A Mess of Titanic Porportion

"Hell, No." He can't seriously be trying this.

"We need to do this, after everything that happened, its too risky to delay it any longer." He said with an ice pack strapped to his eye.

"Let me rephrase, Fuck No." I say as politely insulting as I can.

"There isn't a better option." Bullshit.

"Yes there is, I go, and you stay here and recover." I say while finishing tying his knot, "Stop struggling, it will only make it worse."

"There is so much wrong with what you said." That there is.

"Your highness, please, you will never recover if you don't rest." The nurse says, coming in with more rope.

"She's right mason, you should listen to them, sometimes." the nurse looked at me funny before diverting her attention back to mason.

"Well, do you even know what to look for?"

"An area that is hidden and accessible easily?" Please be right, Please be right, Please be right.

"And large enough for it, a cave likely." He grumbled as he laid down, "Fine, just take a dremora lord with you, they will know what to look for." The nurse started to change the bandages.

I though back to the ones that I knew; I shot one, another attacked me, and then there was the on that sat at the table of friendship... I painted that one blue, I should take that one... I should name him Dremora.

"Kenny, what are you thinking? I don't like that face."

"Oh oh oh, You will love this, or absolutely hate it, That Dremora lord that you keep by our throne, I'm taking him."

"...OK..." I don't know weather he approves, or is confused

"I painted him blue"

"..."

"And I named him Dremora"

"..."

"..."

"Do you have even the smallest lick of creativity?"

"Not for things I first name." He muttered something about my would-be children. "Well, I'll be gone, and if you don't see me back by sunrise..." I'm sure I heard him say something about starting a war before the nurse shushed him, "Don't look for me."

"Wait, don't leave me with the horrible doctor..." Damnit mason, now I have to,

"Shut up caboose" The nurse just harrumphed.

Three hours and nothing to show for it. "dumb snow."

"Sir, We've only gone about a mile away from the empire, there won't be much else around." one of the guards said, one of his legs limping slightly, "I used to adventure much further than this when I was younger, and before I took an arrow to the knee." Quite literally, poor guy.

"I know, but we still got to check every corner, coming it as it were." I turned my attention to the one pony who was struggling to keep up, "Star, you ok back there?" I didn't hear her mutter a response.

"Well, anyone know anyplace hidden and relatively accessible?" Stoic muttered aloud what we all were thinking.

I turned my attention to the blue painted dremora, "What about you? Can you find a place?"  He stopped moving, and we all stopped with him.

"I smell weakness." Well, that was useful, at least it gave us time for star to catch up.

"How, does, one, smell weakness?"

The rest of us just muttered simultaneously, "Magic"

"I got an-" Aaaand cut off again, how many has it been? 179?

"HIDING WILL NOT SAVE YOU NOW!" The dremora drew his sword and ran out towards the side of a hill, swung his sword at it, revealing a cave, and ran inside.

"..."

"..."

"..."

"... found one."

"I remember this cave, my brother and I used to play here all the time until sombra came to power." The ex-adventurer muttered nostalgically.

"I can see why" I replied whilst admiring the cave.

"YOU CANNOT ESCAPE ME!" The dremora's shout echoed throughout the cave.

"He's like  a dog" Damnit, stoic beat me to it! I was going to issue a witty remark, when I saw something one my helmets radar. Multiple, no, a swarm, no, a shit ton of blinking arrows all around us.

I got down to the adventure's level and whispered into his ear, "get ready" I also gestured to stoic for his weapon. I then moved to put star in between all of us. "Dremora, Get your ass back here NOW!" At that moment, we were swarmed on all sides by, what was the name...

What the hell are those?

Diamond dogs.

Ew.

Diamond dogs, and a lot of them. I aimed my rapid-fire arm cannon at the attackers, and opened fire, watching those that were hit grip there wounds, and the near-misses, set them on fire. A couple got lucky and managed to get close to me, which I responded with quick cuts through their armored heads. I am so glad I brought an axe, less blood on my armor.

Sparing a glance to my left, I saw Stoic issuing a war cry that would make R. Lee Ermey shed a manly tear, no, sweat from the eyes. Stoic quickly ripped his spear out of the gut of one of the dogs, only to jam his horn in to the eye of another. I quickly shoved star down and shot the dog trying to flank him, his head exploded into blood stains and bits of grey matter.

Turning my attention back to the fight in front of me, I narrowly avoided a spear to the visor before bringing down the axe and cleaving through his head and body, eventually getting lodged in his pelvic bone.

Once more, sparing a glance to the right, I saw the adventurer pony of which I don't know his name, slit the throat of one of the dogs that got past, before shoving one of their own spears into another. I quickly grab one of the dogs and throw him into the rest.

I quickly jammed my fingers into the eyes of a dog that tried to jump over me and took his spear. This fighting was getting out of hand quickly, and one of the dogs finally managed to knock my helmet off.  I heard a squeak, turned around and saw Star buck a dog with enough force I could see the face deform. Looking over, I saw the adventurer finally go down with a club to the head. Wading through the growing piles bodies to provide star more cover, I heard a crack and a scream, and turned to see Stoic finally fall with a broken spear.

This is it, I shoved star to the ground and spun as quickly as I could firing in a circle. I felt multiple strikes to my stomach and chest, and fell over, with multiple clubs striking my face. I heard another scream from star, and tried to get up, only for the strongest strike I have ever felt hit me in the side of the head.

I was quickly losing consciousness, when I heard one more shout, one I was glad to hear, "NNNNNEEEAAAARRRRGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!!!" I then passed out. Fuck.