Slayers Cure
Chapter 3
Amelia sat tied to a chair, a greasy handkerchief over her mouth to keep her quiet. She opened up her eyes to see two, equally greasy men standing directly in her face. Trying to scream, she struggled with the rope, with efforts in vain.
"Heh," the first guy laughed. "Looks like we caught a fighter."
"That's right, Bob," the other guy replied, "a real fighter."
They both chuckled at the same time.
Kicking, Amelia tried to say, "You evil doers! In the name of justice, let me free!", but it came out as a muffled "Ou ewl ors! In de ame o ustice, et e ee!", which ended in a harsh laugh from the guys.
"Looks like our little hostage is dense, or something, Mac," the one called Bob said to the other. More laughing.
"Can't believe this girl's a Seyruun princess, eh?" Mac laughed.
"Well," Bob informed, "I hear this girl's very dear to the prince of Seyruun, so he'd pay a lot of money to get her back alive!"
Amelia kicked Bob where it hurts. Mac laughed.
Bob made a squealing sound as he fell to the floor, clutching his family jewels. "Why you little brat! I outta......" He lunged towards Amelia, but was stopped by Mac.
"We have to make sure she's not hurt or she'll be useless!" exclaimed Mac as he pushed Bob back onto the ground.
"Right, right," Bob said in a high pitched voice as he lay on the ground in pain. "But I'm gonna get back at that stupid, little........"
The princess frowned at Bob. No one captured a Seyruun princess to get ransom money and got away with it!
It was morning now, and Lina and Gourry sat at the table, stuffing their faces with all the best breakfast foods on the menu, and then some. The waitress next to them looked scared as food scraps and silverware flew from the table, but the chef in the kitchen was thinking about how great it was that he was getting all this money from just two customers!
When all the food was gone and Lina thought her stomach was at its limits, she managed to say, "Check.....please."
As the waitress was bringing the check, Gourry said, "Hey, where's Zel and Amelia?"
Lina looked up from the receipt she was checking and answered, "Well, Zel said he was going to camp in the woods. He's probably half way across the world now, so we'll never see him again." When Lina noticed that Gourry didn't get the joke, she added, "Just kidding." Then continued, "Amelia, well, I don't know where she is. She didn't come to the inn last night. Probably followed Zel into the woods." She thought a bit. "But wouldn't Zel tell her to come back here?" A really disturbing thought raced through Lina's mind.
Gourry stared at Lina, waiting. "What is it?"
Her eyes grew wide, her face went white, her mouth went dry. "Zel let Amelia stay at his camp sight!"
Gourry, being the idiot that he was, replied with, "So?"
With eyebrow twitching, Lina put Gourry in a headlock and answered, "So...a guy and a girl alone, in the woods, the dark, cold, scary woods! Use your imagination, Gourry!"
Gourry got out of the headlock and rubbed his chin with his hand. "We used to camp out in the woods alone all the time. So what?"
Without any thought, Lina blushed. "We're different."
"How so?"
Lina sighed. "Amelia is an insane, hormone driven, raving, obsessive lunatic adolescent! She would never, ever let this opportunity slip!"
Gourry nodded before asking, "What opportunity?"
Angry and totally annoyed, Lina punched Gourry in the stomach. "Amelia wants Zel!"
"Wants him for what?"
With a punch, a smack, and a kick, Lina screamed, "She wants to have sex with ZEL!!!!"
The entire inn fell silent. So silent, silence is actually an understatement. All eyes fell on Lina. A mother covered her child's ears. An elderly man shook his head. Lina sat down, cleared her throat and said, "Sorry." The room went back to its usual business after about five seconds.
Gourry whispered, "You didn't have to yell that word so loud."
Lina punched Gourry in the nose. "It's all your fault."
The other nodded. "Guess so." He paused. "But would Zel let her, ya know...?"
Closing her eyes and looking down, Lina answered, "It's a shame. Poor Zel. He didn't have a chance." She sniffed back a tear.
"I'm happy for them," Gourry informed, "they make such a cute couple."
Lina nearly fainted. "But what about Zelgadis? He's lost his innocence! His innocence!"
"Um....What do you care?"
Punch "Oh, I always thought he'd lose it to me," she answered, casually.
Gourry fell off his chair. "You?"
The other shrugged. "I dunno. It just seems that Zel with Amelia or anyone else is just wrong."
Gourry murmured, "I think it would be wrong with you."
Punch
Gourry whined, "Stop! I'm starting to bruise!"
Before Lina could reply, the subject in question walked in. His hood was pulled tightly over his head, eyes darting around the room, looking for anyone who might be staring. His gaze snagged on Lina and Gourry's. Lina shot up and tackled Zel.
"Zel!" she cried. "You poor guy!" She helped him up. "How did she get you to do it? Did she strip first, or just jump right in? Huh? Tell me!"
All Zelgadis could say was, "Um...What are you talking about?"
Lina said, "Have a seat. Tell us all about it. All the gory, gross, disgusting details."
Zel sat in the chair, confused and flustered. "I still don't know what you're talking about."
"Poor Zelgadis!" Lina shrieked. "I can't believe she did that to you!"
"Who did what to me?"
Lina leaned in close to Zel and whispered, "You know, what you and Amelia did last night."
Zelgadis backed away from Lina and said, "We didn't do anything last night."
Lina looked at Zelgadis, then to Gourry, then to Zelgadis again. "Oh," she replied. "Guess I was mistaken." She sat back in her chair and sighed while her face turned bright red.
"Well," Gourry said, "where's Amelia?"
Leaning back in his chair and folding his arms over his chest, Zel said, "She followed me last night, but I sent her away."
Lina gave Zel and angry look. "You idiot!" she fumed as she began to strangle him. "You shouldn't have sent her back alone! She was probably attacked by some wild animal or something! You should have known better!"
"I...." Zelgadis struggled to say, "...thought ....she ....could. ...handle. ... herself!"
Lina let go of Zel and sat back down. "You're right, Zel. She should have been able to handle herself." Lina sighed and looked out the inn's window where there was a view of the forest.
Gourry looked too, not quite understanding what Lina was getting at, but he had an idea. "Should we look for her?"
The sorceress stood and walked towards the door after nodding. Gourry followed, but Zel stayed behind. Lina turned around to wait for Zel, but he wouldn't stand. "Coming?"
"No," Zelgadis sighed. "I'd better wait here, just in case she comes back."
"Hold on a sec!" Lina cried. "It's your fault she's missing! You and I should go look for her. Gourry can stay here and wait."
Zel looked confusedly at Lina. "Why would you want to look for her?"
The other looked as if she was offended. "Why? Well, Amelia is my very good friend. Why shouldn't I be out looking for her? I'm shocked that you would think I wouldn't want to look for her."
Another sigh escaped Zelgadis's mouth. This was pretty unexpected of Lina Inverse, who only cared for one person: herself. There was something wrong with Lina today, something that Zel just couldn't put his finger on. Maybe it was the way she was shaking her head at him, but it seemed like...
"Let's go!" Lina called from outside. Zel had been thinking so hard that he hadn't even noticed Lina leaving the inn.
"Coming," he said dryly, pulling his hood further over his head.
Chapter 3
Amelia sat tied to a chair, a greasy handkerchief over her mouth to keep her quiet. She opened up her eyes to see two, equally greasy men standing directly in her face. Trying to scream, she struggled with the rope, with efforts in vain.
"Heh," the first guy laughed. "Looks like we caught a fighter."
"That's right, Bob," the other guy replied, "a real fighter."
They both chuckled at the same time.
Kicking, Amelia tried to say, "You evil doers! In the name of justice, let me free!", but it came out as a muffled "Ou ewl ors! In de ame o ustice, et e ee!", which ended in a harsh laugh from the guys.
"Looks like our little hostage is dense, or something, Mac," the one called Bob said to the other. More laughing.
"Can't believe this girl's a Seyruun princess, eh?" Mac laughed.
"Well," Bob informed, "I hear this girl's very dear to the prince of Seyruun, so he'd pay a lot of money to get her back alive!"
Amelia kicked Bob where it hurts. Mac laughed.
Bob made a squealing sound as he fell to the floor, clutching his family jewels. "Why you little brat! I outta......" He lunged towards Amelia, but was stopped by Mac.
"We have to make sure she's not hurt or she'll be useless!" exclaimed Mac as he pushed Bob back onto the ground.
"Right, right," Bob said in a high pitched voice as he lay on the ground in pain. "But I'm gonna get back at that stupid, little........"
The princess frowned at Bob. No one captured a Seyruun princess to get ransom money and got away with it!
It was morning now, and Lina and Gourry sat at the table, stuffing their faces with all the best breakfast foods on the menu, and then some. The waitress next to them looked scared as food scraps and silverware flew from the table, but the chef in the kitchen was thinking about how great it was that he was getting all this money from just two customers!
When all the food was gone and Lina thought her stomach was at its limits, she managed to say, "Check.....please."
As the waitress was bringing the check, Gourry said, "Hey, where's Zel and Amelia?"
Lina looked up from the receipt she was checking and answered, "Well, Zel said he was going to camp in the woods. He's probably half way across the world now, so we'll never see him again." When Lina noticed that Gourry didn't get the joke, she added, "Just kidding." Then continued, "Amelia, well, I don't know where she is. She didn't come to the inn last night. Probably followed Zel into the woods." She thought a bit. "But wouldn't Zel tell her to come back here?" A really disturbing thought raced through Lina's mind.
Gourry stared at Lina, waiting. "What is it?"
Her eyes grew wide, her face went white, her mouth went dry. "Zel let Amelia stay at his camp sight!"
Gourry, being the idiot that he was, replied with, "So?"
With eyebrow twitching, Lina put Gourry in a headlock and answered, "So...a guy and a girl alone, in the woods, the dark, cold, scary woods! Use your imagination, Gourry!"
Gourry got out of the headlock and rubbed his chin with his hand. "We used to camp out in the woods alone all the time. So what?"
Without any thought, Lina blushed. "We're different."
"How so?"
Lina sighed. "Amelia is an insane, hormone driven, raving, obsessive lunatic adolescent! She would never, ever let this opportunity slip!"
Gourry nodded before asking, "What opportunity?"
Angry and totally annoyed, Lina punched Gourry in the stomach. "Amelia wants Zel!"
"Wants him for what?"
With a punch, a smack, and a kick, Lina screamed, "She wants to have sex with ZEL!!!!"
The entire inn fell silent. So silent, silence is actually an understatement. All eyes fell on Lina. A mother covered her child's ears. An elderly man shook his head. Lina sat down, cleared her throat and said, "Sorry." The room went back to its usual business after about five seconds.
Gourry whispered, "You didn't have to yell that word so loud."
Lina punched Gourry in the nose. "It's all your fault."
The other nodded. "Guess so." He paused. "But would Zel let her, ya know...?"
Closing her eyes and looking down, Lina answered, "It's a shame. Poor Zel. He didn't have a chance." She sniffed back a tear.
"I'm happy for them," Gourry informed, "they make such a cute couple."
Lina nearly fainted. "But what about Zelgadis? He's lost his innocence! His innocence!"
"Um....What do you care?"
Punch "Oh, I always thought he'd lose it to me," she answered, casually.
Gourry fell off his chair. "You?"
The other shrugged. "I dunno. It just seems that Zel with Amelia or anyone else is just wrong."
Gourry murmured, "I think it would be wrong with you."
Punch
Gourry whined, "Stop! I'm starting to bruise!"
Before Lina could reply, the subject in question walked in. His hood was pulled tightly over his head, eyes darting around the room, looking for anyone who might be staring. His gaze snagged on Lina and Gourry's. Lina shot up and tackled Zel.
"Zel!" she cried. "You poor guy!" She helped him up. "How did she get you to do it? Did she strip first, or just jump right in? Huh? Tell me!"
All Zelgadis could say was, "Um...What are you talking about?"
Lina said, "Have a seat. Tell us all about it. All the gory, gross, disgusting details."
Zel sat in the chair, confused and flustered. "I still don't know what you're talking about."
"Poor Zelgadis!" Lina shrieked. "I can't believe she did that to you!"
"Who did what to me?"
Lina leaned in close to Zel and whispered, "You know, what you and Amelia did last night."
Zelgadis backed away from Lina and said, "We didn't do anything last night."
Lina looked at Zelgadis, then to Gourry, then to Zelgadis again. "Oh," she replied. "Guess I was mistaken." She sat back in her chair and sighed while her face turned bright red.
"Well," Gourry said, "where's Amelia?"
Leaning back in his chair and folding his arms over his chest, Zel said, "She followed me last night, but I sent her away."
Lina gave Zel and angry look. "You idiot!" she fumed as she began to strangle him. "You shouldn't have sent her back alone! She was probably attacked by some wild animal or something! You should have known better!"
"I...." Zelgadis struggled to say, "...thought ....she ....could. ...handle. ... herself!"
Lina let go of Zel and sat back down. "You're right, Zel. She should have been able to handle herself." Lina sighed and looked out the inn's window where there was a view of the forest.
Gourry looked too, not quite understanding what Lina was getting at, but he had an idea. "Should we look for her?"
The sorceress stood and walked towards the door after nodding. Gourry followed, but Zel stayed behind. Lina turned around to wait for Zel, but he wouldn't stand. "Coming?"
"No," Zelgadis sighed. "I'd better wait here, just in case she comes back."
"Hold on a sec!" Lina cried. "It's your fault she's missing! You and I should go look for her. Gourry can stay here and wait."
Zel looked confusedly at Lina. "Why would you want to look for her?"
The other looked as if she was offended. "Why? Well, Amelia is my very good friend. Why shouldn't I be out looking for her? I'm shocked that you would think I wouldn't want to look for her."
Another sigh escaped Zelgadis's mouth. This was pretty unexpected of Lina Inverse, who only cared for one person: herself. There was something wrong with Lina today, something that Zel just couldn't put his finger on. Maybe it was the way she was shaking her head at him, but it seemed like...
"Let's go!" Lina called from outside. Zel had been thinking so hard that he hadn't even noticed Lina leaving the inn.
"Coming," he said dryly, pulling his hood further over his head.
