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Clockwork Heart pt26

Part 25 here

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Wyrm: *seated amongst a pile of cushions in the arcanum as Urag piles more up around them to get them comfy where everyone can keep an eye on them and allow them to rest. Everyone already on high alert looking for Ancano, but now panicking and desperately trying to figure out where vivec could be hiding* m-mr wrench?… *sniffles seeing the spider attempting to reactivate with its broken gem*

Enthir: Wyrms bedroom is clear. He must have come through the door. *walks to Wyrm and kneels down* hey shhhh it’s okay- *places Wyrms tool kit in front of him and a new soul gem* will a black one do?

Wyrm: i- I don’t know. H-he’s hurting a-and I need to fix him. *sniffles taking it deciding it’s better than nothing* th-thank you.

Urag: *pats his hair gently and sighs* Has anyone checked the dorms yet?

Enthir: Tolfdir and Mirabelle are on it.

Nerevar: What about the midden?…

Everyone: *goes silent and looks at him*

Urag: We already searched down there for ancano but, the midden is huge and treacherous.

Enthir: He could be down there but, even still how would he have gotten in here? The doors are locked. Only myself and Urag have the keys.

Nerevar: *sighs* as much as it pains me to say it. Vehk is a god. Weakened or no he’s still capable of a lot of things… Voryn, can you sense him near by?

Voryn: I can’t sense him at all. *looks up from comforting Wyrm and helping him repair mr wrench* I… I don’t understand how either, I should have a connection to him through the mountain but there’s nothing… I think of him and I feel nothing.

Wyrm: *looks up curiously* m-maybe he lost his connection to the heart when neht struck it and he’s getting his powers from somewhere else?… or maybe he reincarnated too?

Everyone: *goes silent looking at him*

Nerevar: …That… is a possibility we can’t ignore. *sighs and looks at voryn again* will you be alright without me?

Voryn: *nods* I’ll keep Wyrm safe.

Urag: I’ll be here as well.

Enthir: *stands up* I’ll gather some others to join us in the midden.

Nerevar: *nods and picks up his helm* Vehk has caused enough pain… I won’t let him inflict any more.

*a few hours later*

Nerevar: *leading the group through the icy caverns, magelight glistening off of the frigid surfaces and illuminating their path forward* When was the last time someone was down here?

Enthir: myself yesterday searching for Ancano with the rest of the collage. Perhaps he’s already up and left knowing we’re out to kill him now, but I wouldn’t put it past the conniving snake to still be lurking around here. He wants Wyrm, for more than just the artefact he absorbed.

Nerevar: *sighs* I’m aware… let’s hope we can find both him and Vehk then before they can cause more trouble for us.

Tolfdir: *casts another magelight and starts walking towards an off shoot towards a door* While you lot wander aimlessly, I’ll ask the augur for help.

Nerevar: the- who?

Enthir: …Oh fuck I’m stupid why didn’t I think of him?! *hurries to the door after him, the rest of the group and nerevar following too*

J’Zargo: wait- do the augur is real?

Onmund: I thought it was only a rumour like those students and the failed summoning ritual.

Tolfdir: no that really happened. So if you come across a daedric gauntlet stay away from it. *opens the door and steps inside revealing a magicka pool beaming with a blinding blue light* hello old friend. We need your help.

The Augur of Dunlain: So it would seem.

Nerevar: *eyes wide staring up at the sentient orb of energy* Were searching for-

The Augur of Dunlain: The wrong person… Vivec is not your enemy. Nor the one you should be seeking.

Nerevar: He broke into Wyrms bedroom, and after everything he’s done I have more than enough reason to consider him an enemy worth seeking and destroying.

The Augur of Dunlain: Wyrm let him into his chambers himself. While he may not have been aware of his actions. He left his bed and took the key from his fathers bedside. He allowed vivec in. You should have been more focused. On keeping the one named Ancano out.

Enthir: …what do you mean?…

The Augur of Dunlain: You will see when you leave this chamber. *combusts into a brilliant light before disappearing back into the earthbones beneath the collage* That you are already too late…

Enthir: … *steps out of the room and books it towards the exit near the courtyard, nerevar and the group following after him only for all of them to stop upon finding the bloodied corpse of Estormo, laying beneath the ladder, his blood only now just cool, and a huge puncture wound through his chest* G-gods what- what happened?

Nerevar: *steps forward, hand on his blade and freezing recognising that wound. His chest and back suddenly burning with the memories of a spear puncturing through him as his feet and face were sliced and torn off* Voryn- WYRM!!!

*meanwhile*

Wyrm: *smiling tearfully and holding mr wrench in his hands, his little legs making a soft plink! plink! Sound against his mechanical hand as he gets his bearings again* a-are you still you Mr wrench?

Mr Wrench: *looks at him and tilts to the side, then the other side, before twirling around and bouncing up and down joyfully*

Wyrm: *giggles and sets him down* I’m glad. *sighs and looks over at the trap door again* …

Voryn: *smiles looking up as he finishes braiding his hair* Good as new… *looks over at the door too* they’ll be fine, don’t worry.

Urag: *walks over with dinner for the three of them* They’ve only been gone an hour. The midden is huge, I’m sure they’re just searching thoroughly.

Wyrm: *nods and sighs moving to take his share* I know papa I just-

???: Wyrm?…

Wyrm: *ears pricking up, immediately looks at the door and feels his heart flutter seeing taliesin standing there, not even registering or questioning why he was wearing his thalmor robes again, or where Kaidan and Inigo were* Tali!! *gets up and runs to him before voryn & Urag can stop him*

Voryn: *third eye wide open seeing through the illusion* WYRM DONT-

Wyrm: *runs into the high elfs arms giving him a tight hug and immediately freezing recognising the scent… mint and ozone. Not milk and honey…* … *looks up slowly seeing golden eyes staring back at him behind a mask of taliesins face* a-ancano-

Ancano: *smiles down at him sliding a knife against his back* Hello little prince.

*a few minutes later*

Nerevar: *busts out of the trap door from the midden and into courtyard only to find Urag and voryn both standing out in the snow with the remaining members of the collage minus the arch mage, and Wyrm* What’s going on?!

Urag: *holding up a ward as his atronachs try to break down the doors* HE HAS MY SON IN THERE!!

Voryn: *hurries to neht and falls into his arms as Hortator meets him half way* he came in disguised as Taliesin! We couldn’t stop Wyrm from running to him! He held him at knife point and ordered everyone out of the hall and now we can’t get in!

Brelyna: he said he’d cut his throat if we tried!

Mirabelle: but now he’s warded every entrance in the collage!

Nerevar: *grits his teeth staring at the entrance* Hold on Wyrm… we’ll find a way in…

*meanwhile*

Ancano: *smirking as he completes the ward, listening to the soft frightened muffled cries behind him* Oh come now pet, don’t cry. *turns around admiring the view* You got yourself into this situation after all.

Wyrm: *hovering over the magicka pool, robes torn, hands bound behind his back and mouth stuffed with cloth and tied tight. Visibly trembling and staring at him with wide eyes, his Pearl eye reflecting the light of the pool beneath him* mm-mmmphh!

Ancano: *grins and paces around him slowly* And here comes that little attitude of yours again. *winces as his still broken arm aches from simply moving* No matter, I’m sure this will be a sufficient punishment. *stops and unfolds his arms letting lightning crackle at his finger tips*

Wyrm: *whimpers watching the sparks fly off of his gloves nervously* mm??

Ancano: Tsk, oh don’t look at me like that little prince. I was hoping to use the ‘staff of Magnus’ As Estormo affectionately called it. To find out just what it was you absorbed into your body. But from what I understand, with enough pain… *holds up his hand* You’ll show me yourself.

Wyrm: *closes his eyes as a blinding blue light flies towards him, sending shockwaves throughout his body making the metal of his arm against his flesh burn and blister and his body convulse wildly* MMMPHHGHHHH!!!!

Ancano: *smirks loving how sweet he sounds when crying out so helplessly* Hm, perhaps I should take this a bit slower, so I can hear you cry for mercy and apologise for your behavio- *coughs as he suddenly makes impact with the floor, his robe smoking from a fireball blind sighting him* what th-

Savos Aren: *steps into view* Ancano stop this this instant!! Release him or I’ll make you!

Ancano: oh?… *laughs rising to his feet* Look who finally decided to grow a spine… *raises his hands blasting Wyrm again while hiding behind him like a meat shield* Just try and stop me.

Savos Aren: *eyes wide in horror watching the younger mer writhe and scream in agony* You despicable coward!!! *runs towards the magicka fountain, his hand outstretched to strike, only for Wyrm to suddenly snap back violently with a scream of thousands of voices, bellowing out as if from the bowels of a dying beast* What the-

???: Do you need me?

Wyrm: *opens his eyes to find himself in a strange city, the sky a deep purple glittering with stars and surrounded by giant orbiting gears. Above him a tree covered in pink blossoms, it’s petals falling onto his face with soft feather like touches, and in front of him, sotha sil* you…

Sotha sil: *holds out his mechanical hand to him* Do you need my help?…

Wyrm: *stares up at him for a moment before scowling, still angry at him for all of this, for everything* no. *swats his hand away* I wish I’d never been born! I wish you’d never made me! Everything was fine until I found out about you! Everything went wrong because of you! I HATE YOU!!!

Sotha Sil: *staggers back as the smaller dunmers voice rips through the veil between waking and dreaming, his hand clutching his chest in pain where his heart would be, trying to hold him here and reason with him that the alternative could kill him… only for the vision to collapse as the thrumming of the doom drum replaces him in Wyrms mind* N-no-

Wyrm: *covers his ears and stares up at the heart of lorkhan as it comes into view. The purple skies now replaced with boiling rocks and magma flowing like blood weeping veins between their cracks. The red mass twisting and contorting as visions of the screaming dwemer come into view, all of them reaching for him, calling to him, calling to him with the doom drum* I’m-… im sick, of running. I’m sick of you. Be… *reaches up his mechanical hand, the aetherium conduit glowing brightly within its plating and rumbling with the hum of the aurbis, louder and louder the closer he gets until everything falls silent as his fingers touch the pulsing mass* Quiet…

*meanwhile*

Taliesin: *dismounts his horse at the ‘stables’ near the inn before taking the staff from Kaidan so he can get down too* Come on let’s get going.

Inigo: ehhm? W-were the lights gleaming from the collage always so bright?

Taliesin: what? *looks up to see the magicka pools guiding the path to the collage shining huge pillars of light up into the sky* I… don’t think so but, it i- *staggers back as an ungodly blast shakes the earth and a shockwave erupts from the collage*

Kaidan: What in oblivion was that?! *helps him upright*

Taliesin: *pulls away from him and runs to the collage frantically, his heart sinking to find everyone in the courtyard gathered around the body of Savos Aren* What is going o- *freezes in place looking past them all and through the open doors to the hall, his eyes fixated on Wyrm as his body glows brighter than the sun and the strange shards swirl around him faster and faster as ancano floods his body with lightning* no… *rips the fabric from the staff as he pushes past them and into the collage* ANCAN- *staggers back as he hits an almost invisible barrier*

Ancano: *mind overflowing with knowledge no mortal should possess, magic overflowing and spilling into his body, and laughing maniacally as lightning blasts from every part of himself* ITS NO USE IN TRYING YOU USELESS PATHETIC WORM!!! HES ALL MIN- AGHHHHHHH!!!! *screams and claws at his face as mr wrench suddenly launches up onto him, gouging at his eyes with his pointed legs and zapping him with all his might*

Taliesin: HOLD HIM BACK WRENCHY!!! *slams his fist on the barrier before looking at the staff and taking aim with it, sparing one last glance at Wyrm as he does so* please. Please work-

???: Smash it…

Taliesin: *pauses for a moment hearing an oddly familiar voice whisper to him, Wyrms voice but deeper, wiser, older… echoing and whispering from the vortex of shards and light surrounding the dunmer and circling the chamber* … *swings the staff up and slams it against the stone floor*

*BOOOOOM!!!!*

Taliesin: *coughs and sits up holding his side* gods- I didn’t expect that- *looks up through the dust and debris to see Wyrm floating still, the shards of the soul of lorkhan gone, only a gentle swirling light, flowing from the remnants of the staff and into his body as the burning glow fades, and he’s left as himself, his Wyrm, his Pearl, his moth* Wyrm?

Wyrm: *body still bound and badly injured, slowly opens his eyes revealing a large crack in the pearl* m-��mmmphh?… *floats slowly down into the pool of magicka, it’s blue glow forming the shape of clawed hands, as if the Augur of Dunlain finally came to join in his rescue too*

Taliesin: *quickly gets up and runs to him without a moments hesitation* Wyrm- Wyrm it’s me. *drops to his knees and unties his hands before pulling the cloth from his mouth to find it covered in blood* Oh gods Wyrm no, no I was too late, I’m so sorry, I’m so sorry I should have never left-

Wyrm: *shakily touches his face with his mechanical hand, his real one too weak to move* you… came back… *smiles* tal…li *goes slack as he passes out*

Taliesin: Wyrm no! No- please no!

???: *coughs* You-

Taliesin: *looks back to see ancano getting up, the other high elf covered in blood, his skin blistered, fried from extreme casters burn and lightning crackling still from his body as he stares at him with one wide, wild eye… the other gone thanks to Mr wrench* it’s over Ancano… *reaches for berwhale*

Ancano: *not focused on him, his gaze focused completely on the dunmer in his arms, his obsession, his prince, his ultimate source of power* H-heh,heheheHehaHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Over?! OVER?! *raises his hand as lightning crackles against his glove now melted to his flesh* I’ll give you ove-

???: I. Focking. Dare. You.

Taliesin: *looks up to see Kaidan and Inigo approaching, followed by Nerevar holding Voryn in his arms, along side Urag and Enthir. And then the rest of the collage*

Ancano: *takes his chance seeing Taliesin turn his gaze. Suddenly lunges forward snatching Wyrm from his grasp and holding him out by the back of his neck like a meat shield* This isn’t over! *laughs watching how quickly they all clam up and step out of the way, letting him move by and out into the courtyard* I’ll come back! The dominion will level this place to the ground! I’ll level it to the ground! And I’ll take great delight in pissing on all of your gra- *coughs up blood and drops Wyrm in shock as a sharp, unbearable pain fills his chest and the cracking of his ribs fills his ears* wh- what?… *looks down slowly to see the spear he’d used to kill estormo embedded in his chest* I?… *staggers back* no I-it can’t end like- *looks up to see the hulking mass of ice charging towards him as Urag sets his atronachs upon him* this. *coughs out a feeble, pathetic whimper as the daedric elemental beast impales him through his eye, before beating him into a bloody corpse*

Enthir: *runs to Wyrm lifting him up out of the snow and swiftly carrying him to Urag, Nerevar and Voryn* He’s freezing let’s get him inside quickly-

Voryn: *breathing shallow, his face pale and dripping sweat as he grips onto nerevar for dear life* h-hurry- p-please.

Urag: *takes Wyrm from Enthir and into his arms without hesitation* I’ve got hi-

Taliesin: *places his hand on Wyrms chest, healing him with everything he’s got* let’s go I’ll keep up.

Urag: *feeling immense guilt for ever doubting taliesins intentions for his son* I… *looks at Kaidan and inigo*

Kaidan: *pulling a blanket out of his bag and laying it over Voryn as inigo pulls one out and lays it on Wyrm* We’ve got your back.

Urag: … *looks at nerevar and voryn before looking back at taliesin* let’s go. *hurries up into the arcanum*

Nerevar: We’ll be right behind you- *moves to follow only to pause as movement catches his eye from Ancanos corpse… finally seeing what actually killed him as a very familiar spear rises up slowly from his mangled body and floats weightlessly up into the air, towards the invisible figure perched atop the statue of Shalidor* …You…

Vivec: *suddenly becomes visible as he takes hold of his spear. Simply smiles down at him and voryn from his perch* You and Voryn always did look nice together… try to stay out of Wyrms way.

*Chime!*

Nerevar: *blinks only to see vivec gone, disappeared into the falling snow… along with Ancanos corpse* … *looks down to see voryn barely clinging onto consciousness, trembling in his arms, not from the pain, but from fear* my love?

Voryn: wh-what does he want with our boy?…

Nerevar: *heart fluttering a little to hear him refer to Wyrm as theirs, all four of them, Enthir, Urag and themselves all already having an unspoken agreement to be his parental figures* I don’t know… but I’m afraid… *bundles him up further in the blanket and swiftly carries him up the steps to the arcanum*

*a few hours later*

Taliesin: *sighs unfurling his bedroll by Wyrms bed, wanting to be as close as possible to him* does the bruising look bad?

Kaidan: *trying to get mr wrench to give him Ancanos eye so he can throw it away* You look like a bruised banana. No- oi, give it back.

Mr wrench: *scuttles away frantically with his battle trophy*

Kaidan: you cheeky little shit!

Taliesin: *sighs* Mirabelle was right then, I broke a rib. *unpacks his bag and sighs dropping the apple he’d been saving for a snack, watching it roll under the bed* damn it… *reaches under and feels around for it only to find a box instead* hm? *pulls it out to find a pair of tattered and well loved ballet shoes inside* oh?… *picks one up seeing how it had been worn down in places, sloppily stitched together in others, and patched up in every way imaginable* I didn’t know he liked to dance… *jumps a little and quickly puts the box away as the door opens and Urag enters carrying Wyrm in his arms, the small dunmer covered in bandages and bundled in a warm blanket* is he-

Urag: he’s alright… *lays him on the bed and tucks him in* I know, I have no right to ask. After all you’ve been through. But can you watch over him tonight?… please?… voryn can’t protect him in his current condition and he’ll-

Taliesin: I-it’s okay I’ll watch over him. I promise.

Urag: *nods and smiles sadly* He was… heart broken when you left… *tucks Wyrm in* when all of you left but… There was pain in his voice when he mentioned you… Taliesin.

Taliesin: …And I swear I’ll never make him hurt like that again…

Inigo: I GOT THE EYEBA- *screams as mr wrench pounces on him*

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