Pathfinder: The Vampires Revenge

Laughter

Tamora

Everything just seemed to slow down.

Jamada looked down at his wound and feel to his knees, gazing at the sword sticking through him. I could heard Rattle and Venom scream, but it sounded as if they were a mile away. I couldn't feel the electricity stunning my body, or my body itself, I just felt....numb. Then, I watched as the human slowly raised his arm and throw something on the ground at his feet and I was blinded by bright light. I immediately​ felt the air get colder around me, and I could feel grains of sand below my feet and blow against my fur. It took my eyes a few seconds to adjust and I saw sand all around us.

"I'm going to melt the skin of your bones you bastard!" I heard Venom yell as I came out of my trance.

"Pharasmas judgement won't keep your soul safe from me! I'll take you to hell personally!" Rattle screamed.

I gasped and I felt my heart drop as I realized who was now standing in front of us.

I saw Jamada gaze up and stare at the vampire. "How?" I heard him whisper. Instead of saying anything, Morrigan pulled the sword from Jamadas body, and the kobold feel to the ground.

"I should have just done that from the begining." He said, after he licked the blood from the sword. "Oh and to answer your question, first rule of being a vampire..." He snapped his fingers and a coffin appeared behind him. "Always bring your coffin with you."

"I'm going to kill you!" Rattle screamed. Morrgian simply gazed at him, then back to Jamada. He snapped his fingers and his clothes changed into a black coat, with black plants, and his outfit seemed to match the style of a chelish noble. I also saw a necklace he was wearing that matched that of one the noble houses of cheliax, though I couldn't see of what house.

"I admit, I got cocky, a factor that led to my downfall. Not again, not this time." He extended his hand and potions flew from Jamadas pocket and into his hand. I realized they were his healing potions as he dropped them and smashed them." My artifacts may be destroyed, but there is one more that I will soon have. The Nexian Codex. Once I have it, its power will rival that of a god." He then leaned down and got in Jamadas face.

"Its a shame you won't be around to see your friends die kobold." I heard him whisper. "And tell Pharasma that she will be judging a lot of soul soon." He snapped his fingers again and his coffin disappeared, then, I watched as he transformed into a giant bat and began to fly away. Suddenly I felt the electricity that was stunning me fade, and I feel to the ground. I forced myself to get up, and I saw Rattle and Venom shot fire at the vampire, but he dodged out of the way.

No way in hell I'm gonna let him get away. I though as I pulled out a throwing knife and threw it. I quickly drew a butterfly over my heat, praying.......Desna smiles. I heard a squeak and saw Morrigan flutter for a second before turning his head and I saw him drop the knife onto the desert sand. I pulled out two more to throw but realized he was far two out to hit, and that I had other problems. I quickly put away the knives and I practically dived in the ground as I placed pressure on Jamadas wound.

"How the hell did we let this happen!" I heard Rattle yell as I heard some fabric tear. My hands got soaked with blood but I thanked Desna it was a clean stab, and that he didn't tear away anything. I saw Rattle and Venom hand out out a piece of fabric and saw a hole in the bottom of their robes. I took off Jamadas jacket and put one into a ball and pushed it on the wound. It took everything in me not to cry when I heard him groan in pain. I tied the other fabric around his stomach tightly but I could still see blood leaking and the sand around him began to turn red. Sand.

I looked around as the realization finally came to me.

"Are we in a desert?" I asked. The two looked at each other then began to look around. It was almost pitch black but I was still able to make sand dunes in the distance.

"Ydersius fang." Rattle muttered.

"Where the hell are we?" I heard Venom ask.

"A..........desert......from the......looks of it." I heard Jamada whisper. He tried to chuckle but ended up coughing instead and some blood came up.

"Shhhhhh. Stop talking." I said. "You need to save your energy." I felt wind start to blow and I used my body to shield Jamada from the cold wing and sand.

"We need to get him out of this weather." I said. "He won't last long in this cold and we need to heal his-." Rattle cut me off, and held up a finger as he and his brother slowly looked around. Suddenly I heard padded footsteps around us and began to look around, but I can't see very well in the dark. Then, I heard a distinctive high-pitched giggling to my right, then another to my left, then I heard a strange whoop call behind me and I started to get nervous.

"Desna weeps." I heard Rattle mutter.

"What is it? What do you see?" I asked as I started to hear more weird laughing and howling sounds. I saw Venom do some slow gestures and four faint glowing balls of light appeared around us, giving enough light for me to see.

"Gnolls." I heard Jamada whisper as I looked at the monsters around us.

We were surrounded by humanoid​ feral looking hyenas with their noticable hyena like hunch on their backs. They had mangy fur, with muscular arms holding some pretty scary looking weapons. A few looked like they were two separate weapons combined. One looked like a combination of a spear and a battle axe, and another looked like a combination of spiked club and a sword. They also had mismatching armor sets, but there was one in front of us that caught my eye. The gnoll was a big male, and towered over the others in full plated armor with a massive sword in his hand. They just stood there for a moment, filling the air with high-pitch laughter, and just stared at us with an evil look in their eyes.

Maybe they'll just take us prisoner. I though hopefully. The leader of the group raised his huge sword, said something in weird barks and growls and the other gnolls charged.

Damn it.

I pulled out my two big daggers as they advanced, and I looked down at Jamada, and for a split second, I thought about leaving him, but I immediately scolded myself. I wasn't going to leave him, not after everything he's done for me.

I heard a loud explosion and I looked behind me to see Rattle and Venom standing behind me, and that some of the gnolls were on fire. Then Venom pointed a finger and shot a thin green ray into the hoard, and disintegrated dozens of the hyena humanoids. I looked back to the gnolls coming my way, stepped forward to put Jamada behind me and out of harms way. A gnoll raised his battle axe but I easily sidestepped it and stabbed him in the back of the neck. I pulled it out, but he was surprisingly still alive, as another gnoll tried to impale me with his spear. I jumped to side at the last second and he impaled his comrade instead. I stabbed him in the gut, and used my momentum to fly over another gnoll, and dug my daggers into his back. I got a couple of stabs into him before two gnolls came at me and tried to impale me at the same time. I waited at the last second and I leaned back and watched the two spear like weapons pass over me. While I was leaned over I saw another gnoll rush with a raised spear/battle axe at Jamada. When the two pulled their weapons back, I flipped backwards, spun around and stabbed the dagger into his bare chest. I ripped it out, and slashed at him in the neck for good measure, and I spun around to the next gnoll. This one had some weird sword and spike club combination, and as he rushed at me I did a cart wheel backwards, kicking him in the chin, causing him to drop his weapon. I put away my daggers, quickly grabbed it and slammed it onto his head. I had to tug on it before pulling it out and he feel to the ground dead. I spun around to the two who tried to impale me and threw it, and the sword impaled itself into one of the gnolls heads, right between the eyes. The other one looked in horror at his companion, giving me enough time to throw a dagger at his neck. He looked surprised and stood there for a few seconds before falling to the ground. I pulled out my daggers and readied for the next gnoll to attack, but I noticed that they stopped, and the laughing sounds stopped as well.

I then heard the strange barks and growls again and I saw the gnoll leader point towards us. Then he and the others advanced and that damn laughing sound filled my ears.