Hey there! This is the second part to "When Magic Won't Heal You." I'm sorry if I'm not getting to the point very quickly but that's just the way I've decided to write it. I know the ending in my mind already, but I can't say more, I'm not going to write a spoiler to my own story!!! Hope ya enjoy!
When Magic Won't Heal You: More Trouble Arises
80 bowls of food later, Lina looked at Gourry, patting her stomach, wondering how he could have packed away so much food in his condition. I wonder if all the food in his stomach is going to cause his wounds to reopen, she thought, but he just sat in the bed, bowls stacked around his body.
"Do you feel any better now?" Lina asked wondering what condition her friend was in.
"I feel much better! Thank you for the food!"
"You think I paid for that?! I guess after traveling with each other for so long you would have figured me out by now! I took the money from your pocket!"
Gourry almost fell out of the bed. "You stole my money?!"
"STOLE? I don't think so you ate some of the food yourself! It's not considered stealing if you had some yourself! So I guess I better be thanking you for the food!" Lina laughed.
"Your welcome," Gourry grumbled, not really angry with Lina. "But just one question."
Lina scratched the back of her head, "What is it?"
He pulled the sheet from his wound and pointed to the bandages covering it. "What happened?"
The whole Inn shook by Lina's angry outburst. "YOU DON'T REMEMBER?!"
Gourry grinned innocently and pulled the sheet up, covering his whole body. "Should I?"
"You got attacked by a troll," Lina said as she placed her hand on top of her temple. "You are so simple minded."
"Oh yeah, that's right. I got attacked by that troll that sort of looked like you, and then… uhhh…. You tried to heal me but you couldn't…."
"Yeah that's right," Lina muttered under her breath, face towards the ground. I couldn't heal you. Why? WHY?! I just don't understand!
"I'm going to go out for a while," Lina smiled at Gourry, trying to hide the hurt that filled her chest. Each breath became more and more painful.
"Lina…did I?" Gourry asked curiously as Lina began to open the door.
"Don't worry about it," she cut if off as she stood in the doorway. "I just want to get out for a little while and besides you need your rest. I'll be…AHHHHH!"
A dark figure swooped down and held Lina's mouth, preventing her from casting a spell. The unknown figure was dressed in a midnight black cape and he lifted his dark green eyes from under his hood and glared at Gourry.
"If you ever want to see this girl again, you must go to Rezo's mansion in Sairaag. If you do not show up in three sunsets I will assume you are not coming and kill her!"
With his hand still placed around Lina's mouth, he gently shook his face free of the hood and slowly trailed the middle of her neck to her cheek with his tongue. Lina's muffled screams of disgust rang in Gourry's ear.
Frozen with anger, Gourry heart raced in his chest, but he was not able to move. The two figures in front if him vanished right in front of his eyes. All that was left of Lina was the echo of her muted screams.
"Shit!" Gourry cried out between clenched teeth as he gripped the sheets of the bed. He lowered his head mournfully, ashamed he was not able to help Lina. But when the man came out of nowhere and grabbed Lina, I could not feel my heart anymore! And when he licked her like that, Gourry shivered, I was so angry I couldn't even move!
He lifted his head painfully as his long blonde hair fell in his tear filled eyes. "I will bring you back, Lina. I swear I will bring you back!"
He stood up quickly, searching for his armor, not noticing the bandages covering the wounds turning more and more crimson by the minute. When he was fully dressed he headed for the door.
He put his hand on the Sword of Light, revenge in his mind. "I must go to Rezo's mansion in Sairaag."
He opened the door. "I know where Sairaag is…but who is Rezo?" He shut the door quickly, holding it shut with his body. "I have to remember for Lina's sake!!!"
Quietly he sat in the corner of the room, with his knees crossed, and pondered Rezo's name over and over again in his mind trying to remember.
"Miss Lina I do hope you find this comfortable," the unknown man whispered as he finished locking the chains around Lina's petit legs. She was in Rezo's mansion. But why here of all places? Lina wondered to herself. She was in a huge bedroom, with gigantic curtains and large tapestries hanging from the wall. The bed was large enough to find 20 Gourry's on it. At least a hundred black candles were lit giving the room an eerie glow.
In the middle of the colossal room sat Lina strapped to a small wooden chair, hands and feet bound to it.
The man stood up before Lina and removed his cape. He was dressed in regular armor, and he was very tall. He had purple hair in a style similar style to Rezo's. Lina might of actually mistaken the man to be Rezo, except for his emerald green eyes.
"Miss Lina, I hope you are very comfortable, because this shall be your resting place!"
"Gourry will come for me!" Lina shouted back at the creepy man.
"Yes, I'm counting on it."
"Who are you?" she asked curiously.
"Who am I, yes, I have been asked that quite a few times. Unfortunately my name is not as well known as my brother Rezo's is."
"You're the Red Priest's…"
"Yes! I am Seki, the Red Priest's brother!"
"Why are you doing this?!"
"Why you ask? How absurd! Are you, the one who killed Rezo, one to ask why his brother would kidnap you?"
"Yeah, but why evolve Gourry this way?" Lina asked, not wanting Gourry to get hurt anymore than he already was.
"He has something I want."
"Like what?"
"If I told you the whole plot of the story this would be no fun now would it?" Seki asked trying to keep the reader on the edge of their seats.
"I guess you're right."
"I always am."
Seki stood in front of Lina's chair and placed his hands on top of Lina's own. He leaned close to her face, staring deep into her flame colored eyes. He gently brushed her orange bangs out of her face, and caressed her cheek with his index finger.
"Such a waste, I pretty young girl like yourself," he muttered as he stroked her face. She closed her eyes and pressed her face on the side of the chair, trying to get out of the mysterious man's reach. Casting spell with her hands tied to the arms of the chair was practically impossible. But she had to try something.
"BARRIER!" she yelled with all her might. A golden bubble enclosed her and a small area around the chair and quickly disappeared. Seki was knocked out the barrier she had formed.
"Tricky little witch," he muttered, green eyes burning. "But what else could I expect from the girl that killed my brother? I could remove that barrier anytime I want, but for being as powerful as you are, I will allow it to remain."
"I promise you I won't go down without a fight." Lina glared at him from within her invisible bubble. "And you will maintain your distance."
"Yes, anything the great sorceress Lina Inverse would like." He bowed down before her and exited the room quietly.
Gourry still sat in the corner, punching himself in the head. Each time he would hit himself he would say "For Lina".
He sat amidst
all of his thoughts, trying to place the name "Rezo". Rezo soup? No. Rezo King? No. McRezo? No. Rezo the Great? No. Rezo the… ALMOST THERE! Rezo the Red
Priest?
"Yes!" Gourry jumped up in excitement. "Me and Lina defeated him before! We defeated a copy of him too, in Sairaag! Now I know what to do!"
He walked to the door and slammed it shut behind him, "Wait for me, Lina!" he whispered as he prepared for his journey to Sairaag.
Well I hope you're beginning to see a plot form. I hope you like the plot too! There's more to come your way soon so look forward to it! I hope you write a review so that I know what I'm doing right and wrong, even though I hope I'm doing things more right than I am wrong! Oh well, tell me! Until next time!
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