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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Knightfall" data-source="post: 1647935" data-attributes="member: 2012">The Alliance (cont.)Versus the minions (part 3):Thessa didn’t like their chances, a gnome and a halfling versus two ogres, with bloodlust in their souls. No, not good odds at all. Mesik on the other hand knew they could win. Big brutes like these never took him seriously. And besides, he was fighting for the life of his best friend.“Thessa, stay with me and don’t spare the rod.” Mesik charged the two beasts, Sheao flashing in his hands.The gnomish priestess summoned her courage and mace, charging forward with the halfling. He had been the first of them she’d met that day on Baervan’s Hill, but the others were just as much her comrades, no, her friends now.The ogres couldn’t mask their confusion at seeing these little ones running towards them. Surely they should be fleeing. They hesitated.Mesik did not.He leapt at the chest of one of the brutes, driving his friend’s gift into the beast’s stomach. He refused to let go as the ogre began thrashing about howling in pain. Sheao had penetrated the beast’s stomach all the way up to the hilt. The beast’s thrashing twisted the blade in Mesik’s hand, slicing through skin and innards. Soon Mesik was covered in ogre ichor.Thessa did not leap at the other ogre, who stood dumbfounded by his companion’s wound. The little gnome priestess swung her mace as hard as she could, breaking the beast’s knee with a resounding crunch. The beast’s eyes bulged out, as he swung his club at the small one who had hurt him. The weight of the swing and the damage to his knee ruined his aim. He barked in discomfort, as the small one’s weapon hit the back of his ankle on the other leg. He stumbled forward, collapsing onto his knees.“Thessa, get to Dabuk. I’ll handle these two,” Mesik’s eyes told his friend that time was running short. “Go now!”Without a word, Thessa ran towards Dabuk’s battered body. She began to pray to Baervan for the strength to save his life.“Give me back my blade, you brute.” Mesik pulled with all his might, using his knees for leverage against the ogre’s stomach.The beast had dropped its club and was trying to grab a hold of the halfling’s struggling, ichor slick form. Its breathing grew still and it began to fall forward, with Mesik under it.“Well, this won’t do.” Mesik pulled one last time on Sheao and was happy to hear it slide out of the monster’s gut. The halfling rogue dropped to the ground and rolled out of the way just before the beast hit the ground. “That was too close.”“Kill you,” Mesik felt a large fist slam into his back. The other brute was still down on his knees but its great reach meant it could attack Mesik just fine.“I don’t think so, the blow had been glancing. “It is you who will be rotting soon.”Mesik turned to face the brute. He ducked another punch, tumbled past the beast, and proceeded to drive Sheao into the ogre’s buttocks from behind. The beast howled.He pulled Sheao free, tumbled away again before the beast could land another punch, and checked to see if Thessa had reached Bactra yet. He was happy to see both her and Bactra knelling over the fallen ranger. Mesik hadn’t even noticed Bactra go past him. Not that he blamed the elven lad for stay out of close quarter melee with two ogres. That was not Bactra’s style.Mesik’s attention came back to the attacking ogre just in time to cut a deep gash on the beast’s fist as it swung at him again. The ogre hissed at him.Then there was a flash of metal and the ogre’s head left its body. Mesik watched as Hougwarth kicked over the corpse, bent over, and wiped his blade on the grass.“I was just about to do that,” Mesik nodded to the fallen beast.“Yes, but my way was quicker.” Hugh was bleeding from several wounds but looked as though he’d survive. “Besides, I need the practice.”Mesik would have laughed if his mind hadn’t been on Dabuk the whole time. He and Hougwarth looked toward the fallen ranger. The other had already gathered around, too see if Thessa’s healing magic had been in time.Mesik could only hope, as he ran towards his fallen guild brother.*                                        *                                        *</blockquote>

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