Kire: Told you it would take forever

TNT: Shush I have a job now! I need money!

Alian: Um

Kire: But I was right admit it!

TNT: Never!

Alian: TNT doesn't own Oblivion…

Kire stood over looking a city, already she could tell something was off, the air carried the sent of blood to thickly for her liking, but her group was already ahead of her walking down the hill as if they were oblivious to this scent.

"Hey guys wait up," the woman called out as she raced down the hill after them. They did not know however that they were being watched, a figure stood on the branch of a dying tree looking down at the party with a smirk upon its' lips.

"Soon, soon my Master will finish up this job and he will truly be free," whispered the figure as it vanished into the shadows.

The groups stood in the town, people were rushing while guards stood in front of a temple, Kire looked at the windows, and she could see blood hardening over the glass. Oz moved back grabbing onto Alian's cloak sleeve mostly out of queasiness. Alian was the first to speak, his voice seemed strong enough to support the question of the general public.

"What happened here?"

The guards looked over towards the new coming group, some with suspicious glances; the captain of the guard seemed to be the only one that really could speak.

"It's not a pretty sight, but there were multiple murders committed here last night," the man said looking at the three. He was quiet for a moment before he opened his mouth as if he were going to say something, however he quickly closed him mouth shortly afterwards.

"I would suggest moving to a different town, there are no inns that will take in outsiders this night," said one of the other guards looking at the group. Oz pulled at Alian's sleeve and nodded. The group moved out, Kire looked to the side noticing a high elf looking at the group through the crowd before she vanished into the thickness of the mob. Kire was silent a moment before following behind the group obediently. Oz finally let go of Alian's sleeve creating some distance so that Kire could move up, the woman looked up blankly and then from side to side at the two.

"Oh don't worry about me," she said in her normal fashion.

As time passed and night threaten a disappointed look inhabited the expressions of the groups face, sure enough the inns were closed on the account of the attack. The three sighed as they sat down on a bench towards the middle of the town looking towards the ground.

"I'm hungry," Kire whined.

"I'm tired," Oz continued

Alian looked between the two, feeling slightly out of place. He sighed, looking down in the ground in defeat. It was then that he heard something, he looked up towards the noise to see a high elf looking at the group her lips were unmoving as she studied them for a moment.

"Your travelers right?" The elf inquired keeping enough distance away from the three. Oz looked up as the elf spoke and grinned nodding her head.

"Yep all three of us, why," she inquired looking forwards towards the male looking figure.

"I can give you a place to stay for the night, only if you promise to do something for me in return," the elf bargained. The three looked between themselves.

"Give us a moment alone won't you?"

The elf nodded as the three huddled together.

"It's pretty suspicious don't you think," Oz asked as she looked at the group.

Alian nodded his head glancing back at the high elf.

"Her intentions seem strange true," the man said as they both looked towards Kire to notice she wasn't there.

"Kire, where you go," Oz asked as she turned to see that the dumner was nudging the elf in question, her eyes shining brightly. The high elf was holding a simple apple looking strangely at the dark elf.

"Kire, what are you doing," Oz asked as she looked at the elf with irritation.

"Food"

"Idiot," Oz muttered as she marched over towards Kire grabbing her ear.

"We'll stay, thank you for your hospitality," the younger elf said as she pulled Kire away from their new host.

"I'm glad," the elf said finally showing a small smile to the three as she turned and walked towards the darkness. Alian walked behind the group pausing for a moment to look over his shoulder as if expecting to see something. However, as he heard Oz's call he turned and followed along with the group.

It would be awhile later that they would arrive at the edge of the village at a large looking home.

"You live here," Oz inquired amazed at the vast space that the house took up. The high elf laughed nervously.

"Yeah, I hope its' not to small for you," she said looking at the group finally relaxing a bit around them.

"Are you kidding, you should have told us you lived here sooner," Oz said as she grasped onto the elf's hands. The woman jumped slightly at the touch pulling away slowly.

"I'm glad, if we can get inside," she said as eh hurried to the door opening up the lock and entering into the home. The travelers followed closely behind closing the doors behind them. The elf turned looking at them with a kind smile.

"About that favor," she told them as she looked at them with understanding eyes.

"Alright, so what do you want us to do," Alian asked seeming to take control of the situation almost immediate.

"In exchange for you guys staying the night, you must promise to protect me. The recent attacks left me a little… unsettled," the woman said as she looked at the three.

"And the three of you look capable enough."

The three of them exchanged glances and finally nodded, the woman smiled and seemed to relax a little.

"That's a relief; anyways you are welcome to any food in my kitchen and to the baths if you wish. If you need me I'll be in my study," the woman said as she ascended the stairs and left the three in the foyer.

"This seems too good to be true," Alian muttered as he looked over to the side to see that the girls were already gone. He sighed as he shuffled off after them.

'I'll never understand them…' he thought to himself.

The elf looked blandly towards the door as she took out her quill to continue writing a letter to her guest. She looked in a way sad as she crafted the message to those below. She knew deep down in her heart that she wouldn't survive after the final piece of the puzzle was found.

The woman's name was perhaps unimportant in the scheme of things after all she would only be referred to as the doorway after everything was set in motion which it already was. She put down her quill neatly on her desk as she walked towards a bookshelf to reach for a black leather bond book so that she could leave a bookmark for those below. She watched the flames as the candles flickered licking the room showing limited things, the woman smiled as she heard her guest marching upstairs perhaps to retire to their rooms. The elf walked to the door and locked it looking blankly at the wooden door that kept her separated from the outside world.

She moved towards the window placing her pale hand on the glass awaiting the arrival of her death angel. She closed her eyes her pale hair falling against her face as she listened to the world around her. She could hear the sound of breathing from the other side of the room.

"Did your new master send you, forgotten prince," she inquired as she looked towards the window unable to catch the reflection of the man behind her. She closed her eyes and smiled a thin trail of tears rolled down her face as she whispered something in her native tongue as she felt cold metal against her throat.

"Your guest shall die here tonight, and you shall return to him and be the doorway," a cold voice ordered the woman.

"No, I might follow, but there are destined for something greater. Your master will not be able to touch them here and you shall never defeat them in my house," she whispered.

Alian slept peacefully, his room separate from the girl though an uneasy feeling pressed against his chest as he could hear faintly footsteps approaching him. He stirred uneasy from the pervading sense that swept over him as he could hear the breathing of someone near by. His eyes opened in the darkness as he heard the sound coming nearer and nearer in the pitch black. His body tensed as he prepared a spell only to feel a soft hand brush up against his shoulder.

"Alian." A soft whispered inquired as the hand seemed to hold above his body.

"Are you awake?" The voice continued.

Alian let himself ease up.

"Yes, Miss Oz." he informed her as he sat up to look in the direction of the noise. There was a sound of silence, as if the girl were trying to hold her breath. Suddenly a sentence came rushing out of her mouth.

"Can I stay in here tonight, Kire keeps on snoring and I just got this bad feeling so…" her voice quickly trailed off. The man gaze a perplexed look hidden well by the shadows, he sighed extending his arm reaching out grasping onto a bony shoulder.

"Sure, I'll sleep on the floor, you may have the bed," he informed her as he willed his legs to move from their spot. He stood just as the clouds moved to let in the moonlight; part of his figure was caught by the soft rays. He looked down towards the young elf that seemed to be staring up at him in awe.

"What," he inquired confused by such new interest.

"You got scars…" she informed him her hands moving slightly as if she were about to touch the scar across his torso, the man was quick to move out of her reach.

"Its not something to be all that excited about," he informed her as he moved trying to get to the chest at the end of the bed.

"Why, did you lose the fight?"

The man paused as if considering explaining the scars; however he shook his head getting out the blanket.

"Its best that you get some rest, we shall not be staying here long with everything that has happened to these people," the man said simply as he closed the chest placing everything on the floor. The elf was still standing however the moon slowly fading away, and the glow that surrounded her dimmed until they were once again left in the darkness.

"Why are they there?"

"It isn't something you should worry about," the man explained as he put his head on the pillow. A silence surrounded the two, the tension slowly choking at the man until he heard the sound of someone getting into bed. He smiled as he himself closed his eyes to let the night drift away.

Kire was silent alone in the room; she had wanted to get Oz out, for she to had that bad feeling that persisted to grow in her stomach. She had paced some countless amount of times trying to tell herself that everything was alright. Yet still it loomed over her in that dark night, she soon walked towards the window, her hand brushing the wooden frame lightly as she pressed her hand against the glass having it slide open. Her crimson eyes stared blankly into the town watching the homes fondly. She moved herself up sitting on the window sill watching. It was strange to think of a place like this, she had never been one for crowds let alone a small town like this. It seemed wrong of her to be sleeping under a roof, and her past history under them had not been that great even on this current journey. So she willed herself to move standing up and grasping onto the roof tile and pulling herself up pushing her tired body until she finally stood on top of the roof looking upwards at the sky. It was almost Heartfire again and her sign was coming up again.

The elf was silent sitting down looking up towards the sky her mind working slowly as she tried to plan out what was happening next. After all, the entire group was just wandering around trying to find Nekail and Matthew, but so far all they had received were random attacks upon themselves. Even then, trying to get Matthew out was going to be hard. The elf groaned letting her head fall backwards as she stared up towards the stars, there was an expression of irritation on her face.

"Why couldn't this be simpler," she muttered as she just let out a small sigh. She wished that she had more guidance on this, like back with Martin, a small sense of guilt welled into her stomach making the bad feeling feel worse.

"Damn," she muttered closing her eyes now willing it away.

Faintly Kire could hear something, perhaps the sound of someone crying, the dark elf slowly let her eyes open as she sat up looking down at the streets seeing a small child off in the distance huddled on the ground. The woman concerned looked for a way down finally finding her route by ivy plants. As the woman clambered down the crying sound grew louder causing the woman to bring most of her attention to the girl. Slowly Kire made her way over to the child; she knelt down trying to get a better view past the dark hair that covered her face.

"What's wrong," was all the woman could think of, her red eyes fixed on the child. The child slowly made a movement.

"I lost my doll," she cried as Kire inspected her bare hands.

"Your doll," the woman inquired unsure of what to make of the message.

"It's probably under your bed." Kire reasoned. Yet the girl didn't stop, the woman sighed as she reached out.

"Here let me take you home," she offered as she felt something behind her. The elf turned to see a tall woman, her eyes widened as she tumbled out of the way of having an axe in her skull.

'What's going on?!' The woman thought frantically as she barely missed a spell being thrown at her. The elf looked up at the two, the young girl stood side by side with the Nord. Her mind flashed back to a former incident of this.

"You work for him," she hissed as she reached for her katana and felt nothing. Her heart began to quicker as the next rounds of attacks begun.

Kire leapt up dodging out of the way of a spell landing softly on the ground only to bend backwards to avoid a hit from the axe. She let her hands touch the ground as she let her leg swing up and slam into the chin of the Nord woman. The girl landed softly on the ground looking towards the young child. Out of the corner of her eye she could see the Nord getting up.

"If I beat you, she goes to sleep again right," the woman inquired as she let her hands rest at her side for a moment. She broke out into a dash wishing she could move faster. Her sharp eyes focused on the young girl, she could feel herself almost flying and suddenly something sharp slamming on her back. Her slim body slammed against the ground, all of the sudden she felt something in her stomach making her sick to her stomach.

A familiar presence seemed to occupy the edge of her mind as her hazy vision she could see someone coming towards the group. She wanted to reach out or call, but it crept closer as she felt her head slowly decline towards the ground and suddenly she felt her head dropping and that all to well known darkness came to her grasping onto her vision and body. Something cold brushed her skin, and perhaps some words were whispered in her unconscious state, yet the elf couldn't make them out. She wanted to reach out at the moment when she heard the words.

"Hero, I'm here to save you."

Heh that was long… and obnoxious… and really long.

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Leaving now.