Anger coursed through me as I clenched my fist around Heaven's Descent. While I didn't need it, our forces barely got any sleep, putting us at a severe disadvantage.

"Those doors will have to hold!" Aelana yelled, reinforce them with everything you have!"

The sound of something ramming against the doors was discouraging, especially when you are heavily outnumbered and at a disadvantage. We needed more time. I needed to buy the time we needed to be ready to face them.

I flew up to the direction of the door while everyone else was busy collecting all sizes of rocks and stones they could find. Aelana yelled after me but I had made my decision, I would keep her safe from the scourge. I would face whatever there was behind those doors and obliterate it.

When I flew above the gate I could see the scourge was trying to break through with a ram which was basically just a log. Behind them was an army of thousands of skeletons who seemed all too eager to tear me to pieces. Most of them were unarmed but even if you let them out of the equation their armed soldiers still outnumbered us at least five hundred to fifteen.

"FOR QUEL'THALAS!" I screamed from the top of my lungs. I let myself fall down and started hacking away recklessly. I dodged and parried a few thrusts and slices coming my way as I cut a swath of destruction through their ranks. Once I got to their vanguard I made sure to summon a holy fire so bright that it consumed the log and all undead within a ten yard radius.

I might have been too reckless as I felt my strength fading rapidly.

After disposing of the main threat. I spread my wings and hurried to the sky. Just before I was about to go over the doors I was met by a sharp sting in my right wing, followed by another.

A quick glance confirmed that there were two arrows embedded in it.

Not too soon after I lost control of it and I plummeted to the ground as I was unable to maintain my balance with only one functional wing. Just before I hit the ground with the speed gathered from a twenty metres free fall my descent was slowed and I landed softly on the tainted soil. I knew Aelana had used a levitation spell on me and saw her running to me with worry in her eyes.

"I am all right Aelana, they should not be able to break through for an hour or so."

"Angel, you're injured, let me look at that."

She broke off the arrows, sending jolts of pain through my wing as she removed the projectiles. After she was done she sealed the wound and helped me get up. It still felt limp and I couldn't control it, no matter how hard I focused on it.

I gave her a quick kiss on the cheek as thanks and made my way to the camp. I told everyone to rest and save their energies as the scourge wouldn't be a threat for the coming hours and we needed our strength for a grim scenario should that come into play. Few of them tried to get some more sleep with the time they had.

I walked up the stairs and inspected the fortifications. There were a few piles of stone in addition to the logs stutting the door now, it would take hours of ramming to get through that, and for that they needed a new one.

We took this time to discuss a new strategy together on how to get rid of them. Ultimately we came to the conclusion that freezing them would be most efficient. Sylvanas was sure to have some mages with her, they should be able to handle that part. Then, when they were frozen, they would have to be shattered, literally. It should be easy to hit them full on with whatever we had when they were frozen and stunned in place.

I looked up to the sun which had come up, judging from its position I guessed it was about nine o'clock. The scourge had been ramming the door again for the past hour but their progress so far was zero. It gave us the hope we needed. It wouldn't be long before Sylvanas was here.

When the echoing of wood on wood stopped it gave me an odd sensation, something wasn't right. I turned my eyes to the massive doors, and with me, everyone else as well. After a while we saw smoke beginning to rise and we seemed to realise it all at once.

"They are burning the whole thing down! Get ready men!" The Argent commander shouted through the small camp waking the few sleeping soldiers. "To arms!"

We had to stand back from the stairs as it was dangerous in case of a collapse. Everything we had put down in front of the massive gate woud come crashing down on us, all we could do was watch and wait. A few minutes after furious burning the doors finally gave in, they came crashing down the stairs, together with the rubble we had put in front of it. From behind it, there were hundreds of skeletal warriors eager for flesh, we readied ourselves.

"Clear a path to the doorway!" I shouted, "prepare to set up a holy barrier once we get there, we should be able to maintain that long enough. We NEED to hold!"

With the Argent commander on my right and Estelle on my left side, accompanied by the other soldiers we bagan our march up the stairs, cutting down anything that got in our way. After very long minutes and a few hundred skeletons we finally got to the top.

"Get that barrier set up, we will hold them back!"

A few paladins went to work and focused their holy energies on the doorway, a faint barrier became visible but the undead still walked through the light it was made of. Estelle, the commander and I did our best to hold the line, but we were ultimately dealt a heavy blow as a sword pierced the commander's chest. He fell to the floor as I decapitated the skeletal warrior who just struck him down. The barrier became more powerful in time and we had every paladin who was not fighting work on it. Our strength was visibly fading and we managed to seal the breach just in time. An impenetrable holy barrier now protected us from the evil in Zul'Aman.

I turned the commander over and confirmed he had perished. I looked from him to a from channeling his magic exhausted Lucas. He shook his head.

"Don't do it Angel," he paused, "This is the death he always wanted. In battle, protecting his soldiers and friends. He died heroically for us and will remember his sacrifice."

I nodded. This man didn't deserve the curse of undead, he lived his life and I guess this was the best end imaginable. I thought back to my own death, that one had been quite unfair. It had been futile in the end. We could not let this one be in vain.

Two paladins focused on keeping the barrier intact. I helped Aelana bandage her left arm, she had not been able to deflect an arrow in time. It missed her by an inch but still managed to make a nasty cut. It seemed to hurt her but she refused to use her magic on it. She would need it for others later on, she had said. I wished I could change her mind but she seemed steadfast about her decision.

I sat down at the bottom of the stairs with Aelana next to me. She started leaning against me while I was thinking about what we could do about that warlock. Now that the commander, of whom I regrettibly never heard the name, was dead, we would desperately need Sylvanas to take down that warlock. How long was it until they would arrive? I looked up the stairs and saw two other paladins maintaining the barrier now, one of them was Lucas. The previous casters were sitting besides them, completely drained. We would not last too long if we keep this up. My right wing was still inoperable. Even though the pain came back, stronger than before, the biggest issue was not being able to use it.

Aelana distracted me as she was still leaning against me. Her calm behaviour made it look like she was convinced we would win this. Maybe I was worrying too much.

An hour later we had finally achieved our main objective. We had hold. About two hundred forsaken warriors and spellcasters led by Sylvanas and Releana entered our small camp. When she noticed the doors missing from the gates and the paladins near exhausted from keeping the barrier up she instantly dismounted her skeletal horse and hurried to Aelana and me.

I was so relieved to see her but immediately got to the point. "Skeletal warriors, fire won't work, frost magic is advised. Additionally, they got an incredibly powerful skeletal warlock who seems to posess potent shadow magic and is brilliant at disguising himself. I hate to admit I wasn't able to defeat him in combat. He should be considered a serious threat to our soldiers."

When I finished I saw her putting up a small smile. I knew how she preferred getting to the point , in times of battle you need to act quickly.

"Mages to the front, prepare to turn your enemies into popsicles," she yelled.

She continued in a lower voice so that just Aelana and I could hear it.

"Let's finish this, I have no time for games."

A/N Wow, chapter 30 already, I know it goes pretty fast with the length my chapters are but still. Anyways, if you like the story I would really welcome some reviews. Also, if you spot any mistakes please warn me, I try to filter as much as I can and have a few friends read it as well to help me with this, once somebody spots an error I fix them immediately. Thanks for reading! :