"I knew coming here was a shit idea. The shittiest fuckin' shit idea I ever fuckin' had. Fucking Northrend. What the fuck?"
The warlock cursed with every shivering breath, face barely hidden under the black hood that offered little more than the promise of warmth. Having to hold the hood against her head to keep herself covered, Iza was quite the sight with snowshoes that would have been more appropriate on someone twice her size.
Ever since the sky above Icecrown had been ripped open, the Scourge had gone on a rampage all across Azeroth. The Argent Crusade, a holy order created to fight that threat, had called upon the aid of any hero, adventurer, or mercenary willing to fight the undead menace. Thinking only of the profits to be made there, Iza the goblin warlock had traveled to the roof of the world, Northrend.
Her partner, casting a sympathetic glance down at the tiny goblin woman, held a hand out, her other hand holding a colossal crystalline hammer over her shoulder. "The Light keeps me warm, I could teach you... Until then, you are welcome to ride on my shoulder, if you wish," Ashe offered, the Lightforged Draenei wearing little but the revealing plate armor of the Army of the Light.
Iza huffed proudly, refusing the busty Draenei's help once more. "If I need your charity, I'll ask for it."
"Is it not you who asked for aid in completing this contract? I am glad you brought me here, as I very much enjoy the destruction of this so-called Scourge... but there is no shame in asking for help," the colossal woman said.
Iza's eyes were briefly drawn to the enormous bulge beneath the Draenei's codpiece. She gulped, remembering quite well the events of their previous meeting in Ratchet, where the Draenei had fucked the lights out of the warlock. She also recalled how the Draenei had complained that the curse Iza had laid on her hadn't been fully dispelled, forcing the paladin to relieve herself quite frequently to take care of the constant ache in her balls. "I did ask for help. Not my fault Tzanna didn't come back after I sent her to find food..."
"You and I both know she's probably sipping mimosas on a beach in Tanaris," Ashe said, her strong legs carrying her through the thick snow of the Storm Peaks, golden eyes scanning the area for the cave on the map. She didn't dare pull the map in question out, worried that the wind would carry it away.
The green-skinned woman grumbled, knowing full well that the Succubus had probably fucked off to Void-knows-where. "I sure hope this warrior is worth the gold the Argent Dawn is spending for us to find her. Wish they'd bothered giving us rations for the trip, though."
"The rations you forgot at the camp?"
"Are you blaming me for this, Ashe?"
"Not at all. What would make you think tha-" The paladin's words came to a sudden halt as she thrust a hand out.
Iza, looking anywhere but ahead, walked right into it, falling onto her rear in the snow. "Agh, fuck. Why'd you go and do that?" complained the diminutive spellcaster, brushing snow off herself as she stood back up with some difficulty, thanks to the cumbersome snowshoes.
Ashe placed a fingertip to her lips, pointing to a nearby cave, guarded by two skeletons wielding shortswords, rusted armor hanging from their clacking bones. Small red pinpricks of malice shone within the darkened sockets of their skulls as the pair of undead scanned the surrounding area for any would-be intruders. They hadn't seemed to have noticed Ashe and Iza when the paladin yanked the goblin behind a nearby pine tree.
Iza groaned in protest, face nestled between Ashe's thighs, firmly pressed to the Draenei's overflowing codpiece. Half as tall as the grey-skinned Draenei, the warlock was at the precise height needed to get a face full of fat Draedick. Pulling her face away from the paladin's crotch, Iza whispered: "So, what's the plan, then?"
"I only see two... And they are not well-armed. Nothing we can't handle, anyway. We take them out quickly and as quietly as possible to avoid alerting any foes inside the cave. I've been on the receiving end of your curses, Iza. Is there anything you can do that doesn't involve removing one's ability to reach climax?" Ashe gripped her hammer firmly, eyes fixed on the two skeletons at the cave's entrance. Anticipation burned in her golden eyes and a soft golden aura radiated from the crystalline head of her weapon.
"I've... uh... I can probably cast a dancing curse. How's that sound?"
"It'll buy us time. Ready yourself."
Prying herself away from Ashe, Iza began the quick incantation of her curse, whispering in a language unknown to her companion. A faint aura, purple and black, began coalescing around her wriggling fingers. From behind the cover of a tree, Iza then thrust her open palm outwards in the direction of the skeletons.
The same dark aura soon surrounded the left skeleton who began moving his bones to an invisible beat. A lively beat, Ashe thought, judging by the manner and energy with which it moved its limbs. The skeleton on the right, noticing that movement, turned its skull slowly to observe the curious situation -- just in time for its head to be blasted away by a streak of golden light. As soon as the dancing curse had landed, Ashe had thrown her weapon at the skeletal fiend.
Ashe's hammer, still in the air behind the skeleton, came to a sudden halt, frozen in place, as the undead being crumbled into a useless pile of bones. Before Iza could even realize what was happening, Ashe had appeared in the air in a radiant explosion of holy energy, swinging her crystalline two-hander at the dancing undead. For a split second, Iza thought she might've seen terror flash in the eyes of the creature.
"Talk about overkill," Iza said as she walked out clumsily into the open, visibly still not used to the too-large snowshoes. Once she'd made her way to the rocks at the entrance to the cave, covered in less than an inch of snow thanks to the rocky outcropping above, the warlock immediately tossed the cumbersome snowshoes aside, cursing all the while.
Blowing a loose strand of hair, Iza watched as, wordlessly, Ashe made her way into the dark cave. Holding her illuminating hammer ahead of her like a torch the Draenei's breathing was as steady as it had always been.
"Follow me," the huge paladin half-whispered. "But tread lightly, dangers unseen lurk in every shadow."
Looking over her shoulder at the windy mountains behind her, the goblin saw no other choice. Fuck. Sooner we get in there, sooner we get out. She took a deep breath, trying to gain some semblance of composure, and followed the imposing Lightforged woman. Though now protected from the harsh winds of the Storm Peaks, every step brought with it a renewed chill, a deep dread that wormed its way into her brain. Was this even worth the gold? Five hundred gold would barely even begin to cover her debts to the cartels... At least Ashe was there to protect her.
All around them, the stone walls and floor had gradually shifted to dark ice, causing the two women to nearly slip and fall twice as they went ever downwards into the darkness. The light from Ashe's hammer, while powerful, didn't seem to reach quite as far as it should have to dispel the suffocating obscurity of the frozen tunnels.
Iza felt a shock and pain as something grabbed her waist. A metallic sound resonated around her, barely registered as she felt herself being pulled back into the darkness. She yelped as her shoulder crashed against an icy stalagmite, sending shards of ice clattering onto the ground. Though her flight, in truth, lasted mere seconds, it felt like an eternity until she finally came to a halt, hitting something soft and fleshy. A putrid stench assaulted the goblin's nostrils as fat fingers wrapped around her waist, turning her around.
The raven-haired warlock's eyes came wide as she came face to face with an abomination, a stitched-together mass of corpses created by the Scourge. One of its huge, bulging eyes stared at Iza hungrily. Oh fuck, if I ever get out of her, if I ever leave this place in one piece, thought Iza, trying to pull her head out of the range of the thing's foul breath, if I make it out, I'll be sure to become a priest, I'll wear as many white robes as they need me to. I'll even dye my hair blonde...
"HA! GOT ONE FOR DA MASTER!" the hulking thing shouted, thick strands of saliva flying from its mouth and landing in Iza's pigtails. "ME GONNA-"
The thing never managed to finish its thoughts as Ashe rammed into the behemoth with her shoulder, forcing it back a few steps. The impact forced the abomination to drop Iza onto the ground, wincing in pain as she held her shoulder.
Spinning about with surprising grace, the imposing paladin swung her hammer towards the construct, her weapon almost blindingly bright. The streaking meteor of Ashe's hammer came to a sudden stop as her furious opponent blocked the attack with a bloodstained cleaver. While other fighters would have instead attempted an attack from a different direction, Ashe simply pressed harder with her hammer, muscles bulging as bright light flooded the tunnel.
Iza was forced to close her eyes, placing an arm over them to shield them further from the holy radiance.
Inch by inch, the abomination's cleaver got closer to the undead beast's face, forced backward by the Draenei's light-fueled strength. Rays of light seared the thing's rotten flesh and soon caused it to melt completely, sloughing off the creature's bones.
When Iza's eyes opened once more, all she saw was the Draenei leaning on her hammer and catching her breath, the smoldering, lifeless husk of the corpse-construct at her feet. "After millennia spent fighting the Legion, these walking corpses aren't so bad. Are you ok, Iza?"
"Shoulder's fucked, but I'll survive. Thanks."
Ashe raised her eyebrows in surprise. "Never thought I'd get a thank you out of you. Here, let me help with that," she said.
"Oh, don't get used to it," getting down on one knee next to the goblin and placing a single hand on her damaged shoulder. A warm, golden light slowly grew around the Draenei's hand and dissipated just as fast. "I'm not much of a healer, but your shoulder should be fine."