Chapter 24

"Spike head"

"How dare he! How dare he lock me up and chain me to a wall! When I get my powers back from Faragonda I'm going to pulverize that hideous creature!"

Darkell was talking as loud as he could, hoping that his captor would hear his threat through the walls. He tried once more pulling on his wrists, trying to free them from their chains, it was no use. They had been covered in dark magic. And without his powers he couldn't do anything, except wait and listen to the six little pixies' silly conversation not far from him.

"Yikes! He's scary!" the pixie with the key around her neck yelped while flying to hide behind her blond friend. They all were too colorful and noisy for Darkell. They gave him a constant headache. Especially the blond with the two pigtails. She couldn't stop yapping.

"Don't worry Lockette! I'll protect you from this evil looking guy" His eyebrow twitched at the small creature's comment. "I bet he's not even as strong as he wants us to think. I'm pretty sure he's a real coward. I mean look at him he's trapped in the middle of nowhere hundreds of kilometers underneath the surface, without any of his powers. And he can't do anything about it. Pretty pathetic if you ask me and then let's not forget that ... "

"You know you 're in the exact same situation, right?" He interrupted her before she could continue her little monologue. The first thing he'll do when he gets out of here is organize a barbecue party. And the main dish will of course be Pixie brochette. Well Flora would probably not let him do that but he could always use the idea to scare them later.

"Okay girls I have a brilliant plan to get us out of here!" And there she goes again.

"I'm ready to bet it won't work...again..." He mumbled loud enough for her to hear.

"I didn't ask for your opinion, Spike head!"

Spike head? Oh now she's dead. But before he could tell her what he was going to do to her and her friends when he was out of these handcuffs that involved a really big fire and some sticks, they all heard a loud thump not far from them,

"Oh no he's back!" The key pixie cried again.

It wasn't him, he could tell. The person's aura wasn't dark enough or powerful enough. When the newcomer finally showed himself he was surprised to see a 17 year old girl. A fairy probably.

" LAYLA! " All the pixies shouted in relief and happiness. Idiots can't they be a bit more quiet? They probably woke up all the dark creatures in the castle.

The Layla girl seemed completely worn out, her jeans were ripped to shreds. Her forehead was covered in sweat probably from climbing up the steep walls to reach this window.

" We're so happy to see you Layla!" The annoying blond one cheered.

" I'm glad to see you too, girls! Is Piff okay ?" She asked, panic rising to her voice.

"Don't worry she's right here." The pixie out of a renaissance fair was the one to speak.

"Okay now I need to get you all out of here. But how?"

"If I'm not mistaken, the lock should be located on that wall. " Darkell finally spoke up, letting the girl finally notice him. She quickly leaped into a fighting position ready for the worse. She looked at him with caution and hostility.

" You know I'm not some kind of weirdo who likes spending his free time hanging to a wall. I'm in the same boat as you! " He just wanted to get the hell out of here! The girl chose to ignore his sarcasm.

" Who are you? And why did he lock you up here?"

" My name's Dimitri Darkell, I'm a teacher at Alfea, a school for fairy in Magix. "

" Yeah I've heard of that school, but that doesn't explain why you're his prisoner. "

" I have no idea why, he didn't bother to explain it to me. " He replied, frustrated. The metal was digging into his skin, he'd have bruises there in the near future.

" Okay let's make a deal. We'll work together to get out of here. I'll get you out of these chains if you help us escape..."

"Deal. Now like I said before the lock is hidden in one of those skeletons glued to the wall. That one more precisely. " He informed her by pointing a figer to the middle skull. She must have been really desperate because she followed his instruction without arguing. She was so exhausted she could barely conjure a spell to destroy the thing. Their escape team was made of a half dead fairy, a powerless dark mage and a bunch of annoying Pixies who couldn't fly, escaping this hell wasn't going to be easy, he could tell.

A few minutes later, they were running down corridors looking for a way out, Darkell and Layla were each carrying three pixies. Unfortunately for him he had the talkative one perched on his shoulder.

" I feel so drained, I can barely speak anymore , that reminds me did you know ... "

"Now is not the time, blondie. One more word out of you and I'll feed you to those beasts. They look pretty hungry." He warned her.

It seemed that his threat worked because except for a small mumbled "You're a monster..." she stayed quiet the whole time. They ran as fast as they could. They charged into a room hoping it would lead them to an exit. However they only ended up being ambushed by a lot of ugly looking creatures. They were able in extremis to avoid some of their attacks. But their luck wouldn't last long. So he made a last minute decision that a year or two ago would have never crossed his mind. It was all Flora's fault she turned him into a big softie.

He grabbed the three pixies in his arms and threw them in Layla's direction.

" Catch!" he shouted to her.

"What are you doing!?" She yelled, shocked, while catching her friends' before they'd hit the ground.

" I'll distract them while you get out. " He explained quickly to her while avoiding a spit attack from a nearby creature.

" Are you crazy?!" she yelled back.

" Probably, now go. When you're out of here go tell the people of Alfea where I am. Oh and if you see a girl named Flora please tell her I'm fine and, to not worry. "

Layla hesitated a bit before running out. The young man was doing a good job in distracting those things. Because now he was surrounded and she could see an opening. So she ran and promised to herself that she would get help later for him. People were probably looking for him, she needed to tell them where he was. She had to find that Flora girl for him.