Escaflowne #5
The Battle
Disclaimer: I don't own Escaflowne or anything from Escaflowne. I only wished I owned Dilly and the Dragonslayers.
Here it is! Chapter 5! Thank you everyone for the reviews! Enjoy!
Lina ran quickly, trying not to trip. She ran, breathing hard. The visions of Dilandau's death danced through her head, like gifts through a children's mind on Christmas Eve.
Dilandau, you cannot go into battle with Escaflowne! If you do, you and your Dragonslayers will die!
She slid into a wall, bashing into a guard.
"Where is the throne room?" she said, grabbing him.
"Down the hallway, to the left."
"Is Dilandau still there?"
"Yes, but he's leaving-"
Lina didn't waste any more time. She flew down the hallway, making a sharp turn into the throne room. There was a little hallway she ran through and three doors at the end. A guard walked past her.
"Which one is the throne room?"
"The one in the middle. But Dilandau is down in the hanger now, miss." Lina cursed and spun around, running once again.
Stay there, Dilandau! Stay there!
She bumped into Folken.
"Lina?"
"Where's the hanger?"
"Down the hallway, but why-"
Lina ran down the hallway, feeling as though she might pass out. The door wouldn't open so she kicked it. Still nothing. Lina let out a scream.
"BURN!" she shrieked loudly and a fireball shot out of her eyes and melted the door.
Behind her, Folken gasped, but she ran in. Dilandau was in front of his guymelif. Lina would have to jump down to the hanger floor. She ran and lept off the railing. Lina hit the ground with a thud and breathed hard.
"DILANDAU!" she shrieked.
Lina grabbed his hand and looked at him, "You can't go fight! You can't!" she screamed.
"What?"
"Stay here! Don't fight!"
"What are you going on about?" he remarked.
"If you believe anything I say, please, please! Do not go fight!"
"I have to go fight-"
"No! You can't!"
"Why not?!" he screamed at her.
"Don't go, Dilandau." Folken's voice rang out.
"What are you two speaking about?"
"The girl obviously had a vision." Folken said.
Dilandau looked down at Lina, her pleading eyes boring into him, "Lina.?"
"Don't go, Dilandau!" she cried.
"Well, who will go in my place?" he demanded.
Lina looked around, "Me!" Lina wailed.
"You? But you have never piloted a guymelif." Exclaimed Miguel.
Lina stood up, "I can do it! I can Dilandau! Please, let me pilot your guymelif!"
"Let her. She can do it." Folken muttered.
Dilandau looked at Folken and then back to Lina.
"Please." She begged.
He looked down, "Fine."
Lina wiped her forehead. Dilandau leaned closer to her.
"I don't care what happens to my guymelif.just you be careful."
Lina nodded and the Dragonslayers got in their guymelifs. Lina did also, looking at all the buttons. She sealed herself up and turned to the hanger door.
The door opened and she flew down.
Folken walked next to Dilandau.
"How can.she pilot it?" he muttered to Folken.
"I don't know. Let's go to the Battle Railing and we can watch from there. Then we can turn on the radio to hear what they are saying." Folken said to Dilandau.
Dilandau nodded and they quickly jogged to the Battle Railing which was outside the Vione. The wind whipped through his hair and Dilandau leaned against the railing.
"Turn on the radio." He commanded to a guard.
The guard did and there was a bust of static and then voices.
"There's Escaflowne!" exclaimed Guimel.
"Ok." Lina's uncertain voice rang through the radio speakers, "Miguel, Chesta, you go to Escaflowne from behind. The rest of us will wind up the front."
"Hai, Lady Lina."
Lina.I hope you know what you are doing.
Somehow, Lina knew how to control the red guymelif. She just knew. Escaflowne stood there in the center. Escaflowne took out his sword and a message came through.
"This is Folken. I advise you not to kill Van. Wound him and then capture Escaflowne."
"Hai." Said the Dragonslayers.
Escaflowne spun around to ward of Chesta and Miguel.
"Go, Miguel!" she cried.
Miguel ran forward, slicing at Escaflowne. Escaflowne spun back again.
"Dalet, look out!" Lina screamed and Dalet blocked the attack.
Lina pushed a button and the metal claw turned into a flamethrower.
Among the chaos, Lina smiled.
"I should have known." She said, knowing Dilandau would have such a gun in his guymelif.
"Take this, Dilandau!" screamed Van.
"Look out Lady Lina!" cried Guimel.
Dilandau almost fell off the railing as he leaned over it.
"Lina!" he screamed.
"TAKE THIS!" shrieked Lina and her flamethrower shot out flames at Escaflowne.
Escaflowne stumbled and hit the ground.
"Is it down.already?" Dilandau muttered.
Folken didn't answer. Guimel walked over to Escaflowne.
"GUIMEL! GET AWAY FROM THERE!" screamed Lina.
It was too late and Escaflowne's sword pierced Guimel's guymelif. It fell to the floor, blood oozing out.
"Guimel!" cried Dilandau.
"Chesta, Dalet, Gatti and Miguel, back away. Let me handle him." Lina's voice said, shaking.
Her guymelif ran forward, hitting Escaflowne's sword.
"Huh? You.you're not Dilandau!" cried Van.
Van backed away and Miguel attacked. Lina backed away and her guymelif went still.
She was shaking. Her hands were shaking and she felt like she would vomit.
It was her fault.
That hit was for Dilandau.no, her. Not Guimel.
It was her fault he died.
She heard a faint voice from far away. Her radio was broken and the message was coming out in static. No one could call her. Lina looked at herself in a small mirror.
"You killed him, Lina." She whispered.
"B.IN." exclaimed her radio.
Lina didn't listen to it until it became clear to her.
"ESCAFLOWNE IS BEHIND YOU! LINAAAAAAA!" Dilandau screeched.
Lina spun around and blocked Escaflowne's killer sword blow. Escaflowne backed away.
"I'm.numbered." Van barked.
Lina guessed he was saying he was out numbered. Escaflowne turned into a dragon.
"Miss.what.now.?"
"Let him go." She whispered, tears down her face.
Escaflowne was soon gone.
"Returning..base."
"I'll be there soon." she muttered.
She had something to do before.
Dilandau ran back down to the hanger, gasping for breath. It came out in ragged gasps and he fell on the hanger floor. He stood up quickly to see the Dragonslayers come out. They had no wounds on them.
"Lina? Where is Lina?" he asked, panic overtaking him.
"She said she'll be back soon." Dalet said.
Dilandau slumped against the wall and soon the hanger emptied, the Dragonslayers to the clinic.
"Dilandau." a weak frail voice floated to him.
Dilandau looked up to see Lina. Her blond hair was stuck to her face, blood dripping down her arm. In her arms was the body of Guimel.
"I.couldn't.leave him there." She whispered.
Dilandau couldn't believe she could look so frail when she was so strong. Shaking, Lina placed him down on the hanger floor, the blood pouring out from his head.
"Are you.OK?"
Lina looked at him, "It's my fault." She muttered.
She fell next to Guimel's body and Dilandau kneeled next to her.
"That sword blast was meant for ME. Not for him.It's my fault he died. I didn't fully understand my vision. I didn't understand that Guimel was going to die. I.I thought that if.I took your place.no one would die.But I was wrong."
Dilandau watched the tears stream down her pale face as she shook.
"It wasn't your fault."
"I would have died too, if it wasn't for you warning me about Escaflowne," She cried, "I'm so stupid."
"No.no you aren't," he wrapped his arms around her and she held onto him,
"Lina.what would have happened if I had went?"
"You would have died.as would have everyone else."
The realization that Lina was going to give up her life for his.It hit him hard in the heart.
"You were going to save me?" he whispered.
"Yes."
And she sobbed into his arms.
The End
So, do you guys want Chapter Six? Well, then review!
-Sniperwolf!
The Battle
Disclaimer: I don't own Escaflowne or anything from Escaflowne. I only wished I owned Dilly and the Dragonslayers.
Here it is! Chapter 5! Thank you everyone for the reviews! Enjoy!
Lina ran quickly, trying not to trip. She ran, breathing hard. The visions of Dilandau's death danced through her head, like gifts through a children's mind on Christmas Eve.
Dilandau, you cannot go into battle with Escaflowne! If you do, you and your Dragonslayers will die!
She slid into a wall, bashing into a guard.
"Where is the throne room?" she said, grabbing him.
"Down the hallway, to the left."
"Is Dilandau still there?"
"Yes, but he's leaving-"
Lina didn't waste any more time. She flew down the hallway, making a sharp turn into the throne room. There was a little hallway she ran through and three doors at the end. A guard walked past her.
"Which one is the throne room?"
"The one in the middle. But Dilandau is down in the hanger now, miss." Lina cursed and spun around, running once again.
Stay there, Dilandau! Stay there!
She bumped into Folken.
"Lina?"
"Where's the hanger?"
"Down the hallway, but why-"
Lina ran down the hallway, feeling as though she might pass out. The door wouldn't open so she kicked it. Still nothing. Lina let out a scream.
"BURN!" she shrieked loudly and a fireball shot out of her eyes and melted the door.
Behind her, Folken gasped, but she ran in. Dilandau was in front of his guymelif. Lina would have to jump down to the hanger floor. She ran and lept off the railing. Lina hit the ground with a thud and breathed hard.
"DILANDAU!" she shrieked.
Lina grabbed his hand and looked at him, "You can't go fight! You can't!" she screamed.
"What?"
"Stay here! Don't fight!"
"What are you going on about?" he remarked.
"If you believe anything I say, please, please! Do not go fight!"
"I have to go fight-"
"No! You can't!"
"Why not?!" he screamed at her.
"Don't go, Dilandau." Folken's voice rang out.
"What are you two speaking about?"
"The girl obviously had a vision." Folken said.
Dilandau looked down at Lina, her pleading eyes boring into him, "Lina.?"
"Don't go, Dilandau!" she cried.
"Well, who will go in my place?" he demanded.
Lina looked around, "Me!" Lina wailed.
"You? But you have never piloted a guymelif." Exclaimed Miguel.
Lina stood up, "I can do it! I can Dilandau! Please, let me pilot your guymelif!"
"Let her. She can do it." Folken muttered.
Dilandau looked at Folken and then back to Lina.
"Please." She begged.
He looked down, "Fine."
Lina wiped her forehead. Dilandau leaned closer to her.
"I don't care what happens to my guymelif.just you be careful."
Lina nodded and the Dragonslayers got in their guymelifs. Lina did also, looking at all the buttons. She sealed herself up and turned to the hanger door.
The door opened and she flew down.
Folken walked next to Dilandau.
"How can.she pilot it?" he muttered to Folken.
"I don't know. Let's go to the Battle Railing and we can watch from there. Then we can turn on the radio to hear what they are saying." Folken said to Dilandau.
Dilandau nodded and they quickly jogged to the Battle Railing which was outside the Vione. The wind whipped through his hair and Dilandau leaned against the railing.
"Turn on the radio." He commanded to a guard.
The guard did and there was a bust of static and then voices.
"There's Escaflowne!" exclaimed Guimel.
"Ok." Lina's uncertain voice rang through the radio speakers, "Miguel, Chesta, you go to Escaflowne from behind. The rest of us will wind up the front."
"Hai, Lady Lina."
Lina.I hope you know what you are doing.
Somehow, Lina knew how to control the red guymelif. She just knew. Escaflowne stood there in the center. Escaflowne took out his sword and a message came through.
"This is Folken. I advise you not to kill Van. Wound him and then capture Escaflowne."
"Hai." Said the Dragonslayers.
Escaflowne spun around to ward of Chesta and Miguel.
"Go, Miguel!" she cried.
Miguel ran forward, slicing at Escaflowne. Escaflowne spun back again.
"Dalet, look out!" Lina screamed and Dalet blocked the attack.
Lina pushed a button and the metal claw turned into a flamethrower.
Among the chaos, Lina smiled.
"I should have known." She said, knowing Dilandau would have such a gun in his guymelif.
"Take this, Dilandau!" screamed Van.
"Look out Lady Lina!" cried Guimel.
Dilandau almost fell off the railing as he leaned over it.
"Lina!" he screamed.
"TAKE THIS!" shrieked Lina and her flamethrower shot out flames at Escaflowne.
Escaflowne stumbled and hit the ground.
"Is it down.already?" Dilandau muttered.
Folken didn't answer. Guimel walked over to Escaflowne.
"GUIMEL! GET AWAY FROM THERE!" screamed Lina.
It was too late and Escaflowne's sword pierced Guimel's guymelif. It fell to the floor, blood oozing out.
"Guimel!" cried Dilandau.
"Chesta, Dalet, Gatti and Miguel, back away. Let me handle him." Lina's voice said, shaking.
Her guymelif ran forward, hitting Escaflowne's sword.
"Huh? You.you're not Dilandau!" cried Van.
Van backed away and Miguel attacked. Lina backed away and her guymelif went still.
She was shaking. Her hands were shaking and she felt like she would vomit.
It was her fault.
That hit was for Dilandau.no, her. Not Guimel.
It was her fault he died.
She heard a faint voice from far away. Her radio was broken and the message was coming out in static. No one could call her. Lina looked at herself in a small mirror.
"You killed him, Lina." She whispered.
"B.IN." exclaimed her radio.
Lina didn't listen to it until it became clear to her.
"ESCAFLOWNE IS BEHIND YOU! LINAAAAAAA!" Dilandau screeched.
Lina spun around and blocked Escaflowne's killer sword blow. Escaflowne backed away.
"I'm.numbered." Van barked.
Lina guessed he was saying he was out numbered. Escaflowne turned into a dragon.
"Miss.what.now.?"
"Let him go." She whispered, tears down her face.
Escaflowne was soon gone.
"Returning..base."
"I'll be there soon." she muttered.
She had something to do before.
Dilandau ran back down to the hanger, gasping for breath. It came out in ragged gasps and he fell on the hanger floor. He stood up quickly to see the Dragonslayers come out. They had no wounds on them.
"Lina? Where is Lina?" he asked, panic overtaking him.
"She said she'll be back soon." Dalet said.
Dilandau slumped against the wall and soon the hanger emptied, the Dragonslayers to the clinic.
"Dilandau." a weak frail voice floated to him.
Dilandau looked up to see Lina. Her blond hair was stuck to her face, blood dripping down her arm. In her arms was the body of Guimel.
"I.couldn't.leave him there." She whispered.
Dilandau couldn't believe she could look so frail when she was so strong. Shaking, Lina placed him down on the hanger floor, the blood pouring out from his head.
"Are you.OK?"
Lina looked at him, "It's my fault." She muttered.
She fell next to Guimel's body and Dilandau kneeled next to her.
"That sword blast was meant for ME. Not for him.It's my fault he died. I didn't fully understand my vision. I didn't understand that Guimel was going to die. I.I thought that if.I took your place.no one would die.But I was wrong."
Dilandau watched the tears stream down her pale face as she shook.
"It wasn't your fault."
"I would have died too, if it wasn't for you warning me about Escaflowne," She cried, "I'm so stupid."
"No.no you aren't," he wrapped his arms around her and she held onto him,
"Lina.what would have happened if I had went?"
"You would have died.as would have everyone else."
The realization that Lina was going to give up her life for his.It hit him hard in the heart.
"You were going to save me?" he whispered.
"Yes."
And she sobbed into his arms.
The End
So, do you guys want Chapter Six? Well, then review!
-Sniperwolf!