Unlives Lost

The army charges over to Alduin, jumping over the large crevices and cracks in the ground, avoiding the sweeping tornados, and barely blocking the occasional meteor that falls their way. Twenty more people fall in this venture alone, but finally, they reach the World-Eater...

Alduin was still struggling with the effects of the empowered mortality shout he'd just taken, and so was ill-prepared to defend against the sudden attack.

Ysgramor goes first, leaps high and smashing his own Wuuthrad down at Alduin's head. It connects and knocks the dragon's vision downwards, but doesn't manage fully penetrate the scales, simply leaving a large gash there instead.

A similar phenomenon occurs with everyone else too, their weapons doing little to no damage against Alduin's impenetrable defences. A few men and women try their luck with some shouts, but most simply dissipate or bounce off of the dragon, accomplishing nothing at all.

"DAMN DRAGON! JUST! DIE!" Surtr roars in fury as his every attack simply fails, something that hadn't happened since his first fight against a dragon. "MID VUR SHAAN! SU GRAH DUN!" he shouts to empower his attacks, yet they still don't break through.

"SAAALUUUUK!!!" Alduin roars at the top of his lungs as he stands upright, his shout literally causing the weaker members of the army to drop dead where they stand. "MEYUS KLAV! BONU!" (FOOLISH ANTS! BEGONE!)

Alduin begins biting, clawing, and tearing at the men and women around him, each swipe of his claws bisected someone, his bites devouring them whole. It was an absolute slaughter with little to no progress at actually defeating the God-like dragon.

"GRONSULEYK FAHDON ULD!" hurriedly shouts Surtr, prompting the other Tongues to use similar shouts to empower their allies. This proves to be a wise decision, as Aela lines up an enchanted ebony arrow before firing it.

*SUKI!*

The arrow goes straight through one of Alduin's eyes, causing the apocalyptic dragon to let out an ear-bursting roar that literally throws many people clear from their feet.

Alduin recovers quickly however, turning to face Aela who was rapidly retreating... "YOL TOOR SHUL!"

"AELA MOV-" Surtr starts but is too late.

*THWOOOOOM!*

A wave of fire catches the female Werewolf and incinerates her, leaving nothing but ashes behind. The remaining Companions give wrathful screams in response and begin making risky attacks, which have them be picked off one by one.

"RII VAAZ SOL!" Surt uses the Soul Tear shout in a panic, only to find it doing literally nothing, as if Alduin's soul was simply too strong to be affected by such pitiful means. "GODS BE DAMNED! IS THERE NO END TO THIS BEAST!? TIID KLO UI!" he shouts, using Time Slow this time.

Only to feel the effect of his shout shatter, and Alduin's eyes land on him.

"ZU'U LOS FAAL WUTH KUL DO BORMAH! RAH DO TIID! HI LOS DILON MEY, DOVAHKIIN!" (I AM THE ELDEST SON OF AKATOSH! GOD OF TIME! YOU ARE A DEAD FOOL, DRAGONBORN!)

"SHUT UP AND FIGHT ME, 'ELDEST WORM!" Surtr roars as he runs forwards, his blood thrumming with power as Alduin makes his own attack.

He tries to jump as the dragon bites at him, but finds Alduin too fast to avoid, leaving him vulnerable in the air.

"TAKE THIS!" Ysgramor shouts from nowhere and slashes Wuuthrad into Alduin's open mouth, carving out one of the dragon's canines and wetting his axe with divine blood.

Surtr rolls to a stop, momentarily dazed at not being dead, but recovers soon enough to chop up at Alduin's neck. To try and break through the scales he adds a shout atop it, "KINZ VAHZAH NOS!"

*CRACK!*

Wuutrhad's blade chops deeply into Alduin's neck, breaching the scales and drawing blood... But it isn't quite deep enough, allowing the dragon to swat him away, forcing him to leave his weapon where it's stuck...

"TIID VUTH DIIN!" Alduin bellows, causing time to freeze for everyone except Surtr, who was only able to slowly move his eyes and follow Alduin's form... He watches helplessly as the dragon looms over Ysgramor before biting down on him, crunching his body in half before devouring the rest.

Then, Alduin starts moving towards Surtr... "Daar Los Faal Oblaan, Joor." (This is the end, Mortal.)

Just before Alduin reaches him however, time slowly begins resuming all of a sudden. Alduin's head jolts upwards at the sky with a fierce glare, "HI FUND QAHNAAR ZEY, BORMAH!? HI WAHLAAN ZEY FAH DAAR GETIID!" (YOU WOULD DENY ME, FATHER!? YOU CREATED ME FOR THIS MOMENT!) Alduin shouts, and as he's seemingly listening for an answer, Surtr makes his attack.

He grabs Ysgramor's Wuuthrad from the ground and jumps, burying the axe in the same wound where his Wuuthrad is currently located.

*PPUUUCHCHHIIII!* *CRAAKKK!*

Blood explodes from the wound, expelling the two Wuuthrad's as it floods the floor and completely covers Surtr. The pressure of it is like a full-power water hose, and even something as large as Alduin would be emptied of blood in a matter of minutes...

"S-SURTR! YOU DID IT!" Kodlak exclaims.

"Not yet he hasn't!" Jurgen Windcaller shouts as Alduin shakes his head and focuses back on his enemies. The wound would eventually lead to his death, unless he absorbed a Dragon Soul to heal it...

"DOOOOVVAAAAAAAAHHHHHHKIKKIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNN!!!!!!!!"

"Oh, FUCK!" Surtr exclaims as he grabs the two Wuuthrads and runs in the opposite direction of the dragon that begins chasing him like a mad dog.

"HOLD HIM OFF! DON'T LET HIM REACH THE DRAGONBORN!"

"VRII DIIN GEBLAAN!" Jurgen shouts, freezing Alduin for a moment before the beast breaks out and continues its pursuit, all the while leaving a large trail of boiling blood.

"Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck! FUCK!" Surtr exclaims as he leaps over a rupture in the ground and accidentally gets sucked up into a tornado, pulling him away from Alduin but also the safety of the ground...