arm and pulled with all her weight behind it, causing him to pitch forward and ram into the bars face first.

There was a large amount of swearing on his part and he swore he heard Akama snicker. The two blood elf guards who had been dancing around the outside of the cells finally went in and started beating Nokami into submission.

Walking over into Nokami's cell Illidan wiped a bit of blood from the split on his lip. It hadn't been all that long since he'd seen his own blood but it normally took more then one person to make that happen.

With a sneer he took one of the blood elf's hammers and grabbed Nokami's wrists. The huntress tried to kick at him but he just had the two guards hold her down. "Let's see how much fight you have in you without working hands." He snarled.

She didn't have the chance to wipe the horrified look off her face as Illidan brought the hammer down with a sickening crack.

Only the slightest shriek escaped from her as she bit down on the plate covered arm in front of her. The blood elf tried to shake her off but she simply clamped down harder as Illidan brought the hammer down four more times before letting her go. With the succubus she'd had time to ready herself mentally ahead of time. This time she'd had no such warning and could do nothing but swallow angrily at the tears that tried to form.

With a huff Illidan handed the hammer back. "Bring the traitor." He stated and headed down the hall.

Nokami said and did nothing but cradle her hands in her arms and rock as they left. She shot Akama an apologetic look as he was dragged past her cell.

The old broken didn't seem to notice. He had a small grin on his face like he was laughing on the inside while being dragged to his doom.

Nokami wondered for a moment if the old one's mind had simply snapped at some point.

With a hiss she looked at her now manged, bleeding, and shattered hands. While she normally healed fast she had no interest in having her enemies see her having to eat like a pig from a trough.

She hissed out a few pain filled words and her hands started to glow green.


A couple hours later Illidan was annoyed. Akama had not answered a single question and was now quite dead. The old broken's mind must have snapped at some point but Illidan wasn't sure of when. The stupid traitor kept mumbling something about irony and fate sending a hunter to battle a beast.

The thought of a hunter made Illidan glance at Nokami as he passed her cell. What he saw made him freeze.

He'd expected her to be curled up in a ball sobbing about her hands. Instead she was laying on her hay asleep like she didn't have a pain in the world.

What in the Nether...

Curiosity getting the better of him he opened her cell and creped over to her. Nokami was laying in the hay on her back, her breathing deep and slow like one asleep, despite Illidan having seen her take a couple hammers to the chest.

Hadn't she had bruises on her face?

He reached out a hand to push away that white hair so he could see better.

With something close to a roar she catapulted from her position and knocked him backwards. Her hands just missed his throat as he pushed her away and pinned her down on the floor with sheer size and weight.

Her nails went for his face but it only took one hand around the wrist to snatch them away from his eyes, though he did get a couple scratches for his trouble.

Illidan couldn't help but freeze and stare at her hands. His other hand came up and gently felt each finger even as she wiggled and tried to pull them free.

He'd broken her hands himself. There was even stains from the blood still on them.

"How did you do this?" He asked shaking her hands.

She growled in response and bit into his forearm.

Illidan let out a yelp and rammed her into the floor. He could feel her loosen her bite a bit but then clamp down harder. So he simply slammed her down again and again until she finally lost and he stood up to get away.

Sitting up herself Nokami spat out the blood in her mouth and wiped a sleeve across her mouth. To her mind that had just been vile!

Illidan glared angrily as he clamped a hand on his arm, which was bleeding nicely. "If your in such good shape to go fighting me all day long then you are certainly in good enough shape for your...treatments to restart."

Nokami knew she went as white as her dark skin would allow much to her dislike.

Illidan simply grinned. "And this time I'll be doing it."

He left calling for a healer to look at his arm as Nokami mentally cursed.

The succubus hadn't been the smartest. She'd always gone over each step with Nokami hoping to inspire fear or begging for mercy. Nokami had used that time to prepare herself for everything so she wouldn't react how the succubus wanted.

Illidan would not give her that luxury.

She had to escape. Tonight!