Visions Of The Darkness

Chapter 10, Possession Of Illegal Substances

Malacia seeing what had happened acted immediately. Sensing that the water in the pool was spelled, she quickly ran around the edge and stood on the opposite side opposite 'Syke'. Knowing she had only a few spells before the abomination caught up with her she moved and chanted quickly. Her first spell cured Irvine who ran over to her side just dodging the creature, her second spell made up protective barriers around herself and Irvine. Now she tried to drive the person from Syke's mind. He had his hands just about around her throat when she finished her spell and she the caster of the mind control spell…...Her sister. Syke collapsed into Malacia's arms as she revitalized him.

"Is everyone alright now?" choked Lacia. The others nodded slowly. "I'm giving Q an update as soon as I put mind defence spells on everyone," said Malacia a little more under control. She cast the spells quietly and then sat down on the cold floor to meditate her message across to Q, knowing that the communicators would not work.

Back to Q and Zell at Balamb Hotel

Quistis sat on the couch as she telepathically communicated with Malacia.

'Quistis….are you there? Q just think your reply…I can hear you"

'I hear you Malacia. What's wrong?"

'We opened the door. It leads to another dimension or at least a different location. At this point in time, I don't know. All I know is that my sister and her knight are behind this. What's your status?"

'I managed to find out about Zell, he wasn't dead. I managed to save and brief him on the situation too. We have gone through the rest of the data together and found a couple of things of interest but none of relevance. By the way, you have ten hours before your sister is coming here so please hurry up. Zell and I will stall if we have to but please hurry. Good luck Lacia.'

'Good luck Q.'

Then Malacia's mind left leaving Q in a daze until Zell called her for dinner.

Back with Irvine, Syke and Lacia in the stone room."

After the defeat of the 'Controller' the room became light again; the water was no longer spelled and a door appeared in the Far East wall at the back of the room. Seeing this door, the group looked at each other and nodded. When they got to the cast iron door Malacia cast her conscious through it so she was able to see what was on the other side without physically being there. Seeing that it was not trapped and nothing harmful was on the other side she opened the door. As the three walked into the room the once grey drab room, near identical to the previous transformed into a beautiful lightened throne room in which a golden throne draped in violet satin stood. When they surveyed the room, they also noticed luxurious rugs over the walls and floors almost like a medieval throne room. Suddenly, the heard a whispering sound as if a great wind was blowing through the few small windows at the back of the room. They turned hearing the sound as a giant cyclone spun around the room and finished on the throne. As the cyclone ended, a human figure started to materialise on the throne seat before their eyes, his eyes were almost colourless - at times they looked light grey and others like there was no colour at all, his short spiky hair was half blonde and half black and was spiked up to create a mohawk with his middle-length hair with the rest combed normally, he was slim but slightly built and was 5'10 tall. His face was almost mirrored - one side was powdered near the left eye with a pale silver glitter powder, the other eye was heavily lined with black eyeliner and right side of his lips were also black, the finger nails of his left hand were silver while the right were black, his clothes were extravagant - he wore a suit half of black and half of pure white. As he stood, a horrified look took over Malacia's face. He slowly rose from his elegant throne laughing a little at the appearances of his adversaries and then walked down to circle them all as if taunting them, then returning to stand just in front of the throne.

"Well if it isn't my dearest sister in law. So long it has been since I have seen you and your dear husband. What is this? You've gone to the past haven't you? Oh naughty Lacia! It seems you have made some 'Old friends" too. Lacy, Lacy, Lacy what have you been doing while I was gone" taunted the mysterious figure as he smirked at Malacia and the others. Malacia shock her head and recovered her nerve. "Oh Dai, I tire of your theatrics. I know why you are here; you're guarding my dearest sisters secret aren't you! Something in the maze of rooms will help my sister and you didn't think we would find it but just in case we came this close, you waited here. Well this is our final showdown then, I must say I have been looking forward to this from the moment we met Dai." Lacia said maliciously.

"Oh well it seems like the feelings were neutral then." Maladin hissed.

Then as if all an illusion, the room went back to its grey state with the windows and the water feature turning back into wall and floor, while pillars disappeared leaving the room empty. "Remember, Lacia this is between you and me the others must stay in there." said Dai as a silver cage appeared around Irvine and Syke.

"Fine, be that way," said Malacia.

The both started chanting and suddenly weapons appeared in their hands. In Dai's hands an ornately jewelled broadsword and in Malacia's hands was a double bladed axe mounted on a large pike. The circled each other, pacing each other's steps. The wind then came again blowing Lacia back almost into the wall but she stopped it by manipulating the wind to carry her where she stepped off the side of the wall and lunged, carried by the wind at Dai and swiped at him. Dai lost his balance as he tried to dodge Malacia's swipe, which consequently made him fall back onto the cold floor.

"Given up already Dai?" teased Malacia as Dai rolled backwards and leaped to his feet. "You wish I'd give up that easily, you heathen!" yelled Dai angrily.

As Dai got to his feet he swept his sword at ankle hight cause Lacia to jump, as she did she swung at him just grazed his left cheek leaving him with a small oozing cut. Dai realising this lifted his left hand to his cheek, brushing his fingers along the blood and looking at it on his fingers while the blood on his face was now smeared over his cheek. "Bitch, now you're going to pay!" he proclaimed. He swept his sword at her just close enough put a slash in her shirt over her stomach. Malacia retaliated, swinging her axe at his head making Dai duck. He thrust his sword at her stomach, Lacia jumped back and span her axe in front of her like a swinging shield, catching Dai's sword in the process. The sword flew across to the opposite side of the room. Dai turned and ran after it with Malacia running just behind him. He ducked just as he picked up the broadsword and stood as he was about to swing again when the broadsword crashed to the floor with him following soon after. Dai looked down at the small throwing dagger now protruding from his stomach and gasped. "You actually hit me," he stammered as he looked back up toMalacia. "You shouldn't have underestimated me, I always have a second plan," said Lacia coldly. Dai staggered to his, blood now soaking into the white half of his suit. "I'll be back Malacia….you wait and see…" said Dai as he disappeared into the wind again.