The Hero in Disguise, Chapter 2 Options

[Taillus]

Chapter 2 already? Man and I thought that this was going to be a short fic.... oh well I really got a ball rolling with this one and I have just decided what I want to do with it Oh yeah am I ever excited about this one. Anyway here is the beginning of Chapter 2 and I promise everyone things will pick up just bear with me...

Chapter 2 - Kvatch is a Good Place to Visit But...



I distinctly remember myself saying that I would be ready for anything that was thrown at me in Kvatch. I could not be so wrong. In fact, I doubt there would be anything that could brace me for what I would experience. As I traveled the winding path that led to Kvatch I could tell that there was something out of the ordinary happening there today and I was sure it wasn’t a town celebration or holiday.

Usually holidays do not involve the smell of burning…everything. A dark black smoke rose from the city and billowed overhead to the point of making the sky appear later then it actually was. As I continued down the path, I could see some tents and such littered in a clearing not far from town. There was a small fire in the middle and the people around it didn’t look very happy at all.

Looking up the hill I could see that Kvatch itself had seen much better days. From what I could see from my vantage point, the Castle was on its last legs and was probably about ready to crumble. Something was horribly wrong here.

Children crying and mothers weeping it seemed as though no one was very happy at all. There were people that were wounded badly and some that were just barely clinging to life itself. Something was happening in Kvatch indeed and I was about to find out exactly what.

“Dear sir it is not a day to be sightseeing at all. Kvatch is completely destroyed and many are dead. It is a sad time for all indeed.” A man says as he breaks down into tears. I console him for a few moments until he calms down enough for me to find out what is going on.

“They appeared almost out of nowhere. Fiery gates containing evil Daedra that burned our houses and killed all of our loved ones without even an ounce of remorse for our people. We had no time to retaliate at all. They just slaughtered us all before we had any clue.” The man says as he points to his town.

“There are a few soldiers left up there trying to hold them back but I don’t think I can fight anymore. Part of me just wants to walk through one of those gates and be done with it!” He sobs as he walks away.

I broke into a run as I quickly made my way up the hill to what was left of Kvatch. There is no way that Martin is dead. I refused to believe it. I didn’t even take the time to check if he was amongst the people that I had met. I just focused on getting up the hill to help the last soldiers push back the Daedra. I met a few men that were standing on the other side of a wood and rock barricade but they were barely able to keep back the forces of evil.

I ran by them knowing that time was of the essence. I could hear one of the men saying that there were some that hopped into the gate and that exactly was my plan as well. After downing some lesser scamps as I knew them to be called, I leapt through the gate without a second thought

[Taillus]

Here is the next update. I am really eager to make this story go quickly because I have sooooooooo many surprises for you all. Happy reading everyone and have fun! Oh and BTW this is a really long entry...sorry

There was one thing that could save me but I would have to act quickly. I rolled over as swiftly as I could and cast one of the only spells I knew for sure was still available to me. I watched as a large fire ball that was conjured from my hands scream towards where I thought the Goblin archer was and to my amazing luck, it hit perfectly.

Getting the ranged honoured user out of the way would give me the time I needed to get myself out of this mess. Luckily, the effects of the poisons were very weak and wore off after a few seconds giving me time to shakily get to my feet before the close quartered berserkers got within their range.

I had managed to let go of my shield when I fell, and my head was quaking due to me landing on it but I had to keep it together so these monsters wouldn’t get the opportunity to wear my skull as a helmet!

The first of the warriors jumped at me from a considerable distance, his mace arced behind his shoulder and ready to swing. A flashback to my Blue Lions training almost made my body move on its own as I strafed to the left and pivoted on my heels swinging my blade in three quarters of a full circle.

My tactic managed to slice cleanly through both wrists of the goblin as well as remove his head completely. The move was designed to use both the forward momentum of both my weapon and the airborne moving foe to my advantage… Looks to me like it worked like a charm.

My next two enemies proved to be quite pesky as they completely flanked me and caught me flat footed. One decided to launch a full-frontal attack while the other one made it behind me without my knowing, and he managed to find my shield. I realized that I was way in over my head, I also realized that if I had just stayed with Martin and Jauffre that these goblins would probably not have even known we were ever there.

As it stood, I was having a real hard time getting this duo off of my back in the most literal sense. Just as I would stagger the one behind me, the one in front took pleasure in catching me in the ribcage with his iron axe. With another burst of quick thinking, I could see in my head my trainer that had given me so much to use in battle….

“Alright men, this tactic could very well save your life if you were to ever find yourself flanked and outnumbered. Distance yourself from your opponents as best you can by calling up a weak leveled destruction spell that could be activated twice in succession, one per hand. This won’t drop your foes dead but it will give you breathing room.”

It was far too simple, I was a BattleMage in the Blue Lions of Ebonheart for crying out loud. Why have I lost my touch? If it were three years ago these little buggers would be nothing more then a minor setback. I was going to have to train my skewered skills and get back into shape. I had always thought that leaning how to fight would stay with a man for life but I guess people can get rusty.

With a quick swing of my blade to get a free second before throwing it into the air, I watched as the two goblins stumbled backwards from my two quick flares. It worked like a charm and once I caught my falling sword, I ended them quickly.

A job well done I must say even though it took me some time to get back in my element. Now to head back to Jauffre and Martin so we can rest for a while. I bounded cockily out of the main chamber of the mine and was on my way back to the entrance with my waiting allies when I head the most teeth clenching sound.

A howl that could have made my bones jump out of my skin. It echoed down the tunnel that I was in and from what I could tell, came from the main chamber I had just left moments ago. Turning back to find the source almost made my life end. I didn’t really have time to even realize what it was but just as I turned around, I was beaten silly by the biggest creature I had ever seen.

Truth be told, I actually had no idea of its size. I just added that for dramatic purposes. Plus when you are used to expecting four foot tall goblins, anything bigger was massive. Whatever it turned out to be managed to catch me at the absolute worst time because my shield was on my back and my sword was buckled safely at my side making a swift mitt to my face easily possible.

I fell to the ground before the beast as the sheer force of its punch almost knocked my jaw off. It really took me by surprise and proved to be a painful experience indeed. The last thing I remember was seeing the beast roar in my face before being launched away from me by a seemingly powerful blast of magicka.

In my unconsciousness, I was stuck in a dream. I was seeing myself in my former body at a coronation party. It seemed as though I was selected to replace Duke Vedam Dren as the Duke of Ebonheart. Everyone was so happy and things seemed to be going so well but then I realized that it wasn’t me that I was seeing. It was Taillus still in my body being given the title of Duke.

Try as I might, I wanted to warn everyone that the man becoming Duke was not Xander at all but they called me a killer and wouldn’t listen. That was when I was shaken to consciousness. Martin was over my head shaking me and trying to keep me awake. I began to come to my senses but I really wanted to finish that vision. I hope my dream had no truth in it.

“It seems that Troll got the best of you friend. Me and Jauffre managed to get rid of it though. Next time we should do things as a team, how does that sound?” Martin chuckles as he sits me up.

My head was pounding and my jaw stung really badly but I had to agree, I had no clue what I would come across down there, I shouldn’t have been so headstrong. I put Martin’s life in danger by trying to bite off more then I could chew and I wanted to rap myself across the knuckles for being so weak minded.

“Let us rest here men. We will regain our strength then finish our journey to Cloud Ruler Temple tomorrow. There Martin will be safe and we can work on getting that amulet back.” Jauffre explains as we all unpack our bedrolls and turn in for the night.