A raging Barbarian

[littlelotte]

Rage boiled beneath the surface of her calm demeanor, she knew once she got to him she wouldnt be able to control herself anymore. Her green eyes becoming dark with rage as she caught his scent, it was unmistakable, like sulfur. She jogged up the hill that led into the Bramblewood and caught sight of him at once.

"Hey!" She screamed, the rage finally exploding. She moved towards him with blinding speed and grabbed hold of his cloak, throwing him into the brick pillar, causing it to crack slightly. Warrick looked into the barbarians eyes as she screamed at him, his own anger beginning to show.

"How dare you Warrick!" She screamed, her breath hot on his face.

"How dare I what?" He never had a problem matching her rage, and was making that known.

"How dare you even -think- that we had anything to do with Korista's death!" She tightened her hold on cloak.

"Didnt you?"

Luna's eyes alight with rage as he spoke those words and she roared in anger an incomprehensible sound.

Just then Alex showed up. Luna looked over at him as he approached and nodded to her, making his way over to the gaurd nearby to engage in idle chatter.

She turned her head back to Warrick and lowered her voice.

"What do you want brother?" Her voice suddenly eerily calm as she spoke. Warricks eyebrows shot up in surprise at the instantaneous change, his eyes taking on a hint of defeat.

"Ehver..." he whispered. "I want Ehver."

"Join us then. Join us and you can have Ehver." Her holding almost a soothing quality as she spoke, causing Warrick's body to go limp.

"You will be welcome with us. You wont need to hide who you truly are." She sniffed the air around them. "I can smell it still Warrick, the blood. It is still in you. Just be who you are meant to be."

At those words Warrick's eyes shot open and the rage had returned. He threw his body weight at Luna, smashing his elbow into her face. Without even missing a beat she rammed her head into his and threw him back against the brick pillar nearly shattering it.

Someone coughed, she looked over. Edward had joined Alex, talking with the gaurd occasionally looking over at Luna and Warrick. Alex motioned her towards the woods and she complied. Grabbing Warrick again by the neck she tossed him roughly into the entrance of the wood.

The three of them followed Warrick in. Luna was instantly on him throwing him against the rock face in front of them, her brand new blade unsheathed and pressed against his neck in a deadly fashion.

"Do it Luna!" He screamed in her face, spit flying out.

The barbarian in front of him couldn't speak, if she did she would have torn his throat out with her teeth. She pressed the blade harder into the tender flesh at the base of his throat. Suddenly Edward was there speaking in a commanding tone to her.

"Luna, put the sword down. You will not harm him, you hear me?"

She didnt seem to hear him, she was fuming, the rage completely consuming every part of her.

"Lunitari, put the sword down now." Edwards voice stern and disapproving.

Alex stepped up beside Edward and began trying to talk her down. His voice different than Edwards, caring.

"Luna, just let him go. He isnt worth it.

Just then Warrick began taunting her, his voice usually so beautiful and strong now full of poison.

"You are their dog Luna! They have you on a leash."

Luna just then saw red and nearly took his head clean off. Edward stepped up and put his hand on the blade and leaned over and whispered very quietly in her ear.

"You kill him Luna and I wash my hands of you forever, you hear me?" After those words were spoken, Edward backed off leaving Luna to make her decision.

Her mind reeled as she looked at the man she once considered a brother, visions of slicing his head from his body invaded her mind. She turned her head and looked to the two men standing side by side. They had both taken over her life, she cared for them both. As she turned her head to look at Warrick, her eyes faded from the near black back to their bright emerald green. She dropped the sword on the ground and took a step back.

"Thats it! Listen to them you dog!" Warrick bellowed in her face.

Luna looked to him calmly, not speaking a word but just pulling her right hand back in a fist and smashing it into his face with all the force she could muster. His head reeled back against the cliff, blood instantly oozing out of his nose. She turned on her heel and walked over to Alex and Edward, giving Warrick the chance to run off back to Isinhold.

[littlelotte]

They had followed the trail of broken bottles to the entrance of the Marsh of Tun. It was here they were sure to find Korista's remains. They had found strands of her firery red hair tangled in a branch deep in the Bramblewoods, Edward had taken it so he would have the necessary components for a True Resurrection spell, to bring her back to life.

They moved in companionable silence for most of it, just looking for clues on the young girls whereabouts, occasionally carrying on a light hearted conversation.

The scene that had just taken place with Warrick was fresh on everyones mind, but were not willing to speak of it just yet. As they entered the swamps the acrid scent of trolls reached their noses at the same time, and they all grinned. Fighting was what they did, they had spent their entire lives training for times such as these.

Luna took off towards the trolls, screaming at the top of her lungs, her axe held tight in her hands. Her long legs caused her to pull out in front of the men who followed closely behind. The three of them assumed the positions they had come to know intimately fighting with one another so often. Edward and Alex took the front, letting the trolls beat on them and their shields while Luna flanked them.

After this group of trolls was killed sufficiently they stood around laughing and talking while Alex sorted through their bodies for anything sellable.

Luna was watching Alex attentively, always interested in watching him root through blood and guts, when suddenly her entire body was unable to move. She flicked her eyes over Alex's shoulder and there was Warrick standing there a pure look of utter hatred etched into his face as his sword came down into Alex's back.

She tried to move, but it was to no avail, he had held her with his magics and all she could do was watch as her husband was cut down. He stood up and swung around madly trying to hit Warrick, but that innitial attack had stunned him.

Luna looked around for Edward who had disappeared under one of his spells, so she turned her eyes back to Alex and Warrick to watch helplessly as he fell and she couldnt do a damn thing about it.

Just then Edward appeared and sent his blade flying into Warricks chest, pulling it out and slashing at him again. Warrick never saw it coming, Edward was too cunning. He sent Warrick flying with a shove from his sheild and he was on the ground, Edward standing over him beating him down with his blade until finally the breath left Warricks body.

Edward took a few controlling breaths then ran over to Luna just as the spell ended.

"You alright Luna?" He asked his voice holding concern and anger.

She nodded and ran over to Alex, pulling her last raise dead scroll from her back and read the enchantment over him. The breath flooded his lungs and he let out a loud sigh followed by a growl of anger. She helped him to his feet then began wrapping his wounds tightly.

Just then they all looked down at Warricks body and let out a collective sigh.

"Lets take him with us. We'll leave his body in the marsh." Edward suggested. Luna nodded and went to pick him up before Edward stopped her again.

"Wait, I want a present for Elvewyn." He said with a slight smirk and raised his sword high in the air and brought it down with a sickening thud as the blade cut through muscle, tendon and bone easily. He bent down and placed Warricks handsome head in a magical bag that he tucked away.

Luna then picked up the body easily and slung it over her shoulder, blood and gore soaking her back as they walked deeper into the Tun.

As they went deeper in they began finding bits and peices of Koristas armor floating in the murky waters. Finally when they decided they were deep enough in, Edward turned to Luna.

"Drop his body somewhere...bury it under the swamps." She nodded and threw his headless body into some knee high water and stood on top of him using her weight to sink him down into the silt. She watched the body sink lower and lower, no emotion showing on her face.

Alex came over to her and put a hand on her shoulder.

"You should say a few words, if ya like sweetheart."

She nodded and looked down at the nearly covered body.

"Good luck in your next life you bastard."