The War Against Drakath

Chapter 25: Enslaved

After we had gotten everything we needed to take down Vath, we decided to storm his castle, which fittingly was blue just like him.

The castle was heavily guarded, but thankfully Jorxlol had taught us how to sneak past them.

Eventually we saw Vath, and prepared for the final showdown.

Or not. As it turns out, it was all a trap. The thing we thought was Vath was just a blue balloon on a stick. As we pondered what was going on, suddenly out of the blue a golden cage fell on top of us, trapping Blackmagic13 and I inside. Blackmagic13 immediately started tugging at the bars, but naturally that did not work.

"So, you thought that it would be that easy to get to me did you?" asked Vath, who suddenly came out of the shadows.

"Vath you rotten slimeball, let us out of here!" demanded Blackmagic13.

"If you really must know, I've actually known for weeks that you would show up. Drakath told me that you wouldn't allow me to unleash the second Beast of Chaos, the Rock Roc." he told us.

"The Rock Roc?" I asked curiously.

"Thanks to my friends Jorxlol and Snowbeard here though, I knew that you were coming." grinned Vath.

This immediately set Blackmagic13 off. "You dirty traitors! When I get out of here, I'm going to fry you with my magic!"

"Why? Why'd you do it?" I asked them sadly.

"Simple. Because I paid them!" With that, Vath laughed maniacally. "Now yes now where were we? Ah yes. Guards, take them away and place them into chains! Also, make sure to take away their weapons and armor as well!"

What happened next wasn't a whole lot of fun. As soon as the guards came, they put us in revealing slave outfits that looked remarkably like Battle Swimwear, and without any privacy, causing us both to blush.

Next they put manacles around our wrists and ankles, so that we wouldn't be able to move, well aside from being able to mine various minerals and whatnot simply to make Vath rich and give him the Chaos Gemeralds he needed. I vowed to make Vath pay for what he had done as I was forced by the Drow Slavedrivers to keep on mining, while Blackmagic13 kept telling me that he was going to kill the Chaos Dragonlord.

I'm not sure how long we were in there, it could have been days to be honest with you.

Anyways, both Blackmagic13 and I were exhausted, and we didn't know how much more that we could take. Would this be our fate, to die from overwork and exhaustion? I hoped not.

Thankfully, this proved not to be the case, as in that particular moment Jorxlol suddenly came in.

As it turns out, Jorxlol and Snowbeard had not betrayed us after all, but instead they simply wanted to give us the opportunity to free the slaves. Releasing us from our chains and giving us our armor and weapons back, he told us that to escape, we would need to be very cautious.

And so we were, being careful not to alert any of the guards as we released the dwarves from their chains. Suffice to say, they were very grateful for what we did.

There was no time to say thanks and you're welcome though, as we still had to find a way out of the prison. As it turns out, there was a boulder in the way that led to an escape tunnel. With some dynamite a dwarf named Mick Guyver had kept with him, we managed to blow him out. We were finally able to escape...

But unfortunately the warden would not be having it. "GUARDS! Get them!" demanded Warden Elfis, the prison warden.

We told them that we would take care of the warden if they simply distracted the prison guards. And so they did.

Blackmagic13 blasted Warden Elfis with fire, which caused his hair to start to burn. "AAH! PUT IT OUT!" he screamed, running around in circles. Apparently he did not realize that would simply cause the flames to spread quicker.

While he was distracted, I reached out with my sword and stabbed him in the gut. "AARGH!" he screamed once more.

He was a tough brute though. He body slammed Blackmagic13, causing her to become dizzy.

"Ugh...my head..." exclaimed Blackmagic13.

There was no time for me to help her though, as I slashed Warden Elfis with my sword.

"I'll teach you to try to escape from my prison!" he exclaimed, as he punched me straight in the face.

"I've had enough of what you've been doing to these innocent dwarves!" I responded, as I kicked Warden Elfis in the stomach.

"AARGH! This can't be happening!" Warden Elfis screamed. All around him, the dark elves had their hands full trying to keep the prisoners under control. One of them bonked a guard on the head with a boulder, causing him to become unconscious.

Eventually there was nothing stopping them from using the escape tunnel to get out of the prison and back to the Inn Ternet.

"NO! AARGH! This is all your fault!" Warden Elfis bellowed, trying to take down Blackmagic13 and I for what we had done.

But eventually, we prevailed, and pretty soon we were able to escape as well.

But this was only half the battle. The dark elves found out about what had happened, and pretty soon they were preparing themselves for an all-out assault against the dwarves.

And I got the feeling that Vath had already gotten all the Chaos Gemeralds he had needed to unleash the 2nd Beast of Chaos...for a moment that I was thinking that it might have been Stalagbite...but apparently this wasn't the case.

Nonetheless, we felt proud of ourselves. The dwarves were finally free. No longer would they have to suffer under the cruel hands of the 3rd Lord of Chaos or his evil minions.

While the dwarves were getting ready to take back what was theirs, we prepared ourselves to enter Vath's Keep again.

Hopefully he would not be suspecting us this time, and we would be able to assault his base.

This sure was an epic chapter, huh? I tried to make it a bit different from the main story this time...just so I could keep it interesting...I already got a review about that. I suppose I'll be seeing you again, so until next time! Don't forget to write a review if you liked the story!