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Hell Cavern	By : Koori Category: +S through Z > World of Warcraft Views: 3541 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Chapter Fourteen
Falcon looked up from his breakfast as Rain came shuffling out of the hut. The Sin'dorei was wearing his leather pants, but his feet and chest were bare. Some of his coal black hair had come loose from the braid and added to the dishevel look. Emerald eyes looked around the camp, spying Falcon a small smile came to his lips.
"I'll never understand the elfin ways," Sid said with a shake of his head.
"Aw, don't knock it until you try it," Sly said with a grin. "I could show you …"
"Lad, don't even go there." The dwarf grumbled.
Crystal appeared behind Rain and taking his hand she led him back into the hut. A few minutes later they reappeared, the fair elf was now fully dressed with boots and a long sleeve shirt. His braid had also been repaired.
Falcon waved them over to the table and they took their places on either side of him. He was happy to see Rain eat his breakfast of eggs and bacon without complaint. "So what's the plan with the lad?" Shar asked.
"Aye, he's no longer bound to the camp, will he join us in the mines?" Sid asked as he got up and put his dirty dishes in the basin.
"No, he can't be seen as an equal. I am hopeful that as long as our keepers think he's miserable, they'll leave him alone." Falcon said.
"Yeah, he sounded just wretched last night," Star said with a crooked grin and without her usual sting.
Falcon returned the grin as he finished his plate and stood up. The rest of the clan followed and soon they departed for the mine leaving Rain at the wash basin with a list of chores to do after the dishes.
As they approached the cavern Crystal nudged Falcon and gestured slightly with her head. Following her gaze he saw the Elfkiller Clan approaching, with Demoncraft in the lead. "Be calm," Falcon whispered to the others as the orc cut off their path.
"You killed one of our best workers," the orc hissed in common.
"You mean one of your not so good rogues?" Falcon said calmly. "Your Clan should be more careful when they invade an opponent's camp."
"I'm now down to fifteen members because of your Clan," Demoncraft growled.
"Nay, you are down people because of YOUR clan. We've only defended ourselves from your attacks." Falcon replied. "Perhaps you should keep to your own side of the road."
The orc spat, the druid made no attempt to wipe the spittle from his vest where it landed. "We will have our vengeance," Demoncraft said.
"Then I'm afraid your Clan isn't done losing members." Falcon replied coldly.
Just then there was a crack of a whip and a large demon landed between them. "I'm sure this conversation is very important to you fleshlings, but get your asses into the mine."
Falcon bowed slightly. "Yes, Master."
Turning his back on the Elfkillers Falcon walked over to Overlord Viser and collected the quota bags for the day and then followed Sid into the mines. As they made their way down the twisted path the dwarf suddenly pulled up.
"The air isn't good down here today," he said.
"Shit," Falcon sighed. "Let's try the tunnel that we found the thorium at last week. Give this one a week or so to air out."
"It may be time to start a new tunnel, lad." Shar said.
"I know but that always sucks, we have to clear so much rock with little ore as a reward." Falcon sighed.
"Well, we can check out the other shaft first." Sid said turning the group around.
They were walking silently down the tunnel when Gola called out. "Wait up!"
The Clan stopped and looked over at the stout woman. "I'm not a miner by trade but isn't this something?" She pointed to the wall they had walked by.
Sid and Mudon walked over to where she was indicating, holding their lanterns up. In the light there was a long silver crack in the wall. Sid chipped away at it picking up a small piece that fell away. "The lass has a good eye, it's adamantite. The cavern must have settled a bit since our last visit."
"Let's get to work," Falcon said setting down his bags. "Rarvo and I will start first."
The others stepped back giving them room, while holding the lanterns up to provide them light. Falcon brought his pick down hard against the rock, as he pulled back Rarvo brought his pick down. And so they worked together chipping away at the stone, exposing the ore underneath. After about fifteen minutes they traded places with Sly and Sid and after their arms grew tired the rest of them sifted through the rubble for ore. Then they started again and so the morning passed.
When the lunch whistle went off they had filled over half of the bags. Sitting down on the rocky floor satchels were opened and they enjoyed a small meal of jerky and hard biscuits. Washing down the food with a drink of water, Falcon closed his eyes. Crystal moved behind him and massaged his shoulders. Too soon another whistle was sounded and they went back to work.
The vein dried up with one quota bag left to load. "Any objections if we don't fill the spare one today?" Falcon asked.
At that moment there was the sound of an explosion and the whole mine seemed to groan. "Cave in!" Shar shouted at the same time a warning bell went off announcing the same.
"Let's go," Falcon said slinging the quota bags over his shoulder. Moving quickly but carefully they made their way down the mine shaft. As they entered the main tunnel they saw the other Clans all moving toward the entrance.
Falcon was relieved to see Ironsong and Silverhelm in the crowd. "Where was it?" he asked Dylan.
The Captain gestured back down the cave, "Was to the left of our claim, probably Greatwolf."
"Let's go," Falcon said leading his Clan back down toward the cave-in.
"Where are you going, Falcon?" the Captain asked.
"Someday it might be us," the druid replied. "Have to see if we can help."
The dust still hung in the air as they approached the area of the cave-in. Taking off his shirt Falcon tied it around his nose and mouth so not to breathe it in. The men did the same while the women used the handkerchiefs they wore in their hair. There was a flurry of activity at the now sealed cavern. About a dozen Taurens and a few orc were trying to remove the heavy rocks that had fallen.
Without being asked the Earthhunter clan moved along side and started breaking apart rocks with their picks. "How's the walls look, Sid?"
"Really soft, this area must be near an underground river … it's not safe to mine." The dwarf replied. "Our best bet is not to clear everything, just a small hole to look for survivors."
"How many men are you missing, Pridebite?" Falcon asked.
"Four … including my mate," the Tauren leader said.
"We'll find them," Falcon promised.
"Careful!" Shar shouted as a large rock shifted. The rescuers quickly moved out of the way.
"What are you fleshlings still doing here?" A demon snarled appearing.
"Looking for survivors, Master," Falcon replied without stopping his pick.
"You are to leave the mine at once, we'll seal this section off, work can resume in another area." The demon said coldly.
"Please, give us thirty minutes …" Falcon said adding his shoulder to a boulder Pridebite was trying to move.
To his surprise the demon shrugged. "Your funeral," it said, stepping back and folding his arms.
"Lad there is a hole here, not sure how far it goes back …" Sid said.
"We weren't that deep in," the Tauren replied.
"It's not big enough for a Tauren yet … but perhaps more slender body could venture in and at least see what we're looking at."
"I'll go," Crystal said. Falcon's heart leapt.
"No," Star said moving over to Sid. "I will, I'm smaller." Without waiting she grabbed a lantern and crawled into the hole.
Falcon held his breath praying the rocks wouldn't shift and crush her while she was within their slippery grasp. The seconds crept by when they heard her cry out. "I found them …" there was silence for a moment. "Well, most of them … two of them are dead crushed under the rocks. There is a female here, she must have hit her head she's unconscious but breathing. I don't see a forth."
"All right we'll work on widening the gap. See if you can help her out in the meantime," Falcon shouted back.
The Tauren leader at their side didn't say anything as he picked up a pick and started chipping away at the stone. It was slow and dangerous work; any wrong move could cause another cave-in trapping Star. Finally the opening was wide enough for Falcon to slide inside, he carefully moved in on his belly. On the other side he found Star sitting next to a Tauren who seemed to be awake and sipping some water. First they helped the Tauren crawl into the opening, as soon as her hooves disappeared Falcon sent Star to follow. Picking up the lantern he looked around the shaft, there was the body of a dark brown orc pinned half way under the rocks. The orc had died instantly; there was also a leather covered arm nearby that belonged to another unfortunate soul. As Falcon moved toward the escape tunnel he heard a soft moan coming from behind him. Holding his light up he moved farther into the mine shaft, there on the ground was a second female Tauren.
Falcon bent down and draping her arm around his neck slowly stood her up and moved her toward the opening. "I found the last one," he shouted. "She'll need a hand to get out."
Sly appeared a moment later and taking her arms started to slowly shimmy in reverse guiding her out. Snagging the lantern Falcon followed close behind, gently shoving on her hooves ever so often to help. Soon she disappeared from his sight as she was pulled free. Falcon followed and Sly was helping him down when the rocks beneath their feet started to shift. Shoving the rogue out of the way Falcon tried to follow but wasn't fast enough and his leg exploded in pain as large boulder fell down crushing the bones beneath his knee.
Crystal let out a scream racing to his side. Falcon had almost instantly entered a healing trance stopping the flow of blood to the injured limb so he wouldn't bleed to death and at the same time numbing the excruciating pain.
"We have to get this rock off of him," Sly cried.
"You think?" Star snapped back.
"Not now, please …" Falcon said anxiously.
Pridebite was sitting nearby cuddling the second female they had found. He nuzzled her cheek and then moved over to Falcon. "Move back," he directed. "Sorry, Earthhunter … this is going to hurt." The mighty Tauren placed his shoulder against the rock. "Did you stop the bleeding?"
"Yes," Falcon said as his vision began to blur.
"Good," the Tauren's hooves dug into the ground as he started to push. Sly placed his hands on the stone and added his strength and the boulder shifted. As it did Crystal pulled his mangle leg out.
Once he was clear Pridebite let the rock go and it settled back into place. "I'll leave the mending to your Clan," he said as he helped his wife to her feet and led his Clan out of the cave.
"Your thirty minutes are up," said the demon that had been standing by silently.
"Fuck you," Sly said eyeing the damage to Falcon's leg.
"What did you say?" the demon hissed.
"He said we were leaving," Falcon said. "Sly and Shar take the quota bags to Overlord Viser."
"The rest of you are going to have to help carry me back to camp. I've stopped the bleeding we can work on it back there."
Crystal picked him up underneath the shoulders; Star supported his back while Mudon took his left leg and Sid carefully braced his mangled right leg. "Stay with us, lad." Sid said.
"Trying," Falcon whispered as they carried him out. The walk to the encampment took forever, every step sent jarring pain down him. Finally they were at the gate and Sid let out a sharp whistle. Before Red had the door open wide Rain was running out.
"Akire!"
Rarvo and Gola intercepted the Blood Elf holding him back as the others brought Falcon into the hut and laid him down. Falcon demanded everyone but Sid leave the room, Crystal refused at first until he assured her that Rain needed her more at the moment.
After they had left Sid started channeling his healing powers into his leg. Falcon tried to help but was too weak. "Oh, lad, this may be beyond me. The bone is almost powder in places. I'm not sure I can save the leg."
"Damn it," Falcon mumbled.
In the distance there seemed to be a fight going on, it sounded like someone was shouting. Falcon tried to concentrate but couldn't, he felt cold. Suddenly there was a blast of horrible pain, he was sure he screamed and then everything went black.
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