Hell Hath No Fury.. Part 2
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Title: Hell hath no fury.. Part 2
Author: Shahrressa
In as second he'd disappeared. Civ Kid smiled as Shaahrressa looked at the wall incredulously. "Here's some magic even you can do, Shah," He said teasing his half-sister, as he yanked on the lever.
Wolfgang on his heels.. *Blink, Blink* "Come Shah, join the crowd!" chuckled Lilyth as she was next to disappear. Shahrressa gulped as she grasped the lever and tumbled down to the next level of the dungeon. Streath, Morpheus, and Moonknight popped in behind her. "Ingenious device," Morpheus was saying . "I wonder who built these caverns? Surely no orc could design something like that." They had little time to ponder this however, before they heard harsh voices coming from down the hall.
"Yub, dey clump de idjits adda dor. Humies cum fur Grishnak's red womahn." "Den humies gunna git clumped," said another voice with a snort. "Grishnak has gudda plan. Har! Har!" Wolfgang's eyes narrowed, he'd had a feeling Grishnak was behind all this. He burst forth down the passage, the others in close pursuit.
Wolfgang, catching the orcs by surprise cleaved the head of the first orc, as Streath and Moonknight set the other two afire. Shahrressa placed her hands over her ears, as they howled in their painful deaths. Following footprints and litter, the Knights rounded a corner and continued down a corridor to the east.
"This all seems too easy," Lilyth thought to herself. and as she was about to mention this.. her point became moot. Seemingly from out of nowhere, vermin streamed forth. Giant Scorpians and Spiders the size of a horse, snakes big and small, green blobs of living acid-y slime, and rats of all sizes rushed toward them. There must have been hundreds of them, and each knight had more than his share to deal with.
Overtop the squeaks and squeals of dying vermin, could be heard the clang of sword and whizz of magics. An acrid stench soon filled the cavern as mages set crawling things on fire.
Wolfgang had to marvel at the brillant ploy of Grishnak's, yet it would not be enough to stop the Urban Knights.
Trampling the carcasses, they thundered down the tunnel. Ahead of them in an enormous cavern, was a rope bridge across an underground lake to a tiny island. On the bridge was a force of orcs to match that of the knights. At the lead was a large, ugly, green, bristled one that smelled much worse than the others. Wolf approached this one, stopping a few feet from the creature. "Grishnak," he nodded coldly. Then, "I believe you hold a woman against her will. Release her to us and you may live."
"Grishnak hab notink ub urs, stoopid humie," he grunted back. "Me tink red womahn lubs Grishnak and iz gunna stay here." The icy sound of Wolf's sword leaveing it's scabard, echoed across the cavern. "I challenge you to a duel Grishnak. Winner takes the lady."
"Har! Har!" Grishnak laughed, as he brought forth his own rusty weapon. "Stoopid humie gunna lose mojo blud now." Swords Drawn they eyed each other. The bridge swayed with their wieght alone.
The Orcs were gathered behind Grishnak, cheering him on in their barely comprehensable language. The Knights were grim and kept an eye out for treachery, yet made no move to interfere. Wolf's sword suddenly came alive and sliced wieghtly into Grishnak. They circled each other on the swaying bridge, Wolf darting in to cut into his opponent and Grishnak clumsily defending his blows. Grishank slamed his rusted weapon against Wolf's sheild arm, sending the knight to one knee. But he sparng up valiently and sliced under Grishnaks guard in one motion. The orcish leader fell with a thumk.
"Grrah!" the orcs shouted, and streaming past Wolf into the face of the knights, a battle raged at the bridge. Lylith snapped the neck of one orc with a mighty blow. Morpheus began chanting, and managed to set ones boots afire before being hit with a rock thrown by another. Orcs began throwing rocks as they defended their fallen leader. Streath had time to notice that Grishnak was nothing more than a pile of armor before he too, set lightning onto an orc. Wolf turned and attacked the orcs from behind.
"Get Grishnak to du udder side!" shouted an orc. And as a whole they picked up their fallen leader and sped back across the bridge. Hot on their tails were the Urban Knights. Galloping as fast as they could in pursuit. But when they reached the island they found nothing.
"Where is she?" Shah growled, looking about in frustration. "Where is Shakti?" "Where are the orcs?" Shouted Civ Kid. "They must have gated out."
"what is that?" asked Streath, looking back over his shoulder. He quickly turned and galloped back across the bridge, the other knights following. Giant scorpians and spiders blocked the end of the bridge. The knights tried to push their way through, so as not to be trapped. They found themselves surrounded by a wall of vermin. "Clear it out!" came the command from Wolf, and yelling a challenge they began another fight. As many scorpians as Shahrressa killed, another would appear before her. Before long, she realized that she was being herded to the rear of the cavern and that she could no longer see the other knights. The sounds of magic and swords becoming more distant, she called out to her foster-brother, "Civ, where are you? Can you hear me, Civ?!" Suddenly the scorpian before her stabbed it's tail into her face. Imediately the burning wound began to swell; Shah could not see. She began to scream as her body shook in violent convulsions. With a loud clatter, her kryss dropped to the ground. Just as her horse reared to attack, the scorpian exploded into a gory greenish mass upon the cave floor. And Civ was there. He helped her down from the saddle, supporting her body in his lap. Shah's hands covered her face. "Be still sister," he told her. Then softly whispered words of magic while gesturing over her wounds.
After a moment she stopped trembleling, and the greenish blue of her skin returned to normal. Civ had cured her of the poison that would have surely finished her.
Looking into his eyes for a moment then smiling, she threw her arms around his neck. They held each other in silence for a minute, at the center of a large circle of dead vermin...