Chapter #2

hey guys~ like i said in the previous chapter this one will have lots of descriptions and not much dialog so sorry if that's not you're cup of tea~

i hope you enjoy

Van.

Teleporting ourselves from the house we all arrived before the portal to the dungeon and began to prepare to enter. Blank called the group over and made us stand in a circle to be able to listen to him better.

"OK guys this is how its gonna work, we have three healers and the rest of us are damage. Lets take the ones with the most dmg and set them farther into the front line,meaning Khang, Gar, Kierre and me, after that the next with less dmg will be behind us, that's you tima since you don't have you're full snipers yet DD will also be with you and Eon since they are our bows they can attack from a grater distance, i want you tima to stay close to the back with Van, Ani and Shadow since you're the one with the least HP. All healers in the back and pay attention to the hp off everyone, try and divided us and pick who you're looking out for. All clear?"

Nodding we all got into position and began to enter the dungeon. As soon as we entered we could feel the dark energy that was inside, heading on with caution we encountered the first set of monsters and the guys managed to take them out rather easily, there was a different feeling to how they moved...like they had a mind of their own now and could make their own decisions. Moving forward a larger group was converging together right before the hall where we were gonna fight the first boss. we all hid behind pillars as to not give out our location to them too soon. Blank looked over at Eon and DD and called them to move closer, whispering something to them they nodded and moved closer to the monsters while still trying to hide. They both began to charge up their attack and DD looked at Eon and nodded. Releasing their attack the hail of arrows weakened them exponentially and they managed to cover the most ground. The rest of the group then left their hiding spots and charged ahead, Blank and Gar both moved past the group of monsters to cut it off from the main boss hall and used their Divine Thunderstrike and managed to kill the ones in the far back. Khang had jumped strait into the mob and was using his AOE to try and keep the monsters off him while Ani tried her best to keep alert and heal him if the need arises. Tima and I were still in the far back while Shadow was healing DD and Eon to his best ability.

"WATCH OUT!"

Hearing a scream from in front of me i saw DD looking at me with worry as i felt a strong push on my back knocking me forward and falling on the ground. Lifting my head i saw Tima holding of the which that had attacked me. Tima might not have the best dmg but she was rather fast on her feet and managed to evade most of the attacks only getting hit when she didn't see it coming. Lifting up my body I called my eidolon to help tima out.

"Sigrun!"

My champion of the slain appeared next to me and awaited orders. pointing at the monster she set out to help tima defeat it while DD fell back for a second to help me up. After i was back on my feet i grabbed my harp which had fallen from my grasp and went to help tima as best as i could, DD followed behind to lend some of her dmg. After all the monsters were taken care of the group fell back to discuss how we were gonna take care of the boss. Gathering in a small circle Ani inspected my back to see if any damage was visible.

"Van do you feel any pain?"

Touching my back in the area where i was struck i looked at Ani "Not really...it doesn't hurt per say...its more like a tingle feeling, Although the fall did sorta hurt."

she then nodded at me and knelt down next to me and tima while we all looked at Blank and waited for the next plan of attack.

"OK this boss has a lot of AOE and we know that those that attack from to close might get pulled into the air and leave the rest vulnerable so lets take him out as fast as we can guys. Same formation and i want the healers full attention on us for the time being. Tima stay far and use you're distance attacks from you're shuriken if necessary other then that do what you were doing till now."

Nodding once more we all headed into the boss chamber, the colored circles appeared lining the area and we began to hear a voice speaking to us in a mocking manner. We then saw two small orbs of dark energy pass us and converge together forming into the duke of darkness. Blank, Khang and Gar moved in quick to try and finish him off fast. The circles began to appeared under him while DD and Eon were the ones in charged of getting them as they could attack from a far. While we were all paying attention to the boss I saw out of the corner of my eye that there was a Forest Draid still alive and was moving fast towards Khang. Moving as fast as i could i stood in front of Khang and trigger my stun, he turned to look at me and saw the Draid and took it out as fast as he could.

"Thank Van."

Nodding to him i went back to my post and we managed to beat the boss. The rest of the dungeon went on with no hitch until we arrived to fight Ruth. She had managed to push the guys back so much that they ended up missing most of their attacks, we all tried our best to keep up with the clones and were doing ok...until...

"GAR!"

Looking to his back he saw that a vine whip was approaching him fast, he attempted to move but he seamed to be held down by something. Getting ready to heal him when the vine struck i saw a blur of blue and white run past me.

"DD NO!"

She jumped in front of the vine and got thrown back by the force of it, hitting a pillar behind her across from the chamber. she then fell to the ground unconscious as it would seam. Running towards her i checked her HP and saw it was really low. Gar ran up to me and knelt next to DD.

"Shes gonna be OK Gar leave her to me for now and go defeat Ruth!"

He looked down at DD and then to me and nodded heading back into battle, pulling DD along with me i managed to get her out of the danger zone and began to heal her. Her eyes open slightly to show she was recovering, she turned to me and gave me a smile.

"Hes ok?"

"DD, you are crazy!"

she laughed a little and managed to sit up as she felt her strength return to her.

"Love makes you do crazy things..."

She then turned to the battle and when i looked I managed to see Gar give the final blow and Ruth fell, defeated.

Gar then turned to me and to DD and he began running towards us. Falling unto his knees he held DD close to his chest and heaved a sigh of relief. Turning to me he nodded in appreciation, thanking me for helping her. Nodding back to him I stood and went to join the rest of the group who was standing near the potal and getting ready to leave.

"Is she ok?"

Turning to look at Blank that was behind me, his face showing worry for the girl, I looked over to where Gar was helping her up and bringing her to the group.

"She'll be just fine.

His face then turned to that of a smile while the group went to scold and hug DD as she apologized over and over again for being so rash. He joined them and I went to leave the dungeon when i felt a my strength suddenly leave me...

"A...de-buff...?"

Looking at my buffs and attributes i noticed that i had been standing in the poison flowers to long and the affects were still on me. Turning to the group I saw DD look at me and then her faced showed a mix of worry and horror as she saw my hp was dropping fast.

"VAN!"

falling to my knees my vision turned black...the last thing i heard was Blank and Gar telling me...hold on...

OOOOOOOH what will happen next? STAY TUNED!

Van.