Closer and closer the sun and moon came to eachother, and Eli could see them clearly now from his position in the center of the room. Lokk sat in a large chair, an evil smirk on his face. He knew fuly well that in a few minutes he could continue with his plan, and then he would be in business. Eli tried to struggle but the thread/rope held firm, he couldn't get loose. Lokk seemed amused by this, and made it clear to Eli that he was enjoying this. So Eli had stopped moving, and watched the sun and moon move cloeser together. He had begun to feel very disoriented, and thought that the eclipse had something to do with it. He tried to look away, only to find that he couldn't move at all. And the two celestrial bodies were getting closer by the minute.
"Don't worry, Eli," Lokk purred in his evil voice. "Soon you will be very useful to me."
"I'd rather you kill me," Eli hissed in anger.
"Oh, come now," Lokk said. "Why would I do that? I need you alive. For now, at least. Only a few minutes more, and then the real fun will begin. But right now I have other business to attend to. I will be back very, very soon. So don't move."
Lokk laughed as he left the room, leaving Eli alone. Eli tried to break free of his bonds again, but they held firm. It didn't help that the sun and moon kept drawing his gaze, making it harder to concentrate on braking free. His entire body began to feel numb, and there was an indescribable pain in his chest, as if something were tearing his heart out. A soft groan escaped from his lips, but it fell onto deaf walls. And the eclipse drew closer and closer...
Skyler watched as the captives slowly waked up, and waited until all of them were awake before she began her questioning. Skyler was a rather stunning person, fierce and beautiful at the same time. She was tall, thin, with shoulder length blue-grey hair and sharp green eyes. The way she stood and walked spoke of someone who had been a warrior for a very long time, and the scars on her bare arms and wings attested to this as well. From her belt hung a sword that looked well used and sharp as ever. She stared at this group as she would any other intruder. She had been trained to protect the Goddess of the Temple, regardless as to who that was. Right now it was Solaris, who had vanished, most likely, in Skyler's thinking, kidnapped. As soon as the last child had woken up, Skyler drew out her sword and held it to the first person's thoat, that person happening to be Yue.
"You, you have wings like our people, but you are not Skye-borne. What are you and this group doing in the Temple of the Sun?" Skyler demanded.
"We are trying to rescue our friend," Yue answered coldly. "Lokk has him held somewhere in this place, and Kya sent us to rescue him."
"Oh? The Goddess sent you, did she? Then where is she now?" Skyler asked in disbelief. One of her other guards sniggered softly. A quick glance in that direction brought complete silence.
"She's somewhere in those woods on the other side of the meadows," said Tori, speaking softly.
Skyler walked over to Tori and stared at him with her sharp eyes, as if she were looking into his mind and heart. Slowly a smile crossed her face. It was a brief smile, but a smile nonetheless.
"For some perverse reason I do not understand, I believe you, human. Perhaps it is because you eyes tell me that your heart is truly a good one. But I will believe you. Besides, I am looking for as much a reason to attack Lokk as the next person is. But how did you get in here?"
Again she turned to Yue. Her glare made him shiver.
"I led them in here," He said firmly, fighting his discomfert. "Kya left her memories in my own mind and they allowed me to know how to get in here. But she left nothing about you."
"Good. Its better for her not to. Saves both of us a lot of trouble. Tano, Hario, untie them."
Two soldiers stepped foreward and cut loose the ropes just as a loud scream rang through the Temple! Most of the soldiers ran out one door, but Yue and Skyler bolted down another, and the rest of the CardCaptor gang followed them. Sakura risked a quick glance up at the glass ceiling as saw that the eclipse had begun. A few seconds later she recognized the screaming voice as Eli's. She wasn't alone in this, and it just prompted them into running faster. They had to find him, and fast.
Kya managed to open her eyes as the first waves of energy surged through her injured body. The sun and moon were beginning to cross, and she was running out of time. The more and more the two crossed the more powerful Lokk's magic became. She had no choice but to move now, and try and reach the Temple. With great pain and struggle, Kya became a hawk once more and took to the air. She could only hope she wasn't too late.
Eli struggled fiercely against the strange force that was tearing at him, pulling him apart. It had only taken a few seconds to realize what was happening, Lokk was using his magic to seperate Clow Reed's magic from Eli. And to do that he was bringing Clow Reed back from the dead. That was what the stones around the pillar had been for, to hold Clow Reed. It was a type of prison.
Try as he might, Eli could not stop the powers that tore through him, and he had no choice but to give into them. He could barely hear Lokk's shouts as he spoke the spells that were causing Eli such great pain. Eli could also just see the shadow of something appearing in the other circle of stones, the figure of what would soon be Clow Reed. Around his feet the stones were glowing brightly, and were emitting a high pitched howling noise. Above all of that was a crackling noise, like all the air in the room had turned to lightning!
Eli cried out again as the pain increased, and then, everything went oddly numb. He could feel little of anything, and could only hear his own heart beating. Everything was dark, but not because he had passed out, but because the moon now covered the sun completely! Eli glance at the pillars and saw the form of Clow Reed sprawled out in the circle of stones, unconscious, but alive. That in itself was a strange sight, but Eli had no chance to wonder at it, because Lokk was not finshed with him.
He walked across the large room, something in his hands. It was a small knife made from a bone. Eli tried to move away from him, but that was useless. Lokk took a firm grip on Eli's neck and held him still, holding the knife in front of Eli's eyes. Eli watched it, fear in his eyes. Lokk lowered it to the base of Eli's shoulder, resting the blade on Eli's skin. Then, beginning to repeat a faint chant, Lokk pressed the knife into Eli's shoulder, slicing the skin! Blood fell to the floor as Eli screamed again with renewed pain, but his cries were drowned out by another cry, this one a thunderous roar. Zahnri had been ressurected, and he was in a very foul mood.
"Don't worry, Eli," Lokk purred in his evil voice. "Soon you will be very useful to me."
"I'd rather you kill me," Eli hissed in anger.
"Oh, come now," Lokk said. "Why would I do that? I need you alive. For now, at least. Only a few minutes more, and then the real fun will begin. But right now I have other business to attend to. I will be back very, very soon. So don't move."
Lokk laughed as he left the room, leaving Eli alone. Eli tried to break free of his bonds again, but they held firm. It didn't help that the sun and moon kept drawing his gaze, making it harder to concentrate on braking free. His entire body began to feel numb, and there was an indescribable pain in his chest, as if something were tearing his heart out. A soft groan escaped from his lips, but it fell onto deaf walls. And the eclipse drew closer and closer...
Skyler watched as the captives slowly waked up, and waited until all of them were awake before she began her questioning. Skyler was a rather stunning person, fierce and beautiful at the same time. She was tall, thin, with shoulder length blue-grey hair and sharp green eyes. The way she stood and walked spoke of someone who had been a warrior for a very long time, and the scars on her bare arms and wings attested to this as well. From her belt hung a sword that looked well used and sharp as ever. She stared at this group as she would any other intruder. She had been trained to protect the Goddess of the Temple, regardless as to who that was. Right now it was Solaris, who had vanished, most likely, in Skyler's thinking, kidnapped. As soon as the last child had woken up, Skyler drew out her sword and held it to the first person's thoat, that person happening to be Yue.
"You, you have wings like our people, but you are not Skye-borne. What are you and this group doing in the Temple of the Sun?" Skyler demanded.
"We are trying to rescue our friend," Yue answered coldly. "Lokk has him held somewhere in this place, and Kya sent us to rescue him."
"Oh? The Goddess sent you, did she? Then where is she now?" Skyler asked in disbelief. One of her other guards sniggered softly. A quick glance in that direction brought complete silence.
"She's somewhere in those woods on the other side of the meadows," said Tori, speaking softly.
Skyler walked over to Tori and stared at him with her sharp eyes, as if she were looking into his mind and heart. Slowly a smile crossed her face. It was a brief smile, but a smile nonetheless.
"For some perverse reason I do not understand, I believe you, human. Perhaps it is because you eyes tell me that your heart is truly a good one. But I will believe you. Besides, I am looking for as much a reason to attack Lokk as the next person is. But how did you get in here?"
Again she turned to Yue. Her glare made him shiver.
"I led them in here," He said firmly, fighting his discomfert. "Kya left her memories in my own mind and they allowed me to know how to get in here. But she left nothing about you."
"Good. Its better for her not to. Saves both of us a lot of trouble. Tano, Hario, untie them."
Two soldiers stepped foreward and cut loose the ropes just as a loud scream rang through the Temple! Most of the soldiers ran out one door, but Yue and Skyler bolted down another, and the rest of the CardCaptor gang followed them. Sakura risked a quick glance up at the glass ceiling as saw that the eclipse had begun. A few seconds later she recognized the screaming voice as Eli's. She wasn't alone in this, and it just prompted them into running faster. They had to find him, and fast.
Kya managed to open her eyes as the first waves of energy surged through her injured body. The sun and moon were beginning to cross, and she was running out of time. The more and more the two crossed the more powerful Lokk's magic became. She had no choice but to move now, and try and reach the Temple. With great pain and struggle, Kya became a hawk once more and took to the air. She could only hope she wasn't too late.
Eli struggled fiercely against the strange force that was tearing at him, pulling him apart. It had only taken a few seconds to realize what was happening, Lokk was using his magic to seperate Clow Reed's magic from Eli. And to do that he was bringing Clow Reed back from the dead. That was what the stones around the pillar had been for, to hold Clow Reed. It was a type of prison.
Try as he might, Eli could not stop the powers that tore through him, and he had no choice but to give into them. He could barely hear Lokk's shouts as he spoke the spells that were causing Eli such great pain. Eli could also just see the shadow of something appearing in the other circle of stones, the figure of what would soon be Clow Reed. Around his feet the stones were glowing brightly, and were emitting a high pitched howling noise. Above all of that was a crackling noise, like all the air in the room had turned to lightning!
Eli cried out again as the pain increased, and then, everything went oddly numb. He could feel little of anything, and could only hear his own heart beating. Everything was dark, but not because he had passed out, but because the moon now covered the sun completely! Eli glance at the pillars and saw the form of Clow Reed sprawled out in the circle of stones, unconscious, but alive. That in itself was a strange sight, but Eli had no chance to wonder at it, because Lokk was not finshed with him.
He walked across the large room, something in his hands. It was a small knife made from a bone. Eli tried to move away from him, but that was useless. Lokk took a firm grip on Eli's neck and held him still, holding the knife in front of Eli's eyes. Eli watched it, fear in his eyes. Lokk lowered it to the base of Eli's shoulder, resting the blade on Eli's skin. Then, beginning to repeat a faint chant, Lokk pressed the knife into Eli's shoulder, slicing the skin! Blood fell to the floor as Eli screamed again with renewed pain, but his cries were drowned out by another cry, this one a thunderous roar. Zahnri had been ressurected, and he was in a very foul mood.