Nyx stood in the throne area of Bethmora overlooking the currently dormant Golden Army, Nuada was somewhere in the palace talking with his sister. She rubbed the back of her neck and moaned, her head was starting to ache, and she was starting to feel increasingly tired. "My Lady, are you alright?" De'Rowgh stepped out of the shadows and held on to her elbow as she lost her balance.
"I'm fine, I'm just tired I think, but my head hurts."
"Yes," the Drow nodded "It has been a while since a true fey has stepped through the gates of Bethmora, the Army's dark magic has seeped into the atmosphere here Nuada has yet to cleanse the palace of that magic. Inherently you are a creature of good magic; this chamber must be taking its toll on you. Come, I'll show you to your room." She nodded and the two turned to walk out of the chamber, however two steps in she collapsed, "Wink!" De'Rowgh roared. The troll appeared seconds later, "Get Nuada now!" picking Nyx up, De'Rowgh headed to her room, where he lay her on the bed.
Nuada burst through the doors, rushing to Nyx's side, "What happened?" he asked.
"She collapsed, at first I thought it was the magic of this place but even if it was it shouldn't have taken this toll on her so quickly."
Nuada sighed and smoothed down her hair "I knew something was wrong, get a healer, a female one. Go quickly," he spoke to the Drow. De'Rowgh left quickly not wanting to wait any longer, if Nyx was seriously hurt the Prince would have his hide. Nuada looked at his other friend, "Wink stay here with her, I must purge this place of the darkness here." He left the room without reply from Wink.
Almira, Liz, Hellboy, Dr Krauss and Abe walked into the giant chamber that held all forty-nine hundred soldiers, "Would you look at this place," Hellboy whistled.
"Seventy times seventy soldiers," Dr Krauss whispered in awe. The group looked to the end of the room and saw the Prince standing there with Nuala in his deadly grip.
"I take it you've brought me the crown piece," Nuada said.
"We have not!" Dr Krauss said.
"I was not talking to you, Abraham?"
"Here," Abe threw the piece at him.
"Abe!" Hellboy yelled.
"You would do the same if it were Liz! Release Nuala!" he yelled back at Nuada.
"Where's my cousin?" Almira asked him, "finally decided to come to her senses and couldn't stand to see you wake an army of death and destroy millions of innocent lives?"
The Prince just smirked and joined the final crown piece with its partners and placed it on his head, "I am Prince Nuada Silverlance, son of King Balor and heir to the throne of Bethmora, is there anyone here who disputes my right?" when there was no reply the eyes of the Golden Army lit. "For your information, My Night is in bed, she is not feeling well. Given the fact that she is currently unconscious I doubt she will be here to witness the Daemon's defeat."
"What, what did you do to her?"
Nuada's smirk was gone, how the Fey princess could even begin to think he would hurt Nyx was beyond him, "Kill them all, except the Fey." This was spoken to the army.
"Oh crap." Red muttered, the second he spoke they attacked.
Abe ducked and dived and twisted and turned allowing each of the soldiers to run into one another. Dr Krauss took over one of the soldiers and used it to destroy others and Liz set the ones nearest her alight. Almira flooded the lower areas of the chamber, while Red used Big Baby to destroy others. "Industible my ass," he whispered just before they started to rise up, joining themselves back together. "Crap," looking around he could see that they were surrounded by the soldiers once again and an idea came to him. "Your royal assness, I challenge you!"
The Army stopped and Nuada's eyes bored into him, "You cannot."
"Yes he can!" Nuala but in, a little too happily, "He is Anung un Rama, son of the fallen one, he has the right."
Nuada scowled, he had beaten the Daemon before but that was when he was inebriated, "Very well." He tossed Red his sword and took out his spear, and the two began to fight.
Nyx's eyes opened and she shot up, looking around she saw Wink stand from his place and move toward her bed, "What-where's Nuada?"
"Dueling the Daemon," he rumbled.
She looked up at him with fearful eyes, "I have to go now," she got up but Wink grabbed her, "Wink you know that I'm different, sometimes I get these feelings, like really bad feelings, Nuada isn't safe, I have too... please?" he released her and she ran, he ran after her.
The pair reached the chamber of the army and saw the crown in Hellboy's hands, "No," she whispered. Nuada stood slowly and took out a knife, Nuala yelled out to warn Hellboy, Red turned around fast, to fast his stone hand shot out and Nuada was thrown against the wall, "No!" Nyx screamed and ran to Nuada. Wink followed, the Prince was barely moving, barely breathing, he was dying. She looked up Hellboy for just a moment, and saw that he was about to give the crown to Liz. "Not this time," she whispered, her hand shot out and the crown was in her hands. "Nuada, stay awake, you have the crown, please don't fall asleep."
"Night," he coughed and dark blood spurted over his lips.
"No you're bleeding," she looked up and saw Red move forward, "Wink stop them!" she looked back at Nuada, "Please don't die," she held his hand tightly, "Stay awake until the healer gets here."
Almira watched her cousin break down over Nuada and then looked up at the troll that was keeping her from her cousin, "Let me through, I should be there for her. I'm her family." But Wink only held her tighter.
'I would do anything to keep him alive' Nyx thought desperately, and as if answering her prayers the God of Death, the very same one that had just granted Hellboy life appeared in front of her.
"You have very little time to make your decision Lady Fey, I can give you your lover back but for a price..."
"What- what is it, I'll do anything."
The god's laugh was terrible, something that made every hair of Nyx's stand on end, "I shall give him to you, for your wings. To save the life of an elf cost's much more than that of a Daemon. Can you bear the burden of the pain that will come from their removal? Can you bear the burden of never knowing whether they will grow back? Can you allow a creature such as this to live even though he wishes to destroy every mortal on the planet?"
"Yes! Yes please just, don't let him die," she looked down at the elf that was rapidly turning to stone, "please take my wings, take whatever you wish just bring him back!"
"Very well." The god disappeared and in the background she could hear Wink fighting off attacks from Hellboy and his team. And that was when she felt it, a searing pain that started from the top of her back travelling to the tip of her wings. It was like they were being burnt off, the pain was too much to bear and she collapsed in a heap next to Nuada just as he woke.
Nuada sat up with a gasp and looked around, Nyx was on the floor beside him body convulsing in pain, with the crown held firmly in her hand. Yanking out of her hand he put it back on and whispered the words that would activate the army. "Take those who would fight my ally and imprison them now." The army was fast, having caught Hellboy and his friends off guard, managed to subdue them relatively quickly. Stopping Hellboy before he was able to issue another challenge. Once they were gone he turned to the now still Nyx, and stroked her cheek. "I don't know what it is you did for me, but I will never be able to repay you my love."
So there's the latest chapter, I hope you don't mind but I wanted to speed up this last part of the movie so that I could get to Nyx, and that presence and of course the title. Because I really haven't done anything on the 'rising of a forgotten nation' just yet. So the movie's finished, it's time to get down to some real business. And please guys and girls review, it makes me happy and I've been having a shitty couple of weeks so far.
