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::Cain's POV::
The tomb of Skuldafn was crawling with zombies. It was hard enough getting into the tomb considering the two dragons that attacked me when I arrived here. Odahviing assisted me on slaying those dragons and shortly left after I absorbed their souls.
Finally I found my way out of the tomb. The first thing I see is an arrow shot into the door right next to my face. The zombie was saying something in dragon. "No you won't defeat me," I jokingly jeered the old corpse. I took out my sword and charged at it. I stuck the sword through the chest cavity and kicked it off over the four story drop.
I glanced over and spotted three more zombies running at me with their axes and swords. I took a deep breath. "Fus.. Ro.. DAH!" The wave launched them back and they dropped over the cliff. I wiped the sweat off my forehead and looked up. I froze. There was a blue dragon directly above me on a huge pillar just staring at me. It's spikes around its body had to taller than me!
The dragon cocked its head to its left trying signify. Most likely the way to Sovngarde. I nodded back at the dragon and sprinted around to the stairs that lead to the next level. As soon as I made the turn to the stairs, there were three zombies, two with swords and one with a longer sword. The one with the larger sword inhaled deeply.
"Fus.. Ro.. Dah!" The screechy voice erupted the air and the the wave came contact with my body. I staggered back several steps and kept myself from falling. He used Unrelenting Force, but it wasn't enough to send me flying, that's weird, but very convenient.
"That all ya got?" I got my footing back together and squeezed onto the handle of my sword. The first two zombies rushed to me with their swords up in the air. Oh that's right, I forgot that the dead were dumber than a box of rocks. I side swiped at their chest and they both fell down on the stone cold ground. Obviously they didn't see that coming.
I glanced back at the bigger zombie. "Take this! Fus Ro Dah!" The blue wave launched the zombie back then over the cliff. And now I just realized how much fun it was sending things flying off cliffs! I sheathed my sword back into my holster and ran up the stairs. The blue dragon was still on sitting on the pillar and then I noticed that there was another dragon on the other pillar at the top of the tomb. This dragon had a lighter green tint color on its scales and its facial features were quite different compared to the other blue dragon. The horns on the back of the head were shorter, the snout was a little thinner, the teeth were shorter, the neck was skinnier and the eyes were less belligerent, it was like this dragon was a female. Maybe it was, or it's just a younger dragon.
I finally approached the top of the tomb and I saw a portal, most likely the way to Sovngarde. Then I noticed a human-like figure floating toward an alter just before the portal and it pulled this staff out of the middle of it. Suddenly, the portal disappeared and the figure turned around. I knew it was zombie, but it definitely was different from the other bastards because of the weird mask it was wearing. It glanced at me and pointed the staff at me. Lightning bolted at me through the air. "Fus Ro Dah!" I shouted without thinking.
The aura distorted the electricity and nailed the zombie sending it flying backwards. I gripped my sword harder and sprinted at the undead corpse. It was having a hard time getting upright. It raised its head and judo kicked it in the jaw and stuck my blade in its neck. The zombie fell limp and then it's remains disintegrated down to nothing except for the mask and some of the leftover clothes. I glanced around for the staff and I spotted it twenty feet away.
"Skuldafn fen kos dinok!" A low voice echoed through the air. I whirled my head around and spotted a dragon flying in my direction. This dragon was much bigger than the others I faced. It came to stop over the alter and glared at me. It was had darker grey color to its scales and its horns on the back of its head were longer than Odahviing's. "Dovahkiin, you will not stop Alduin from his destiny!"
The blue dragon jerked its head towards the grey dragon. "Sahloknir! You do not understand what Alduin is committing!"
Sahloknir. That was his name. Sahloknir glared at the blue dragon. "Silence, Krilloksil! You have no say in this!"
"Yes we do!" A distinct feminine voice came from the opposite pillar. That dragon was definitely female.
"Shut it, Britsotzii!" The name seemed feminine. Sahloknir had his gaze focused on both dragons. "Are you two doubting Alduin's lordship?"
"Alduin has proven himself unworthy of my loyalty. After Odahviing defected from him, I realized that his lordship is wrong," the blue dragon yelled at the grey dragon.
"Fine! I will dispatch you both along with Dovahkiin!" The dragon inhaled deeply, "Yol Toor SHUL!" Waves of fire darted at the blue dragon. The blue dragon pushed itself off the pillar and glided around the open space of the temple. Then the female dragon charged into the grey dragon making it fall down to the ground like a meteor.
"Dovahkiin, go! We'll cover you!" The blue dragon yelled out. I nodded and sprinted back to the alter. Waves of ice and fire sprayed around in the air like a loose hose. I took the staff and jammed it down into a hole in the middle of the alter. Immediately, the portal opened up. Without thinking, I dove right into the portal that led to Sovngarde.
::Bame's POV::
My eyes flickered open but everything was blurry. I had a massive headache and I couldn't help but moan to the sheer pain from the back of my head. I realized that my hands were chained to the wall.
"So, you were the one that killed my husband," a voice said in front of my face. I rose my head and blinked repeatedly trying to see the features of the person. The blur slowly faded and the figure turned out to be Astrid. Fuck.. This isn't good..
She was slightly smiling and I noticed she was the only person in the room with me. "You want to explain yourself? Or do I have to," she paused a little and waved her dagger around, the Blade of Woe, "dig it outta you?" Rage started building up in my stomach and my heart rate started to race.
"Your murders tried to kill me and my friends and I figured I couldn't live life on guard constantly, so me and a bunch of people wanted to do Skyrim a favor and kill a band of cold hearted assassins." I straight up told her the truth. There's no reason in lying about this. All she did was smile a little more. She got up and walked back a couple steps up to another person on his or her knees that had a cover over his or her head. From the looks of it, it was a woman.
"So you killed my husband, the love of my life. The thing that I love most. So," she grabbed ahold of the cover to the captive woman. "I'm going to take what you love most." She swiftly pulled the cover off the woman's face. Oh fuck.. It's Lydia!
"Don't fucking touch her you fucked up bitch!" Lydia's mouth was muzzled and she tried her hardest to scream. I tried my hardest to get free from the metal holding me to the wall, but it was no use. I was stuck in place. The only thing I could see was Lydia with tears falling down her face.
"Oh so now you know how it feels." She chuckled a little, grabbed ahold of Lydia's hair and pulled down lifting her chin up. "Doesn't feel good, does it?" She gently stroked the sharp side of her blade against Lydia's neck.
"You better fucking pray to Sithis that I don't drink you completely dry when I get free from these!" I threatened her. She smiled a little more and pulled the muzzle off Lydia's face. She shakily gasping for air and more tears fell from her eyes.
"Bame.." She said lightly with utter fear written all over her face.
I pressed my lips together and lowered my eyebrows as far as they go. Livid is an understatement. "Astrid, don't you do anything to her! Or I'll make sure you are hunted down for the rest of your life!"
"Oh I'm aware that I'll be hunted for the remainder of my life, but I can't just let this go by. This is what is fair. You killed my husband and now I will kill your little girlfriend."
::Jon's POV::
It's been a couple hours since Lydia has gone missing. Aela and Farkas tracked her scent to a place called Gallow's Rock. I think this is the place that place that you go to after you become a werewolf, at least in the game.
"Are you sure she's in there?" I asked Aela.
She tested her bow's string and nodded. "Absolutely. It's the best perk of being a werewolf." Point taken. The three of us headed towards the entryway and we noticed a body on the ground with a knife penetrating the back of the neck.
"What happened here?" I asked pointing at the corpse. Aela crouched down, pulled the knife out and whiffed at the handle. Immediately, her eyebrows rose and she threw the blade to Farkas.
"Does that smell right to you or am I imagining things?" Farkas rose an eyebrow and took a whiff of the blade.
"No, I smell it too," he replied flatly.
"Smell what?" What's the big deal about the blade's handle?
Farkas glanced at Aela for a second. "This blade was Bame's. And the smell is pretty distinct so he was here not too long ago."
"Wait? Bame's alive?! I thought he's dead.." My memory flashed at the event of Bame's death on his bed.
"He is dead. But not the dead you're thinking," Farkas said in his monotone voice.
"How does that work? Dead is dead, is there other aspects of it?"
Aela stood back up and looked into my eyes. "Vampire." Oh God.. Bame's a vampire.. Now that I think of it, that makes perfect sense considering that he wasn't on his bed when we came back for him.
"We have to go in there now!" I yelled out. Farkas grabbed ahold of my shoulders.
"Don't blow our cover, Jon. We don't exactly know what's in there yet."
Aela nodded. "Just stay with us and we'll get to the bottom of it."
With that we moved on into the small fort. The first thing we saw was a head of a werewolf impaled onto a spike. "So the Silver-Hand is here too. This just makes it better and better," Aela sarcastically remarked.
We moved on into the next room down the stairs and spotted a couple bad guys in there. I drew my sword and pulled up my shield. Aela drew an arrow and released it at one of the guys, nailing him in the face. Farkas drew his great sword and charged at two of the others, side swiping at their stomachs. One of them, who had fur armor, was cut in half. Blood flew everywhere and the half body dropped to the ground, the legs after it. The second person experienced a deal dent in his iron armor and he fell to the ground screaming trying to get his armor off.
I charged at another guy who was focused on Farkas. I bashed him with my shield which made him drop to the ground. I stomped my foot on the middle of chest and sunk my sword into his sternum.
Farkas was on a stand off with the last guy. The man had a war axe in his hand and I can clearly see the fear run through his face. Suddenly he charged at Farkas. Farkas, without any hesitation, brought out a hand and met with the guy's neck. He brought him up in the air and the guy grabbed onto Farkas's forearm and made attempts to get free, but it was no use. He was doomed. The giant man turned around and smashed the guy's head onto the wall. Needless to say, he was deader than a door nail.
We pushed in deeper into the fort and cleared out the next two rooms without any problem. As we came to the last room, Aela put out a hand and made us stop in our tracks. "Hold up," she whispered.
We got closer to the door and listened to the shouts on the other side.
"Don't don't don't don't don't! Stop stop stop, she doesn't deserve to die! Set her free, she wasn't responsible for the death of Arnbjorn! I was! Okay!" It was definitely Bame's voice. I heard Farkas grunt lowly at the sound of Arnbjorn's name.
"I don't think you understand what I'm trying to get at here. It's only fair. You take my love, I take your love. Eye for an eye." It was a woman's voice. I didn't know much about the Dark Brotherhood but I do know that this woman is high ranking by the sound of it.
Aela tapped both of us. "Alright, this room is pretty big, so we can slip in without making too much commotion. I'll go in first, Jon you're second, and Farkas," she glanced at him up and down, "obviously you're last because of your size." She slowly turned the doorknob and slipped inside the room.
"Astrid! Kill me! Isn't that what you want?! Fucking kill me! Lydia doesn't deserve to die. I do for killing him! Okay!" Bame's voice had absolute distress in it. I slipped in through the door and glanced at Aela. She pointed to my left and she went right.
I snuck around the left part of the circular room looked over to Aela. "You really do have a thick skull of yours. Alright, I'll just show what I mean." She turned around and she spotted me. "What the fu-"
"Don't you move you bitch," Aela was behind her with her bow and arrow pointing at the back of Astrid's head.
Astrid's smug expression instantly disappeared. "It seems that you guys found her more quickly than I thought." I looked over to Bame who was completely dumbstruck.
"Jon?" He said.
"Bame, you're alright! I can't believe it's you!" I rushed over to him and immediately I noticed the color of his eyes. They were golden with a tint of red. I saw his hands were trapped into the wall and I unhooked the latches. Immediately, he brought his hands down and rushed towards the other woman.
"Drop the dagger!" Aela yelled. The woman dropped to the ground and rose her arms.
Bame walked up to her and grabbed ahold of her neck. "You bitch! I told I was going to be free, but since Lydia is still alive, I'll kill you painlessly." Farkas walked up behind Lydia and unbounded her hands. She got up to her feet and glared at the woman.
The woman suddenly smirked. "Ahh, I see there's no way out of this. Fine, no matter." Out of the blue, she punch Bame in the face twirled around and jabbed her hand at Lydia in the gut. At that instant, Aela released an arrow into her back and the woman winced. Bame shook his head and full out hammer her in the face with his fist. She fell onto her front side and started laughing. Bame drew a dagger and thrusted down into the back of the woman's head, ultimately ending her pathetic life.
I ran over to Bame. "Are you alright?"
"Fine now..." His voice trailed off as he looked at Lydia.
"What?" I glanced at Lydia. She was on her knees with a hand on her stomach and I saw blood coming from under her ragged shirt. Oh no..
"Lydia no!" Bame rushed to her and put a hand on the wound. "Oh no, oh God no!" Lydia had a hard time keeping her eyes open and was rolling them around in her head. "C'mon stay with me, you're gonna be just fine!" Bame laid her onto her back and ripped open her rugged shirt. I looked away when I noticed she wasn't wearing anything under it.
"Jon! I need your help now!" Bame yelled out. I shook my head and a crouched down next to her. "Apply pressure on the wound, now!" I did so and placed both hands onto her stomach. Blood kept spewing out of the wound.
Bame ripped parts of the shirt and twisted them. Aela came down next to me a applied more pressure onto the wound. Farkas knelt down and rubbed Lydia's forehead of the sweat.
"Okay, I hope this works!" Bame wrapped the shirt around her body and over the wound as a splint. He tied the splint tight and looked over to Farkas. "She needs to get back to the temple of Kynareth, ASAP. Is it possible that you could turn into a werewolf and sprint back to Whiterun?"
He nodded quickly. "Yeah sure, hold on."
Farkas took a couple steps back and dropped his blade. He rose his arms and black fur started forming out of his arms, then legs, then body. The werewolf features started taking over and his face formed into a wolf's.
"Alright, Jon can you help me strap her onto his back?"
"Okay." We tied Lydia onto Farkas's back and made it tight. Farkas glanced his wolf gaze to Bame and nodded. Aela got up.
"I'll go with him just in case." She turned into her beast form and nodded at Bame. The two wolves glanced at me and Bame and ran for exit at lightning speed.
I looked over to Bame who was glaring at the woman's dead body. Suddenly he rose his hand which had a dark blue magical ball of energy. He pointed his hand at the corpse and shot the strange ball of energy at it. The body suddenly rose to its feet with blue aura surrounding its body.
"You don't even deserve to have remains, bitch." He rose his axe and swung at the risen body. The body shattered like glass and white ashes fell to the ground. Bame looked at the ash then back at me.
"Are you okay Bame?" I asked as I placed a hand on his shoulder. He rested his hands on his thighs and started nodding.
"I'm fine. I just.." He shook his head and put a hand to his forehead.
"Look bro, she'll be fine. I know she will." He looked back at me and nodded. "Why were you gone for so long?"
He paused and looked down. "'Cause I'm a vampire. I was afraid that you guys would think that I'm a monster and all that shit."
That's the reason? Really? "Bame, it's like you don't even know us. You think we'd betray you for something that happened to you that wasn't even your fault?"
He was silent and he looked away.
"C'mon Bame, I don't care what you are, you still are my best bud."
He looked back at me and nodded. "Okay.. I'm sorry. I should of known. And shouldn't of assumed otherwise."
::Cain's POV::
This place would have been much more cooler if fucking Alduin didn't fuck up the joint. This place has mist all over the place. I used Clear Skies to get past it, but I've noticed that it's no use doing this alone. After I got past Tsun, who is very tall and was an extremely hard man to defeat, I pushed on into the main gateway. The first person I saw was the leader of the Companions, Ysgramor. He told me about three people that have been awaiting my arrival to slay Alduin. An old man, a middle aged man, and a woman. They said some things about us four taking out the dragon as a team and that we'll win and so on.
Anyways, here we are in front of the bridge. The older man studied the mist and looked at us three. "Clear Skies! Together!"
"Lok Vah Koor!" We all said at once. The mist cleared drastically.
"VEN MUL RIIK!" Alduin's voice erupted around us and the mist came back, flooding the air.
"Again!" I yelled out.
"Lok Vah Koor!" The mist cleared more and silence fell over us.
"VEN MUL RIIK!" The mist came back.
"Is his strength too much for us?" The middle aged man cried.
"He is getting weaker! One last time!"
I can feel the adrenaline rush into my voice box. This is it, I will fight Alduin here and defeat him.
"Lok Vah Koor!" The mist cleared completely and silence fell over us.
Suddenly we heard a massive and ear piercing roar in the distance. "Here comes Alduin! Everyone prepare yourselves for the ultimate test!"
Alduin came into our view from over the middle mountain. He roared louder and swung around above us. Then he came came to halt in front of us four. "Zu'u Alduin, zok sahrot do naan ko Lein!"
For some reason, I could understand the dragon language now. "Lets agree to disagree. You are no longer the most powerful being anymore."
Alduin kept flapping his wings and he focused his glare onto me. "Pahlok joorre! Hin kah fen kos bonaar!" He said something like we are ignorant mortals and that our pride will not go unpunished.
"Fine, have your way. Now!"
"JOOR ZAH FRUL!" The four of us shouted Dragonrend at the black menace. Blue rays plummeted out from the dragon's body and it fell straight down to the ground. Now is the time!
I brought out my sword and sprinted toward at the downed dragon. The other three warriors charged at the winged lizard. Alduin attempted to get back to his feet but he seemed distorted, probably from the Dragonrend.
I rushed toward Alduin's head and penetrated the dragon's skin with my sword. Alduin whirled his head about and his giant head smacked into me sending me flying back several yards. I hit the ground hard but it didn't hurt as much as I thought it would.
I looked back up at the fight and saw how Alduin was getting sliced by every attack by the other three warriors. Suddenly, boulders started falling down from the sky. Quickly, I picked up my sword and charged back to the dragon, dodging three boulders on the way.
I noticed that with every slice in his scales, bright lights came out from the interior. He was getting weaker! I jabbed my blade back into the dragon and brought it back out. Then Alduin let out a huge death roar. I shifted around to Alduin's head and swung left and right, then left again, then right again, again and again! Alduin's head finally became almost like an LED light and he glared at me with the rest of the strength he had left.
"Zu'u unslaad! Zu'u nis oblaan!"
He's not immortal in my book.
"Not anymore you aren't." I flipped my blade around to where the blade is pointing down, rose my arms and swiftly punctured my blade right through the center of the of the dragon's forehead.
Alduin jerked his head up sending me flying back many more feet. I landed onto a large patch of grass. "Son of a.." I stopped mid sentence at the sight before me. This truly is the demise of Alduin.
"NOOOOOOOOOO!" Alduin's body started turning completely black and his scales fell off as if it was burnt paper. He rose his combusting wings and let out his very last death cry. Then suddenly, Alduin's body exploded into ashes and there was nothing left of his existence. Nothing. No remains left of the World-Eater.
It was over. The world was saved from the evil that could of very well consumed it.
"All hail the Dragonborn! All hail the Dragonborn, for he has saved the world from the World-Eater!"