"Zalic? Are you on guard duty today? " a figure came out from the shadows... "what brings you to the passage today Intress?" the person asked, Intress went in an hugged him. "Zalic!! I'm glad at least you're not after me. Besides, Maxxor wasn't able to come here in a while. You're the only one I can trust! All my friends are after me, I don't know why.. " Zalic smirked as she let go of him "But it seems like I broke the law or something, I have no clue what happening but Maxxor, then Najarin, then Tangath was after me an... Zalic? Whats wrong?" she said.
"Zalic is the only one you CAN trust..." he said "Zalic? Wh-why is he talking in the third person?" Intress thought.. Zalic wrapped his arms around her from behind thightly, as she felt him shifting, he brought her to a thight corner in the wall... someone was tied up, sitting there... "Zalic!? Who?" as she took another look at who was holding her, she had guessed it... "Iparu!!! You're... "
"...on duty for Maxxor? Yes, I am, thank you for your corncern m'lady. " he said "Iparu, let go!!" Iparu chuckled, Intress then remembered;"The mugic!!! It hasn't worn off!! " she noticed "Torrent of flame!! " Intress shouted, as the flames released the rope Zalic was tied in, he removed the cloth covering his mouth. "Zalic! Help! " she begged as Zalic tackled Iparu, releasing Intress, he looked up at her, "GO!! " he shouted as she ran off, yet again
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(Somewhere in Kiru city...)
Intress sat in a dead end of an alley.
"I can't keep running like this forever... " she thought to herself, she even forgot why she was running away from her friends, from.... Maxxor.
"Right, I got upset that Maxxor is getting married, I ran off and... " someone threw garbage from a window as the trash landed flat on her head "Oh gross, polluting and... "
as Intress pulled out a news paper in the pile of trash, she saw herself on the front page! "Overworld hero; wanted, must be turned in to the leader of the overworld?" she read " I'm a FUGITIVE!? Maxxor can't do this to me!!! How does news come out so fast anyhow!? " she looked at the potision of the sun, and calculated the time.
"About twelve hours scince I went to see him this morning, oh joy... " she said sarcastically "HE CANNOT RUIN MY LIFE ALL OF A SUDDEN!!" she shouted at herself "There she is!! " Yelled a voice, she looked out the other side of the alley, Overworld officers, armed, about ten-fifteen of them were there, and they were after her.
"OPD!! Intress, put your hands up!! " Yelled one of the officers. Intress charged for them, and jumped over them all she ran out another corner on the block and got caught by another swarm of officers they strapped her down to the ground and cuffed her.
"WHAT DID I DO!?" She shouted "We don't know, we don't care, we just found out that you got on top of the leader's most wanted list in less than a day." Said one of the officers
as the overworld PD squad dragged her up to Maxxor's castle, climbing up the steps to see Maxxor waiting on top.
"It's over for me, all I have to know is why this is happening... " she thought.
they threw her down onto her knees, in front of Maxxor. "Bow!!" one of the guards said as he kicked her down to Maxxor's feet, she then bowed down halfway, "He told you to BOW!" said another officer,
the officer then knockd her down all the way, forcing her face aginst the ground, making her nose bleed, she fell unconscious.
"No need, and I'll take it from here guards." Maxxor said as he picked Intress up in his arms... it took a while to bring her to the top tower of the castle, he brought her into a small, dark, room with a single window that happened to be the only source of light.
When Intress awoke, she was still cuffed, hands behind her back, she was sitting on a chair, a wooden one, one that seemed very uncomfortable. The kind you'd think could break in a matter of seconds.
She looked out the window, the sun was still setting, she figured that it wasn't too long scince she got arrested.
he then un-did the cuffs on her, she stayed still, she didn't know why, but this time, she took the time to try to listen.
Starting from her forehead, Maxxor combed his hand through her firey red hair. "Intress, I didn't want it to happen this way, but it' gonna go through anyways. " he got closer to her, and closer.
"You didn't want what to happen how ? " she whispered back he closed his eyes and kissed her, she closed her eyes too after a while, then she kissed back.
he got down on one knee, facing her, he pulled out a little blue box, "Intress..." he said"Will you... marry me?" he asked, the words finally spat out, her eyes filled with tears, she tried to hold 'em back.
" All this time I was running? he wanted to propose to... me. " she stayed frozen for a few seconds, her heartbeat was speeding, she could feel it, and he could hear it.
Still kneeling against her, waiting for a response, he gulped, thinking if his old friend and he were meant to stay friends or do this life-changing commitment.
" I.... will marry you. " she said with a smile, he hugged her, she hugged back, glad to have finnaly 'un-freeze' from the state of shock she was in.
But she finally got her happily ever after.