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THE SLAYERS
Zelgadiss walks to the door and opens the door walks half
way through and looks back at Amelia who is trying to soothe the very confused
Lina.
Zelgadiss: - Lina you where always so spunky and never anxious of anything, like a little wild cat with fire in your soul, but now your so afraid but why? -
Amelia: Lina, are you scared?
Lina: *says nothing but nods her head*
Amelia: You know that you don't have to be scared, but that it's okay if you are.
Lina: *nods her head again* I only wish that my sister could by here.
Amelia: I'm sure that she'll come.
Lina: But what if she's still mad at me?
Amelia: I'm sure that she's not mad any more and that she's forgotten all about whatever she was mad about.
Lina: I guess so.
Amelia: Come on now Lina cheer up today is very important.
In another room in the same building three men where talking.
Zelgadiss: Lina is really nervous.
Gourry: Well wouldn't you be?
Zelgadiss: Gourry she's more then just a little nervous she's scared.
Xellos: Lina Inverse is nervous and scared? *He was not convinced*
Zelgadiss: She's a wreck!
Gourry: Lina Inverse is never scared… well there was that time when she was afraid that the Giga slave would spin out of control which it did kind of I mean if I hadn't gone after her into the Lord of nightmares sea of chaos… *he trailed off as deep in thought that a person like Gourry can be*
Xellos: You see other then the Giga slave spell Lina is never worried about anything.
Zelgadiss: Never the less Lina is afraid.
Xellos: That is just not
possible.
Meanwhile back in the room with Lina and Amelia.
Amelia: Lina next week is the day and we still have so much to!
Lina: I know Amelia I know.
Amelia: Lina It's past midnight why don't we all get some
sleep?
Lina lies back in her bed in the room in the palace that was set up just for her.
Lina: I guess so okay goodnight Amelia.
Amelia walked over to the door opened it and looked back at the almost sleeping form of Lina Inverse.
Amelia: Goodnight Lina.
And with that walked out of the room and shut the door quietly behind her.
Amelia walked down the palace
hall to the room were all of the guys were talking.
On the other side of, the door in the room with all the guys and Amelia.
Gourry: Is what Zelgadiss says true Amelia?
Xellos: It can't be.
Amelia and Zelgadiss both had grim looks on their faces.
Amelia: I'm sorry Gourry, Xellos but Zelgadiss was and is
telling the truth.
Gourry: What do you mean Amelia?
Zelgadiss: Gourry I don't expect you to know because she and Amelia have been off planning this and we've been planning with you so you haven't seen her much.
Amelia: That's right and Xellos wouldn't know because he's
been gone off and on over the past two weeks.
Zelgadiss: But the fact is that over that amount of time she has changed.
Xellos: What do you mean?
Amelia: Well… you know how she's always laughing or trying to make money or fire balling someone when she's mad?
Gourry: Yeah.
Zelgadiss: Well she hasn't laughed or screamed or even fire balled anyone in a week and a half.
Gourry: This is serious.
Amelia: There's more…
Xellos: What Amelia come on spill it.
Amelia: Well Lina's kind of I don't know sad and distant with both me and Zelgadiss she's very quiet and just sits there and nods her head or say's "Which ever you like better is fine with me".
Xellos: Your right this does sound serious and not like Lina at all.
Gourry: I know I'll go to her room and have a talk with her to see what the matter is.
Zelgadiss: No Gourry I don't think that's a good plan right now.
Xellos: Zelgadiss is right Gourry you stay here and I'll go see what's wrong with Lina.
Amelia: Oh no you don't not when I just got her to go to
sleep oh that's another thing she doesn't seem to want to sleep in fact last
night I almost had to cast a sleep spell on her.
The group left the room and closed the door as the were each walking down to their respected rooms Amelia who had to walk by Lina's room anyway decided to check to make sure that her friend was sleeping. She walked over to Lina's door opened it and looked in there was Lina, tossing and turning almost cocooned in her blankets when she started to scream.
Lina: NO… NO I WONT LET YOU…NOOO… YOU CAN'T…NOOO…AHHHHHH!
Amelia turned and ran down the hallway toward her friends.
Amelia: Zelgadiss, Gourry, Xellos hurry some things wrong with Lina.
Amelia turned around and ran with the group to Lina's
room.
Lina: AHHHH… NO, NOOO YOU CAN'T…AHHHH… NO AMELIA, GOURRY,
ZELGADISS… NO NOT XELLOS…NO, NO, NOOOOO!
Lina was soaked in a cold sweat and still twisting and turning.
Gourry: Amelia do something.
Amelia looked franticly down at Lina.
Amelia: *gasp* somebody quick get some cold water and a cloth she's burning up with fever hurry.
Zelgadiss with his chimera speed dashes out of the room
and comes back a few minutes later with a large bowl of cold water and a face
cloth.
Gourry: Amelia isn't there anything else you can do for her…some spell or potion just some thing?
Amelia: No not unless I find out what's made her so sick.
Gourry: So your saying that all we can do is sit here and watch her get worse?
Zelgadiss: Gourry back off It's not Amelia's fault that Lina's sick.
Xellos: But she said that she couldn't help.
Amelia: I said that unless I find out what made her sick I
can't help.
Gourry: Why do you need to know what made her sick.
Amelia: If I do a healing spell it needs to be specific other wise I could cure her for some thing that wasn't wrong and leave what is to fester.
Zelgadiss: I think it could have been some thing that she ate or had an allergic reaction to everyone look around the room.
Every one except Amelia got up and looked around Xellos saw
it first.
Xellos: *picks up the bottle* Amelia is this what were looking for *he held up the vial*.
Amelia: It could be Xellos give it to me please *Xellos hands her the bottle she looks at it, opens the bottle and sniffs it* Xellos where did you find this?
Xellos: I found it over there by the open window.
Gourry: *leaps up and runs to the window and looks out it just in time to see someone running out from the ledge right under Lina's room* Hey you stop!
Amelia: Guards hurry!
Gourry jumped out the window drew the sword of light and
quickly got the mysterious person.
Zelgadiss: *got between Gourry's fist and the captive* Gourry no!
Gourry: Zelgadiss *snarls Gourry* why did you stop me?
Zelgadiss: I stopped you because if he can't talk he can't tell us what he did to Lina.
Gourry: *still mad but more under control* Yes I see your point.
Zelgadiss: good *looks around* now where are those
guards.
Two middle-aged guards come running and look very surprised to see the captive who was lying on the ground between Gourry and Zelgadiss.
Guard #1: What is it sir?
Guard #2: Who's that?
Zelgadiss: Didn't you hear The Princess calling you?
Guard #2: Sir no one called any of the Royal Guard.
Gourry: But Amelia called you we where all in the same room when she did.
Guard #1: I'm sorry sir but no one heard such a call.
Gourry is about to say something but is cut off by Zelgadiss.
Zelgadiss: We'll figure it out later right now you and you
*he points at the two guards* can take the prisoner to the dungeon and inform
us when he comes around Gourry and I would like to talk with him we need some
information from him.
Guard #1: What did he do sir?
Gourry: He might have poisoned Lina.
Guard #2: Lina Inverse!
Guard #1: No John it's not impossible we rarely patrol by
her room.
Gourry: *coldly* I understand but please be more careful
about patrolling under all are rooms in the future more than ever her room and
Amelia's.
Guard #2: Yes sir in the future we shall do that.
Both guards pick up the prisoner and walk away heading in the direction of the dungeon.
Zelgadiss: Come on Gourry *grabs Gourry's arm* levitate.
As Zelgadiss and Gourry rise toward Lina's window Zelgadiss notices Amelia's lips moving but can't hear what she's saying and think that she's just mumbling to herself but knows something's wrong when he sees Lina's lips moving but can't hear anything. As he fly's through the window both he and Gourry could hear Lina Scream.
Lina: NO NOT THAT NOT…NO AHHHHHH *tears are squeezing out
her eyes* NOOOOOO!
Gourry rushes over to Lina's side and kneels.
Zelgadiss: *swears then turns to Amelia* A silence spell has been placed on this room it makes sense now.
Amelia: A silence spell?
Zelgadiss: That explains why the guards didn't hear you call Amelia and why Gourry and I couldn't hear Lina screaming when we where out side.
Xellos: You mean Lina could have been like this for weeks
and we would never have known… that's what really happened and we never even
know.
Amelia: well since my room is just past hers I thought that I'd check to make sure that she really was sleeping so I stuck my head in her room and heard her screaming and got you guys.
Zelgadiss: Gourry got him but the guy's out cold maybe you could wake him up Amelia.
Gourry: No he'll wake up soon, Xellos why don't you go wake him up?
Xellos: A good idea but I need Amelia to go with me so they'll let me in.
At that moment a member of the Royal Guard ran in panting.
Guard: Sirs and Ma'am the prisoner is awake *he looks at
Gourry and Zelgadiss* I've been looking for you for almost twenty minutes you
should have told us that you would by in Miss Inverse's room.
Amelia: I would like to speak to the prisoner but I'm afraid to leave this room… Xellos go to the cell with the guard and then teleport the prisoner back here.
Xellos: A very good idea I'll do it *he walks back with the guard*
Gourry walked out of the room and came back a minute latter with a rope and chair.
Zelgadiss: What's that for Gourry?
Gourry: Just in case he tries to attack Lina again.
Lina: NO L~SAMMA NO NOT HIM DON'T TAKE HIM… AHHH NO, NOOO!
Xellos pops back in with the prisoner Gourry motioned to
the chair.
Assassin: Let me go.
Gourry: Then why were you running from the ledge right under this room?
Assassin: ….
Lina: NOOO AHHHH…I CAN'T AHH!
The Assassin jumps a foot in the air and cranes his neck to see Lina.
Zelgadiss: Who are you?
Assassin: Jack.
Zelgadiss: *holds up the half empty bottle* what was in this?
Jack: Therica.
Zelgadiss: Did you give any of this to Lina?
Jack: kind of.
Gourry: Kind of what do you mean kind of?
Jack: She didn't take it willingly so I gave it to her while she slept then put a silence spell on the room.
Xellos: You drugged her in her sleep how long has this been happening?
Jack: two weeks.
Gourry: What happened to her?
Jack: I don't know I'm just the assassin.
Xellos: Drop the façade Jackal I know that you're a high-level monster race hit man who are you working for?
Jackal: Ah you must be Xellos tell me how's your master 'The Greater Beast Xelas' doing?
Xellos: Lina Inverse is under the protection of my master; on who's orders have you done this?
Jackal: I can't tell you.
Gourry: *gets up from kneeling beside Lina and comes to face the Jackal* Oh you'll tells us any way possible *draws the sword of light* Light come forth *the blade of light comes out of the handle* even if I have to shred you first!
Amelia: *shocked by his statement* Gourry!!!
Jackal: You wouldn't not with Lina Inverse screaming in pain!
Amelia: If it would save Lina then I would!
Xellos: *puts in earplugs* okay Amelia go.
Amelia: One last chance Jackal.
Jackal: No I refuse to talk and betray my master.
Amelia: Then you leave me no choice…Blue sky's shining
at me blue birds singing a song and I say life is wonderful yes I think life is
wonderful.
Jackal: No stop, stop I'll talk I'll…tell you anything just stop!
Amelia: *stops sing* Good.
Xellos: *who realized that Amelia has stopped singing removes his earplugs* Now who are you working for Jackal?
Jackal: Dynast I'm working for Dynast.
Xellos: What does he want with Lina Inverse?
Jackal: I don't know
Xellos: Tell me what he wants with her.
Jackal: I told you I don't know.
Amelia: Xellos put your earplugs back in.
Xellos puts the earplugs back in his ears.
Jackal: No please don't sing again.
Amelia: Then tell me what Dynast wants with Lina.
Jackal: I can't I don't know.
Zelgadiss: wrong answer.
Amelia: You are my sunshine my only sunshine you make my
happy when skies are gray.
Jackal: *screams* I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know
Xellos: *has taken out the earplugs again* Then tell us what you do know.
Jackal: I was only told to give her the Therica over a period of time.
Xellos: How much did you give her?
Jackal: One teaspoon a night over two weeks.
Zelgadiss: why?
Jackal: I don't know
Gourry: What does Therica do?
Jackal: I don't know.
Xellos: He doesn't know any more then that.
Jackal: NOOOOOOO!!!!!
Xellos: Yes master Xelas would like to know why you would
be this stupid.
With the assassin and Xellos gone Amelia and Zelgadiss' attention turned back to Lina.
Amelia: She's still got a high fever but at least she's not screaming as much.
Amelia takes the now warm cloth off Lina's head walks over
to the bowl of cold water.
Amelia: I wonder what Therica does is it just a fever inducing drug or more?
Zelgadiss: knowing Dynast more.
Gourry: Once in a magic shop a long time ago but I don't know what it does.
Amelia: To bad, we'll just have to find out in an apothecary shop tomorrow.
Xellos pops back in with out the prisoner with a grim face.
Xellos: Bad news Jackal gave Lina two and a half teaspoons
of Therica.
Amelia: It's three: thirty in the morning Xellos why don't you guard the door to Lina's room if you don't need to sleep. Zelgadiss and Gourry you both need to get some sleep so go.
Zelgadiss I don't really need to sleep so I'll guard the door with Xellos.
Gourry: I'm not going. *flatly* I'm staying here to protect Lina.
Amelia: But Gourry your exhausted what help can you be when your falling over your feet.
Gourry: Your right Amelia *sigh* but I'd still like to stay here with Lina.
Amelia: *sigh* I suppose so but only for a little while
though.
Zelgadiss: *whispers to Amelia* good idea *to every one in the room* Come on Xellos let's go and guard the door.
Zelgadiss and Xellos left the room and stood on different sides of the door.
Gourry, and Amelia jumped.
Zelgadiss: What happened?
Gourry: *points at Lina* she screamed the words "no Dynast no"
Amelia: we have got to find out what Therica does.
Gourry: Lina *kneels down beside her* wake up please wake up tell me what's happening to you.
Amelia: *seeing how stressed out Gourry* Sleep.
Gourry immediately fell to the floor asleep with Lina's name still on his lips.
Amelia: Xellos can you and Zelgadiss carry Gourry to the bedroom across the hall please?
Xellos: sure.
He and Zelgadiss picked up the swordsman and carried him
out the door.
Gourry was the first to wake
up.
Xellos was the next to wake
up.
Amelia woke up slightly
disoriented for a second she thought that she was still in Lina's room.
Zelgadiss was the last to wake
up.
Not knowing anyone else was in the room Gourry who was still weeping knelt beside Lina and gently kissed her cheek.
Gourry: *softly* I love you Lina Inverse.
Amelia: Gourry are you okay?
Gourry: No Amelia I'm not why did you cast a sleeping spell on me?
Amelia: Oh Gourry I'm sorry but you were both physically and mentally exhausted if I hadn't you would have fallen over.
Gourry: I suppose your right.
Amelia: *walk over to Lina and put her hand on Lina's forehead* She still has a high fever *she looked worried*
Zelgadiss: We have to find out what Therica does so you can cure her.
Amelia: Right Gourry Come on lets go.
Gourry: But who will look after Lina.
Zelgadiss: -I can't believe I'm saying this- I'm sure
Xellos will take care of Lina while we're gone.
Xellos: Absolutely right I'll look after her while your gone.
Gourry's face fell at the mention of someone else looking after Lina.
Zelgadiss: *quickly* Gourry it's only ten or so minutes
she'll be fine.
Amelia: *picking up on Zelgadiss' train of thought* Besides Gourry the fresh air will do you good come on the sooner we leave the sooner we get back.
And with that Zelgadiss and Amelia dragged Gourry out of Lina's room and out of the palace.
Exterior the palace the small group walked down to the Apothecary. When they found it they walked into the store.
Shopkeeper: Hello what can I do for you folks?
Zelgadiss: A friend of ours has been drugged with a drug we've never heard of we were hoping that you could tell us the affects of the drug.
Shopkeeper: Well I can probably help you it is my job to
know these things.
Amelia: The drug was called Therica.
Shopkeeper: Therica that's illegal in Seyruun in fact it's been banned from three countries in colluding Zellphillia.
Gourry: Why's it banned?
Shopkeeper: It was created by Dynast himself.
Zelgadiss: What does it do?
Shopkeeper: When given to a sleeping person it rips there astral body out of their physical body and because it was created by Dynast, the astral body is still connected to the physical body but in such a way that it creates a kind of shadow body where Dynast is…
Amelia: *interrupts* Shadow body what does that mean?
Shopkeeper: A body that looks like a normal person but is
two or three shades lighter in color
Shopkeeper: It depends how much was your friend given?
Gourry: Two and a half tablespoons last night.
Shopkeeper: I've never heard of such a high dosage given
to anyone before!
Amelia: *sadly* is there a cure to Therica?
Shopkeeper: None that I know of, again I am so sorry.
Zelgadiss: Is there any way to get our friend out of Dynast's grasp?
Shopkeeper: Well…Do you have some thing of hers that's been hers for a while like a look of hair?
Amelia: *joyfully* we have a whole head of her hair!
Shopkeeper: *bursting Amelia's bubble* I'm sorry but that wont work.
Amelia: What?
Shopkeeper: Because its part of the shadow bodies now it just wouldn't work.
Zelgadiss: What if we found something?
Shopkeeper: I could give you a kind of finding potion
called Bokara.
Gourry: *flatly* we'll take it.
They buy the strange potion called Bokara and walk back to the palace in silence. They walk up the stairs and into Lina's room when finally Zelgadiss broke the silence.
Zelgadiss: *irritably* Gourry why did you buy that stuff we don't have anything to help us.
Xellos: What did Gourry buy?
Gourry: I bought a potion called Bokara that will if we have something of Lina's like her hair can help us get to where she is.
Zelgadiss: It doesn't do us any good we can't use the hair on her head now.
Gourry: I might have some thing that could work.
Xellos: What do you have?
Gourry: An idea that I need your help with Xellos.
Xellos: And what idea would that is Gourry?
Gourry: Well Lina has a sister right?
Amelia: *shocked* that's right I had forgotten.
Gourry: Xellos why don't you go to Zellphillia and get her.
Xellos: Good idea Gourry I'll go get her right now.
With that Xellos teleported out of
the room.
Xellos popped into Zellphillia just outside a restaurant
called 'Rosella'.
Xellos: Luna, Luna over here!
Luna finished waiting the table and walked over to where Xellos was standing.
Luna: Xellos what are you doing here?
Xellos: Luna something has happened and you need to come with me right away!
Luna: *worried* Okay coming just let my boss that I'm going to be away for a while.
Luna walked over to where her boss was standing.
Boss: What's the matter Luna?
Luna: There's been an emergency and I need to take some time off work for a little while okay?
Boss: Well you do have two weeks worth of vacation time saved up so go ahead I'll see you when you get back okay?
Luna: Okay and thanks Boss.
Luna walked away from her boss and over to Xellos.
Luna: Okay Xellos lets get out of here.
Xellos and Luna calmly walk out of 'Rosella' and into the street where they linked arms and then the 'The knight of Chiepied' and the 'Greater Beast' teleported back to Seyruun.
Back at the Seyruun palace Xellos and Luna had just
teleported back.
Luna: *looked around at the people in the room* Hello who are you and why was I brought here?
Amelia: Hi I'm Amelia Wil Tesla Seyruun and this is *points at Zelgadiss* Zelgadiss Graywords and that *points at Gourry* is Gourry Gabriev.
Luna: That's all well and good but why am I here?
Gourry: *softly* You Luna Inverse are here to help…
Lina: *voice slightly strained* AHHH…NOOO I WONT TELL YOU NOT EVER!!
Luna quickly spun around to see her sister Lina reaped up in blankets and sweating with fever.
Luna: Oh Chiepied!
Zelgadiss: She was given a powerful toxin called Therica.
Luna: Therica why does that sound like I've heard of it before?
Gourry: It's a poison made by Dynast.
Luna: Therica oh yes Dynast's special poison.
Xellos: She is but I don't follow her into her room and sleep in there with her.
Luna: You had better not.
Zelgadiss: Apparently he had an assassin put a silence spell on the room and gave her the poison while she was sleeping.
Luna: And how long did it happen tell me all of what you know?
Amelia: Well the assassin gave her the dose of one teaspoon a night over two weeks.
Luna: *interrupted* and you didn't notice the change that a drug like Therica can induce.
Amelia: No Xellos was on another assignment and the rest
of us just thought that she had jitters.
Luna: _Jitters Lina?
Zelgadiss walks over to Amelia and puts his arm around her.
Luna: Judging by what I know about Therica do you have anything to help us find her shadow body?
Gourry: Yes we bought a potion that with something of hers will transport us to her we need something of hers and thought that you might have something that would work.
Luna: I just might but first I need to take care of Lina *turns to group* can any of you do healing spells?
Amelia: I can.
Luna: Good then you can help me *turns to the guys* I need your help to.
Xellos: Doing what none of us can do any sort of healing magic.
Luna: Xellos don't be such a smart ass I need you guys to go get *pause looks at the blankets twisted around Lina* some cloths, sheets, blankets, and a bucket of warm water… oh and a large vat of ice cold water.
She proceeds to write it down like a customers order for
dinner.
Luna: Force of habit now gets going.
All three of the guys leave the room.
The Guys walk from room to room gathering the items on the list.
Zelgadiss: She's made us into her errand boys you know that?
Xellos: She's not only Lina's sister she's the 'Knight of Chiepied' and a friend of Xelas I would not cross her if I where you.
Gourry: It's not that bad you know it is for Lina you know.
They got almost everything except for the water, which they all agreed that Xellos would get after they gave the rest of the stuff to Luna and Amelia.
The boys walked back into Lina's room and put the stuff into a tidy pile on the floor.
Luna: Where's the water?
Xellos: I'll go get it right now *teleports out of the room and back in a few seconds with a large vat of icy water and a much smaller bucket of warm water*.
The boys waited patiently for their next task.
Luna: What?
Xellos: What should we do next Luna?
Luna: Leave *simply*
Gourry: But why?
Luna: Well maybe your not shy but if Lina ever finds out that you three stuck around while I stripped her down and washed the sweat and blood from her body…*she let the sentence hang*
Gourry, Zelgadiss, and Xellos thought about what Lina
would do if she ever found out that they had stayed they thought for two
seconds.
Gourry took one last look at Lina's crumpled and wilted
form sighed and walked out the door.
Luna: *seeing that Xellos wasn't leaving* Xellos get out.
Xellos: *softly* Luna I think I'll stay.
Luna: Xellos leave now or I'll tell Xelas *she threatened*
Xellos grumbled but left after his master's name was mentioned.
After Xellos had left Luna walked over and shut the door
after that she calmly picked up two cloths and set them into the warm water,
then brought both the buckets full of water over to where Lina was still
twisting and turning.
Amelia: Why did you ask for ice-cold water?
Luna: Don't you know?
Amelia: What about hot water?
Luna: Never use hot water on a blood stain it sets the blood only cold water will get it out.
Amelia: How did you learn that?
Luna: I lived with Lina Before she could fly she'd come in with scraped knees and bleed over everything.
Cautiously Luna began to peal back Lina's blanket cocoon
Amelia flinched when she saw all the bruises and the blood as Luna pealed.
And so it went for two minutes they just washed the sweat and blood off Lina's body which was no easy thing since her body flinched a way from the cloth when finally Amelia broke the silence.
Amelia: You said that you might have something of Lina's that we could use to find her what is it?
Luna: It's ring that I gave her for her first birthday she wore it on her finger until the day she left home.
Amelia: Oh I wonder why she did that?
Luna: To cut off any connection to her past most likely.
After they had washed off all of the blood the inspected
the various bruises scrapes and cuts on Lina's body.
Amelia: Oh gods! *She put her hands on Lina's wrists* Recovery!
For a second the raw skin started to close up and heal, but a second later the gashes opened and started bleeding as if they had never healed.
Amelia: Ahhhhh!
Luna: It didn't work and wont work until we heal her shadow self because that self is the one that has the wounds and if we don't heal those wound first these will just reopen.
Amelia: You mean we can't use are magic to help her heal?
Luna: I thought I just said that but yes until we get to her shadow body it's useless to even try to heal her with magic.
Luna took one of the sheets that the boys had brought, and began to rip it up into long strips.
Amelia: Luna what are you doing?
Luna: *still ripping the sheets* making bandages to put on the cut and the rope burns on her wrists.
Amelia: Oh okay. *Also begins to rip up the sheets*
After they had ripped up one of the sheets Luna and Amelia
stopped.
Amelia: What should we do now Luna?
Luna: *walked over to the door* I'm going to call the boys back into the room; I want you to cover Lina with one of the sheets that we didn't tear up okay?
Amelia: Sure. *She grabbed a sheet and spread it over Lina's thin and now oddly fragile frame* -this is awful I glad that Gourry hasn't taken a good look at her yet. - *Out loud but in a whisper* don't worry Lina we'll get you back to us soon I promise.
Luna walked over to the room across the hall and knocked softly.
Zelgadiss: What ever it is we don't want any.
Luna: *poked her head through the door* Well okay but I was just coming to tell you that you could come back into the room now.
All of the boys rush out of their room and into Lina's.
Zelgadiss: *notices the vat of now bloody water turns to Luna* How much blood did she loose?
Luna: A lot but she won't die.
Gourry and Xellos walk over to the bed and kneel down on opposite sides of Lina.
Gourry: *notices Lina's bruised arm* How come you didn't heal her?
Xellos: 'The Knight of Chiepied' and the 'Crown Princesses of Seyruun' can't heal her.
Luna: Until we get to her shadow body the wounds wont stay closed.
Gourry: Then we have to go now.
Luna: Alright, alright but lets go into the other room to talk and leave Lina alone so she can get some sleep.
Gourry: No I'll stay with Lina.
Luna: Gourry you know that Lina's afraid of me right?
Gourry: Yes but…
Luna: *interrupts* did you ever wonder why?
Gourry: Well yeah but…
Luna: *interrupts* freeze arrow!
A freeze arrow hits Gourry in the stomach.
Luna: Xellos please carry him out of here and into the next room.
Xellos wisely did as asked of him and teleported with
Gourry into the next room.
Amelia: Now I know where Lina got it.
In the other room after Luna had shut the door.
Luna: Thank you Xellos.
Gourry: *thaws instantly* Lina always does that to me. *Sadly*
Luna: Yeah sis always did have a temper problem.
Xellos: She still does and I suspect always will.
Luna: Now I have an object that will work as the locator
but it's back at my house in Zellphillia.
The others looked doubt full.
Gourry: What about us?
Luna: All of you are welcomed and besides Dynast knows that Lina's here and wont think of looking for her in Zellphillia.
Amelia: But how will we get there?
Xellos: Both Luna and I can teleport.
Gourry: All right lets go right now.
Xellos: Just let me get Lina *pops out and back in this time with Lina in his arms wrapped up in the sheets* okay now…
Luna: Hold it Xellos I can't take all these people by my self you'll need to take one more.
Xellos: All right *sigh* I'll take Amelia.
Amelia walks over to Xellos and climbs onto his back.
Amelia: Okay Xellos.
Luna: Gourry, Zelgadiss come here and each of you takes one of my hands.
Luna held out both of her hands one to each man Zelgadiss took the left and Gourry took the right.
Luna: *to Gourry and Zelgadiss* Ready?
Both men nod at her.
Luna: *to Amelia* Amelia are you ready?
Amelia: Yes Luna I think so.
Luna: *looked hard at Xellos* Xelas is watching you, be good.
Xellos: *sigh* Yes Luna I know.
Luna: Yes let's go!
Both Luna and Xellos pop out of the room with their
passengers at the same time.
Xellos: Amelia could you get off me now?
Amelia: *blushing* Sorry *gets off Xellos' back*
Luna: *lets go of both Gourry and Zelgadiss' hands and walks over to Xellos* Xellos give her to me.
Xellos: *sigh* Alright Luna. *Reluctantly hands Lina over to Luna*
Luna took her sister from Xellos and walked down the hall
the others followed her wordlessly.
Amelia: This was Lina's old room wasn't it?
Luna: It still is her room *as she laid her sister gently on the bed*
Zelgadiss: What if one of Dynast's servants finds this house?
Luna: There are protective wards all around the house especially around Lina's room.
Luna walked out and waited for the others to follow her
when all of them had left the room she quickly closed the door and the group
walked to the living room.
Gourry: Why more wards around Lina's room?
Luna: Even when she was little Lina started to attract
attention in fact when she was 12 years old Xelas assigned Xellos to watch over
her and make sure she was never fatally hurt and that if she was Xellos was
supposed to bring her straight here *glares at Xellos* so just in case I put up
the magic barriers around the house and Lina's room incase she did get hurt and
had something evil trying to get to her.
Xellos: Luna I am deeply sorry *looks very guilty* It's just that we were in Seyruun the white magic Capital with it's wards built into the city's design I thought that she'd be safe.
Amelia: We all thought that she was safe in Seyruun so please don't blame Xellos too much.
Luna: I don't blame you but Xellos had been ordered to
bring Lina here immediately after she'd been hurt if the need arise.
Xellos: *he paled visibly* you wont tell her will you Luna?
Luna: *sigh* No Xellos I wont but just because you've taken such good care of Lina…and the fact that I don't know how Lina will react to a new 'Guardian Monster'.
Amelia: Yeah we've all just sort of gotten used to you being a monster but Lina was the first to know and the first to not care.
Xellos: *sigh* She always made a good meal; she always hated my 'Sore wa himitsu desu' saying, such superb emotions.
Gourry: And the fact that she has a mean Fireball and one hell of a left hook.
Luna: I see she still has quite a temper.
Gourry: Whatever you have.
Amelia: Any thing is fine with me and him, he *points to Gourry* eats like Lina.
Zelgadiss: Coffee, strong coffee
Xellos: Nothing.
Luna: Anyone who wants something comes to the kitchen with me.
Xellos: I'll stay with Lina.
Amelia, Gourry, and Zelgadiss walked out of the room and to the Inverse's kitchen.
Luna: Xellos why don't you go and feed on the misfortune
of some one.
Xellos: Good idea see you in a half an hour *teleports out of the room*
Luna walked down to the kitchen to feed the group of people who waited there for her.
Luna quickly discovered that Amelia had indeed been telling the truth; she hadn't thought that anyone else could eat as much as Lina but Gourry ate possibly more.
Luna: What a healthy appetite.
Gourry: I usually eat more then this but I'm really worried about Lina.
After they had all finished
eating and Zelgadiss had finished his ninth cup of coffee they went back to
Lina's room.
Luna: I need to get some thing I'll be right back. *She walks out of the room and down to a closet opens the door looks around and takes out an crystal decanter shuts the closet door and walks back into the room* Xellos *shouts his name*
Xellos: *pops back into the room* Yes Luna.
Luna: I hope your full because it's time to go.
Gourry: *did as he was told and brought the Bokara out of his pocket* But we need something of Lina's.
Luna: *pulls a silver ring out of her pocket* I've got that now what?
Gourry: *takes the decanter and pours the Bokara into it* Now put the ring in it and then stir.
Luna: *takes the decanter from Gourry and puts the ring in and stirs it* now what?
Gourry: We each take to sips.
Luna produced six glasses out of thin air and poured the
Bokara in each glass then passed the glasses around one to each person. They
all take two sips at the same time and find them selves floating above there
body's for an instant before being pulled at a great speed to where ever Lina's
shadow body was.
Luna: Well the Bokara obviously worked .
Gourry: Well what are we waiting for?
Amelia: Yeah let's go and find Lina.
Zelgadiss: Hold on you two.
Xellos: Only that he has the standard traps set up but…
Zelgadiss: But what?
Luna: But in this form we'll be able to go right through the traps and not have to worry at all.
Xellos: Exactly.
Gourry: What are we waiting for then, lets go.
The group floated gently through the great doors.
Amelia: *shivered* Brr it's so cold in here, but with justice on our side I am confident that we will find and free Miss Lina soon.
It was cold so cold in fact that ice was formed in long thick sheets on the walls.
Luna: All we have to do is finding her is going to be the
hard part.
The group drifted methodically through the hallways for
awhile.
Luna: So how long have you been traveling with Lina? *Luna knew that if the group was only concentrating they would draw Dynast and his General, Priest to them like moths to a flame.*
Gourry: Well, when I first met Lina she was being attacked
be a bandit gang that she had stolen from.
Zelgadiss: I was the second to meet her.
Luna: *chuckled* Yeah that's sis alright, she ever tell you that our parents were merchants? *the gave her a weird look* No I guess not, well go on.
Zelgadiss: Well I told her that if she didn't give me what
I wanted she and I would be enemies in the morning.
Luna: My sister allowed her self to be kidnapped?
Zelgadiss: Well it was her time of the month. *he blushed slightly*
Luna: Oh I see.
Zelgadiss: She had my all three of my companions convinced
that her altered lighting spell was a fireball.
Luna: And what was he up to?
Zelgadiss: He was trying to summon The Dark Lord
Shabornido into his body to cure his blindness.
Luna: When was this?
Gourry: About two or maybe three years ago.
Luna: What about you Amelia?
Amelia: Well My father and I had been separated and Gourry
helped me find both daddy and Lina.
Luna: What about you Xellos aren't you going to tell them how long ago you met Lina?
Xellos: Sore wa himitsu desu!
Everyone glared at The Trickster Priest.
Luna: *growled something that only he could hear then* Xellos if you don't tell them the truth then I'll ask Xelas to put a different one of her servants on the watch on Lina.
Xellos: You wouldn't.
Luna: Try me.
Xellos: *He seamed to think for a couple of seconds and
then came a soft* Fine you win.
Luna: Well? *She seamed to be waiting for some thing*
The Slayers group watched the little back and forth
squabble with amusement as far as they had known there were only to beings in
the world who had any control, what so ever on Xellos Metallium.
Xellos: I met Lina when she was six months old.
Gourry: No you met her for the first time last year with the rest of us.
Xellos: No, I said I met her when she was six moths
old.
They walked for what seemed like forever in silence, going around and around in Dynast's maze like corridors.
Xellos: Oh my, now this is interesting!
I'm sorry but this writer is out of ideas for the time
being.
And for the sake of all things good, nice, and funny please
R/R –Gentle criticism is good but pleases no flames!
