Part 2, hope you guys are ready.

Darkness and Light, Into the Chaos!

Saber groaned. "I knew I shouldn't have let you play navigator!" she complained, glaring at Calabast. The trio had been lost for the last few hours in the forests near their destination, some town run by a noble family, but Saber had made the error to give into Calabast's requests to lead them since she had only brought him and Kaidala because "We don't need an escort, Kaidala, Calabast and I are more than enough to take anything barring a god on. No need to worry Envid." Why had she not listened? They wandered a little longer before finding a small camp. "Finally, we can ask for some directions." Saber grumbled, motioning for her companions to follow.

As they approached, Saber heard one of the camp's occupants talking. "What are we to do? Young master Melorius has been captured, and we have so few men left to rescue him." he declared.

"Hey! What's goin on?" Saber called, making her presence known.

The man who had spoken turned and saw the vampire and company. "Ah, well met. I am known as Seeker. As to your question, the boy that had been under our watch has been abducted by drow and taken to where we think is a nearby cave. I fear he is lost to us. Oh, how I wish his father had never summoned that demon!" Seeker lamented.

"How near is nearby?" Kaidala asked, already reaching out into the forest. She could sense many giant spiders, nothing the three of them couldn't handle, but there was the issue of the trolls, and she could just sense where the cave was if she really focused.

"Surely you don't intend to go after him? I tell you the boy is lost!" Seeker replied incredulously.

"I don't believe someone's dead until I see a body." Saber replied coldly, turning to her girlfriend. "Dala, you got a lock on the cave?" the dryad nodded. "Good. We'll rest here, then we're going after the kid."

"I must advise against this. The drow were too numerous for my men, almost all of them were slaughtered." Seeker pleaded.

"We'll take our chances." Saber replied dryly, joining Kaidala next to one of the trees.

"Yer best just lettin us go." Calabast commented. "Once Saber has her mind set to somethin, it's nigh impossible to sway her."

...

Saber laughed as she cut another Phase Spider in half. "So much for your teleportation, you stinkin pest!" she cheered.

"I really worry about you sometimes." Arden commented dryly.

"The cave is nearby. We should proceed with caution." Kaidala warned. Sure enough, the trio came to a cave surrounded by spiders and...ethercaps? Kaidala could have sworn she sensed trolls. She didn't have time to dwell on the thought as one of the spiders chittered, alerting its brethren of the intruder. "Death will take one of us!" the druid called, swinging her club.

"Come on! Come at me!" Calabast added, his hammer held high as he charged.

"Time to die!" Saber cackled, swinging Arden in a deadly arc.

...

"That...is a lot of drow." Saber noted, seeing the small army walking the cave's tunnels. According to what the little gnome had told them, the key they had taken off of his dead mistress would lead to the boy. What he failed to mention is it also led to about twenty drow at first glance, all armed with longswords, bows, and more than likely some nasty magics that would really put a damper on the party's day. "Dala, if you would."

Kaidala nodded, casting her entanglement spell. The drow began shooting as Saber and Calabast rushed them, Kaidala already chanting for another spell. A bolt of lightning hit the farthest drow, shooting poison arrows, and knocked him flat on his back. Saber cut through the first two drow, Calabast handling numbers three and four. A panther leaped onto a fifth, tearing out his throat.

"Nice one Dala!" Saber cheered, cutting through another three drow before moving on to the next cluster. The drow fell quickly to the trio's overwhelming force and two hours and a little rest later the trio was in the final chamber. Saber spotted the kid laid out on the floor, then the drow priestess standing above him. Then she saw the other drow standing guard over the two. "Kill them all." Saber ordered, charging with Arden in hand.

They managed to take out the group around the kid, but the priestess's group proved more difficult. Saber grunted as she pushed a drow back before checking behind her. Seeing only the kid, she smirked. "Dala, Cal, behind me now!" she ordered.

Kaidala, realizing what her girlfriend was planning, did as instructed. Calabast took an extra second on account of having to bash drow out of the way. "If you're gonna do somethin, do it now." Calabast encouraged.

Saber grinned, gathering her energy. "Arden," she began, raising the blade high.

"Stop her!" The priestess ordered frantically. The drow charged, the spellcasters began chanting.

It was all in vain. "Reaper's Call!" The sword was brought down, and the room exploded into light. Turning, Saber saw that Kaidala was already helping the kid up.

"I thank you all for rescuing me." Melorius said, looking Saber in the eye. The vampire arched a brow, a movement the boy noticed. "What? Did you expect me to have a speech impediment or something? I'm a noble, I was raised as such."

Shrugging Saber turned. "Come on, let's get out of here. I imagine your buddies are waiting." With that, the group left.

...

It took a while, but they reached the Seeker's camp unharmed. Seeker noticed them approach and smiled nervously. "Young master! I was just about to send more of my men to find you!"

"Yeah right, you wrote him off for dead." Saber sneered, causing the ranger to sweat.

Melorius sighed, "The loyalty money buys. Farewell Saber, we shall meet again soon, I'm sure." With that, the group left the camp.

Calabast glanced at his leader. "Um, lass? We never asked directions out of the forest." he pointed out.

"FUUUUUUUUCK!" Saber screamed.

And done! I may do another chapter, probably not. So, what did people think? Good? Bad? Somewhere in between? Leave a review and I'll see everyone next time!