Overlord Thraka

The Room

*The Elf howls in agony and falls back, blacking out briefly*
*Mergoux slides off the black smoke holding her and hits the floor hard. After a few seconds she raises herself onto arms and knees, both trembling badly from injuries and weakness*
Mergoux: Wwff... Wht... hppn... free?
*Her speech is badly slurred and barely understandable*

*Iris screams in shock and scrambles back, watching in disbelief*
Iris: H-hanna?!

The Room

*Iris doesn't immediately notice anything, as she can't see Hanna's face and doesn't notice the toe-wiggle. She just holds Hanna close, rocking her gently and crying quietly*

*Xan stretches and wakes, blinks tiredly and sees the bug and falls off the couch in shock*
Xan: Agh! Ik ganji tufavu! (Is giant insect!)

The Room

*The Elf takes a deep breath, squeezes her eyes shut and nods*
Elf: D-do it... I'd sooner live without it than die trapped here...

*Mergoux lifts her head, trying to figure out what's going on through blurred vision*

The Room

*The Dark Elf's eyes go wide then glassy as her spinal cord is severed*
*The Elf looks slightly fearful of Karma now and shakes her head. She groans in pain as the rubble shifts a little*
Elf: M-my leg... I don't think...
*She's in a lot of pain and has trouble speaking through gritted teeth*
Elf: I don't think... I'm going to be walking... ever...

*Mergoux stirs slightly, groaning in pain as she regains some form of consciousness*

The Room

*The Wood Elf glares at the cowardly woman*
Wood Elf: Stay then! See how he rewards you for your loyalty!
*She looks at the others then back at Karma*
Wood Elf: I wish you luck with him, but even you I doubt would be able to end him. He is a Shaman, and a deadly one at that. Farewell, and keep The Butcher safe, she deserves to live.
*She and most of the others run for the door, but just as they reach the entrance, a rune glows around the arching doorway
Wood Elf: Oh Hellfire! The arch seal!
*The arch detonates in a firey explosion as one or two of the faster slaves are able to dive out of the way of the brunt of it. Gore sprays as the others obliterated and the 3 slaves who chose to stay scream in terror and cower behind whatever cover they can find*
*As the dust settles it's shown that the entrance is blocked by tons of rubble, having buried the bodies of the slain. The wood Elf lies with one leg trapped under the rubble and a dark elf woman lies dying next to her, the explosion having blown open her chest*

The Room

*The Wood Elf nods*
Wood Elf: Yes... She needs healing... But we've no supplies to do that here... Where are you taking her?
*The other Slaves look at Karma in mild awe*
Slave1: You freed us...
Slave2: Like before!
Slave3: Quick! We must be off! We must find safety!
Slave4: There is no safety from him! I'm staying here, so that I don't suffer like she did.
*The 4th slave points to Mergoux with a finger trembling in fear*

*Iris weeps, heartbroken over Hanna's death*
*She holds Hanna tightly to her, sobbing openly*

The Room

*In the main room, there are now about a dozen slave girls of various races and ethnic backgrounds. A Wood Elf woman steps towards Karma as she enters the room then pauses and gasps at the sight of Mergoux*
Wood Elf: M'lady! M'lady! We need to thank- Is that... her? The Butcher?
*The other former slaves press forwards, some cautious, others afraid, but most curious*

The Room

*Iris keeps trying to revive Hanna for over 10 minutes before breaking down completely and sobbing heartbrokenly next to the bed*
Iris: Why Hanna....?! Why?!

*Mergoux doesn't respond, again, unconscious*

The Room

*The path chosen by Karma leads down, down, down, several winding flights of carved stone steps. The air grows colder and colder until Karma would be able to see her own breath. The lights are fewer and farther between. At the bottom of the stairs is a large room with a number of cells set against the walls all around. Only two of the cells have occupants. One, a rather large looking rat, and other other the crumpled form of Mergoux. She's been stripped and chained, not to the wall, but to the bars of the cage, to prevent her from hiding in the corners and out of reach. She's been badly beaten, her body covered in bruises. gashes and burns from what the WereTigers have done to her. Some of her tattoos are almost invisible against the dark bruising covering much of her legs and her face is barely recognizable, nose broken, both eyes blackened and a long gash down the right side of her face*
*She lies in the cell, breathing shallowly and obviously unconscious*

*Iris stands in the doorway, utterly in shock before she screams*
Iris: HANNA! NOOOOO!!!
*She races to Hanna's side, and with her new claws, slices the crude rope holding her up. She pulls her down and lays her on the bed, hot tears streaming from her eyes*
Iris: No baby please don't do this... Please..
*She starts preforming CPR, trying to bring Hanna back*

*Horus sighs*
Horus: Iris is my wife, she had some... troubles... She's resting now but I should go and tend to her soon

The Room

*Tiaz grins to himself*
Tiaz: Excellent. Perhaps we may meet again Devil, when I am prepared to send you back to hell.
*He limps towards the cave entrance, then, almost as an afterthought, limps over to his children and gently lifts them up and over his shoulder to carry them*
*He looks back at Karma in hatred*
Tiaz: No... no there is no perhaps about it. I will seek retribution for this.
*He limps off and out of the cave towards the woods*

*Iris enters Hanna's room*