Slayers Mystic
Episode 13
Again! To Recover the Past (2)
"Why are you staring at me?" Lina stares back at Patriot. "It's rude to stare at people. And
you're freaking me out."
Patriot blinks and asks vaguely. "Was I?"
Lina gulped down the last of her ten ice-cream sodas and nods. "Duh. You've been staring at me
like for the last ten minutes."
"Oh."
"Well, thanks for--" Lina gestures at the pile of dishes and glasses on the grass, "--this. I
appreciate it and now I shall be going off."
"Wait! I'd like to know you better," Patriot calls her.
Lina narrows her eyes suspiciously. "Really? Why? Are you...some evil person?"
"Um...I...let's walk to the castle together. I'm staying there too."
"Uh-huh, yeah right," Lina says sarcastically. "Now if you please--"
"I'm telling the truth. Let me follow you. See what the guards at the gates say. There's no harm
done right? If you suspect me acting maliciously, you can always do something. You _are_ a
sorceress and a good swordswoman."
"I'm flattered. Oh, alright. You follow me home. But I'll keeping my eye on you."
And together, they walk into the setting sun.
*0*
Charity paces to and fro. How could she find out what the 'accident' meant? What 'accident'? She
bites her fingernails nervously.
Noises came from Amelia's chambers next door. What was it? Charity wonders.
She beckons Bobo to stay where it is and walks out of the chamber hurriedly. Sprawled on the
corridor was a young man with strange red hair. Apparently he is very much hurt.
"Who the heck are you?" Charity shouts. "Guards! Guards!"
He gets up and stares at her, his hands gripping a vial.
"What's that? Oh gosh it's poison! You are trying to poison Princess Amelia," Charity states a
known fact. Her eyes (or rather she tries to) contemptously (like Vee when she's annoyed) at the
man. "I know you. You are one of that Monthzie Gang."
"Whatcha gonna do?" he challenges her. "Throw your loom at me?" He waves the vial in front of
him. "You can't stop me. You will soon be unborn."
"Pip?" Bobo appears in the corridor.
"Bobo, bite him!" Charity orders. Bobo hurls itself forward and bites Chivalry's arm. The vial
drops on the floor.
"The poison!" Chivalry shouts. He slams Bobo into the wall of the corridor. Bobo slides down the
wall with a forlorn squeak as Chivalry jumps forward to retrieve the vial of poison. Charity is
way ahead of him.
She slams her foot down on the glass, shattering it.
"My poison..." Chivalry wails. "How dare you! Even though you are the Princess, you have no
right to stand in the way of the Restoration of Justice."
"Resto...what?? Is this what you are fighting the Peace Rule for?" Charity stares at him. "We
_are_ not corrupt."
"Of course you are. Luckily," Chivalry sneers, "I have another vile of poison." He flashes
another bottle from within his cloak.
"You don't give up, do you?" Charity asks. "We _are_ not corrupt. You are corrupt. Your whole
existance. Even your blood is corrupt, your monstronsity of nature!"
"You have been taking lessons from Victory Gabriev," Chivalry notes.
"How would you know?" Charity retorts.
"Everyone in Saillune knows that is what Victory says about your...pet."
"Go! Bobo!" Charity shouts. Bobo squeaks and hurls itself at Chivalry.
"Oof!" And the spare vial flies at Charity's feet. Chivalry ignores Bobo's teeth digging into his
shoulder and jumps towards the vial. Charity snatches it out of his reach. Chivalry pulls
Charity's ankles and she falls on top of him, thereby knocking him out completely.
"Guards!" Charity calls out. "Some help over here!"
Footsteps thunder towards Charity--Lady Lina!
"Lady Lina!" Charity cries out at Lina of the Future. "What are you doing here?"
"Trying to stop someone from poisoning Queen Amelia. Who is that being sat on by you?"
"The assassin. He was the one who was trying to poison my Mother." Charity replies. "This is one
of the bottles of poison. Aren't you supposed not to be here?"
"I need to find out about the head of the Monthzie gang. I need to stop him from becoming the
villain he will be somehow."
"Aren't you supposed to be protecting the kingdom?"
"Charity..." Lady Lina looks at the girl sadly. "Our kingdom is lost."
"My mother?"
"She is dead."
"But...it can't be. I've stopped the poisoning..."
"Give me the poison," Lady Lina orders and Charity gives her the bottle. Lady Lina leans over one
of the windows. She opens the vial and pours the poison onto the grass patch below. Then she
crushes the bottle under her foot. "Let's hope that does the trick."
"Tell me: Won't we risk Paradox if your present self and you meet?"
Lady Lina sighs, "I suppose so. But there is no one else to do the job is there?"
"You can rely on me. You can rely on Vee. We will stop the Monthzie gang here."
"But."
"Please Lady. Please trust us...Go back home and...see if my mother...is well," her voice
quivers.
"I will. But be careful...My Queen."
"What about this..." Charity stands up and points to Chivalry.
"I will take him back to the future."
Lady Lina holds Chivalry, mutters the spell and disappears with purple smoke.
Charity hears coughing.
"What the heck is happening?" Charity hears a voice. She strains and sees Lina--the younger Lina
in the corridor, with a familiar-looking man.
"Nothing," Charity replies. "Let's have dinner."
*0*
Sometime in the future
Purple ribbons appear in the air. Two figures appeared.
Vee choked on her chicken. "What the...???" She stands up from the dinner table.
"Lina!" Zelgadis and Gourry shouts.
"Give me some space," Lina orders.
"I just killed him in the morning!" Vee pointed at the unconscious Chivalry.
"I found him in the past trying to poison Amelia. Luckily, Charity was there to stop him."
"But I just killed him..."
"Paradox." Zelgadis shakes his head. "Really messy stuff. He is from another time. Maybe
yesterday."
"Where's Amelia?" Lina asks.
"She's sleeping. Why?" Zelgadis asks. "She's rather tired, after cooking us a big dinner."
"Oh, nothing," Lina heaves a sigh of relief. Amelia is alive and well.
"Where's Charity?" Gourry asks in between huge bites.
"Still in the past."
"Do you think I ought to bring her back home?" Vee asks Lina. She narrows her eyes at Chivalry.
"After I kill him again, perhaps."
"No, Vee. Things will only get messier." Zelgadis says.
"Then what?" Vee asks. "What do we do with him?"
"Nothing."
"What do you mean nothing? We have to do something about him. I just killed him this morning. We
_have_ to do something."
Zelgadis puts his spoon aside and goes to Lina's side. "I will try to send him to the specific
time. The time when he was actually supposed to return to...wherever he is suppose to go to."
He touched Chivalry and mumbles something. In a moment, Chivalry disappears in a great purple
smoke.
"Well, now that's done, let's eat," Lina announces as she sits beside Gourry and starts to dig
into Zelgadis' plate.
"Hey, that's mine!" Zelgadis protests.
*0*
Back to the past
Charity was sure that the man with Lina (the past Lina) was someone she had seen before. With
pale green hair, and green eyes...
"Will you quit staring?" Lina hisses at Charity.
"He looks familiar..." Charity replies.
"Yeah, so what? Can't we eat our dinner peacefully?"
"Princess Amelia," Charity turns to her right. "Aren't all the guests leaving?"
"Yeah," Amelia replies. "You are welcome to stay of course," she adds quickly. "Since you are
with Miss Lina and all."
"He," Charity points rather rudely at Patriot. "Is not with us. Does that mean he will leave?"
"Hmm...What do you think Gourry?" Amelia turns to Gourry.
"Phat?" Gourry turns away from the plate with his mouth full.
"Where's that prince anyway...Prince Peace?" Lina asks Amelia. "Have you thrown him out of the
kingdom?"
"Not _yet_."
"Are you sure you don't want to rethink about it?" Lina asks Amelia. "About him and you--I mean."
"I'm positive. Right Gourry?" She looks at Gourry. "I'm thinking of holding an engagement ball."
"So soon?" Charity panics.
"Good," says Patriot and everyone turns to stare at him.
Sweat drops.
"I mean, such a loving couple..." he adds hastily.
"Tomorrow night," Amelia announces.
"What about Prince Peace?" Charity asks.
"Charity. I've told you...'No'," Amelia sighs. "And that is it. Tomorrow. A ball."
"But not engagement right? You wouldn't want your courting to be so short. It has to be romantic
and long and nice..." Lina says.
Heart shapes flicker in Amelia's eyes.
"Oh yeah, okay," Amelia says. "Just an ordinary ball."
"See?" Lina looks smugly at Charity.
"See what?" Gourry asks.
"Nothing," Lina replies.
----------------------------------2 B Continued.
When Lady Lina went back to the future, she found the castle back in order and the Gang having
dinner. Queen Amelia is well. Charity has managed to stop Chivalry from poisoning Amelia.
Sorry if any of you out there is confused.
Episode 13
Again! To Recover the Past (2)
"Why are you staring at me?" Lina stares back at Patriot. "It's rude to stare at people. And
you're freaking me out."
Patriot blinks and asks vaguely. "Was I?"
Lina gulped down the last of her ten ice-cream sodas and nods. "Duh. You've been staring at me
like for the last ten minutes."
"Oh."
"Well, thanks for--" Lina gestures at the pile of dishes and glasses on the grass, "--this. I
appreciate it and now I shall be going off."
"Wait! I'd like to know you better," Patriot calls her.
Lina narrows her eyes suspiciously. "Really? Why? Are you...some evil person?"
"Um...I...let's walk to the castle together. I'm staying there too."
"Uh-huh, yeah right," Lina says sarcastically. "Now if you please--"
"I'm telling the truth. Let me follow you. See what the guards at the gates say. There's no harm
done right? If you suspect me acting maliciously, you can always do something. You _are_ a
sorceress and a good swordswoman."
"I'm flattered. Oh, alright. You follow me home. But I'll keeping my eye on you."
And together, they walk into the setting sun.
*0*
Charity paces to and fro. How could she find out what the 'accident' meant? What 'accident'? She
bites her fingernails nervously.
Noises came from Amelia's chambers next door. What was it? Charity wonders.
She beckons Bobo to stay where it is and walks out of the chamber hurriedly. Sprawled on the
corridor was a young man with strange red hair. Apparently he is very much hurt.
"Who the heck are you?" Charity shouts. "Guards! Guards!"
He gets up and stares at her, his hands gripping a vial.
"What's that? Oh gosh it's poison! You are trying to poison Princess Amelia," Charity states a
known fact. Her eyes (or rather she tries to) contemptously (like Vee when she's annoyed) at the
man. "I know you. You are one of that Monthzie Gang."
"Whatcha gonna do?" he challenges her. "Throw your loom at me?" He waves the vial in front of
him. "You can't stop me. You will soon be unborn."
"Pip?" Bobo appears in the corridor.
"Bobo, bite him!" Charity orders. Bobo hurls itself forward and bites Chivalry's arm. The vial
drops on the floor.
"The poison!" Chivalry shouts. He slams Bobo into the wall of the corridor. Bobo slides down the
wall with a forlorn squeak as Chivalry jumps forward to retrieve the vial of poison. Charity is
way ahead of him.
She slams her foot down on the glass, shattering it.
"My poison..." Chivalry wails. "How dare you! Even though you are the Princess, you have no
right to stand in the way of the Restoration of Justice."
"Resto...what?? Is this what you are fighting the Peace Rule for?" Charity stares at him. "We
_are_ not corrupt."
"Of course you are. Luckily," Chivalry sneers, "I have another vile of poison." He flashes
another bottle from within his cloak.
"You don't give up, do you?" Charity asks. "We _are_ not corrupt. You are corrupt. Your whole
existance. Even your blood is corrupt, your monstronsity of nature!"
"You have been taking lessons from Victory Gabriev," Chivalry notes.
"How would you know?" Charity retorts.
"Everyone in Saillune knows that is what Victory says about your...pet."
"Go! Bobo!" Charity shouts. Bobo squeaks and hurls itself at Chivalry.
"Oof!" And the spare vial flies at Charity's feet. Chivalry ignores Bobo's teeth digging into his
shoulder and jumps towards the vial. Charity snatches it out of his reach. Chivalry pulls
Charity's ankles and she falls on top of him, thereby knocking him out completely.
"Guards!" Charity calls out. "Some help over here!"
Footsteps thunder towards Charity--Lady Lina!
"Lady Lina!" Charity cries out at Lina of the Future. "What are you doing here?"
"Trying to stop someone from poisoning Queen Amelia. Who is that being sat on by you?"
"The assassin. He was the one who was trying to poison my Mother." Charity replies. "This is one
of the bottles of poison. Aren't you supposed not to be here?"
"I need to find out about the head of the Monthzie gang. I need to stop him from becoming the
villain he will be somehow."
"Aren't you supposed to be protecting the kingdom?"
"Charity..." Lady Lina looks at the girl sadly. "Our kingdom is lost."
"My mother?"
"She is dead."
"But...it can't be. I've stopped the poisoning..."
"Give me the poison," Lady Lina orders and Charity gives her the bottle. Lady Lina leans over one
of the windows. She opens the vial and pours the poison onto the grass patch below. Then she
crushes the bottle under her foot. "Let's hope that does the trick."
"Tell me: Won't we risk Paradox if your present self and you meet?"
Lady Lina sighs, "I suppose so. But there is no one else to do the job is there?"
"You can rely on me. You can rely on Vee. We will stop the Monthzie gang here."
"But."
"Please Lady. Please trust us...Go back home and...see if my mother...is well," her voice
quivers.
"I will. But be careful...My Queen."
"What about this..." Charity stands up and points to Chivalry.
"I will take him back to the future."
Lady Lina holds Chivalry, mutters the spell and disappears with purple smoke.
Charity hears coughing.
"What the heck is happening?" Charity hears a voice. She strains and sees Lina--the younger Lina
in the corridor, with a familiar-looking man.
"Nothing," Charity replies. "Let's have dinner."
*0*
Sometime in the future
Purple ribbons appear in the air. Two figures appeared.
Vee choked on her chicken. "What the...???" She stands up from the dinner table.
"Lina!" Zelgadis and Gourry shouts.
"Give me some space," Lina orders.
"I just killed him in the morning!" Vee pointed at the unconscious Chivalry.
"I found him in the past trying to poison Amelia. Luckily, Charity was there to stop him."
"But I just killed him..."
"Paradox." Zelgadis shakes his head. "Really messy stuff. He is from another time. Maybe
yesterday."
"Where's Amelia?" Lina asks.
"She's sleeping. Why?" Zelgadis asks. "She's rather tired, after cooking us a big dinner."
"Oh, nothing," Lina heaves a sigh of relief. Amelia is alive and well.
"Where's Charity?" Gourry asks in between huge bites.
"Still in the past."
"Do you think I ought to bring her back home?" Vee asks Lina. She narrows her eyes at Chivalry.
"After I kill him again, perhaps."
"No, Vee. Things will only get messier." Zelgadis says.
"Then what?" Vee asks. "What do we do with him?"
"Nothing."
"What do you mean nothing? We have to do something about him. I just killed him this morning. We
_have_ to do something."
Zelgadis puts his spoon aside and goes to Lina's side. "I will try to send him to the specific
time. The time when he was actually supposed to return to...wherever he is suppose to go to."
He touched Chivalry and mumbles something. In a moment, Chivalry disappears in a great purple
smoke.
"Well, now that's done, let's eat," Lina announces as she sits beside Gourry and starts to dig
into Zelgadis' plate.
"Hey, that's mine!" Zelgadis protests.
*0*
Back to the past
Charity was sure that the man with Lina (the past Lina) was someone she had seen before. With
pale green hair, and green eyes...
"Will you quit staring?" Lina hisses at Charity.
"He looks familiar..." Charity replies.
"Yeah, so what? Can't we eat our dinner peacefully?"
"Princess Amelia," Charity turns to her right. "Aren't all the guests leaving?"
"Yeah," Amelia replies. "You are welcome to stay of course," she adds quickly. "Since you are
with Miss Lina and all."
"He," Charity points rather rudely at Patriot. "Is not with us. Does that mean he will leave?"
"Hmm...What do you think Gourry?" Amelia turns to Gourry.
"Phat?" Gourry turns away from the plate with his mouth full.
"Where's that prince anyway...Prince Peace?" Lina asks Amelia. "Have you thrown him out of the
kingdom?"
"Not _yet_."
"Are you sure you don't want to rethink about it?" Lina asks Amelia. "About him and you--I mean."
"I'm positive. Right Gourry?" She looks at Gourry. "I'm thinking of holding an engagement ball."
"So soon?" Charity panics.
"Good," says Patriot and everyone turns to stare at him.
Sweat drops.
"I mean, such a loving couple..." he adds hastily.
"Tomorrow night," Amelia announces.
"What about Prince Peace?" Charity asks.
"Charity. I've told you...'No'," Amelia sighs. "And that is it. Tomorrow. A ball."
"But not engagement right? You wouldn't want your courting to be so short. It has to be romantic
and long and nice..." Lina says.
Heart shapes flicker in Amelia's eyes.
"Oh yeah, okay," Amelia says. "Just an ordinary ball."
"See?" Lina looks smugly at Charity.
"See what?" Gourry asks.
"Nothing," Lina replies.
----------------------------------2 B Continued.
When Lady Lina went back to the future, she found the castle back in order and the Gang having
dinner. Queen Amelia is well. Charity has managed to stop Chivalry from poisoning Amelia.
Sorry if any of you out there is confused.