Me: To answer almost all your questions… here is the next Chapter… ;) but to the one question, the scene Lilly was in was cut out of the first episode, yes. :)
Eli: I'm scared… :/
Me: Come on, dude you're a Shane for Pete's sake! Man up!
ENJOY!
"It hurts!" "You wanted to be punished! Now take the beating! Grow strong, Lillian!" "I won't give up!" "That's it!" "I will get my revenge!" "Yes!" "And I will avenge Will Shane!"
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"See? She's not here," Eli said tiredly. "Well then, I guess we're off to Blakk's," Trixie said dismally. "How about we rest here a few days before we go?" Eli suggested hesitantly. He really wanted to save Lilly, but he didn't want to let his friends suffer. "Are you sure, Eli?" Trixie asked. She started feeling bad because of her attitude. Lilly was their friend and now she's missing and they don't even want to search for her? "Eli, we can go now, if you want," she said. "No. I don't want you guys to burn out," Eli said. "I'll be in my bed." With that, he closed the door and climbed in bed. It was quiet after his friends went to their respectful rooms as well. "If I could only sleep," he said and felt frustration boil his insides. He stood up again and walked to the window. "Why Lilly?" He hung his head and clutched his fists. E-Mo chirped next to him. "Not now, E-Mo!" he barked and the little slug whimpered and recoiled. After a few breaths, his eyes widened and he cupped the little slug in his hands. "I'm sorry, E-Mo. I miss her too, but we have to stay strong, okay?" E-Mo's lip quivered, but he pushed out his little chest and nodded. "Good boy. Now how about you get someone to help me sleep?" E-Mo chirped. Eli went to his bed and got beneath the covers. E-Mo climbed on his chest, nodded his head and winked and Eli was fast asleep. E-Mo was proud that he got his new ability mastered so quickly. He hopped off of Eli's sleeping body and headed to his friends.
"Eli, help!" "Lilly?! Where are you?" "I'm slipping away, Eli." "What?" "You're disappearing. Don't leave me!" "Lilly, where are you?" Her voice was all around. It suddenly changed tune. "Eli, promise me this: follow in Will's footsteps." "Lilly, you're confusing me." "Goodbye Eli." "What? No!"
Eli woke up drenched in sweat. He wiped over his face with his hand and stood up. It was night out. He stood in front of the open window and let the slight breeze cool his body. "What is happening to me?" he whispered to himself. His door slowly opened. "Eli? You okay?" Trixie asked. "I… I don't know. Probably just a bad dream but…" "Eli, you can tell me," she said and put a consoling hand on his shoulder. "Well…" He told her what he dreamt and Trixie frowned. "You think it could mean something?" she asked. "I'm not sure, but I'm getting a bad vibe off of this." Trixie thought for a moment. "I think we should leave for Blakk's first thing in the morning."
"Are you ready, Lillian?" "More than ready." "Good, good. Now tell me, are you going to kill him?" "I feel nothing. So probably." "All right, but you promise not to misuse your new powers?" "I do." "Very well then. There is one more journey you need to make. Take as many of the clan as you need." "Thank you. You have been a wonderful teacher." "As to you, Lillian. You have become a most excellent mistress."
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The sun rose over the hill and shone directly in Eli's face. He woke from a dreamless sleep. He got out of bed and started getting his bearings. He dressed, but his blaster in its holster and collected his slugs. He walked outside to his Mecha. Trixie and Kord were already strapping gear to their Mechas. "Wow, you guys are up early," Eli remarked. "We wanted to get a head start, but you and Pronto were still sleeping," Trixie mocked. "Whatever. Where is Pronto?" he asked and looked around. "In the shower," Trixie said with a little eye roll. Eli grunted and leaned against his Mecha. Half an hour later, Pronto walked out of the hideout and saw three pairs of eyes glare at him. "What? Pronto needs good hygiene," he protested and the others got on their mechanical beasts. He followed and they rode on towards Blakk's lair. Arrived, they snuck into the evil doctor's lair and searched for him. They came into a gigantic room where Blakk usually makes the ghouls. "Ah, the Shane gang. Lovely to see you all," an evilly amused voice came from behind them. They all whipped around and saw Blakk with his hands folded behind his back striding slowly toward his desk. "I wondered when you might show up." "Where's Lilly?" Eli demanded and Blakk stopped in his tracks. "What? You lost my DAUGHTER?!" "No, you stole her back!" "I did no such thing!" "Then where is she?!" "I DON'T KNOW!" Blakk reached for Eli's throat, but a black fog blinded them. A green streak of lightning flashed deep in the mysterious black cloud and soon a figure appeared…
There he stood, the man who was responsible for my existence, who was responsible for my transformation, blinded by the cloud I walked through unscathed. With a wave of my hand the fog retracted into it. "Lillian?!" Blakk shouted. He started towards me but I held up my hand, making him stop. "First of all, I just wanted to say I'm not very happy with the way you treated me and neither does my tribe." I gestured to my side and the freaky Shadow Clan warriors stepped forward. "What?! What do you think you're doing, Lillian? My daughter will not be manipulated by the Shadow Clan!" "That's the second thing; I stopped being your daughter the day you ended Will Shane's life." He looked surprised for a moment, and so did Eli and the gang. I looked at each of them, feeling nothing, but when I looked at Eli something warmed my heart. But the collar around my neck sent a tiny amount of energy through my body that cooled it again. "And since our relationship has been destroyed, it is time I do the same to you," I told him. He growled and reached for his blaster. I gave him a few seconds just to make the fight fair. The Shadow Clan isn't evil, but they're not exactly good either, so I made my move before he did and shot a Naggit slug at him. It was a new slug, used by ancient healers or enemies to create poisons. He pulled the trigger and almost dodged the slug I fired at him. A fearsome Ghoul sped toward me, but I did a front dive over it. I shot another slug called a Zilophobe, a red and black little creature which makes you afraid of a weapon of any kind. Blakk dropped his blaster and looked at his hand with fear. "Get down!" I called to Eli and the group found a hiding spot away from Blakk. "Go protect them," I told my clan and they immediately obeyed. "Goodbye, Blakk." I shot a Philosbica slug at him, which opens a wormhole behind its intended victim and sucked it in, never resurfacing. As it reached him, I closed my eyes and heard him shout as he got pulled into the wormhole. "NO!" It closed, and the slugs returned to me. "Lilly?" Eli asked and I opened my eyes. "It's Lillian, Shane. And don't let all our hard work be for nothing. We're counting on you. Don't let us down." I turned around and started walking away. "Wait! Aren't you going to stay with us?" "My training took me too deep to actually be in groups again, other than my clan." I said and opened a portal to the Shadow Caves. "But Lilly…!" "Goodbye, Eli." And with that I disappeared into the portal, probably never going to see my old friends again.
Thank you to Guest who reviewed on Oct 29, 2013 with a suggestion that Lilly tells black he stopped being her father. Very Excellent! Thank you to everyone who reviewed and followed and favourited this story and Happy New Year to you all!
