World of Warcraft: Burning Skies

by Blackdrag-rose

Shore: Wailing Halls

With the Tidestone of Golganneth placed in the section of the Tomb that had been made for it, and the heroes were ready to move once more, Spitfire and Rainbow departed from what appeared to be a dead end and started to retrace their steps as they headed over to the circular chamber again, where they passed by the statue of Elune and headed for the top of the passage in question, since there was a doorway their group had walked right by earlier and Spitfire was sure that it had to be the way that would allow them to move into the other side of the Tomb. Of course she understood that she might be wrong in thinking such a thing, given that no one among them had any idea what might be lurking in the rest of this place, save for the Avatar since that was a recorded and spoken about thing, though the heroes of Azeroth followed after them while they kept their guard up, despite the fact that they knew most of their allies were thinking about the defectors who were joining Spitfire's ever growing forces, especially since many didn't trust Mistress Sassz'ine and her Naga, but they did trust Spitfire and that seemed to be enough to make them resist questioning her methods. She understood that such a thing meant that they were allying with enemies that used to be threatening this world, as the Naga were usually involved with disasters and stood against the Alliance and the Horde, though she was, one more, pleased to find that her allies were willing to keep an open mind when it came to everything she did for this world and it's inhabitants, especially since none of them bothered the Naga who swore to defect to her side, something that must have shocked them to some degree when it happened, but for now she focused on their main task as they reached the top of the stairs. From there they found their way back to the area that the door rested in, near the thin passage that would take everyone back to where Harjatan had been waiting for foes to arrive, where Spitfire let the rogues check the ancient door and they opened it without delay, revealing an opening that did bring them to a large chamber that looked like part of the old temple, with a number of Kaldorei spirits lingering all over the place in question, be it on the walkways, large areas with elegant craftsmanship, and a circular area that looked like it might be the resting area of a powerful creature that might be blocking the way forward.

Of course that was when Spitfire found two paths in this chamber, one that seemed to be leading back in the direction of the Tomb's main chamber and another that might be heading deeper in another direction, meaning the latter was more important than the former, since it would bring them to the next Pillar pedestal so they could influence another ward and get ready to head into the depths of the structure, though as everyone entered this part of the Tomb Spitfire took a couple of seconds to think about what was in front of them as she felt something in the air.

"Okay, so there is a powerful guardian in this large chamber," Spitfire commented, where she beckoned to the larger area that had to be where the being in question rested, causing many of the heroes to focus on it for a moment as everyone took in what happened to be resting around this section of the Tomb, even though there were a good number of ghostly Kaldorei standing between where they were starting and both passages that would take them to other sections that they hadn't explored yet, before she beckoned to the passage that was on the right side of the chamber, if one happened to be facing the larger circular area, "and I'm positive that the path we need to take is that one, though there is a barrier of sorts resting over it, so we're going to have to fight our way through this area and cut down the spirit whose guarding this part of the Tomb... it should, in theory, unlock the way forward and allow us to find the next Pillar pedestal, which is no doubt being guarded by another powerful guardian of some kind. Once we've done that we should be able to return to the main chamber and take down the Fel Lord whose guarding what might very well be the fourth and final pedestal we need to use one of the Pillars on, which will allow us to delve into the depths of the Tomb and, hopefully, take down Kil'jaeden before he reaches Sargeras' ancient Avatar."

"That seems like a fair assessment of what's going on in here," Vytheril said, something that caused most of the group to nod their heads for a moment, since they were far more experienced in raiding locations than either Spitfire or Rainbow, even if both of them were, at this point in time, far stronger than anyone they had seen in the past and were constantly growing stronger as time went by, especially since Rainbow was capable of devouring Fel energy to empower herself, but as he said that everyone glanced down the stairs that were in front of them, showing that they were ready to tackle this section of the Tomb and open the way for them to move forward.

Spitfire said nothing to that as she, Rainbow, and their allies headed down the stairs and approached the first group of Kaldorei spirits who seemed to be trapped in this structure, as while they might have started as those who were willing to stay behind, to maintain their duties or something, being in this place would have warped their minds and sure enough her thoughts were proven to be right as the spirits lashed out at the heroes, instead of issuing a warning for them to pull back or something, meaning they must have been corrupted by all of the Avatar's energy. With that in mind they lashed out at the spirits that were in front of them, where she briefly recalled that she had been surprised when she struck such a being with one of her weapons, as it had been during her and Rainbow's time in Outland, along with the fact heroes could kill spirits, breaking their grasp on this plane and sending them to the Shadowlands, though in response to what they were doing the group of elven spirits turned and fought back without wasting a single second as they swung their fists and any phantom weapons they might have on them. An interesting fact was that it wasn't just the spirits of the Kaldorei priests and priestesses that had been tending to this place at one point in time, rather they were joined by a few hippogryphs that had been in the area, spirits like the foes the group was currently fighting right now, causing some of the heroes to turn and face them while their allies focused on taking down the priests, though they did make sure not to move too far in one direction since it might attract the other spirits that were resting around this section of the Tomb. While they fought their enemies Spitfire listened in on what most of the Kaldorei spirits had to say, most of which seemed to be broken due to the fact that they had been exposed to the Avatar's corruption for so long, but what she did gleam from those that could still speak revealed that this placed was referred to as the Terrace of the Moon, the area they had come from was the Abyssal Throne, and the powerful creature they would be facing soon was actually three powerful spirits, the Sisters of the Moon as the spirit called them, revealing that their targets were Huntress Kasparian, Priestess Lunaspyre, and Captain Yathae Moonstrike, which told her that they must have been guards for this place before their deaths.

Once they were done with the first group of spirits, who had been guarding a short bit of stairs that lead to a small area which contained some bookshelves, having plenty of tomes and scrolls that were protected by magic, Spitfire made sure to focus on the couple of other groups of spirits that were scattered around the Terrace of the Moon and had the heroes tackle them, mostly because there was no telling if attacking the powerful guardians would cause the remaining spirits to rush over to the main chamber and aid them. As such she was eliminating the possibility of their enemies overpowering the heroes by cutting down the enemies before they were capable of doing what she was thinking about, something her allies agreed with, especially since falling here meant disaster for Azeroth and those who were outside the Tomb, save for the fact that she and Rainbow were here, so they spent a few minutes clearing out the ancient Kaldorei spirits who were in this place, allowing them to move on to the next stage of one's existence. While they cleared out the chamber, while at the same time staying away from the guardian arena, Spitfire took another moment to check out both paths that were linked to this place, one that certainly went upwards and had to lead back to the Chamber of the Moon, the main chamber of the Tomb, while the other definitely descended into the depths, likely to where the Pillar pedestal for the next Pillar, the Tears of Elune no doubt, had to be resting, giving her a good idea of the Tomb's layout as the heroes hacked, slashed, and even blasted the remaining spirits. Eventually they cleared the chamber of every spirit that might be a potential reinforcement for the Sisters of the Moon, to which Spitfire, Rainbow, and all of the heroes walked over to the raised section and came to a stop as they stared at all three spirits that were in front of them, all of them being female, just like their title suggested, where Spitfire found that the one on their right wore the attire of a priestess, the one on their left seemed to be more like a rogue, and the middle on in front of them, who wasn't as transparent as most of the spirits they had seen so far, wore a set of armor that made her look like an ancient hunter, while she rode on the back of a saber cat who wore enough armor to be classified as a weapon of war, or at least that was Spitfire's opinion on this.

The moment everyone was ready to go, since some of the heroes had been mending their wounds and making sure they had all of their energy since this was going to be an interesting fight, they quickly walked up the short of stairs that were in front of them and spread out when they entered the domain of the Sisters of the Moon, where Spitfire quickly noticed that the floor did seem to be made out of glass or something, not that it mattered as they focused on the Kaldorei spirits who needed to be taken down so they could move into the depths of this side of the Tomb.

"Sisters, be on your guard!" the hunter exclaimed, who had to be Kasparian and meant that the one to her right had to be Captain Yathae, as the one to her left was clearly a priestess and that meant she was Lunaspyre, though it was clear that she was more eager for battle than the other two were, as she quickly pulled out her circular bladed weapon as her saber cat growled, though since Yathae pulled out her daggers and Lunaspyre held her staff at the ready, which they did right after Kasparian called out for them to raise their guard, this meant they were ready for a fight and that meant there was no way to talk some sense into any of them.

With that information in mind Spitfire and Rainbow rushed forward as their allies followed after them, where they learned something new that would help them in their fight against the Sisters of the Moon, as it appeared that only one was out in the open at a time and the other two, who would be in a more phantom state, couldn't be harmed at all, so that meant all of them had to focus on Kasparian for the time being, where Rainbow found that she was the target of the saber's attacks as Spitfire parried the incoming attacks from the rider who wanted all of them dead. Of course that didn't mean they were safe from the attacks of the other two, as Spitfire observed Lunaspyre channeling the power of her goddess, or maybe just calling upon lunar power in general, and blasted some of them with the power she had access to when she was alive, while at the same time Yathae rained phantom arrows on the area everyone was gathered in, arrows that did nothing to either of her companions while dealing damage to the heroes of Azeroth. Such a thing would have annoyed them, given the fact that they could only harm one of their enemies while the other two lurked in a phantom state, but everyone in their group had known that this place would be hard to overcome, given that Kil'jaeden was here and some of his strongest followers were lurking in some sections of the Tomb, and the heroes smiled for a moment as Spitfire decided to try something as she swung one of her Twinblades and forced Yathae to switch to her blades for a moment as she parried the attack, even though it forced her backwards a bit, something that surprised both the heroes and the spirits as her allies continued to fight Kasparian. Spitfire assumed that it was either due to her power, granting her a brand new ability of some kind, sort of like how Rainbow developed her Fel energy absorbing ability that she used whenever she fought demons, or it was due to the fact that she could use the power of Death, something which connected to the world that the spirits were attuned to, though in the end she determined that it really didn't matter as she rushed at Yathae and made sure this foe was focused entirely on her, allowing Rainbow to focus on Kasparian as the healers mended any wounds that Lunaspyre created with her lunar powers, even though Spitfire did keep an eye on what the priestess was doing and threw one of her Twinblades through the air to cancel out an attack that she felt might be too dangerous for the others.

One other interesting thing about this fight that Spitfire discovered happened to be that the glass floor appeared to reflect the phases of the moon, as it took on a dark coloration as a while one started to move from the right side of the chamber and headed over to the left side, for what purpose she had no idea, though it did remind her that Azeroth actually had two moons, a large silver or white colored moon called the White Lady and a smaller blue moon known as the Blue Child, even if the former was the one that the Kaldorei seemed to worship as Elune, though she would have to ask Tyrande or one of the other night elves about all of that at some point. Based on what she could tell it didn't appear that the addition of the flooring reflecting the phases of the White Lady did anything to her or her allies, so everyone decided to ignore the floor as she focused on making sure Yathae didn't attack her allies, who were dealing with Kasparian right now, even though it was clear that the hunter was focused on attacking Rainbow right now, something her friend was fine with as she dodged the incoming attack from the saber and the elf on it's back. Due to that Spitfire had to wonder if these spirits had fought any demons when they were still alive, since it appeared that Kasparian was having a hard time keeping up with Rainbow and her power, though it was possible that the powers she had gained and the changes her body had undergone might make this fight that much harder for the spirits, though it didn't seem to matter in the long run as Rainbow punched her foe in the face and knocked her clean off her mount, causing the saber to rush over to where Kasparian landed to make sure it's rider was just fine. Not a few seconds later the pair faded into a more phantom form, becoming mostly immune to harm and causing the heroes to stop attacking for a few seconds, before she vanished and traded places with Yathae, who took a moment to call forth an eagle companion to help her fight her enemies, so while Rainbow and the others focused on her Spitfire made sure to keep Kasparian distracted like she had done with Yathae earlier, as she was sure that she had some sort of attack that was like the arrow barrage and by doing this she could make sure her allies were safe so they could take down the spirit they happened to be fighting at the moment.

As it turned out Yathae didn't have any special powers to use against them, save for her arrow volley that was now more realistic and not trapped in a phantom state, so the heroes avoided her attacks to the best of their abilities, while any new wounds were healed by the healers when someone got hurt, though Rainbow tanked her attacks like they were nothing and flashed behind her target, allowing her to grab the back of her head and slam Yathae's face right into the floor, which did seem to surprise the other two as they watched it happen and caused her owl to pause as it hooted in concern for the one it had spent a lot of time with when both of them were alive. Spitfire found it to be a shame that these were spirits and that they weren't fighting the real thing, as they were basically echoes of the individuals who had lived here in the distant past, meaning they fought based on when each of them had been alive and due to the corruption, though the only reason she thought about that was due to the fact that she had the feeling that they would have been able to convince the Sisters of the Moon to stop fighting them by this point in time. That was mostly due to the fact that they would have been able to see what their forces were capable of, while understanding the powers that she and Rainbow had access to, plus it would have lead to whatever barrier was tied to them breaking apart so they could move deeper into the Tomb and take down Kil'jaeden before he completed his mission, but since these were merely echoes there was nothing she or her allies could do to convince them to stand down and that was why Vytheril and the others focused on besting Yathae so she would bow out and switch with Lunaspyre, who had to be the easiest of the three spirits. Not a few moments later the two switched, Yathae becoming more like a phantom while Lunaspyre switched to being more corporeal, though as she lashed out with her lunar energy, in an attempt to bring all of them down and clear the Terrace of the Moon of enemies, Rainbow flashed all over the chamber as Lunaspyre followed her, or attempted to since Rainbow was faster than the moon priestess could keep up with, and soon the heroes could see markings appear on Lunaspyre's body as she suffered under the attacks that Rainbow was sending her way, as she was eager to bring this to an end so they could move down the other passage and find the Pillar pedestal that had to be down here.

Eventually Lunaspyre and the others staggered for a moment as they seemed to reach their limits and knelt for a couple of seconds, as if they were gathering a bit of energy or something, before each of them faded away and seemed to move on to the next plane of existence at long last, while at the same time the magical barrier fell and meant the heroes could turn their attention to the other passage that headed down into the depths of this side of the Tomb, to which Spitfire had them take a few moments to rest up before they started to move once more, knowing that another powerful foe would be near the end of the passage.

Once everyone was ready to move once more they retraced their steps for a few seconds and headed over to the passage that had been blocked by the barrier earlier, where a short ramp leading up happened to be located and it lead to a small chamber that didn't have anything for them to worry about, save for a hidden rune that Spitfire dismissed with a wave of her right hand, before they found another short hallway that brought them to a large passage which seemed to be moving in the right direction, an area that had a fair number of Kaldorei spirits guarding the way forward, all of which appearing to be hostile towards them. As such Spitfire, Rainbow, and the heroes lashed out at all of the Kaldorei spirits that had been corrupted by the foul energy that was seeping out of Sargeras' Avatar, more with the intent to free them and allow them to move on, and the warrior spirits parried some attacks while using some in return as any mages and priests used their own power to either deal damage or heal the wounds of their allies, though fortunately they only drew the attention of a group or two and not every spirit that happened to be between them and the end of the passage, meaning none of them had to worry about being overwhelmed by enemies. The ancient spirits did put up a good fight against them, especially since they considered the group to be intruders and wanted to make sure none of them trespassed further in this sacred place, but in the grand scheme of things they were toppled by Spitfire, Rainbow, and all of the heroes of Azeroth, allowing them to progress further down the hallway that was in front of them and continued to fight all of the spirits that were standing in their way, though it didn't take everyone long to reach what appeared to be a split in this hallway and found that the area to the left contained a path that lead upwards, meaning the path to the right was the one they were looking for. That was swiftly followed by them finding a short ramp that lead upward before descending into a messed up chamber, one which looked like it had been broken by all the Fel energy that happened to be coursing through this place, and there was a foul device of some kind set up near what appeared to be the furthermost edge, a Fel machine that looked like a twisted rib cage with a heart of sorts in the center, protected by ribs, and there was a female night elf, garbed in robes that an Eredar wore when they messed with souls, meaning the Avatar's power had corrupted another spirit into fighting for the Legion and Kil'jaeden had granted her new garb to fit her position.

The Kaldorei, who revealed that her name was Dejahna, appeared to be fully corporeal and that meant they could hurt her as this battle went down, since it appeared that she and the Engine of Souls, as that was the name of the twisted machine right behind her, were guarding the next Pillar pedestal, but as Spitfire and Rainbow stepped forward Dejahna faded into the spirit realm and seemed to vanish, leaving behind a phantom portal of sorts that one could use to follow her, while leaving the others to fight the Engine of Souls. As such Spitfire rushed through the portal in question and found Dejahna preparing to attack her companions from the spiritual world, to which she flashed over to where her foe rested as Rainbow, joined by the heroes of Azeroth, targeted the Engine of Souls and lashed out at it so they could bring it down before it couple corrupt any of the remaining souls and corpses that might be resting inside the Tomb, though both of them caused their respective foes to focus on them, starting the battle at long last. Spitfire found that Dejahna focused on using her shadowy powers in an attempt to crush her mind, likely in an attempt to break her so she could drop her body onto the pile that the Engine was corrupting or deliver her to her new Legion masters, though those attacks either had no effect on her mind or she dodged out of the way before Dejahna could actually hit her with her twisted power, allowing her to lash out at the twisted Kaldorei's body and left a few cuts in her robe, which actually seemed to mend themselves as the spirit was damaged, as right now she understood that what she and the others had seen earlier was a projection of Dejahna into the physical world and that they wouldn't have been able to harm her anyways. Of course when she came to that decision it wasn't taking into account the fact that she could hurt spirits now, which was still an odd power to have, but at the very least fighting the spirit here, in this world, meant that she couldn't focus on her allies and that was more than though for her right now, hence why she rushed through the air and lashed out at Dejahna, who used her staff like a shield and blocked the attack to the best of her ability, which Spitfire was fine with since it meant her foe wasn't attacking Rainbow's group as they tackled the Engine of Souls.

While Spitfire was doing that Rainbow found that the Engine was channeling the corrupted magical energies of the fallen Kaldorei so it could fight them, as it seemed to be hurling spikes made out of bone at whoever it deemed as a threat to its existence, even though it didn't focus on her immediately and when it did she just smashed the spikes while she lashed at the twisted machine, while at the same time it also used the shadow powers it had access to as it hurled spears made of shadows, or maybe anguish given what this thing was supposed to be, at them and even tried blasting them with bursts of energy. Based on those moves the heroes did their best to avoid taking damage, where the healers mended their wounds so they could continue fighting, while at the same time Rainbow struck the Engine and blasted it with her powers, sending a shock through the twisted machine that didn't seem to slow it down at all, though even as she did that it seemed like all of them were making progress in bringing down the metallic creation that was in front of them, before it could spew out a powerful guardian of some kind to take everyone in front of it down. Of course it actually reanimated some of the bodies that were scattered around the area they were fighting in, some being Kaldorei templars, who channeled their powers of Death to try and bring down Rainbow's group, and some were priests that had been twisted into keepers of bone, as they wore robes and tended to the bones as they lashed out at the heroes of Azeroth, though some of them focused on taking down the reinforcements as Rainbow and most of the group kept their attention on the Engine. Between the two of them it didn't seem like there were any special powers or skills that they had to watch out for, meaning Dejahna and the Engine would be easier to take down since the heroes didn't have to worry about being caught by some terrible power that would turn the tide of this battle, allowing Dejahna to gain the upper hand, though the heroes understood that if they kept the pressure on their enemies this battle would be over in no time and they would be able to place the third Pillar of Creation in the slot that had been made for it in the past.

A few moments later, when they dealt enough damage to both Dejahna and the Engine, their foes shuddered for a couple of seconds as a skeletal monstrosity burst out of the Engine, which seemed to die as that happened, a massive floating creature that seemed to have no lower body, four skulls that were all facing the frontal direction while one glanced to the left and another glanced to the right, while it had skeletal wings that were just the bones and nothing else, though it had a large battleaxe in it's hands and was tainted by Fel energy. The Bone Wraith, as that was what the monstrosity was called by the heroes of Azeroth, roared as it lashed out at them with the weapon it was currently carrying, while also using the same shadowy energy that the others were using to lash out at its enemies, to which Rainbow flashed forward and swung her Warblades as she quickly parried the incoming attack, stalling the battleaxe before it could hit the floor or whoever it was targeting, opening the way for the heroes to join her in assaulting this creature with their weapons and magic as they kept their guards up. Spitfire made sure to knock Dejahna onto her back and quickly returned to the physical plane once she was sure that the fallen priestess wasn't going to get up after such a thing happened, though as she did that Rainbow lashed out and blasted the Bone Wraith with her lightning powers, sending a powerful shock through its bones as she and the others watched as she shattered it from the inside out, as she had strengthened it with her power and her lightning blast tore the Bone Wraith apart with ease, though that didn't stop her from snatching the Fel energy that had been stuck to the creature and siphoned all of it. Once that was done Dejahna seemed to fade back into reality for a moment before her form started to fall apart before their eyes, meaning she was moving on like all of the other spirits and, in an odd twist that none of them saw coming, she asked them to tell Tyrande that she was sorry, for what none of them had any idea as no one was familiar with her history and connections, though once the spirit was done, and this area was cleared of any enemies, the Pillar platform rose out of the floor not a few seconds later and Spitfire sent a message to Khadgar, to which he quickly teleported the Tears of Elune over to them, which they placed in the slot without delay.

These Tears of perfect beauty embody the dream of what our world could be, a voice said, where they found an echo of Aegwynn appearing nearby as she stared at the Pillar of Creation that had been returned to the place that would allow all of them to mess with her ancient wards, where it looked like she was still smiling and knew that Azeroth was safe, even though Kil'jaeden was in the depths and had to be messing with the Avatar as they fought their way through the enemies that had been left behind to stop them, before she turned and glanced at them again, today they purify your hearts for the battles to come.

Everyone nodded as the echo faded away not a few seconds later, leaving them to rest for a little while before they headed back to the main chamber of the Tomb, as it was time to tackle the Fel Lord that they had seen earlier and likely claim the last Pillar pedestal that was inside this place, or at least in the upper reaches anyway, something that would open the way to where the Avatar and Kil'jaeden rested, since Aegwynn's echo claimed that he was with the Avatar and they had no real reason to call her a liar, since she was doing her best to help them best the Legion. Once everyone was ready to go, and no one was exhausted to the point where they needed more time to rest, Spitfire and Rainbow started to backtrack to the last section of the Tomb they had passed through, allowing them to pass through the Terrace of the Moon and walk by where the Sisters of the Moon happened to be standing guard, before finding the other passage that headed upward, instead of descending into the depths, and they took it without delay. Sure enough following the path in question allowed them to find another chamber or two that had a few Kaldorei spirits hanging around them, who seemed to be more passive than every other spirit they had encountered so far, either due to the fact that this level was further away from the Avatar and it hadn't reached them with its corruption yet, or they were passive thanks to the Engine of Souls being destroyed by their hand, where Spitfire had to think that the latter was the more correct option in this instance. After that they reached what appeared to be the top of the passage and came to a stop in front of the locked door they had found earlier, where one of the heroes found a lever and pulled it, something that unlocked the door and allowed Spitfire, Rainbow, and the others to step out into the main chamber and find that Khadgar's small group was still patiently waiting near the platform that had all of the Pillar icons that appeared when one was placed, finding two more having joined the Aegis and that they were the Tidestone and the Tears, though as they returned to the chamber the others nodded their heads as Spitfire headed up to where she and the others had spotted the Fel Lord earlier, as it was time to take him down and likely place the fourth Pillar in place so they could open the way down to where the Avatar rested.

As such she walked up the stone steps that lead by where Khadgar's group was standing and found a Darkglare floating in front of the doorway that lead to where she and Rainbow had spotted the Fel Lord earlier, where Spitfire channeled a bit of her Death energy and yanked the demon in their direction, like she had seen some of the deaths knights do when they wanted to pull a foe over to them, something that allowed Rainbow to smash the Darkglare into the wall and siphon all of its power in a moment, where she ate the Fel energy and absorbed another soul as they finally entered the final chamber they currently had access to. When they walked into it, and found that the chamber did have a Pillar pedestal, Spitfire did find five demons waiting inside it, two large demons on the far end while the remaining three, who were about as tall as a human was, were near them, where she noted that the main two were the Fel Lord they had seen earlier and a Jailer, while the closer three happened to be a tall Felguard, an Inquisitor, and a Sayaad, all of whom appeared to be busy talking right now and had no idea that the Darkglare was even dead. Such a thing allowed Spitfire to notice some interesting things as she glanced at the Sayaad, such as the fact that her wings were larger than what a normal Sayaad had, with the bottom tips of the webbing being Fel colored, the same revealing chest armor that all of her kind wore, save for their Queen whose armor had been even more revealing when they met her, and the same v shaped armor that covered her lower region, but she did have what appeared to be tight black clothing on her legs, or maybe it was her legs and they had been blacked due to her maturing into an adult Sayaad, since her bust was a size or two larger than a normal Sayaad's. Spitfire had to take a moment to wonder if the demon was one of Xazariel's daughters, as in one of her actual daughters and not someone who had willingly given themselves to the Sayaad Queen, and if she knew what had happened to the leader of her race, though as the demons started to notice that Azeroth's heroes were upon them, even though the larger two, the Fel Lord going by the name Atrigan and the Jailer called Belac, had been talking about corrupting Velen's son and twisting him into the foul demon known as Rakeesh, the Sayaad paled as she noticed who was walking into the chamber and took a step back as she gazed upon her and Rainbow.

"What's wrong, Nixa? Getting cold hooves?" Atrigan inquired, apparently not caring much for the heroes that were walking into the chamber that Kil'jaeden had tasked them with guarding with their lives, even though he would gladly tear them all down and offer their souls to the Legion, which would grant him and his ally more power so they could bring down more enemies in the future, though his words meant he was more interested in the fact that the Sayaad had taken a step back when she noticed who was entering this place.

"You idiot, this isn't the time for that... the Sayaad Destroyers, or the Demonslayers, are here!" the Sayaad, Nixa, replied a few seconds after the Fel Lord spoke up, where Spitfire noted that Atrigan didn't seem to care much for her words and she had to wonder if her reputation, combined with Rainbow's, was causing a division among the ranks of the Legion, creating one side who didn't care about them and fell to their deaths while another side feared both of them and willingly defected if given the opportunity to do so, but the look on the Sayaad's face told Spitfire that she was frightened, no doubt believing that they were all going to die in the next few minutes, "Kil'jaeden didn't say anything about fighting these two... I'd rather do anything else right now, instead of facing either of these Illidari in battle, as I'd rather live than die at..."

In that moment Spitfire found Atrigan marching on Nixa and her companions, as the Felguard and Inquisitor also seemed terrified of her and Rainbow, which meant they might be thinking of fleeing from this area, before he swung his battleaxe right at the three demons who didn't want to fight the heroes, something that caused her to flash between the weapon and its targets as she raised her left hand for a moment, stopping the attack before it make contact and caused Atrigan to frown for a moment as he realized that she had moved to do battle with them. A few seconds later she turned her head a bit and made sure Nixa was fine, while keeping the battleaxe from reaching her and the demons that were her partners or companions, before Rainbow rushed over to where Belac was floating and quickly punched the Jailer in the face, knocking it backwards a moment later as Vytheril approached Nixa and informed her of the defected Eredar who joined the forces of Azeroth after being frightened of being slain by either Spitfire or Rainbow, especially since the latter could devour the Fel energy and souls of the demons she fought. Not a few seconds later Spitfire smiled as Nixa, being smarter than most of the Sayaad she had faced in the past, did the smart thing in the face of betrayal, given that her superior was willing to kill her for wanting to stay alive and not die in a vain attempt to bring down their enemies, as she defected to Spitfire's side and her companions did the same thing, something that seemed to annoy both Atrigan and Belac, though in the following seconds she pushed her foe's battleaxe backwards and jumped into the air, where she brought her knee up right into the bottom of the Fel Lord's chin, knocking him backwards with ease. From that moment Spitfire became the target of Atrigan as the demon lashed out at her with his battleaxe, where she dodged the attacks like they were nothing and decided not to draw her Twinblades for the time being, opting to lash out with her fists and hooves as she fought him, something that Rainbow would do to her foes until she found someone worthy of facing her Warblades, though it was clear that her foe didn't like the fact that she was doing such a thing and continued to lash out like he had no cares in the world, which she was perfectly fine with as she noticed that the heroes were standing back with Nixa's small group.

After a few moments Spitfire shifted her stance for a second or two, while lifting her hands to her horns, before she used her full speed for a couple of seconds and disappeared, where the heroes and their newest allies watched as four gashes appeared on Atrigan's chest, the ones going from his left shoulder to right side radiating Life and Arcane energies while at the same time the ones traveling from his right shoulder to his left side had Fel and Death energy around them, showing that she could definitely use all four types at the same time, before she landed near them as the gashes exploded without her looking at them, causing the demon to fall backwards and crash on the ground.

While she did that Rainbow lashed out at Belac, dodging his claws as she flashed around his portion of the chamber they were standing in, though one thing she did notice was that the Jailer's powers seemed to mess with emotions, like he was trying to inflict her with guilt or something, but due to the fact that she was fighting a demon that meant his powers were powered by Fel energy and she had nothing to worry about, as her ability allowed her to devour Belac's attacks without getting hurt in the process. Even if Belac understood that fact it didn't stop him from lashing at her with everything that he had in his arsenal, especially when he tried to forcefully send her into his cage and trap her inside it for some time, as she just stood there and let him snatch her, even though she burst out of the container not a few seconds later and kicked the demon in the side of the head, knocking him to the ground with ease as she held out her hand and revealed a Fel core, of a creature that had been inside the cage. Spitfire assumed that it had been something that powered Belac's cage to trap all of the powerful enemies he came into contact with, or maybe Rainbow had discovered a portion of the demon's power in the cage and yanked it out to weaken her foe for a short period of time, but in the end it didn't matter which answer was right since Rainbow devoured the Fel energy with a smile on her face, causing Nixa's group to gulp since they realized they had dodged a bullet as they witnessed the two of them fighting their enemies. A few moments later she flashed around Belac for a few moments and lashed out with her claws, slashing into his arms, chest, and back while he tried, in vain, to hit her and take her down, though while she did that Rainbow noticed that Spitfire's foe appeared to be down for the count, much to the amazement of their new allies, hence why she focused on Belac and knocked him around a few times as she ate every Fel attack he directed at her, even those that were made for her allies since the Jailer wanted to do something to weaken the heroes of Azeroth, and in the end she appeared behind the demon and smashed both of her Warblades into the top of his head, driving him right into the floor not a few seconds later.

Once that was done, and she noticed that both of the demons were pretty much dead, Rainbow raised her hands for a few seconds and pulled their Fel energy out of their bodies, allowed her to devour the orbs in question as she sent their souls screaming into her Warblades, though as soon as she was done with the demons, and both of their bodies rested on the two sides of the chamber, Khadgar sent over the Hammer of Khaz'goroth so Spitfire could place it inside the pedestal that emerged from the center of the flooring, causing the echo of Aegwynn to appear once more.

This hammer forged ancient wonders and shaped the earth itself, though today it shatters the bonds of fate that seek to crush us all. Aegwynn commented, where the smile remained on her face as she took a moment to stare at the Pillar of Creation that had been placed inside this part of the Tomb, which meant that the fourth and final image had appeared in front of Khadgar and the others, before she turned and faced the heroes for a moment, even though it seemed like she might be more interested in Spitfire and Rainbow right now, Come, it is time that you returned to the main chamber and delved into the dark heart of this ancient temple.

Spitfire nodded as she had the heroes rest for a few more moments, even though none of them had fought the demons in this portion of the Tomb, while having Nixa's group head outside to report to the Eredar who defected to her forces, as it would allow those who were outside to have a few more reinforcements as they fought Kil'jaeden's army, though once all of them were rested she knew that they would delve into the heart of the Tomb and face Sargeras' foul Avatar at long last, before tearing down the Deceiver and putting an end to all of his dark plans.

Comments

[PrismStrike]

well i for one am absolutely looking forward to Kil'jaedens complete roflstomping in 3 days. Something I have noticed... neither Spitfire or rainbow have used their empowered forms in sometime... i can only imagine the level of power those forms now command. once again i see the image of Rainbow, standing on the avatar of Sargeras' chest after having eaten all of the fel energy powering it.

[badninja]

So what music do we hear when Rainbow and Spitfire go into battle? I am starting to hear the 1812 Overture.

[zachary12]

nice work.