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Adventures of Illuminatus: Siege of Orgrimmar	By : RotSeele Category: +S through Z > World of Warcraft Views: 1402 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Sha of Pride
Written to Wake Me Up by Avicii
Julip - troll hunter - survival/beast mastery
"Taran Zhu!"
I looked over toward Lorewalker Cho as he ran past us into the chamber behind Norushen. To my surprise, and to the surprise of the others, Lorewalker Cho was kneeling beside another Pandaren, one we knew quite well. Taran Zhu was the leader of the Shado-pan, an elite group of fighters who had protected Pandaria for ten thousand years until we, the Horde, and the Alliance had appeared on the shores of their homeland. We hadn't seen Taran Zhu since we'd helped free him of the Sha's influence in the monastery, and knew little of what had happened since Garrosh had unleashed hell in the Vale. We knew that Taran Zhu had tried to stop him, and had disappeared after the encounter.
Now here he was, cradled in the arms of Lorewalker Cho. As we passed the two Pandaren, I saw that Taran Zhu had a grievous wound in his belly, and there was a puddle of blood around him. Whatever the two Pandaren were discussing was lost to me as Greymoon began pulling little shas that were scattered in groups around the room.
I followed the others in, lifting my bow to unleash a stinging barrage of arrows. My pet, a sporebat I lovingly named Velvet, charged in to aid in the attack. I let out an involuntary gasp as something hit me square in the chest. I could feel something icy cold shivering through me, building in pressure and threatening to explode. On instinct, I activated my Deterrence ability and watched in abject horror as a pool of sha-like goop exploded around me, twice, thrice, four times in quick succession.
"When they die," said Schio as she came up on my left, "they leave behind some kind of residue that acts like a time bomb. If you're too close to someone when the bomb goes off, you might just kill them."
"What do you mean?" I asked her.
She raised her arm and pointed toward where Helpfuldeath and Mistahtea stood. It happened so fast, I wasn't sure what I saw. One minute, the two of them were standing together and the next Helpful was dead on the floor and Mistahtea was laughing, almost doubled over in a fit.
"Oh," I said after a moment. "I see."
"Yup." Schio smiled a little and walked toward where Helpful lay, a quick spell leaving her lips as she resurrected him.
I watched the others make the circuit around the room and finish off the last of the creatures. The floor beneath my feet suddenly began to rumble and I heard Norushen cry, "It did not matter. It comes. Steel your hearts and prepare your souls."
Almost as if on cue, something huge burst out of the floor in the center of the room, the explosion knocking all of us up high in the air. I managed to turn in time to brace myself for the impact with the wall, taking the hit on my shoulder and back rather than my head or somewhere else on my body. I dropped to the floor and stared up at what had to be the Sha of Pride, the final Sha that Garrosh had unleashed into the world. And now we of Illuminatus would have to fight it.
"Come, face me," crowed the Sha of Pride, "Give in to your pride. Show me your 'greatness'."
We edged around the Sha and I joined the others as they gathered in a tight group near the back of the room. Again we took a few moments to eat something and drink another flask. Schio created her soul well for us, and we all took a health stone or three, tucking the glowing rocks in pockets or packs. Once we were ready, Niarweaver and Greymoon hurried to where Norushen stood, awaiting our signal. The rest of us gathered in the back of the room, where we stood waiting for the tanks to gain the Sha's attention.
When they did, the fight began hard and fast. I barely got my bow up in time to fire off a quick succession of arrows as the Sha of Pride began to beat Niarweaver and Greymoon into the floor. All else became background noise as I fought to keep the tempo going. Arrow after arrow flew at the Sha, my bowstring singing a staccato song as I nocked and fired, and nocked and fired. Velvet gave a soft cry as she raced in to attack, joined by the rest of my pets as I called for a stampede.
Faintly I heard Schio call out "Reflection!" and gasped to myself as a puddle of darkness appeared beneath me. I leaped out of the way, and just in time too. Where I'd been standing exploded with darkness, and from it appeared a little sha creature - a reflection. I back pedaled just a bit and shivered as darkness slithered over my skin. I realized I'd stepped on something, but I couldn't tell what it had been. I saw Xallion bolt halfway across the room toward a white scar glowing in the left corner near Niarweaver and Greymoon, and as he crossed it, it vanished. I realized I must've stepped across one of those scars without knowing it. I heard Schio call out, "Rifts, our side left! And right!" A glance to each side showed me that those scars had been exactly what Xallion and I had run over.
I refocused on the Sha. Then I found myself in a strange room, a room that looked remarkably similar to the one I'd been in with my friends. Only now I was alone. I realized too I couldn't control my body. I began running forward, and just as I reached a breach in a shadowy wall, I saw a sha creature about as big as me flash by. And then, ahead, was another one coming right at me! I tried to fire at it, but my arms wouldn't obey my commands. I could see its gleaming maw open and ready to snap closed-
-and then I was back with my friends. I gasped for air and felt a hand grip my arm. I looked at Nakti, then gave her a nod to tell her I was okay. She offered a smile before she went back to attacking the Sha of Pride.
"Prison!" Cried Schio.
I almost questioned what she meant when all of a sudden a pillar of light shot up nearby, and I saw Sabaak caught in the throes of the light. I quickly followed several others toward the pillar of light, and watched as two plates lit up when we stood in them. Once they were both lit, Sabaak dropped to the ground.
He gave a weak laugh. "Man, that sucks." Then he readied his blade and rejoined Mistahtea and Helpfuldeath at the Sha's back.
I returned to my spot and continued firing. I saw Schio turn suddenly and face behind us. I turned with her, and saw another monster leering at us with a wicked smile. Schio's chaos bolt and my explosive shot hit the monster at the same time, and then Helpful was there, gripping it closer to us. It died seconds before the Sha of Pride unleashed a devastating attack on us. I doubled over in pain as shadow magic, and something else, coursed through me. I regained my footing just as Xallion's healing spell washed over me, and I nodded in thanks to him. He grinned and turned his attention to the others.
For the better part of a minute - for the fight was going so fast - we ran to close rifts, to get others out of the same shadowy world I had been taken to, avoiding the little shas that appeared, as well as getting people out of prisons and killing the larger add that was summoned. It was going well, or so I thought. Just when I thought we were going to win, the Sha of Pride focused on Norushen. We watched in horror as the Titan guardian crumpled to his knees, then fell over entirely and didn't get back up.
"Is he...?" I couldn't bring myself to finish the question. I wasn't sure it'd be answered, if I'd been heard over the Sha's laughter.
"Yeah," Kyel responded. Thankfully, he didn't elaborate.
A second later, I felt the power of bloodlust rush through me. I blinked the tears away and raised my bow, firing as fast as I could and utilizing every spell I had. Shot after shot, I plunged arrows into the Sha's body, enough to kill a mushan beast ten times over. I kept firing, angry at Garrosh for awakening the beast, angry with myself for not being able to save Norushen. I nocked my last arrow and aimed at the Sha of Pride's head, drawing my bowstring as far back as I could for what had to be a kill shot.
I fired.
My arrow sailed through the air, hitting the Sha's shadowy body so hard the arrow sunk in almost to the fletching. The Sha of Pride turned away from Greymoon and Niarweaver just for a moment, and I saw it look right at us. I glared at it, my bow still raised from my attack. It raised a claw, like it was going to attack, and then it crumpled to the floor. I stared at it, expecting it to do something.
I'm not proud to admit I jumped when the doors to the chamber flew open. I raised my bow, expecting an attack, but it was only Lorewalker Cho. And with him was Lady Jaina Proudmoore and Regent-Lord Lor'themar Theron. Who, seemingly, were bickering with each other over the goings on outside this chamber.
I retrieved my arrows as Nakti retrieved hers, and then we hurried to follow the others through the portal Lor'themar had created. I paused before going through, and felt a shiver course through me.
We were heading to Orgrimmar. The siege had begun.
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