"Koren, slede mor'dan? O slede lum?n?" The elfin maid whispered to Koren.
"I'm sorry. I don't understand." Koren answered, leaning in towards the girl. The blonde smiled and touched a finger to Koren's forehead. Koren screamed as her past invaded her body and mind, filling it with centuries of knowledge.
"KOREN!" Angel yelled, catching the girl as she fell.
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"Connor, will you come with me?" Cordy asked, standing up all of a sudden.
"Where?" He asked, following her out of the Hyperion.
"I think I know where this thing is going to invade. I know where it's going to come."
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"Sleda n?n. Ler'ranta de bancan, Mannaline. Ler'rant bancan." Koren said, struggling to sit up as she regained conscious.
"Are you okay?" Angel asked, helping her to her feet.
"I'm fine, Angel. Do me a favor and help me get Mannaline back to the hotel, please."
"Qued'de Wol'ram anca Harr. Teg? nular'den. Teg? nular'den cumando. Puwa bennete dea í cogli riza."
"What did she say?" Angel asked, staring at the elf.
"'Question Wolfram and Hart. They know. They know what's coming. From beneath us it will rise.' She's serious Angel. And she speaks the truth. I can feel it coming. It's coming and Wolfram and Hart know what it is. If they don't, they have an idea. Whatever it was, Lorne read it from me. You have to go get whatever it was they took."
"I will." Angel put his game face on. "Lets get you two home first."
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"And let your power over come! Let the lust burn deep in her soul! Let it scorch his heart and let them be one. Sauna mun í bea!" Rhiannon screamed, throwing the last and most powerful herb, vervain, into the fire. She glowed the darkest black Lilah thought was possible and turned to face Lilah. "It is done. She will seduce him before the night is over and Koren will turn to us."
"Good." Lilah sneered.
"Puwa bennete dea í cogli riza." Rhiannon said. "It will rise soon and all of Earth will fall into Hell. There is no stopping it, but one and she will be ours soon. My father will be released and scour the Earth of all those unworthy of him and his dark reign!"
"What do you mean 'all of Earth will fall into Hell'?" Lilah demanded.
"Exactly that, Lilah. Earth will fall into the depths of Hell and no creature will escape his judgement."
"What the fuck?" Lilah mumbled as she left the room. "I wasn't told anything about the world ending...the Board is gonna kill me!"
"Laurence!" Lilah yelled, throwing open the doors to her office. "Ugh...Hello, Angel." She closed the doors and walked over to her desk where Angel sat, waiting for her.
"Lilah." He greeted her.
"I see you got past the guards."
"Who? Them?" Angel asked, nodding his head towards the two men tied up on her couch.
"Look. I'm figuring you're here to talk about Lorne. So, like always, you tell me to give it back and I tell you to go to hell. You threaten me and I tell you to shove it up your ass. Same thing, yada yada. That was really great. Now can you leave so I can get some work done?" She slammed a heavy file on her desk and sat down.
"Well, you were right and everything but I do know that whatever's coming is going to end the world. The way I see it, you and I should work together. See, for you, it's a win-win situation. This thing is gonna end the world and that's going to be a problem for YOUR end of the world. Work with me and we get rid of this thing and you can have your end of the world and you win. We don't manage to get rid of this thing, I die and you win anyway. So what are you going to do?" Lilah sighed and pulled a few files out of the folder on the desk.
"This is what we got from Lorne. We're not sure what it means, but we're sure it's the answers. I can't decipher it though. Every time we try, the person working on it ends up with their head exploding. I've had to have 4 people scrubbed out of my carpeting and walls already. You're welcome to take it home and figure it out." She handed the papers to Angel. "Can you please leave now? I've got to figure it out too."
"I knew you'd see it my way." Angel smiled and jumped out of the window, disappearing into the night.
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"Where are we?" Connor asked, following Cordelia down an alley.
"Oh my god..." She gasped, recognizing where they were.
"What?"
"This is where Darla killed herself." Cordy whispered.
"You mean this is where I was born?" Connor asked, looking around.
"Yeah. Just right there." She pointed. Suddenly the ground started shaking and breaking.
"What the hell is going on?" Connor asked, steadying Cordy.
"That. It's come." She cried, still pointing to the spot where Connor was born. The ground broke there and glowed red as a demon rose from the area. Connor ran at it and punched it hard. I didn't flinch and swung its arm, causing Connor to fly across the alley.
"Cordy!" Connor screamed as the thing advanced on Cordelia. He grabbed a pipe and ran over, whacking it as hard as he could. The thing hit him in the ribs and threw him away again. It smiled at Cordelia and jumped up, disappearing into the sky.
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Shireden Dictionary
Sauna mun í bea! So mote it be!
Puwa bennete dea í cogli riza. From beneath us it will rise.
Teg? nular'den cumando. They know what's coming.
Teg? nular'den. They know.
Qued'de Wol'ram anca Harr. Question Wolfram and Hart.
Ler'rant bancan. Welcome back.
Ler'ranta de bancan, Mannaline. I welcome you back, Mannaline
Sleda n?n. I am none.
Slede mor'dan? Are you Evil?
O slede lum?n? Or are you good?
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Sorry it took me so long to spit this chapter out. I've been bogged down with homework of all kinds. Horrid, really. Well, Chapter nine's in the process of being written. Oh! Look! I invented my own language. Ummm...I call it...Shireden. =)
"I'm sorry. I don't understand." Koren answered, leaning in towards the girl. The blonde smiled and touched a finger to Koren's forehead. Koren screamed as her past invaded her body and mind, filling it with centuries of knowledge.
"KOREN!" Angel yelled, catching the girl as she fell.
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"Connor, will you come with me?" Cordy asked, standing up all of a sudden.
"Where?" He asked, following her out of the Hyperion.
"I think I know where this thing is going to invade. I know where it's going to come."
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"Sleda n?n. Ler'ranta de bancan, Mannaline. Ler'rant bancan." Koren said, struggling to sit up as she regained conscious.
"Are you okay?" Angel asked, helping her to her feet.
"I'm fine, Angel. Do me a favor and help me get Mannaline back to the hotel, please."
"Qued'de Wol'ram anca Harr. Teg? nular'den. Teg? nular'den cumando. Puwa bennete dea í cogli riza."
"What did she say?" Angel asked, staring at the elf.
"'Question Wolfram and Hart. They know. They know what's coming. From beneath us it will rise.' She's serious Angel. And she speaks the truth. I can feel it coming. It's coming and Wolfram and Hart know what it is. If they don't, they have an idea. Whatever it was, Lorne read it from me. You have to go get whatever it was they took."
"I will." Angel put his game face on. "Lets get you two home first."
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"And let your power over come! Let the lust burn deep in her soul! Let it scorch his heart and let them be one. Sauna mun í bea!" Rhiannon screamed, throwing the last and most powerful herb, vervain, into the fire. She glowed the darkest black Lilah thought was possible and turned to face Lilah. "It is done. She will seduce him before the night is over and Koren will turn to us."
"Good." Lilah sneered.
"Puwa bennete dea í cogli riza." Rhiannon said. "It will rise soon and all of Earth will fall into Hell. There is no stopping it, but one and she will be ours soon. My father will be released and scour the Earth of all those unworthy of him and his dark reign!"
"What do you mean 'all of Earth will fall into Hell'?" Lilah demanded.
"Exactly that, Lilah. Earth will fall into the depths of Hell and no creature will escape his judgement."
"What the fuck?" Lilah mumbled as she left the room. "I wasn't told anything about the world ending...the Board is gonna kill me!"
"Laurence!" Lilah yelled, throwing open the doors to her office. "Ugh...Hello, Angel." She closed the doors and walked over to her desk where Angel sat, waiting for her.
"Lilah." He greeted her.
"I see you got past the guards."
"Who? Them?" Angel asked, nodding his head towards the two men tied up on her couch.
"Look. I'm figuring you're here to talk about Lorne. So, like always, you tell me to give it back and I tell you to go to hell. You threaten me and I tell you to shove it up your ass. Same thing, yada yada. That was really great. Now can you leave so I can get some work done?" She slammed a heavy file on her desk and sat down.
"Well, you were right and everything but I do know that whatever's coming is going to end the world. The way I see it, you and I should work together. See, for you, it's a win-win situation. This thing is gonna end the world and that's going to be a problem for YOUR end of the world. Work with me and we get rid of this thing and you can have your end of the world and you win. We don't manage to get rid of this thing, I die and you win anyway. So what are you going to do?" Lilah sighed and pulled a few files out of the folder on the desk.
"This is what we got from Lorne. We're not sure what it means, but we're sure it's the answers. I can't decipher it though. Every time we try, the person working on it ends up with their head exploding. I've had to have 4 people scrubbed out of my carpeting and walls already. You're welcome to take it home and figure it out." She handed the papers to Angel. "Can you please leave now? I've got to figure it out too."
"I knew you'd see it my way." Angel smiled and jumped out of the window, disappearing into the night.
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"Where are we?" Connor asked, following Cordelia down an alley.
"Oh my god..." She gasped, recognizing where they were.
"What?"
"This is where Darla killed herself." Cordy whispered.
"You mean this is where I was born?" Connor asked, looking around.
"Yeah. Just right there." She pointed. Suddenly the ground started shaking and breaking.
"What the hell is going on?" Connor asked, steadying Cordy.
"That. It's come." She cried, still pointing to the spot where Connor was born. The ground broke there and glowed red as a demon rose from the area. Connor ran at it and punched it hard. I didn't flinch and swung its arm, causing Connor to fly across the alley.
"Cordy!" Connor screamed as the thing advanced on Cordelia. He grabbed a pipe and ran over, whacking it as hard as he could. The thing hit him in the ribs and threw him away again. It smiled at Cordelia and jumped up, disappearing into the sky.
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Shireden Dictionary
Sauna mun í bea! So mote it be!
Puwa bennete dea í cogli riza. From beneath us it will rise.
Teg? nular'den cumando. They know what's coming.
Teg? nular'den. They know.
Qued'de Wol'ram anca Harr. Question Wolfram and Hart.
Ler'rant bancan. Welcome back.
Ler'ranta de bancan, Mannaline. I welcome you back, Mannaline
Sleda n?n. I am none.
Slede mor'dan? Are you Evil?
O slede lum?n? Or are you good?
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Sorry it took me so long to spit this chapter out. I've been bogged down with homework of all kinds. Horrid, really. Well, Chapter nine's in the process of being written. Oh! Look! I invented my own language. Ummm...I call it...Shireden. =)