"SHIT!" akkar yelled as a big troll stopped akkar from walking any further. alpha drew his dagger as he noticed the look on his face. the party had run into their enemy for the day. scars covered the trolls build and he was quite full of himself.
"pass through me? best call in your little buddies" he spoke to akkar. to which the bard scoffed.
"okay, first of all, bitch-" akkar started before getting pulled back into the group by anyk. everyone had their weapon or magic ready, this wasn't the first time they've run into trouble today, so some of them looked tired or weak. especially elas, who had been through alot. the troll seemed to notice and laughed, alpha pulled elas behind him a bit. a powerful spell was thrown by saint in the hopes of backing him up from the group, but it only just tickled.
"cute" the troll said, and so the battle began.
the troll had a dagger on him too, he whipped it around in many places, but didnt seem to hit anyone. armus and alpha began attacking his legs to paralyse him, while elas and saint did their magic trying to harm him. though it all seemed to go very slowly. until anyk rose up behind the troll on a magic stool from akkar, she jumped on the neck of the troll, holding her sword to his neck. the troll shook her off, making anyk fall on the ground with a loud thud. the troll picked up alpha by his collar and threw him onto the floor, leaning over him as he tried to stab alpha with his dagger. alpha grabbed onto his wrist, battling with eachothers strength to survive. though alpha was doing well, it was obvious he wouldn't be able to hold it for long.
"AKKAR" alpha yelled, akkar was currently protecting elas.
"ANYK" alpha tried, but anyk was struggling to get up from the floor she fell on.
"FUCK, ARMUS" but alpha saw the armus was currently fighting to not get stepped on.
"SHIT SHIT, SAINT"
"ALPHA, HANG ON OKAY?" saint answered.
"SAINT, TROLLS HAVE A WEAKNESS, DO YOU REMEMBER? PLEASE" alpha yelled out in desperation.
"weakness?....uuh..oh....OH! THE STOMACH!" saint said before charging up his magical energy and their eyes majestically starting to turn into a bright light. the druid shot at the troll's stomach, which made him fall backwards against a tree, elas was against that tree, but as the rest was fighting he got the potion saint made him to heal. so he was just in time to pull him and akkar away. the troll fell and the group stood infront of it. alpha, who had a scratch on his face from the dagger of the troll, made his way to the very front, pushing everyone aside.
he gave a nod to akkar, which made akkar nod back. akkar's bard skills gave alpha something to jump up against, he jumped against the wall akkar made and landed with his dagger in the troll's stomach, making the troll throw his dagger to the back in his last moments. alpha fought as he inpaled the troll, then he jumped off as he stood infront of the group.
"he's gone" the group cheered as alpha said that, alpha looked as everyone remained unharmed, elas felt good, akkar is fine, armus beat the troll's foot, anyk got up and is alright, he has a little scar, but nothing that wont heal. the group all seemed happy, until the sound of a groan stole their attention. the group turned around to who was standing in the back. saint had a scared expression on their face, they were bent over.
"stand straight saint" akkar said, concerned for how saint was acting.
saint stood up, a puddle of blood staining his clothes. he looked down at his stomach, pulling a dagger out. saint looked paler than ever. no. not their healer.
the sound of armour clinging in hurry filled their ears, everyone was roughly shoved aside by armus, who ran to his husband.
saint fell to his knees into armus his arms.
"nononono, stay here with me angel. keep your eyes open okay? we're gonna get you a medic and you're going to be okay and blue can help me take care of you" armus started to speak in panic, the group all huddles around saint, elas holding saint's hand.
"how the fuck are we going to heal saint armus?? he was the healer! be for fucking real!" akkar screamed out in panic, making anyk calm akkar down first.
"HE IS THE HEALER." armus yelled.
"GUYS THEY'RE LOSING BLOOD FAST" alpha interrupted as he placed a hand on saint's wound tightly, making saint hiss.
"BACK OFF YOU'RE HURTING HIM KELHANA" armus yelled at alpha. alpha just looked at him angry.
elas pushed everyone aside and faced saint.
"keep your eyes open sweetheart, come on you're almost back." elas spoke as he and saint made eyecontact. elas placed a hand on saint's wound as he spoke ancient words, he closed his eyes as he focussed on saint's breathing. saint closed his eyes aswell, fully convinced this was their last moment. everyone started glowing gold, even akkar, anyk, alpha, armus, everyone. like a spirit connected them all.
"everyone, focus on your breathing and place a hand on your body where you can feel your heartbeat." elas instructed before continuing to speak a spell. everyone did as told as they all witnessed the spirit like magic dissappear into saint's chest. and then it was all gone. it was silent, it was dark, cold, deafening. the group couldn't help but feel a loss.
"what?? what no that was supposed to work!" elas cried as he pulled saint close.
"you dont mean..." anyk said.
elas looked at armus with tears in his eyes, he handed his best friend over to him.
armus grabbed onto saint as he stroked over their cheek, even armus cried. almost everyone cried. alpha placed a hand on their wrist to check if he felt a heartbeat. but nothing. then, thump, a small thump was felt. to which alpha reacted.
"GUYS I FELT SOMETHING." he spoke as he sat closer. everyone looked in confusion as armus grabbed saint's hand from alpha, to listen himself.
a small thump was heard once more. they started going faster.
thump. thump. thump
"oh my god it worked, i feel a heartbeat." armus placed a kiss on saint's forehead.
but the heartbeat went faster....and faster.....and faster....
THUMP THUMP THUMP
"uh is his heart supposed to go this fast elas? they seem like a ticking time bomb." armus said concerned. to which elas felt too.
THUMPTHUMPTHUMPYTHUMPTHUMP
"OH MY GOD" elas screamed.
then, with a loud gasp, saint opened his eyes. and his heartbeat was normal, saint looked around to see everyone crying, their wound replaced by merely blood stained clothes. saint sat up to be cuddled by anyk, elas joining after, and so everyone huddled up to cuddle, except for alpha who elas had to pull in. they pulled away and saint looked at armus who had tear stained cheeks.
"i thought i lost you doll" armus spoke in his lovely accent.
"so did i love" saint smiled before pulling armus in for a deep kiss. the rest cheered as they saw the husbands reunited. akkar nudged against alpha, making him lean in closer.
"necrophilia?" akkar whispered.
"no akkar" alpha said calmly before going back to cheering.
