" And why would I do something like that you fool?" Slyvannas remarked, seeing the boy king release a sigh of frustration.
" Lady windrunner would you please be cooperative. We received this mission from Ze'ra and I certainly can't do it alone." He said, standing before Slyvannas who at the moment was reading a book while relaxing on the couch.
" What does this have to do with me boy King? Why would I want to go down to some disgusting crypt?" She replied sharply, as the conversation began to quickly irritate her sensibilities. Although she knew quite well what was being asked of her but who was she to go on a quest for that insufferable Narru!
The young King became confused at her response. Was he not clear enough? And why was she making this so hard for him, surely she wasn't that upset at her imprisonment? She was living lavishly unlike most of her victims.
" Ask me anything except to release you and it shall be done if you go with me." Anduin said desperately before getting a look of enticement from the Windrunner.
" Scared are we?"
Not scared, just want to get things done. I woke up early this morning to talk to you Sylvanas and apparently this quest is very important to Zer'ra." He said, watching her suddenly shut the book and stand up.
Slyvanas came within inches of his face."And you will be about your word boy king?"
Anduin nearly held his breath as she came closer to his face. Warchief or not this was the first time a woman had come to him in such a seductive manner. His eyes became enamored in her platinum blonde hair along with her pale skin. It was widely accepted that although Sylvanas was undead,she was still quite beautiful.
Sapphire met ruby as Anduin began to feel like he was drowning in her gaze. This is what she wanted, Sylvanas enjoyed seeing him squirm under pressure and anxiety. However would could she ask of him?
He reassures her." Yes I will uphold my end lady windrunner."
The warchief smiled even more, she actually believed him but it was not because of his priestly piety,it was due to the look of his body. It screamed loyalty to her in this moment. So perhaps her plan would work after all.
" Kiss me boy king." She commanded bluntly.
The young king became bewildered. " What did you say?"
" l said kiss me boy King was that not plain enough to you?" She asked.
Anduin face showed confusion. " That's all you want?"
Sylvanas released a huff of annoyance." Is this request not simple enough for you? Yes that is all that I ask boy king!Now will you do it or would you like to go on this journey alone?"
" Well if that's it then I suppose there's nothing wrong with that." Anduin said, relaxing his face to prepare for the kiss.
The Warchief didn't give him any time to pause as she brought there lips together in a fury of lust.
Anduin was surprised at the feel of slight warmth on her lips as they maneuvered over his own. He had originally thought her lips would be cold due to her curse of undeath. However he would be proven wrong as his own lips fell into the deadly dance of lust.
Slyvanas suddenly felt large hands grab her waist as he pulled her closer.
"How dare he do something so blunt! But who would have thought the young king had it in." She thought, becoming more entranced in the kiss before she ran her fingers through his long blond hair.
Anduin felt passion stirring him as his body began to lose control. A euphoria possessed his body, causing the young king to become more aggressive in the kiss.
Sylvanas let loose a sound of satisfaction. How many years has it been since a man kissed her like this? She forgot the feeling of passion and lust, replacing it with anger and hatred to soothe her agony.
The former Warchief ran her sharp nails over his cotton shirt, eternally wishing that it was somewhere else besides on his body.
Anduin hands moved further down her waist, admiring her womanly curves and pushing her back against the bookcase.
Slyvannas, not one for being dominated wrapped her legs around his waist and forcefully pulled him in.
" You will not be in control here boy!" She breathed out, grabbing his chin as sapphire meet ruby once again.
The young king nearly lost his breath, slowly breathing in and out trying to regain his sense of composure.
" You got what you wanted, now we need to stop!" Anduin said.
Sylvanas grind widely," fair enough but we were just getting started little lion afraid that I might bite!"
"Perhaps he is afraid of what he will do,former Warchief." A voice suggested between them, surprising the two respected leaders of their fraction.
" Creature of the light, how surprising of you to butt in on our business!" Slyvannas said sarcastically.
" She has a name you know!"
The Warchief looked at the young king and scoffed. " I'm sorry did I offend your sensibilities light welder? Would you like a tissue for your tears or perhaps a blanket to comfort your sorrow." She laughed.
Anduin gave her a irritated look before he replied but was quickly stopped by the naaru.
" Don't waste your breath on addressing ignorant things Anduin. Now is not the time to fight or argue, you two must get started on your journey."
" And who said that I was going?" Sylvanas complained.
" But I kept my end of the bargain, now it's time to keep yours! If you don't come light so help me I will drag you to the catacombs myself!
" I would like to see you try boy King! Do not lay a hand on me,least you want your hand separated from your arm! You being foolish fell for my ruse!" Slyvannas argued back.
Zer'ra watched the two bicker for some time before she decided to step in.
" Warchief you don't have a choice in the matter, just look around you."
" What in the hell are you talking about?" Slyvanans spat before she looked around to see that they were no longer in her quarters. Instead the three of them stood at the entrance of a dark crypt. The smell of mold quickly entered i her nostrils while cobwebs surrounded the walls nearest to her. In some ways it was a reminder of home, but she sensed great darkness from these catacombs. Even this brought a sinking feeling to her stomach,she hadn't felt this feeling of dread in a long time,not since...
" Look behind us young king and former war chief." Zer'ra explained as she motioned them towards her back.
Anduin and Slyvannas was shocked to see a barrier between light and dark that came to a stop right where Zer'ra was standing.
" For a millennia I've wondered what was at the heart of this palace after my consciousness took over. It was not an accident that I died here, the light had its will and my presence stopped a great darkness from overcoming Pandaria."
"What do you mean by Darkness,you couldn't possibly mean the Shah? Anduin wondered.
The naaru nodded in affirmation." Overtime I scoured the books in this palace, looking for an answer to the darkness that resided at the heart. It wasn't until recently, after you came here that I found my answer. On the grounds of this palace is where the first Shah was discovered. Although destroyed, its spirit lingered, growing stronger over the years. As fate would have it my presence here kept it from growing, however with you two being here it began to feed off your negative emotions and now it's time to put an end to its existence."
" This creature has grown stronger from simply feeding off of my negative emotions, how fascinating" Sylvanas said with intrigue.
"Some say the Shah is a fragment or residual remnant of the old gods is that true?"Anduin asked.
" That is indeed true but you two must be careful,even through a small fragment an old Gods whisper can drive anyone insane, even a being like myself if my guard is down."
" What if you're already hearing whispers." Sylvanas confessed.
The naaru wore a look of concern before she addressed Sylvanas. " Then we need to hurry before it possess you. It most likely synced with you due to your affinity with darkness, but you already knew that didn't you?"
The young king had never seen the warchief worried but the look on her face certainly revealed her emotions. " It started about a day ago. I Tried to block it out but the voice is only getting louder."
" Then we have to move now, can't have you more insane than you already are." Anduin chuckled.
" Go to Hell Boy King like you really care! I want the voices to stop and if it means killing that creature and strangling every bit of life it has then so be it."
" You two must go now, I don't know how long my light will hold off the darkness!" Zera urged.
Anduin wore a look of determination on his face as he stared into the dark abyss of the catacombs. He thought his mission was just to watch his prisoner but now he had to stop a great evil from overtaking the palace. The young king turned to his enemy, silently hoping that she would not betray him in the catacombs and look for an escape.
Sylvanas saw the concern on the young king's face and reassured him that she would not betray him but not for any noble reason.
" Your light is a great defense against that darkness which resides in the catacombs, if you die, I can't find my way out little lion.
" Fair enough, are you ready?"
The former war chief grunted in displeasure. " I was teleported down here, now come on,I don't have all day to argue with you!"
" If you two are in agreement then you may proceed to the entrance." Zer'ra confirmed.
The two leaders nodded in agreement as they walked towards the entrance of the catacombs, however a large stone door blocked their path.
" How in the hells are we supposed to open this thing!" Slyvannas said.
" There's first a riddle we must solve, it's in writing on the doorway." Anduin pointed out as he ran his hand over the encrypted words.
" What language is this, it's clearly not Pandarian?" She wondered.
" Seems like an ancient form of the language, I can make out some of the words and mostly the ending is clear." Anduin replied as he mumbled more words to himself before finally solving the riddle.
" What heals darkness lady windrunner?" Anduin asked.
She said nothing for a few brief moments, thinking over his ridiculous question before the answer finally came to her mind.
Slyvannas rolled her eyes before she gave her reply to the young king's question." As you pompous, pious light wilders say,the light heals the darkness." She mocked.
Anduin smirked, " Yes it does." He confirmed as he channeled holy power into his hand and placed his palm on the cold surface of the door. Soon a great sound was heard as the doors slowly moved back,revealing a pitch black walkway.
" Use your hand to light the way boy king, we can't see a damn thing!" Slyvannas suggested.
Anduin nodded in agreement as he used an orb of holy power to light the path. The two warriors slowly made their way into the crypt, making out stacks of skeletons along the walls but they were not human or elven as Anduin first thought.
" I've killed enough Pandarians to know their skeletons." She said bluntly, picking up a large pelvic bone and then pointing to the large canines in a skull.
" The workers must have been buried after they completed the work or they died on the job." Anduin observed as they made their way further into the catacombs.
" These tunnels may go for miles under the palace, we have to find a way to track the Shah. Otherwise we may be spending an eternity in this maze."
Anduin bent down and pointed at the bones.
" It looks like something has been feeding off of the bones, it must be the Shah. But I'm surprised you didn't catch this lady windrunner,after all you are the best hunter on Azeroth." He laughed.
Slyvannas lightly smacked the boy king on his head. " The ignorant things that come out of your mouth doesn't even surprise me anymore but the creature did leave a good trail behind." She agreed
"How do you know it didn't feed on these things years ago?" Anduin asked.
The former Warchief picked up a rib bone and showed it to his face. " There's a good amount of black saliva on these bones, chances are it just fed before we got here."
Anduin nodded his head in agreement before he formed two orbs of light. " You have more illumination, now you can lead the way huntress."
Slyvannas rolled her eyes before she moved forward without a word. The trial was hot and if she was alive her blood would be warm with the thrill of the hunt. Even through the decades she always loved a good hunt,whether it be man or monster. However one thing concerned her and that was the environment. The cramped walls left little to no movement besides a few feet back and a few feet forward. Also with the numerous amounts of bones and skeletons one trip or fall would mean death if they faced the Shah head on. As the concerns mounted in her head Slyvannas came to the conclusion that this was indeed her hardest hunt.
" I will be honest with you for a moment boy king, in all of my years hunting this will be my most difficult one. I'm saying all this to say that you need to have my back and be very alert,we can't afford to have anyone distracted,even for a moment. At least if you don't want to die." She explained.
Anduin released a heavy sigh, " I figured, not very much space,much less to run side to side or avoid attacks. But I'm confident we will survive this and you'll be back in your room brooding around in no time." He joked.
" Do you always joke around boy King! This is very serious business and I didnt even choose to be here in the first place, I was captured remember!" She said much louder than intended as they came to the entrance of a large dome like structure.
Anduin could hear the echo in her voice bouncing off of the structure. He was almost distracted by the pitch-black darkness before he replied back sharply. " You deserve to be here lady windrunner,remember you wanted to dominate the world! At least take some responsibility for the situation you're in and you should be thanking me,after all, the horde wanted to take your head along with the alliance and I chose to spare your life!"
Slyvannas had reached her breaking point with Anduin, his annoyance and holier than thou attitude had been too much for her to handle. " The weak deserve to get trampled upon by the strong! What don't you get about that? I did what I wanted to do because I was strong. I wanted to crush your puny Alliance and anyone who ever stood against me!"
Anduin rolled his eyes and scoffed in disbelief. " You're just a woman who is still hurt by what Arthas had done to her. Why don't you just get over it already,many people have been hurt by Arthas not just you, have you heard of the death Knights you foolish elf." Anduin argued back.
Slyvnnas gripped the hilts of her daggers tightly, wanting nothing more than to gut the man where he stood but she was cunning with the tongue as well. " And you're just an insecure, virgin,prince who is still upset by his father's death."
Anduin wore a look of hurt but then switched to that of hate. " By the way you talk and act! One would think that Arthas also raped you as well, perhaps therapy would help!"
A loud thud could be heard at Sylvanas tackled the prince onto the floor as they rolled around fighting like animals.
The former warchief punched the prince in his face" You bastard, that monster did take advantage of me for years. Do you know how it felt to not have any power of your own to stop him!"
" Who cares witch! You probably enjoyed every moment of it! I saw the children you slaughtered! Now you want to bring up emotions and feelings you didn't give those children the same mercy!" Anduin yelled, while grabbing her wrist in a tight grip.
" You're right I enjoyed seeing them slaughtered,just like how I enjoyed seeing your father burst into dust like the dog he was!" She hissed.
Anduin grabbed her hair in a tight grip as he reversed to hold and elbowed her in the ribs. "I'm going to kill you now and find my own way out of the catacombs,I'll be doing the world a favor!"
" I won't go down easily boy! Just because I don't have my powers doesn't mean that I can't castrate you!"
The two of them quick froze as they heard a loud laughter coming from the depths of the tunnel.It got closer and closer, the voice getting more sinister as it approached.
Suddenly light- illuminated the dome of the catacombs as a dark figure stood in front of them. " The wonderful thing about being a Shah is being able to get people to embrace their darker side. I felt both of your negative emotions as soon as you entered the tombs. After that it was easy to set up a trail and bring you here."
" You influenced us to say those horrible things to each other, to get us distracted!" Anduin said.
The dark creature laughed and shook his head. " no I just influenced your negative emotions,everything the windrunner said was from her own mind.I just simply used your frustration at what she said and then I twisted your thoughts so dark, It's quite delicious!" The creature grinned while it's three tongues salivated over its face.
Anduin felt defeated, he said such horrible things to her. Words that he wouldn't have uttered to her before, not even on his worst day. It was hard to imagine that this creature had such a large influence over negative emotions, it had to be killed!
" I'm deeply sorry for the words I said to you lady windrunner. To utter such horrible things is inexcusable no matter what the situation is."
Slyvannas glared at him, obviously still angry but not believing that he was apologizing for something that even she would say wasn't entirely his fault, was he really this kind? " I don't need your apology nor do I ever want to hear it again, for now let's kill this thing little lion." She said has she raised her guard.
Anduin smiled, he knew she was never going to say that she forgave him. But her response wasn't as cold as he thought it would be,maybe this was her way of forgiving him.
" Sure thing but are you sure you can keep up?" Anduin smiled as he raised his sword. They were indeed still enemies but right now he would have no problem fighting by her side and dying by her side.
Sylvanas smirked, " Little Lion you need to worry about keeping up with me and I'm in need of a good fight, my blades hunger for blood and since I can't gut you like a pig this creature would have to do!"