A/N: This is an AR, or alternate reality. I was watching Slayers Next vol. 2, with the battle against Halcyform, and decided that an alternate outcome was in order. What if, somehow, Lina's Van Rehl hadn't worked? What if she had been captured or somehow turned during the second episode? How would everything between her, Gaav, and Phibrizzo have changed?
Immortal
Chapter 1: Death?
"Halcyform, I accept the honor of being your victim." Lina said, running in front of him.
"Really? So you've finally come to your senses." Halcyform smirked, preparing a fireball.
'Please let this work,' Lina prayed silently. Closing her eyes, she started chanting under her breath.
Unfortunately for her, because her eyes were closed, she failed to notice Saygram raising his hand towards her. Halcyform, however, did notice his movements, and looked questioningly at him. "This does not concern you, human. She is casting a spell, can't you tell?"
Halcyform looked again, and saw that she was unusually quiet. Pausing, he held the fireball, waiting to see what would happen.
Lina suddenly opened her eyes. "Van Rehl… what the hell?" She stopped, seeing a bright red flash. Looking around her, her stomach plummeted. She was surrounded by a pentagram, and knew that since it was a symbol of black magic and she was facing a Mazoku, that it could mean anything but good news.
Gourry wasn't sure what was going on when Zelgadis started swearing, but he was pretty sure that the red five-pointed star surrounding Lina wasn't her own doing.
As soon as the red light faded, Amelia rushed to Lina, wondering what was wrong. Before she reached her though, Lina stopped her by casting a Gaav Flare, which, for some reason, Saygram seamed to find very humorous. Or, rather, she tried to cast one. All that happened, though, was a puff of smoke coming out of her hand, and a very loud "Aw hell!" This event, strangely enough, caused the aforementioned Mazoku to laugh outright
"Lina-san, what's wrong? Why are you so angry?"
"That Mazoku just sealed my magic." Lina said, glaring daggers at the offending Mazoku.
"He what?! Lina-san, what are you going to do?" Amelia cried.
"She's not going to do anything, except revive my love."
Lina turned towards Halcyform, intending to give him a piece of her mind, well, that was at least until she saw the rather vicious looking fireball sitting in the palm of his right hand. "Oh shit."
Halcyform smiled, and with a quick lob, hurled the ball towards Lina. And in slow motion, it seemed like déjà vu, as Lina pushed Amelia out of the way, and was thrown through the window and out into the garden, bleeding from the wounds all over her body and unable to move due to the burns inflicted upon her person.
"Lina!" Gourry and Zelgadis shouted simultaneously, with an odd echo from Amelia's stricken "Lina-san!" All three rushed through the shattered window, and towards their fallen comrade. But before they could reach her, they were blown backwards by Halcyform.
"She volunteered. Now, I shall take her up on her offer. After all, with power like that, she could revive Rubia and still survive."
He, too, however, was stopped, this time by Saygram. "She shall come with me. My master has need for her."
"What?" Halcyform was outraged.
Zelgadis, however, knew what was going on. "Don't you see, Halcyform? He never cared about you and your love. He just wanted to use you. Quite to the contrary, he cared about finding someone like Lina. He's a Mazoku, who wouldn't want to recruit someone with her power?"
Saygram turned towards Zel. "I see the companions she travels with are intelligent. I might reward you somehow, unfortunately I have someone to bring to my lord." Saygram said, bending to pick up Lina's semi-conscious form.
"Zelgadis?" Lina asked, though she knew by the aura that it wasn't him.
"Hahaha. No, my dear, it is not your friend. Quite far from it."
Lina shivered, knowing who the voice belonged to, and slipped into the blessed darkness as Saygram teleported them away.
A/N: Well, I hope you enjoyed my story. Please R&R, I'd appreciate it! And if you want to flame, well, just don't both clicked for a review.
Immortal
Chapter 1: Death?
"Halcyform, I accept the honor of being your victim." Lina said, running in front of him.
"Really? So you've finally come to your senses." Halcyform smirked, preparing a fireball.
'Please let this work,' Lina prayed silently. Closing her eyes, she started chanting under her breath.
Unfortunately for her, because her eyes were closed, she failed to notice Saygram raising his hand towards her. Halcyform, however, did notice his movements, and looked questioningly at him. "This does not concern you, human. She is casting a spell, can't you tell?"
Halcyform looked again, and saw that she was unusually quiet. Pausing, he held the fireball, waiting to see what would happen.
Lina suddenly opened her eyes. "Van Rehl… what the hell?" She stopped, seeing a bright red flash. Looking around her, her stomach plummeted. She was surrounded by a pentagram, and knew that since it was a symbol of black magic and she was facing a Mazoku, that it could mean anything but good news.
Gourry wasn't sure what was going on when Zelgadis started swearing, but he was pretty sure that the red five-pointed star surrounding Lina wasn't her own doing.
As soon as the red light faded, Amelia rushed to Lina, wondering what was wrong. Before she reached her though, Lina stopped her by casting a Gaav Flare, which, for some reason, Saygram seamed to find very humorous. Or, rather, she tried to cast one. All that happened, though, was a puff of smoke coming out of her hand, and a very loud "Aw hell!" This event, strangely enough, caused the aforementioned Mazoku to laugh outright
"Lina-san, what's wrong? Why are you so angry?"
"That Mazoku just sealed my magic." Lina said, glaring daggers at the offending Mazoku.
"He what?! Lina-san, what are you going to do?" Amelia cried.
"She's not going to do anything, except revive my love."
Lina turned towards Halcyform, intending to give him a piece of her mind, well, that was at least until she saw the rather vicious looking fireball sitting in the palm of his right hand. "Oh shit."
Halcyform smiled, and with a quick lob, hurled the ball towards Lina. And in slow motion, it seemed like déjà vu, as Lina pushed Amelia out of the way, and was thrown through the window and out into the garden, bleeding from the wounds all over her body and unable to move due to the burns inflicted upon her person.
"Lina!" Gourry and Zelgadis shouted simultaneously, with an odd echo from Amelia's stricken "Lina-san!" All three rushed through the shattered window, and towards their fallen comrade. But before they could reach her, they were blown backwards by Halcyform.
"She volunteered. Now, I shall take her up on her offer. After all, with power like that, she could revive Rubia and still survive."
He, too, however, was stopped, this time by Saygram. "She shall come with me. My master has need for her."
"What?" Halcyform was outraged.
Zelgadis, however, knew what was going on. "Don't you see, Halcyform? He never cared about you and your love. He just wanted to use you. Quite to the contrary, he cared about finding someone like Lina. He's a Mazoku, who wouldn't want to recruit someone with her power?"
Saygram turned towards Zel. "I see the companions she travels with are intelligent. I might reward you somehow, unfortunately I have someone to bring to my lord." Saygram said, bending to pick up Lina's semi-conscious form.
"Zelgadis?" Lina asked, though she knew by the aura that it wasn't him.
"Hahaha. No, my dear, it is not your friend. Quite far from it."
Lina shivered, knowing who the voice belonged to, and slipped into the blessed darkness as Saygram teleported them away.
A/N: Well, I hope you enjoyed my story. Please R&R, I'd appreciate it! And if you want to flame, well, just don't both clicked for a review.