Claimer: I own Deanna J. Fox, and Sir Robert A. Blake not to mention this whole story line. So please no copying.
Disclaimer: I don't own Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World, or any of its story's or characters. So don't sue cause I never said I did and you'll lose.
Author's Pre Notes: Hmmm . .. darn I sure have been gone for a long time, I am so very sorry about that, RL has been trying to kill me, and then there's my muse, almost makes me afraid to close my eyes, almost. She' s beating a bunch of stories on me at once, so mean. But I am sticking to this one, finish this and Then only THEN!! DO you me hear me dear! You wonderful Muse of mine!! THEN I WILL DO EVERYTHING ELSE!!
But Heck SAY IT LOUD SAY IT PROUD!!!! I'm BAAAAAACCKKK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lol
Anyway I am so glad to be back and I really hope that you all enjoy this chapter, a bit of a long on but hey, hopefully the winner I've been promising you.
Now to all those wonderful people who reviewed last my chapter . . . . . . In other words to my wonderful, amazing, talented, sophisticated, friends Ascamelien, Veggie5, and Evil Polish Elf
And to the rest of you *sticks out her tongue *Lol jk, I know you have your reasons I still love you anyway; just them more right now, lol
Hope to hear from you though . . . .I miss you, yes YOU!!!
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Veggie5~ Wow hmm I really haven't posted in a while huh? Well I hope this story makes you happy, like yours makes me!!!
My gosh!!! GRRRR . . . I'm still so mad it didn't take my reviews last time!!! AHHH!!!!
Bad site!! Bad bad bad!!! *pant, pant, pant*
Anyway roller coaster of suffering . .you know it!!! Lol
I hope this chapter has enough for you . . . .
So I've finally given you what you wanted my next chapter, so go on read it and enjoy!!! Lol
And thanks so much for all you've done to help me!
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Ascamelien~ SABRINA!!! I'm back!! I'm back!! Did you miss me!?!?!?!?!
I totally loved the latest chapter to your story!! I can't wait for more!!!
Roxton blew a kiss, lol I can't get the image out of my mind, and personally I don't want to! lol
I am so glad that you got to read this chapter!! I know the site was a real pain for a while, made me just so-mad!!
Then oh! Let me say or rather whine, YOU went where!!!! AH!!!!
I have to tell you I have such a want to go to Britain, like you have no idea!!! Everything about Europe and such just! OH I love it!! I- You-You are so lucky!!!!!! And then if I remember correctly you went to France in the middle of the year didn't you? Well you certainly are a busy girl!! And your so da—lucky!!! AHH!!!! Lol So jealous *stamps foot while pouting *
But I am very happy for you, what a wonderful experience that must be *sigh dreamily * I'll get there someday, then I'm get myself a handsome, charming, rich Englishman!!, lol, ignore me, hehe . .
Any-way, lol
Ohhh honey!! Your hair sounds gorgeus!!!! Mine, reddish is the key word, actually I think it's just the way I explained Deanna's but hers it probably prettier, anyway I'm sure your hair is very beautiful.
And hey as far a s being the best I am honored to be considered your equal, hehe *whispers into the room * but we all know who is really the best best best . . .. *Nudges toward the computer at Sabrina*
And oh off topic real quick Orlando bloom!! AHH!! HE is so gorgeous you are so very right!!! But I know he's yours *hangs head sadly*
But hey! * perks up * I still got Erik Van Detten, * looks over at him sitting behind her, dreamily* Oh how I love him!!! LOL And his hair!!! AHH!!
* looks behind herself again to see that he is gone*
*Oh . .well that didn't last long, *sigh*
AH Haiton!! Whatever are we going to do, first- we are going to stay in the chair *looks over at Sabrina *
Lol and read my next chapter lol Sorry to keep you waiting so long hun, life's just been a little hectic lately and then my writes block which I thank you for helping me get rid of.
* Reaches down and pulls Sabrina up form the cliff, and carefully takes glass away, and hands her the hammer again * Come on let's see if we can turn it to dust!! WAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
I'm o-K .. lol
And I just can't say enough about what your reviews and friendship mean to me!!! I really can't even start, thank you so much!!! Really you have no idea, I hope we can still keep in touch when I finish this story.
Oh and it's stupid I should have changed it, the shuffling sound was just Haiton and his guards making their way through the mountain of tunnels, it just echoed throughout and got mashed together making it should like scuffling.
And I totally loved your book- err- review!! Really It helped so much thanks!!!
I really hope you enjoy this chapter!!
Thanks so much for everything,
Until next we speak!
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Evil Polish Elf~ Geez girl took you long enough!! Lol no I am really happy that you finally read my story!! And think how much better they will be with you as my beta reader!! LOL
And I am so so so so so so HAPPY!! THAT YOU LIKED THEM!! REALLY you have like no idea how much that means to me! !I hope you like this chapter just as much!!! And that you will excuse the errors in it, I wrote it quickly.
And as this still isn't the end I hope you will continue to enjoy it! Thanks so much Elfy!!!
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Well I think that is the just of it so I will let you get to read, and then reviewing lol . . . .
TYPO WARNING: Written quickly and changed around a lot, so be kind
Onto the pandemonium . . . . .
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At Deanna's start the Cyzan warriors began to move in
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"Are they insane!!" Marguerite hissed snapping her gun closed, having finished loading it, watching Robert sprint after Deanna.
"I guess at the point we're at now you have to be," said Roxton looking at her, she nodded and they ran into the clearing, the Cyzan warriors behind them.
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"Hiding something Deanna?" came Haiton's cocky yet aggravated voice as he looked over the small group of warriors she had just killed, clearly protecting something
"Only my outrage!" she hissed stepping toward him swinging her rifle out in front of her
"Now you know that isn't going to do anything, no matter how many times you try that" he said sweetly looking past her and Robert stepping next to her
"Yeah," she said in the same sweet tone "but I get the satisfaction of acting like I've killed you, again, and again, and again!!"
Haiton stepped back disturbed by the tone in her voice.
Robert snickered a bit.
Haiton stood up straight, " I tire of this," he snapped his fingers "Kill 'em"
Nothing happened
Deanna smirked putting her rifle down placing a hand on her cocked hip.
"Guards!" yelled Haiton turning around, his eyes grew wide, he looked around the whole clearing, the jungle, the mountains, everything was covered with Cyzan warriors.
His warriors stood terror stricken in a giant huddle in the center of the clearing.
"Fine," he said under his breath "if those guards are afraid of getting killed- I guess I'll have to find men who don't have that problem!" he began to shout raising his hands and flinging them down to the rubble, red, pale blue and green energy emitting from his hands. The spurts shot out over the rumble as if looking for something and then diving into deep crevices and cracks in the rock.
Roxton and the others held their weapons ready uncertain of what was going on.
Then everything was still, Haiton stood back a smug smirk on his face.
Deanna looked at him a puzzled, disgusted look on her face.
Marguerite tore away from the scene and made her way to where the book had fallen.
She rammed her rifle in-between the rocks and attempted to pry them apart, she pressed on it with her stomach for more leverage, it broke apart slightly; still holding the rifle in place Marguerite reached for the book, she pushed herself farther into the crevice her face glistening with sweat her hair sticking to her temples.
"Come on-," she grunted her fingers touched the book; she sighed slightly and grabbed it trying to pull it loose.
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Something started to move in the ruble, everyone's eyes grew wide.
Marguerite almost had the book when suddenly a hand sprang out of the debris and grabbed hers. She screamed and let go of the book jumping back falling to the ground, the rock slammed on the book and hand. She scrambled back shaking from the sudden fright.
"Marguerite!" Roxton cried running back rifle still ready.
"There-there-th-there was a –a hand!" she trembled pointing to where the rock had fallen
"A hand?" he asked not understanding
Suddenly the rubble began to shoot up and people began to climb out. But they weren't normal people, they're skin had turned whatever eerie color the shoot of energy that hit them had been, and most of them where bloody, missing limbs from the cave in, some of their necks were broken so their heads fell lose on their shoulders making the sight of them absolutely nauseating.
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"Oh god!" gasped Challenger "There is no way that –that"
"Those can't be what I think they are-" said Malone his voice shaking slightly
"What are those Malone!" Veronica cried covering her mouth in disgust looking at him and Challenger for an explanation
"I-I think they're-they're zombies Veronica- from- from the warriors killed by the cave in!"
Haiton started to laugh methodically as the zombies limped closer.
The Cyzan warriors were horror stricken some of them falling to the earth, others running over to bushes overcome with nausea and fear. The others were to paralyzed to react the evil that man had to posses to raise the dead!
For to the Cyzan the dead were sacred.
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"Rox-ton-" started Marguerite frightened as the 'zombies' began to shot up from the rubble in front of them.
She clung to his arm and he quickly lifted her to her feet, holding her to him protectively, holding his rifle out. They slowly started to back away when, Marguerite looked at the revolting sight again,
"Roxton! It has the book!" she screamed
Everyone looked over including Haiton, his eyes widened
"Get me the book!" he cried to all of his warriors the living and the dead.
Having been given new faith in their leader, Haiton's warriors began to fight again.
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The Cyzan Chief stared disturbed at the scene, "we cannot let this continue-" he said to the men around him then he called out to the others
"Fear not, the cause we fight for demands courage!! This evil must be purged from the earth!! For the sake of our family our friends and our world, onward!! And may the gods protect us!!" he yelled with pride jabbing his long broad sword into the air
A great horde of battle cries came out from the Cyzan warriors as they charged down the mountains and out of the jungle, weapons and will ready to win
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The zombie with the book moved toward Haiton, Deanna stepped in front of it calmly her demeanor confident
"You're kidding right?" she smiled cocking her head to the side, the zombie, a green one, looked on at her slightly dazed but seeming to be coherent although lacking a will of it's own to respond to her.
"Let me help you out" Deanna kicked the end of her rifle up holding to the barrel like a fulcrum, it swung up hitting the book, shooting it out of the creature's arms into the air, where Deanna reached up and snagged it.
"NO! You imbeciles bring me the book!!! Don't let them get it!!" Haiton fumed throwing his arms in the air enraged, he powered up energy crackling all around his body and thrust a blast in Deanna's direction
"Deanna!" Roxton yelled
She whirled around seeing it eyes wide startled, she ducked down expertly, her legs tensed and spread apart holding her body just inches off the ground, the blast flew just over her and hit the unaware green zombie behind who exploded into hundreds of pieces, a green mist floating up and disappearing into the winds from what was left of the remains
"Drat!" Haiton growled annoyed
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"Ew!" Marguerite kind of whimpered feeling utterly disgusted kicking bits of 'zombie' off of her boots.
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Deanna jerked her head up eyes narrowed, then another zombie and two living warriors jumped onto her back, her knee twisted under the weight and slammed into the ground
"Ah!" she yelled out in pain clutching the book as she thrashed about trying to get her attackers off of her.
She could hear Haiton screaming orders, then she heard someone else,
"Robert-" she whispered instantly worried snapping her eyes open pushing back on the warrior trying get a good hold on the book.
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"Roxton!" Marguerite shouted as another zombie grabbed him from behind, the only real problem with these creatures wasn't how many of them there were it was-
"Why won't you just die!!" Marguerite screamed jumping on the creatures back and knocking him off of Roxton, it thrashed up moving it's spine in a surreal way throwing her off, she shot at it, but it just wouldn't stop, it continued to approach her.
"This is ridiculous!" she screamed
"The bullets are useless! Save your ammunition!!" Roxton yelled kicking another monster away as he tried to reach her.
"Ya think!" she yelled angrily taking out the zombie's knees
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"Deanna!" Challenger yelled alarmed seeing her being mauled by the growing group of warriors and zombies. He ran over and jumped in attempting to free her, she had gone on the defensive and was in the middle of the group eyes firmly shut, clutching the book tight to her body, thrashing about trying to free herself having lost her gun when they had first jumped her. The group quickly threw Challenger out again, recognizing that he was trying to help her; they increased the fight pawing and scratching to get a hold on the book.
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Robert shot his rifle again the bullet landing between Haiton's eyes knocking him on his back. Robert used the opportunity to slam the butt of his rifle into Haiton's head
Haiton growled in anger sending a burst of energy up sending Robert flying into a tree.
"I truly tire of this Sir Blake," Haiton panted irritated, this was using up his energy, he had already been running on low after knocking down the cave walls and raising his warriors from the dead, and it was becoming to much he needed to feed on someone's life force and soon.
"Really Haiton I was thinking this was just starting to get fun!" Robert quipped lunging up catching Haiton's arms, each man pushed trying to force the other to the ground.
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Challenger got an idea as he picked himself up off the ground one of Haiton's blasts of energy had lit a dead sapling on fire, without hesitation he pulled the dead tree from the ground, it coming out of the shallow dry earth easily, He spun on his knees back up to his feet,
'A good move for an old man', he recalled Marguerite commenting to him once
He lunged at the horde of warriors beating and ripping at Deanna, their dry tweed type clothing soon took to the fire and erupted into a great blazed each man fighting to get free from the group as the flames traveled from one man to the next, it was even worst for the zombies who's bodies just seemed to burn, all of the men detached themselves and moved running off in all directions.
Challenger chuckled to himself watching them flee pride and mischief just beaming on his face, he fixed his hat on his head and them remember Deanna
He dropped to his knees next to Deanna who had taken a pretty bad beating and was a bit disoriented but held fast to the book, Challenger pulled her up by her shoulders and directed her toward the edge of the jungle out of harms way.
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"Malone one coming your way!" Veronica yelled looking over at the young reporter as she ran, two zombie creatures right behind her. She ran for the jungle a large tree specifically, when she reached it she didn't even hesitate but ran straight up it flipping over the creatures running under her and slamming into the large trunk of the tree, much like a bug on a windshield
'Well that's pretty gross," she commented before running after Ned as he bolted across the clearing into the jungle a large group of live warriors with spears behind him.
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"What are you trying to prove Blake!" Haiton spat in Robert's face
"Excuse me!" Robert panted pushing him back
"What do you get out of this, you've already lost Eliza-"
"Don't you mention her!" Robert shouted the shame of it all coming back to him
"What? Too painful or too true! You'll lose Deanna the same way! I've seen that look in her eye-"
"That would be contempt Haiton and it's there just for you!" he yelled pushing him onto his back
"She's a vicious wench only good for one thing- always has been-" Haiton spat trying to get inside the young man's head
"Stop it ! Just stop it!" Robert yelled rage again building up inside of him
"You know it and you want part of it don't you! Don't you!" Haiton yelled getting to his feet
"Don't you ever! EVER! Speak about her that way!!!" Robert growled angrily swinging Haiton by the collar into a tree
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"Marguerite look!" Roxton called motioning in the direction of where Challenger was leading Deanna into the jungle for some cover.
Marguerite looked around quickly and took of full speed for the jungle; she had to get that book.
"Marg-Marguerite!" said Roxton needing to take a double take as he saw her rush by, he ran after her trying to be careful and cover them at the same time
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"Deanna?!" Marguerite called as she jumped down in the little pit, up against a fallen tree that Challenger and Deanna had taken cover in.
"Here" she rasped sweat stinging the cuts all over her body as she handed or threw Marguerite the book "Have fun"
"A blast" Marguerite replied sarcastically not looking up from where she was flipping through the book
Roxton then joined them
"How bad is it?" Deanna asked professionally sitting up much to Challenger's disapproval
"Well the Cyzan warriors are good I just don't know how long we can keep this up"
"Yay" she replied sarcastically
"What I don't understand is, if Haiton has all of this power, I mean he raised his warriors form the dead- why hasn't he just wiped us out?" Challenger asked
"He's out of power remember- that's part of the curse-" started Deanna
"Yes- he will thirst for power and always be in need of it never being satisfied" finished Marguerite still frantically looking through the book
"Right," said Deanna
"Are only chance of stopping him is while he is weak, but we have to distract him until Marguerite can figure out how to cancel the curse, oh and honey don't worry if it mean you have to kill him,"
"I hear that," Marguerite snickered
"Challenger you stay with Marguerite I'm going with Deanna to distract Haiton-"
"But John-" he started
"You stay with her George, I'm trusting you-" Roxton said putting a hand on the older man's shoulder
"And I'm trusting your revolver," Deanna teased grinning with a quick wink and the snapping close of her rifle she was off
Challenger slapped a hand on Roxton's nodding.
"Be careful John," said Marguerite looking up with pleading eyes
He smiled reassuringly to her and took off after Deanna.
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"Ned!!" Veronica yelled seeing a man approaching Ned who was lying flat on his back having been knocked down.
Ned looked up seeing the man as he grabbed his collar; he reached back trying to find anything to help himself, he felt something hard and grabbed it bringing it foreword over the large warriors head knocking him out they both fell to the ground.
Malone pushed him off and shook his head trying to get his senses back about him, then he looked and saw what had saved him and took a bit of a double take shaking his head again.
"Where did you get that?!" asked Veronica walking over shocked and amused
"I have no idea," he said stunned turning the bowl over in his hands.
(THE BOWL IS BACK!!!)
Veronica chuckled shaking her head and then ducked suddenly as a spear came at her from behind.
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"Wait" said Marguerite
"What is it?" said Challenger "Does is break the curse?"
"No but I can get rid of our dear departed friends" she smirked, she leaned down and took a handful of dirt in her hand, she looked at it and flicked a bug out of it
"Ah no! I think that was a-" Challenger said looking off in the direction of where she had flicked it
"Challenger!"
"OH right"
With that Marguerite looked back at the book and begant o recite the incantation "Sept tra neston, Arch- chene tral da, alcom tempt satenara, hasten trae-untou-" as she said this she let the dirt slowly fall from her hands it began to swirl about around her in a light purple aura "Elconnow-I fonrta- involura- Sept tra neston, Arch semprayl nucom!!!" the soil them dispersed and darted off in all directions
From where they were hidden Marguerite and Challenger could see that most of the zombies were suddenly being swallowed up by the earth. They were struggling and lunging out at anything nearest to them, sometimes another live warrior, as they were mercilessly pulled into the soil.
"You did it Marguerite!!" Challenger cheered
"Yeah" she sighed plopping back down where she sat
"Marguerite?" Challenger said leaning over concerned
"I'm alright," she said wearily holding her head with her fingertips "It just takes some out of me, and I still got to get to the big one, that is if I can find it-" she finished with a growl paging through the book
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"Deanna!" said Roxton calling her attention to the scuffle in the corner between Robert and Haiton
"Oh Damn-it!" Deanna groaned as the two struggling men disappeared into the brush then there was a yell and the light blue aura was seen again through the cracks in the brush
"If he powers up again, we are in a lot of bloody trouble!" Deanna exclaimed to Roxton as they ran into the brush breaking the two men apart
Roxton pulled Haiton off and threw him into a tree where he hit his head and now lay still
Deanna kneeled down behind Robert's head taking it in her lap, Roxton coming to her side kept an eye out as she tried to bring Blake back to consciousness.
"Robert-Robert!!-Oh Blake you idiot!! Do you have to play macho man all the time! Robert!" she said worriedly shaking him gently, if Haiton had taken to much Blake would die, but then Robert began to stir back into consciousness.
"Deanna? Huh? Oh-" he moaned as he began to regain consciousness
"Oh come on sweetie we really have to go-" she said her voice getting more nervous as she saw Haiton move
"Come on Blake, come on ol' boy" encouraged Roxton sensing and respecting Deanna's uneasiness
Just then Deanna's jerked her head up and Roxton did the same hearing a twig snap
Haiton stood before them an evil grin on his face his body again cracking with energy
"OH-" Deanna started
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"Marguerite-" Challenger said again
"I'm doing this as fast as I can Challenger!" she snapped
"I know- I was just going to-"
"I found it!!" she cried
Then suddenly out of the jungle on the opposite side of the clearing there was a giant explosion and Roxton, Deanna and Robert were hurtled out of the brush in different directions. Robert was hurtled back out into the jungle somewhere where he landed on Veronica, Malone and their assailants whom they had led there, Roxton was thrown to the opposite corner of the clearing the only thing stopping his flight being a large Holm oak that he slammed into and then fell unceremoniously to the ground under, and Deanna was sent soaring upward and into a type of rock pit that was unfinished and unworn so the edges were sharp and jagged. The explosion shook the whole of the area, quaking Marguerite and Challenger from their hiding place back into the clearing, other battles also interrupted as everyone was thrown to the ground.
Marguerite's heart plummeted stopping dead as she pushed herself up from the ground and instantly spotted Roxton, then she saw the warriors beginning to stand, one in particular catching her eye, him seeming to be completely unfazed and already aiming his spear at-
"John!" She screamed terror stricken realizing what was happening.
All other thoughts left her mind as she pushed off the ground with all of her strength and sprinted faster than anyone had ever seen her move toward Roxton.
She had to get to him in time, the warrior was too far off to redirect, she had to stop this she just had to, tears of dread starting forming in her eyes as she ran.
Challenger tried to call after her not sure why she had taken off, but only in vain as she ran even faster; her hair and skirt flying out behind her the front of the skirt pressing against her body, with the force of her speed, aside from the pleat that had fallen back exposing her leg as she ran.
Challenger groaned shaking his head trying to send the cloudy pain from it, then his eyes rested on the book, he grabbed it and looked back up toward Marguerite,
'Marguerite wouldn't have left this without good reason-' he thought gravely looking around with his eyes
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Roxton was semi conscious trying to get himself off the ground, feeling shooting pains running throughout his body, realizing he had broken a few ribs
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Veronica groaned as she tried to untangle herself from the mess of arms and legs she was entwined in. She saw Ned's head moving from the other side of the 'dog pile', and Robert rolling off of the top holding his head.
"Are you guys alright?"
"Yeah-" said Ned crawling out form under the bodied
"OW!- Yes" Robert hissed
"Well we were thinking of just making them run into a few trees but that worked out very nicely, thank you Robert," Veronica smiled ironically
"What?-Yeah no problem,-except now I've got zombie all over my trousers" he groaned still trying to get his senses about him, then he remembered
"We gotta get back-" he said urgently a sudden grave tone entering his voice, he tried to stand and run off but he was consumed by dizziness and fell to his knees. Ned and Veronica came up behind him and helping him up but one of his arms over each of their shoulders, Veronica looked at Ned and they all started as fast as they could, Robert gaining strength back at every step, back toward the clearing a feeling of dread creeping over all of them
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Deanna's arm came up out of the whole grasping at the earth as she angrily began to pull herself out of the pit, her prior injures irritated by the jagged rocks and her whole body stinging in pain, new cuts bleeding, the blood running down her arms, legs and face as she pulled herself up digging her nails into the dirt for hold, then she turned her head looking down upon the clearing, then she saw Marguerite and stopped, stopped everything she couldn't move she was completely stiff, grasping onto the edge of the pit watching in horror as . .
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The warrior released his spear. .
It all seemed to happen in slow motion. .
Marguerite ran for all she was work and watched the man as he threw the spear, this was it, a single determined tear ran down her cheek as she thrust herself in front of the spear, it pierced through her abdomen, the force of it sending her off her feet the ground its flint tip stabbing into the earth. She grasped the end half of the wooden spear that was sticking out of the front of her, pain burning and screaming to the ends of her nerves. The way the spear had stuck in the ground had her in a terrible position curling her spine back so she couldn't lie on the ground without ripping her wound open more. So she held to the spear her face grimaced in pain, the tears that come with such pain and the relief of having saved the one you care for coming to her eyes and slowly flowing down her face. But she didn't sob, she was relieved if she hadn't been in such pain she truly felt she would finally feel the sense of peace she had always longed for, the peace of knowing you are part of a caring, loving family and that you belong.
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"NOOOOoooooo!!!" Deanna screamed terror stricken, clutching to the edge of the pit, the scream echoing throughout, tears coming to her eyes and running down her face into the dirt as she pulled herself out of the hole, she crawled to the edge of the cliff she had been propelled to and screamed for Robert, not knowing what else to do. .
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Roxton saw the scene from the corner of his eye and still wasn't sure what was going on when he heard Deanna scream which jerked him back to senses and he turned watching in horror as Marguerite went down.
"Marguerite! NO!!" he yelled sliding to his knees next to her, he carefully wrapped his arms around her, moving behind her so she could lean on him. He didn't know what to do, for the second time in his whole life, when it really mattered he was at a complete loss of thought.
"Challenger!!!!"
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Challenger stood almost paralyzed as everything happened so quickly, he grasped at a pain in his chest, as he had to watch the spear hit Marguerite and send her to the ground.
He looked away panting,
"No," he winced closing his eyes shut firmly, shaking his head in disbelief 'Not again, not another one, no!' he thought harshly "Oh Arthur-" he gasped
And as if his old comrade was speaking to him he knew and could hear exactly what he would say to him,
"Go George you can't let this happen, I like her haha. Help her George, she's one of my favorites and I won't stand for this. She needs you and you can help her, you can so no doubts please think of Marguerite. Be your old stubborn self and don't give up till you succeed!! NO Go!! Quickly!"
Finding some type of confidence in his take on his old friend and in his love for Marguerite, Challenger took off running, unconsciously holding the book in one hand and his hat to his head with the other, he was already half way there by the time Roxton began calling for him.
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Roxton looked up pleading as Challenger slid to his knees next to him and Marguerite, she turned to him and smiled slightly seeming to be perfectly relaxed and confident.
Challenger smiled back at her although he feared that his smile was not so confident or convincing.
"I'm here Marguerite, I'm here," he said soothingly not sure what else he could say to help her but assure her that he was there.
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"ROBERT!!" came echoing through the jungle, fear evident in the familiar voice
"That's Deanna!" said Blake speeding up his pace ignoring the blood running down the side of his face from his temple.
"She sounds hysterical," said Malone startled by the tone in the strong willed woman's scream
"That can't be good," Remarked Veronica
Robert could only nod in grave response.
Then their suspicions were gruesomely confirmed.
Veronica gasped seeing the scene, Roxton was holding Marguerite who had a spear through her stomach blood seeming to be everywhere.
She and Ned ran over to them.
"OH! -Oh my god! Roxton what happened!!" Veronica exclaimed falling to her knees before her friend, herself on the verge of tears
Roxton could only look at them he couldn't even respond; the words just wouldn't come out.
"Oh god- Challenger?" said Malone seeing all the blood dripping from Marguerite's would and down the spear making a ghastly black red puddle on the ground.
Marguerite just lay perfectly calm in Roxton's arms looking at everyone, a bit of a dazed expression on her face.
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The warrior who had speared Marguerite stood still amongst the other warriors as the battles began to pick up and continue, everyone that could, getting to their feet and fighting.
He stood in a daze of victory and strange fear. There was something, something clouding over him that gave him a grave feeling of anxiety. But what was it? He should be happy; he had succeeded in injuring one of the enemies greats, as Haiton's followers referred to the explorer's, why wasn't he proud?
And as if being answered by the gods he heard his answer from above him.
He turned around to see Deanna 'the demon' standing high on a ledge above the clearing her long tunic and sash blowing about her in the wind with her wild fiery hair, her injuries and cuts adding to her over all intimidating presence that she held at the moment, a hellish fire burning in her eyes as she stood proud and tall barking orders from the ledge.
Some was speaking in the Cyzan tongue but the last part came out loud and clear
"HE DIES!!" she ordered pointing down to him
A large number of Cyzan warriors came from their battles and began to stalk the man who had speared Marguerite
The man looked up at the woman, suddenly his whole view of her was completely different now and fear filled, he looked into her eyes the hell fire burning in them boring at his very soul.
He broke of his pleading gaze and looked around at the approaching Cyzan warriors jerking around seeing that they were coming from all sides, and cowardly sped off into the jungle the warriors on his heels, Deanna watching from above.
A horror agony filled scream rang out through the air
Deanna's lips curled into a smirk
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Robert looked about for Deanna, 'Where had her scream come from, was SHE alright?' he thought as he looked around feeling almost completely numb and confused, the chaos getting to his wits, suddenly he heard a man scream out from the jungle he was about to run to the source of it and investigate but then he saw her- standing proud and intimidating on a high ledge trying to see Marguerite better.
"Deanna!" he called
"Robert!" she said jerking her head down in his direction "Robert help her! Please!" Deanna said her voice shaking
For the first time he looked over in Marguerite's direction, his eyes widened, in horror and shock that he hadn't noticed it before, he waved at her without taking her eyes off Marguerite telling her it was fine and ran over to the others.
"What have we got?" he asked in full physician mode pushing through the group
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Deanna sighed and then suddenly an arm came out from behind her grabbing her just below her shoulders holding her arms to her body, then another arm came out from behind and stabbed a knife into her side.
She screamed out in pain and surprise
Robert turned back alarmed, Deanna saw this as she pushed the man away, she knew he had to have his whole mind on Marguerite,
"Help her Robert!" she ordered almost angrily
Hearing the tone in her voice feeling assured of Deanna's health, Robert turned back to Marguerite, she was counting on him everyone was counting on him, he couldn't fail, he couldn't let her die and he wouldn't, she meant to much to them all of them.
He looked at Roxton's terror stricken face his eyebrows arched in a pained frown, then he looked into Marguerite's peaceful gray eyes, she smiled at him weakly
He smiled back- then a warrior burst through and broke up part of the group knocking into Roxton moving him a bit, and peace left Marguerite's face and real pain replaced it, she grimaced in anguish squeezing her eyes shut, she cried out unable to suppress it.
Roxton yelled out at the man furiously, about to go after him but thinking much better of it and holding Marguerite tight, trying to calm her, just wishing he could take all her pain away, to never let her hurt again, this was all his fault, bitter tears came into his eyes as he was forced to watch her anguish.
Malone angrily jumped out at the man pushing him back, then the man came back at him and they began to wrestle about,
"Hey-hey! Veronica help him, we got to keep the fighting away from here!" said Robert sternly
Veronica saw the bowl Malone had been carrying and threw it to him.
He caught it easily from where he had been thrown to the ground, and rocking back and jumping up, got to his feet just as the other man did and slammed the bowl into his head, then spun around and did the same to the other side of the man's face, for the finish he tossed the bowl between his hand in front of the dazed warrior's face and then slammed it down on his head knocking him out.
Veronica couldn't help the smirk that formed on her lips,
"I'm not going to say anything," said Robert referring back to what he had originally said about Malone and his 'bowl fighting' technique "Now keep everyone away from here" he continued on,
Veronica and Ned nodded standing up and setting a perimeter around their injured friend.
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Roxton was calming Marguerite down, stroking her face and talking to her soothingly until the shoots of pain seemed to pass and she could lie still in his arms
"Shh Marguerite it's alright, everything will be fine I-I-" he looked away a minute he couldn't say it, he could promise her that everything would be fine, he had promised her once he would protect her, that nothing would happen to her, and now-
He choked on a dry sob, rage stirring up in his soul
Challenger put a reassuring hand on his shoulder
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The moment Deanna saw Robert turn back the man lunged at her again but he lost his footing and fell back into the pit taking her with him.
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"I need something to pack the wound-," said Robert
"But what about the spear?" said Challenger
"We have to leave it in-"
"Leave it in?!" said Challenger and Roxton at the came time
"Well part of it, I don't want to take it risk I do more harm than good by taking it out, but I wanted to pack it before we broke off the ends."
Roxton involuntarily winced; Marguerite reached a hand up, it was slightly covered in her own blood making it look very small and delicate. Roxton took it and looked down at her,
She squeezed his hand with most of the strength she had left almost trying to will it to him, he had to be strong for her, if he only knew how happy she was at the moment knowing that he was all right because of her.
Roxton looked down at her his heart aching like he didn't know it ever could, she broke his gaze and looked at Robert then back at Roxton and nodded slightly.
He took a deep breath and picked his head up to look at Robert, who had stopped to watch the scene.
He looked at Roxton a bit frantic adrenaline coursing through his veins.
"What do you need us to do?" said Roxton
Marguerite smiled slightly, things were getting a bit cloudy, she rested her head against Roxton's arm and fell unconscious.
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Deanna ripped away from the man's arms and threw herself back first against the jagged wall of the pit.
She panted as the man began to stir; she brought her hand up from her wound.
It was covered in blood, she looked down at the lesion and the bloody hilt sticking out from it, she gritted her teeth wrapping her hand around it and wrenched it out of the wound. She growled as the blade left her body now warm and gory as she brought it up to look at it.
'A small blade' she thought her breath heaving 'That's good'
Then the man jumped back up to his feet his senses coming to him.
"You!" she growled angrily staring daggers at the man who had come to her house days before posing as Challenger.
"Yes and thanks to you I was the only one of my group to want to come back and fight you like a REAL warrior"
"Are you kidding yourself" she laughed stifling her injury, that at the moment was only burning slightly, and standing up straight holding the knife defensively. "Your 'warriors' left- because they knew you and your leader are wrong!! They had no faith left in Haiton's malicious cause!"
"You speak lies! And treason!!"
"Treason! Who's side do you think I'm on!'
"You rejected the greatest honor! You are a trader!"
"What the hell are you talking about! Are you telling me he has all of you holding a grudge because I wouldn't be his bloody consort!!"
Then the man clearly driven by madness ran at her, she tried to move out of his path but the pit being so small blocked her and he rammed her up against the wall.
She groaned and swung the knife upward into his chest but it hit him on the side and did little damage. He veered back; she hit him with the hilt of the knife and swung her arm back blocking his arm, which was going for her throat. He took out her legs and jumped onto her pinning her down.
She cried out at the pressure that was putting on her wounds, then she angrily kicked upward sending him back into the jagged wall, she using the opposite wall for support quickly got to her feet. The man pushed himself off the ground Deanna quickly spun back and with perfect form slit his throat with one smooth motion.
She stood there panting as he fell to the ground behind her.
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"Chief!" Ned yelled as he saw the large man fighting a man a ways off
The chief recognizing him, threw his knee into his assailant's stomach and ran over to Malone.
"What is it?"
"Marguerite's been gravely wounded we need to keep the fighting away from her"
"By the gods-" he gasped then shouted off in another language and large group of warriors came running out nowhere
"They will help"
"Thank you"
The Chief looked at Marguerite again, and couldn't even respond he just looked sorrowfully at Malone, then he turned suddenly wielding his powerful sword and striking an enemy warrior, who had been charging them from behind, dead.
"Ready yourself," he said noticing that they were about to be attacked by a large group of warriors
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Deanna ripped off part of the man's shirt and twisting it packed her wound with it, then she tightly tied her long sash over it to put pressure on the wound and for lack of notice, it was as small wound, it didn't need unnecessary immediate attention, not with Marguerite wounded the way she was.
She looked down and noticed a long nasty looking bowie knife tucking into the dead warriors belt, she took it looking it over, she smirked
"Here's a tip attack with the big knife," she laughed sticking it in her sash and standing. She looked around the hole 'Same as last time' she thought taking a small running start and lunging upward, grasping the edge of the pit, she growled in pain gritting her teeth as her body hit the jagged wall, but she pulled herself up out of the hole.
She looked around her chest heaving still crouched, one knee on the ground, her pulse was racing, she could feeling it throbbing in her neck. She moved her eyes over the battle, something was something, her eyes narrowed, Haiton was gone.
Author's Notes: Sorry everybody I thought I had better end this chapter now, it was getting a bit long, lol. I know I left you with a lot but I hope you're enjoying it, please review and tell me how you think things are going.
I hope the next chapter won't take very long, I bet you do to, but I have a busy week ahead so I don't know, but I'm doing my best you can be sure of that.
Oh and AH!! I had this chapter done like days ago!!! but the document manager thing wouldn't let me upload it ah!! SO frustrating!!!
Oh and if anyone has any questions please ask I wrote this kinda quick so there maybe a few gapes please tell me and I'll see that I correct them. Thanks
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