Chapter uh..6. I'm now counting the prologue as a chapter because it got too confusing. Anyway…
Chapter 6- A Rising Evil
"Saturos." The cold, insistent voice penetrated the Fire Adept's fitful dreams.
"What's your problem?" Saturos mumbled, hardly awake until gripping hands grabbed his shoulders and shook them.
"Ow! What the hell is wrong with you?" Saturos finally opened his exhausted eyes to see a man standing there.
"Alex? What are you doing here?"
The tall, green-haired man said nothing, but just looked him coolly up and down. "Where's your little girlfriend?"
Saturos set his jaw in anger. "Menardi and I have nothing but a business relationship. And for your information, she's out on guard duty."
"Go get her."
Saturos stared at him in astonishment. "I'm not your slave! Go get her your freaking self!"
Alex's eyes flashed, and Saturos knew he had made a deadly mistake.
"I…said…," Alex thundered, punching and kicking him with every word, "Go…get…her!!!"
Saturos fell, griping his stomach. "Alex…you didn't have this power before…what…have…you…….done?" He gasped, before falling into the painful world of darkness.
Alex prodded Saturos with his toe. "Out cold." He muttered to himself, before proceeding to tie him up to a chair with fireproof ropes. Then he warped out to the guard post.
~*~
Menardi had been lightly dozing, leaving the other Adept on duty to do the watching. At least she had been dozing until she was awakened by someone gripping her shoulder.
"Saturos? Is that you?" Her voice echoed in the darkness. All she could make out was a sinister cloaked figure hidden in the murky shadows.
"Menardi. I'm to ask a favor of you." The stranger said. "Come with me." He grabbed her suddenly sweaty palm with his clammy one. There was a sudden swirl of color, and they were in Saturos's room.
The blue-skinned man lay limply tied to a chair, his head trailing and a stream of blood leaking out of his mouth. "My god." She whispered. "Alex, what have you done to him?"
Her breath caught in her throat. "You've killed him!" She screamed.
"Calm down." The man said unperturbedly. "He'll just be knocked out for a while. I've done no lasting harm."
Menardi struggled to control herself. "What the hell do you mean, no lasting harm? I'd bet my ass he has internal damage, and you say no lasting harm? What the hell is wrong with you?" She finally burst out.
Alex just smiled. "Love is prohibited in the Mars clan, isn't it?"
Menardi stared. "What are you talking about?"
The Water Adept grinned icily. "I think you know very well what I mean, Menardi."
With a curse, Menardi threw herself at her. He easily blocked her roundhouse kick, jab punch, and right cross punch. She tried a hook, then an uppercut, but he was too quick for her. He twisted out of her tentative wrist grab and threw a cross to her face, then a side kick to her stomach.
With a gasp, Menardi fell to the floor. "Alex…where did you get all this power? You…were…weak…when we first…found…..you." She managed to whisper, her breathing shallow.
He smirked. "As I've said before, I can't stay the same Alex forever, you know!"
Menardi closed her eyes, just wanting to let go and fall into silent blackness of the unconscious. Alex, however, didn't let her go and revived her with a swift kick to her ribs.
"Wake up, you lazy bitch." He snarled. "I have a bargain for you."
Menardi opened lead-heavy eyelids and glanced at him.
"I won't tell your clan leader about you and Saturos's current relationship, and you will give me the elemental stars."
Menardi gritted her teeth and shook her head. "Never, you bastard. The stars are ours. We solved the mystery of the Sanctum, while you did nothing."
Alex shook his head. "Always stubborn, aren't you? Then I'll have to take them by my own means. Where are they?"
Menardi blinked back tears of pain that threatened to come. "I won't…tell you." She managed to gasp out.
In a second, Alex's knife was pressed against Saturos's neck. "Tell me or I'll kill him." He said harshly.
Menardi glanced desperately around the room, hoping any moment someone would burst in and save them.
"Tell me, woman!" Alex yelled, his impatience growing.
Menardi sighed a long a sigh of defeat. "In the safe behind the bookcase in the inn room 32. The combination is 12…23……4." She finally proclaimed miserably. Then darkness claimed her.
~*~
"I'm hungry."
"Garet, shut up."
"Aw, shove off, Ivan."
Issac silenced the two quarrelers with a glare.
"Sheesh."
"Geez, you don't have to be so harsh, y'know?"
Another icy glare silenced them further, while up in front Mia was struggling not to laugh.
"Mia's cracking up, and you're not yelling at her."
"Yeah! How come you're always picking on us?"
Issac glanced at them. "SHUT UP!"
At this unusual burst of sound from a usually quiet person, Garet and Ivan finally remained quiet. The forest was peaceful for a while as they trekked through it's peaceful greenness.
"Ah, Mia. It's been quite awhile, hasn't it?"
Mia stiffened at the sound of the voice. "Alex?" She asked cautiously.
"And who else would it be?" The man laughed grimly.
"What do you want with her?" Issac spoke up.
The green-haired Water Adept shook his head. "This is not only her, it concerns all of you."
"What the heck are you blabbering on about?" Garet burst out impulsively.
Alex gave him a glare. "Silence, young fool. I have the three elemental stars I took from those two fools back in Allamir. All I need now is the Mars Star."
Issac's eyes narrowed. "You'll never get it."
Ivan nodded. "Haven't you learned by now? Evil never prevails."
Alex grinned. "Perhaps not. But have you ever heard the saying, Extra powerful evil prevails?"
The next thing the group knew, they were engaged in a raging battle against the Water Adept. Issac barked out orders. "Mia! Use Wish Well every turn! I'll use Ragnarok. Garet, use your Djinn to summon Meteor! And Ivan, use Tornado."
The group held strong with this strategy for a while, but so far Alex had only used weak attacks like Tundra and Frost. However, ever his weakest attacks did around 200 damage to each of them every turn.
"We're losing ground, and fast!" Garet hissed to Issac. "We need a new plan."
"All right." Issac said. "Everyone, summon your Djinn."
Mia stared at him. "But our stats will go down! We'll be too vulnerable!"
Issac shook his head and sighed. "It's our only chance of defeating him."
Alex laughed. "You think you have a chance of defeating me? Think again!" With a swipe of his sword, he sliced Ivan in the shoulder. With a startled gasp, Ivan swayed wildly, wincing, but managed to hold on until Mia was able to heal him.
"Boreas! Meteor! Judgment! Thor!" The group's clear voices rang out together. The powerful gods smashed into Alex, depleting his power. Or so they thought. When the dust had cleared from the immense attack, Alex was still standing tall and strong.
"What…How is this possible?" Issac gasped. "He's invincible!"
Alex smirked. "A flaw in your strategy, kid? You couldn't beat me anyway!" He opened his hands so his palms were facing toward them and let out a barrage of stinging icicles.
"Issac…he's too strong. We've got to escape…" Mia gasped in Issac's ear.
Issac sighed and lowered his head. "It's the only way." He walked up to the terrible form of Alex. "We surrender."
The icy torrent of icicles halted. "You surrender the Mars Star?" The green-haired man questioned eagerly.
"Yes." Issac said, bringing forth startled gasps from the rest of the group.
"Issac, no!" Ivan cried. Issac shook his head. "It was the only choice," he said, unearthing the Elemental Star from the bottom of his pack. "I…couldn't let you get killed when there was something I could do to save you."
Alex laughed. "What a touching story. But now, I'm afraid, I must fly. But not before taking another prize."
Issac tensed. "What do you mean?"
"As we are both from the Mercury Clan, Mia and I both have hidden powers. She is stronger than you know, she has a potential to be even more powerful than me. But, with the proper training, she will learn to serve me, not challenge me. So Mia and I bid you farewell." Alex grabbed the girl's arm, and in a second they had warped away.
~*~
Issac slammed his fist on the ground. "I let her go. It's all my fault. I couldn't save her, just like I couldn't save my father."
Garet touched his shoulder. "Stop beating yourself up, Issac. There was nothing any of us could do. Alex is too fast. The only thing we can do now is rescue her."
Ivan smiled at both of them. "I have a hunch where Alex warped to, because I know he can't warp far. I'll tell you on the way there."
"But how are we getting there?" Issac asked, narrowing his eyebrows in confusion.
"Procne." Ivan said with a grin. A moment later the three companions were seated on the huge bird and were flying away.
~*~
AN: Hope ya liked this! Thanx to Kate12 for being a great friend and always giving me suggestions. PLEASE REVIEW! ^__^
Chapter 6- A Rising Evil
"Saturos." The cold, insistent voice penetrated the Fire Adept's fitful dreams.
"What's your problem?" Saturos mumbled, hardly awake until gripping hands grabbed his shoulders and shook them.
"Ow! What the hell is wrong with you?" Saturos finally opened his exhausted eyes to see a man standing there.
"Alex? What are you doing here?"
The tall, green-haired man said nothing, but just looked him coolly up and down. "Where's your little girlfriend?"
Saturos set his jaw in anger. "Menardi and I have nothing but a business relationship. And for your information, she's out on guard duty."
"Go get her."
Saturos stared at him in astonishment. "I'm not your slave! Go get her your freaking self!"
Alex's eyes flashed, and Saturos knew he had made a deadly mistake.
"I…said…," Alex thundered, punching and kicking him with every word, "Go…get…her!!!"
Saturos fell, griping his stomach. "Alex…you didn't have this power before…what…have…you…….done?" He gasped, before falling into the painful world of darkness.
Alex prodded Saturos with his toe. "Out cold." He muttered to himself, before proceeding to tie him up to a chair with fireproof ropes. Then he warped out to the guard post.
~*~
Menardi had been lightly dozing, leaving the other Adept on duty to do the watching. At least she had been dozing until she was awakened by someone gripping her shoulder.
"Saturos? Is that you?" Her voice echoed in the darkness. All she could make out was a sinister cloaked figure hidden in the murky shadows.
"Menardi. I'm to ask a favor of you." The stranger said. "Come with me." He grabbed her suddenly sweaty palm with his clammy one. There was a sudden swirl of color, and they were in Saturos's room.
The blue-skinned man lay limply tied to a chair, his head trailing and a stream of blood leaking out of his mouth. "My god." She whispered. "Alex, what have you done to him?"
Her breath caught in her throat. "You've killed him!" She screamed.
"Calm down." The man said unperturbedly. "He'll just be knocked out for a while. I've done no lasting harm."
Menardi struggled to control herself. "What the hell do you mean, no lasting harm? I'd bet my ass he has internal damage, and you say no lasting harm? What the hell is wrong with you?" She finally burst out.
Alex just smiled. "Love is prohibited in the Mars clan, isn't it?"
Menardi stared. "What are you talking about?"
The Water Adept grinned icily. "I think you know very well what I mean, Menardi."
With a curse, Menardi threw herself at her. He easily blocked her roundhouse kick, jab punch, and right cross punch. She tried a hook, then an uppercut, but he was too quick for her. He twisted out of her tentative wrist grab and threw a cross to her face, then a side kick to her stomach.
With a gasp, Menardi fell to the floor. "Alex…where did you get all this power? You…were…weak…when we first…found…..you." She managed to whisper, her breathing shallow.
He smirked. "As I've said before, I can't stay the same Alex forever, you know!"
Menardi closed her eyes, just wanting to let go and fall into silent blackness of the unconscious. Alex, however, didn't let her go and revived her with a swift kick to her ribs.
"Wake up, you lazy bitch." He snarled. "I have a bargain for you."
Menardi opened lead-heavy eyelids and glanced at him.
"I won't tell your clan leader about you and Saturos's current relationship, and you will give me the elemental stars."
Menardi gritted her teeth and shook her head. "Never, you bastard. The stars are ours. We solved the mystery of the Sanctum, while you did nothing."
Alex shook his head. "Always stubborn, aren't you? Then I'll have to take them by my own means. Where are they?"
Menardi blinked back tears of pain that threatened to come. "I won't…tell you." She managed to gasp out.
In a second, Alex's knife was pressed against Saturos's neck. "Tell me or I'll kill him." He said harshly.
Menardi glanced desperately around the room, hoping any moment someone would burst in and save them.
"Tell me, woman!" Alex yelled, his impatience growing.
Menardi sighed a long a sigh of defeat. "In the safe behind the bookcase in the inn room 32. The combination is 12…23……4." She finally proclaimed miserably. Then darkness claimed her.
~*~
"I'm hungry."
"Garet, shut up."
"Aw, shove off, Ivan."
Issac silenced the two quarrelers with a glare.
"Sheesh."
"Geez, you don't have to be so harsh, y'know?"
Another icy glare silenced them further, while up in front Mia was struggling not to laugh.
"Mia's cracking up, and you're not yelling at her."
"Yeah! How come you're always picking on us?"
Issac glanced at them. "SHUT UP!"
At this unusual burst of sound from a usually quiet person, Garet and Ivan finally remained quiet. The forest was peaceful for a while as they trekked through it's peaceful greenness.
"Ah, Mia. It's been quite awhile, hasn't it?"
Mia stiffened at the sound of the voice. "Alex?" She asked cautiously.
"And who else would it be?" The man laughed grimly.
"What do you want with her?" Issac spoke up.
The green-haired Water Adept shook his head. "This is not only her, it concerns all of you."
"What the heck are you blabbering on about?" Garet burst out impulsively.
Alex gave him a glare. "Silence, young fool. I have the three elemental stars I took from those two fools back in Allamir. All I need now is the Mars Star."
Issac's eyes narrowed. "You'll never get it."
Ivan nodded. "Haven't you learned by now? Evil never prevails."
Alex grinned. "Perhaps not. But have you ever heard the saying, Extra powerful evil prevails?"
The next thing the group knew, they were engaged in a raging battle against the Water Adept. Issac barked out orders. "Mia! Use Wish Well every turn! I'll use Ragnarok. Garet, use your Djinn to summon Meteor! And Ivan, use Tornado."
The group held strong with this strategy for a while, but so far Alex had only used weak attacks like Tundra and Frost. However, ever his weakest attacks did around 200 damage to each of them every turn.
"We're losing ground, and fast!" Garet hissed to Issac. "We need a new plan."
"All right." Issac said. "Everyone, summon your Djinn."
Mia stared at him. "But our stats will go down! We'll be too vulnerable!"
Issac shook his head and sighed. "It's our only chance of defeating him."
Alex laughed. "You think you have a chance of defeating me? Think again!" With a swipe of his sword, he sliced Ivan in the shoulder. With a startled gasp, Ivan swayed wildly, wincing, but managed to hold on until Mia was able to heal him.
"Boreas! Meteor! Judgment! Thor!" The group's clear voices rang out together. The powerful gods smashed into Alex, depleting his power. Or so they thought. When the dust had cleared from the immense attack, Alex was still standing tall and strong.
"What…How is this possible?" Issac gasped. "He's invincible!"
Alex smirked. "A flaw in your strategy, kid? You couldn't beat me anyway!" He opened his hands so his palms were facing toward them and let out a barrage of stinging icicles.
"Issac…he's too strong. We've got to escape…" Mia gasped in Issac's ear.
Issac sighed and lowered his head. "It's the only way." He walked up to the terrible form of Alex. "We surrender."
The icy torrent of icicles halted. "You surrender the Mars Star?" The green-haired man questioned eagerly.
"Yes." Issac said, bringing forth startled gasps from the rest of the group.
"Issac, no!" Ivan cried. Issac shook his head. "It was the only choice," he said, unearthing the Elemental Star from the bottom of his pack. "I…couldn't let you get killed when there was something I could do to save you."
Alex laughed. "What a touching story. But now, I'm afraid, I must fly. But not before taking another prize."
Issac tensed. "What do you mean?"
"As we are both from the Mercury Clan, Mia and I both have hidden powers. She is stronger than you know, she has a potential to be even more powerful than me. But, with the proper training, she will learn to serve me, not challenge me. So Mia and I bid you farewell." Alex grabbed the girl's arm, and in a second they had warped away.
~*~
Issac slammed his fist on the ground. "I let her go. It's all my fault. I couldn't save her, just like I couldn't save my father."
Garet touched his shoulder. "Stop beating yourself up, Issac. There was nothing any of us could do. Alex is too fast. The only thing we can do now is rescue her."
Ivan smiled at both of them. "I have a hunch where Alex warped to, because I know he can't warp far. I'll tell you on the way there."
"But how are we getting there?" Issac asked, narrowing his eyebrows in confusion.
"Procne." Ivan said with a grin. A moment later the three companions were seated on the huge bird and were flying away.
~*~
AN: Hope ya liked this! Thanx to Kate12 for being a great friend and always giving me suggestions. PLEASE REVIEW! ^__^
