Ranger General

by J CAE

After Illidan's defeat, his servitors were hunted daily by the Scourge. They never thought their rescuer would be Kael's former ranger general who wanted much more than revenge. COMPLETED

8. Elma's Interlude

RANGER GENERAL by J CAE

Elma's Interlude

Cold.

Ner'zhul's arms went round the shoulders of the little girl and shielded her from the chilly winds with what human warmth he had left. Her eyes were glaring out to the endless void--the darkness all around her. She was afraid, but he knew, not of him. To her, he was a human--a young human whose face was concealed behind a visor. He reminded her of the soldiers who served his father--and she felt safe with him.

There was so much fear in the youngster's eyes--she could no longer see her father's face. Instead, that of her mother's haunted her night after night. She missed them both so much.

"Daddy..." she wept. "Where are you?"
"Hush, child," Ner'zhul gently brushed her brown hair as if she was a precious doll. "He is not coming home tonight."

"Why not?" she asked innocently, unable to see what laid in the dark void around them.

He should not have done that--should not have held a little girl hostage. But there was no choice.

This was the one thing he could do to keep Alanen from falling forever. Both Alanen and Sylvanas from falling forever.

"Call to him, Elma. He might be able to hear you." His own heart ached. Why did he have to lie to an innocent child?

"All right," the child looked out to the endless void and started calling her father's name. She anticipated for response--which did not come. She tried again, called louder, waited, and tried again. She grew more desperate with each call, until finally despair defeated her.

"He can't hear me."

"He can," the lich king assured her. "He will come for you. It is just a matter of time."

Just a matter of centuries--or eternities.

"Anub'arak, Sapphiron."

His two servants appeared and bowed before him.

"Travel to Lordaeron," was his command. "The time has come and we must grasp our destinies."

AUTHOR'S NOTE:

My computer earned a trip to the doctor's cuz a part of the floppy drive broke off. o How ever did it happen, I honestly do not know.

WE HAFTA PAY TO PLAY WOW???! Anyways, Blizzard's story plots *are* getting cheap. I mean, there's the Queen of Blades and now there's the Queen of the Forsaken. Die, Kerrigan in disguise!!! And some unlikely alliance, I mean c¡¦mon, Horde x Forsaken???! I thought Orcs wanted to be good--oh so maybe it's those bad Orcs who are still in Lordaeron...y'okay I'm still gonna be a Forsaken when WOW comes out.

Reviewers, thanks. Yay! I've broken my own review record. Never been up to 42 ^_^.

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DemonGod86: Well, I'm sorry.