Author's note: I don't own Slayers *sob* but I wish I did. And sadly, I'm not making any money from this pathetic little story. But, I do get some satisfaction and respite from the voices in my head with each completed chapter ^_^
Lina's dreams that night gave her no answers. She awoke the next morning feeling restless because of being confined to her bed and the fact that many of her injuries were much improved. Her head still ached from time to time, and she still couldn't use her fingers in a spell, but the rest of her injuries were almost nonexistant. Her wrist and ankle sprains were both gone, her broken leg was almost healed, along with her broken toes. Her ribs were still a problem, but the punctured lung had been fixed. Lina was wondering how she was going to keep busy so as not to go insane when she heard a familiar voice down the corridor. Lina grinnned as she thought of ways to provoke her soon-to-be-visitor. "Wait," Lina thought to herself, "that must be the new Mazoku part of me trying to come out." Lina shuddered and supressed the urge to hurt one of her friends.
"Hi Lina! How are you feeling?" Lina smiled at Zelgadis as he entered. Something nagged her at the back of her mind, but she ignored it. Zelgadis was followed quickly by Gourry. Lina thought to herself, "That's why he hasn't jumped at the sight of my Mazoku eyes. Gourry must have warned him."
"So Zel, how have you been? What have you been up to?" Lina asked as he sat in a chair next to her bed. Gourry took his usual spot, at the foot of her bed. "Usual spot?" Lina questioned her unconscious mind. She had gotten used to Gourry as her faithful and fierce protector. She didn't have time to analyze herself because Zel was already talking to her.
"I was following some rumors about a cure for my body. They wound up leading me here with only a bottle of lotion to show for my trouble. Somehow the rumors about this particular lotion got exaggerated into it becoming a cure for any skin disorder. I tried it and all it did was make me have a rash. I happened to see Gourry the other day at an inn wondering where you had gone. So we both went out to search for you..." Zelgadis looked uncomfortable.
"When was the last time you saw Xellos?" Lina asked bluntly.
Zel shifted in his seat. "I don't remember, it must have been awhile. I try to forget the times he's been around."
Lina nodded and paused while thinking. "Where was I found?"
"Uhm...just on the side of a coutry road. Nothing much around it. A little old woman lived not too far away, and the hot springs were close..." Zel seemed to be trying to remember anything else.
"Well Zel, it's been great seeing you again. I'd love it if you'd drop by again soon. I just don't feel well all the sudden." Zel had a concerned look on his face.
"Lina?" But she was already asleep.
Lina's dreams that night gave her no answers. She awoke the next morning feeling restless because of being confined to her bed and the fact that many of her injuries were much improved. Her head still ached from time to time, and she still couldn't use her fingers in a spell, but the rest of her injuries were almost nonexistant. Her wrist and ankle sprains were both gone, her broken leg was almost healed, along with her broken toes. Her ribs were still a problem, but the punctured lung had been fixed. Lina was wondering how she was going to keep busy so as not to go insane when she heard a familiar voice down the corridor. Lina grinnned as she thought of ways to provoke her soon-to-be-visitor. "Wait," Lina thought to herself, "that must be the new Mazoku part of me trying to come out." Lina shuddered and supressed the urge to hurt one of her friends.
"Hi Lina! How are you feeling?" Lina smiled at Zelgadis as he entered. Something nagged her at the back of her mind, but she ignored it. Zelgadis was followed quickly by Gourry. Lina thought to herself, "That's why he hasn't jumped at the sight of my Mazoku eyes. Gourry must have warned him."
"So Zel, how have you been? What have you been up to?" Lina asked as he sat in a chair next to her bed. Gourry took his usual spot, at the foot of her bed. "Usual spot?" Lina questioned her unconscious mind. She had gotten used to Gourry as her faithful and fierce protector. She didn't have time to analyze herself because Zel was already talking to her.
"I was following some rumors about a cure for my body. They wound up leading me here with only a bottle of lotion to show for my trouble. Somehow the rumors about this particular lotion got exaggerated into it becoming a cure for any skin disorder. I tried it and all it did was make me have a rash. I happened to see Gourry the other day at an inn wondering where you had gone. So we both went out to search for you..." Zelgadis looked uncomfortable.
"When was the last time you saw Xellos?" Lina asked bluntly.
Zel shifted in his seat. "I don't remember, it must have been awhile. I try to forget the times he's been around."
Lina nodded and paused while thinking. "Where was I found?"
"Uhm...just on the side of a coutry road. Nothing much around it. A little old woman lived not too far away, and the hot springs were close..." Zel seemed to be trying to remember anything else.
"Well Zel, it's been great seeing you again. I'd love it if you'd drop by again soon. I just don't feel well all the sudden." Zel had a concerned look on his face.
"Lina?" But she was already asleep.