By RedRaspberryswirl
VIII.
Kid, cold and nervous, suddenly came to. Her eyes fluttered opened. Oiiii… It's so dark in 'ere! Where am I? She looked around slowly. It was a dark, stone cathedral, almost… but it did not give off the right vibes to be a cathedral. And the damp, musty air also was unwelcoming to her. She tried to stand up, but felt the wrath of the pain that was circulating throughout her body.
"OWWW!!!" she nearly screamed, then collapsed back to the floor. Oi! I don't feel pain much, but, buddy, this is an exception!!, she thought. I better heal me' self up so I can fight… Kid went to look through her elements.
"Oi! Bugger!! Every element is gone! Even me techs… all that be left are white attacks!!"
Lynx materialized behind her. "Yes, Kid, and every white element that you use will make IT stronger." He whispered just quietly enough so that Kid would not hear him, and disappeared again.
IX.
Serge!! Vake up!! A voice said.
Serge turned over. His eyes had not been shut, but were glazed over with a thick fog.
"Luccia?? Luccia? Where are you??!" Serge said frantically.
"I am right over here, Serge! Are you OK?? Glenn and I found you outside of Arni, paralyzed almost."
"Yeah, one more minute and you would've been Heckran bait!" Glenn's voice said. It was a bit farther away than Luccia's. "You didn't have your swallow with you, did you lose it?? Did someone take it from you?"
"Glenn, he cannot understand what you are saying to him, he is deep in thought. He can only hear your voice. Inside his head, he has one billion different thoughts moving about. And it's all thanks to this!" Luccia said, and pulled out Leena's frying pan. "Stay back Glenn, zis stuff could very vell kill you." Luccia put the frying pan on her desk and opened the lid slowly. A cloud of black smoke lifted into Luccia's face, but she didn't even cough.
"Now, zis is a substance I have not seen in ages! Shadow Poison! Glenn close the door. I'll come get you ven it is safe."
The door shut.
"Serge, if you can hear me, I am putting special drops in your eyes to cleanse them, it might sting a little. It should also make you a little less consumed in thought."
Serge nodded slightly, and Luccia smirked. She knew that Serge was not completely consumed… that he was trying to fight his trance. She leaned over and put two drops of a translucent liquid into Serge's left eye.
"aaahHHHHHHHHHHGAAAHH!!" Serge screamed and put both his hands over his eye.
"Serge, relax, zhe pain iz a good thing, it is temporarily removing the haze." Luccia tried to calm him by rubbing his wrist and speaking directly into his ear. She put two drops in his other eye, and she could see that Serge was desperately holding back a scream of anguish. She took a few steps back to let the liquid do its job.
Serge rubbed his eyes profusely for a few minutes, and then looked up slowly at Luccia.
"Luccia??! What happened to me? I completely blanked out!"
"Zhe mineral you vere carrying vas very dangerous to you health, Serge. I can make you a substance that can slow down zhe affects… smother if you vill, the poisonous fumes… zat is, if you really vant to be carrying it around…"
"What mineral? What are you talking about Luccia?"
"Zhe mineral in zhe frying pan you vere carrying… it is called Shadow Poison. It is very poisonous to colored innates… Red, Green, Blue and Yellow. In White innates, it causes vone to lose zhere mind by having the victim slowly take in everything… it came close to completely incapacitating you. Black Innates are zhe only vone's zhat are immune to it--"
"WAIT!!! I've heard this before--in a dream! It was also…. used by Black innates to teleport to a shrine, right?!"
"…Zat is correct, Serge! Zis shrine is a shrine to zhe ultimate monster: Hatred. Zat is all zhat I know. Lucca vas going to teach me more… vell, anyvay, vhy don't you rest while I make you zat substance. I vill show you how and vhen to use it, because I can only make a small supply."
X.
Leena moaned quietly. Though she was conscious, it felt like she was having a dream. She saw Kid lying in a dark room, yet she also saw the same Kid lying outside of a Termina bar.
Leena could not open her eyes, how ever hard she tried. Her skin was prickling and twitching and numb, all at the same time; and her muscles seemed to have no substance. And she was in pain, a pain greater than she had ever experienced before in her life. Suddenly she felt cool water being slowly poured on her face.
Her fever has gone down, a male voice said over her. Leena could not recognize the voice that rang over her. She twitched defensively, even though it was hard for her to move.
Yes, I believe you are correct. That is a good sign. I just hope that Serge can come back in time with an antidote, another voice spoke.
Leena pursed her lips, hoping to say, "Why, what is wrong with me?", but all that came out was another moan.
She seems to be trying to wake up, the first voice said. I'll give her some more water. Leena's skin was suddenly calmed… it felt like skin again. Her eyelids suddenly began to feel less heavy. She fluttered them open to realize that she was in the care of Lisa and her father, lying down on the bed in the back room.
"I HAVE TO GO!" Leena suddenly yelled.
"Go where darling? You're sick, you must stay in bed." Lisa's father said.
"I just have to go!" Leena said. She felt almost revitalized. She jumped up and ran out the door.
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Leena was still weak and dizzy, and did not get far running. She tripped over a black stone outside of the bar. Grasping her ankle in pain, she could see the stone was very familiar. And slowly she could make out the outline of a girl, lying on the ground right next to her.
KID!! Leena thought. Kid is still here! Kid's body materialized, life-less. Leena took a breath and slowly touched her limp body. Upon doing so, a vortex opened and Leena was sucked in, with an ominous black cloud trailing her.
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That's the end of the 3rd chapter… this is going to be a long story, I can tell, and I would like to thank everyone that is following it. Again, I'm still holding the contest for a continuation… so if you're interested send me your ideas at Pixsefaery@aol.com!! Thank you again!! |*(^_^)*|