Chapter Seven – Trouble

Cairaeleen couldn't believe what she saw in front of her. It was so disgusting, so indescribable, so….she couldn't even find the right words to describe what she saw in the room in front of her. The room's walls and floor were covered with spread and dried blood. She sneered as the rotten, unpleasant and disgusting stench came in her nose. She pressed her left hand over her nose and struggled hard not to vomit. A few steps away from her stood a bathtub filled with separated limbs and other body parts. Heads, arms, legs, fingers, knees and other body parts swam in a red liquid which was assumed to be blood.

Cairaeleen turned away and spotted a large butcher knife in a big chopping block. Next to the chopping block laid a few bodies. A few of them are still untouched but a few parts of two or three bodies were missing. She heard one of the two elves vomiting behind her. She turned around and saw that the woman, who preferred to not say anything, had stepped back from her vomit.

"How sick is that? Where are we?" Fetia asked horrified and disgusted at the same time.

"I don't know maybe in a hidden hiding place of a cannibal… I don't know"

"Let's get out of here"

"We have to examine this place. It is our duty, that's why we are here"

"Are you crazy lieutenant? I can barely look at the bodies without vomiting my organs out of my body" Fetia said as she turned around and gasped for breath. She rushed out of the house and the silent woman followed her. Cairaeleen heard them vomiting again immediately after they had left the house. She looked back in the room at the separated body parts then she closed her eyes and tried to calm herself down. Her forehead was really hot, sweat dripped down from her forehead, over her skin and flew down her cheeks, dripping on the shoulder plates of her armor. Her heart beat incredible fast and her breaths were hurried and short. Her head started to ring and her mouth was dry.

Everything is okay Cairaeleen there are just a few corpses and separated body parts in this room, nothing you haven't already seen during the times of war. Calm down honey, calm down. Yes this is right. Everything is all right now, calm down. Take long breaths and exhale slowly. Now continue this. You can do it. Everything is alright, only remember the good things like your family, your friends or the hot human who needs your help. You have to focus now. You are not a weakling like the women outside. Get hold on yourself!

Cairaeleen opened her eyes slowly after she had calmed down. She regarded the room for a last time before she stepped away and observed the other rooms in the house. She found more blood and remains from weapons and armor on the floor of the last two rooms. She wrote everything, she had seen, down in her notepad before she stepped out of the house and walked to the other elves, whose skins were white a chalk.

"You two go back and immediately tell our superior what you have seen. I will continue our route alone" Cairaeleen commanded and gave the notepad to Fetia. The green haired woman took it and nodded slightly before she started to run, with the other woman, towards Silvermoon City. Cairaeleen observed her surroundings but she saw nothing suspicious. She walked a few meters away from the house and sniffed. The smell of rotten flesh and decomposition still hung in the air but it didn't come from house alone. Cairaeleen had the suspicion that more separated body parts were somewhere outside of the house.

She walked large circles around the house and observed the surroundings, especially the ground but she spotted nothing. She suddenly stopped as she heard a loud groan which sounded like everything except the sound from a humanoid creature. She looked around and spotted nothing at first but then she saw a big, ugly undead thing which came out of the forest behind the house. The thing was an abomination with a size of over three meters. It was an undead monstrosity, which body composed out of various body parts from different bodies. The monsters inner organs hung out of a huge hole in its upper body.

Cairaeleen resisted hard but she wasn't able to hold it back this time. She vomited on the ground in front of her, little of her vomit dipped on the lower parts of her armor. She wiped the rest out of her face and tried hard to look at this thing without vomiting again. She had seen undead creatures before but she had never seen something which was as ugly as this thing. Cairaeleen realised for the first time, that the monster carried a human corpse in one of his three hands while the second hand carried a large butcher knife. The thing walked towards the house but it stopped as soon as it spotted the blood elf, who just stayed there and did nothing except staring at it.

The fat and ugly lips of the abomination were formed to a creepy smile and it shouted "FRESH MEAT! COME TO STINKY!" It dropped the corpse and rushed towards Cairaeleen. It was incredible fast for its small and fat legs, it reached Cairaeleen and would have grabbed her, if haven't Cairaeleen managed to jump away. The monstrosity lifted the arm, which carried the butcher knife but Cairaeleen was fast enough and dodged the attack. The knife missed her and crashed in the ground. Cairaeleen had already drawn her battle axe and chopped the monster's hand off, which had held the knife. No scream, no noise, not a single sound came out of the abominations' mouth as it stepped backwards and stared at its separated hand in disbelieve.

It bent down to pick its weapon up with one of its other hands but Cairaeleen rammed the left side of the blade of her battle axe in the shoulder of the arm, which was about to lift the knife up. She drew her axe out and wanted to dug it again in the monster's arm but the abomination was faster and hit her with a forceful punch, which knocked her a few meters away.

Cairaeleen landed hard on the ground, she got up quickly but her back hurt pretty hard. "I'm coming to you fleshling" the abomination shouted and walked towards her. The blood elf prepared her next strike but the monster was able to block it with the massive blade of its butcher knife. The monster tried to grab her but Cairaeleen managed to dodge it, unfortunately she stumbled and fell to the ground. She got in panic and fear overwhelmed her, she tried to get up but slipped on the wet ground and fell again. Her eyes were widened in fear as a big hand came closer and grabbed her. Her battle axe fell to the ground as the monster lifted her in the air. It regarded her with its creepy glassy eyes. Cairaeleen struggled to get free but the monster's grip was to strong and without a weapon it was impossible to force it to weaken its grip.

The monster walked towards the house. Cairaeleen punched it, scratched it and did everything to hurt it but the monster ignored her. Suddenly it stopped in its track and turned around. It looked down at its chest and noticed the large and deep hole which was burned by a spell of focused light. Cairaeleen looked around and spotted Vaero who stood a few meters away from the abomination and prepared another holy spell. As a paladin he was able to perform offensive spells with the help of the light. These light techniques were extremely effective against undead creatures. The monster didn't drop Cairaeleen and it charged at Vaero.

Vaero had casted a spell on himself to get stronger. He pulled his large double handed sword from his back and waited until the monster came closer. He dodged the attack of the monster with ease and cut the upper arm off, which hand had carried Cairaeleen. She dropped to the ground but wasn't able to get up because the separated hand had still a firm grip around her. Vaero stunned the monster for a few seconds with the help of the light and used the opportunity, were it was defenceless, to jump on the monsters shoulders and dug his sword deep in its neck. It was too late for the monster to defend itself. Vaero managed to cut the monster's head off before it was able to get free from the grip of light.

Vaero jumped down and landed on the ground before the monster's body fell backwards and landed, with a loud crack, on the ground too. Vaero's typical arrogant grin faded and his facial expression become worried as he rushed to Cairaeleen and helped her to get free. He pulled her to her feet and looked at her. "Are you okay sweetheart?" Vaero asked, still looking worried.

"Yes I am… Thank you"

"Everybody would have tried to safe you. You don't need to thank me"

"But not everyone would have succeeded. I'm really grateful that you saved me"

"If you really want to express your thanks then I can imagine a way how you can do it" Vaero answered, his lips were formed to a self-aware and mischievous smile. He put his left arm around her waist and rubbed the exposed skin of her back softly. Cairaeleen wanted to push him away but his grip around her was pretty firm and she knew that she would make it worse if she struggles against him after he had saved her. She decided that he can touch her unless he tries to kiss her or grope her on certain spots. His skin against her felt pretty good but she still preferred to not be touched by him, especially because she wanted to stay away from him as far as possible.

Vaero's face came close to hers so that she felt his hot breath against her skin. His lips came dangerously close to hers. She tried hard to push him away and turned her head away. "Stop it Vaero. I tell you this for the last time"

"Ah c'mon sweetheart. You are spoiling our fun"

"OUR fun? The only one who is enjoying this is you"

"Don't tell me you don't enjoy my company or the company of any man especially after they have saved you from this monstrosity" Vaero responded, his eyes glowed for excitement and his lips were formed to his typical arrogant and charming smile.

"It's hard to enjoy anyone's company while this stinking abomination lays a few meters away from us" Cairaeleen responded and managed to pull away. She stepped backwards and crossed her arms in front of her chest.

Vaero ignored her not-amused facial expression and walked towards her. "We can go somewhere else. In a bar, to my home or to your home. We can go to any place. It's your choice and then we can have some fun" Vaero said with a perverted grin on his face.

"I still have to walk along four routes before I can return to our village. I also have to buy some stuff and I already have promised my best friend that I will met her this evening. Sorry I don't have time for that"

"Of course you have time. You just need to hurry during your patrol" Vaero responded, a little impatiently as he walked forward. Cairaeleen walked backwards until her back met the front wall of the house. She blinked and saw that Vaero stood directly in front of her and pressed his body against hers.

"Stop that Vaero. I don't want that"

"Of course you want it sweetheart. I can see it in your eyes that you want me. You want a real man and not all of these lesbian whores. I'm pretty sure Liadrin won't be able to satisfy you in the same why as I do" Vaero said and tried to kiss her but Cairaeleen turned her head away so that his lips met her right cheek.

"Stop rejecting me. I love you Cairaeleen and I know that you still love me" Vaero said angrily, he placed his hands on her cheeks and forced her to look at him.

"Is that the way how men treat women these days? Then I'm glad that I don't want to be together with men" a familiar voice said. Vaero turned around and spotted Lady Liadrin who stood, with two female members of the blood knights, a few meters away from him. Cairaeleen pushed Vaero away and rushed to Liadrin as fast as she could. The leader of the blood knights hugged her and placed a soft kiss on her left cheek. Liadrin looked at Vaero with a triumphing smile on her lips.

"I've saved her life. I did nothing wrong" Vaero said defensively.

"You tried to force a scared woman to kiss you and do other things with her. Look at her she is very pale and definitely not in the mood to do things with a creep like you" Liadrin replied and pointed with her index finger on Cairaeleen's pale skin. She placed her arms around the taller elf's waist and dragged her away from the male elf with the turquoise hair.

The skin colour of Vaero's face had become slightly red and his eyes stared at Lady Liadrin furiously. "She doesn't need a woman who can protect her. I am a man and I can protect her better than a filthy lesbian like you" Vaero shouted angrily.

Lady Liadrin facial features changed immediately, her lips were formed to a challenging grin and her eyes glowed in anticipation.

"You know that insulting a military member with a higher rank is an offence and you will get punished for that. Not even your parents will be able to neutralize your punishment Crimsonbringer.

"I don't care Liadrin" Vaero, unable to control his temper. On the other side Liadrin didn't lose the control over her feelings. She stayed calm and just looked at the male without a change in her facial features.

"Go away Vaero this is your last chance to get out without a punishment but I will report your behaviour to your superior"

"I'm not a coward. I already ran away too many times because I didn't want to get in trouble after I tried to speak with her. But this time I won't run away"

Liadrin closed her eyes and shook her head slightly, exhaling in disbelieve. She couldn't believe that this man was so dumb and risks a punishment because of his ego. "We are three, four if you count Cairaeleen in it. Run away and accept that she belongs to me" Liadrin responded and took her scarf off Cairaeleen's neck, revealing half a dozen love bites on the taller elf's neck. She placed a soft kiss on Cairaeleen lips and turned back to Vaero, who shot angry glares at her.

Vaero drew his sword and rushed towards Liadrin. The two blood elves, next to Liadrin, drew their weapons but Liadrin gave them the order to stay back. Liadrin drew her sword and stepped forward. She waited until he reached her and made his first strike. She sidestepped the strike and disarmed him in a blink of a second. She landed a forceful punch in his stomach and sent him to the ground with a precious kick. Lady Liadrin looked down at him with a triumphing grin on her face. Vaero tried to get up but she pushed him to the ground again and sat on his back. Although she was lighter than him, she managed to keep him on the ground.

She showed her guards that they should take care of him. The guards walked to her and sat on his back and legs. Liadrin stood up and walked back to Cairaeleen. "Are you okay honey?" Liadrin asked worried. Cairaeleen nodded and looked at Vaero whose hands were cuffed behind his back. The guards pulled him up and turned him around so that he didn't look at Liadrin and Cairaeleen anymore.

"Bring him to an arrest cell and lock him in for a few hours. He will need enough time to think over his actions. Silence him please. I don't want to hear his shouts or any sound which comes out of his arrogant jaw. Send six soldiers to this place, they should observe the house and remove this monstrosity" Liadrin ordered. One of the guards was a battle priest, who was able to heal and fight with the help of the light like a paladin but she did better on healing than fighting. The priest nodded and put a silencing spell on Vaero, which prevent him from saying anything. Liadrin and Cairaeleen watched the guards bringing him away until they were small shapes on the horizon.

"Let's continue your patrol together and then I will bring you back to your home. I guess you need time to assimilate what had happen here. Let's get away from this horrible place" Liadrin said and guided Cairaeleen away from the house and the monster's corpse.