Turin led the way through the dark corridors of the slave quarters. The sounds of the suffering arose from each cell and lingered in the air like a cancer.
"So this is were all of the girls are kept?" Baron said as he observed his surroundings
"Yep, we keep em all locked up in this block of cells." Turin said almost smiling. The two continued through the fortress. The next room was full of weapons, rows of stands lined up and down the room. The stands were filled to the brim with hammers, swords, daggers, maces, bows, and arrows.
"Why do you keep the weapon's right by the slaves." Baron said his survivalist mind disagreeing.
The redguards mouth turned up in a smile.
"Well you have to give them a chance don't you." The two continued their journey through the twisted hallways of the complex. Baron was surprised at the organization and luxurious equipment they kept. He could tell that these people were better than any petty bandits. The dark skinned man led Baron though a large wooden portal and into a large room that was fully lit by candles all around, as well as two large chandeliers. A large fighting tarp was in the middle.
A Orc stood in the middle swinging a huge Axe. As Baron approached him, He put the giant axe away and stared at Baron, not saying a word. "Gronack, be nice to the new man." Turin said slapping Baron on the back with fierce strength. The orc said nothing and continued to glare.
"I believe that you have already met Hadil." Turin said pointing to the corner of the large room. The dark elf sat in a chair sharpening his arrowheads. Heslouched in a lesiurely but intimidating fashion. He stared at Baron, his cold red eyes trying to cut through Baron's defenses. The dark elf suddenly felt something on the back of his neck he turned to see what it was only to be greeted by the upside down face of an Argonian. The lizards scales were blood red with a little bit of grey mixed in. He was hanging upside down on a chandelier not caring about Barons personal space.
"He looks like a little Dick licker." The argonian said before flipping to a drop on the ground. The lizardman got close to Baron getting in his face, Baron refused to give up his ground.
"Easy there Twitch." The redguard warned he took a vial out of his pocket. It was small and filled with a creamy white liquid. Turin tossed it on the ground away from the two. Twitch jumped on it with ferocious speed, popping the top off and drinking it down. He squirmed on the ground relishing in his drug high.
"Skooma?" Baron asked Turin.
"Yes sir, he has been addicted to it since before he was born. He will do anything to get it. But I tell you, you drop him some Skooma before a raid and he fights like a god." Baron took one more look at the disgusting lizard before turning back to the center.
"I have just one question." Baron said "Who is the Black wolf." Turin grabbed Baron's shoulders shaking him with a firm grip.
"You will learn who he is in time soldier."
"Why the secrecy?" The large redguard walked a few steps away from Baron and looked him up and down scanning him for weakness.
"We have to make sure we can trust you." The large man's voice seemed like it was sincere but Baron could sense a threatening undertone beneath it. He seemed to be the leader, kind of a father figure for the rest of the team.
Baron reached down and grabbed the hilt of his sword. The pouring rain came down on his clothes and drenched him from head to foot, beads of liquid dribbled down his body and sword. The new leather greaves and armor that were now attached to his body gave him a little more security when he thought of the mission he was about to go on.
The lighting struck in the sky lighting the small village that baron was now looking at through some foliage he was crouched beneath. He checked his weapons one more time, making sure that all of the daggers he had planted on his person were still sitting quietly in their sheaths.
The rumbling and flashes of the storm drowned out any noise that could be heard on the outside. The rain pelted the leaves of the forest and the roofs of the buildings around. This was Baron's first mission and he didn't want to screw it up. He started to rise from the ground and brushed his long dark hair out of his red flecked eyes.
The rest of the slavers were beginning to to exit the bushes and enter into the village, Baron drew his longsword and did the same. He was to clear out the buildings on the left hand side of the village. Stealth would be important here and Baron knew that, the heavy rain would only help him be more sneaky.
He pushed his back against the stone of the little one room home, window in the front of the house glowed with warm orange light from the inside. Baron quickly peered inside. A man probably a father. a mother and a teenage daughter. "Perfect." Baron gritted through his teeth. One door three people.
And came up to the door. He raised his fist and gave three quiet raps on the wooden door. The father did as Baron expected and rose to get the door. As it opened Baron hid behind it. He slid the sword back into the shealth. He wanted his first kill on the job to be special.
He grabbed the man by his collar and yanked him out into the rain through the portal. He quickly covered the man's mouth and brought him around to the side of the house. He wasted no more time but threw him on the ground, grabbinghis hair and mouth with massive strength Baron twisted qickly and pulled. The sound to the bone inside the neck breaking and splaying made a wretched evil sound before the body of the man went limp. Baron smiled, He could get used to this.
The two women in the house got up from the table they were sitting at and came to the door. Baron had no time to waste, he lunged at the two women and dragged them quickly to the ground. He grabbed the table cloth of the table and quickly bound their legs wrists and pulled another one over their mouths. They cried in fear as he got up and admired his work. Baron walked over the the candles in the corner of the room and cupped his hand over the flame of several candles extinguishing them.
As soon as they were out, Baron left just as quickly as he had came, he was on to the next building through the gloomy drenching rain. He looked across the muddy road to he other side of the village. The thick rain was hard to see through but he could make out Gronak throwing some dead bodies out the door of the inn that stood in the middle of the town. He looked up and saw Hadil crouching silently on the roof.
There was a deadly silence through the night that would have sent a chill down the spine of anyone who was not accustomed to it. Hadil nodded at Baron before running to the side and leaping of the roof disappearing on to another one.
Baron wasted no more time but started on the road, his feet splashing under him as he ran along. The next building was up the road. He followed the same procedure as before ducking around the wall of the next building. He peered in the window, it was dark in the tiny house no one presided inside. He arose from his crouched position and continued to the other houses.
He reached the next house quickly making sure to still be stealthy. He quietly broke the lock with a small blade he kept on his waist. He opened the door and entered into the small building. The old wooden door creaked on it's hinges as it swung open. The house had no lights on no one was home. Baron sighed he was looking forward to a little more blood to spill. He shrugged and continued, The rest of the buildings he found were also devoid of life.
Baron gritted his teeth and wondered where all the people in the town had gone. He walked to the center of the town and regrouped with the rest of the team. Turin was the first to emerge and greet Baron. The rest continued most of them showed up empty handed only Turin and Baron had some slaves they had only collected five. Baron looked at Twitch. His hands and arms were coated with blood. He licked it off his claws viciously. Turin turned as he tossed the two women he collected into the circle.
"Find the rest of them, they couldn't have gone far." The group of slavers said nothing else but split up again disappearing into the forest.