Chapter Six: Death on the Mountain
One of the dwarves hid behind a bolder as they watch Ichor lead his men and pulled his hostages along. "Get ready!" he orders as they were ready and waiting for the signal. "Now! Attack!" he orders and they charge out of hiding and right at the Scourge "What'sss thisss?" Ichor questions as he lets the chains go. Loggi rejoiced "Over here, brothers!" he calls out to them, waving his chained arms.
Then the dwarves attack right at them, getting in a few hits. Jorad broke his chains and then freed Tyri and wraps his arms around her, "This way, my lady." he tells her and lead her away from the battle. "Loggi, here!" Draves said and handed him an axe as he broke the chains that bind him.
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Baron then stops laughing and looks down at his pass out friend, "Poor Trag. Your distraction was a temperately success, nothing more I knew it would come to this eventfully. Once the dwarves were finished with their task, you and the dwarves would have served your purpose, anyway." Baron states as the ghost cries to herself a little. "Now with the girl's appearance, that time has come. The power of the orb sensed surrounding her is enough to rip free the bones of the of the mountain's ancient Behemoths enmasses." he states then turns away from him as the ghost appears next to Trag, looking down at him, her hands fade right through him and walks away, heading right outside.
"All I need to do is-" he states, but then stops as he notices a fight happening in plain sight. "What's this? Some other pathetic attempt at a distraction? But it comes from the Southern face, the opposite." he questions then saw it was the dwarves and the Scourge fighting each other. "Ah! How so very convenient they make it." he chuckles darkly. Then looks at the ring on his finger, "Soon, my love, they will all pay."
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Kalec followed by Anveena and Belle as they ran through the open field of snow, "Just a little further! Trag said that this will lead near to where we crashed!" Kalec informs them, "But what about Tyri and Jorad? You said the Scourge had them!" Anveena reminds him, "Don't worry! We'll free them!" he assures her, "and how prey tell do we do that?" Belle questions him.
"We just need to follow the Tauren's lead-and create some kind of-distraction?!" he states then stops as they look out at the battle not too far from them. "Anveena, Belle-look!" he points and they look out and saw their friends as Jorad was defending Tyri, who did not look well at all. "It's them! This is our chance." he said and they broke out into a run, "Come on!" he shouts, getting the attention of one of the Scourge, then it charges at then, "Kalec! Watch out!" Anveena calls out. Kalec notices it and stops the sword from attacking and cuts down the forsaken, then Anveena's body pulsed. -Little one, you now belong to the orb. And the power around you belongs to me!- the Baron's voices echos in her mind as Anveena's magic was being suck out.
Then the Frost Wyrm hisses as he peeks out of the shadows then lets out a roars, making everyone flinch at the roar and then it spreads it's wings and took flight, heading right for them, "The Scourge ain't controlling that thing! It must be the Baron!" the dwarf shouts and Belle grips Anveena and shook her, "Anveena, no! Snap out of it!" she shakes her, but nothing. "Anveena? Anveena!" Kalec calls out to her as well, but she was in a deep trance, Ichor then looks over at her, "The girl! There mussst be sssome connection between her and the orb! A connection eassily sssevered! Go! ssslay her!" he orders and Belle glares at the Scourge as they charge right at them. "No!" Kalec then jumps and stood between the her and the Scourge "Keep away from her!" he shouts at them.
Raac charges as well but was knock right out of the way, then a snow snake appears from the snow on the ground and charges right at the Scourge, Kalec looks over and saw it was Belle creating the snow snake as rage was hinted in her eyes and with a swing of her staff, she blocks the forsaken from harming a hair on Anveena's head. Belle then shove it back and whacks right at it's head, knocking it off it's neck and it collapse to the ground dead. She pants and threw fireballs at the other forsaken, then she looks behind her and saw more coming at Anveena "Oh no you don't, Bag o' bones." Loggi said and blocks the attack, Belle exhales and swung at another forsaken. "You there-lad! You look to be a quicker runner than any dwarf." Loggi said and Kalec looks at him as he knew that the dwarf was talking to him, "You've got to get to the castle and stop Mordis fast. 'Tis her and our only chance!" Loggi informs him.
But Kalec looks over his shoulder at the dead dragon, "Bout what about the Frost Wyrm?" Kalec asks him and Loggi smirks. "Looks like they've decided to handle that, lad." Loggi answers and Tryi in her dragon form roars and charges at the Wyrm with Jorad riding on her back, "Tyri! No! She looks too weak!" he calls out to her, "Then at least she'll buy you time!" Loggi informs him and Kalec wasted no time and hurried.
Belle pants as she looks at the forsaken around her, then she chants a spell and fire snakes shot out and burns the forsaken, she then looks up at the Baron was he was holding the orb, -Come on, what can I do to stop him?- she questions herself then it hits her. -That's it, even in death or as an undead, he still loves her. Okay, okay. You get only one shot at this, make it count.- she tells herself, then started to chant an old ancient spell, it was mumbled and shush under her voice as the wind pick up around her a little, her staff floated in front of her a bit then a white orb appeared in front of her, "Go! Seek the one who lingers close to their beloved!" she shouts and the orb shot up into the air and charges right at the Castle, it flew pass the Baron and inside the castle.
The Baron laughs at Belle miss fire, she groans a little and slums against her staff for balance. Then looks at the castle, -Hurry…- she calls out and collapse onto her knees "Yes, I can feel the power. The great beasts are walking, rising to my command."
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Back inside the Castle, Trag twitch a little and lifts his finger a bit, groaning as he started to awaken from his slumber.
But then a light shines for a moment and dies down and he felt warm hands grip his shoulders and shook him, "Trag! Trag, you have to get up. I can't stop him on my own." a familiar voice calls out to him.
He opens his eyes and was help right onto his knees and looks at the hands that help him, he follows them up to see the body of a woman in front of him, wearing a nightgown and he gasp as he finally saw her face, "You…"
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Kalec ran to the tunnels as he was panting, "The tunnels, they're cut off." he states then walk right up to the rocks and started to climb "That leaves only one way." he states, but then stops as he heard something moving inside the mountain. Then he press his ear to the rocks "What happening in there?" he questions.
The Wyrm frost flames collide with Tyri's dragon flames, giving Jorad the chance he then jumps off Tyri and stabs a sword right into the Wyrm's head. But that did little effect. It tosses Jorad right off and he lands right into Tyri's claw.
Baron then held the orb right out, "Yes! Arise, my legion of the dead!" he calls out and the rumble became louder and a Behemoth roars as it makes itself known, "Arise!" he orders again, then the woman steps out of the castle and looks at the Baron and makes her way to him.
Kalec climbs up the mountain side as he could feel the rumbling coming from inside. "There's something moving in the mountain. Something huge." he states and held on even tighter. "I've got to hold on-" he states, but then gasp as he was stab in the shoulder from behind and cries out as the blade swipes down "The orb of Ner'zhul isss mine! No one elssse'sss! I will takes it and the girl from Mordisss!" Ichor hisses then cries out in pain as his entire sword arm was burnt ashes.
He then looks down at Belle as she was glaring right at him, "You keep you fitly hands dead hands off my friends!" she growls at him and pulls herself back onto her feet.
The Baron laughs, "Yes! It coming to pass! It is-" he states, but then felt a warm hand take a hold of his, then looks over at the person that dares touches him, but he was awestruck as a red hair woman with brown eyes swing herself in front of him and grips his shirt, "Husband, stop this madness! No good will come of this." Mayabelle said and he looks at her in awe. "This has to end, Val. Do not taint your soul with such hatred." she asks of him. He reaches out and touches her cheek as it was warm and she leans into it. "May, my wife… how?" he asks her, "I do not know, but please stop this." she asks him as Trag slowly walks up to them, "No, I can not. Ichor took you from me and the living did the same, stealing away the one thing I loved most on this Earth. All of this, I did for you." he tells her, gently gripping her waist and she cups his cheek.
"All I ever wanted was to be by you side, Val. Remember our vows? In sickness and in health, even if death does part us. We will always love one another. Do you remember?" she asks him, he nods at her as he wanted to cry, feeling her warm hand against his cheek, "Please Val, end this madness. Let us both rest in paradise." she asks of him and he looks at her. One half wanted to follow her to paradise, be with her and forever hold her in his arms as the other, his forsaken cursed half wanted to wipe out the living, burn and tear them to shred and laugh at their misery. Mayabelle sense his inner conflict and hugs him, "Make it stop, May. Please make this stop." he asks her burying his face into her shoulder, "Shh, shh, shh. I'm here, it will stop." she promises him and then Trag walks up behind them and grips his hand that was holding the orb. "It will be over, my friend." he tells him, Baron nods at him as he lets go of the orb. Then Trag crushes the orb into shards and the Wyrm above them lost it's powers and was returning to lifeless bones.
Baron smiles a little as he held Mayabelle tightly in his arms, "We're going to die, aren't we?" he asks her, she smiles and nods at him, "As we should of done, long ago. Together. As husband and wife." she tells him and Trag hugs them tightly in his arms. "Thank you Trag for staying by his side, when I could not." she states as the bones fell all around them, "Anything for my friends, May." he tells her and she closes her eyes as the bones then crush them and destroyed the castle along with them.
Ichor and Kalec looks up at the falling rumble, "What?" Ichor states but then cries out as he was then crush as well, Kalec jumps away in time, but then he started to fall from the mountain, but suddenly stops as he hovers in the air. "I'm not falling?" he questions, then looks over he's shoulder and saw that Anveena held her arms out to him as she was conscious. "Could it be?" he wonders but then looks behind Loggi, "What's that? Dwarf! Behind you!" he calls out. Then Loggi turns to see who Kalec was warning him about, "Who-" he starts, but then cries out as he was stab in neck with a dagger and collapses into the ground. Dead.
Belle and Anveena then turn, "Who-" Anveena starts then they both gasp "You!" they shout as the man was smirking to himself. "Dar'khan! B-But you—you're…" Anveena states as Belle held her in her arms, "Dead? Not quite, my dear." he tells her as Belle growls at him. "H-How…" she states but then Dar'khan touches their foreheads. "Sleep, my delicious prize." he states and they both fell unconscious. Then Kalec lets out a shout and plummeted down into the show. Then he places the two onto the serpent's neck and mounts up "Such a delicate young thing like yourself doesn't belong in such a place. But fear not-I'm taking you home!" he tells her and lets out a lunatic laughter as he flew off.
Everyone watches him as he left, "H-He killed Loggi! Who-what-was that?" Damin questions, Jorad held Tyri as she was back in her elven form. "A servant of the Lich King. Dar'khan." Jorad answers as he growls in his word, watching the madman retreat, Kalec coughs a little and sat up and looks up as the serpent was gone, along with his two friends as they were taken hostage of the mad elf. "D-Dar'khan? Belle!… Anveena!" Kalec calls out to them, but he calls did nothing but echoed, "Anveena…"