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Arkhel spun when he heard the voice. "Oh, for the love of...!" He didn't finish the comment because of the zombie flying at him. He rose a few feet to avoid it, but it gave him an idea. "Quick! Koi! Help me get them to fight each other!" Arkhel flew down into the range of the tentacle zombies, and caught the tongue of one of them. He yanked up the slack as much as he could, than lifted the zombie entirely. He spun it around a few times to build speed, then sent it sailing into the Org. He then dove straight for the large zombie below, realizing when he got close that it was actually a cave troll, not a Dwarf. Kicking a zombie that jump up to him, Arkhel sent a few arrows into the large creature's back, not killing it, but getting it to follow him. He began to lead it towards the Org, but was interrupted when the other flying thing reached him. They appeared to be bats, but he couldn't be sure since they were so rotten, and the pester him, trying to bite him or his wings. He drew another knife from a hidden sheath on his side to slash the pests out of the air, but then the troll zombie jumped for him. Arkhel had no idea that such a large creature could jump the twenty vertical feel to reach him where he was hovering, so he was caught completely off-guard. He was swiped out of the air by massive, gore covered claws, and only barely managed to spin so his wings weren't shredded to ribbons. As Arkhel flew through the air, propelled by the smack, he was quickly out of the little flying zombies' range, and into the range of a large group of "normal" zombies.

Neither hearing nor caring about Koi's idea, Arkhel started working his blade furiously, stabbing and slashing left and right in a mad attempt to defend himself from his zombie attackers. He had almost lost grip of his bow during his involuntary flight, and as soon as he had it back on his back, he began to attack in earnest. He spun, blade outstretched, to knock them back, then lunged for the nearest zombie. He didn't play fair just because they were half his height, rather, he too advantage of it. Stepping on the zombie's head, he used it as a stepping stool to get airborne again, then, noticing the bat zombies that were about to converge on Koi, he took off in her direction at full speed, dodging tentacles as he did so.

Ignoring her again, but for her own good this time, Arkhel shouted "Duck!" He tackled her out of the air, barely getting her out of the bat zombies' way, then pulled up sharply, using the force like a slingshot to send her into the air, where she could get flying again. He then proceeded to be grabbed by the leg when a tentacle hit him from behind.

"Thanks." Arkhel stated blankly, jerking free of the tentacle, then slicing the end off with his knife. There was a few moments of peace while the zombies tried to figure out where the two of them gad went, since they had both moved so randomly, so Arkhel took hold of the chance. "Got any plans?" He asked, worry creeping into his voice.

"Sounds good!" Arkhel shouted over the mounting scream of the undead. "But where could we run to?" Even as he asked the question, Arkhel started to look for something he knew would be here. Or rather, the ruins of something that used to be here. The Dwarves had an affinity for thing that go boom, and there might just be a bomb or two left with which they could blast their way out.

At very moment, a grotesque zombie swollen like it had been inflated to the point of bursting rolled out of one of the house's windows, heading for them. It stood up slowly and headed for them, its unhinged bottom jaw bouncing and swinging wildly. As it ran, or rather, wobbled towards Arkhel and Koi, Arkhel realized just what had caused its condition. "Gods damn these creatures!" he shouted, "The zombie swallowed one of the bombs!"

"Make it eat a torch, I would guess. But I think that it would much rather eat us! Or maybe..." Arkhel's train of though trailed off, but then he sprang into action. "Get to the highest point of the cave that you can, and stay there!" He instructed, helping Koi get to her feet. "I'm gonna try to trigger that bomb!" He flew low over the zombie's head, kicking it in the face as he went, and it quickly chased after him. HE drew his bow as he flew, swerving left and right to throw off the tentacles that shot up to grab him.

As Arkhel zipped by, he nocked an arrow that had a needle-sharp head with flame designs trialing from the back. He continued his flight until he reached the Great Doors of the city, which led out into the open plains of the surface world. He landed in front of the doors, taking careful aim at the pursuing zombie's belly. His bow began to glow red again as he did so. Just before the monstrosity reached him, he released the arrow, and shot himself up into the air with all the might he could muster. The resulting explosion was enough to blow a five-foot wide hole in the doors, which were three feet thick, cored with rock, and plated with polished oak wood. It was also enough to blast Arkhel into a stalagmite, and knock him out cold. As he fell towards the smoking crater where the zombie had just stood, surrounded by the remains of zombies that had been minced by shrapnel, sunlight poured into the great cavern, and a veritable army of plants stood just beyond the doors, crying out against the offense the zombies presented to all that was natural. Mother Nature herself was angered by the zombies, since they were not of her. the zombies were creatures bough forth by the mad magics of an insane necromancer, and Nature ached to exterminate them. The only problem was that a singe bite from the smallest zombie was enough to make a new zombie out of a giant. If a mosquito bit a zombie for some reason, it too would become a zombie, and proceed to infect any non-zombie creature in the area, the same was true for any other creature.