To Love & Protect (#2 A story from the world of Arcaya)

Chapter 11: Revival Of The Fittest

The long walk down the mountain was cold even with my leather armor. Ashbringer was a cold reminder of the long path I had traveled to get to this point, all the pain and suffering and blood spilt, even the few bits of laughter and love shared with Jackie. Now all I had to do was get my sister's body, bring it back here, and then revive her. Then I could go home and forget all of this. I stopped walking. What home, why would I want to forget all this? This is the most I've ever done with my life, people recognize me in those other realms, and not in a bad way either. Maybe I should move into those realms. Maybe the dragons would take me in as a friend. I started walking again. Yes, that is the plan, get sis, revive her, move in with the Dragonkin.

After two days of walking I found Stormwind again. It was still in ruin, no signs of life. Maybe I could rebuild this place and live here. No, that's not realistic, it's just me, sis, Jackie and my child. We couldn't possibly rebuild this, it would take forever. I continued walking.

Then I reached the cabin I had to blast my way out of. I don't like the idea of having a house with no doors or windows. I searched the house and found a blue swirling portal behind the fridge. When I walked through it I was in my home town on the tallest skyscraper. How the hell?! I looked around and saw a woman kneeling with one foot on the edge of the building, some sort of sniper resting on her knee.

I was speechless so she spoke first, "Hello, Tony." It was Alex, The Dragonshot Demon, or D.D for short.

I remembered we had become blood brother and blood sister on account of our mutual work back when I was running around on the streets. She would back me up with sniper shots while I handled the ones who were too fast for her to get a steady shot on them, "It's Ad now, Ad Woods." I thought again about how I was the one who was catching those that were too fast for her, "How have you managed without me?" I sat down, I felt a story coming.

She stood up and walked over to me, "Well, I did get this new sniper hybrid." She snapped the barrel off of the sniper and flicked a switch, then folded the gun, it was dual Uzis now, then she flicked another switch and they detached from each other.

Well, that is new, "Interesting, so what has been going on lately? Why are you up here right now?" The question that really matters.

She got that uncomfortably close thing that she does perfect before she spoke, "I check this portal every night, I'm the one who brought you to that cabin, can't let my rogue wolf die, right?" That's how D.D always was, very flirtative, but not interested, she just likes the chase.

Backing up a little before I spoke, I realized she was wearing clothes that were tight to show off her slim form. Really D.D, you always were a showing type of person, "I see, well I'm on a mission, I found a way to revive my sister, and all I need now is her body." I was hoping she wouldn't think that was creepy or anything.

She zipped the spandex clothing down a little, showing just the top of her cleavage, "This damn thing is too tight, this is the third one." She didn't pay attention to what I had say or she didn't have a comment, "I found something cool in the forest though." She started looking excited, "You want to see it? Like old times?" She was bored, I could tell.

I stood up and thought it through. Well, I have nothing to lose from a short adventure into the forest, the body won't be going anywhere, "Sure" She got a little giddy and grabbed my hand and gave me a heart attack as she jumped off the side of the building and pulled me with. Thank the gods she had a grappling hook to get us to the ground, and she did it conveniently close to the woods, they were just on the other side of the street.

Still leading me by hand she spoke, "It is some sort of lost civilization camp that is protected by some sort of force field." She was speaking fast while jogging.