Words between ~ ~ are telepathic thoughts. Don't look
at me like that, we've got a psychic pokemon in the gang! It's not my fault
I tell you!
Zelgadis grinned to himself as he heard the lock on the door click open and silently turned the knob while pocketing his lock-picking tools. "This is too easy..." He walked inside and closed the door behind him before turning to face the darkened room. "Light which burns beyond crimson flame! Let thy power gather in my hand! LIGHTING!"
He grinned again as he casually tossed the sphere of light into the air and planted his fists on his hips as he let his gaze travel around the now well-lighted room. Duncan really should learn how to install better locks. Granted I'm not usually the breaking and entering kinda guy, but that shipment of Magickal artifacts may have something that could cure me of this chimeric curse....
~Why can't you get Telca to help you?~
"Because she and Remy already left for the theatre half an hour ago!"
~But it's only 8am!~
"They wanted to get good seats, okay? Yeesh!"
Zel froze, his heart hammering in his chest. Lashana and Mewtwo...and they're coming this way!! Dammit! Better grab what I can and bolt!
"What the hell? The lock's been picked!"
Oh no!! He spun as the door was kicked open and stared at the resident Elf, wincing when a sceptre fell out of his shirt and clanged loudly onto the floor.
"Zel?! What in the Galaxies are you doing?!"
"This isn't what it looks like!"
~Oh. So you're not really stealing Duncan's belongings and shoving them into your pants?~ Mewtwo smirked, crossing his arms over his chest as he gazed over at the chimera.
"Uh..."
"I am so going to deal with you later!" Lashana growled as she stalked into the room. "Lucky for you that I have to go hopping around dimensions." What the hell is he doing in here anyway? This isn't like him... He's a little off, sure, but he's not a criminal! Oh screw it, one headache at a time. Now where the hell is that-- "The talisman!"
"No!" Zel cried, pulling the amulet out of her reach. "It could be my cure!"
"Oh, Zel," she sighed, looking at him sadly. "Is that what this is all about? Hun, there's nothing here that could cure you. What you're holding is a transdimensional talisman. That won't help you."
"How do you know that? This could be a trick!"
She narrowed her eyes and growled. "It is not! Now give me that talisman! We need it to rescue Telca's clone!!!"
"No!"
~Oh, isn't this mature,~ the psychic pokemon mused as he gazed at the large dust cloud fight in front of him. ~I swear I must be insane to involve myself in these things....~ He reached into the cloud and grabbed an edge of the disc shaped artifact, yanking on it sharply and smirking when the fight instantly stopped. ~Zelgadis. Let go.~
"No! This could be my only chance! I could go to a different dimension! Maybe there's different magicks there! They could cure me!" the nearly hysterical chimera yelled as he pulled at the part of the talisman he was gripping.
"You idiot! Let go!" Lashana screamed, lashing out with her right foot and kicking him in the shin.
"What's going on in here!?!" Duncan roared as he stalked into the room, glaring at the three tug-of-war-ers. "What do you think you're doing?! Those are priceless artifacts!"
"Not now!" Lashana snarled as she yanked on the talisman, trying to pry it out of Zel's hands. "Let go damn you!"
"No!!"
~Oh shit!~
Lashana blinked at Mewtwo's panicked yell and suddenly realized that the light sphere above their heads wasn't souly responsible for the funky coloured lighting around them. "What the?" She blinked and glanced at the floor, paling when she saw a rainbowed portal open beneath them. "Craaaap!"
"See? I told you!" Duncan wailed as the portal pulsed once before growing to encompass them all.
The last thing that was heard in the Palace was a unified
scream of: "Shaddup, Duncan!!"