Hello guys. I'm sorry I haven't updated the story in over a month. I have up to chapter 11 written on my iPod, but I simply haven't had time to actually write them in word. Actually, this chapter kept getting deleted, so this was the third time I had to write it. Anyway, enjoy, leave reviews, and I'll hopefully have chapter 10 up by this week -_- ~ ii Chaos zZ.
-Lillian-
The house was quiet, with the exception of my parents' talking faintly in the background of the other room. I sighed, and looked over to the second bed in the small guest room.
Luck laid still. He was breathing, slowly, but breathing, nonetheless. I had explained to my parents and they immediately brought him inside until he woke up, but I hadn't told them about the relocation yet. I grabbed a small sandwich on the nightstand, which my mom had prepared for Luck and I, and began to slowly nibble on it.
I had informed Mutiny on what had happened, and they asked me to keep them informed, which I did when anything happened. I arched forward and put my hand on Luck's head, feeling for a fever, until I quickly jerked my hand back from hearing my mom enter the room.
"How's he doing?" she asked, sitting beside me.
"He's still the same, at least nothing is getting worse," I said, sighing with relief.
"Maybe you should get some sleep honey, if anything happens, I'll wake you up," she said, stroking my hair like a mother usually does to a daughter.
I was about to deny the idea, but my mouth simply yawned when I opened it. I shook my head, and decided it would be a good idea to get some rest.
My mom walked out of the room, and I laid down on the bed I was on, and slowly closed my eyes.
"Feel better Luck."
-Luck-
I held my dagger and shield tightly as I slashed through the body of the monster in front of me. Another monster appeared in its place.
I grabbed my right arm with my left, and attempted to steady my breathing. My body was covered in cuts, I tasted blood, and my legs felt very weak.
The black monster, shrouded in silhouette, raised a dark sword above its head, and swung it down. I leaped back, and kicked forward off the ground, lunging myself forward, and slashing the monster 3 times quickly, quickly felling it.
I fell onto my right knee and slowly stood back up. Another monster appeared before me.
'I…can't keep fighting… but I have to,' I said to myself, biting my tongue, and sprinting towards the monster. I jumped and spun my body; my dagger connected with the monster six times.
The monster vanished, but none came back onto its place. I fell to the ground, but caught myself on my right knee again, and rested my body.
'Oh Luck, so prideful of your strength,' a deep voice echoed through the room. I quickly shifted back to my fighting stance.
"Who's there?" I asked.
I received no answer, but felt a gust of wind hit my face so hard that I had to raise both arms to cover my eyes. The gust slowly calmed down onto the still air of the pitch black room. I lowered my arms, but kept them high, holding my weapon and shield, looking for the voice.
My eyes looked around, until they stopped on a figure. A very familiar figure.
"D-dex?" I said to myself.
The figure stood still. I began to run towards it. As I got closer, the figure became clearer. It WAS Dex, in his familiar blue sauna robe, and dark pierta hat. As I got maybe 50 feet near him, he turned around and walked away. Some sort of door opened as he entered, glowing faintly in the pitch black room.
After Dex's body entered the room, the light from the door came out of the door and a bright flash made me raise my arms again, and the gust of wind returned.
This time, the wind stayed, but it was bare able. I was standing on top of the Singapore bound plane. I looked around frantically for Lillian, or the dark balrog. Lillian was no where in sight, so I closed my eyes, and listened for breaks in the wind. I heard something behind me, and I turned my body, pushing dagger through something.
Lillian stood on the end of my blade, with my hand touching her robe from the grip of my dagger. I let go of the dagger, and slowly backed away, my hands trembling, and no words coming out of my mouth. Lillian said no words, just stared at me with a still face, and fell down, grabbing her stomach, where my dagger had entered her body.
"W-what did I d-…" I began, before feeling a tremendous pain from my back. I tilted my head back and my eyes closed. I forced my head down, and saw a familiar black claw, with the four nails of the claw closed, through my stomach. The claw slowly began to open.
I jumped up and looked around. I didn't know where I was, or what had happened. The last memory I had was Lillian's dad attacking me. I moved my hand to my stomach. Nothing was wrong, except for the cut on my right hip.
"That… was a dream…" I said, quietly.
I looked around the room, and saw Lillian, laying on another bed, maybe three feet to my left. I shifted my legs to my left, and sat up. My muscles hurt badly, so I remained sitting.
My body felt like I had really been fighting all those monsters, but I had no cuts or bruised, nor did I taste any blood. My eyes stopped on a plate of sandwiches, and my hand immediately grabbed out, and brought it to my mouth. I took an enormous bite from it, nearly eating the entire thing. I coughed for a few seconds, because of my body forgetting to chew, and eventually got the sandwich down, resulting a few tears from my eyes.
"Well, someone was hungry, good morning," a voice said from behind me.
I turned to see Lillian's mom behind me. She came in and sat on the edge of my bed, next to me.
"What happened to me? I barely remember anything," I asked her, trying to remember anything else.
"You passed out while you were walking away; you seemed perfectly alright the second before though…" She said, sounding more concerned by the end.
"Strange, I'm fine thought, maybe I was just hungry," I said, thinking about anything else that could've been wrong.
"Lillian told us what you really did for her, and we're so sorry we attacked you; we're really grateful," she said, smiling.
"No problem, it was the right thing to do," I said, before grabbing a glass of water that was next to the plate of food, and bringing it to my mouth. I put the glass down, and slowly stood up.
"I have to go now," I said, looking at her. My hands moved to my sides, and I noticed my dagger and shield was missing.
"Don't worry, we have your weapons, I'll give it to you as you leave," she said. She stood up and looked up at me. She was about Lillian's height, had lighter eyes, and the same long black hair, but her's was tied into a small bun. She was about to leave the room, before she turned and looked at me again.
"Let her know you're leaving alright? She was really worried about you," she said, before leaving the room.
I walked over to Lillian's bed, and sat down on the edge of the bed and gently shook her shoulder. Lillian stretched, yawned, and slowly opened her eyes. She sat up, rubbing her eyes.
"Good morning," I said, unsure if it was really morning anyway.
Lillian immediately stared at me, and within a second, closed the gap between us with a hug. I put my arms around her, and looked down at her head until she looked up at me.
"I was so worried about you," she said, putting her head back on my chest.
"I know… but just know I'll never die," I said, with the nightmare I just had still lingering in my mind.
"But still… I worry about you," she said, showing me the small smile that formed on her face.
"Lilly, I have to go now, I have to protect Kerning," I said, looking at her. Her smile quickly faded.
"Yeah… I know… Just don't get hurt again," she said.
We both stood up, and she quickly hugged me again. She looked up at me, smiling again, with her hair in her face. I moved her hair from her face and smiled.
"I'll be back, I promise," I said.
Before she could answer, I leaned forward and put my lips on hers. I felt her kiss me back for what seemed like an eternity. An eternity I didn't mind.
Our lips parted, and she turned her face, which was a shade of red.
"Anyways, I know, you should get going now," she said. I saw her smile shine from the side of her face.
I nodded, and we walked out of the room onto the living room. My dagger and shield were on a small table, along with her parents sitting on one of the two couches in the room. Her dad stood up as I grabbed my weapons.
"Thank you for everything, I'm sorry again for what happened between us," her dad said to me.
"It's alright, thank you for letting me stay here while I healed," I said, looking at both of them.
Lillian's dad stuck out his hand, and I shook it, and her mom came up to me and handed me a small pouch.
"Here's a bit of food for you, make sure to visit again sometime," she said, smiling. I tied the pouch to a loop on my belt and walked to the door.
I opened the door and quickly walked out, before I had any ideas of staying.
-Lillian-
I sat down next to my mom. I prepared myself for the news I had to tell them.
"Mom, Dad, I have something to tell you," I began.
"What is it dear?" My mom asked, turning her head to me. My dad was about to get up, but he stopped, and looked at me as well.
"Luck requested that Mutiny relocates us for us to be safer, we'd be moved along with the junior guilds in their alliance," I said, touching the small pin.
"So that's why you had a Mutiny pin on… okay, we'll go with them when they tell us to," he said. He spoke as if something was troubling him.
"Something wrong?" my mom asked him.
"I never liked Mutiny, maybe they've changed from before, but I remember them as a power hungry guild trying to be the best and wealthiest… But who knows," he said, leaving the room.
