Chapter Five-Enter Demetriss and Sambaa

A few days later, Alice logged on, found Shaddowzz's corpse and resurrected on the spot. Only, the corpse of PopeMercutio was nowhere to be seen.

Huh, that's funny, perhaps the noob got smart and rezzed, Alice thought, but shrugged and went on to the Westbrook Garrison. There she got a quest that entailed the annihilation of some riverpaw gnolls.

The quest itself was simple, kill a few gnolls and report back to the Garrison. Alice was nearly finished when a truly despicable monster came onto the scene- Hoggar!

Being a puny level 12, Shadowzz screamed and ran from the elite. Only, it was too late, he had set his sight on her and would kill her at all costs! Many other gnolls joined in on the hunt for warlock blood.

When who should arrive on the scene but PopeMercutio (aka Derek)? Decked in new and improved armor, Derek runs to her rescue. And as the gnolls hacked away at his health, miraculously, he healed when at the brink of death! In sheer amazement, Shaddowzz looks to her left to see a green haired, tall, slim, comely night elf druid.

Once all the attacking gnolls bite the bullet, PopeMercutio heals Shaddowzz.

"Long time no see, milady."

"Derek, you are awesome, I never have seen a level 14 fight light that, with such virility, such fervor-oh it's enough to make a night elf swoon!" exclaimed the green haired beauty.

Without wasting a second, Alice typed, "WTF?" and stalked off into the trees toward the river. Out of her backpack, she brought out a little cat carrier. The Siamese inside mewled at her pitifully as if sensing the pain in her heart.

Back in the gnoll camp, the green haired beautiful fumed, "How rude, we charge to her rescue and she doesn't thank us or even give us her name!"

"Ahh, don't worry about it, Demetriss," Derek typed, "Shaddowzz just doesn't deal well with people."

"So you know her?"

"Ya, I made a fool of myself back in Northshire Abbey in front of her and she hasn't exactly let me live it down."

There is a subtle clink and Derek typed, "Oh, Sambaa's on, let's invite him to do something."

With a whoosh, Sambaa, a level 24 gnome warrior, appears and chirps, "Hey guys, let's run Deadmines!"

So they run the dungeon and after a few fatal mishaps, Derek and the others manage to subdue Cookie. As it was his turn to loot, Derek is rather surprised when he should receive a Siamese kitten.

"Aww, she's precious!" Demetriss squeals as they hearthstone home.

"Yes she is-Peekaboo!" another girl agrees.

"Wait until Shaddowzz sees that I've got another cat- and from a murlock!" Derek types.