Warriors of old

Chapter 2

Disclaimer: I forgot this last chapter and this is all I have to say I own nothing

The avatar looked around the room he was in and heard shuffling feet spinning around he saw footprints appearing on the dirt floor. Reaching out he grabbed the invisible person by the throat and held him in the air. "Show yourself." He ordered and the invisible person did so showing that he was a rouge. "Where did Piccard go?" Avatar asked.

"I don't know." The rouge replied and the avatar smacked him in the jaw. The rouges head snapped to the side as a trail of blood flew from his mouth.

"Where is he?" The avatar asked calmly.

"I swear I don't know." The rouge shouted. The avatar was getting angry and threw the rouge into the far wall with ease. The rouge slumped down to the floor gasping for breath.

"This is the last time I will ask you. WHERE IS HE!" The avatar shouted.

"Stonekeep, he has gone to Stonekeep to seek an alliance with Keeper Azrael the black keeper the one who killed you and King Reginald." The rouge shouted. The avatar smiled and drew his sword.

"Good." He replied as he slammed the sword down into the heart of the rogue. The avatar walked out of the room briskly. "MEN WE MARCH TO STONEKEEP!" The avatar shouted and everyone starting grabbing their weapons and supplies.

"What is there?" Reginald asked.

"Other than the keeper we just missed. Keeper Azrael." The avatar laughed and Reginald laughed as well.

(A/N: is it me or are they really evil?)

"Sir we are ready to move out." A royal guard informed.

"Ok troops lets move out!" Reginald called and they started marching in a column down the winding dirt paths of the underground. "I want 3 thieves scouting ahead for any sign of Keeper activity." Reginald ordered and three men ran off ahead.

Meanwhile at Stonekeep

"Hmm so a keeper has set up near my base. He must be very suicidal or very smart." The black keeper laughed.

"Azrael, why do we not attack them?" The elite skeleton Bane asked.

"Because I have a plan. They are weak here they only have 1 portal and we have this massive stronghold I believe they will request an alliance.

At Piccard's dungeon

"I am taking a big risk coming here but it is the only way I will stay safe from the heroes." Piccard informed his elite's. "Kessler you are one of the wiser among the elite's you go and ask for an alliance." Piccard ordered and Kessler looked up in shock before nodding a look of grim determination on his face and walked out.

Kessler walked along the dirt path very concerned, yes he was a vampire and he would resurrect if he had died but that weren't the point he was marching into the most renowned Keeper's land to propose an alliance with the bleakest news. The return of the most feared goodly warriors ever that took the horned reaper to kill. Kessler stood in front of a magic door resisting the urge to attack it as it opened and a warlock walked out. "You are?" Almeric the elite warlock asked.

"I am Kessler elite vampire and from the red dungeon." Kessler informed not backing down.

"Why are you here?" He asked

"My keeper Piccard Arrowsmith requests an alliance as we have some troubling news." Kessler informed and the warlock looked at him before signalling for Kessler to follow him through the winding stone corridors. Kessler was distracted momentarily as they walked past a torture chamber and saw the dark mistresses in there but then remembering his mission paid attention to what he was doing as he stood in front of a pale blue/purple skinned elf.

"I am Azrael, my heritage is of Night elf (Belong to Warcraft III do not own them) and I am the keeper of black what do you seek an alliance for?" Azrael asked.

"My keeper Piccard has lost his old base to enemies you know very well." Kessler informed.

"I have many enemies that I know very well Kessler get on with it." Azrael impatiently ordered and Kessler gulped.

"It is the avatar and king Reginald. They have been resurrected." Kessler replied and Azrael stood there gaping in shock.

"The avatar and Reggie?" Azrael muttered. "Well there's something I haven't felt in a long time." Azrael said as he turned to Almeric.

"What is that Azrael?" Almeric asked.

"The element of surprise." Azrael replied.

"What are we going to do about it we do not have the reaper talisman anymore and we only just managed to beat Reginald with the talisman and the avatar and reaper were evenly matched." Almeric asked quickly.

"Get training and bring all troops from around the realm as many as can be spared I have no doubt that they are on their way here now." Azrael informed Almeric nodded and walked out. Azrael turned to Kessler. "Yes I agree about the alliance send word to Piccard, if he needs resources he gets them, build up close to my dungeon but do not destroy my dungeon walls without asking first because this dungeon has held for many years." Azrael ordered and Kessler bowed before walking away back to his dungeon.

Kessler sighed in relief as he walked back into his own dungeon hearing his own dungeon heart beating around him he headed towards the dungeon heart and stepped inside of it. "I have good news. Azrael has accepted the alliance and he was surprised when I told him that." Kessler said.

"That is good pass orders to the imps to start building rooms close to but not right next to Azrael nothing against him but as a keeper I cant trust him yet not until he proves to me that I can trust him as I have to do for him.

"This is pointless." Gervaise shouted in anger as he kicked a loose stone outside of the dungeon heart.

"What is pointless?" Piccard asked nonchalantly.

"This whole alliance thing. I mean we all know what is going to happen as soon as Reginald and the avatar are dead. We will be next." Gervaise explained.

"So you are questioning my orders." Piccard stated.

"No... I mean yes... I mean no," Gervaise babbled.

"Which is it yes or no?" Piccard mused with a smirk. He loved playing mind games with Gervaise because he fell for them so easily but this time he was slightly miffed that the elite rouge was disobeying his direct orders.

"Yes I am questioning your orders but no I am not doing it to cause you harm more like trying to protect." Gervaise replied.

"This is the type of thing that will ultimately end in my annihilation. Kaleb do me 1 favour and take Gervaise to the newly built torture chamber and let the mistresses have their fun with him." Piccard informed and Kaleb grabbed the collar of Gervaise's top and dragged him out of the room. "Hmm this is going to be an interesting time." He laughed.

"Your right about that." A voice next to Piccard said and Piccard jumped and spun to be facing Azrael. Both just stood their staring at each other a game of willpower if you will neither looking away.

"This will be our greatest test as Dungeon Keepers. If we can keep an alliance working." Piccard informed.

"Yes but I believe we can do it." Azrael replied holding out his hand.

"You damn right we can." Piccard replied as he took Azrael's hand and they shook

TBC

I hope you liked it but some of you probably didn't oh well reviews I would prefer but if you want to flame me about this so be it I will do something I would regret (Send Piccard, Divinity Marine after you to shout stuff through your letter box. :p) oh yeah I forgot o thank him in the last chapter for being my beta tester. So thank you Piccard.

Oh one last thing Magnus I meant no disrespect by that comment in the review I gave for Piccard to pass to people but hey it was just the way you were portrayed.