Laharl watched with joy as the portal started to open. "Now we can finally show Baal who the real Overlord is!" Laharl said as he raised his sword. He started to run towards the portal, but before he could reach it, Saria grabbed his scarf, causing him to fall backwards.
"Ow! What the hell was that for?" Laharl asked angrily, as he looked back up. Saria just closed her eyes not amused.
"Did you already forget you had an army to take charge of?" She asked as she pointed with her thumbs at the army behind her. Laharl looked as he suddenly remembered the soldiers and monsters at his command.
Laharl just kept looking at the staring army, he heard one of them cough. "Uhh...what do I say?" Laharl asked a bit nervous, as he got back up to his feet.
"You're in charge." Amy said, licking her paw. "Tell them whatever you want." Laharl's eyes just widened. He gulped a bit trying to figure out what to say. In the past, he didn't really command more than 10 or fewer people in a group, but commanding an entire army? This was something completely new to him.
"Ok then...ummmm..." Laharl said as he was trying to think of what to say. "Charge!" He shouted as he raised his sword in the air. At that moment, everyone started to run up to the portal. Luckly for Laharl, Ted, the dragon, swooped down, and picked him, Amy, and Saria up before they got trampled by the on coming army that went through the portal. Laharl sighed greatly, as he just realized how specific he must be in commanding an army. He started to yell in pain, putting his hands on his head, as Saria smacked him on the top of his head. "Ow! What the hell was that for?" Laharl shouted angrily.
"You idiot! We're not even in the Alternate Netherworld yet and you already almost got us killed!" She shouted.
"Ok you three, stop arguing, it's going to be a bumpy ride!" Ted shouted as he started to swoosh into the portal. The three held on as tight as they could while they were flying through. They looked in amazment as there was a bit of a distance between the wormhole in their universe and the one in the other universe. Green sparkling lights flashed past them as they went toward the opening of the other portal.
"It's so beautiful." Amy said as she gazed at the many lights.
"We're not here to sight see Amy, you need to keep focus." Saria said remindingly. Saria glanced back at Laharl who had his eyes down as if in thought. "Laharl?" Saria asked looking at him. Laharl opened his eyes not expecting someone to talk to him. "What's wrong?" Saria asked a bit curious.
"I'm just wondering what they want with Flonne. They hired people to kill her first, and then they kidnap her. It doesn't make sense." Laharl said a bit frustrated.
"Relax, I'm sure she's fine." Saria said with a bit of a smile, to cheer Laharl up a bit. Laharl just stayed quiet until they got to the other side. There was a blinding light in their vision until it started to fade away. Once they could see again, they gasped as they saw how different this torn up world was compared to theirs. But what really stood out, was what appeared to be a hundred feet castle a far ways away.
At the castle...
Flonne looked at Seta, scared of what he might do to her. The grin that was growing on Seta's face didn't help either. As he lifted his hand, Flonne suddenly started to rise into the air. Her arms were spread apart, and she could not move them at all. She panicked as this happened, and even more at what was going to happen.
"Oh don't worry, I promised you before this wouldn't hurt a bit." Xeta said as he started to get an evil grin. "Mostly." He added, to purposely make her feel worse. Out of nowhere, purple crystals started to form around Flonne, and started to grow, until they formed a giant diamond around Flonne, that strected just a few inches away from every part of her body.
Flonne started to breathe a bit heavier as she began to get frightened of her enclosed diamond. "Please, I don't care what you do to me, just let Etna go!" Flonne shouted scared. Seta just smirked as a reply.
"You think that we're just going to let that traitor out once we're done here?" Seta said grinning, make Flonne extremely nervous. "No, once were done here, were going to experiment with our new "toy"." Flonne started to get freaked out at the fact she had been tricked again. She struggled in her encasement to get out and save Etna, but to no prevail.
"Now now, there's no need to hustle." Seta said. Flonne gasped as she saw he was starting to float in the air too, repeating the same process with the diamond that Flonne had done. "Once this process is complete, we'll be as one. And in your body, there is no way that Laharl would dare oppose me." He shouted as he started to laugh maniacally.
Flonne kept struggling until a strange light filled her diamond. Flonne didn't know it, but she had fallen asleep. In her dreams, all she saw was darkness. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Laharl's back, kneeling on the ground. "Laharl!" Flonne shouted with tears of joy in her eyes. She started to rush towards her demonic friend.
But as she got closer, she came to a stop as she saw her friend shaking. "Laharl?" She said, trying to get his attention. As Laharl turned around slowly, Flonne looked with terror, as she saw a demonic face that she saw when this whole thing started, but she also saw black ooze drooling from his mouth. She knew what it was; it was blood. As Laharl started to stand, he got closer and closer to Flonne, and his demonic expression began to grow. Flonne watched in fear as she saw his hands grow to an enormous size, and his wings on his back began to grow larger. Flonne began to run as Laharl grew. He suddenly took off, and started to fly towards Flonne, who was running in fear. No matter how far Flonne ran, she felt like she was running in place, as not only did she not know if she was really running anywhere, as she looked back Laharl continued to grow larger and larger. Laharl was finally the size of a giant, as he attempted to squish Flonne with the palm of his fist. Flonne tripped suddenly, and looked back in fear as she saw the incoming fist. She screamed more and more until darkness surrounded her again.
As she looked again, there was nothing. The giant Laharl had completely disappeared. All of the sudden, a strange flash filled the darkness, as she could finally see Laharl, standing, and not demonic. He looked happy to finally see her. But she went with freeze as she saw that he was stabbed through the chest, once again by Xeta. She watched in horror as she tried to run, stretching out her arm trying to catch up to him. But no matter how long she ran, they just kept moving away. Each second was filled with horror as Flonne saw Xeta continue to stab Laharl repeatedly, even as he was on the ground. Tears started to fill her eyes as she saw blood seeping out of the body more and more, before once again, everything vanished.
She shook her head violently, wanting these horrific images to stop. Behind her, she felt an arm on her shoulder. As she turned around, she saw Laharl with his arm on his chest, with blood coming from his mouth.
"Flonne..." He spoke weakly. "I thought you promised...to help me..." He said as he continued to cough more and more blood. Flonne knew that this was the poison that was killing him. She watched in terror as he collapsed to the ground, squirming around as more and more blood came from his mouth. She screamed in agony and horror, as these horrific images of terror just kept coming back, more and more, and never seeming to end.
Back at reality, Seta and Xeta watched in amusement and Flonne screamed and squirmed in her sleep. "She's falling away from Laharl more and more. By my guess, I'll need a full hour to concentrate until I can merge with her. Once she's finally consumed with fear of Laharl, she'll never be able to resist anything, not even killing him. Until then, you're in charge to make sure nothing disrupts us. " Seta commanded as he closed his eyes, meditating. Xeta nodded as a reply.
As he looked at the window outside, something caught his eye. He saw an entire army of soldiers and monsters coming up to the castle. In the front of it, on a giant dragon, he gasped at what he saw. Laharl was standing with his sword. Amy and Saira continued to look at the troops who were making their way to the castle. What freaked out Xeta the most, was the creepy smile Laharl was growing.
Meanwhile in the Prison, Etna finally woke up, realizing that she couldn't move her arms, and a bandana was placed over her mouth to keep her from talking. As she looked, from her waist to her neck, she saw that she was tied in a very strong rope. As she continued to muffle and struggle to break free of the bond, she saw Deta coming in.
Etna tried to move her legs to get away from him, but realized her feet weren't touching the ground. On the back of the rope, a chain was attached, keeping her suspended in air. She began to get extremely nervous as she knew she wouldn't be able to run at all.
Deta stopped as he was a foot or two away from Etna. He grew an evil grin as, which caused Etna to get worried. "Well well well, look what the cat dragged in." He said as he walked around the suspended Etna. "Oh, I assure you, I'm not mad in the least!" He shouted as he slapped Etna, smacked right across the face. A red mark was left in the place.
"Oh, I'm sorry, did that hurt?" He asked sarcastically.
"Mmmphmh..." Was all Etna could muffle until Deta punched her across the face this time. A bit of blood was running down Etna's nose.
"Oh, I'm sorry, I merely meant to blacken your eye." He said as he started to chuckle creeply. Now, Deta was completely behind Etna, making her extremely nervous as she couldn't tell what Deta was going to do to her. She suddenly heard him pull a lever. As she looked around, below her the floor dropped, and in its place she saw an array of green vines swarming around.
She muffled a scream as a vine grabbed her ankle, and started tying her around until it was up to Etna's neck. Even though it tried to pull her down, the chain that suspended Etna was the only thing keeping her from her fate.
"Do you like it?" He asked Etna as he grabbed her chin, smirking. "This is a very rare devil plant, one of the very few in the world. After a quick enjoyment, it usually doesn't stop eating for at least a full hour." He said as he let go of Etna's chin, looking back down at the plant with a smile.
"Oh, where are my manners?" He said as he sighed. "I shouldn't tease the poor little plant, it's not nice to have a food hung by a hook." He said as he started to pull out his sword in front of Etna. She grew a frightened look as raised it sideways. "Oh, and don't worry, the plant usually likes to play with it's food before eating it." He said as he cut the chain with the sword, causing Etna to fall into the demonic plant vines.
"Hmph, serves her right." He said with a smirk. Out of nowhere, a huge explosion shook the castle, causing Deta to lose balance of his sword and drop it into the plant before the trap door on the floor closed. "Damnit! That was my favorite sword!" He said as he started to rush up to the top of the castle.
As Laharl started to get closer to the giant castle, he already heard mages chanting spells, attacking the castle walls. It was all part of the plan anyway; shake the castle, and get everyone outside so I'd be easier to get up to the top, without having to worry about the guards. As expected, swarms of Dullahans started to rush out, as their swords clashed with those of the warriors and monsters in the front line.
Laharl suddenly saw a weird flash at the top of the castle, and knew whatever was going on, Flonne was part of it. "Up there!" He shouted to the dragon as pointed to the source of the light. As the dragon flew, Laharl's heart started to beat faster and faster as he knew he was nearing the climax of this catastrophe. However, out of nowhere, as Laharl was feet away from the window, a huge shockwave attacked the dragon, causing Laharl to lose his balance and scream as he fell.
"Laharl!" Amy and Saria shouted as he fell. As they tried to help, they were suddenly ambushed by a swarm of demonic imps, making helping Laharl impossible.
To live a fate of disaster, is the fate of these three. As Laharl Flonne, and Etna, each of them thought to themselves, that nothing could save them...