A request featuring night elves and orcs from WoW.
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Her hair whipped in the wind as she ran, blood pumping fast, boots thumping against the cool, damp earth. She wasn't running--not really, anyways. Merely putting distance between her and the orcs. It was best to fight the greenskins at a distance; their size made them dangerous in close quarter combat.
Sensing from experience the need to turn and rejoin the fight, Bellatrisk Nightmist dived into a patch of brush, hugged the trunk of a great tree, and quickly peered back towards the center of conflict. Their patrol had gone out with nine Sentinels and encountered what appeared to be an equal number of orcs. This was not ideal, as typically they preferred to maintain a numerical advantage during encounters. Unfortunately things did not always go as planned.
Currently, she could see seven of her sisters battling with all nine of the orcs. Not advantageous in the slightest, but they were holding up fine for now. One of the Sentinels was on the ground, alive, clearly, but injured. Her hands clutched at her gut, but no blood seeped from any wound.
Bellatrisk and another Sentinel, acting on pre-planned strategic maneuvers, had quickly broken off at the first sight of the orcs in order to provide ranged support. She did not know where Liana had run off to, but she had a job to do regardless of where her fellow ranger had relocated to.
It had taken her less than six seconds to sprint away and position herself accordingly. Now, she lifted her bow, infused it with magic that glowed a lustrous moon-silver as she took aim at an orc swinging wildly, and let an arrow fly. It struck smooth and clean through the fumbling orc's neck. Blood spurted, gushed, dribbled so dark it appeared black, and then the orc fell, his descent aided by the arcing glaive of a fellow Sentinel slicing his throat.
The orcs did not seem to pay any attention to their fallen comrade; their arms continued to flail, axes howling madly against elven steel and empty air. Were they blinded by bloodlust or was it well-honed focus that drove them onwards? She didn't think it over. She notched an arrow, prepared to fire, felt a warning prickling at the back of her neck. Though she did not hear or see or truly sense anything to be alarmed over, she trusted in her instinct and whirled around just in time to see an orc stalking silently towards her, only a scarce handful of cubits away.
With skin as green as the Ashenvale vegetation and with arms as thick as tree trunks, he appeared just as surprised as she for a split second, his black eyes widening as they saw and recognized each other as the enemies they were. Then he charged, and she did not have enough time to impale him with an arrow. She dodged, barely, dropping the bow and reaching for her short sword instead. But he reached for something as well--her arm--and caught her by the wrist. He was fast despite his size.
Quick as a snake she yanked her arm back, hoping to break his grip before it formed. She was only semi-successful however, and his hand gripped hers, palm against palm in a mockery of an intimate gesture. She fought briefly, realized it was hopeless, grabbed for her sword with her other hand. The ground left her then, or she left it, weightless, the blurred tableau of Ashenvale flora flashing before her eyes as she was whipped in a semi-circle and slammed back into the tree she'd been hiding behind. Her head must have struck the tree, but she did not feel pain or anything at all. Blackness claimed her in an instant.
***
Voices wrested unconsciousness away from her as if it were an octopus, its tentacles clutching hard, reluctant to let go. Drowsy, dreamy, and fatigued, her head swam, but she managed to open her eyes, not quite awake, and felt an extreme sense of oddness. It felt strange to be awake, to be aware of her fingers, her legs, her toes. She shifted upon the bed and the linens brushed her purple skin. That, too, felt strange.
Again the voices needled their way into her skull. She blinked some of the blurriness from her eyes, turned her head, beheld a vision that, if she were in her right mind, would have startled her.
Very near her were an orc and a female troll, the latter of which was bent over a table, her robe pulled up over the blue hump of her behind. The orc was naked, a state easily achieved given their tendency for wearing loincloths, and ferociously pumping away at her.
It had been the woman who had disturbed her slumber. The feminine moans and ecstatic cries, combined with the thudding of wood as the table lurched forward.
Bellatrisk watched for a few seconds then looked away. In her current hypnagogic state she could not be certain that what she'd seen had even been real. Her mind was too fuzzy, her senses dulled and shapeless. She closed her eyes again. The troll and the orc faded away as if they had never existed.
***
When next she awoke she did not feel quite so strange. Initially she did not realize where she was, but keen alertness quickly took hold, and with it a rush of understanding. She sat up then, wide-eyed, immediately conscious of the fact that she had likely been taken captive. Her body functioned as it normally did, as if nothing at all out of the ordinary had happened. Clearly she'd been injured though, which meant that someone had healed her. A shaman, perhaps.
The room she was in was a small thing, with slightly curved walls of greystone partially covered by hides, tapestries, and medical equipment. A few plants took in sunshine beneath a small window. To her left, a bare wooden table, vaguely familiar.
She threw off the blanket that had covered her and stood up, discovering that she'd been clothed in a thin white gown. No shoes, certainly no weapons. The only thing she could repurpose as a weapon within the room was one of the small potted plants, but she did not bother attempting such a foolish thing. Instead, she crept to the window, glanced out, saw little but a number of orcish buildings without any actual orcs to accompany them. The area looked deserted, though she knew otherwise. As for where she had been taken, she could only guess somewhere near the border of Ashenvale and Azshara, given the sparse flora she could see outside. A fair distance from where she'd been prior to her run-in with a tree.
Quickly but quietly she stole towards the door and tried the handle. She had not expected it to be open, but she nevertheless felt disappointed. The window was too small to fit through, the door too big to break. She was not skilled at picking locks and even less skilled in the arcane ways of teleportation.
She had no alternative but to wait.
Two hours passed before she heard the unmistakable sound of movement, of feet striking earth and drawing nearer. Bellatrisk would have felt more at ease with a weapon, but she had to make due with what she had, and what she had was a bed.
She laid down, covered herself, and closed her eyes.
The door clicked open, gently thudded shut. A rustling soon arose from whatever her captor was doing, and so she felt okay risking the opening of her eyes.
Only little more than an arm's length away stood a night elf woman. She was turned to the side with her face partially obscured by luscious green hair, but the long ears and visible facial features left no room for doubt.
Something prodded at the back of her mind, but she ignored it. Surprised at seeing another elf, Bellatrisk blurted, "Who are you?"
The woman jumped a little, clearly surprised herself, then turned, revealing a kind face and glowing blue eyes that roamed over her appraisingly. "I am Esyll," she said, "and as you might have noticed given how quickly you've recovered, a very fine healer." She stepped forward, suddenly serious. "But how are you? I intended to let you rest another day."
"Good enough to leave," Bellatrisk said, demonstrating just how well she was by tossing the blanket aside and standing up. She wanted to leave as soon as possible. This place did not seem right. No longer worried, she glanced out the window. "Where is my gear? And how long have I been here? I would like to see my sisters." She paused, looked at the priestess. "Thank you for your help. I really must return to my duties though, otherwise I get very restless."
"Restlessness won't be a problem, I assure you," Esyll murmured. "And I imagine you will be seeing your sisters very soon."
Bellatrisk detected an odd note in the other woman's voice, a solemness that had not been there previously. The prodding in the back of her mind grew sharper. She was about to open her mouth to say something when movement outside the window caught her eye.
"An orc!" she hissed, ducking instinctively. Esyll did not move. "You didn't answer me before," Bellatrisk urged. "Where are we?"
Esyll smiled, reserved but not exactly sad. She brought a hand to her belly where a noticeable bump bulged out her robe. "A breeding facility."
The door opened.
***
Bellatrisk remembered the dream and realized rather late that it had not been a dream, and that had not been a troll. The woman whose cries had awoken her had been Esyll, who, as a healer, was rewarded special privileges within the facility. One of these so-called privileges apparently included the right to have a monogamous partner. An orcish partner. Some privilege.