Author's note: hey everyone, long time no see. I missed this story, first I couldn't finish it because my computer was down, then I got complete writers block and couldn't continue it. Now I'm doing a whole new fan fiction involving another one of my favorite cartoons THE POWERPUFF GIRLS. My new story is called "20 years in the making: the beginning". It's my newest project so if you guys get a chance to, check it out. It's also sparked some new ideas for this fanfic also. Now that I'm back in the writing game I can finally finish this fic. So here we go without further ado chapter 11. And this time I will keep on going until this fic is done.
Chapter 11
Deep into the fiery underworld, a portal opens up and two vampire bats fly through it and into the red, Smokey air. The fake Conrad and Cecile could not hold onto their fake forms in this world, so they had no other choice but to succumb to the spell they have been casted upon return to their home world. They continued to argue while flapping their black wings through the air. They are heading towards the huge black castle at the end of the vast expanse of ash filled land ahead of them. Our heroes exit the portal after the two bats. They were a good distance from the two creatures so they didn't give off any feeling that they were following them.
Wolfram was the first to notice their surroundings "Avery have you been here before?"
Avery conjures an invisibility spell on all of them but it fails "yeah I have, this world is pretty much the same as our world only everything is dark and evil looking. That's hells castle up ahead."
Quatre keeps up the pace with the rest of them and looks ahead trying not to look anywhere else. Where he is from one would call this place hell, in any other time he would have been scared but now wasn't the time "even if we lose them we should still continue forward in this direction".
Wolfram suddenly stops in his tracks and blocks Yuri from moving forward the others follow his lead "wait"
Yuri looks at him puzzled "wolf what is it?"
Wolfram's eyes widen a little with a mixture of fear and concern "there's something underneath us". He looks at the ground and notices that it's moving, steadily beneath their feet, "nobody move" he says. Large bumps started to form on the ground, he looks all around the ground to try to get a good look at whatever was about to attack them. All four men are so preoccupied with the ground that they don't notice the large beast rising up behind them. It looked like a giant worm but only had one huge eye and two rows of razor sharp teeth. It opens its massive jaw and targets Avery from behind, Avery turns just in time to see a huge mouth coming down on him. It traps him in its mouth as everyone else watches in shocked horror.
Quatre immediately springs into action firing his gun at the massive beast hitting it directly in the eye "AVERY!" The beast cries out in pain as its vision is impaired, wolfram and Yuri draw their swords to attack its body, while Quatre aims for all of the beast's weak points. He shoots the eye again knowing that if one shot broke through the second shot would go even deeper. He shoots the monster right through the eye where the previous wound was opened just as the monster was about to lung after him. It screams and howls in pain as the bullet punctures its brain. It then begins to convulse and cough up bile. Yuri and wolfram stop and move away from the beast examining it closely.
The beast coughs up more bile and blood and its neck begins to glow bright red. It then bursts and a giant flame explodes from its neck. The flame envelopes the entire body within seconds. The monster screams out one last time before it collapses to the floor and burns to a crisp. When the smoke clears and the beast are completely disintegrated Avery emerges from the ashes and dusts himself off.
The three other men stare at Avery in shock as he casually walks away from the pile of ashes and looks at them back, "what? I didn't feel like being eaten today". He looks over at Quatre who looked so relieved he could pass out "hey you ok over there?"
Quatre smiles and nods " I should ask you the same question"
Avery walks up to him "takes more then that to get rid of me". Avery then looks ahead of him in the direction of where the two bats were flying "And there are plenty more monsters out here so we have to be careful".
Avery then looks to wolfram sternly "wolfram, it's time you realize something, being the Phoenix son is more then just a title, you have the power to conquer these dimensions, use it".
Wolfram looked down a little, he was right; when the monster attacked he totally forgot about his new powers and fought it as if there was no other way to defeat it. He could have fried the beast a long time ago "sorry Avery"
Avery's stern look turns suddenly to a playful one as he grins at the blond "awww who could possibly stay mad at a sexy ass like yours".
"Avery" wolfram frowns but then blushes.
Avery turns to walk ahead "just believe in yourself Barbie, if not for us then for that little bun in your oven and the little princess waiting to be saved".
Yuri grins at Avery then turns to wolfram who had a rather humbled look on his face "ready wolf?"
Wolfram nods and the four men take off again heading for the castle up ahead.
[Meanwhile in the dark castle]
Master Judas carries Greta into her own personal room, it was blood red, the walls and canopy bed was lined with gold trims. It was beautiful in a morbidly gothic way. He walks towards the bed and lays her down on it. He then caresses the side of her small face and looks at her kindly "you've been quiet for a while; you're not having regrets are you?"
Greta looks up for a moment, unable to say anything, but she quickly shakes her head and forces a smile "no, I want to be with you master Judas". The truth was she is having regrets, she remembers the look on wolframs face when she tried to stab him. Her mind also wonders to Yuri running after her trying to come to her rescue, and most of all she remembered the horrible thing she said to wolfram just before cutting him. She's done something she can never take back, how can she possibly go back home.
Judas watches the emotions going on in Greta's eyes and frowns a little, he wasn't surprised, and it was like this for all the little girls he had taken under his wing. They all made the decision to come with him, recklessly throwing away their lives to be with him, then by the time they had their regrets it was too late. They were all forced to marry him before they slowly had their youth sucked away. He devoured them all until there was nothing left. He looks over at Greta and plants a soft kiss on her lips which stunned the child out of her thoughts. He pulls away from her and gets up "good, I'm glad you are happy with this arrangement. We will be wed tomorrow, and you will officially be my bride." He then walks over to the window and beckons for her to come and stand there with him "then all of this will be ours forever".
Greta walks over to stand next to him and looks out the window. The scene that befalls her was truly horrific. The land was charred black with cracks of lava seeping through to the surface; there was also a lake of hot boiling blood which ran out into the distance. The trees were dead and burnt, there wasn't a single flower or animal in sight, when she looks up at the sky it was completely red. Tears start to fall from her eyes as she thought to herself "what have I done?"
Judas doesn't bother to look at her as he walks over to the bedroom door. It was too late for her to return home and too late for regrets "I have some last minute details to take care of, so get comfortable my dear and get some rest, there's much to do tomorrow". He doesn't care that she doesn't answer him or even respond to him leaving, he opens the door and walks out.
Greta slowly backs away from the window and puts her hands to her mouth as the ramifications of her earlier actions come back to haunt her "I'm sorry, I'm…..sorry" she shakes her head in misery and sadness, realizing that she may never see Yuri or Wolfram again, she will never see the sunlight, or smell the flowers or even feel the cool crisp wind against her skin ever again. She backs away from the window and collapses on the bed in a fit of sobs, she cries uncontrollably into the pillows "I'm sorry wolfram…..papa Yuri…. I didn't mean it…..I… don't want this anymore….." She continues to cry until she exerts her energy and falls asleep, finally forced to resign to her fate.
