Chapter 9: The Wails of the Undead
The group left Dunbarton mid-morning that day as they had to clear up some of the mishaps that had taken place that night the majority of them got drunk. After they divorced, threw out the adoption certificates and made sure the sheep where alright, because Ammy had tried to tame them and had ended up startling them. The group was heading down south because the clues they had gathered pointed in that direction. It was a cloudy day, as the clouds danced above their heads, moving in one direction. One glance and you could easily notice they were also tinted grey, which meant one thing, it was going to rain. As it approached noon, the group came to the crossroads in the Gairech Hill's area. They didn't know what way to go. If they took the left, they would send up on the road that would lead them to Fiodh and the entrance to the Sen Mag Plateau. If they took the right they would end up heading more south and soon come across The Dragon Ruin's, which was on the path to the successful mining town known as Bangor. Ammy reached up and tugged on Sapphire's sleeve which caused Sapphire to look down.
"Yes Ammy?" She asked looking at her.
"What do we do now?" Asked Ammy
Sapphire looked around for a moment and then back to the ground and then down at the others. She thought for a moment and then sighed. She knew they should think strategically on where to go. After giving it some more though for a moment an idea came to her mind as she looked down to Ammy and then patted her head as she looked at everyone else.
"I think we should take a break and have some lunch. That way we could have something to eat and figure out what way to go"
The group agreed to that and then walked a little bit up the road to a hill under a tree. They began to set up for lunch. While that was going on, Faye sat infront of the group, on a rock as she looked out at the land. Lloyd looked over at his wife and then got up and headed over to her. Once he was behind her placed his hand on her shoulder which caused her to look at him.
"Everything okay?" He asked, moving around to sit beside her.
Faye looked over at him and then smiled as she nodded.
"I'm alright, it's just…" she began looking over at him. "Just remembering something that I read back in the bookstore."
"And what was that my love?" He asked as he was curious.
"It was a book on Peaca, something about how awful cries can sometimes be heard from that and how from inside lie's creatures that were banished long ago…"
"Peaca's located in the Sen Mag plains.." Said a voice from behind which caused the couple to look behind them to see Necro standing there.
"Excuse me, but I overheard and figured I would say something. Peaca's a place which translates into the entity of pure evil. It is but a place that should only exists in the myths and legends, but sadly…that is not the case" He explained as he looked at the two and then back to the others who had now started to listen in.
"Well then, Peaca sounds like our place to start." Lloyd said, looking at his wife who had nodded in agreement.
"Alright, then after a break, we head west, to The Plains of Sen Mag" Necro said, walking back to the others.
After they had relaxed for a little bit they headed westward to where the plains were. Upon stepping onto the grounds of the plains thunder crackled and roared thought the land and suddenly a downpour started and soon the group became soaked. This would prove as challenge for the group as they would have to deal with the poetical threat from the demons that lurked inside Peaca and brave the elements.
Sen Meg, the plains were desolate and was defiantly a dystopia. It was a plain that had seen to many battles. There was a legend that once a war took place upon these very grounds that the group was now walking. The land they walked on now was once soaked red with the blood of the victims that fell on battle, a perfect explanation as to why this place brings fear to many. The ghosts can simply be the souls of the forgotten, the cries, of those who died and who are bond in eternal damnation, never to escape, never to find peace, damned to walk this lands, living in the frozen memory of the death that they can't seem to accept. The cold chill in the air and the pouring rain made the place seem so fearful, that the group had moved closer to each other, for they feared that if they were to separate, then they too would be forced to wander these lands, with the spirits.
After walking for what seemed like hours, the group came upon ruins. They were for the confused for they knew there was no ruins around the area. Faye took a few steps forward and kneeled before to were some stones where.
"What happened here…?" Lloyd questioned as she looked around.
"I..I don't know but I really don't like the look of this" Lloyd said as he approached his wife.
Necro narrowed his eyes as he took a few steps forward and kneeled beside Faye and reached his hand out and lifted up one of the bricks. He studied it, as he picked up another one. He looked at them, looking at the cracks, in the stones, and how some had crumbled away. He then sat them down, stood up and turned to the group.
"Peaca's been destroyed…and it's worse…The Demi Lich and The Master Lich have escaped, there is no trace of their strong evil that normally they would give off"
As soon as the other 6 had learned that the two lichs had escaped, they all huddled together in a circle and looked around in every direction as the fear over took them and surrounded their bodies. What if they were still here? What if the lichs where lurking in the very shadows? So many questions ran though their minds before the silence was broken with the sound of chains rattling in the near distance.
As scared as they were they knew they had to follow the sound for it could be a clue to possibly saving the land. As the approached closer, they could hear the sounds getting louder and louder until they came upon a horrific scene. In front of them, in chains, was a woman, whose hair was as silver as metal, which hanged down over her face, covering her eyes. You could clearly see her skin was as white as snow.
"Who is she?" Asked Cail as he tried to get a better look by moving his head forward.
"I don't know, but she gives me a bad feeling" Akaro said, feeling chills down his body.
"I will go check" Ammy said, and before she could be stopped, she broke from the group and approached her. "Poor thing… she's bound in chains…" Ammy said, her voice sounding sympatric for the ghostly women.
"Ammy get back here, that's a…!" Necro yelled out, but was cut off as the ghostly women threw her head back and let out this ear piercing scream and then struggled; eventually breaking free from its imprisonment and with its ghastly hand's grabbed a hold of the young girl.
"Ammy look out!" the group called out as the young girl stood there in complete frozen fear. She was staring death in the face and could feel the life from her drifting away. Suddenly the ghostly figure was hit with two blasts of water, which caused her to be knocked back. The stun gave Ammy a chance to escape and hide behind her older brother. The ghostly figure once again let out a loud hellish cry as the group covered their ears.
"What is she…?" Ammy asked as she was shaking, scared about what had just happened.
"A Banshee" Necro said, stepping infront of the group. "A legendary women that is said to appear before those who are about to lose a love one, she appears for three nights in a row, letting out that loud hellish cry, and on the third night, someone you love dies. Normally, she does not kill, she is but a massager of death, but she has been bound here for too long, trapped in this hell with no escape, and has long forgotten her purpose and has thus became corrupted and tainted for she has now became a specter whose only intention is to bring eternal damnation to all she comes across, now that her chains have been broke, we have no choice…." He swiftly slid to the side to dodge an oncoming bolt of lightly that had been shot at him as he turned to face the group, pushing back a few strands of his light grey hair, that had fallen over his deep, intense blue eyes, a slight grin on his face. "….but to fight her and release her from this hell she was exiled in"
The group agreed to that and formed a line in front of the banshee, they were literally staring the essence of death in the face. Necro looked at the group and stepped forward. "Faye, Lloyd, let the Banshee focus attacks on you both"
"Are you crazy!? We.." Lloyd began
"No I am not, her attacks are weak and will not kill you, trust me on this, you both getting hurt will come in very handy in a bit." He said, his eyes were intense, filled with determination.
The couple looked at him and then looked at each other as they nodded and took a step forward. Lloyd stopped for a moment and turned to look at the group. "Necro, if we die, my ghost is coming for your head" He chuckled, which called Necro to growl. "Just get over there!" "Yeah Yeah I'm going"
Lloyd and Faye approached the banshee which caused her to let out her scream again and once she noticed that the two were not backing down she brought her hands up and began to have an orange-red-purple ball form in her hands. Both Faye and Lloyd gasped as they both knew she was charging fireball.
"Necro, what the hell are you planning?!" Lloyd yelled as he ran to his wife and wrapped his arms around her to try to shield her from the attack."
"Stay there, don't move, don't move…remain calm!"
How can I remain calm when she's about to cast fireball on me and my wife!" Before they had a chance to run, they were struck with the fireball, which sent them knocked back.
"Perfect.." Necro said as he smirked.
Both Lloyd and Faye took damage but stood up as they were alive, and to them, this as a surprise. Necro took looked at them.
"Now you two, run on each side of it, and life drain it. Doing so will not only weaken it, not only regain your health but will trap it." He then looked at Cail and Ammy. "You two, I need you to charge Ice Spear while the life is being sucked from the Banshee" He said stepping back.
The two mages nodded and stepped forward as they readied their staffs, bringing them high into the air as an iced spear was slowly beginning to grow and form above their heads.
Lloyd and Faye ran towards the Banshee, and the same time they reached into their crystal bags and pulled out a small light green gem and loaded it into their cylinder's, they split up and slide into the position and at the same time, casted Life Drain on the Banshee, sending a glowing yellow beam of transparent light from their bodies, connecting to the Banshee, draining out the life force from her, while regaining the life force to the couple.
"Okay, Cail, Ammy, your up!"
The two mages nodded. Ammy casted hers first as her's was not as strong as her brothers. The connecting ice froze the Banshee, which gave time for Ammy, Faye and Lloyd to get back. When the ice shattered, as the Banshee tried to recover, Cail let out his spear which completely froze her again. The ice shattered and the Banshee let out this loud, hell pitched cry from pain.
Necro smirked, as he could tell she was getting weaker. He withdrew two of his blades, and held one in each hand. "And now, it's my turn to have some fun." He closed his eyes as his body and clothing then began to glow white with a lavender glow. He ran towards the Banshee, every so often his body would teleport closer to the foe as he began to slash away a high speed at the Banshee, each hit landing effectively, painfully and critically, until he brought one final blow to her, which in turn, be-headed her, while in the glowing, final-hit state.
She had been brought down and hopefully set free. The group celebrated their victory and turned to walk away, until they heard a thud to the ground and as they turned, they found Sapphire lying on the ground. The group rushed to her side and Akaro lifted her up.
"Sapphire..Sapphire, can you hear me?" He called out as he brought his hand to her fore head and found that she was burning up. The cold rain and them being outside for so long had caused her to fall ill.
"We need to get back to Dunbarton quick to get medical attention for her" Faye said as the group nodded and then rushed, leaving the scene where the battle had just taken place.
Author's Notes: okay, I need to clear this up. I know the banshee can only be hit with ghost swords, but I had to change it up a little bit since there was no possible way for them to have them or even make them. I mean come on, who carries random pockets filled with Ghost fluids? XD anyway, first battle down. And I made her skills a little weaker because out of all the Peaca boss's that you fight, she has the least HP and she comes from basic so I figured, she would be one of the weaker ones. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed
P.S: Did you guys catch the Fangirl moment? X3!~
