*Slayers Mystic*
Episode 4
Watch Out! The Evil Ones?!
"You can't!" Lina look at Amelia sternly. "You may feign innocence, but I know you must have
destroyed three quarters of Saillune to be in such a hurry to get away from Phil."
"Who's Phil?" Vee pipes up.
"Prince of Saillune of course," Gourry replies automatically.
"Oh yeah, I remember. He didn't become king."
Amelia grows mad, "WHAT DO YOU MEAN?"
"It's perfectly obvious," Vee says calmly. "I mean, look at his _age_. By the time the Monarch
retires, Phil will be too old to descend the throne. You will be the ruler of Saillune."
"Well," Amelia's temper vaporises. "That _does_ make sense. Father is no longer the dashing young
man on a white horse he used to be when he came for my mother."
Lina feels funny all over when she remembers how she felt when she saw Phil the Prince the first
time round. It was one or two years ago. "A prince is not supposed to be like _that_!" she
remembers herself saying when she was thinking princes as dashing young men who rides white
horses.
"You know, that could be anytime soon," Gourry comments absent mindedly as he casts a line into
the river.
Vee remembers her mission suddenly. "Err...why aren't we moving on?"
"Well," Lina glares at her. "You ate every single scrap of food we had and now we are hungry and
we won't, I repeat, we _won't_ move on without replenishing our energy. We can't fight on an
empty stomach."
"Fight?" Amelia catches the words quickly. "Is there trouble Miss Lina?" she questions. "Is Rezo
or Zanaffer or any of the horrid demons going to rise again?" She looks frightened.
"No!" Lina answers, "It's not _that_ kind of fighting."
"Well, we're going to see a Duke," Gourry adds.
"A duke? Who?" asks Amelia. "What for and what has it got to do with fighting?"
"Well, if you must know," Vee glances at Lina and goes on, "We are stopping espionages. In that
way, we are fighting a war from starting."
"Well said," Lina sounds relieved that Vee did not bring up the matter about their future.
"Really, Miss Lina? Then why don't you let me join your crusade?"
"Because you are running away from your problems. You should face it. And you should remind
yourself _constantly_ that you still haven't master your magic skills, _and_ your balance
properly," Lina replies.
"Yes, that's right," Gourry sounds sleepy.
"Wake up!" Lina snaps at Gourry. "Watch the line."
"But I really didn't mean it this time. Truly," Amelia protests. "These weird guys came and
they've got magic spells I haven't even heard of! They attacked me, so I tried the strongest
spell I know."
"And that is?" Lina questions.
"Dragu Slave," Amelia admits, sheepishly.
"But you can't! White magic conflicts with black!" Vee is horrified.
"She knows, I told her last time," Lina sounds chagrined.
"I know," Amelia replies.
"Is that the weird ones by the way?" asks Gourry, as ugly creatures approaches them.
"The Evil ones!" Vee lets out a gasp.
---
"You will not!" cries out Amelia as she casts off her Queen image totally.
"Amelia! Calm down," Zelgadiss holds her from jumping out of the throne.
"You will not stop me. I know the spell," Charity whispers.
"You..." sputters Amelia, aghast.
"Let her," Lina suddenly appears in the doorway. In her hand holds a ball of purple. The ball
jumps into Charity's arms and let out a squeak as it lands. "You forgot that."
"That thing! What is it still doing here?" Amelia shrieks as she points at the ball. "I told you
to out it back into the forest." The ball peers at the queen with through large black eyes and
lets out another squeak, "Pip!"
"Zelgadiss is right," Lina says again. "Give your," she peers at Charity, "daughter a chance
to prove her theory for once. It's no good learning something when you are not going to apply it.
Isn't it right, Zel?"
Zel smiled, "Yes. That is what I've been trying to say. Let Charity try."
"My past says that Charity will meet me," Lina says lazily. "And Vee as we try to journey in time
to save the world. Besides, Gourry has just sent me word that the border of Saillune is starting
to fade away into nothingness. I would go in the past, but you know that our past selves will
freak at what we have become, and a Time Paradox will occur. No, we must not let us meet
ourselves."
"Charity is a Princess," Zel repeats. "She has the right to save her kingdom. Remember what you
did?"
"I..." Amelia sighs as she beckons Charity to come nearer to her. Amelia touch her daughter's
raven hair fondly. "Then you shall go, my daughter. Aid your sister."
"Thank you," Charity kissed Amelia's cheek and stepped back. She clutched her pet tightly and
whisper the words, "Light beyond darkness, life beyond death, lead me to the past to change the
present, for the future's best..."
Amelia, Zelgadiss and Lina watch Charity disappear.
"Rally all your troops. The Monthzie Gang have attacked Northern Saillune," Lina says as she
turns to Amelia.
"What do you mean? They DARE attack the fort?" Amelia asks in surprise. "Are they asking for
their own deaths?"
"The fort has vanished. All that is left is unprotected town," Lina sighs.
"I knew it would come to this sooner or later," Zelgadiss shakes his head.
"We are getting weaker and weaker..." Amelia is horrified.
"We are getting too old to fight," Lina rubs her neck. "I will try, nonetheless."
"Victory, Charity...Please hurry," Amelia whispers.
---
"The Monthzie Gang!" yells Vee.
"Monthzie?" Amelia asks.
"The Evil Ones," replies Lina.
Gourry draws his sword fast as the four of them moves closer to from a circle.
The Evil Ones consists of demons taller than Gourry, with ugly teeth and puckered skin. They
stink.
"What are you doing here?" Vee cries out.
"To stop you," deep voices booms out from the Evil Ones as they close in onto them.
"You won't! You shan't!" yells Vee.
"Alright," Lina gets tired of the conversation. "Gourry, you ward them off. Amelia, you and Vee
Raywing us, I'm going to do Dragu Slave. Make sure we're high enough. Vee, you know that spell
don't you?"
"Yes," Vee nods. "But..."
Gourry starts to slash the demons in front of him. The rest of his companions however, was about
to be engulfed in the sea of Evil Ones.
"Lina, I can't protect all of you!" Gourry cries out desperately, "They are too strong. Their
skins are like METALS!"
"Amelia, Vee, hurry Raywing!" Lina says as she starts chanting the spells for Dragu Slave.
"Miss Lina! I can't! Remember??" Amelia shouts.
"And I can't hold all of you up!" Vee continues. "Grave Assault!" she shouts, but the demons are
scarcely knocked off their feet. "Flame Thrower!"
Amelia screams as one of the demons grabs her.
"Princess!" Vee shouts. "Flame thrower!" A burst of fire flared out from her and burns the demon
slightly. It releases Amelia. "You get into the middle of our circle!"
Amelia hides in the middle while Gourry fights with his sword and the other two girls assaults
the Evil Ones with fire spells.
"Lina! Your sword!" Vee yells and straightaway grabs Lina's sword without hearing the owner's
reply.
"What are you doing!" Lina asks. "Flare bolt!"
"Light come forth!" Gourry triggers off his sword. The sword of light did not do much more
damage, however.
"Trust me, Lina!" Vee cries out. "Light that comes from the sun. Give your energy! Solar Slash!"
Lightning hits the sword and cause it to glow blue. Quickly, Vee kills the demons effectively.
Soon, corpses lay before the quartet.
"How...how did you do that?" asks Amelia, stunned. "I've never heard of such a spell, before."
"That is why we must not let you follow us," Lina says grimly.
"It's safer for you to be home," Gourry adds.
"Most unfitting for a princess..." Vee says.
"You can't even cast a spell. Gourry, perhaps you should escort Amelia home," Lina suggests.
"No, I won't!" Amelia protests. "I want to know the truth!"
"Whatever," Lina shrugs. "I don't know about Gourry though. He's the chivalrous one."
Amelia turns and finds Gourry in a stance about to pick her up. She runs behind Vee at once.
"Don't you dare!" she shrieks. "I'm going with you. All of you!"
"Princess!" Vee protests. Gourry snatches Amelia from behind Vee.
"I told you," Lina says in a sort of smug way.
"Oh Mister Gourry!" Amelia whines.
"Don't go 'mister'ing me. You are going home, Amelia. It's too dangerous," Gourry says firmly. He
then drags Amelia out of sight, "Phil won't scold you for sure, after I tell him an account of
what happened. In fact, he might _just_ lock you in."
"Well, that was something," Lina turns to Vee. "They were tough." She looks at the corpses which
are starting to vapourise. "What _are_ they?"
"They are a corrupted species. A little of everything," Vee explains. "The only way is to wield a
sword of magical power. And these are the weakest underlings."
"Why didn't the sword of light work?" Lina asks. "It _is_ a sword of magical power."
"It didn't kill the demon Zanaffer either. Remember, Lina? You killed it with another sword.
From the roots of the Tree."
"I reckon now that you want a sword?" Lina asks.
"Not necessarily. I think we might have just overtaken the Evil Ones...by a step."
"So what do we do now, you think?"
"Hurry up and reach the duke as soon as possible."
---
to be continued.
Episode 4
Watch Out! The Evil Ones?!
"You can't!" Lina look at Amelia sternly. "You may feign innocence, but I know you must have
destroyed three quarters of Saillune to be in such a hurry to get away from Phil."
"Who's Phil?" Vee pipes up.
"Prince of Saillune of course," Gourry replies automatically.
"Oh yeah, I remember. He didn't become king."
Amelia grows mad, "WHAT DO YOU MEAN?"
"It's perfectly obvious," Vee says calmly. "I mean, look at his _age_. By the time the Monarch
retires, Phil will be too old to descend the throne. You will be the ruler of Saillune."
"Well," Amelia's temper vaporises. "That _does_ make sense. Father is no longer the dashing young
man on a white horse he used to be when he came for my mother."
Lina feels funny all over when she remembers how she felt when she saw Phil the Prince the first
time round. It was one or two years ago. "A prince is not supposed to be like _that_!" she
remembers herself saying when she was thinking princes as dashing young men who rides white
horses.
"You know, that could be anytime soon," Gourry comments absent mindedly as he casts a line into
the river.
Vee remembers her mission suddenly. "Err...why aren't we moving on?"
"Well," Lina glares at her. "You ate every single scrap of food we had and now we are hungry and
we won't, I repeat, we _won't_ move on without replenishing our energy. We can't fight on an
empty stomach."
"Fight?" Amelia catches the words quickly. "Is there trouble Miss Lina?" she questions. "Is Rezo
or Zanaffer or any of the horrid demons going to rise again?" She looks frightened.
"No!" Lina answers, "It's not _that_ kind of fighting."
"Well, we're going to see a Duke," Gourry adds.
"A duke? Who?" asks Amelia. "What for and what has it got to do with fighting?"
"Well, if you must know," Vee glances at Lina and goes on, "We are stopping espionages. In that
way, we are fighting a war from starting."
"Well said," Lina sounds relieved that Vee did not bring up the matter about their future.
"Really, Miss Lina? Then why don't you let me join your crusade?"
"Because you are running away from your problems. You should face it. And you should remind
yourself _constantly_ that you still haven't master your magic skills, _and_ your balance
properly," Lina replies.
"Yes, that's right," Gourry sounds sleepy.
"Wake up!" Lina snaps at Gourry. "Watch the line."
"But I really didn't mean it this time. Truly," Amelia protests. "These weird guys came and
they've got magic spells I haven't even heard of! They attacked me, so I tried the strongest
spell I know."
"And that is?" Lina questions.
"Dragu Slave," Amelia admits, sheepishly.
"But you can't! White magic conflicts with black!" Vee is horrified.
"She knows, I told her last time," Lina sounds chagrined.
"I know," Amelia replies.
"Is that the weird ones by the way?" asks Gourry, as ugly creatures approaches them.
"The Evil ones!" Vee lets out a gasp.
---
"You will not!" cries out Amelia as she casts off her Queen image totally.
"Amelia! Calm down," Zelgadiss holds her from jumping out of the throne.
"You will not stop me. I know the spell," Charity whispers.
"You..." sputters Amelia, aghast.
"Let her," Lina suddenly appears in the doorway. In her hand holds a ball of purple. The ball
jumps into Charity's arms and let out a squeak as it lands. "You forgot that."
"That thing! What is it still doing here?" Amelia shrieks as she points at the ball. "I told you
to out it back into the forest." The ball peers at the queen with through large black eyes and
lets out another squeak, "Pip!"
"Zelgadiss is right," Lina says again. "Give your," she peers at Charity, "daughter a chance
to prove her theory for once. It's no good learning something when you are not going to apply it.
Isn't it right, Zel?"
Zel smiled, "Yes. That is what I've been trying to say. Let Charity try."
"My past says that Charity will meet me," Lina says lazily. "And Vee as we try to journey in time
to save the world. Besides, Gourry has just sent me word that the border of Saillune is starting
to fade away into nothingness. I would go in the past, but you know that our past selves will
freak at what we have become, and a Time Paradox will occur. No, we must not let us meet
ourselves."
"Charity is a Princess," Zel repeats. "She has the right to save her kingdom. Remember what you
did?"
"I..." Amelia sighs as she beckons Charity to come nearer to her. Amelia touch her daughter's
raven hair fondly. "Then you shall go, my daughter. Aid your sister."
"Thank you," Charity kissed Amelia's cheek and stepped back. She clutched her pet tightly and
whisper the words, "Light beyond darkness, life beyond death, lead me to the past to change the
present, for the future's best..."
Amelia, Zelgadiss and Lina watch Charity disappear.
"Rally all your troops. The Monthzie Gang have attacked Northern Saillune," Lina says as she
turns to Amelia.
"What do you mean? They DARE attack the fort?" Amelia asks in surprise. "Are they asking for
their own deaths?"
"The fort has vanished. All that is left is unprotected town," Lina sighs.
"I knew it would come to this sooner or later," Zelgadiss shakes his head.
"We are getting weaker and weaker..." Amelia is horrified.
"We are getting too old to fight," Lina rubs her neck. "I will try, nonetheless."
"Victory, Charity...Please hurry," Amelia whispers.
---
"The Monthzie Gang!" yells Vee.
"Monthzie?" Amelia asks.
"The Evil Ones," replies Lina.
Gourry draws his sword fast as the four of them moves closer to from a circle.
The Evil Ones consists of demons taller than Gourry, with ugly teeth and puckered skin. They
stink.
"What are you doing here?" Vee cries out.
"To stop you," deep voices booms out from the Evil Ones as they close in onto them.
"You won't! You shan't!" yells Vee.
"Alright," Lina gets tired of the conversation. "Gourry, you ward them off. Amelia, you and Vee
Raywing us, I'm going to do Dragu Slave. Make sure we're high enough. Vee, you know that spell
don't you?"
"Yes," Vee nods. "But..."
Gourry starts to slash the demons in front of him. The rest of his companions however, was about
to be engulfed in the sea of Evil Ones.
"Lina, I can't protect all of you!" Gourry cries out desperately, "They are too strong. Their
skins are like METALS!"
"Amelia, Vee, hurry Raywing!" Lina says as she starts chanting the spells for Dragu Slave.
"Miss Lina! I can't! Remember??" Amelia shouts.
"And I can't hold all of you up!" Vee continues. "Grave Assault!" she shouts, but the demons are
scarcely knocked off their feet. "Flame Thrower!"
Amelia screams as one of the demons grabs her.
"Princess!" Vee shouts. "Flame thrower!" A burst of fire flared out from her and burns the demon
slightly. It releases Amelia. "You get into the middle of our circle!"
Amelia hides in the middle while Gourry fights with his sword and the other two girls assaults
the Evil Ones with fire spells.
"Lina! Your sword!" Vee yells and straightaway grabs Lina's sword without hearing the owner's
reply.
"What are you doing!" Lina asks. "Flare bolt!"
"Light come forth!" Gourry triggers off his sword. The sword of light did not do much more
damage, however.
"Trust me, Lina!" Vee cries out. "Light that comes from the sun. Give your energy! Solar Slash!"
Lightning hits the sword and cause it to glow blue. Quickly, Vee kills the demons effectively.
Soon, corpses lay before the quartet.
"How...how did you do that?" asks Amelia, stunned. "I've never heard of such a spell, before."
"That is why we must not let you follow us," Lina says grimly.
"It's safer for you to be home," Gourry adds.
"Most unfitting for a princess..." Vee says.
"You can't even cast a spell. Gourry, perhaps you should escort Amelia home," Lina suggests.
"No, I won't!" Amelia protests. "I want to know the truth!"
"Whatever," Lina shrugs. "I don't know about Gourry though. He's the chivalrous one."
Amelia turns and finds Gourry in a stance about to pick her up. She runs behind Vee at once.
"Don't you dare!" she shrieks. "I'm going with you. All of you!"
"Princess!" Vee protests. Gourry snatches Amelia from behind Vee.
"I told you," Lina says in a sort of smug way.
"Oh Mister Gourry!" Amelia whines.
"Don't go 'mister'ing me. You are going home, Amelia. It's too dangerous," Gourry says firmly. He
then drags Amelia out of sight, "Phil won't scold you for sure, after I tell him an account of
what happened. In fact, he might _just_ lock you in."
"Well, that was something," Lina turns to Vee. "They were tough." She looks at the corpses which
are starting to vapourise. "What _are_ they?"
"They are a corrupted species. A little of everything," Vee explains. "The only way is to wield a
sword of magical power. And these are the weakest underlings."
"Why didn't the sword of light work?" Lina asks. "It _is_ a sword of magical power."
"It didn't kill the demon Zanaffer either. Remember, Lina? You killed it with another sword.
From the roots of the Tree."
"I reckon now that you want a sword?" Lina asks.
"Not necessarily. I think we might have just overtaken the Evil Ones...by a step."
"So what do we do now, you think?"
"Hurry up and reach the duke as soon as possible."
---
to be continued.