Me: Sorry it took so long to get this up!
Kratos: Excuses, excuses...
Scarlett: Ohmygoddess...
Rylan: (Playing ToS) SylphWindDancer owns nothing!
Chapter 10: What it's like...
The group retreated to Heimdall, where they were talking with Yuka, making sure that she was okay.
"I'm fine," she kept repeating, but Raine and Renne took her into another room, where she was forced to she Raine her back, and they heard Raine from upstairs, "You are certainly not 'fine!'"
Smack!
"Ow!"
Raine sealed up her scars and stopped the bleeding from the dragon and the rocks. While her shirt was removed, Yuka felt her neck was a little empty. Her necklace! It was gone!
She told that to Raine, who commented, "Oh, this necklace?"
Raine let a necklace that had a crescent moon and a snowflake dangle from her hand.
"Yes!" Yuka quickly snatched the necklace, murmured 'thank you,' and placed it back on her neck. "I was afraid I'd lost it forever."
"Where'd you get it?" Raine questioned, "It seems that it is made of a fine crystal..."
"No sample."
"Pleeeaasseee? Just a tinsy one?..."
"No."
"Humph."
Yuka placed her shirt back on before walking back outside the room, and entered the room downstairs where the others were.
She entered and saw Scarlett with quite an anime face, weeping, "If that dragon wasn't dead, I'd resurrect it, then kill it again, then I'd..."
Yuan patted her back, "It'll be alright..."
"Oh, well...I guess now my head does feel a little lighter."
"That's the spirit." Yuan nodded, "Just don't go getting an even shorter haircut. That would be wwaaayyy to freaky."
"Sure thing."
They kept throwing remarks back and forth as everyone else watched in amusement.
They evenutally picked sides, like, "c'mon, Scarlett, don't let that old man outwit you,' or, 'go for it, Yuan.'
The two finally gave up when they ran out of comments, and they decided what they were going to do now that Yuka was cured. But the answer was obvious: go after Theron.
They left Heimdall and headed towards the Temple of Darkness.
The journey took them an hour and a half to get there, and when they entered, they tried to get where the elevator was, but it was blocked off. The men began chipping away at the rocks, and the woman waited patiently, talking while they waited.
Presea began the topic, "Yuka...what was it like in the dragon's lair?"
"Huh? Umm..." Yuka droaned, and even then, the men slowed down a little to listen, "This is the easiest way to explain it..."
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"I was in a dunegon..."
I was running away from Oxford, and he was pursuing right on by tail. It seems that the dark caves never ended. The more I ran, the darker and colder it got, and I saw bones, and they crunched under my feet. There were beds behind bars, for what, I didn't know; and chains...there were scattered chains.
"Human fiend! Thy shalt not escape thee so easily!" Oxford bellowed, and I heard silence behind me.
I kept running, anyway, until I peered quickly behind me. He wasn't there! I looked all around me, in case he was hiding, but he wasn't.
I finally slowed down, coming to a halt. I heard faint thuds and water splashing. When I was positive that he wasn't behind me, I kept walking, trying to regain my lost breath. I found a strange room with a large table, larger than my house on Earth!
Curiousity got the better of me, and I entered the room, examining it. There was a large chandilier, and candlesticks down to the holders - they were used a lot, I could tell! There were chairs lining the table, and I sat in one of them, resting, until I accidently fell asleep.
When I was awake, I was in a bed, and I'd totally forgotten to run from the stupid dragon! Talk about calling myself an I-D-I-O-T!
I sat up, and atmepted to get out of the bed, but was met in the face by the hard stone of the floor. I cursed rather loudly, and noticed there was a chain around my foot, and the chain was connected to the wall. I heard more chains rattling, and I looked up and saw a teenage looking maiden.
What the!
I looked at her, and she was dressed in old rags, and she had super long red hair, and deep brown eyes. At first glance, she looked like Scarlett, so, naturally, I cried, "Scarlett!"
The girl looked confused, and helped me up off the floor, setting me on the bed, "No, I am not 'Scarlett.' I hear you are Yuka, my name is Cyrena."
"Umm...hi, Cyrena, but umm...what the hell are you doing here?" I asked, feeling dumb.
"I am the most recent maiden of the dreaded Oxford. I am supposed to serve you until you are well enough." Cyrena told me, sitting on the bed, her chains rattling around her wrists and ankles.
"Well enough until what?"
"Well enough to serve Oxford."
What the!- I am NOT serving that pain in the-
"What do you mean?"
"What other serving is there?"
"Umm, gee, lemme think! A dinner serving!"
"No, good gracious, no! He will not eat you! He is allergic to maiden meat. All those bones outside are all the men."
"Allergic to- I'm trying to decide if that's a curse, or a blessing."
"At any rate, here is your food-"
"CYRENAAAA!" roared the dragon.
"Oh, my! Umm...have to run!" Cyrena took of, calling, "Coming, my Lord!"
I ate, waiting on her to come back, and while I was at it, I'd reached my weapon, hacking away at my chains. But, Cyrena got back before I could get them off.
"What are you doing?" she cried.
"What's it look like?" I snapped, "Trying to get outta here! Why do you even stay?"
Cyrena glanced at the floor, the pulled up whatever rags were on her back. She showed me her backside, and there were uncountable scars and bruises, even flaming burns. I flinched.
"I've tried before. I've tried at least 32 times to escape, but he's always captured me."
"..." I didn't know what to say to that.
I didn't know what to say, except: "Come with me. If I get out, I know you will. I have a group right now, looking for me."
"How do you know that they haven't stopped?"
"Because one is my brother. I know he won't stop. Because two things will happen: one, if he does stop, I can sense it. Two, if I do sense it, all I have to do is-" and I hit my head with a hard punch. (Yuan, at that moment: "OW!")
"-and it hurts him as well!"
Cyrena laughed, and we became friends quickly in the half-hour. She agreed to go with me, and we took the chains off, and I grasped my weapon.
Before we went out of the doorway, I put a hand on her shoulder, "If you don't get out, I'll come get you."
She smiled warmly, and nodded her answer, "I know you will."
She went first, exiting my room, and we made our way down the hall, running. We were at the exit when Oxford found us, "I told thy that thy would not escape thee so easily!" he snarled, and we began fighting.
He slashed at me, and I barely had time to jump out of the way. I made a front-flip and landed on his back, then cut a small cut on his back, then back-flipped off.
Thank you, karate and gymnastics!
Anyway, they battle went on for a long time, and then...I noticed Cyrena was gone, just like that. Vanished without a trace.
"...then you guys showed up, and here we are."
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"Wow." was the only response that any of them had.
"Hey, elevator's ready." Kratos announced.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa! You're not goin' without me!"
Me: Who's the mysterious character?
Anna: Umm...YOU shouldn't be saying that. You KNOW who it is.
Me: ...Oh, well! ;-)
Everyone: She's had caffine...
Me: Yep!.
Celeste: Read and Reveiw!