Lina and the Temple of Doona - Part Three
Disclaimer: see Part One
Gourry, Amelia, Zelgadis and Xellos knocked out four members of the Order and stole their robes, putting them on as a disguise. They walked into the Temple unchallenged and made their way to the corridor that Lina had been dragged down earlier. They kept on their guard.
~*~
Lina stood on an altar, her eyes blank. She was dressed in a flowing white tunic and underdress, a golden girdle around her waist. Her fiery hair was pulled up and away from her face in an elaborate braided coil, a gold ribband threaded through the braids. Her neck, wrists, arms and ears were all decorated with gold jewellery, the Demon's Blood talismans attached to the girdle around her waist.
~~~~ "You must fight the drug Lina... It's the only way you can help us..." the voices echoed.
"I'm trying. Where do I find the Doona Star?" Lina's mind called.
"Look inside yourself... The answer lies within..." the voices cried and fell silent. ~~~~
Lina was told to sing to please the men of the Order, and in her drugged stupor, she complied.
~*~
Gourry, Amelia, Zelgadis and Xellos followed the sound of a female's pure soprano and were surprised to see Lina standing on an altar and singing. They quickly recovered and Gourry rushed over to grab Lina.
"Snap out of it Lina!" Gourry ordered as he pulled Lina off the altar.
Lina's eyes suddenly became clear. "Gourry?" she asked, stumbling over the long skirts of her tunic and underdress.
Gourry swung Lina up into his arms and ran down a narrow corridor, followed closely by Amelia, Zelgadis and men of the Order.
"Hurry!" Lina screamed as the doors in front of them began to swing closed. "FIREBALL!!!" she cried, one arm around Gourry's neck while the other flung the spell in the direction of the men following them.
Amelia and Zelgadis ducked beneath the spell and kept on running.
The men of the Order screamed as the spell hit them.
"Keep going Gourry! We're right behind you!" Zelgadis shouted, dragging Amelia with him as he ran.
Xellos, in the meantime, was having the time of his life. Charred bodies of men of the Order littered the floor of the Temple. He was laughing.
Gourry ran through the closing doors, his arms tight around Lina.
"Stop here Gourry," Lina said, struggling to get out of his arms. When she succeeded, she stumbled to the doors and inserted herself between them. She closed her eyes and pushed the doors apart, letting Zelgadis and Amelia run through before slamming the large doors shut. Lina stood there, panting from the effort of the whole escape.
Gourry, Amelia and Zelgadis finally got a good look at Lina's new outfit. Their mouths dropped open. They had never seen Lina look so beautiful. It was a schock to them.
"I have to find the Doona Star. I have to free the Children. I promised them," Lina said, looking around her. She didn't seem to notice the reactions of the others to her costume. She stumbled over to a wall and pushed a raised carving of a seven-point star.
With a click, a panel slid open, large enough for a person to walk through.
"Let's go. Those guys won't be held back by a set of closed doors for long," Lina said. She picked up her skirts and walked through the panel opening.
Gourry, Amelia and Zelgadis recovered from their shock and quickly followed Lina, letting the darkness swallow them as the panel slid shut behind them.
Disclaimer: see Part One
Gourry, Amelia, Zelgadis and Xellos knocked out four members of the Order and stole their robes, putting them on as a disguise. They walked into the Temple unchallenged and made their way to the corridor that Lina had been dragged down earlier. They kept on their guard.
~*~
Lina stood on an altar, her eyes blank. She was dressed in a flowing white tunic and underdress, a golden girdle around her waist. Her fiery hair was pulled up and away from her face in an elaborate braided coil, a gold ribband threaded through the braids. Her neck, wrists, arms and ears were all decorated with gold jewellery, the Demon's Blood talismans attached to the girdle around her waist.
~~~~ "You must fight the drug Lina... It's the only way you can help us..." the voices echoed.
"I'm trying. Where do I find the Doona Star?" Lina's mind called.
"Look inside yourself... The answer lies within..." the voices cried and fell silent. ~~~~
Lina was told to sing to please the men of the Order, and in her drugged stupor, she complied.
~*~
Gourry, Amelia, Zelgadis and Xellos followed the sound of a female's pure soprano and were surprised to see Lina standing on an altar and singing. They quickly recovered and Gourry rushed over to grab Lina.
"Snap out of it Lina!" Gourry ordered as he pulled Lina off the altar.
Lina's eyes suddenly became clear. "Gourry?" she asked, stumbling over the long skirts of her tunic and underdress.
Gourry swung Lina up into his arms and ran down a narrow corridor, followed closely by Amelia, Zelgadis and men of the Order.
"Hurry!" Lina screamed as the doors in front of them began to swing closed. "FIREBALL!!!" she cried, one arm around Gourry's neck while the other flung the spell in the direction of the men following them.
Amelia and Zelgadis ducked beneath the spell and kept on running.
The men of the Order screamed as the spell hit them.
"Keep going Gourry! We're right behind you!" Zelgadis shouted, dragging Amelia with him as he ran.
Xellos, in the meantime, was having the time of his life. Charred bodies of men of the Order littered the floor of the Temple. He was laughing.
Gourry ran through the closing doors, his arms tight around Lina.
"Stop here Gourry," Lina said, struggling to get out of his arms. When she succeeded, she stumbled to the doors and inserted herself between them. She closed her eyes and pushed the doors apart, letting Zelgadis and Amelia run through before slamming the large doors shut. Lina stood there, panting from the effort of the whole escape.
Gourry, Amelia and Zelgadis finally got a good look at Lina's new outfit. Their mouths dropped open. They had never seen Lina look so beautiful. It was a schock to them.
"I have to find the Doona Star. I have to free the Children. I promised them," Lina said, looking around her. She didn't seem to notice the reactions of the others to her costume. She stumbled over to a wall and pushed a raised carving of a seven-point star.
With a click, a panel slid open, large enough for a person to walk through.
"Let's go. Those guys won't be held back by a set of closed doors for long," Lina said. She picked up her skirts and walked through the panel opening.
Gourry, Amelia and Zelgadis recovered from their shock and quickly followed Lina, letting the darkness swallow them as the panel slid shut behind them.