When last we saw Aaliyah, and Gorpi, they had just made there way into the tide cave, and had found Quartz, the guardian of the tide cave, with a large wizard's sword impaled within his chest.

Before they could even begin to discuss what had happened, they were interrupted by a voice from behind, a voice that belonged to the Mistress of the Grime Fairies, self-proclaimed caretakers of the tide cave. As Aaliyah and Gorpi found out the Grimes Fairies purpose wasn't to care of the cave itself, but to kill anyone who came looking for Quartz. And so...

"So say your prayers honey, cause the next couple of hours aren't going to be very fun for you!" The Mistress said with a perverse grin on her face.
The Mistress pointed her fists at Gorpi and Aaliyah, and blasted a charge of electricity at the pair. Aaliyah dodged to the left, while Gorpi dodged to the right, but the Mistress, and her crew responded in kind. The Mistress stayed stationary and continued her ranged assault on Gorpi, while her servants moved towards Aaliyah, and surrounded her.
The Mistress kept blasting away at Gorpi, but Gorpi was so quick, she missed by a long shot most of the time.
"Stand still you dirty tamer, and meet your fate!" She said while continuing to launch a barrage of electrical blasts in Gorpi's direction.
"Meet this!", Gorpi said as she launched a weakness arrow at the Mistress, but the Mistress's defenses were high, and she blasted the arrow mid-air.
On the other side of the battle field, Aaliyah's foes had just closed in on her.
"Please, get away from me, I don't want to fight you!" She said in a scared almost overwhelmed voice.
"Well, that's just to bad now isn't it dearie? Because we really want to kill you!" the Grime Fairy in the center said.
They hastily closed in on Aaliyah. The two on her left and right grabbed onto her arms. She tried to fight back and escape, but their strength was overwhelming. The two behind her grabbed onto her hair and begin pulling and ripping at it. The fairy in the center grabbed onto Aaliyah's chin and digs in her claws.
"And trust me dearie, we always get what we want!" she said with a grin that matched her Mistress's.

Which brings us back to that very same Mistress. Gorpi fired three slow down arrows at the Mistress this time. The Mistress reacted by blasting the one coming at her from the left, and the one coming straight down the middle, but she is not fast enough for the arrow coming down the right side. It clips her in the arm, and the Mistress screams! "You dirty little tamer, you'll pay for that! Your spells don't work on me!" The Mistress said in a deep angry voice
"Yeah, well bring it on ladie!"Gorpi said in a defiant voice.

The Mistress proceeded to fire two more blasts at Gorpi, one headed directly at Gorpi, and one that seemed to be directed upwards into the air. Gorpi rolled over dodging the first blast effortlessly, but as she lands she realized where the other blast went. With a thunderous crash, a pile of rocks, and boulders drops on top of Gorpi, burying her in the rubble.

Meanwhile, all Aaliyah could feel was seething pain – unkempt claws ripping and scratching her face, fists bashing her head, and fingers ripping out her hair.
"No.. stop... please just stop... your killing me... " But the Grime Fairies are pushed even further by Aaliyah's plea's. "I said stop!" Aaliyah screamed in a desperate final attempt to escape the brutality. She unleashed a fire burst attack, one so powerful, it instantly killed the two fairies holding her arms, and the one in the center, as well as flung the two fairies behind her onto the floor. The fairy to the left scrambled to her feet and rushed to pounce on Aaliyah, but shes met with a fire barb attack to the chest, killing her. The other stays on the floor near a pile of rocks that fell when the Mistress blasted the roof.
"Please, don't kill me, they made me their slave, I didn't want to do any of this." the Grime Fairy pleaded.
Aaliyah stood unsure of what to do.
"They were going to kill me, I mean... I killed them, but they were going to kill me, this one isn't. What do I do? How can I let go what she was going to do to me?" She thought to herself.
"You don't!", Shard answered."You know Aaliyah, that if the situation were reversed, you'd be dead by now."
"I know, and... I even want to kill her, but... I... just can't." she said unsure of how she truly felt.

"Go find someplace to hide until this is over, we will do everything we can to free you." Aaliyah said as she turned and left to deal with the Mistress. Unknown to her the Grime Fairy grabbed a large rock, and is silently creeping up behind her...

Will the Grime Fairy get her way, and what about Gorpi, does she still live? Find out next part...