Dancing the Death Tango

Quickly pulling out a couple of arrows from his quiver, Aidan fired off multiple arrows in rapid succession. But Vatlaaw was too quick, running around the room, firing at Rurik and Devona as they charged him. Cynn decided to match speed with speed, getting ready to shoot a few thunderbolts at the Charr. Eve was busy summoning an undead horde, while Mhenlo was just trying to make sure Devona and Rurik didn't kill themselves. Finally, the two got close enough to attack Vatlaaw, but just as they were about to strike, he jumped into the air and flipped over them. The second he landed, he shot two arrows, one at each, and hit them just above the knee, where the armor was weak. Turning around, he was about to shoot the annoying archer but he was charged by an army of fleshy skeleton warriors.

"Die and become one of my pets," Eve yelled, laughing maniacally all the while.

Mhenlo turned and looked at her with an inquisitive eye, then shouted to Aidan, "You sure know how to pick 'em!"

Aidan grumbled but continued to fire arrows. Cynn was shooting all the lightning that Vatlaaw could taste while the bone warriors were swarming him. Finally, he had enough, and merely mowed his way through. Charging straight at Mhenlo, Cynn dived into his path, shooting an icy spell. "That should slow you down," Cynn taunted, and Mhenlo pulled himself out of cower mode. Quickly trying to regain his cool, he rushed over to Rurik and Devona, sprawled on the ground. He pulled the arrows out, and healed the wounds they had received. But as soon as they were up, Cynn was flying in the air like a rag doll. Mhenlo rushed over and caught her, laying her on the floor to heal. She blushed slightly, and when he was finished, Cynn jumped into attack mode, not wanting to stare at him for long. Eve, upset her pets were destroyed, decided to change tactics.

Speaking in the language of ancients, she flung her demonic spell at Vatlaaw. He quickly slowed even more than when Cynn cast her spell. Seizing the opportunity, Devona ran up and smashed him with her hammer. He went flying, and landed sprawled on the ground. Rurik quickly ran up to him and started to interrogate Vatlaaw.

"What are you doing here?" Rurik asked.

"Well, I have the unfortunate task of making sure stragglers don't escape the city. Which is ruined now that you found me…"

"Why would people escape the city?"

Vatlaaw slowly started crawl to a cliff overhang that showed Ascalon. While Rurik was busy pondering, Vatlaaw was about to lean over and fall, but Aidan shot an arrow to pin him to the ground. Grunting slightly from the puncture, he pulled the arrow out and went the rest of the way over. All that could be heard was his maniacal laughter, than nothing. "Guess he didn't want to be my pet," Eve said.

Devona and Aidan had made their way over to the overhang, looking for his dead body, and found it. "Ew. Charr suicide. I'm not picking that up," Devona said. Aidan had his mouth open, and pointed to the city. Following his gaze, Devona saw what he was gaping at. "Rurik…we have a problem."

Rurik slowly made his way over, and saw what she was talking about. The whole city was ablaze. Charr were pouring out the now freshly made holes in the outer walls. People were running, trying to escape the invasion. Occasionally rocks would fly from the wall after being broken again. "We rescue as many people as we can, hide them in this cave, and pray to the gods that Ascalon can survive this," was all Rurik had to say.

With that, the others quickly ran out, trying to save as many people as possible, trying to make sure that tomorrow, they wouldn't be the only proof that Ascalon existed.