"Enough of that. We gotta get out of here before those orcs come back."
Sawn said and started up the stairs.
Lielay ran over to the stairs and bolted up them after Sawn. Albain gave Danny an evil eye and ran up the stairs after Lielay; Joshua was right behind him. The other elf looked at Danny and shrugged, he too went over to the stairs and went up. Danny sighed, looked around for the last time, and followed after the rest.
"Careful around the corners." Lielay warned Sawn.
"So, you're the druid Albain set up the search party for?"
"Ummm. Yeah I guess." Lielay looked behind at Albain.
He smiled at her and motioned her to keep on moving. Danny was in the very back as he watched Albain and Lielay closely. He wasn't going to let Albain take his wife from him. Joshua saw the jealousy in Danny's eyes. He hoped that he and Albain wouldn't get in a duel over Lielay. Albain was his new friend and Danny was his brother-in-law, he didn't want conflict between them.
"Can I lead?" Lielay asked.
"Sure, I have no idea where I'm going." Sawn stepped back.
Lielay stepped in front of Sawn and peeked around the corner where the stairs led up. Still there were no orcs or elves anywhere. "I thought this was a fortress, where are all the guards?" Lielay asked the group. They all shrugged. She turned the corner and went up the stairs. The main gates were on this level, there would be orcs outside, but they would trick them somehow.
"Damn, we have to pass the throne room now." The elf in front of Danny cursed.
"Does he ever leave that stupid throne?" Lielay said as she looked in.
"Does anyone have a dagger?" Danny asked impatiently.
"Why?" Albain questioned him.
"Does anyone have a dagger?" Danny repeated.
"Yeah, I carry around daggers all the time." Sawn said with sarcasm. "Well, actually I do, but the orcs took them." He grinned.
Lielay glided towards a small room down the hallway where she busted the lock off with ease since it was rusted, and disappeared inside. She came out a few minutes later with an armful of weapons.
"How did you get these?" Albain said as he looked through the swords.
"That's the room where they throw all the prisoner's things. I saw them throw my sword in there yesterday."
Albain found his sword and stared at it with joy. Lielay picked up her sword and Joshua's, she swung hers around a few times. She handed Joshua his sword without looking at him. Sawn and the other elf just took the closest weapon to them. Danny helped himself to a dagger and a huge dusty sword. Lielay noticed the sword; it had Oakfeller engraved onto it. There was still a large pile of weapons left on the ground, but no one cared.
"I'll distract them." Danny said.
"But.. but. " Lielay stammered.
"Don't worry, green eyes." He smiled and kissed Lielay's forehead.
Danny stepped through the doors leading into the throne room. They all heard gasping from inside, Lielay looked in and saw Rocky sneaking up behind Danny. Lielay ran into the room and jumped onto Rocky's back, he swung her around trying to fling her off. She took her sword and jabbed it into is lower back. The orc screamed and Lielay jumped off, he stumbled to the ground.
"What the hell is going on!" Lord Vic'Nance shouted as he stood up.
Everyone that was in the hallway came charging in and started to attack the closest orc or dark elf. Danny closed in on Lord Vic'Nance. "The Under World is waiting for you." Danny said calmly to the lord.
Lord Vic'Nance stumbled backwards around his throne trying to get away from Danny. He made a run to the door but didn't get ten feet since Danny had thrown the dagger in the back of his head. Vic'Nance stopped and fell. He lay motionless, as did everyone else except the group of wood elves.
"Now lets hurry and get out of here before the whole army of orcs get here." Danny grabbed Lielay's arm as he walked passed and out of the room. Everyone followed the two.
Running, they burst through the front doors, killing every orc that came close or was in their way. Through the gates and down the trail leading to the tunnel, the elves ran. The light was something Danny hadn't seen for five years, he squinted and covered his eyes. Lielay pulled his hand away as she guided him along the path.
"The light isn't going to kill you." Albain snickered as he went past Danny and ran next to Lielay. Joshua, Sawn, and the elf ran behind with Danny.
"Almost there." Lielay panted.
Turning one last corner, Lielay let loose a cheer for they had made it safely back to the wood elf army. A huge group of elves still stood near the tunnel. Some were wounded, some were dead, but mostly the others were just tired. Albain spotted the search and rescue team he had assigned and walked over to them. "It's OK, now. We found her."
The group cheered and scattered off into the crowd. After a few minutes one elf was raised high above so he could get their attention. He shouted for silence. Everyone stopped talking and looked. "Thank you. Word has it that there are only a couple forts still controlled by the orcs and dark elves. An elf just informed me that the fort Vic'Nance ruled was just slaughtered by a group of only five elves. One a female." Lielay got mad. She wasn't just a female; she wanted to be counted as the same as all the others. "So onward to take control of Crushbone for good!"
"A little hyped up about this, huh?" Sawn pointed to the elf while he whispered into Lielay's ear.
Everyone cheered and hollered. It sounded almost like thunder, but it was just the crowd of elves. They started running in the directions of the last forts; including Emperor Crush's. Lielay looked the direction where one fortress stood hovering in the distance. She then stood watching Albain and Danny fighting over something, she couldn't stand seeing them fight together. Her brother was talking to Sawn about what was in the fortresses and how many orcs were in each one.
"Hurry up you five, everyone is ordered to.. Lielay is that you again? Where is your armor?"
Lielay looked at the elf in armor that was talking to her. It was the General again. "Why hello again, General. My armor is still in the dungeon at Lord Vic'Nance's fortress."
"So it was you five that slaughtered that fortress," He looked at Joshua, Albain, Danny, and Sawn. His eyes went immediately back to Danny, "Who are you?"
"Me? I'm Danny Oakfeller," he stepped over to Lielay, " I'm married to Lielay." He smiled.
"But.. But. but you're supposed to be dead!" The General stumbled back.
"To make a long story short, I was a prisoner for five years." Danny sighed.
"Well.. ummm. move out recruits! We have fortress' to take!" The General ran towards a fortress with great speed.
Albain stood glaring at Danny with outrageous hate. He knew that somehow he must have Lielay love him instead of Danny. Joshua stood shaking his head slowly, how could two elves fight over his sister so much?
"Shall we?" Danny said as he offered Lielay his arm.
She took his arm and turned around and motioned Albain to take her other arm. Danny tried to pull Lielay away, but with her force she stayed put until Albain had her other arm. Joshua and Sawn followed right behind the three. Off they walked towards the dark fortress.
"I think we should fight outside the fort since we have no armor and it could be dangerous in there." Lielay told her group.
"We should send Albain the Great in there, hopefully he'll die." Danny coldly said.
"Danny," Lielay was shocked, "don't say that!" Too late, Albain already pounced onto Danny, slamming him to the ground. They punched each other with such power that would have put a weaker being into a coma. "Stop it! Stop it now!" Lielay shrieked.
There was blood on the ground by the two; their weapons lay forgotten a few feet away. Joshua and Sawn were trying to break up the fight but they were only hit hard by one of the two fighters. Sawn was punched so hard that he went flying three feet away into some bushes.
"Damn it! Knock it off you two, stop this now!" Lielay said through shakes and tears.
Danny and Albain still didn't hear Lielay's words. Albain's face was covered in blood from his bloody nose and a huge cut above his brow. Danny's nose was swollen up and turning purple, it looked like it was broken. Sawn was standing a few yards away not wanting to get in between the fight again. Joshua was now trying to shout at them, but his words were ignored too. Lielay was backing away slowly ready to run back to the tunnel and back to Birria's house for comfort. Shock and sadness filled Lielay's face as Danny and Albain tried to kill each other. Joshua turned towards Lielay and behind her stood a tall hooded figure in a long, billowing cloak.
"Lielay behind you!" Joshua screamed at her.
Lielay walked right into the figure without turning around and she screamed at the top of her lungs once she felt a hand on her shoulder. Albain heard and stopped, he looked up as Danny still punched him. "Lielay!" Albain yelled.
Danny stopped suddenly and looked at Lielay screaming and saw the tall, black hooded creature behind her. The two jumped up and started to run towards her. Joshua and Sawn were already in front of them. Still screaming, Lielay stood, frozen with terror, she didn't even turn around to see what she walked into.
"Get away from her!" Joshua yelled at the creature.
A bright blue light grew in the creature's hands and bolted past Lielay and hit Sawn and Joshua. The two flew back ten feet, covered with the blue light. It seemed to be trying to burn their skin off. Albain stopped and raised his hands, a blue light came from his hands too, but his light began to heal Joshua and Sawn.
Danny still ran towards Lielay, he jumped and pushed her out of the way. On the ground Danny stood up immediately and faced the black figure. Lielay crawled to Joshua and Sawn, blue light came from out from her palms too, Joshua and Sawn grew stronger from both Lielay's and Albain's healing power. The hooded figure stared at Danny, and then it started to laugh a hearty laugh. It wasn't bone chilling or anything like it; it was a warming laugh, a friendly one. The hood fell off its head and they all stared at a human male.
"I didn't mean to scare you all like that." The human said through laughter.
"What the hell was that for!" Sawn shouted as he was helped to his feet.
"I'm sorry. I thought you all were going to kill me. I over reacted." He lifted his sleeve and dried the tears of laughter from his eyes.
"We were going to kill you." Danny sneered.
"Who are you?" Lielay said shakily.
"Yumil Breskin all the way from Freeport, at your service." He bowed.
Lielay ran over to the stairs and bolted up them after Sawn. Albain gave Danny an evil eye and ran up the stairs after Lielay; Joshua was right behind him. The other elf looked at Danny and shrugged, he too went over to the stairs and went up. Danny sighed, looked around for the last time, and followed after the rest.
"Careful around the corners." Lielay warned Sawn.
"So, you're the druid Albain set up the search party for?"
"Ummm. Yeah I guess." Lielay looked behind at Albain.
He smiled at her and motioned her to keep on moving. Danny was in the very back as he watched Albain and Lielay closely. He wasn't going to let Albain take his wife from him. Joshua saw the jealousy in Danny's eyes. He hoped that he and Albain wouldn't get in a duel over Lielay. Albain was his new friend and Danny was his brother-in-law, he didn't want conflict between them.
"Can I lead?" Lielay asked.
"Sure, I have no idea where I'm going." Sawn stepped back.
Lielay stepped in front of Sawn and peeked around the corner where the stairs led up. Still there were no orcs or elves anywhere. "I thought this was a fortress, where are all the guards?" Lielay asked the group. They all shrugged. She turned the corner and went up the stairs. The main gates were on this level, there would be orcs outside, but they would trick them somehow.
"Damn, we have to pass the throne room now." The elf in front of Danny cursed.
"Does he ever leave that stupid throne?" Lielay said as she looked in.
"Does anyone have a dagger?" Danny asked impatiently.
"Why?" Albain questioned him.
"Does anyone have a dagger?" Danny repeated.
"Yeah, I carry around daggers all the time." Sawn said with sarcasm. "Well, actually I do, but the orcs took them." He grinned.
Lielay glided towards a small room down the hallway where she busted the lock off with ease since it was rusted, and disappeared inside. She came out a few minutes later with an armful of weapons.
"How did you get these?" Albain said as he looked through the swords.
"That's the room where they throw all the prisoner's things. I saw them throw my sword in there yesterday."
Albain found his sword and stared at it with joy. Lielay picked up her sword and Joshua's, she swung hers around a few times. She handed Joshua his sword without looking at him. Sawn and the other elf just took the closest weapon to them. Danny helped himself to a dagger and a huge dusty sword. Lielay noticed the sword; it had Oakfeller engraved onto it. There was still a large pile of weapons left on the ground, but no one cared.
"I'll distract them." Danny said.
"But.. but. " Lielay stammered.
"Don't worry, green eyes." He smiled and kissed Lielay's forehead.
Danny stepped through the doors leading into the throne room. They all heard gasping from inside, Lielay looked in and saw Rocky sneaking up behind Danny. Lielay ran into the room and jumped onto Rocky's back, he swung her around trying to fling her off. She took her sword and jabbed it into is lower back. The orc screamed and Lielay jumped off, he stumbled to the ground.
"What the hell is going on!" Lord Vic'Nance shouted as he stood up.
Everyone that was in the hallway came charging in and started to attack the closest orc or dark elf. Danny closed in on Lord Vic'Nance. "The Under World is waiting for you." Danny said calmly to the lord.
Lord Vic'Nance stumbled backwards around his throne trying to get away from Danny. He made a run to the door but didn't get ten feet since Danny had thrown the dagger in the back of his head. Vic'Nance stopped and fell. He lay motionless, as did everyone else except the group of wood elves.
"Now lets hurry and get out of here before the whole army of orcs get here." Danny grabbed Lielay's arm as he walked passed and out of the room. Everyone followed the two.
Running, they burst through the front doors, killing every orc that came close or was in their way. Through the gates and down the trail leading to the tunnel, the elves ran. The light was something Danny hadn't seen for five years, he squinted and covered his eyes. Lielay pulled his hand away as she guided him along the path.
"The light isn't going to kill you." Albain snickered as he went past Danny and ran next to Lielay. Joshua, Sawn, and the elf ran behind with Danny.
"Almost there." Lielay panted.
Turning one last corner, Lielay let loose a cheer for they had made it safely back to the wood elf army. A huge group of elves still stood near the tunnel. Some were wounded, some were dead, but mostly the others were just tired. Albain spotted the search and rescue team he had assigned and walked over to them. "It's OK, now. We found her."
The group cheered and scattered off into the crowd. After a few minutes one elf was raised high above so he could get their attention. He shouted for silence. Everyone stopped talking and looked. "Thank you. Word has it that there are only a couple forts still controlled by the orcs and dark elves. An elf just informed me that the fort Vic'Nance ruled was just slaughtered by a group of only five elves. One a female." Lielay got mad. She wasn't just a female; she wanted to be counted as the same as all the others. "So onward to take control of Crushbone for good!"
"A little hyped up about this, huh?" Sawn pointed to the elf while he whispered into Lielay's ear.
Everyone cheered and hollered. It sounded almost like thunder, but it was just the crowd of elves. They started running in the directions of the last forts; including Emperor Crush's. Lielay looked the direction where one fortress stood hovering in the distance. She then stood watching Albain and Danny fighting over something, she couldn't stand seeing them fight together. Her brother was talking to Sawn about what was in the fortresses and how many orcs were in each one.
"Hurry up you five, everyone is ordered to.. Lielay is that you again? Where is your armor?"
Lielay looked at the elf in armor that was talking to her. It was the General again. "Why hello again, General. My armor is still in the dungeon at Lord Vic'Nance's fortress."
"So it was you five that slaughtered that fortress," He looked at Joshua, Albain, Danny, and Sawn. His eyes went immediately back to Danny, "Who are you?"
"Me? I'm Danny Oakfeller," he stepped over to Lielay, " I'm married to Lielay." He smiled.
"But.. But. but you're supposed to be dead!" The General stumbled back.
"To make a long story short, I was a prisoner for five years." Danny sighed.
"Well.. ummm. move out recruits! We have fortress' to take!" The General ran towards a fortress with great speed.
Albain stood glaring at Danny with outrageous hate. He knew that somehow he must have Lielay love him instead of Danny. Joshua stood shaking his head slowly, how could two elves fight over his sister so much?
"Shall we?" Danny said as he offered Lielay his arm.
She took his arm and turned around and motioned Albain to take her other arm. Danny tried to pull Lielay away, but with her force she stayed put until Albain had her other arm. Joshua and Sawn followed right behind the three. Off they walked towards the dark fortress.
"I think we should fight outside the fort since we have no armor and it could be dangerous in there." Lielay told her group.
"We should send Albain the Great in there, hopefully he'll die." Danny coldly said.
"Danny," Lielay was shocked, "don't say that!" Too late, Albain already pounced onto Danny, slamming him to the ground. They punched each other with such power that would have put a weaker being into a coma. "Stop it! Stop it now!" Lielay shrieked.
There was blood on the ground by the two; their weapons lay forgotten a few feet away. Joshua and Sawn were trying to break up the fight but they were only hit hard by one of the two fighters. Sawn was punched so hard that he went flying three feet away into some bushes.
"Damn it! Knock it off you two, stop this now!" Lielay said through shakes and tears.
Danny and Albain still didn't hear Lielay's words. Albain's face was covered in blood from his bloody nose and a huge cut above his brow. Danny's nose was swollen up and turning purple, it looked like it was broken. Sawn was standing a few yards away not wanting to get in between the fight again. Joshua was now trying to shout at them, but his words were ignored too. Lielay was backing away slowly ready to run back to the tunnel and back to Birria's house for comfort. Shock and sadness filled Lielay's face as Danny and Albain tried to kill each other. Joshua turned towards Lielay and behind her stood a tall hooded figure in a long, billowing cloak.
"Lielay behind you!" Joshua screamed at her.
Lielay walked right into the figure without turning around and she screamed at the top of her lungs once she felt a hand on her shoulder. Albain heard and stopped, he looked up as Danny still punched him. "Lielay!" Albain yelled.
Danny stopped suddenly and looked at Lielay screaming and saw the tall, black hooded creature behind her. The two jumped up and started to run towards her. Joshua and Sawn were already in front of them. Still screaming, Lielay stood, frozen with terror, she didn't even turn around to see what she walked into.
"Get away from her!" Joshua yelled at the creature.
A bright blue light grew in the creature's hands and bolted past Lielay and hit Sawn and Joshua. The two flew back ten feet, covered with the blue light. It seemed to be trying to burn their skin off. Albain stopped and raised his hands, a blue light came from his hands too, but his light began to heal Joshua and Sawn.
Danny still ran towards Lielay, he jumped and pushed her out of the way. On the ground Danny stood up immediately and faced the black figure. Lielay crawled to Joshua and Sawn, blue light came from out from her palms too, Joshua and Sawn grew stronger from both Lielay's and Albain's healing power. The hooded figure stared at Danny, and then it started to laugh a hearty laugh. It wasn't bone chilling or anything like it; it was a warming laugh, a friendly one. The hood fell off its head and they all stared at a human male.
"I didn't mean to scare you all like that." The human said through laughter.
"What the hell was that for!" Sawn shouted as he was helped to his feet.
"I'm sorry. I thought you all were going to kill me. I over reacted." He lifted his sleeve and dried the tears of laughter from his eyes.
"We were going to kill you." Danny sneered.
"Who are you?" Lielay said shakily.
"Yumil Breskin all the way from Freeport, at your service." He bowed.
