Voyage to destruction
Chapter 6: 'Cause in the desert. . .
Azuron and Gwelin were sitting in a cart with Warriv's Caravan. Azuron was sharpening his weapons, including the lightsaber while Gwelin wasn't doing much. "Do you think. . . we could get Warriv to stop for a minute? We've been traveling too long and a 'm thirsty, and hot, and tired and. . ." It had been 2 days they were travelling through the desert and Gwelin was in no mood to keep going. "I get the point Gwen, but Warriv is really intent on getting to Lut Gholein. Have some water in the meanwhile." Azuron said while handing Gwelin a glass of warm water that he took from a jug. When she sipped it, she immediately spat it back out. "Pshhhaa! It's warm!" She yelled while spitting the remains of the water from her mouth. "What did you expect? Ice cold water? Use a spell on it or something." Azuron went back to sharpening his weapons.
"Why didn't I think of that?" She thought to herself. She then shot an ice bolt on the glass, freezing the glass, and cooling the water. She then picked it up and sipped it. When she moved to pull the glass away, it had stuck to her tongue. "Mfft! Mffft!" Trying to talk with a glass blocking your mouth which has cold water in it isn't easy. When Azuron turned around and saw Gwelin with the glass on his face, he rolled over laughing. Suddenly, the entire caravan stopped. Azuron stopped laughing and went outside to see what the commotion was. To his horror, he saw a man, lying on the ground with a spear in his back. "What in the. . ."
Gwelin jumped out of the cart herself. She had managed to pull the glass off her tongue, but it caused her much pain, and she still had trouble talking. "Wha? Wha happen?" Azuron turned around to see Gwelin approaching him, chuckled at her and said that he didn't know. They were just staring at the man, when Thoraro walked up to them. "Did you see?" he asked. "Dead man, spear in back. . ." Gwelin replied.
"What's up with her?" Thoraro asked. He had missed the glass incident, so he had no clue why she was speaking like an infant. "Frozen glass, warm tongue. . . You figure it out." At that, Thor let out a laugh. "Not funny!" Gwelin yelled. She was now mad, hot, thirsty and tired. She then stared Thoraro and Azuron both in the eyes. Even though it was boiling hot outside, they felt shivers up their backs when she looked at them. Thoraro noticed that Gwelin wasn't in the mood to be picked on, so he told them to follow him to the other side of the carts. "She's never any fun. . ." He thought while guiding them.
When they arrived on the other side, there was an entire camp, with dead men and spears everywhere. Gwelin gasped and covered her mouth. Azuron turned and coughed in disgust. "We were supposed to meet up with these men, to do some trading. They must have been attacked by spear cats last night." Iludian, who was talking with the drivers, walked up to them. "Guys, I have just finished talking to Warriv and his friends. The caravan won't take any more stops, besides at the oasis, and if we are attacked, we're protecting everyone." He said.
After all getting on board once again, they travelled for another 3 days, without sight of civilisation anywhere. When they finally arrived at the oasis, the camels filled up on water, and so did everyone else. "Azuron. . . I" Ilduain said while pausing to fill up a bottle. "I want you to leave Gwelin alone for the time being. We don't want another accident to happen, like the one in the rogue encampment." He said calmly. "What? We're just starting to really get to know each other. . ."
"Just leave her alone. We. . . I'll tell you later." He said as he finished up on his bottles and walked away. He then stopped. "Maybe I should have explained why. . ." he thought. When he turned around to explain, Azuron was gone. All of his bottles were full, and his sword was laying next to them. "He wouldn't leave that behind. . ." Iludian then picked up the sword, and put it in his sack.
"Azuron?" he yelled. "Where did you go? You forgot your sword!" Iludian turned around to head back towards the Caravan, and then he heard a slight noise. He turned around and ducked two incoming spears. Woooosh! "WE'RE UNDER ATTACK!" he yelled while jumping behind a rock. Immediately Gwelin and Thoraro jumped off a cart ready to battle. Iludian summoned up a Golem, and Gwelin enchanted Thoraro's Azurewrath. Ten spear cats then popped up behind rocks, bushes and behind the trees surrounding the oasis. Three of them charged while the rest threw some spears. Thoraro charged towards one of the cats and bashed it with the hilt of his sword, then turned around to slice another one. What he didn't notice was that there were 3 spears coming towards him. Iludian, who noticed the projectiles, summoned up a bone wall blocking two of the spears. The third pierced through the wall and hit Thoraro in the leg.
"AGHHH!" he yelled as he hit the ground. Gwelin teleported in front of him and cast a glacial spike, freezing half of the remaining cats. Iludian summoned up 4 skeletal mages from the corpses that he could find. The mages made quick work of a spear cat, but it's spear pierced through one, and hit another. A spear cat had killed two with just one spear. Before they knew it, another horde of cats charged them and the mages were all gone. They were outnumbered, tired, hot and Thoraro was injured. "EVERYONE GET ABOARD IN THE CARAVAN! WE'RE MAKING A RUN FOR LUT GHOLEIN!" Yelled Warriv. Thoraro limped towards a cart, barely making it. Gwelin teleported in it, and Iludian ran as fast as he could. The caravan then took off. All Iludian could do was stare at the Oasis, thinking of Azuron.
"Where's Azuron?" Thoraro asked, while tending to his wound. Iludian was silent, while Gwelin just lifted her shoulders. "Well?" he asked, impatiently. "I think the spear cats captured him before we were ambushed." Iludian said while staring at the floor. "WE LEFT HIM BEHIND?" Thoraro yelled. He was furious; his best friend was left in the hands of cats. "TURN BACK!" He yelled, noticing that the caravan wasn't stopping. He tried to jump out to go run looking for him, but he was held back by Iludian. "TRAITOR! YOU LET YOUR FRIENDS DIE! LET GO OF ME!" He yelled while he was struggling to escape of the necromancer's hold. "Thoraro. Calm down, we'll get him." He said, trying to calm the merchant down.
"NO YOU WON'T!"
"Thor. . ." Gwelin said while putting a hand on his shoulder. "We will."
When they reached Lut Gholein, Thoraro immediately got a room and locked himself in it, only coming out to eat and never spoke at meals. Gwelin and Iludian were trying to figure out a plan to save their friend, but had no idea where to begin. One night, Thoraro spoke for the first time in the entire week. "Let's get moving. We need to find Azuron and according to Cain, Baal was locked in the great Horadrim's - Tal Rasha - chamber. Baal is why we came, but we cannot go there without Azuron. If spear cats almost killed us, Baal will make very quick work of us. We need to gather clues, information, anything. Look around town, find someone who'll talk. Let's go." He said. "Atma, a woman here, told me about Radament. He lives beneath the sewers. She has lost her Husband and her son to this beast. I say we avenge them for her. We might find something of use there anyways."
They travelled to the bottom of the sewers, killing all monsters in sight. Thoraro was still hurt, but he could manage a little pain. Gwelin had received a few bumps and scratches, but nothing more. Iludian though, had received many cuts and bruises. Thoraro had been hitting Iludian. He said they were accidents but Iludian found it hard to believe. "Maybe I deserve the hits." Iludian thought. "I did leave. . . It's still no reason to endanger us. . ." They continued to walk. Iludian's skeleton army was leading, followed by Thoraro then Gwelin and Iludian.
"Out of my way stupid skeleton!" Thoraro yelled as he hacked through one of Iludian's skeletons. "What did you do that for?!" Iludian asked.
"Well if it wasn't for you, Azuron would have been in front of me and the skeleton's life would have been spared! He respects the damned things! I DON'T!"
He said as he dropped his sword and walked towards Iludian. "Well if it wasn't for me, you would have received THREE spears instead of one!"
"Guys. . ." Gwelin tried to interrupt them. In front of her, was very bad news. "Well if it wasn't for. . ." Thoraro continued. "Guys. . . Uh. . . GUYS!!!!" Gwelin yelled as she watched the monster approach them. By the time they realized, Radament had popped out from the shadows and was standing next to them. They tried to back up, but ran into 20 skeletons. Radament had already killed all of Iludian's, and had replaced them with some of his own. They both swore. Radament took two big swings and bashed them through two opposing walls, immediately knocking them out. Gwelin watched from a distance while casting spells, trying to remove the wall of undead minions in front of her. Before she knew it, she was surrounded. All the skeletons had got in too close and were hitting her. She fell to the floor, barely able to breathe. "We're doomed" she thought. Then all was black.
Author's notes: Is this the end? OF COURSE NOT! I would be out of the job if so : (. See what happens next time on, Days of ou. . . Voyage to destruction!
"I'm on the outside, I'm looking in. I can see through you, see your true colors. . ."
So, how was this chapter? I wrote it fast (Within an hour?) And well, gonna leave you hanging. (No death threats cause of the suspense - please.)
Chapter 6: 'Cause in the desert. . .
Azuron and Gwelin were sitting in a cart with Warriv's Caravan. Azuron was sharpening his weapons, including the lightsaber while Gwelin wasn't doing much. "Do you think. . . we could get Warriv to stop for a minute? We've been traveling too long and a 'm thirsty, and hot, and tired and. . ." It had been 2 days they were travelling through the desert and Gwelin was in no mood to keep going. "I get the point Gwen, but Warriv is really intent on getting to Lut Gholein. Have some water in the meanwhile." Azuron said while handing Gwelin a glass of warm water that he took from a jug. When she sipped it, she immediately spat it back out. "Pshhhaa! It's warm!" She yelled while spitting the remains of the water from her mouth. "What did you expect? Ice cold water? Use a spell on it or something." Azuron went back to sharpening his weapons.
"Why didn't I think of that?" She thought to herself. She then shot an ice bolt on the glass, freezing the glass, and cooling the water. She then picked it up and sipped it. When she moved to pull the glass away, it had stuck to her tongue. "Mfft! Mffft!" Trying to talk with a glass blocking your mouth which has cold water in it isn't easy. When Azuron turned around and saw Gwelin with the glass on his face, he rolled over laughing. Suddenly, the entire caravan stopped. Azuron stopped laughing and went outside to see what the commotion was. To his horror, he saw a man, lying on the ground with a spear in his back. "What in the. . ."
Gwelin jumped out of the cart herself. She had managed to pull the glass off her tongue, but it caused her much pain, and she still had trouble talking. "Wha? Wha happen?" Azuron turned around to see Gwelin approaching him, chuckled at her and said that he didn't know. They were just staring at the man, when Thoraro walked up to them. "Did you see?" he asked. "Dead man, spear in back. . ." Gwelin replied.
"What's up with her?" Thoraro asked. He had missed the glass incident, so he had no clue why she was speaking like an infant. "Frozen glass, warm tongue. . . You figure it out." At that, Thor let out a laugh. "Not funny!" Gwelin yelled. She was now mad, hot, thirsty and tired. She then stared Thoraro and Azuron both in the eyes. Even though it was boiling hot outside, they felt shivers up their backs when she looked at them. Thoraro noticed that Gwelin wasn't in the mood to be picked on, so he told them to follow him to the other side of the carts. "She's never any fun. . ." He thought while guiding them.
When they arrived on the other side, there was an entire camp, with dead men and spears everywhere. Gwelin gasped and covered her mouth. Azuron turned and coughed in disgust. "We were supposed to meet up with these men, to do some trading. They must have been attacked by spear cats last night." Iludian, who was talking with the drivers, walked up to them. "Guys, I have just finished talking to Warriv and his friends. The caravan won't take any more stops, besides at the oasis, and if we are attacked, we're protecting everyone." He said.
After all getting on board once again, they travelled for another 3 days, without sight of civilisation anywhere. When they finally arrived at the oasis, the camels filled up on water, and so did everyone else. "Azuron. . . I" Ilduain said while pausing to fill up a bottle. "I want you to leave Gwelin alone for the time being. We don't want another accident to happen, like the one in the rogue encampment." He said calmly. "What? We're just starting to really get to know each other. . ."
"Just leave her alone. We. . . I'll tell you later." He said as he finished up on his bottles and walked away. He then stopped. "Maybe I should have explained why. . ." he thought. When he turned around to explain, Azuron was gone. All of his bottles were full, and his sword was laying next to them. "He wouldn't leave that behind. . ." Iludian then picked up the sword, and put it in his sack.
"Azuron?" he yelled. "Where did you go? You forgot your sword!" Iludian turned around to head back towards the Caravan, and then he heard a slight noise. He turned around and ducked two incoming spears. Woooosh! "WE'RE UNDER ATTACK!" he yelled while jumping behind a rock. Immediately Gwelin and Thoraro jumped off a cart ready to battle. Iludian summoned up a Golem, and Gwelin enchanted Thoraro's Azurewrath. Ten spear cats then popped up behind rocks, bushes and behind the trees surrounding the oasis. Three of them charged while the rest threw some spears. Thoraro charged towards one of the cats and bashed it with the hilt of his sword, then turned around to slice another one. What he didn't notice was that there were 3 spears coming towards him. Iludian, who noticed the projectiles, summoned up a bone wall blocking two of the spears. The third pierced through the wall and hit Thoraro in the leg.
"AGHHH!" he yelled as he hit the ground. Gwelin teleported in front of him and cast a glacial spike, freezing half of the remaining cats. Iludian summoned up 4 skeletal mages from the corpses that he could find. The mages made quick work of a spear cat, but it's spear pierced through one, and hit another. A spear cat had killed two with just one spear. Before they knew it, another horde of cats charged them and the mages were all gone. They were outnumbered, tired, hot and Thoraro was injured. "EVERYONE GET ABOARD IN THE CARAVAN! WE'RE MAKING A RUN FOR LUT GHOLEIN!" Yelled Warriv. Thoraro limped towards a cart, barely making it. Gwelin teleported in it, and Iludian ran as fast as he could. The caravan then took off. All Iludian could do was stare at the Oasis, thinking of Azuron.
"Where's Azuron?" Thoraro asked, while tending to his wound. Iludian was silent, while Gwelin just lifted her shoulders. "Well?" he asked, impatiently. "I think the spear cats captured him before we were ambushed." Iludian said while staring at the floor. "WE LEFT HIM BEHIND?" Thoraro yelled. He was furious; his best friend was left in the hands of cats. "TURN BACK!" He yelled, noticing that the caravan wasn't stopping. He tried to jump out to go run looking for him, but he was held back by Iludian. "TRAITOR! YOU LET YOUR FRIENDS DIE! LET GO OF ME!" He yelled while he was struggling to escape of the necromancer's hold. "Thoraro. Calm down, we'll get him." He said, trying to calm the merchant down.
"NO YOU WON'T!"
"Thor. . ." Gwelin said while putting a hand on his shoulder. "We will."
When they reached Lut Gholein, Thoraro immediately got a room and locked himself in it, only coming out to eat and never spoke at meals. Gwelin and Iludian were trying to figure out a plan to save their friend, but had no idea where to begin. One night, Thoraro spoke for the first time in the entire week. "Let's get moving. We need to find Azuron and according to Cain, Baal was locked in the great Horadrim's - Tal Rasha - chamber. Baal is why we came, but we cannot go there without Azuron. If spear cats almost killed us, Baal will make very quick work of us. We need to gather clues, information, anything. Look around town, find someone who'll talk. Let's go." He said. "Atma, a woman here, told me about Radament. He lives beneath the sewers. She has lost her Husband and her son to this beast. I say we avenge them for her. We might find something of use there anyways."
They travelled to the bottom of the sewers, killing all monsters in sight. Thoraro was still hurt, but he could manage a little pain. Gwelin had received a few bumps and scratches, but nothing more. Iludian though, had received many cuts and bruises. Thoraro had been hitting Iludian. He said they were accidents but Iludian found it hard to believe. "Maybe I deserve the hits." Iludian thought. "I did leave. . . It's still no reason to endanger us. . ." They continued to walk. Iludian's skeleton army was leading, followed by Thoraro then Gwelin and Iludian.
"Out of my way stupid skeleton!" Thoraro yelled as he hacked through one of Iludian's skeletons. "What did you do that for?!" Iludian asked.
"Well if it wasn't for you, Azuron would have been in front of me and the skeleton's life would have been spared! He respects the damned things! I DON'T!"
He said as he dropped his sword and walked towards Iludian. "Well if it wasn't for me, you would have received THREE spears instead of one!"
"Guys. . ." Gwelin tried to interrupt them. In front of her, was very bad news. "Well if it wasn't for. . ." Thoraro continued. "Guys. . . Uh. . . GUYS!!!!" Gwelin yelled as she watched the monster approach them. By the time they realized, Radament had popped out from the shadows and was standing next to them. They tried to back up, but ran into 20 skeletons. Radament had already killed all of Iludian's, and had replaced them with some of his own. They both swore. Radament took two big swings and bashed them through two opposing walls, immediately knocking them out. Gwelin watched from a distance while casting spells, trying to remove the wall of undead minions in front of her. Before she knew it, she was surrounded. All the skeletons had got in too close and were hitting her. She fell to the floor, barely able to breathe. "We're doomed" she thought. Then all was black.
Author's notes: Is this the end? OF COURSE NOT! I would be out of the job if so : (. See what happens next time on, Days of ou. . . Voyage to destruction!
"I'm on the outside, I'm looking in. I can see through you, see your true colors. . ."
So, how was this chapter? I wrote it fast (Within an hour?) And well, gonna leave you hanging. (No death threats cause of the suspense - please.)
