[A/N] There may be an end to this torment yet! You have to read in order
to find out. **Evil Snicker** Note, I am really bad at fighting scenes,
so please, forgive? **Song is 'Tourniquet' by Evanescence**
Chapter Seventeen – Anguish
Hold on to me love
I know I can't stay long
All I wanted to say was I love you and I'm not afraid Can you hear me? Can you feel me in your arms?
Drizzt curled further into himself, closing his lavender eyes tightly against the vivid memories, trying to forget everything. His entire body trembled softly from the abuse, from the pain.
All he wanted was for his beloved Mielikke to take him from this hell.
Holding my last breath Safe inside myself Are all my thoughts of you Sweet rapture light It ends here tonight
Coming out of his thoughts for the first time in hours, Drizzt thought he heard an alarm going off on the outside of his small cell. His heart told him that his friends had come for him, but his mind told him that they couldn't have possibly gotten through the heavily guarded fortress.
I'll miss the winter
A world of fragile things
Look for me in the white forest Hiding in a hollow tree (come find me)
Catti-brie walked almost silently behind Gabriel, who had led the group down there. Surprisingly, the others followed, hardly making a sound. Even Bruenor was fairly quiet. When the first guards passed them, Catti- brie used Taulmaril to take them out, allowing the group to progress further down the tunnel.
Unfortunately, they were discovered further down the hallway.
Their cover had been seen and a dozen drow, further down the long corridor, attacked the companions.
Using Khazid'hea, Catti-brie fought fiercely against her opponent, using the techniques that Drizzt had taught her all those years ago. Surprise was on her side and, when the warrior's attention wavered, she used the ghost step to get behind him and, using Cutter, she cut his head from his shoulders. After having quickly disposing of him, she turned to face her next opponent.
I knew you hear me
I can taste it in your tears
Drizzt tried to lift his head, thinking he had heard sounds of a fight outside of the cell, but blood loss and pain made the world spin around him and the cut to his temple made the world hazy with pain. Bells were ringing in his ears, his mind reeling from the pain. His desperate thoughts turned towards Catti-brie, the rest of the Companions. Tears welled in the corners of his lavender eyes, thinking of how he would never see them again. He loved them all dearly, though not nearly as much as he loved Cat.
Holding my last breath
Safe inside myself Are all my thoughts of you Sweet rapture light
It ends here tonight
Regis and Bruenor were working as a team against the drow. While the halfling distracted them, Bruenor used his axe to cut their legs out from underneath them. While they fell to the ground, in pain from their cut legs, Regis used his little mace to viciously knock it against his head.
Wulfgar, on the other hand, had his hands full. Drow surrounded him, attacking him from every side, assuming that, because of his size; the barbarian would have trouble fighting them. Using the adamantium handle of Aegis-Fang, the barbarian blocked the attack of one of the drow, using his hand to grab the warrior's head, crushing the fragile skull in his strong grip. Bringing the mighty warhammer across, he easily cut through another warrior's defenses, the hammer's head burying itself into the drow's soft flesh.
Gabriel stood in the corner, true to his word, only fighting when directly attacked by the drow. The bright, silvery steel of his long knives flashed as they spun around his hands in a blur, quickly getting past the drow's defenses and killing him. After losing only one of their numbers to the quick Luchièlt High Lord, they stayed away from him.
After ten of the dozen had been killed, the other two fled, not wanting to met their ends upon the blades of the companions. Catti-brie grabbed the keys from the hook next to the door of one of the cells. Looking inside, to see who was inside, her sapphire eyes widened and she felt like she was going to be sick.
Closing your eyes to disappear
You pray your dreams will leave you here But still you wake and know the truth
No one's there
Drizzt heard the keys turning in the lock, the door slowly opening. Suppressing a moan, he curled in on himself further, afraid of who it was that come to torture him further. After all he had been through, he was afraid of what that McGristle had done to him. Because of it, he felt filthy, both inside and out, not just dirty on the outside.
What Catti-brie saw would give her nightmares for years to come. Drizzt's entire back was a raw, bloody mess, and the renegade ranger was shaking visibly. A small pool of blood had formed beneath his naked body, and he was curled in on himself, and it was a miracle to her that he wasn't screaming in pain. She rushed to his side, lightly touching his shoulder.
Drizzt jerked back sharply, his breaths sharp and painful. His body felt like it was one fire, and even the gentlest touch to his sorely bruised and lashed skin sent needles of pain through his awareness. The soft voice that accompanied the touch stopped the abused drow immediately, his lavender eyes widening.
"Drizzt," Catti-brie couldn't stop the tears that poured down her cheeks at the sight of what her friend had gone through. "Drizzt, it be us, yer friends. We came her t' bring ye back. We're here now, and we won't be lettin' anyone hurt ye anymore."
Those lavender eyes slowly turned to look into those sapphire ones. His normally melodic voice was hoarse from thirst and hunger, hoarse from the screams of pain and humiliation. Tears were pouring down those cut and bruised cheeks, pouring from the pain-filled eyes as the orbs widened considerably in recognition.
"Cat?" He tried to raise his hand to touch her cheek, but his strength failed him and he let his hand drop to his side. Carefully, she laid his head in her lap as Gabriel came into the room, using a soft cotton blanket to cover the drow's nakedness. "Is that you?"
Gently, she laid her hand on his cheek, letting him know that she was there. Wulfgar stood next to her, looking down at what had happened to his friend in open disgust.
"We're here Drizzt." He said softly, looking into the drow's eyes. "We're here."
Say goodnight
Don't be afraid Calling me calling me as you fade to back
[A/N] Hope you like. It took me a while to get it right. It's late and my parents are going to kill me for not doing homework so that I can get this done for you!
Chapter Seventeen – Anguish
Hold on to me love
I know I can't stay long
All I wanted to say was I love you and I'm not afraid Can you hear me? Can you feel me in your arms?
Drizzt curled further into himself, closing his lavender eyes tightly against the vivid memories, trying to forget everything. His entire body trembled softly from the abuse, from the pain.
All he wanted was for his beloved Mielikke to take him from this hell.
Holding my last breath Safe inside myself Are all my thoughts of you Sweet rapture light It ends here tonight
Coming out of his thoughts for the first time in hours, Drizzt thought he heard an alarm going off on the outside of his small cell. His heart told him that his friends had come for him, but his mind told him that they couldn't have possibly gotten through the heavily guarded fortress.
I'll miss the winter
A world of fragile things
Look for me in the white forest Hiding in a hollow tree (come find me)
Catti-brie walked almost silently behind Gabriel, who had led the group down there. Surprisingly, the others followed, hardly making a sound. Even Bruenor was fairly quiet. When the first guards passed them, Catti- brie used Taulmaril to take them out, allowing the group to progress further down the tunnel.
Unfortunately, they were discovered further down the hallway.
Their cover had been seen and a dozen drow, further down the long corridor, attacked the companions.
Using Khazid'hea, Catti-brie fought fiercely against her opponent, using the techniques that Drizzt had taught her all those years ago. Surprise was on her side and, when the warrior's attention wavered, she used the ghost step to get behind him and, using Cutter, she cut his head from his shoulders. After having quickly disposing of him, she turned to face her next opponent.
I knew you hear me
I can taste it in your tears
Drizzt tried to lift his head, thinking he had heard sounds of a fight outside of the cell, but blood loss and pain made the world spin around him and the cut to his temple made the world hazy with pain. Bells were ringing in his ears, his mind reeling from the pain. His desperate thoughts turned towards Catti-brie, the rest of the Companions. Tears welled in the corners of his lavender eyes, thinking of how he would never see them again. He loved them all dearly, though not nearly as much as he loved Cat.
Holding my last breath
Safe inside myself Are all my thoughts of you Sweet rapture light
It ends here tonight
Regis and Bruenor were working as a team against the drow. While the halfling distracted them, Bruenor used his axe to cut their legs out from underneath them. While they fell to the ground, in pain from their cut legs, Regis used his little mace to viciously knock it against his head.
Wulfgar, on the other hand, had his hands full. Drow surrounded him, attacking him from every side, assuming that, because of his size; the barbarian would have trouble fighting them. Using the adamantium handle of Aegis-Fang, the barbarian blocked the attack of one of the drow, using his hand to grab the warrior's head, crushing the fragile skull in his strong grip. Bringing the mighty warhammer across, he easily cut through another warrior's defenses, the hammer's head burying itself into the drow's soft flesh.
Gabriel stood in the corner, true to his word, only fighting when directly attacked by the drow. The bright, silvery steel of his long knives flashed as they spun around his hands in a blur, quickly getting past the drow's defenses and killing him. After losing only one of their numbers to the quick Luchièlt High Lord, they stayed away from him.
After ten of the dozen had been killed, the other two fled, not wanting to met their ends upon the blades of the companions. Catti-brie grabbed the keys from the hook next to the door of one of the cells. Looking inside, to see who was inside, her sapphire eyes widened and she felt like she was going to be sick.
Closing your eyes to disappear
You pray your dreams will leave you here But still you wake and know the truth
No one's there
Drizzt heard the keys turning in the lock, the door slowly opening. Suppressing a moan, he curled in on himself further, afraid of who it was that come to torture him further. After all he had been through, he was afraid of what that McGristle had done to him. Because of it, he felt filthy, both inside and out, not just dirty on the outside.
What Catti-brie saw would give her nightmares for years to come. Drizzt's entire back was a raw, bloody mess, and the renegade ranger was shaking visibly. A small pool of blood had formed beneath his naked body, and he was curled in on himself, and it was a miracle to her that he wasn't screaming in pain. She rushed to his side, lightly touching his shoulder.
Drizzt jerked back sharply, his breaths sharp and painful. His body felt like it was one fire, and even the gentlest touch to his sorely bruised and lashed skin sent needles of pain through his awareness. The soft voice that accompanied the touch stopped the abused drow immediately, his lavender eyes widening.
"Drizzt," Catti-brie couldn't stop the tears that poured down her cheeks at the sight of what her friend had gone through. "Drizzt, it be us, yer friends. We came her t' bring ye back. We're here now, and we won't be lettin' anyone hurt ye anymore."
Those lavender eyes slowly turned to look into those sapphire ones. His normally melodic voice was hoarse from thirst and hunger, hoarse from the screams of pain and humiliation. Tears were pouring down those cut and bruised cheeks, pouring from the pain-filled eyes as the orbs widened considerably in recognition.
"Cat?" He tried to raise his hand to touch her cheek, but his strength failed him and he let his hand drop to his side. Carefully, she laid his head in her lap as Gabriel came into the room, using a soft cotton blanket to cover the drow's nakedness. "Is that you?"
Gently, she laid her hand on his cheek, letting him know that she was there. Wulfgar stood next to her, looking down at what had happened to his friend in open disgust.
"We're here Drizzt." He said softly, looking into the drow's eyes. "We're here."
Say goodnight
Don't be afraid Calling me calling me as you fade to back
[A/N] Hope you like. It took me a while to get it right. It's late and my parents are going to kill me for not doing homework so that I can get this done for you!