I don't own The Slayers. I do own the waitress, her brother and the two clans… I've said to much. Please, please review.
This night is definitely not going as planedTen minuets latter by the stair case after every one else had gone to bed Lina waited for the waitress to appear.
The waitress who was now wearing a strange outfit that consisted of long light blue boots, lose light blue pants, a white shirt and a strange long light blue jacket/sweater that reached to just above her knees and was open from under the ribs and had a slight flare at the bottom her whole outfit had light purple trim around it. Walked up to the girl who was just two or three years older then her self. "How's my acting?" She smiled.
"Not half bad. By the way interesting outfit, a lot of blue though." Commented Lina as she looked the waitress over. "Now to business what information do you have for me?"
"Really too blue much do you so think? Oh well I like blue." She shrugged then continued. "There's a bandit gang a few miles from here but I don't know where exactly, but I could probably show you."
"Why would you do that?" Lina asked suspiciously.
"For two reasons, one it's late and I have to go home, the people whom I live with will be worried and two if the inn keeper sees you giving me money he'll just take it from me tomorrow."
"I guess that makes sense." Lina scrutinized the waitress' face.
"By the way I'm Varrie, who are you?" Asked the waitress.
"Me, I'm Lina, Lina Inverse, nice to met you Varrie." The petite young sorceress introduced her self.
The two young women walk out of the inn together talking. "The bandits have been terrorizing people for months now they have some mage working for them, to enchant their weapons and such." The waitress paused but Lina didn't talk so she went on. "They use spears and a long bow for weapons, they're cowards to use weapons like that. They're weapons have been enchanted to always strike their targets. They also have a weapon called 'The Cursed Dagger'".
Lina absorbed all of the waitresses information before asking, "The Cursed Dagger? Tell me about that." Just as they stepped into a clearing in the forest.
"Well they use it to force the sorcery guild to leave them alone, but I don't think they truly know how to use it. Now what about my money?" As she asked this a shadow passed over them.
"Did some one say money?" Asked a man hidden in shadow. Suddenly he stepped out of the shadows, this man was a thin whip like man who was well not a handsome man not ugly either. He was dressed in a black shirt and black pants (probably to help him slip into the shadows.) and down his cheek he had a long, thin scar.
"A bandit I presume." Lina stated calmly, well Varrie stared sorrowfully up at the man.
"No, not any bandit. I am one of the leaders from the shadow clan." He looked at the two women.
"The Shadow Clan? Of which order?" Lina was shocked that such a group as the clan was here they were as famous and infamous as she but they allowed only the best mercenaries, kidnappers, and assassins in their ranks it was said that they could slip into a town that was on the look out for them hit their target and vanish into the very shadows after wards. It was also said that their higher order made dealings with monsters.
"Umbra!" The waitress spate.
"Umbra!" Yelped Lina. In the shadow clan Umbra was near their inner core it held some of their most deadly members. "This evening," Lina thought. "Is definitely not going as planed."
"Now, now Varrie is that any way to greet me?" Laughed the Man.
"Brother how can you act this way?" She asked in a choked voice that only Lina and Darick could have heard and that was only because they were close enough to her.
"Brother?" Lina turned to look at the waitress questioningly.
But She ignored Lina's question and stared at her brother. "Darick how could you join our most bitter enemy? How could you leave the Flame clan!?" Asked Varrie so angry and yet even as she yelled her face was more sad then angry.
"Flame?!" Asked Lina. The Flame was the light, the supposed good while the Shadow was the dark and evil, they had been fighting since just after the Kouma war and both groups were highly trained and well versed in all forms of fighting. It appeared that she was surrounded by the two most fearsome clans of sorcerers and mercenaries ever this was not good. A clash of clans involving a sister on one side and a brother on another side. No this evening was definitely not going as planed.
Varrie turned to Lina and said. "I'm sorry to get you involved in this Lina."
Darick turned to face Lina when he heard her name. "Lina as in the Lina Inverse?"
"That's right pal, But because I have no intention of getting in the middle of your little family squabble I'll let you go." She replied.
"I don't think so! Hmm it seems my prey came to me this time. Ha, ha, ha." Darick laughed.
"Darick what do you mean by that?" Asked Varrie as she looked around at some of the bushes and trees around the clearing.
"I was sent to capture the infamous Lina Inverse that's where I was headed when I ran into you, sister." He stated as he stepped closer to them.
"Oh well that's just great not another kidnap or assassination attempt!" Groaned Lina, on further reflection the whole night was going to be like hell. All she had wanted was to fight some bandits, not take on some of the Shadow clan. But at least she had a member of the Flame clan to help her. As young as Varrie was she was still a Flame member which was still something.
"Tell your friends to come out and face us in a fair fight, Darick." She stood up straight and took a fighting stance.
"Alright, Penumbra come out and attack!" Darick yelled, as he did four men came out from around the tree line and proceeded to attack the two younger women. He hadn't wanted to do that, not to his beloved little sister. But he didn't want the others to know she was his sister. That was why he had them stay back so they wouldn't hear them talking. "Varrie, you should know there's no such thing as a fair fight." He said quietly so that only she and Lina could here.
"Darick come down and fight me, like the man you once were!" Said Varrie angrily, as she reached into her jacket and drew her twin short swords.
