Okay, once again I do not own Diablo, Diablo 2, or Diablo 2 Lord of Destruction. Here is chapter two.

Chapter 2

The Betrayal of a sister

As I stood my body weakened from the previous battles with those who spawn from the depths of hell the one who handed me my sword gave me support by putting my arm around his neck.

" Zaku, is the creature dead?" Asked the one who is clothed in animal furs to the strong and powerful warrior who destroyed the light blue zombie. The warrior, whose name is now known to me as Zaku turned around and noded after picking up something off the floor of the cave. The item he picked up was a shield, it glew a light blue telling me that it had magical properties.

" Here, your shield was shattered." Said Zaku as he handed the shield to me. I took it in my left hand; it was a better shield than my former buckler.

" Thank you." I tell him. He noded and took out a blue scroll. He placed his finger beside the seal and riped it. He then opened the scroll and a portal appeared before him. The portal glew blue and I looked through it to see the rouge encampment. The magic astonishes me as the warrior Zaku walked through it and appears in the rouge encampment.

" Okay, now it's our turn are you ready?" Said the one whom supports me. I noded and together we slowly walk through the portal. It was strange going through the portal, kind of like being pulled through a pool of water with out ever getting wet. When we fully crossed to the other side I felt the warmth of the sun caress my skin for the first time in two days. It was very refreshing. Zaku was walking towards Akara's tent area and the one whom supported me held on to me as we followed in pursuit. We entered Akara's area and saw that Zaku was sitting on the ground while leaning against the wall and talking to Akara.

" The Paladin had finished most of the demons and undead in the cave before we arrived. However he was so exhausted from doing so that he almost fell against a mystically empowered Zombie. George helped the Paladin while I finished the mystic zombie." Zaku told Akara as he stared up into the sky looking at the various clouds that passed by. The sun was setting and it painted yellow streaks across the encampment casting shadows when it hit the walls. It would be dark again soon, but at least I could enjoy the warmth of the sun for a small time. The one who supported me whom I now know as George walked me over to Akara; she began to instruct George and me on what to do.

" William, lay down here and I shall create a potion to ease your tiredness and heal your wounds. George you may take all of the weapons to Charsi for repair." Akara said. George nodded and laid me down on a small blanket made of animal hides. Akara disappeared into her tent by the time this was done, making my potion. George went over to Zaku and took his buckler and axe. He then turned to me and asked if I would like him to take my sword. I looked down at my weapon, it was covered in the blood of demons and the deceased, it had chips along the sides of it, and the handle had become lose. I handed it to him and thanked him for getting it repaired. Once he left the walls of the area we were in I turned to Zaku and broke the silence.

" Thank you for saving me from that creature. I am William, William Milfose, and a Paladin. I know you are a great warrior who goes by the name of Zaku, but can you tell me more about your self?" I asked him. He stared at me for a few moments, determining if he could trust me or not.

" I am Zaku, and am a member of what your people call the barbarian tribes. I came this way with George, who is a Druid to find and kill the dark wanderer whom is causing the dead to rise from the graves and demons to spew from the depths of hell." Zaku tells me, while he does this he looks up to the sky once again and looks among the clouds.

" Well it appears Zaku, that we are all trying to do the same task here. I ask, would it be alright for me to accompany you along the way?" I ask him. While I ask him this George appears in the entryway and is leaning against it. Zaku turns to his druid cousin and raises an eyebrow. George simply nods and Zaku turns back to me.

" It would be fine by us to have the company of a strong and noble warrior on our quest." Zaku says to me. I nod; it will be good to have their company on my journey. George still leaning against the entry way looked over to the shield, which still grows a slight blue.

" Are you intending on identifying that shield?" He asks me. I look down at it then reach into my pouch and retrieve the scroll that was given to me only a few hours ago. I break the red seal on the scroll and place the scroll on the shield. As soon as the paper comes into contact with the shield it glows and the shield turns to normal. I turn the scroll over and see that writing has appeared on it.

" The Shield of thorns. Thoust whom posses thy shield shall have the power to block attacks that shatter stone with more ease, thoust will also posses better speed and dexterity." The scroll reads. It is at this time that Akara comes out of her tent holding a bottle filled with purple liquid. She brought it to me and put it to my lips to drink down. The potion was rather bitter, like a glass of wine but I felt its effects already working. I straped the shield to my arm and George extended his hand to help me up. I took his hand and got on my feet, still a bit weak. Zaku was already walking towards the center of camp; George and I walked behind him. We walked through the camp, night was falling and the guards along the entrances were growing even wearier from the constant guard duty. We soon arrived by the fire and bathe in its warmth; even though the rain has left this place the cold is still present. I sat on the ground and leaned against my stash that has been placed there by Warriv. Zaku and George sat next to bags made of animal skins and cloth. No sooner had we rested than rouge ran into camp bleeding and exhausted. She stumbled and fell to the ground in front of Zaku. He bent down and picked her up, George assisted and I went to fetch Kayasha. I was starting to run towards Charsi in hopes of finding Kayasha near her. Before I had even gotten there Kayasha was running past me with incredible speed. I ran after her, as she had some how already known what was going on.

When Kayasha and I arrived back at where the rouge had come into town we found that Zaku and George had placed her inside Warriv's wagon. She lay on top of furs as George took and potion he had in his sash and placed it to her lips. She drank slowly from the bottle only nursing it at first. Kayasha got into the wagon after the potion was gone and asked George to leave her with the rouge for a few moments. George complied as he jumped out and joined Zaku and I. We waited patiently for a few minutes before Kayasha jumped out of the wagon furious about something. She walked towards us and almost yelling told us what happened.

" That was Elly, one of my rouge scouts and she has just reported to me a abomination in the monastery graveyard. It appears Andariel has corrupt Blood Raven, one of our finest rouges. She is raising our dead from the graves and is preparing an army to fight against us. One that killed three of Elly's companions whom were among the finest rouges we have. I am going to meet with Akara, and see if we can move the camp in the few hours that we have before the get here." She told us, before walking towards Akara's tent, feeling more defeated than ever. I decided that I had to do something about this.

" Kayasha wait." I yelled to her. She turned to me and with out words sighed as if saying what.

" We shall go and fight blood raven and banish her army of darkness back to the depths from which the sprang." I told her. Zaku and George looked at me but knew if I didn't say anything, one of them would. Kayasha responded to this in a way I didn't expect, she laughed.

" Paladin I try to mean no offense here, but what you are proposing is quite impossible. Blood Raven is known for her incredible archer abilities and her swiftness. That is why she was one of the rouges who went and fought Diablo in Tristram. However if you insist on trying then so be it, I will give you three hours to be back. We shall be readying the camp to be moved in the mean time." She said to us. With that she turned and continued her walk to Akara. With no words spoken between us, Zaku, George, and I all left the encampment and started to follow the mud road that the rouges had formed over time.

With darkness on us it wasn't easy to find our way, even with a road. George stopped and looked to the sky, he held up his arm and soon I heard a bird. George then took the lead of our little group as Zaku and I followed in. We walked in silence for a few moments before Zaku grabed me and pushed me down into the ground. At first I was taken back quite a bit by this, why would he do such a thing? Then as I got up I saw an arrow in a tree not to far behind me, he had indeed saved my life once more.

We all looked in the direction in which the arrow came and made out the figure of a woman leaning against the rock walls which layed out various areas in this region. She was panting and getting ready to load another arrow when the large bird I heard earlier swooped down and snatched it with its talons.

We all approached the woman, our weapons drawn and ready. As we got closer we could see that it was a rouge, one that was exhausted and wounded. When she saw us she lowered her bow and sighed in releaf, help had arrived for her. George reached his hand into his sash and withdrew a small red bottle, which he uncorked and handed to the rouge. After she drank it she began to talk and tell us what happened.

" Sorry for shooting at you, I thought you were one of those zombies or some other abomination. I'm Flavie, a rouge scout for this area. I was with Elly's group and barley managed to make it out of the graveyard." She told us, Zaku then cut in.

" Can you tell us what kind of enemies there are in this area?" He questioned. She took another swig of the potion before answering.

" Well, there are the usual demon ken and zombies, however there are also brutes, which are big beast that Andariel managed to corrupt. There are also corrupted rouges, which is more of Andariel's handy work, they have weapons, but their minds are so corrupted with hatred that they are in a constant rage. They attack with the upmost furry and it's best if you take them down before they can get to close." She told us, after this she drank the rest of the potion.

" Can you tell us how to get to the monastery graveyard?" Zaku questioned. With these words Flavie got up, took a arrow, and placed it on her bow. Before she fired it she concentrated on the arrow and then when it launched from it's rest on her bow in ignited in flames. It flew through the sky and landed a couple hundred yards away.

" Where my arrow landed, that is where the graveyard is. I shall stay here and make sure that those spawn of Andariel do not get past the cold plains. I wish you luck and hope to see you all alive again." She told us. I nodded as well as George, Zaku simply stood waiting for us.

We departed from Flavie and continued our way to the graveyard, the arrow still clearly visible. As we walked I could hear the noises of creatures in the distance, perhaps the brutes that Flavie talked about. I was disturbed from my thoughts when I felt the warmth of flame around me. I looked down and saw that two blue fires had appeared and lit a piece of land I had seen in the encampment. This was a wave point. Zaku looked back at me and walked to the wave point as well.

" George, the Paladin found the wave point for this area." Zaku yelled to George.