Lokk offered his father a hand. "We gotta get outta old man. Also, I got a job that still needs doing."
Gokk spat a wad of blood and saliva onto the ground. "Then what're you doin' here? Get to it and leave me. I'll catch up."
Lokk gritted his teeth. "I could leave you the Elf."
Gokk laughed. "You gonna leave me another problem, boy? An elf is just a problem waitin' to happen."
Look kept offering the hand insistently. "Not gonna leave you to catch up so stop wasting time!"
Gokk's eyes shot open. He took Lokk's hand and pulled him to the ground. "Get down!" A Kaldorei arrow sailed over Lokk's head, grazing his hair. A Kaldorei stood a few yards away, readying another arrow. The Elf loosed it over and it flew even higher over their heads. The Sentinel archer got pulled down into a headlock by a large figure. Gokk let go of Lokk and grunted.
"Oh, there she is."
"Wait... There's no way that's-" He stared as the Dreanei rose over the unconscious Elf. She dusted herself off. The woman was in leather robes and though she did not look like a martial type, her body was naturally over seven feet tall with a weight that matched an Orcs, so it all had to come from somewhere. The Draenei Race were naturally hardy, to the extent that they could not be beat if they got a hold of a weedy Kaldore that relied on agility and guile. She approached the two and helped Gokk up. He grunted as he was pulled to his feet.
"Thought you'd left me."
The Draenei lady blushed and placed a hand subtly over her belly. "What would I do if this child suddenly was without a father." She offered as an excuse for why she intervened.
"Heh." Gokk looked to his son with a cocky grin.
"Big deal!" Lokk scoffed. He turned.
"Seems you're fine to leave on your own, then!"
"That's what I was tellin' ya, boy. I'll meet ya there." He leaned on Macii and took the opportunity to paw her rear and her breast through her robes. Her tail whipped back and forth as she rested a hand on his shoulder and cast a heal.
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Lokk made his way up the road. The Kaldorei had withdrawn after their successful attack so it was simply stragglers and assassins that remained. He took the Blood Elf with him to Splintertree Post to hand the message he was carrying to Commander Mastok. He was a grizzled Orc that wore light armor and wielded two nasty-looking iron maces. He opened the note curiously and read it in front of Lokk and Braelyn. He grunted.
"Using elves to fight elves. Sounds familiar." He eyed Braelyn briefly before returning his gaze to Lokk. I haven't seen it. What's this really mean? How does it work in practice? At ease, by the way, Scout."
Lokk relaxed his posture and rolled his soldier in front of the man. "Saw it for myself. The Night Elves fighting against each other. One saved my life by killing one of her kin with an arrow. They're decently useful."
"Useful means dangerous." He added, thinking out loud while rubbing his stubble.
"Dangerous, probably." Lokk shrugged.
"But, the training we put 'em through and the brainwashing is intense. The ones back where I was stationed got shamed to the point of going crazy. Then they got lured into working with us for their own safety. They used the shame from that to mess with their heads more. The ones on our side don't believe there's a way they can return to their kin. We show them off in skimpy armor and make them fight. Far as I can see, after their first fight where they're forced to loose an arrow at their own they snap. It's a betrayal in their head. Long as they can't forgive themselves they submit from fear and shame and just spiral down, down." Lokk planted his thumb down as he explained.
Mastok exhaled slowly from his nose. "This isn't an Orcish plan." He remarked after a long pause.
"Reminds me of when we were fighting for warlocks."
"It's different. They're inferior. Seen it a dozen times now. They'll all give in to the same pressure and join us eventually. Probably the most human thing, if we're warring anyway."
Mastok grins. "We are at war. Glad you said that. If you were about to question the Warchief's command to take this province I was going to take your head myself."
"Wouldn't dream of it." Lokk grumbled.
"I wanna win as much as you. Let's just say, I like having the best shooters on our side instead of theirs."
"That's that... The Warchief will get the final word so I'll appraise him through a different messenger."
"Sir?" Lokk expected to be sent on that errand.
"I need you to deliver another message for me. Back the way you came towards Tarkan. Feathermoon is still a problem over here. They rallied around a retreat to the north. We got big problems. If we don't handle them somehow, they're gonna be able to connect armies through from Felwood and Hyjal without having to worry about the narrow pass. We can't have that. The Retreat is a fortress on high ground and is guarded by elite Sentinels and Druids, so we need our own elites to break crack them. Relay that to Tarkan. Clock's ticking."
"I will." Lokk gave an Orcish Salute and turned on his heel.
"Not even going to rest?" Braelyn complained.
"Feel free to leave me alone."
"You aren't even going to THANK me for saving your father?"
"Relax. I'll fuck you when we stop next so stop acting horny."
"I'm sorry!? I don't want your green cock anywhere near me! I want Tarkan-"
Lokk cackled. "So it's like that."
Her face turned bright red. "I want to TALK to Tarkan! That man slighted me."
"Of course..." Lokk rolled his eyes.
"This mean you aren't leaving me alone here?"
"Never." Braelyn crossed her arms and turned up her nose at him.
As Lokk moved towards the front gate he met Gokk, his father, and his father's Draenei. "Old Man."
"Son." Gokk looked at him, then the elf.
"Leaving again?"
"No time. Important mission."
"You'll need another axe. The Elves are all over these woods. They're like bugs in a silo."
"I don't need an old man and a pregnant Draenei." Despite Lokk saying that, Gokk continued to follow him out of Splintertree and onto the road.
Gokk smiled as he reminisced. "What happened... I remember you used to need me to wipe the snot from your goin' to run this mission all on your own?" Macii and Braelyn both giggled at the remark.
"He's still a snotty brat." Braelyn commented.
Both Orcs looked back and said at the same time "Quiet cunt!" The father and son grinned at one another.
"Fin." Lokk relented.
"But you're following me, Old Man. I don't want any moaning about your hip or your back."
"Oh it's fine. Got my own little lightslut to myself." He gave the Draenei's plump rear a smack. The girl smiled bashfully.