Opening: Slayers-4 the future
Chapter 21
Zelanna, Fillos, Crystal, and Henry ran through the laboratory. They felt like that they were in a maze.
"Where would Logardo's important possessions be?" asked Fillos.
"All that I know is that all of it is in the deepest chamber" replied Zelanna.
"Oh gee you're a lot of help sister" explained Henry. They stopped at a door and Fillos opened it. They saw that they entered a huge library.
"Hey Zelanna, want to check some of these out before we go to the deepest chamber?" asked Fillos. Zelanna nodded and went to a section. Fillos went to one and Crystal was with Henry. Henry leaned on a wall and looked at the Logardo statue above him.
"Tha-That's creepy. It's like it's staring as your very soul" whimpered Crystal, looking at it as well.
"Yeah" agreed Henry. Zelanna took a book out of the bookshelf and opened it. It seemed that there was a powerful spell in the book.
'Element Burst? This could come in handy sometime' Zelanna thought. All of a sudden, she heard Henry scream. Zelanna and Fillos got to where Henry and Crystal were.
"Help, Mr. Henry is getting sucked up by the wall!" shouted Crystal, holding on to Henry's wrist. He was slowly slipping in the wall as Zelanna and Fillos also gripped his wrist.
"We can't hold on!" shouted Zelanna. They all got sucked in the wall.
They fell to the floor and groaned. They stood up to see stairs in front of them.
"Looks like these stairs lead to the deepest chamber" exclaimed Zelanna.
"Yeah" stated Fillos.
"Let's go" ordered Zelanna. They began to run down the stairs.
Irada and Logardo entered the library in the lab.
"It seems that they've gotten ahead of us. No matter, we'll still get to the deepest chamber before them" exclaimed Irada. They walked through the library to find another door.
They got to more stairs and Fillos frowned.
"How many stairways are there?" asked Fillos, annoyed. Zelanna began to walk down the stairs.
"I don't know, but it seems like they go on forever" replied Crystal.
"Why would he have to dig it so deep?" asked Henry.
"If the experiment he was working on malfunctioned, he would have to keep everyone else out of the way" explained Zelanna.
"How often does that happen?" asked Fillos.
"It's pretty rare!" replied Zelanna, almost down the stairs. She got to the bottom and saw the darkness ahead of her. She cast lighting and it flew to the darkness. It exploded with light and the others came down.
"This must be the deepest chamber" exclaimed Fillos, looking at the circular room. They saw a door ahead of them and went to it. Fillos opened the door and they saw a hall.
"Well, at least it's not more stairs" exclaimed Fillos.
"Yeah, I was getting tired of them" agreed Henry. They began to walk in the hall.
"What do you think we will find?" asked Fillos.
"I have no idea" replied Zelanna. They got to a crossroad and Fillos got annoyed.
"Ah! Which way do we go!" shouted Fillos.
"Calm down Fillos. Let's just think this through. Who's good at tracking magic?" exclaimed Zelanna.
"I'll give it a try" stated Crystal, stepping forward. She gathered her energy and ice began to form around her. The ice went left and Fillos cheered.
"Alright, nice job Crystal!" cheered Fillos. They ran left and it took them a few minutes to get to a door. Zelanna opened it and it led to another small room. They walked in and looked around.
"There's nothing here" stated Henry.
"Way to state the obvious" exclaimed Fillos.
"Who goes there?" asked a voice. They looked at where the voice came from and saw a shadow of an animal. The shadow came out and everyone was surprised. They saw a huge yellow duck that had black eyes and white feet. He wore a blue vest and a white tie.
"Who dares disturb the sleep of the great Darko?" asked the duck.
"What's with the duck?" asked Fillos.
"D-D-Duck! You dare call Darko of the demon race a duck!" shouted Darko. Zelanna looked confused and looked at Darko.
"Demon race?" asked Zelanna.
"That's right. Now look at this form and tell me what you see" replied Darko.
"A duck" stated Fillos.
"A duck" stated Henry.
"Yeah a duck at every angle" agreed Zelanna.
"A very pretty duck" smiled Crystal. Darko fell to the floor at their idiocy.
"Now, do you know where the deepest chamber is?" asked Fillos, kneeling in front of Darko.
"I'm not telling" replied Darko, sitting up.
"Zelanna, if you please" smirked Fillos. Zelanna knelt in front of Darko and placed a hand on his shoulder.
"Mono Bolt!" shouted Zelanna. The lightning stroked Darko's whole body as it came out of Zelanna's hand. He fell to the floor as she let go.
"Now what was that you said?" asked Fillos.
"J-Just follow me" replied Darko, standing up. Darko led them through the hall and they returned to the round room. They stood in a circle as Darko instructed. He used his magic to teleport them to a different room. They saw a door and Fillos tried to open it, but it wouldn't.
"It's no use. It will open to a blood relative of Logardo's or himself." explained Darko.
"If that's the case, then I'll open it" exclaimed Zelanna. Fillos stepped back while Zelanna stepped forward. She placed her hand on the door and it began to glow. The door opened and they went in.
"Now which of these items is the one we're looking for?" asked Henry.
"What was Logardo's recent experiment?" asked Zelanna, looking at Darko.
"Something about fighting a powerful monster I think" replied Darko.
"A powerful monster huh? I wonder…" exclaimed Zelanna.
"What is it Miss Zelanna?" asked Crystal, confused.
"I think Logardo was trying to find a way to defeat Shadrindan. However, he wasn't expecting him to be inside of his eyes" explained Zelanna. Fillos nodded in agreement. They began searching in the shelves. However, they didn't notice Darko go to a different part of the room.
Crystal looked in confusion as she noticed him and followed. Darko stopped a Crystal hid behind a shelf. Darko took a mask off the wall to a white swan with yellow feet. Crystal gasped in horror and he heard it.
"You've witnessed this have you? That means that you can't live" exclaimed Darko, walking toward Crystal.
"Miss Zelanna" whimpered Crystal.
Zelanna heard Crystal whimper and turned to the others.
"Crystal's in trouble" exclaimed Zelanna. They followed her to Crystal and saw her look in horror at the transformed Darko.
"Is that Darko?" asked Henry, shocked. Crystal nodded as she ran behind Henry. Darko opened his beak and blew at them with strong wind. They all got hit and landed in the middle of the room. They stood back up as they saw Darko advance them.
"This duck sure has gotten powerful" exclaimed Henry. Darko stopped and began to get angry. Zelanna noticed this and smirked.
"Duck!" shouted Zelanna. Darko roared in rare as he began to approach them. All of a sudden, a tablet fell on Fillos' head. Darko screamed in panic and the others were confused.
"I can't believe it fell in the hands of idiots!" shouted
Darko, panicking. Fillos picked the tablet up and held it up.
"That must be the item we were looking for" exclaimed Zelanna. Fillos held the tablet up and it began to take the energy out of Darko.
"Let's cast the Ra Tilt" ordered Zelanna, looking at Henry.
"Right" stated Henry. They held the arms up and began casting. "Source of all souls which dwells in the eternal and the infinite. Everlasting flame of blue" muttered Henry.
"Let the power hidden in my soul…" muttered Zelanna.
"Be called forth here from the infinite" muttered Zelanna and Henry. Light blue orbs appeared in their hands. "Ra Tilt!" shouted Zelanna and Henry, extending their arms forward. The light blue beam consumed Darko and there were no remains of him.
"Nice job Henry" smiled Zelanna, looking at Henry.
"Thanks sister" smiled Henry, blushing. All of a sudden, the tablet flew from Fillos' hands and they turned to see where it went. They saw Irada and Logardo and the tablet landed in Irada's hands.
At last I've got it. The manuscript of the Claire Bible" grinned Irada. She held it up and laughed in victory as the four warriors looked at them in horror.
Ending: Bleach-Life is like a boat