Chapter Seven: A daring rescue!
Amelia woke up in her bed to find Dareius caring for her, she smiled, "What are you doing here? Shouldn't you be gone?"
"No. You're still weak, I plan on nursing you back to health." he whispered.
"He didn't hurt you did he?" she asked.
"No worries, I'm all right." he smiled.
"Good. No Let's find a way out of here." she said sitting up.
"No" he said pushing her back down.
"What?" she said becoming confused and scared all at once.
"Don't sit up you'll hurt yourself. But after you're better, of course we will." he smiled.
"How do you know when He's watching and when he's not?" she asked.
" I can sense His energy." he explained.
"I see. So He must not be if we're talking about this right?" she smiled.
"No, He's not. So are you feeling any better?" she asked.
"More than I was yesterday. I couldn't move when He did that. I could barely breathe." she sighed.
He hugged her, "I'm so sorry Amelia, I'm sorry I didn't protect you."
"It's all right, really. I'm okay. It's not you're fault. But I don't need a full recovery, I can do it now! We can escape now!" she whispered pulling him to look her in the face.
His eyes widened, "I have to leave, I have to get out of here!"
"What? Why?" she asked.
"Because, He's listening." he whispered in her ear.
She sighed, waving good-bye to him and layed back down into bed.
"Plan on leaving sometime soon?" he smiled.
She turned over, "Shut up, leave me alone."
"Did I upset you?" he asked.
"Diem wind!" she screamed turning over quickly.
"Not effective, Princess." he smiled.
"Shut up! Leave me alone!" she screamed, tears streaming from her eyes.
He laughed, "Very well. good evening to you, Princess."
She threw her glass at him as he disappeared and it crashed and shattered against the wall, "Go AWAY!"
Zelgadis and the others breached the castle doors, "Let's go! There's no telling what he's doing to her up there!' he yelled charging in. Then he stopped.
Lina and the others stopped as well, "Zel, what is it?"
"There's a barrier here. Lina, we need the Ragna Blade." he said turning.
She nodded and closed her eyes, "Lord of the dreams that terrify, sword of cold and darkness. Free yourself form the heaven's bonds, become one with my power, one with my body and let us walk the path of destruction together. Power that can smash even the souls of the gods! Ragna Blade!" she said charging the wall and bringing the blade down upon it.
Everyone shielded their eyes and Lina fell to her knees, "Lina!" Gourry yelled.
"I'm...okay..." she coughed.
He picked her up, "You did it, Lina." he smiled.
"Right, let's go!" Zelagdis yelled and charged in with everyone following.
Gourry and Lina ran beside him, "Zel! How are we supposed to find a way to his chambers?! We don't know where they are and there's a thousand hallways in this place!" Lina said holding tight to Gourry.
"Bardon! Are there any seceret passageways in here that would lead us to his room directly?" he said as the chimera man ran up beside him.
"Yes, follow me, Zelgadis!" he said.
"Lina, Gourry, I'll see you later! Take care of the monsters! I'm heading straight for Xavior!" He, Bardon and a few other chimeras split up down another hallway.
They ran down the stone halls and then Bardon stopped at a statue of Xavior holding his hand out with a smile on his face, "See this statue, Zelagdis? I'll show you how to get in, Lina and Gourry will need our help where they are now."
"What do I need to do?"
He handed Zelgadis a silver stone, "Press this into his brooch, see? Where there's a dip in his brooch?"
"Yes, anything else?"
"You have to speak the word "open" in Monster tougue. That word is Ashpho."
Zelgadis nodded, "Thank you, Bardon."
He nodded and took of down the hall with his men.
Zelgadis pressed the stone into the statue's brooch and closed his eyes as he heard it snap into place and spoke the word, "Ashpho..."
A bright light illuminated from the statue and Zelgadis shielded his eyes. When he could see there was a portal. In it he saw Amelia on her bed sobbing and screaming. He looked around and stepped through. He couldn't find his voice at first until Amelia stopped crying and looked up, "Ame...lia..."
The portal closed behind him, "Zelgadis... Is that you...Zelgadis!" she jumped from her bed and hugged him.
He hugged her back, "Oh thank L-sama! You're all right!"
She cried, "I missed you. I was so worried about you!"
"Are you crazy?! I was worried about you I only saw a small portion of what happened to you but each time my heart broke..."
She held him tight, "We have to get out of here."
"I know..."
"You're not...going anywhere..." a voice whispered.
She turned, "Xavior!"
Zelgadis pulled Amelia behind him, "You bastard!"
"Oh yes, the handsome prince here to save his princess. Isn't that a sweet little scene?" he spat.
"And you're the ugly monster on the top of the mountain. Zelgadis will win!" Amelia shouted coming out from behind him.
"Amelia, no, stay behind." he said pulling her back.
"Zelgadis, we've always fought together on everything, I will not abandon you now." she argued.
He smiled, "When you're ready."
She nodded.
"DAMU BRASS!" they both yelled and Zelgadis took Amelia with him on a dive behind the bed.
"Come now, no games." he said using his powers to lift and throw the bed through the wall.
"Dawg Hout!" Zelgadis yelled as stone spikes surrounded him.
"Ra Tilt!" Amelia said.
"Useless!" Zelgadis stomped.
"Fine! I'll try something...." Amelia whispered.
"Amelia?" he asked.
"Just...be with me, Zelgadis. When I cast this spell...I want you to shoot off a Dragon Slave, right after okay? Do you remember the incantation?" she asked.
He nodded, "Yes."
"All right..." she stepped forward, "Lord of the dreams that terrify, sword of cold and darkness. Free yourself form the heaven's bonds, become one with my power, one with my body and let us walk the path of destruction together. Power that can smash even the souls of the gods! Ragna Blade!" she screamed making a full charge for Xavior and coming down upon him.
He yelled in agony as the blade caught his shoulder and he fell over, just as Amelia dove out of the way, "DRAGON SLAVE!" Zelgadis yelled. The energy surged towards him and he began to scream again. And then...he was gone.
Zelgadis huffed and kneeled, "Amelia..." he looked over to her. She was laying on the floor half alive, "You'll be all right..." he crawled over to her with his remaining stength.
Amelia smiled, "Zelgadis..." the her face twisted into a terrified look of shock.
Xavior was standing over Zelgadis, barely alive. But alive enough to take the upper hand, "You...foolish...boy. I'm...more than you'll ever be... ev-" his sentence was cut short as a surge of energy drained his body. When his body fell limp, behind him stood Dareius, who nearly doubled over. From his heart a blood dripped onto the floor.
"Dear L-sama, Dareius!" Amelia jumped up and ran to his side.
"Amelia... I'm...so glad...." he began.
"Shh, no, don't talk. Your badly hurt... Resurrection..." she whispered.
"He... didn't want me to live through this. He wanted me to die with him.... Th-that's what he s-s-said." he coughed.
"Shh, don't talk." she pleaded.
"Amelia...?" Zelgadis asked walking over to her.
"Zelgadis, this is Dareius. He saved my life many times while I was here. He's my friend." she said a tear rollin down her cheek.
"F-Finally...I get to meet y-you. I admire you...don't ev-ev-ever lose her." he whispered.
Zelgadis nodded, " I don't plan to. Now hush we'll cast a recovery spell on you. Recovery..."
"It's...no..u-use... He's gone. So therefore, so am I." he whispered.
"Not if we give you your own life." Zelgadis said.
"You can do th-that? You w-would do that for me?" he asked.
"Yes but you must hush." he reasoned.
He nodded and closed his eyes.
"Amelia, I need you to do an exorcism spell. You have to draw out Xavior's energy. You have to so there's room for his energy, all of it." Zelgadis whispered.
She nodded and closed her eyes, chnating under her breath, "Exorcism..." she whispered.
From Dareius's heart a spirit came, yelling and screaming and then vanished. The recovery spells were finished and they sat in silence for a bit until, "Amelia? Zelgadis?" Dareius's voice called.
Amelia smiled and pulled him to his feet, "Welcome back..."
He took them both into his arms and hugged them, "I don't know how to thank you."
"Why don't you start...by making you're own home here. Replanting your gardens and making your own rules. We'll help you all we can." Amelia smiled.
He nodded, "Thank you."
Zelgadis tugged on Amelia's arm and she turned to see behind him, Lina and the others, "We have to go..."
She nodded, "And to start. You can make some new friends." she smiled.
"Well what do you say to it guys? Would you want to stay in this pretty place if that jerk's not the leader anymore?" Lina asked.
Bardon nodded, "Of course. And we'll help you, Dareius. We want a home of our own, too."
Dareius smiled, "We'll be seeing you guys."
"We'll come back soon." Amelia whispered then turned to Zelgadis.
"I missed you and...I love you, Amelia." he smiled embracing her.
"I love you too, Zelgadis." she smiled and kissed him, "Let's go home." she whispered.
"Let's." Lina smiled and took Gourry's hand, walking out of the castle, in the direction of Seyruun.
Amelia woke up in her bed to find Dareius caring for her, she smiled, "What are you doing here? Shouldn't you be gone?"
"No. You're still weak, I plan on nursing you back to health." he whispered.
"He didn't hurt you did he?" she asked.
"No worries, I'm all right." he smiled.
"Good. No Let's find a way out of here." she said sitting up.
"No" he said pushing her back down.
"What?" she said becoming confused and scared all at once.
"Don't sit up you'll hurt yourself. But after you're better, of course we will." he smiled.
"How do you know when He's watching and when he's not?" she asked.
" I can sense His energy." he explained.
"I see. So He must not be if we're talking about this right?" she smiled.
"No, He's not. So are you feeling any better?" she asked.
"More than I was yesterday. I couldn't move when He did that. I could barely breathe." she sighed.
He hugged her, "I'm so sorry Amelia, I'm sorry I didn't protect you."
"It's all right, really. I'm okay. It's not you're fault. But I don't need a full recovery, I can do it now! We can escape now!" she whispered pulling him to look her in the face.
His eyes widened, "I have to leave, I have to get out of here!"
"What? Why?" she asked.
"Because, He's listening." he whispered in her ear.
She sighed, waving good-bye to him and layed back down into bed.
"Plan on leaving sometime soon?" he smiled.
She turned over, "Shut up, leave me alone."
"Did I upset you?" he asked.
"Diem wind!" she screamed turning over quickly.
"Not effective, Princess." he smiled.
"Shut up! Leave me alone!" she screamed, tears streaming from her eyes.
He laughed, "Very well. good evening to you, Princess."
She threw her glass at him as he disappeared and it crashed and shattered against the wall, "Go AWAY!"
Zelgadis and the others breached the castle doors, "Let's go! There's no telling what he's doing to her up there!' he yelled charging in. Then he stopped.
Lina and the others stopped as well, "Zel, what is it?"
"There's a barrier here. Lina, we need the Ragna Blade." he said turning.
She nodded and closed her eyes, "Lord of the dreams that terrify, sword of cold and darkness. Free yourself form the heaven's bonds, become one with my power, one with my body and let us walk the path of destruction together. Power that can smash even the souls of the gods! Ragna Blade!" she said charging the wall and bringing the blade down upon it.
Everyone shielded their eyes and Lina fell to her knees, "Lina!" Gourry yelled.
"I'm...okay..." she coughed.
He picked her up, "You did it, Lina." he smiled.
"Right, let's go!" Zelagdis yelled and charged in with everyone following.
Gourry and Lina ran beside him, "Zel! How are we supposed to find a way to his chambers?! We don't know where they are and there's a thousand hallways in this place!" Lina said holding tight to Gourry.
"Bardon! Are there any seceret passageways in here that would lead us to his room directly?" he said as the chimera man ran up beside him.
"Yes, follow me, Zelgadis!" he said.
"Lina, Gourry, I'll see you later! Take care of the monsters! I'm heading straight for Xavior!" He, Bardon and a few other chimeras split up down another hallway.
They ran down the stone halls and then Bardon stopped at a statue of Xavior holding his hand out with a smile on his face, "See this statue, Zelagdis? I'll show you how to get in, Lina and Gourry will need our help where they are now."
"What do I need to do?"
He handed Zelgadis a silver stone, "Press this into his brooch, see? Where there's a dip in his brooch?"
"Yes, anything else?"
"You have to speak the word "open" in Monster tougue. That word is Ashpho."
Zelgadis nodded, "Thank you, Bardon."
He nodded and took of down the hall with his men.
Zelgadis pressed the stone into the statue's brooch and closed his eyes as he heard it snap into place and spoke the word, "Ashpho..."
A bright light illuminated from the statue and Zelgadis shielded his eyes. When he could see there was a portal. In it he saw Amelia on her bed sobbing and screaming. He looked around and stepped through. He couldn't find his voice at first until Amelia stopped crying and looked up, "Ame...lia..."
The portal closed behind him, "Zelgadis... Is that you...Zelgadis!" she jumped from her bed and hugged him.
He hugged her back, "Oh thank L-sama! You're all right!"
She cried, "I missed you. I was so worried about you!"
"Are you crazy?! I was worried about you I only saw a small portion of what happened to you but each time my heart broke..."
She held him tight, "We have to get out of here."
"I know..."
"You're not...going anywhere..." a voice whispered.
She turned, "Xavior!"
Zelgadis pulled Amelia behind him, "You bastard!"
"Oh yes, the handsome prince here to save his princess. Isn't that a sweet little scene?" he spat.
"And you're the ugly monster on the top of the mountain. Zelgadis will win!" Amelia shouted coming out from behind him.
"Amelia, no, stay behind." he said pulling her back.
"Zelgadis, we've always fought together on everything, I will not abandon you now." she argued.
He smiled, "When you're ready."
She nodded.
"DAMU BRASS!" they both yelled and Zelgadis took Amelia with him on a dive behind the bed.
"Come now, no games." he said using his powers to lift and throw the bed through the wall.
"Dawg Hout!" Zelgadis yelled as stone spikes surrounded him.
"Ra Tilt!" Amelia said.
"Useless!" Zelgadis stomped.
"Fine! I'll try something...." Amelia whispered.
"Amelia?" he asked.
"Just...be with me, Zelgadis. When I cast this spell...I want you to shoot off a Dragon Slave, right after okay? Do you remember the incantation?" she asked.
He nodded, "Yes."
"All right..." she stepped forward, "Lord of the dreams that terrify, sword of cold and darkness. Free yourself form the heaven's bonds, become one with my power, one with my body and let us walk the path of destruction together. Power that can smash even the souls of the gods! Ragna Blade!" she screamed making a full charge for Xavior and coming down upon him.
He yelled in agony as the blade caught his shoulder and he fell over, just as Amelia dove out of the way, "DRAGON SLAVE!" Zelgadis yelled. The energy surged towards him and he began to scream again. And then...he was gone.
Zelgadis huffed and kneeled, "Amelia..." he looked over to her. She was laying on the floor half alive, "You'll be all right..." he crawled over to her with his remaining stength.
Amelia smiled, "Zelgadis..." the her face twisted into a terrified look of shock.
Xavior was standing over Zelgadis, barely alive. But alive enough to take the upper hand, "You...foolish...boy. I'm...more than you'll ever be... ev-" his sentence was cut short as a surge of energy drained his body. When his body fell limp, behind him stood Dareius, who nearly doubled over. From his heart a blood dripped onto the floor.
"Dear L-sama, Dareius!" Amelia jumped up and ran to his side.
"Amelia... I'm...so glad...." he began.
"Shh, no, don't talk. Your badly hurt... Resurrection..." she whispered.
"He... didn't want me to live through this. He wanted me to die with him.... Th-that's what he s-s-said." he coughed.
"Shh, don't talk." she pleaded.
"Amelia...?" Zelgadis asked walking over to her.
"Zelgadis, this is Dareius. He saved my life many times while I was here. He's my friend." she said a tear rollin down her cheek.
"F-Finally...I get to meet y-you. I admire you...don't ev-ev-ever lose her." he whispered.
Zelgadis nodded, " I don't plan to. Now hush we'll cast a recovery spell on you. Recovery..."
"It's...no..u-use... He's gone. So therefore, so am I." he whispered.
"Not if we give you your own life." Zelgadis said.
"You can do th-that? You w-would do that for me?" he asked.
"Yes but you must hush." he reasoned.
He nodded and closed his eyes.
"Amelia, I need you to do an exorcism spell. You have to draw out Xavior's energy. You have to so there's room for his energy, all of it." Zelgadis whispered.
She nodded and closed her eyes, chnating under her breath, "Exorcism..." she whispered.
From Dareius's heart a spirit came, yelling and screaming and then vanished. The recovery spells were finished and they sat in silence for a bit until, "Amelia? Zelgadis?" Dareius's voice called.
Amelia smiled and pulled him to his feet, "Welcome back..."
He took them both into his arms and hugged them, "I don't know how to thank you."
"Why don't you start...by making you're own home here. Replanting your gardens and making your own rules. We'll help you all we can." Amelia smiled.
He nodded, "Thank you."
Zelgadis tugged on Amelia's arm and she turned to see behind him, Lina and the others, "We have to go..."
She nodded, "And to start. You can make some new friends." she smiled.
"Well what do you say to it guys? Would you want to stay in this pretty place if that jerk's not the leader anymore?" Lina asked.
Bardon nodded, "Of course. And we'll help you, Dareius. We want a home of our own, too."
Dareius smiled, "We'll be seeing you guys."
"We'll come back soon." Amelia whispered then turned to Zelgadis.
"I missed you and...I love you, Amelia." he smiled embracing her.
"I love you too, Zelgadis." she smiled and kissed him, "Let's go home." she whispered.
"Let's." Lina smiled and took Gourry's hand, walking out of the castle, in the direction of Seyruun.