Caught in the Shadow of Draconians: Ch. 4
Defeat...?
This is the forth chapter in this series. After this one..I'm gonna start running out of ideas...I hope I don't...this might be the last chapter. .
Dilly: Am I-
Me: YES! Stop asking!
Dilly: I'm just making sure. sheesh!
"Malerna..help her...please..she's getting weaker...." Van pleaded as the woman stepped into the bedroom.
"I'll try my best..what's wrong with her?" Malerna questioned, feeling Hitomi's forehead.
Van looked up desperately, "That's what we wanted you to tell us!" He shook Hitomi. "Oh...wake up!"
Malerna stopped Van, telling him it could make Hitomi worse. She carefully examined the girl.
Everyone left the room so that Malerna could have more space. Merle kept Van company while they waited.
"Van...it's gonna be alright. I know it will..." She looked hopefully into his eyes.
Fannel smiled weakly at the cat-girl. "I know Merle..it's just, Hitomi isn't usually like this..." He looked over the ocean. "And for once, I feel that something is wrong with Allen. But I refuse to help him. He shouldn't have followed." He looked down with frustration.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~the floating fortress~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Allen, Allen, Allen....hmmm....what to do with you?" Dilly paced back and forth in front of the bars holding back the father of Prince Shide.
Allen didn't repond, he just looked at Dilly with anger. "I will not do anything at all! Keep me here untill I die, I don't care!" He retorted.
"Ahhh...now that's where you're wrong. I was thinking of making you join the Ziboc army. Heh-heh...hahaha...MUAHAHAHAHAHA!" He laughed insanely.
Allen froze in horror and disgust. "Absolutely not!"
"Why not pretty-boy? Too afraid to turn against...Hitomi? Well, Van can't save you! He was BURNED! MOERO!!!!!" Dilly spoke with a psycho-pathic voice.
"Hitomi.." Allen muttered. "She's the one who got me in here....why..? I know why....she betrayed me...she never loved me..." He couldn't take it. "WHYYY!!??" He shouted out loud.
Dilly just laughed insanely in the background while Allen kept sreaming, 'Why?!'.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Malerna's castle~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Malerna stepped out of Hitomi's room. She looked relieved.
Van stepped forward at once. "Well?" He asked, a quivering Merle by his side.
"She's gonna be alright...but she won't recover...unless...." Malerna looked over the ocean.
"Allen! You mean..she LOVES ALLEN!!!" Van yelled.
"No, not at all...she told me she loves you with all her heart, but you and Allen must be in her room, and you guys have to work things out.....your hatred with each other has made her weak..." Malerna looked back to Van.
Van's jaw dropped. "WHAT!" He looked over the ocean again, feeling worse than ever. But something in him told him that it was the best thing to do...especially for Hitomi.
"Good bai Lord Van! Please come back soon!" Merle waved, as she jumped up and down from the dock.
Van waved back then looked back ahead of him as the sun met with the ocean. He flew for a while before realising that Folken's floating fortress was hidden. Van made an anime style sigh and steadied the dragon. He closed his eyes and saw the pendant; swaying slowly at first, then picking up speed and finally stopping. "There!" He cried out and he made the dragon take a sharp turn until it was almost facing the way they came. After twenty minutes or so, he began to see the hardly-visible outline of the floating fortress.
"Lord Dillandau! The Dragon-boy is coming! He's heading straight for us!" The officer exclaimed.
Dilly whirled around to face the giant glass windows and saw Van in the distance, steadily getting closer. "What!? How could he be alive after my flamethrower?! MOERO!!!" He cried out insanely.
"Not now my Lord, first we must find some way to attack him. He's got the Escalfowne!" The officer said agressively.
Dilly faced the captain and nodded. "Yes. How is Lord Folken doing?" He asked.
"He's well and walking-"
"Dillandau! Quick! Get into your Guymeleif!" Folken came into the giant room with a bandage around his head. "Hitomi is more dangerous than I suspected..." He shuddered, remembering his humiliating accident.
"Where's Allen!" Van cried as his dragon cam within 50 meters of the fortress.
The red Guymeleif flew in front of him and he halted. He made the dragon manuver in a way so that the tail hit Dilly. The insane man screamed as Van continued to fly to the floating fortress. Suddenly, metal spokes cm flying at him from thin air.
"The invisible army of Ziboc!" Van said as he pulled the dragon to stop. He then had an idea. He closed his eyes and saw where the army was. He made the dragon fly until it was directly over them, avoiding their attacks. He transformed into the Escaflowne, and, since it can't fly, it fell and landed on the heads of two Guymeleifs. He managed to balance himself on the Guymeleifs and kill the rest. He finally stabbed his sword into the heads of the Guymeleifs he was standing on. When they exploaded, he transformed back into the dragon and flew it right through the giant windows, making glass shards fly into the faces of all those who stood inside.
Folken used his cape to block himself. When he brought it back down, the Escaflowne towered in front of him.
"Brother! Where is your captive, Allen!?" He called down.
Folken just smirked and let his black wings burst from his back. He flew up to meet Van's face. "Why should I tell you? You can't kill me, and you know it..." He grined pridefully.
"That maybe so," Van brought the sword up to Folken. "But I can still-" He brought the sword downwards in a slash and in the next instant, Folken was on the floor, gropping where his only other arm used to be.
"DAMN YOU!" Folken sputtered.
"Now, tell me unless you want to lose another limb!" Van held the sword on top of his brother's leg.
"Okay, okay...go through that corridor." Folken pointed with his foot.
Van transformed the Escaflowne into the dragon. He soared down a swirling staircase and eventually reached the many dungeons below. The guards we alert at once, but when they saw Van, they screamed and ran.
"Hahahaha! That's right you baka people! Run! Flee!" Van shouted after them. He then turned to see Allen, who was staring at Van as if he was hallucinating.
"Van? Y-you came? To rescue me?" Allen stammered.
Van looked down, "Not really...it was only because of Hitomi's wishes.."
Allen stared Van straight in the face, "You mean..she loves me? She wants me back? To love her?" He looked hopeful.
Fannel snickered, "Oh, yeah, sure.." He then burst out in fits of laughter. "Of course not baka! She only wants us to work things out, and fix our hatred-"
"That's good enough for me!" Allen ran out when Van used his sword to break the lock. He hopped on behind Van.
Van took off, leaving the floating fortress.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Malerna's Castle~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Hitomi turned her head slightly when Merle pooped her head inside. "Oh... hi Merle.." She spoke softly.
"Hitomi! They're coming back! Van and Allen! They're back!" She screamed, jumping around in a hyper-active fit.
Malerna ran to Hitomi's room, "Merle! Did you see them! They're already back!" She excitedly hugged the cat-girl.
"Let me go!" Merle pleaded and she finally scratched the princess across her face.
"Oww! Baka!" Malerna stomped off with red marks all over her face mumbling, "Now what will Allen think of me?"
"Ooooo....Malerna and Allen, sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G, first comes-" Merle began to sing.
"That's it!" Malerna swiveled around and began chasing Merle, only to trip over her dress.
Merle stuck her tongue out and wagged her tail in Malerna's face before returning to Hitomi's side. "C'mon! I'll help you up!" She aided Hitomi to sit.
"Thanks Merle...but why are you so nice to me now?" Kanzaki looked into Merle's eyes.
The cat-girl blushed, "I felt sorry for you and for all the things I did...but you should be happy for me to be so nice! You want me to be mean?"
"I guess I just miss the old Merle...exept for when you choked me.." Hitomi was serious.
They carefully walked out of the room and to the docks. There, in the distance, was Van and Allen, riding the dragon, both waving to Hitomi.
"Lord Van!" Merle giggled, "You're back!"
"Van, I love you! Thank you!" When Hitomi said this, Allen stopped waving. She almost fell again, but was supported by Merle.
"Hey Van! Missed me?" Dilly's voice cut through the air when his red Guymeleif appeared in front of them.
"Grr....not again!" Van flew the dragon past Dilly and Allen jumped off, landing on the deck beside Hitomi. "Keep guard of her!" Van shouted to Allen.
"I will!" Allen replied as he took Hitomi's arm and led her and Merle off the dock. This was when the Escaflowne landed right on the dock.
Allen left Hitomi and ran to his battle suit thingy. (I forget what it's called .) He hopped in and marched it in front of Hitomi.
"MOERO!! Muahahaha!" Dilly cried as he landed on the deck and charged at Van.
"Crash and Burn!" Merle shouted out, thinking of Savage Garden.
"Merle!" Hitomi wapped the cat-girl. "What's with you and singing, huh?"
But Merle's cry had distracted Dilly and both Van, with Allen, charged and attacked him. Dilly wasn't prepared and was knocked into the ocean. A single flame managed to surface the water, followed by a mass of bubbles. Everyone waited anxiously for Dilly to re-surface, but he didn't. Van brought down his sword and stared into the ocean, but it remained peaceful.
"Is it over?" Merle asked Hitomi.
Hitomi just looked out to the ocean where Dilly had fallen. "I don't know Merle...I don't know..."
Defeat...?
This is the forth chapter in this series. After this one..I'm gonna start running out of ideas...I hope I don't...this might be the last chapter. .
Dilly: Am I-
Me: YES! Stop asking!
Dilly: I'm just making sure. sheesh!
"Malerna..help her...please..she's getting weaker...." Van pleaded as the woman stepped into the bedroom.
"I'll try my best..what's wrong with her?" Malerna questioned, feeling Hitomi's forehead.
Van looked up desperately, "That's what we wanted you to tell us!" He shook Hitomi. "Oh...wake up!"
Malerna stopped Van, telling him it could make Hitomi worse. She carefully examined the girl.
Everyone left the room so that Malerna could have more space. Merle kept Van company while they waited.
"Van...it's gonna be alright. I know it will..." She looked hopefully into his eyes.
Fannel smiled weakly at the cat-girl. "I know Merle..it's just, Hitomi isn't usually like this..." He looked over the ocean. "And for once, I feel that something is wrong with Allen. But I refuse to help him. He shouldn't have followed." He looked down with frustration.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~the floating fortress~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Allen, Allen, Allen....hmmm....what to do with you?" Dilly paced back and forth in front of the bars holding back the father of Prince Shide.
Allen didn't repond, he just looked at Dilly with anger. "I will not do anything at all! Keep me here untill I die, I don't care!" He retorted.
"Ahhh...now that's where you're wrong. I was thinking of making you join the Ziboc army. Heh-heh...hahaha...MUAHAHAHAHAHA!" He laughed insanely.
Allen froze in horror and disgust. "Absolutely not!"
"Why not pretty-boy? Too afraid to turn against...Hitomi? Well, Van can't save you! He was BURNED! MOERO!!!!!" Dilly spoke with a psycho-pathic voice.
"Hitomi.." Allen muttered. "She's the one who got me in here....why..? I know why....she betrayed me...she never loved me..." He couldn't take it. "WHYYY!!??" He shouted out loud.
Dilly just laughed insanely in the background while Allen kept sreaming, 'Why?!'.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Malerna's castle~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Malerna stepped out of Hitomi's room. She looked relieved.
Van stepped forward at once. "Well?" He asked, a quivering Merle by his side.
"She's gonna be alright...but she won't recover...unless...." Malerna looked over the ocean.
"Allen! You mean..she LOVES ALLEN!!!" Van yelled.
"No, not at all...she told me she loves you with all her heart, but you and Allen must be in her room, and you guys have to work things out.....your hatred with each other has made her weak..." Malerna looked back to Van.
Van's jaw dropped. "WHAT!" He looked over the ocean again, feeling worse than ever. But something in him told him that it was the best thing to do...especially for Hitomi.
"Good bai Lord Van! Please come back soon!" Merle waved, as she jumped up and down from the dock.
Van waved back then looked back ahead of him as the sun met with the ocean. He flew for a while before realising that Folken's floating fortress was hidden. Van made an anime style sigh and steadied the dragon. He closed his eyes and saw the pendant; swaying slowly at first, then picking up speed and finally stopping. "There!" He cried out and he made the dragon take a sharp turn until it was almost facing the way they came. After twenty minutes or so, he began to see the hardly-visible outline of the floating fortress.
"Lord Dillandau! The Dragon-boy is coming! He's heading straight for us!" The officer exclaimed.
Dilly whirled around to face the giant glass windows and saw Van in the distance, steadily getting closer. "What!? How could he be alive after my flamethrower?! MOERO!!!" He cried out insanely.
"Not now my Lord, first we must find some way to attack him. He's got the Escalfowne!" The officer said agressively.
Dilly faced the captain and nodded. "Yes. How is Lord Folken doing?" He asked.
"He's well and walking-"
"Dillandau! Quick! Get into your Guymeleif!" Folken came into the giant room with a bandage around his head. "Hitomi is more dangerous than I suspected..." He shuddered, remembering his humiliating accident.
"Where's Allen!" Van cried as his dragon cam within 50 meters of the fortress.
The red Guymeleif flew in front of him and he halted. He made the dragon manuver in a way so that the tail hit Dilly. The insane man screamed as Van continued to fly to the floating fortress. Suddenly, metal spokes cm flying at him from thin air.
"The invisible army of Ziboc!" Van said as he pulled the dragon to stop. He then had an idea. He closed his eyes and saw where the army was. He made the dragon fly until it was directly over them, avoiding their attacks. He transformed into the Escaflowne, and, since it can't fly, it fell and landed on the heads of two Guymeleifs. He managed to balance himself on the Guymeleifs and kill the rest. He finally stabbed his sword into the heads of the Guymeleifs he was standing on. When they exploaded, he transformed back into the dragon and flew it right through the giant windows, making glass shards fly into the faces of all those who stood inside.
Folken used his cape to block himself. When he brought it back down, the Escaflowne towered in front of him.
"Brother! Where is your captive, Allen!?" He called down.
Folken just smirked and let his black wings burst from his back. He flew up to meet Van's face. "Why should I tell you? You can't kill me, and you know it..." He grined pridefully.
"That maybe so," Van brought the sword up to Folken. "But I can still-" He brought the sword downwards in a slash and in the next instant, Folken was on the floor, gropping where his only other arm used to be.
"DAMN YOU!" Folken sputtered.
"Now, tell me unless you want to lose another limb!" Van held the sword on top of his brother's leg.
"Okay, okay...go through that corridor." Folken pointed with his foot.
Van transformed the Escaflowne into the dragon. He soared down a swirling staircase and eventually reached the many dungeons below. The guards we alert at once, but when they saw Van, they screamed and ran.
"Hahahaha! That's right you baka people! Run! Flee!" Van shouted after them. He then turned to see Allen, who was staring at Van as if he was hallucinating.
"Van? Y-you came? To rescue me?" Allen stammered.
Van looked down, "Not really...it was only because of Hitomi's wishes.."
Allen stared Van straight in the face, "You mean..she loves me? She wants me back? To love her?" He looked hopeful.
Fannel snickered, "Oh, yeah, sure.." He then burst out in fits of laughter. "Of course not baka! She only wants us to work things out, and fix our hatred-"
"That's good enough for me!" Allen ran out when Van used his sword to break the lock. He hopped on behind Van.
Van took off, leaving the floating fortress.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Malerna's Castle~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Hitomi turned her head slightly when Merle pooped her head inside. "Oh... hi Merle.." She spoke softly.
"Hitomi! They're coming back! Van and Allen! They're back!" She screamed, jumping around in a hyper-active fit.
Malerna ran to Hitomi's room, "Merle! Did you see them! They're already back!" She excitedly hugged the cat-girl.
"Let me go!" Merle pleaded and she finally scratched the princess across her face.
"Oww! Baka!" Malerna stomped off with red marks all over her face mumbling, "Now what will Allen think of me?"
"Ooooo....Malerna and Allen, sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G, first comes-" Merle began to sing.
"That's it!" Malerna swiveled around and began chasing Merle, only to trip over her dress.
Merle stuck her tongue out and wagged her tail in Malerna's face before returning to Hitomi's side. "C'mon! I'll help you up!" She aided Hitomi to sit.
"Thanks Merle...but why are you so nice to me now?" Kanzaki looked into Merle's eyes.
The cat-girl blushed, "I felt sorry for you and for all the things I did...but you should be happy for me to be so nice! You want me to be mean?"
"I guess I just miss the old Merle...exept for when you choked me.." Hitomi was serious.
They carefully walked out of the room and to the docks. There, in the distance, was Van and Allen, riding the dragon, both waving to Hitomi.
"Lord Van!" Merle giggled, "You're back!"
"Van, I love you! Thank you!" When Hitomi said this, Allen stopped waving. She almost fell again, but was supported by Merle.
"Hey Van! Missed me?" Dilly's voice cut through the air when his red Guymeleif appeared in front of them.
"Grr....not again!" Van flew the dragon past Dilly and Allen jumped off, landing on the deck beside Hitomi. "Keep guard of her!" Van shouted to Allen.
"I will!" Allen replied as he took Hitomi's arm and led her and Merle off the dock. This was when the Escaflowne landed right on the dock.
Allen left Hitomi and ran to his battle suit thingy. (I forget what it's called .) He hopped in and marched it in front of Hitomi.
"MOERO!! Muahahaha!" Dilly cried as he landed on the deck and charged at Van.
"Crash and Burn!" Merle shouted out, thinking of Savage Garden.
"Merle!" Hitomi wapped the cat-girl. "What's with you and singing, huh?"
But Merle's cry had distracted Dilly and both Van, with Allen, charged and attacked him. Dilly wasn't prepared and was knocked into the ocean. A single flame managed to surface the water, followed by a mass of bubbles. Everyone waited anxiously for Dilly to re-surface, but he didn't. Van brought down his sword and stared into the ocean, but it remained peaceful.
"Is it over?" Merle asked Hitomi.
Hitomi just looked out to the ocean where Dilly had fallen. "I don't know Merle...I don't know..."