Author's note: Disclaim, no $. K, that outta the way, here you are. Things were getting a little too serious, so I lightened it up some in this chaper. ^_^ Enjoy!!
Gourry and Zelgadis stared in shock at the empty room. "Lina?" Gourry said as he looked under the bed. Zelgadis put a hand on one of his shoulders to stop him from being...well, Gourry.
"This is bad. I think that he's got her. We've got to find her." Zelgadis headed determinedly for the door.
"Wait Zel. What if he doesn't have her?" Zelgadis turned back to him sharply, for Gourry had not only made an important observation, he'd also said the thing that was bothering Zelgadis the most.
In a steely voice Zelgadis answered, "We must hope that it hasn't come to that yet." Gourry nodded and they both hurried out of the room. Neither of them noticed the two men who were heading towards the room they had just exited: Lina's room.
------Switching People------
Lina woke up disoriented. She was swaying back and forth and couldn't shake her head enough to make it stop. In fact, the moment she shook her head, the more she swayed. "Damn headaches finally leave me and now I'm swaying?" Lina didn't mean to curse aloud. She bolted upright when she heard a chuckle. "Umph!" Lina's bolting upright had upset her balance and she had tumbled out of the hammock. The chuckles had become full blown laughs as Lina picked herself up off the floor. She was back in Xellos's room again. Xellos was sitting in his chair laughing so hard he was doubled over. Lina's temper went out of control. (Alright here comes the real Lina we all know and love!) She hadn't had a decent meal in who knew how long, which now that she was a Mazoku she didn't even really have to eat anymore (I think) which totally made it seem pointless, which of course mad her madder. Not to mention the fact that he'd put her to sleep without her permission, and she couldn't forget that he'd turned her into a Mazoku without her permission, which made eating not half as fun! Lina clenched and unclenched her fists unconsciously. She smiled evilly as all ten of her fingers bent with ease. Xellos, oblivious to Lina's anger and full recovery, was still holding his stomach and trying not to think of the way Lina had looked when she'd fell flat on her face out of the hammock.
"Fireball!" Lina yelled and laughed like a maniac. Luckily she'd remembered it was a small room and hadn't tried to Dragon Slave him! A crispy Xellos with smoke circling around him finally stopped laughing. Xellos figured it was time to get serious.
"Now Lina, I hope you feel better," Xellos said as he cleaned himself off. Lina nodded and smiled, feeling some satisfaction.
"Why did you turn me into a Mazoku?" Lina asked seriously.
Xellos sighed and hopped into the hammock. "Well, you had already died. I figured that was reason enough to interfere. So I did what I saw as the best action. I made you a Mazoku."
Lina sat down in his chair. "Hey, this really is comfortable," she thought. "Anyway, he's keeping something from me. But what?" Lina demanded to know by asking him why else he made her into a Mazoku.
Xellos smiled and stated in his infuriating way, "It's a secret!" Lina sighed because she didn't feel like playing games like that, but she knew Xellos wouldn't tell her anything until he was ready to.
"Then tell me who the bad guys are! I'm itching to give them a taste of my Dragon Slave." Lina studied Xellos under her eye lashes. He seemed to be debating within himself. "What's there to debate," thought Lina, "just tell me and it'll be over." Obviously it was more complicated than that. "Come on, Xellos! You're supposed to be helping me out here!"
Xellos looked over at Lina, and at that moment, he'd let his guard down. His eyes held such pain that Lina gasped. "I don't want to hurt you Lina. I don't want to be the one to tell you, but I think you should know. The men who hurt you, will not stop until they kill you Lina. It might be a sword in the back, it might be poison in your drink, to them it doesn't matter if they kill you the coward's way or not. They are men you know, but you don't know. The men who hurt you were..."
(A/N: Next chapter, I swear!! Mwahaha!)
Gourry and Zelgadis stared in shock at the empty room. "Lina?" Gourry said as he looked under the bed. Zelgadis put a hand on one of his shoulders to stop him from being...well, Gourry.
"This is bad. I think that he's got her. We've got to find her." Zelgadis headed determinedly for the door.
"Wait Zel. What if he doesn't have her?" Zelgadis turned back to him sharply, for Gourry had not only made an important observation, he'd also said the thing that was bothering Zelgadis the most.
In a steely voice Zelgadis answered, "We must hope that it hasn't come to that yet." Gourry nodded and they both hurried out of the room. Neither of them noticed the two men who were heading towards the room they had just exited: Lina's room.
------Switching People------
Lina woke up disoriented. She was swaying back and forth and couldn't shake her head enough to make it stop. In fact, the moment she shook her head, the more she swayed. "Damn headaches finally leave me and now I'm swaying?" Lina didn't mean to curse aloud. She bolted upright when she heard a chuckle. "Umph!" Lina's bolting upright had upset her balance and she had tumbled out of the hammock. The chuckles had become full blown laughs as Lina picked herself up off the floor. She was back in Xellos's room again. Xellos was sitting in his chair laughing so hard he was doubled over. Lina's temper went out of control. (Alright here comes the real Lina we all know and love!) She hadn't had a decent meal in who knew how long, which now that she was a Mazoku she didn't even really have to eat anymore (I think) which totally made it seem pointless, which of course mad her madder. Not to mention the fact that he'd put her to sleep without her permission, and she couldn't forget that he'd turned her into a Mazoku without her permission, which made eating not half as fun! Lina clenched and unclenched her fists unconsciously. She smiled evilly as all ten of her fingers bent with ease. Xellos, oblivious to Lina's anger and full recovery, was still holding his stomach and trying not to think of the way Lina had looked when she'd fell flat on her face out of the hammock.
"Fireball!" Lina yelled and laughed like a maniac. Luckily she'd remembered it was a small room and hadn't tried to Dragon Slave him! A crispy Xellos with smoke circling around him finally stopped laughing. Xellos figured it was time to get serious.
"Now Lina, I hope you feel better," Xellos said as he cleaned himself off. Lina nodded and smiled, feeling some satisfaction.
"Why did you turn me into a Mazoku?" Lina asked seriously.
Xellos sighed and hopped into the hammock. "Well, you had already died. I figured that was reason enough to interfere. So I did what I saw as the best action. I made you a Mazoku."
Lina sat down in his chair. "Hey, this really is comfortable," she thought. "Anyway, he's keeping something from me. But what?" Lina demanded to know by asking him why else he made her into a Mazoku.
Xellos smiled and stated in his infuriating way, "It's a secret!" Lina sighed because she didn't feel like playing games like that, but she knew Xellos wouldn't tell her anything until he was ready to.
"Then tell me who the bad guys are! I'm itching to give them a taste of my Dragon Slave." Lina studied Xellos under her eye lashes. He seemed to be debating within himself. "What's there to debate," thought Lina, "just tell me and it'll be over." Obviously it was more complicated than that. "Come on, Xellos! You're supposed to be helping me out here!"
Xellos looked over at Lina, and at that moment, he'd let his guard down. His eyes held such pain that Lina gasped. "I don't want to hurt you Lina. I don't want to be the one to tell you, but I think you should know. The men who hurt you, will not stop until they kill you Lina. It might be a sword in the back, it might be poison in your drink, to them it doesn't matter if they kill you the coward's way or not. They are men you know, but you don't know. The men who hurt you were..."
(A/N: Next chapter, I swear!! Mwahaha!)