Author's Note: Here's the second part of the story. I hope y'all have enjoyed it so far. Thanks go to my guild leader, Ailious, for starting all of this up for us, and for encouraging me to get it down on paper... Well, into the computer, at least. ;)

It's not very long, unfortunately. Hope y'all enjoy this part, anyways.

The Takeover

Part Two

Kyai stared at the envelope in her hand in confusion. She had just seen Ailious an hour before, and hadn't mentioned sending her anything. She shrugged and opened it up, quickly reading over the letter inside. She frowned at the contents.

"If he wanted to meet me, why didn't he mention it earlier. Maybe he's got something special planned." She shrugged and stuffed the letter and envelope into her pack. After a quick trip to the bank to drop some things off, she headed towards the bridge leading into Stormwind. She headed down the ramp leading to the water and waited where the letter stated.

An hour passed and Kyai was starting to get fidgety. She had gotten there when at the time the letter stated, but there hadn't been a sign of Ailious yet. She was beginning to wonder if this was just a practical joke by someone else in the guild. The sun had already started going down, and shadows filled the area. She'd give it a little while longer, and if Ailious didn't show up, she'd head back into town. She had some quests she wanted to look into, and hanging around here wasn't helping get them finished.

She was just about to give up when Ailious suddenly appeared in front of her. She jerked in surprise then smiled. "Greetings, sir. I was beginning to think someone had played a joke on me." When she got no reaction, she looked more closely at him. Something seemed off about him. He was just standing there, staring at her.

"Is everything alright, sire? Are you feeling ill? I might have a potion in my pack for y…"

She didn't get to finish the sentence as Ailious raised his fist and struck her on the side of the head. Just before she passed out, she thought she saw something glinting in his hand.

Kyai shook her head and shivered. When she had woken up, she found that she had been chained in some dark place, with damp stone walls and water lapping around her feet. She'd tried to move out of the water but the chains holding her in place were very short, to short to allow her to move more than a few inches. She could tell by scent that she was somewhere outdoors, but it was too dark for her to see anything. And the echo of the moving of the water in the confined space was just loud enough that she couldn't get any auditory cues from her surroundings. All she knew for sure was that the water was rising, slowly but surely. It had made it to her waist already. If she wasn't found or able to free herself soon, she would drown.