Chapter Seven: The Attack
"What the HELL?!" Rad screamed looking at the two dead bodies. All of them went running over to the dead soldiers. They where dead all right, one seemed to be shot in the head with some projectile and the other was cut in half. Blood and guts lay all over the green grass right in front of the gate. The gate was sure as hell broken down. It looked like it took many people to bring it down.
"Who did this?" Carle said, grabbing Han's shoulder.
"I have no freaking idea." Han said.
"Looks like an army of some sort did it." Sullivan said while picking up a gun of some sort. Jade came over to Sullivan and looked at the gun.
"I know who did this…" she said with a stunned look. "There's only one army here on this planet that would use these weapons."
"Holy cow!" Sullivan said while looking at the gun.
"Yep, it's a gun. These people don't use close combat that much…" Jade said. She paused and remembered something that seemed to bother her.
"Who the hell would do something like this?" Rad yelled.
"A mad man," Jade went on "a man who killed my family and my friends five years ago. A man who drinks blood himself and enjoys killing people. A man who seeks supreme power. A man… named…" Jade paused a second and turned to the other four and said the name in a horrid serious way "Vern."
Everyone was shocked and Han spoke up.
"That's the bastard Princess Schala told me about, we have to stop HIM!" he screamed out in a worried way.
"Yes, he is. I remember you telling me in Termina before about this whole thing." Jade said.
They all stood there looking at each other when Sullivan piped in
"Let's go in." he said in a very serious way.
"We must watch ourselves." Jade said.
"Oh my god…" Carle said stumbling to the ground "What if the Guru is in danger?"
"Then we go in for sure." Han remarked. "If he is in danger, the world is in danger. Hell, he knows where to make our next move to save existence! Let's go." He pulled out his lance and walked toward the mansion.
"WAIT!" Jade said with a holler "We can't just walk into there, we need to sneak in. That place is definitely taken over by Vern's men. If we just walk into there, they will shoot us down like nothing."
"Fine, then we make a strategy." Han remarked.
They were all in the mansion by now. It took them about an hour to sneak through a well and into the building. It was a damp and dark room. The whole inside of the building seemed to have been destroyed at one time but totally rebuilt. While the five snuck into the mansion, they noticed that this place WAS taken over by MANY of Vern's men. The men were not really human. Instead they where devil like with scaly skin and horns coming out of their heads. They looked much like dinosaurs or reptiles of some sort. They walked on two legs and whore helmets with armed defensive gear. All of them seemed to hold that "gun" that they had found in the front. These reptile-like creatures didn't seem to talk either, only grunted to each other. They carried swords and guns and seemed to be very dangerous.
The five heroes and heroines lay still in a dark room. It wasn't easy getting in; they all had to take on three guards. Luckily, they avoided getting hurt by not being seen. Rad had managed to throw his axe at a guard's back while Sullivan shot the same guard right in the head, killing him instantly. Han snuck up behind a guard choked him a bit while Carle slit its throat. Jade simply chopped a guard's head off single handedly and didn't seem to really care. It was like she was use to this.
"Ok, now what?" Carle said while wiping blood off her face. Carle seemed to accept this killing thing. Before, she was just a simple girl who couldn't stand blood and guts. Anyone could give her credit, she really changed.
"I'm going to scout out the hallways. Han, you come with me. You guess stay here and don't make a sound." Jade said while walking to the doorway with Han.
"Sure, it's not like we are going to actually walk into a hallway and jump in front of the guards and say 'HEY! I'M AN ENEMY! KILL ME!'" Rad said with a sarcastic attitude.
"Just stay here." Jade replied.
Han and Jade walked around the hallway in a stealthy way. There was one guard pacing back and fourth with only a gun in his hand. Jade was hiding behind a box and Han was up agencies a wall. They both nodded and approached the guard from behind. Han did a round kick and the guard fell to the ground, then Jade's blade slid right into the enemy's back, piercing his heart. He died instantly without making a single noise. They hid the body and continued on.
"You seem to know your way around this place. Have you been here before?" Han said to Jade. Jade simply raised a finger and hushed Han. She heard something. Two guard where grunting to each other not so far away. It sounded like it came from down the stone hall. Then the grunts got louder and the sounds of footsteps grew larger. Jade grabbed Han and they both headed into a room and shut the door quietly. The room they were in had many cages with nothing in them. Then someone or something made a loud mumble.
"What was that?" Han said looking around the room.
"I don't know, sounded like it came from over there." Jade said quietly. Jade walked over to a closet and opened it up to find a human guard all tied up with his mouth taped.
"I'm taking the tape off your mouth, don't make a sound." Jade said to the man. The man nodded and the tape came off.
"Who are you?" He said.
"We are here to see the Guru. Do you know where he is?" Han said to the guard.
"The Guru? Yeah, he is usually up stairs in the library. Why?" the guard replied.
"How do you know this?" Jade said.
"Well… I am a guard here. That is, I was until some damn lizard tied me up a threw me in here." The guard replied. He had a pissed expression on his face and you can tell he wanted blood.
"Do you know who is really behind this?" Han asked.
"Yeah… it's Vern… who else would do something like this?" The guard said with a raised eyebrow.
"What are his intensions?" Jade asked.
"Well, I'm really not sure. I think he may be looking for the Guru. Or he could be looking for the Frozen Flame." The guard said.
"We have to find the Guru, it's or last chance." Han said.
"Wait, the Guru was captured… I think." The guard said while trying to jog his memory.
"You THINK?" Han snapped back.
"Well, hell, I was banged over the head really hard. It's not easy trying to remember things." The guard snapped back sharply.
"Can you lead us to the place where you think he may be held?" Jade asked politely.
"Yeah… if you get me untied."
The three slipped along the hallway with the help of the guard. They finally made it to the prison with no trouble.
"Ok, here we are." said the guard. Han looked around at each cell. Finally he found a man dressed in blue clothing and a long grey beard and a blue hate of some sort.
"Are you the Guru?" Han said to the man.
"Well…" he said with a smile "You are here to save me Han, it's about time you came." Han gasped and wondered how the hell this old guy knew his name.
"How do you know my name!?" Han said.
"Well, I am the Guru of Time. Know help me get out of here." The Guru of Time said.
Han and Jade were stopped when they heard footsteps coming down the stairs. Han and Jade hid but the human guard struggled to find a spot. The reptile soldier reached the last step and spotted the human guard and made a loud grunt. He ran forward and stuck a sword right into his stomach and lifted him up. The human guard's eyes were wide open and he was shaking in horror. The shaking stopped when the reptile soldier shot a bullet into the human guard head and threw him across the room. His body landed right next to the pillar that Han was standing behind. Han froze in horror while looking at the human guard. The guard's eyes were still wide open and blood was leaking out of the gunshot. Red liquid quickly spread through the floor making it a pool of blood. The reptile guard sniffed the air and grinned. It smelt something and walked toward the pillar that Han was standing behind. But suddenly, Jade dropped from the ceiling and slashed the soldier in the back. The soldier's body arched back while Han came running out. Han punched the soldier in the face with his blade knuckles and lanced the soldier right in the face. It moved around for a little while and stopped moving and fell to the ground like a rag doll.
"Hell, my prophecy is true; you are a great noble fighter. Both of you are." The Guru said.
Jade took the keys from the dead soldier and unlocked the cell that was holding the Guru.
"Now let's get the hell out of here!" Han said, grabbing the Guru's arm. Jade helped the Guru up and started to run toward to stairs.
Rad, Sullivan, and Carle where waiting patiently in the same room they have been in all long. Sullivan froze and quickly drew his nice new crossbow when he heard a noise coming from the hall. He stood right in front of the door and aimed his cross bow while Carle and Rad got their weapons ready. The door opened and Sullivan screamed "FREEZE! Oh… it's you guys."
Han, Jade, and the Guru walked into the room.
"Thank god you guys came back. I gatta pee!" Rad said.
"Go in the damn corner." Sullivan said with an attitude.
"Anyway, we've got the Guru." Han said.
"Good, now all we have to do is get out of here." Carle said with a relief.
"That won't be easy." The Guru chipped in.
"How so?" Carle asked.
"More of Vern's men are coming. I some how have a feeling that they have found out that I'm out of my cell. Vern isn't going to be happy when he notices that I've escaped." The Guru added.
"Why does he need you in the first place?" Sullivan asked the Guru.
"He can't get to the Frozen Flame and reach full power unless he finds someone who can tell the future and be able to tell him where the real Frozen Flame is." The Guru said. The room stayed quite for a few moments.
"Ok, let's get out of this shit hole." Han said in the fiercest way. The others nodded and agreed. They walked the same way they came in.
A few minutes later, they reached the front gate where they first came in. They all stopped walking when they heard something.
The wind stopped blowing and the clouds came in.
"Aw shit, not again!" Rad screamed, pulling out his axe.
The six stood there silent, waiting for something to happen. Then, the sound of clapping filled the air. It was a slow, calm clap from somewhere. Then a few chuckles fallowed.
"Way to go, bitches and bastards, you have made it out of the mansion alive." A weird voice said. The voice sounded feminine and chuckles began to fill the air.
"Who are you? Show yourself!" Han screamed into the air.
Right after Han's demand, a figure appeared in the air. It was a female looking person with long pink hair that was flipped in a pony tail. Its skin was purplish and it wore a white dress.
"Who and what the hells are you?" Rad screamed at the person.
"I… am Flea, a magician who will destroy you and take the Guru back. My boss, Vern, needs that old fart so we can rule the world!" Flea shouted with their arm's in the air.
"What the hell are you talking about, BITCH?!" Rad shouted.
"Bitch?! Nonono, I would be a bastard." Flea said with a giggle.
"EW, please tell me you aren't a male." Rad said.
"Male, female, what does it matter. I'm still going to destroy you." Flea snapped back.
"AW SICK! Han, count me out of this fight. Sorry, but I don't touch she-males." Rad said in a serious manner. Sullivan just slapped Rad in the back of the head.
"I'll give you all a choice;" Flea continued "let me have the Guru back. If you do, you will avoid pissing off my boss and be able to witness a new world. If not, then you will fight me and die." Flea said with a giggle.
Han looked at everyone and nodded.
"WAIT!" The Guru said with a scream. "You need something before you fight him!" The Guru put out his arms and chanted something. Then suddenly, all of them, except Flea, where in the same place where Han was warped to in the beginning, the Bend of Time. The room had no walls and the floor was made up of golden bricks. The Guru walked forward to the group and smiled.
"Ok, now that we are here, I can teach you people magic." The Guru said. All of them but Han looked around where they where, wondering what the hell was going on.
"Where the hell are we?!" Rad shouted.
"You are in the Bend of Time. Han was sent here before I believe. Anyway, I want you to meet a friend of mine who is going to teach you magic. Meet Gizmo." The Guru said while introducing a short, white, furry creature with long arms.
"Ok, I'm gunna begin now." Gizmo said. He walked along side the line made up of Han, Rad, Carle, Sullivan, and Jade. He first walked up to Rad and looked him in the eyes.
"Your soul tells me that you are compatible with Earth Magic." Gizmo said.
"What do you mean?" Rad questioned.
"It means that you are only able to use Earth Magic. Earth Magic consists of Poison, Spore, Razor, and even Solar Beam." Gizmo explained with hand gestures.
"Cool, so I can kill people!" Rad said with a smile.
"Well… yes, but your magic mostly stuns the enemy rather than kill them instantly." Gizmo explained. Gizmo then chanted and gave Rad the Earth Magic.
Next up was Carle. Gizmo noticed right away that Carle was Fire Magic because of her unique red hair. Then Sullivan was up. Gizmo gave him water/ice Magic. Sullivan was very pleased; it was what he wanted from the start. Then Gizmo walked up to Han. Han stood still with his back strait.
"You… you are very different. Your soul seems to be compatible with dark and light Magic. This is going to be strange…" Gizmo scratched his head for a bit, trying to make up his mind.
"What do you mean? How is that possible?" Han questioned, thinking in his mind that all this magic must have been bullshit from the start.
"It means that your soul is incredibly unique and one-of-a-kind. This is probably because you are the hero of time." Gizmo explained. Gizmo continued to peer into Han's soul and finally his eyes started to bulge out. Gizmo seemed to notice something inside of his soul that surprised him in a good way. It seems that Han really DID have a unique soul. Finally, Gizmo made up his mind.
"I've made up my mind." He said with a smile. "I will give you Grey Magic."
"What the hell is 'Grey Magic'?" Han questioned.
"It's the power of both Light and Dark energy combined into one element. When you progress in your adventure, it may change, causing you to grow much stronger than what you are now. Now, behold…" Gizmo then gave Han the power of Grey Magic. He then walked over to Jade and squinted.
"I'm having trouble seeing into you." Gizmo said sounding very puzzled.
"I can't give you any magic. I'm sorry."
Finally the Guru chanted again. All of them where right where they were before. Flea then screamed in an annoying voice.
"What the hell are you shit heads doing just standing there, LET'S FIGHT!" He screamed out.
"I have given you everything I can. Magic is one of the only ways you can beat Flea, but be careful." The Guru said. He then walked away a far distance.
"Now…" Flea said raising a hand to cast a spell "DIE!!!"
A fireball went flying right at Sullivan, but Sullivan simply froze it into a snowball and it fell to the ground shattering into a pile of snow. Sullivan was stunned for a second and couldn't believe that he had it in him. He then summoned an icicle and threw it at Flea. Flea dodged it and shocked Sullivan with a thunder counter attack. Sullivan fell on the ground, but was still alive; he needed to rest for a second.
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! That's all you can do?!" Flea continued to laugh when he was suddenly hit with an axe. It was Rad all right. This time, it was no joke either. Flea's side was left bleeding. He stopped laughing, looked at Rad, and stared. Flea attacked Rad with a paralyze attack, but it had little effect. Instead of making his whole body motionless, it was just his legs that couldn't move. Rad tried again and again to move his legs, but it was no use. Flea then laughed and summoned a shock attack.
"NOOOOOO!" Rad screamed as he raised his axe as a shield. The lightning went strait at Rad. Jade then ran as fast as she could and pushed Rad out of the way. The sad part was that she couldn't save herself, and she was shocked badly.
"JADE!" Rad screamed out loud. It was useless, she wasn't moving. She lay in the grass facedown without moving.
"OH NO! BOO HOO!" Flea screamed out loud with a laugh. "Looks like I killed a fox without a hound's help! OH GOODY!"
Rad didn't appreciate the bad joke, he was pissed. Just looking at Jade laying on the ground got him very pissed. In fact, his anger got ride of the immobility in his legs and he went to attack. Han and Rad ran along side each other. They looked at each other, nodded, and jumped up performing a duo attack, X-Slash. Han lanced Flea right in the eye and Rad did a round swing and gashed Flea right in the left leg. Flea's eye was lost and now he had a blood gushing wounded leg.
"Damn you morons! How dare you deface the sexy looking FLEA!" Flea screamed out loud, holding one hand where his eye use to be and the other where his gash was. Carle then got ready for her attack; she was summoning a fire attack. She ran forward and did her famous rolling jump and fired a fireball when she reached the climax of her jump. The fire ball hit Flea right in the left side. Flea was really getting beat up on. He was getting more and more mad that his energy bottled up inside of him, causing him to almost go into a trance.
Rad ran over to Jade while Han and Carle continued the fight against Flea. Rad stuck his axe in the ground and picked up Jade's head and put her upper body on his lap.
"Are you ok?!" He screamed at Jade. "Jade, speak to me, PLEASE!"
Flea summoned another fire attack, but Sullivan, once again, knocked it out of the sky. Sullivan fired an arrow at Flea. It missed, but the second arrow got Flea right in the chest. Carle then kicked Flea right in the jaw.
"PLEASE! Speak to me!" Rad screamed at Jade over and over.
The battle continued and got rougher. It appeared that Flea was loosing horribly.
Han summoned a heal move on Sullivan. Sullivan was out of breath, but was back and ready once the Han's spell kicked in. Han and Sullivan then teamed up for a multiple attack. Han fired a holy ray. Once it hit Flea, Sullivan froze it and Han and Carle ran forward and both of them made a furry attack.
"Jade, PLEASE! Open your eyes!" Rad continued to scream at Jade. Jade finally made a moaning sound.
"Jade… you're alive…?! You're alive!" Rad said in the happiest way.
Sullivan ran forward and chucked an icicle at Flea and got him right in the back. It was a one sided fight all right, they were kicking ass. But suddenly, Flea screamed in a deep, satanic voice and everything when dark. He seemed to turn from pink to dark red.
"Oh damn," Sullivan said "I think we pissed him off."
"HAHAHAHAHAHA! You stupid morons have pushed me too far!" Flea said at a force field surrounded his body.
"Jade… are-are y-you ok?!" Rad said looking at Jade.
"I'm… ok. Are you?" She said in a weak voice.
"Yes… I'm fine. Can you get up?" Rad asked Jade.
"I think so." Jade said, while trying to get up.
"HAHAHAHAHA! Now NO magic will harm me!" Flea said with an evil laugh.
"But…!" Carle screamed.
"BUT HOW?! Sullivan asked harshly.
"You are morons! Didn't it seem strange when I would fight back entirely when you guys attacked me with all magic? The more you use your magic, the more immune I grow to it! Your magic attacks are USELESS now! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! DIE!" Flea screamed. He then threw multi fireballs at Han. Han took a bad hit and went flying back. He fell to the ground and didn't move after that. He seemed to be knocked unconscious.
"HAN!" Carle screamed out.
"You bastard!" Sullivan screamed. Sullivan then made a futile attempt to harm Flea with an ice move, but it bounced of Flea's shield and despaired.
"Tell me, why did you do that?" Rad asked Jade.
"Because… because… I had to." Jade said with a serious look.
"But why? I could have taken it." Rad said.
"I had to. I didn't want to see you get hurt. You remind me of someone I once knew." Jade continued.
Flea continued to laugh and laugh as Carle and Sullivan made harmless magical attacks on Flea.
"It's no use." Sullivan said with a pant in-between each word.
"What are we going to do?" Carle asked.
Han opened his eyes and tried to get up. He was hurt bad, but was not killed. He used his lance as a hoist to get himself up. He walked weakly toward Carle and Sullivan.
"Quick, we have got to help them. They need our help!" Rad said to Jade.
"Of course, let's go!" Jade said running with Rad toward the battle.
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! The skinny boy is alive after that rain of fire balls! What does it take to kill you people?! Aw hell, I'll kill you anyway!" Flea said. He then shot more fire balls at the crowed and Sullivan ran around the place trying to freeze everyone he could. Han ran forward and tried to lance Flea, but Flea just shocked him with a shock attack. Han took some damage and failed to harm Flea. Carle then ran forward and leaped into the air, but was shot down by a beam attack by Flea.
"This is getting boring; I'll end this once and for all!" Flea screamed in a crazy voice. He then raised both his hands and chanted some words. Han, Carle, and Sullivan we all lifted into the air. A red force field surrounded there bodies, outlining their figures.
"AAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!" Sullivan screamed in a helpless voice. Carle squinted and Han tried to yell. They couldn't move at all.
"HAHAHAHA! This field will drain your power and leave you dead! HA! This is too easy! Hey Guru, you can come out now, you're body guards just lost the fight!"
"Shut up you cross dresser!" Rad screamed at Flea with his axe in hand. Jade stood right next to him with her sword in her hand.
"You're the one who's going to loose this fight!" Jade screamed at Flea.
"How that possible? Magic can't harm me!" Flea snapped back.
Jade just jumped into the air and disappeared while Rad charged toward at Flea. Flea got an ice attack ready. Rad still ran forward with hate in his eye. Flea got ready to fire his attack when suddenly; Jade dropped out of the sky and slashed Flea in the back multiple times. The ice attack missed Rad and hit the ground, turning into a pile of snow. Rad jumped up and did a summersault with the axe in his hand and chopped Flea's left hand off. He arched his back and screamed, but the screaming stopped when he felt another slash on his back. He fell to the ground in a puddle of blood. Han, Carle, and Sullivan all dropped to the ground at the same time, free from the force field that was draining life from them.
"Curse you..." Flea said while still on the ground and out of breath. "Damn you all! Damn you all!" He screamed multiple times.
Jade pointed her sword at Flea's face while Rad and Sullivan held him the ground.
"Where is Vern located?" Jade asked in a forceful, harsh way to Flea.
"Screw you! I'll never tell you!" He snapped back. Rad raised his axe when the Guru came over trying to clear things up.
"Now now," he said, "I know all that information. I know where Vern is located; don't worry about trying to squeeze it out of him."
"I'll never tell you anyway!" Flea said. He then spat at Sullivan. Sullivan knocked him right in the back of the head with the back of his crossbow.
"Don't worry about him, he's helpless." The Guru continued. Flea then disappeared. Laughter filled the air and Flea appeared out of no where floating in the sky. A portal came into view and Flea flew into screaming "I'll get you fools later!"
"Thank God we don't have to put up with HIS bad jokes anymore." Rad said with an attitude.
"Now what?" Carle asked the Guru while helping Han stand up.
"Well, that's a good question. I say we go to Termina and talk about this whole ordeal. After all, that's why you have come to see me." The Guru suggested. They all agreed and started to head toward Termina.
"What the HELL?!" Rad screamed looking at the two dead bodies. All of them went running over to the dead soldiers. They where dead all right, one seemed to be shot in the head with some projectile and the other was cut in half. Blood and guts lay all over the green grass right in front of the gate. The gate was sure as hell broken down. It looked like it took many people to bring it down.
"Who did this?" Carle said, grabbing Han's shoulder.
"I have no freaking idea." Han said.
"Looks like an army of some sort did it." Sullivan said while picking up a gun of some sort. Jade came over to Sullivan and looked at the gun.
"I know who did this…" she said with a stunned look. "There's only one army here on this planet that would use these weapons."
"Holy cow!" Sullivan said while looking at the gun.
"Yep, it's a gun. These people don't use close combat that much…" Jade said. She paused and remembered something that seemed to bother her.
"Who the hell would do something like this?" Rad yelled.
"A mad man," Jade went on "a man who killed my family and my friends five years ago. A man who drinks blood himself and enjoys killing people. A man who seeks supreme power. A man… named…" Jade paused a second and turned to the other four and said the name in a horrid serious way "Vern."
Everyone was shocked and Han spoke up.
"That's the bastard Princess Schala told me about, we have to stop HIM!" he screamed out in a worried way.
"Yes, he is. I remember you telling me in Termina before about this whole thing." Jade said.
They all stood there looking at each other when Sullivan piped in
"Let's go in." he said in a very serious way.
"We must watch ourselves." Jade said.
"Oh my god…" Carle said stumbling to the ground "What if the Guru is in danger?"
"Then we go in for sure." Han remarked. "If he is in danger, the world is in danger. Hell, he knows where to make our next move to save existence! Let's go." He pulled out his lance and walked toward the mansion.
"WAIT!" Jade said with a holler "We can't just walk into there, we need to sneak in. That place is definitely taken over by Vern's men. If we just walk into there, they will shoot us down like nothing."
"Fine, then we make a strategy." Han remarked.
They were all in the mansion by now. It took them about an hour to sneak through a well and into the building. It was a damp and dark room. The whole inside of the building seemed to have been destroyed at one time but totally rebuilt. While the five snuck into the mansion, they noticed that this place WAS taken over by MANY of Vern's men. The men were not really human. Instead they where devil like with scaly skin and horns coming out of their heads. They looked much like dinosaurs or reptiles of some sort. They walked on two legs and whore helmets with armed defensive gear. All of them seemed to hold that "gun" that they had found in the front. These reptile-like creatures didn't seem to talk either, only grunted to each other. They carried swords and guns and seemed to be very dangerous.
The five heroes and heroines lay still in a dark room. It wasn't easy getting in; they all had to take on three guards. Luckily, they avoided getting hurt by not being seen. Rad had managed to throw his axe at a guard's back while Sullivan shot the same guard right in the head, killing him instantly. Han snuck up behind a guard choked him a bit while Carle slit its throat. Jade simply chopped a guard's head off single handedly and didn't seem to really care. It was like she was use to this.
"Ok, now what?" Carle said while wiping blood off her face. Carle seemed to accept this killing thing. Before, she was just a simple girl who couldn't stand blood and guts. Anyone could give her credit, she really changed.
"I'm going to scout out the hallways. Han, you come with me. You guess stay here and don't make a sound." Jade said while walking to the doorway with Han.
"Sure, it's not like we are going to actually walk into a hallway and jump in front of the guards and say 'HEY! I'M AN ENEMY! KILL ME!'" Rad said with a sarcastic attitude.
"Just stay here." Jade replied.
Han and Jade walked around the hallway in a stealthy way. There was one guard pacing back and fourth with only a gun in his hand. Jade was hiding behind a box and Han was up agencies a wall. They both nodded and approached the guard from behind. Han did a round kick and the guard fell to the ground, then Jade's blade slid right into the enemy's back, piercing his heart. He died instantly without making a single noise. They hid the body and continued on.
"You seem to know your way around this place. Have you been here before?" Han said to Jade. Jade simply raised a finger and hushed Han. She heard something. Two guard where grunting to each other not so far away. It sounded like it came from down the stone hall. Then the grunts got louder and the sounds of footsteps grew larger. Jade grabbed Han and they both headed into a room and shut the door quietly. The room they were in had many cages with nothing in them. Then someone or something made a loud mumble.
"What was that?" Han said looking around the room.
"I don't know, sounded like it came from over there." Jade said quietly. Jade walked over to a closet and opened it up to find a human guard all tied up with his mouth taped.
"I'm taking the tape off your mouth, don't make a sound." Jade said to the man. The man nodded and the tape came off.
"Who are you?" He said.
"We are here to see the Guru. Do you know where he is?" Han said to the guard.
"The Guru? Yeah, he is usually up stairs in the library. Why?" the guard replied.
"How do you know this?" Jade said.
"Well… I am a guard here. That is, I was until some damn lizard tied me up a threw me in here." The guard replied. He had a pissed expression on his face and you can tell he wanted blood.
"Do you know who is really behind this?" Han asked.
"Yeah… it's Vern… who else would do something like this?" The guard said with a raised eyebrow.
"What are his intensions?" Jade asked.
"Well, I'm really not sure. I think he may be looking for the Guru. Or he could be looking for the Frozen Flame." The guard said.
"We have to find the Guru, it's or last chance." Han said.
"Wait, the Guru was captured… I think." The guard said while trying to jog his memory.
"You THINK?" Han snapped back.
"Well, hell, I was banged over the head really hard. It's not easy trying to remember things." The guard snapped back sharply.
"Can you lead us to the place where you think he may be held?" Jade asked politely.
"Yeah… if you get me untied."
The three slipped along the hallway with the help of the guard. They finally made it to the prison with no trouble.
"Ok, here we are." said the guard. Han looked around at each cell. Finally he found a man dressed in blue clothing and a long grey beard and a blue hate of some sort.
"Are you the Guru?" Han said to the man.
"Well…" he said with a smile "You are here to save me Han, it's about time you came." Han gasped and wondered how the hell this old guy knew his name.
"How do you know my name!?" Han said.
"Well, I am the Guru of Time. Know help me get out of here." The Guru of Time said.
Han and Jade were stopped when they heard footsteps coming down the stairs. Han and Jade hid but the human guard struggled to find a spot. The reptile soldier reached the last step and spotted the human guard and made a loud grunt. He ran forward and stuck a sword right into his stomach and lifted him up. The human guard's eyes were wide open and he was shaking in horror. The shaking stopped when the reptile soldier shot a bullet into the human guard head and threw him across the room. His body landed right next to the pillar that Han was standing behind. Han froze in horror while looking at the human guard. The guard's eyes were still wide open and blood was leaking out of the gunshot. Red liquid quickly spread through the floor making it a pool of blood. The reptile guard sniffed the air and grinned. It smelt something and walked toward the pillar that Han was standing behind. But suddenly, Jade dropped from the ceiling and slashed the soldier in the back. The soldier's body arched back while Han came running out. Han punched the soldier in the face with his blade knuckles and lanced the soldier right in the face. It moved around for a little while and stopped moving and fell to the ground like a rag doll.
"Hell, my prophecy is true; you are a great noble fighter. Both of you are." The Guru said.
Jade took the keys from the dead soldier and unlocked the cell that was holding the Guru.
"Now let's get the hell out of here!" Han said, grabbing the Guru's arm. Jade helped the Guru up and started to run toward to stairs.
Rad, Sullivan, and Carle where waiting patiently in the same room they have been in all long. Sullivan froze and quickly drew his nice new crossbow when he heard a noise coming from the hall. He stood right in front of the door and aimed his cross bow while Carle and Rad got their weapons ready. The door opened and Sullivan screamed "FREEZE! Oh… it's you guys."
Han, Jade, and the Guru walked into the room.
"Thank god you guys came back. I gatta pee!" Rad said.
"Go in the damn corner." Sullivan said with an attitude.
"Anyway, we've got the Guru." Han said.
"Good, now all we have to do is get out of here." Carle said with a relief.
"That won't be easy." The Guru chipped in.
"How so?" Carle asked.
"More of Vern's men are coming. I some how have a feeling that they have found out that I'm out of my cell. Vern isn't going to be happy when he notices that I've escaped." The Guru added.
"Why does he need you in the first place?" Sullivan asked the Guru.
"He can't get to the Frozen Flame and reach full power unless he finds someone who can tell the future and be able to tell him where the real Frozen Flame is." The Guru said. The room stayed quite for a few moments.
"Ok, let's get out of this shit hole." Han said in the fiercest way. The others nodded and agreed. They walked the same way they came in.
A few minutes later, they reached the front gate where they first came in. They all stopped walking when they heard something.
The wind stopped blowing and the clouds came in.
"Aw shit, not again!" Rad screamed, pulling out his axe.
The six stood there silent, waiting for something to happen. Then, the sound of clapping filled the air. It was a slow, calm clap from somewhere. Then a few chuckles fallowed.
"Way to go, bitches and bastards, you have made it out of the mansion alive." A weird voice said. The voice sounded feminine and chuckles began to fill the air.
"Who are you? Show yourself!" Han screamed into the air.
Right after Han's demand, a figure appeared in the air. It was a female looking person with long pink hair that was flipped in a pony tail. Its skin was purplish and it wore a white dress.
"Who and what the hells are you?" Rad screamed at the person.
"I… am Flea, a magician who will destroy you and take the Guru back. My boss, Vern, needs that old fart so we can rule the world!" Flea shouted with their arm's in the air.
"What the hell are you talking about, BITCH?!" Rad shouted.
"Bitch?! Nonono, I would be a bastard." Flea said with a giggle.
"EW, please tell me you aren't a male." Rad said.
"Male, female, what does it matter. I'm still going to destroy you." Flea snapped back.
"AW SICK! Han, count me out of this fight. Sorry, but I don't touch she-males." Rad said in a serious manner. Sullivan just slapped Rad in the back of the head.
"I'll give you all a choice;" Flea continued "let me have the Guru back. If you do, you will avoid pissing off my boss and be able to witness a new world. If not, then you will fight me and die." Flea said with a giggle.
Han looked at everyone and nodded.
"WAIT!" The Guru said with a scream. "You need something before you fight him!" The Guru put out his arms and chanted something. Then suddenly, all of them, except Flea, where in the same place where Han was warped to in the beginning, the Bend of Time. The room had no walls and the floor was made up of golden bricks. The Guru walked forward to the group and smiled.
"Ok, now that we are here, I can teach you people magic." The Guru said. All of them but Han looked around where they where, wondering what the hell was going on.
"Where the hell are we?!" Rad shouted.
"You are in the Bend of Time. Han was sent here before I believe. Anyway, I want you to meet a friend of mine who is going to teach you magic. Meet Gizmo." The Guru said while introducing a short, white, furry creature with long arms.
"Ok, I'm gunna begin now." Gizmo said. He walked along side the line made up of Han, Rad, Carle, Sullivan, and Jade. He first walked up to Rad and looked him in the eyes.
"Your soul tells me that you are compatible with Earth Magic." Gizmo said.
"What do you mean?" Rad questioned.
"It means that you are only able to use Earth Magic. Earth Magic consists of Poison, Spore, Razor, and even Solar Beam." Gizmo explained with hand gestures.
"Cool, so I can kill people!" Rad said with a smile.
"Well… yes, but your magic mostly stuns the enemy rather than kill them instantly." Gizmo explained. Gizmo then chanted and gave Rad the Earth Magic.
Next up was Carle. Gizmo noticed right away that Carle was Fire Magic because of her unique red hair. Then Sullivan was up. Gizmo gave him water/ice Magic. Sullivan was very pleased; it was what he wanted from the start. Then Gizmo walked up to Han. Han stood still with his back strait.
"You… you are very different. Your soul seems to be compatible with dark and light Magic. This is going to be strange…" Gizmo scratched his head for a bit, trying to make up his mind.
"What do you mean? How is that possible?" Han questioned, thinking in his mind that all this magic must have been bullshit from the start.
"It means that your soul is incredibly unique and one-of-a-kind. This is probably because you are the hero of time." Gizmo explained. Gizmo continued to peer into Han's soul and finally his eyes started to bulge out. Gizmo seemed to notice something inside of his soul that surprised him in a good way. It seems that Han really DID have a unique soul. Finally, Gizmo made up his mind.
"I've made up my mind." He said with a smile. "I will give you Grey Magic."
"What the hell is 'Grey Magic'?" Han questioned.
"It's the power of both Light and Dark energy combined into one element. When you progress in your adventure, it may change, causing you to grow much stronger than what you are now. Now, behold…" Gizmo then gave Han the power of Grey Magic. He then walked over to Jade and squinted.
"I'm having trouble seeing into you." Gizmo said sounding very puzzled.
"I can't give you any magic. I'm sorry."
Finally the Guru chanted again. All of them where right where they were before. Flea then screamed in an annoying voice.
"What the hell are you shit heads doing just standing there, LET'S FIGHT!" He screamed out.
"I have given you everything I can. Magic is one of the only ways you can beat Flea, but be careful." The Guru said. He then walked away a far distance.
"Now…" Flea said raising a hand to cast a spell "DIE!!!"
A fireball went flying right at Sullivan, but Sullivan simply froze it into a snowball and it fell to the ground shattering into a pile of snow. Sullivan was stunned for a second and couldn't believe that he had it in him. He then summoned an icicle and threw it at Flea. Flea dodged it and shocked Sullivan with a thunder counter attack. Sullivan fell on the ground, but was still alive; he needed to rest for a second.
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! That's all you can do?!" Flea continued to laugh when he was suddenly hit with an axe. It was Rad all right. This time, it was no joke either. Flea's side was left bleeding. He stopped laughing, looked at Rad, and stared. Flea attacked Rad with a paralyze attack, but it had little effect. Instead of making his whole body motionless, it was just his legs that couldn't move. Rad tried again and again to move his legs, but it was no use. Flea then laughed and summoned a shock attack.
"NOOOOOO!" Rad screamed as he raised his axe as a shield. The lightning went strait at Rad. Jade then ran as fast as she could and pushed Rad out of the way. The sad part was that she couldn't save herself, and she was shocked badly.
"JADE!" Rad screamed out loud. It was useless, she wasn't moving. She lay in the grass facedown without moving.
"OH NO! BOO HOO!" Flea screamed out loud with a laugh. "Looks like I killed a fox without a hound's help! OH GOODY!"
Rad didn't appreciate the bad joke, he was pissed. Just looking at Jade laying on the ground got him very pissed. In fact, his anger got ride of the immobility in his legs and he went to attack. Han and Rad ran along side each other. They looked at each other, nodded, and jumped up performing a duo attack, X-Slash. Han lanced Flea right in the eye and Rad did a round swing and gashed Flea right in the left leg. Flea's eye was lost and now he had a blood gushing wounded leg.
"Damn you morons! How dare you deface the sexy looking FLEA!" Flea screamed out loud, holding one hand where his eye use to be and the other where his gash was. Carle then got ready for her attack; she was summoning a fire attack. She ran forward and did her famous rolling jump and fired a fireball when she reached the climax of her jump. The fire ball hit Flea right in the left side. Flea was really getting beat up on. He was getting more and more mad that his energy bottled up inside of him, causing him to almost go into a trance.
Rad ran over to Jade while Han and Carle continued the fight against Flea. Rad stuck his axe in the ground and picked up Jade's head and put her upper body on his lap.
"Are you ok?!" He screamed at Jade. "Jade, speak to me, PLEASE!"
Flea summoned another fire attack, but Sullivan, once again, knocked it out of the sky. Sullivan fired an arrow at Flea. It missed, but the second arrow got Flea right in the chest. Carle then kicked Flea right in the jaw.
"PLEASE! Speak to me!" Rad screamed at Jade over and over.
The battle continued and got rougher. It appeared that Flea was loosing horribly.
Han summoned a heal move on Sullivan. Sullivan was out of breath, but was back and ready once the Han's spell kicked in. Han and Sullivan then teamed up for a multiple attack. Han fired a holy ray. Once it hit Flea, Sullivan froze it and Han and Carle ran forward and both of them made a furry attack.
"Jade, PLEASE! Open your eyes!" Rad continued to scream at Jade. Jade finally made a moaning sound.
"Jade… you're alive…?! You're alive!" Rad said in the happiest way.
Sullivan ran forward and chucked an icicle at Flea and got him right in the back. It was a one sided fight all right, they were kicking ass. But suddenly, Flea screamed in a deep, satanic voice and everything when dark. He seemed to turn from pink to dark red.
"Oh damn," Sullivan said "I think we pissed him off."
"HAHAHAHAHAHA! You stupid morons have pushed me too far!" Flea said at a force field surrounded his body.
"Jade… are-are y-you ok?!" Rad said looking at Jade.
"I'm… ok. Are you?" She said in a weak voice.
"Yes… I'm fine. Can you get up?" Rad asked Jade.
"I think so." Jade said, while trying to get up.
"HAHAHAHAHA! Now NO magic will harm me!" Flea said with an evil laugh.
"But…!" Carle screamed.
"BUT HOW?! Sullivan asked harshly.
"You are morons! Didn't it seem strange when I would fight back entirely when you guys attacked me with all magic? The more you use your magic, the more immune I grow to it! Your magic attacks are USELESS now! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! DIE!" Flea screamed. He then threw multi fireballs at Han. Han took a bad hit and went flying back. He fell to the ground and didn't move after that. He seemed to be knocked unconscious.
"HAN!" Carle screamed out.
"You bastard!" Sullivan screamed. Sullivan then made a futile attempt to harm Flea with an ice move, but it bounced of Flea's shield and despaired.
"Tell me, why did you do that?" Rad asked Jade.
"Because… because… I had to." Jade said with a serious look.
"But why? I could have taken it." Rad said.
"I had to. I didn't want to see you get hurt. You remind me of someone I once knew." Jade continued.
Flea continued to laugh and laugh as Carle and Sullivan made harmless magical attacks on Flea.
"It's no use." Sullivan said with a pant in-between each word.
"What are we going to do?" Carle asked.
Han opened his eyes and tried to get up. He was hurt bad, but was not killed. He used his lance as a hoist to get himself up. He walked weakly toward Carle and Sullivan.
"Quick, we have got to help them. They need our help!" Rad said to Jade.
"Of course, let's go!" Jade said running with Rad toward the battle.
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! The skinny boy is alive after that rain of fire balls! What does it take to kill you people?! Aw hell, I'll kill you anyway!" Flea said. He then shot more fire balls at the crowed and Sullivan ran around the place trying to freeze everyone he could. Han ran forward and tried to lance Flea, but Flea just shocked him with a shock attack. Han took some damage and failed to harm Flea. Carle then ran forward and leaped into the air, but was shot down by a beam attack by Flea.
"This is getting boring; I'll end this once and for all!" Flea screamed in a crazy voice. He then raised both his hands and chanted some words. Han, Carle, and Sullivan we all lifted into the air. A red force field surrounded there bodies, outlining their figures.
"AAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!" Sullivan screamed in a helpless voice. Carle squinted and Han tried to yell. They couldn't move at all.
"HAHAHAHA! This field will drain your power and leave you dead! HA! This is too easy! Hey Guru, you can come out now, you're body guards just lost the fight!"
"Shut up you cross dresser!" Rad screamed at Flea with his axe in hand. Jade stood right next to him with her sword in her hand.
"You're the one who's going to loose this fight!" Jade screamed at Flea.
"How that possible? Magic can't harm me!" Flea snapped back.
Jade just jumped into the air and disappeared while Rad charged toward at Flea. Flea got an ice attack ready. Rad still ran forward with hate in his eye. Flea got ready to fire his attack when suddenly; Jade dropped out of the sky and slashed Flea in the back multiple times. The ice attack missed Rad and hit the ground, turning into a pile of snow. Rad jumped up and did a summersault with the axe in his hand and chopped Flea's left hand off. He arched his back and screamed, but the screaming stopped when he felt another slash on his back. He fell to the ground in a puddle of blood. Han, Carle, and Sullivan all dropped to the ground at the same time, free from the force field that was draining life from them.
"Curse you..." Flea said while still on the ground and out of breath. "Damn you all! Damn you all!" He screamed multiple times.
Jade pointed her sword at Flea's face while Rad and Sullivan held him the ground.
"Where is Vern located?" Jade asked in a forceful, harsh way to Flea.
"Screw you! I'll never tell you!" He snapped back. Rad raised his axe when the Guru came over trying to clear things up.
"Now now," he said, "I know all that information. I know where Vern is located; don't worry about trying to squeeze it out of him."
"I'll never tell you anyway!" Flea said. He then spat at Sullivan. Sullivan knocked him right in the back of the head with the back of his crossbow.
"Don't worry about him, he's helpless." The Guru continued. Flea then disappeared. Laughter filled the air and Flea appeared out of no where floating in the sky. A portal came into view and Flea flew into screaming "I'll get you fools later!"
"Thank God we don't have to put up with HIS bad jokes anymore." Rad said with an attitude.
"Now what?" Carle asked the Guru while helping Han stand up.
"Well, that's a good question. I say we go to Termina and talk about this whole ordeal. After all, that's why you have come to see me." The Guru suggested. They all agreed and started to head toward Termina.