Slayers Once again
Chp 6:::The Fight
Authors Note:::: Ok everyone, this would be the chapter that I stupidly forgot to post with the others. I posted 7 as 6 and etc etc… not fun trying to fix it, lemme tell ya. So anyway…..Enjoy the story…now that's it was all it pieces….heheh *sweatdrop*
Lina readied a fireball, "Get. Out. Now." She growls. Elerot laughs, "I don't think so. I need a certain someone." "Flare arrow!" Amelia shouted. He dodged it with ease, "So there's my little princess." He smiles sweetly. Gourry and Zangulus draw their swords and step in front of her. "So we're going to make this hard on me?" He sighs, "Demona Crystal!" The two swordsman dodged it, "Howling sword!" That got Elerot, and knocked him of his feet, Long enough for Gourry to pin his sword to his neck. "Now." Lina smiled, fireball in hand, "Give me a reason why I shouldn't fry you right now." Elerot disappeared. Lina cursed and looked around, "Are you a Mazoku? Because I have killed those before, so don't get all cocky just because you can apparate." "No. I'm not a Mazoku." He whispered in her ear, and Lina felt sharp steel enter her back, before she blacked out.
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"Lina!" Amelia shouted, she fell by her side and started the healing spell. Zelgadiss and the others were still fighting Elerot. He was a powerful sorcerer, no doubt about that, but he was slowly losing against everyone. He disappeared again. "Where is he now?" Zangulus demanded. They heard a startled squeak, and turned around just in time to see him scoop Amelia and disappear once more. "Damn!" Zelgadiss bangs a fist on the table. It shuddered but didn't break (Much to Filia's relief) "How are we supposed to find her now?" Martina whispered. No one had an answer for her…
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Xelloss calmly walked through the door, and examined the mess. Filia's living room had a couple of scorched walls but nothing too serious. Lina was slowly regaining health, as Zelgadiss took over the healing. Filia noticed him in the mirror on the wall and turned around, mace in hand, " What are you doing here Xelloss!?" She demanded. "Xelloss?" Martina gaped. Xelloss shrugged, "Just wanted to see how you were doing. Doesn't look all that good. I take it Elerot succeeded?" Gourry nodded glumly. "Well that means I'll have to help you after all…" Xelloss trailed off as all eyes landed on him. "How can you help us? Why would you want to help us?" Zelgadiss scoffed. "Oh I just know where he hangs out a lot, that's all. And as an answer for the second question, Sore wa himitsu desu." "So you're willing to lead us to Amelia?" Martina asked. Xelloss nodded, "All you have to do is follow me." "Fine." Gourry stood up, helping Lina up, who was pale, but her wound had closed by this time. Xelloss smiled and walked off, and Lina-Tachi followed.
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"Oh no!" Xelia gasped, "Really?" Xelloss nodded, "Will you tell Amanda and Gregory?" "Yeah, I will." She nodded as Xelloss stood up to leave again.
Se rushed out of the room to where the other kids were playing, " 'Manda! Greg!" "Yeah?" the two kids looked up from their toys. "Your mom got kidnapped!" "What?" Amanda accidentally knocked down her pile of blocks. "We have to let Daddy know, he can rescue her." Gregory said, standing up and leaving the room. "But your dad's in jail." Valgaarv reminded him as they made their way down the hall. "So? That just means I have to get him out." He answered. Val followed Greg into throne room, now empty as Phil was in his bedroom. "So how are we going to get Daddy out?" Amanda asked. "Simple." Gregery pointed to the key rack a couple feet above his head. "But we can't reach that!" His sister protested. "Yeah we can!" Gina exclaimed, and tugged Valgaarv over to it. "Hold still." She instructs, and starts scrambling up him. "Ow. Ow! Careful will ya?" Val demands. "Sorry." Gina says cheerfully. Finally she made it up on his shoulders. "Hey Amanda? Find me a stick or something." "Okie!" Amanda ran off, and returned holding a mop triumphantly. She hands it up to Gina, who uses it to knock down the keys. (PIC) "Victory!" Amanda squeals, scooping it up, as Gina slides back down to the floor. "Okie, let's go!" Gregory races off to the dungeons, and the other kids follow.
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Gaene sat in the corner of the cell, head bowed. He hadn't eaten much, and still wore the same clothes from when he was throw in. "Daddy?" Amanda called uncertainly. He looked up, and smiled, "Hi Amanda. You don't belong down here though, you should go back upstairs. "Momma's been kidnapped." Gregory says, walking up to the door. "What?" "I said-" Gregory started to repeat himself, but his father cut in, "Yes Gregory. But I mean how?" "Dunno." Amanda filled in, "Xelloss-San just told Xelia that Mama got kidnapped." Gina walked up, keys in hand, "And you're going to get her back." With Val helping her up again, she opened the door. Gaene stepped out, and looked at the children. "Thanks." He raced out of the dungeon, after hugging Amanda and Gregory. "Bye Daddy!" Amanda waved. "Well aren't we going to help?" Gina demanded. "I thought we just did?" Gregory asked. "But I wanna go help fight!" she pulled out her kendo stick and waved it around. Val put a hand on her shoulder, "I think we should stay out of this. We'll be in the way if we try to help." Gina sulked, but put her sword away. "So what do we do now?" Xelia asked. "Lunch!" Gina raced off to the kitchen, and the others followed, leaving Val to sweatdrop.
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"This is it?" Lina asked incredulously. Xelloss nodded. This was Elerot hideout. Supposedly. It actually was just a hut, less than that even. A pile of wood leaning precariously against each other, with a couple bent nails thrown in, for at least an effect of a building. "Very well then." Zangulus strode over to the (door) and knocked. "Baka! You don't knock on villains hideouts!" Lina snapped. Zangulus' response was interrupted as the entire (building) collapsed from the knock. "Oops." This earned sweatdrops all around.
Zelgadiss started brushing the debris aside, "Where is he?" he looked over at Xelloss, who just smiled, "He's there. And Amelia is too. Now if you don't mind, I really have to be going." Xelloss disappeared. Zelgadiss rolled his eyes and started searching some more. The others joined and after 10 minutes of searching, they found… nothing. Lina growled, "Where are they?!?" "Maybe Xelloss-Sa- er I mean Xelloss" Martina blushed, "Maybe he meant somewhere in this area." "He said here! And the only thing here, besides a couple squirrels and trees, is this pile of wood!" Lina snapped. "But nothing is in this pile of wood…." Filia said quietly, trying not to anger Lina more. "I know!" Lina turned around to face the wood, "Fire ball!" The pitiful remains of the hut went up in ash instantly and Lina grinned, "See nothing." Martina got to her knees and swept away the ash to reveal a trapdoor, "Not quite." She smiled victoriously. "So I just made the searching easier, whatever" Lina flipped back her hair, and strode towards it. The others followed.
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"Yah! Yah!" Gaene snapped the reins of his horse, willing it to go faster. He just hoped they were at Filia's house still. "You're not going to make it. Filia-chan's house is days away from here." Gaene, startled, nearly fell off the horse. Xelloss was floating alongside him. "I know, but I've got to try." Gaene grumbled. "I take it that means you're not going to ask for my help?" Xell asked causally. He stopped, "How can you help? Why would you?" Xelloss grinned, "I have reasons." Gaene shook his head, "No thanks, I'd rather not make deals with mazoku." "And yet you make deals with other kinds of evil?" Xelloss asked. Gaene glared at him, "You of all people should know what was going on!" "I do." The Mysterious Priest shrugged. Gaene snapped the reins again, and the horse broke into a run. Xelloss floated alongside, much to his irritation. "Would you go away? You're not helping!" Gaene gritted his teeth. "Fine, I'll help then." Xelloss said cheerfully. The scenery changed, and Gaene stopped the horse in shock. Instead of rolling hillside, he was now in a forest. "Straight ahead of you, a pile of ashes, and a trapdoor. You can't miss it." Xelloss's voice sounded. Gaene hopped off the horse, tied it to a tree, and followed the directions.
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"Let go of me!" Amelia bit his arm once again. Elerot cursed but didn't let go, "Quit squirming!" he snapped, pulling up a rope. She went to bite him again, but he shoved a gag in her open mouth. Amelia then had to settle for giving him deaths glares. He tied her up so she stood a couple feet off the ground. "Mmmph mmm mumph!" ("Justice will get you in the end!") H e pulled out a knife, and pulled her wrist away, sliced it and let the blood run into the same bowl that he had had before. She yanked her wrist back and started casting a healing spell, still with the death glare aimed at him. He added a small vial of clear liquid, and lifted the bowl to his lips. Amelia spit out the gag and it bounced off his head, "That's disgusting!" she cried. "Yeah Whatever, You have to drink some also." She squealed as the bowl clinked against her teeth, "Oh don't be such a baby. The blood is only symbolic, to link this to you and me. It's no even there anymore." He grumbled as the potion was forced down her throat. "Symbolic? You mean your blood is in there too?" "Was, yes." "Eeeewwww!" Amelia shook her head. "Shut up will you?" Elerot asked, as he walked over to a pulley. "So what are you going to do with me?" Amelia asked, as she started swinging across the pulley, down to the end of the room. "Oh nothing…" He smiled, "You think I'm one of those stupid villains, that tell their victim everything?" "Oh no sir. I just would like to know what I except to go through. Eaten by a dragon perhaps?" Her eyes went bubbly. "Why yes." He sounded surprised, "How did you know?" "Because that what people always want princesses for, either that or marriage." She sighed, "But don't you need a virgin?" "What ever for?" he asked blankly. "Well I thought Dragons only ate virgin princesses." Amelia asked. Elerot laughed, "Of course not! They would have been extinct millennia ago if they did. Wild dragons eat just about anything." "Well if they eat anything, why did you go to so much trouble to get me?!?" she yelled. "Because I need you, and only you, for this spell." "Whatever for?" She asked innocently. "So I could become- Hey!" He glared at her, and she smiled. "I'll get you for that!" he yanked on the pulley harder until she was completely in darkness. Amelia looked around blindly, until she saw a tuft of fire, and another, in rhythm with breathing. She heard a rumble and the fire headed towards her, "Ah ah ah." Amelia gasped, trying to free herself, "Justice will prevail if you should try and, you know eat me." The dragon didn't seem to understand English, because it just continued lumbering towards her. "Someone? HHHEEEELLLPPPP!!!!" She screamed…
I'm sorry, what can I say? I like cliffhangers *pout* I have a couple pics planned for this chp, but I don't have them drawn yet. And hopefully they'll be better then my first two…