"WHAT!" Lina yelled over the whole restaurant. Grey had a death grip of Zel's shirt and looked really frightened now. Zel just sweat dropped and looked at Lina. She was staring and was almost sitting on the table trying to get a closer look. She looked really ridiculous. Gourry just looked confused like always. Zel slowly sat Grey down on the floor but as soon as Grey was standing on the floor he took another death grip of Zel's leg. Lina was staring from Grey to Zel and then back at Grey again.
"When? Who? Where? Why?" Lina was still staring at Grey when she asked the questions.
"I'll answer the questions if you stop staring and being so loud." Zel said in a calm voice. Lina blinked a few times and then realized what she was doing. She got a sheepish smile on her face.
"Opps... sorry Zel." Zel picked Grey up again and sat him down on a chair besides Gourry and took a seat by Lina himself. A few minutes later Lina opened her mouth again.
"Well? Are you going to explain?" Zel sighed and then told Lina about Isabelle and that night. Gourry and Grey were having a "conversation" about the best tasting candy and didn't pay attention to Lina and Zel.
Lina looked angry and glared at Zel. Zel flinched. He didn't like the way Lina was looking at him. He put his hands over Grey's ears when Lina started to shout at him. Lina told him a few well-chosen words before she calmed herself down a little. Grey looked completely clueless but sat still.
"What?! Hoe could you?! I thought you had more brains than that Zel! Does Amelia know about this?! Do you know about Amelia marrying a creep?!"
"Amelia knows. And I know about the marriage. But I can't se why it's any of her concern knowing about Grey. But I can't se why it's any of you're concern what I do either." Zel moved his hands to rest on the table when he was sure Lina had calmed down. Grey blinked a few times then went back to his conversation with Gourry.
"I admit that it was careless of me... but now I wouldn't change it fore the world."
"But..."
"Lina just give it up. Don't try to understand." Lina bit her lip. Right about then Lina's and Gourry's food arrived.
"You're order miss..." He rolled over a cart full of food and started to place the plates on the table. Then the waiter turned to Zel.
"Would you like anything Mr. Greywords?" Zel turned to Grey.
"Would you like anything to eat Grey?" Grey thought for a minute then made a couple of hand movements. Zel sweat dropped a little. Then Gourry spoke.
"You let him drink coffee Zel?"
"No."
"Ah... I get it. He wants to be like his dad. Right Grey?" Grey nodded at Gourry. Zel sweat dropped again. Then he told the waiter to bring a cup of coffee and a glass of milk. The waiter nodded and walked of.
"So what are you two doing here? Aren't you supposed to be in the castle and help Amelia before the wedding?" The waiter walked up to the table again and handed Zel his order. Zel gave Grey the glass of milk. Grey got a disappointed look on his face. But decided to drink the milk anyway.
"I guess you haven't heard..." Lina had stopped her eating and Gourry had also stopped.
"Heard what? Grey and I were supposed to leave today." Lina got a pained look on her face.
"Amelia is sick... really sick. No one can do anything. If you use magic on her just get worse. I think Phil had every healer and herbal expert in the city called to the castle. But no one could figure out what is wrong."
"What?!" Zel raised his voice but caught himself and lowered it.
"What happened?"
"We don't know. One moment she was just fine and the other she was almost unconscious. She is sleeping now... but no one can wake her." Lina stopped talking not trusting her voice to be steady any longer. Zel's thought was reeling. Gourry just sat there not doing anything. And Grey looked from one adult to the other. The he gently tugged at his father's shirt. Zel didn't respond he was jus staring blankly at the table. Then he spoke.
"And what am I to do about it? I guess you were looking for me and was going to ask for my help." He spoke with such coldness in his voice that Grey let go of him. Lina flinched. Then she became angry again.
"Yes we were looking for you! I thought that you at least cared about her as a friend! We thought that maybe you could help her!"
"How am I supposed to help?! What can I do that everyone haven't already tried! You said you're self that Phil had called for every expert available!" Zel stood and glared at Lina. Lina stood and returned the favor.
"I thought that maybe you could help because you are good at figuring things out. And because you have experience with rare herbs and magic."
"Well I'm NOT going to help!" Lina flinched again and sat down.
"I never thought that you would turn you back at you're friends… especially not Amelia. I didn't think you were capable of being that cold Zel." It was Zel's turn to flinch.
"Com on Gourry lets go..." Lina stood up and left a small bag of coins on the table to pay for the food. Gourry stood and looked at Zel.
"Don't turn your back on Amelia Zel... She needs you more then ever now." After Gourry had said that he walked after Lina and out of the Inn. Zel sat down and put his head in his hands and sighed. Fait wasn't on his side. He and Grey were going to leave that afternoon. But now he had a feeling that he couldn't leave. And he didn't know if he had ever wanted to either.
Lina was fuming. She was so incredibly angry with Zel for being such a bonehead. She hit Gourry on the arm and Gourry flinched.
"Ow...What did I do?"
"Oh... Sorry Gourry. I'm just so mad at Zel. I can't believe what he said. How can he not care about Amelia?" Lina sighed.
"We could force him to go to the castle... but I have a feeling that's not such a good idea either." Lina ruffled her hair in frustration.
"I don't get it how that man thinks!"
"I think he thinks to much. He should listen a little more to his hart instead." Lina stopped short and blinked a few times. Then she looked at Gourry.
"What did you just say?"
"Huh?"
"Never mind Gourry. Lets just go back to the castle and see how Amelia is doing." The walked off towards the castle and didn't notice the small boy following them.
Zel sat up straight and looked around him.
"Grey?" He stood and walked over to the innkeeper.
"Did you se where Grey went to?"
"Hum.. I think he went outside." Zel started to worry. Grey usually didn't leave just like that.
"Thanks." Zel went outside and looked around. He stopped and looked straight at the castle.
"He wouldn't..." Zel groaned and went inside to grab his cape and sword. After a few minutes he was walking towards the castle.
In the shadows Isabelle were watching as Zel went after Grey. She was damming her bad luck and was trying to come up with something to stop Zel from reaching the castle.
"What to do...? What to do...? Gah! I can't think of anything good." She walked a safe distance behind Zel desperately trying to come up with something.
"I know I can just get Grey and give him to Zelgadis. Then he wont reach the castle." Isabelle smiled to herself.
"Hum... now I just have to locate him." She closed her eyes and concentrated. After a few seconds they flew opened and she screamed.
"NOOOOOO!" Several people jumped and then looked at Isabelle. She sweat dropped and giggled nervously. The people just shook their heads and continued with that they were doing. Isabelle started walking again. 'I can't sense him... witch is strange. It never happened before.' She sighed and sat down on a bench.
"This is going to be hell... especially if I don't find him. I could try to talk to Zelgadis and see if I could get him to search the city first. No...that won't work. Oh man, Morgan's gonna kill me!"
Lina and Gourry reached the castle gates and went inside without any trouble. Grey had walked behind them the whole way. He looked around and he knew that he wouldn't be let inside. He started to walk around to see if there was any other way of getting in. Then he gave up and walked over to the guards at the gate.
"Pardon me... sir... I can't find my mommy... can you help me?" Grey looked up at the guard with typical puppy dog eyes. The guard sat down on one knee so that he was in Grey's eye level.
"Not to worry. Were going to find her." The guard patted Grey on the head. And then Grey put a finger on the guard's forehead.
"*Sleep*" The guard slumped down and was oblivious to the world. Grey took this opportunity to walk trough the gates and into the gardens. The guard soon woke up and looked around.
"What happened?" He couldn't remember the incident with Grey.
"I must have dozed of..." He surged and went back to his post.
"When? Who? Where? Why?" Lina was still staring at Grey when she asked the questions.
"I'll answer the questions if you stop staring and being so loud." Zel said in a calm voice. Lina blinked a few times and then realized what she was doing. She got a sheepish smile on her face.
"Opps... sorry Zel." Zel picked Grey up again and sat him down on a chair besides Gourry and took a seat by Lina himself. A few minutes later Lina opened her mouth again.
"Well? Are you going to explain?" Zel sighed and then told Lina about Isabelle and that night. Gourry and Grey were having a "conversation" about the best tasting candy and didn't pay attention to Lina and Zel.
Lina looked angry and glared at Zel. Zel flinched. He didn't like the way Lina was looking at him. He put his hands over Grey's ears when Lina started to shout at him. Lina told him a few well-chosen words before she calmed herself down a little. Grey looked completely clueless but sat still.
"What?! Hoe could you?! I thought you had more brains than that Zel! Does Amelia know about this?! Do you know about Amelia marrying a creep?!"
"Amelia knows. And I know about the marriage. But I can't se why it's any of her concern knowing about Grey. But I can't se why it's any of you're concern what I do either." Zel moved his hands to rest on the table when he was sure Lina had calmed down. Grey blinked a few times then went back to his conversation with Gourry.
"I admit that it was careless of me... but now I wouldn't change it fore the world."
"But..."
"Lina just give it up. Don't try to understand." Lina bit her lip. Right about then Lina's and Gourry's food arrived.
"You're order miss..." He rolled over a cart full of food and started to place the plates on the table. Then the waiter turned to Zel.
"Would you like anything Mr. Greywords?" Zel turned to Grey.
"Would you like anything to eat Grey?" Grey thought for a minute then made a couple of hand movements. Zel sweat dropped a little. Then Gourry spoke.
"You let him drink coffee Zel?"
"No."
"Ah... I get it. He wants to be like his dad. Right Grey?" Grey nodded at Gourry. Zel sweat dropped again. Then he told the waiter to bring a cup of coffee and a glass of milk. The waiter nodded and walked of.
"So what are you two doing here? Aren't you supposed to be in the castle and help Amelia before the wedding?" The waiter walked up to the table again and handed Zel his order. Zel gave Grey the glass of milk. Grey got a disappointed look on his face. But decided to drink the milk anyway.
"I guess you haven't heard..." Lina had stopped her eating and Gourry had also stopped.
"Heard what? Grey and I were supposed to leave today." Lina got a pained look on her face.
"Amelia is sick... really sick. No one can do anything. If you use magic on her just get worse. I think Phil had every healer and herbal expert in the city called to the castle. But no one could figure out what is wrong."
"What?!" Zel raised his voice but caught himself and lowered it.
"What happened?"
"We don't know. One moment she was just fine and the other she was almost unconscious. She is sleeping now... but no one can wake her." Lina stopped talking not trusting her voice to be steady any longer. Zel's thought was reeling. Gourry just sat there not doing anything. And Grey looked from one adult to the other. The he gently tugged at his father's shirt. Zel didn't respond he was jus staring blankly at the table. Then he spoke.
"And what am I to do about it? I guess you were looking for me and was going to ask for my help." He spoke with such coldness in his voice that Grey let go of him. Lina flinched. Then she became angry again.
"Yes we were looking for you! I thought that you at least cared about her as a friend! We thought that maybe you could help her!"
"How am I supposed to help?! What can I do that everyone haven't already tried! You said you're self that Phil had called for every expert available!" Zel stood and glared at Lina. Lina stood and returned the favor.
"I thought that maybe you could help because you are good at figuring things out. And because you have experience with rare herbs and magic."
"Well I'm NOT going to help!" Lina flinched again and sat down.
"I never thought that you would turn you back at you're friends… especially not Amelia. I didn't think you were capable of being that cold Zel." It was Zel's turn to flinch.
"Com on Gourry lets go..." Lina stood up and left a small bag of coins on the table to pay for the food. Gourry stood and looked at Zel.
"Don't turn your back on Amelia Zel... She needs you more then ever now." After Gourry had said that he walked after Lina and out of the Inn. Zel sat down and put his head in his hands and sighed. Fait wasn't on his side. He and Grey were going to leave that afternoon. But now he had a feeling that he couldn't leave. And he didn't know if he had ever wanted to either.
Lina was fuming. She was so incredibly angry with Zel for being such a bonehead. She hit Gourry on the arm and Gourry flinched.
"Ow...What did I do?"
"Oh... Sorry Gourry. I'm just so mad at Zel. I can't believe what he said. How can he not care about Amelia?" Lina sighed.
"We could force him to go to the castle... but I have a feeling that's not such a good idea either." Lina ruffled her hair in frustration.
"I don't get it how that man thinks!"
"I think he thinks to much. He should listen a little more to his hart instead." Lina stopped short and blinked a few times. Then she looked at Gourry.
"What did you just say?"
"Huh?"
"Never mind Gourry. Lets just go back to the castle and see how Amelia is doing." The walked off towards the castle and didn't notice the small boy following them.
Zel sat up straight and looked around him.
"Grey?" He stood and walked over to the innkeeper.
"Did you se where Grey went to?"
"Hum.. I think he went outside." Zel started to worry. Grey usually didn't leave just like that.
"Thanks." Zel went outside and looked around. He stopped and looked straight at the castle.
"He wouldn't..." Zel groaned and went inside to grab his cape and sword. After a few minutes he was walking towards the castle.
In the shadows Isabelle were watching as Zel went after Grey. She was damming her bad luck and was trying to come up with something to stop Zel from reaching the castle.
"What to do...? What to do...? Gah! I can't think of anything good." She walked a safe distance behind Zel desperately trying to come up with something.
"I know I can just get Grey and give him to Zelgadis. Then he wont reach the castle." Isabelle smiled to herself.
"Hum... now I just have to locate him." She closed her eyes and concentrated. After a few seconds they flew opened and she screamed.
"NOOOOOO!" Several people jumped and then looked at Isabelle. She sweat dropped and giggled nervously. The people just shook their heads and continued with that they were doing. Isabelle started walking again. 'I can't sense him... witch is strange. It never happened before.' She sighed and sat down on a bench.
"This is going to be hell... especially if I don't find him. I could try to talk to Zelgadis and see if I could get him to search the city first. No...that won't work. Oh man, Morgan's gonna kill me!"
Lina and Gourry reached the castle gates and went inside without any trouble. Grey had walked behind them the whole way. He looked around and he knew that he wouldn't be let inside. He started to walk around to see if there was any other way of getting in. Then he gave up and walked over to the guards at the gate.
"Pardon me... sir... I can't find my mommy... can you help me?" Grey looked up at the guard with typical puppy dog eyes. The guard sat down on one knee so that he was in Grey's eye level.
"Not to worry. Were going to find her." The guard patted Grey on the head. And then Grey put a finger on the guard's forehead.
"*Sleep*" The guard slumped down and was oblivious to the world. Grey took this opportunity to walk trough the gates and into the gardens. The guard soon woke up and looked around.
"What happened?" He couldn't remember the incident with Grey.
"I must have dozed of..." He surged and went back to his post.
