Chapter 9
Things are getting really complicated. Not only is Magus determined to stay
away, he also walks into the leader of the demons. Better start reading.
"Hello Magus, so we finally meet." The little girl said. Magus was quite surprised that a little girl could make it on the top. "What do you want?" He said indifferent, hoping the girl would go away. "Oh, nothing, I just want you to work for me." She answered, and Magus started to laugh. "You want me to work for you? Not a chance kid, I'm a dark sorcerer, not a baby-sitter." "I don't need a baby-sitter!" She shouted, and a rock behind her exploded. Magus was dumbfounded, and the girl giggled childishly. "What's the matter? Scared?" She said, Magus regained his posture. "Not really, I just taught those demons would send someone more. mature." He said, realizing who, or better what the girl was. "I'm not a kid! I'm 2000 years old!" She shouted, another rock exploded, the hot-tempered girl then regained her calm, and she giggled again, it really started to anoy Magus. "And it may not look like it, but I'm the leader of all the demons." She said proud. "And I'm here to convince you to join us. I know you left your other companions, and I also know why." "And what made you think I would join a bunch of creeps like you?" "Because your shadow-side knows it is the best thing to do, and like it or not, your shadow side is your stronger side. Why else would you be the entity of shadow?" Magus hasitated with answering, and he felt something he had token for granted before, he felt his shadow side strugling to get a grip on him, but he never released those forces, only in battle. But ever since Petra explained the legend, his shadow side fought harder, not hard enough to escape, but still. and even at this moment he felt the darkness twisting in his head, trying to surround his mind, but he wouldn't let it, he knew what was right, and he knew what to do. "Nice try kid, but I'm not fighting, not by your side, not by my previous allies, I'm going back to my age and forget about this. I will cause no more pain." And he walked away. "To bad." The girl said. "In that case, say hello to some friends of mine." And some bugs came out of the bushes, and were surrounding him. "Oh, so now I'm not doing as you say I'm bug-food, is that right?" He said, his arrogant tone returning. The girl didn't answer, and the bugs kept going closer. He pulled out his scythe and was ready to fight. "I just hope you guys enjoy pain, because you're going to excperience a lot of it!" Magus said, and he released a dark bomb, and a large part of the bugs was felled immediately. Magus smirked, and looked at the remaining bugs who weren't shocked, but didn't move either. "C'mon, what are you waiting for, an invitation?" Magus said, sounding impatient. "Not really." One of the bugs said. "We're waiting for you to understand you can't win." And before Magus could answer, from out of nowhere a bug charged at him, he used his arms to cover his face, he felt a seering pain shooting to his left arm, and when he looked at it, he saw a deep gash from his wrist to his shoulder, blood flowing out of it rapidly. Magus tried to stop the bleeding by wrapping his cape around it, but it wasn't doing anything. He felt himself weakening, and the bug came again, hard and fast. It ripped open his chest, this wound wasn't as deep as the previous one, but it was still a serious injurie. He sank to his knees, using his working arm to hold him steady, the world around him had became a roller coaster and he couldn't focus. "Why didn't you join us? You could've been our most powerfull soldier." He heard the girl say. She walked towards him, and holded her hands beneath his face, forcing him to look at her. Her small face formed a sick smile and her eyes started to glow with desire. "But that's not gonna happen now." What happened then, Magus didn't know exactly but the child grabbed his head in both hands, and suddenly it felt like his head was scorching away. Magus screamed in pain and grabbed at the tiny hands, but he couldn't get them off. His screams got softer every second, and right before he lost all consiousness, he heard a very familiar voice letting out a war-cry, and he saw someone smash the girl aside with a katana. "Cro.no?" Magus said weakly, right before he was knocked out.
Crono was furious, he lost track of the demons at the entrance of Denadoro mountains, and when he heard Magus screaming out in pain, he took a leap and crashed at the girl who was torturing Magus. "Cro. no?" Guilt washed over him, he was the one that put him in this situation, and he was going to be the one to get him out of it. Ignoring the bugs, and a now adult woman, he knelt down by his unconsiousness friend's side and checked his injuries. He was barely clinging to life, and Crono knew he needed Marle's curing abilities fast. "You must be the legendary Crono, you have a pretty face." The woman said, Crono turned around and looked her straight in the eyes. " Who are you and what did you do to my friend?" He said, while he was holding the Rainbow tightly. "Oh, my name is Latoya, greetings, and I drained your friend's life-force." "You WHAT?!" "I drained your friend's life-force, but you have to push me away when I was almost finished!" "Don't talk about my friend like that." "Oh, it doesn't matter anymore what I say, it matters what you say." "Huh?" "You be a good boy and tell me where your friends are hiding, and if you don't, I will tear you and your friend apart." "Bring it on!" Crono shouted, and prepared to fight, Latoya just laughed. "You aren't gonna fight me, not just yet. My friends will keep you companie, right now, I've got some business to take care of, see ya!" And she walked of, leaving Crono with the remaining bugs. "Okay, let's get this party started!" The bigger bug said. "Just don't bug me too much." Crono said with a smirk. "You better watch your mouth, spikey." "Hey, I was born this way!" "Are we gonna fight or what!?" Another bug said. And he charged at Crono, who could barely dodge the gigantic claw. He slashed the bug apart. //These guys are fast, better watch my back.// He used a cyclone that flung all the bugs away, but they stood up in a second. "You gotta do better than that." One of them said. "Who said I was serious?" Crono answered, and he charged at the bug with a confuse attack which tore him apart. "Next!" And more bugs charged, he sliced and diced them with so much ease it surprised him. When he was finished he walked towards Magus's body, and took his head into his hand and raised him a little bit. Magus didn't move. "C'mon Magus wake up!" Crono shouted, but Magus didn't answer. Crono put his hand on his fore-head, it was cold and clammy to the touch, he had to act quickly or else Magus would die due to blood-loss. "Hang in there buddie, I'll make sure you'll be alright." He said, and he heaved Magus's body over his shoulders and started dragging him to the edge of Denadoro mountains.
"Where's Crono? Apologizing doesn't take that long, not even with Magus." Marle said, while she walked back and forth over the plaza. "Would you please stand still, this is really irritating to look at." Gaspar said. "And don't worry, those two will be back in no time... I think." "You're a real optimist oldie." Aya said. "By the way, when are we going to look for those creeps, I'm really in the mood to kick someones ass." "Then go to spekkio, he's always in for a good fight." Lucca suggested. "I'll come with you, I'm pretty bored myself." "Can I come to?" Maya asked. "Sure." "I don't care what you guys are up to, but I'm going to search for Crono." Marle said, and she walked towards Epoch. "Who else is coming?" Mari stepped forward. "I'll come to." She said. "I want to know everything about Epoch." "That's fine with me, hop in." And the two of them took of.
Crono sighed when he finally reached the edge of Denadoro mountains. Magus really needed a diet, he taught. He decided that it was to heavy to carry him all the way back to the portal. "I should've taken Epoch." He said, and he looked over the desert that lay before them. Of course! He could ask Fiona to take care of Magus while he could get Marle. "Alright, just a little bit further. man!" Crono said, when he bumped his feet against a stone. The rest of the travel across the barren landscape went well, and after an hour he arrived at Fiona's house. He knocked. "Who's there?' A soft, gentle voice said and Fiona opened the door. "Oh goodness, what happened to him?" She asked worried when she saw the wounded mage on Crono's shoulder. "He's been attacked by demons, could he rest here while I get help?" Crono asked, Fiona nodded and made way so that Crono could get inside the house. Crono carefully remove Magus's cape and boots and putted him on a bed Fiona offered. "You better go. I'll take care of his injuries." She said. "Thank you so much." Crono said gratefully, Fiona smiled. "Don't worry, I'm still gratefull for what you and your friends did for me and the forest." And Crono leaved the house, Fiona turned towards Magus and gently took of his top leather armor. The gash on his chest wasn't really deep but the ragged edges made it look really nasty. And she also wondered how he could get simular burn spots on both sides of his head. She opened a drawer and pulled some white bandages out, then she raised Magus slightly and started wrapping the bandages around his chest, head and left arm, all the time Magus didn't move an inch. When Fiona was finished she put a blanket over the unconsious mystic. "Sleep tight, you're gonna need the rest." She said, she was scared, if there were demons out there and even a strong person like Magus, they were in big trouble. This was funny, only months ago she feared Magus with all her heart and hoped for him to be defeated, but now. After he, Crono and Robo helped her chasing the monsters out of her propertie she looked at him different. But that didn't matter now, what mattered now was that this man needed help.
That's it for now, next time: The big battle between the entities and the demons. Dum dum dum!
"Hello Magus, so we finally meet." The little girl said. Magus was quite surprised that a little girl could make it on the top. "What do you want?" He said indifferent, hoping the girl would go away. "Oh, nothing, I just want you to work for me." She answered, and Magus started to laugh. "You want me to work for you? Not a chance kid, I'm a dark sorcerer, not a baby-sitter." "I don't need a baby-sitter!" She shouted, and a rock behind her exploded. Magus was dumbfounded, and the girl giggled childishly. "What's the matter? Scared?" She said, Magus regained his posture. "Not really, I just taught those demons would send someone more. mature." He said, realizing who, or better what the girl was. "I'm not a kid! I'm 2000 years old!" She shouted, another rock exploded, the hot-tempered girl then regained her calm, and she giggled again, it really started to anoy Magus. "And it may not look like it, but I'm the leader of all the demons." She said proud. "And I'm here to convince you to join us. I know you left your other companions, and I also know why." "And what made you think I would join a bunch of creeps like you?" "Because your shadow-side knows it is the best thing to do, and like it or not, your shadow side is your stronger side. Why else would you be the entity of shadow?" Magus hasitated with answering, and he felt something he had token for granted before, he felt his shadow side strugling to get a grip on him, but he never released those forces, only in battle. But ever since Petra explained the legend, his shadow side fought harder, not hard enough to escape, but still. and even at this moment he felt the darkness twisting in his head, trying to surround his mind, but he wouldn't let it, he knew what was right, and he knew what to do. "Nice try kid, but I'm not fighting, not by your side, not by my previous allies, I'm going back to my age and forget about this. I will cause no more pain." And he walked away. "To bad." The girl said. "In that case, say hello to some friends of mine." And some bugs came out of the bushes, and were surrounding him. "Oh, so now I'm not doing as you say I'm bug-food, is that right?" He said, his arrogant tone returning. The girl didn't answer, and the bugs kept going closer. He pulled out his scythe and was ready to fight. "I just hope you guys enjoy pain, because you're going to excperience a lot of it!" Magus said, and he released a dark bomb, and a large part of the bugs was felled immediately. Magus smirked, and looked at the remaining bugs who weren't shocked, but didn't move either. "C'mon, what are you waiting for, an invitation?" Magus said, sounding impatient. "Not really." One of the bugs said. "We're waiting for you to understand you can't win." And before Magus could answer, from out of nowhere a bug charged at him, he used his arms to cover his face, he felt a seering pain shooting to his left arm, and when he looked at it, he saw a deep gash from his wrist to his shoulder, blood flowing out of it rapidly. Magus tried to stop the bleeding by wrapping his cape around it, but it wasn't doing anything. He felt himself weakening, and the bug came again, hard and fast. It ripped open his chest, this wound wasn't as deep as the previous one, but it was still a serious injurie. He sank to his knees, using his working arm to hold him steady, the world around him had became a roller coaster and he couldn't focus. "Why didn't you join us? You could've been our most powerfull soldier." He heard the girl say. She walked towards him, and holded her hands beneath his face, forcing him to look at her. Her small face formed a sick smile and her eyes started to glow with desire. "But that's not gonna happen now." What happened then, Magus didn't know exactly but the child grabbed his head in both hands, and suddenly it felt like his head was scorching away. Magus screamed in pain and grabbed at the tiny hands, but he couldn't get them off. His screams got softer every second, and right before he lost all consiousness, he heard a very familiar voice letting out a war-cry, and he saw someone smash the girl aside with a katana. "Cro.no?" Magus said weakly, right before he was knocked out.
Crono was furious, he lost track of the demons at the entrance of Denadoro mountains, and when he heard Magus screaming out in pain, he took a leap and crashed at the girl who was torturing Magus. "Cro. no?" Guilt washed over him, he was the one that put him in this situation, and he was going to be the one to get him out of it. Ignoring the bugs, and a now adult woman, he knelt down by his unconsiousness friend's side and checked his injuries. He was barely clinging to life, and Crono knew he needed Marle's curing abilities fast. "You must be the legendary Crono, you have a pretty face." The woman said, Crono turned around and looked her straight in the eyes. " Who are you and what did you do to my friend?" He said, while he was holding the Rainbow tightly. "Oh, my name is Latoya, greetings, and I drained your friend's life-force." "You WHAT?!" "I drained your friend's life-force, but you have to push me away when I was almost finished!" "Don't talk about my friend like that." "Oh, it doesn't matter anymore what I say, it matters what you say." "Huh?" "You be a good boy and tell me where your friends are hiding, and if you don't, I will tear you and your friend apart." "Bring it on!" Crono shouted, and prepared to fight, Latoya just laughed. "You aren't gonna fight me, not just yet. My friends will keep you companie, right now, I've got some business to take care of, see ya!" And she walked of, leaving Crono with the remaining bugs. "Okay, let's get this party started!" The bigger bug said. "Just don't bug me too much." Crono said with a smirk. "You better watch your mouth, spikey." "Hey, I was born this way!" "Are we gonna fight or what!?" Another bug said. And he charged at Crono, who could barely dodge the gigantic claw. He slashed the bug apart. //These guys are fast, better watch my back.// He used a cyclone that flung all the bugs away, but they stood up in a second. "You gotta do better than that." One of them said. "Who said I was serious?" Crono answered, and he charged at the bug with a confuse attack which tore him apart. "Next!" And more bugs charged, he sliced and diced them with so much ease it surprised him. When he was finished he walked towards Magus's body, and took his head into his hand and raised him a little bit. Magus didn't move. "C'mon Magus wake up!" Crono shouted, but Magus didn't answer. Crono put his hand on his fore-head, it was cold and clammy to the touch, he had to act quickly or else Magus would die due to blood-loss. "Hang in there buddie, I'll make sure you'll be alright." He said, and he heaved Magus's body over his shoulders and started dragging him to the edge of Denadoro mountains.
"Where's Crono? Apologizing doesn't take that long, not even with Magus." Marle said, while she walked back and forth over the plaza. "Would you please stand still, this is really irritating to look at." Gaspar said. "And don't worry, those two will be back in no time... I think." "You're a real optimist oldie." Aya said. "By the way, when are we going to look for those creeps, I'm really in the mood to kick someones ass." "Then go to spekkio, he's always in for a good fight." Lucca suggested. "I'll come with you, I'm pretty bored myself." "Can I come to?" Maya asked. "Sure." "I don't care what you guys are up to, but I'm going to search for Crono." Marle said, and she walked towards Epoch. "Who else is coming?" Mari stepped forward. "I'll come to." She said. "I want to know everything about Epoch." "That's fine with me, hop in." And the two of them took of.
Crono sighed when he finally reached the edge of Denadoro mountains. Magus really needed a diet, he taught. He decided that it was to heavy to carry him all the way back to the portal. "I should've taken Epoch." He said, and he looked over the desert that lay before them. Of course! He could ask Fiona to take care of Magus while he could get Marle. "Alright, just a little bit further. man!" Crono said, when he bumped his feet against a stone. The rest of the travel across the barren landscape went well, and after an hour he arrived at Fiona's house. He knocked. "Who's there?' A soft, gentle voice said and Fiona opened the door. "Oh goodness, what happened to him?" She asked worried when she saw the wounded mage on Crono's shoulder. "He's been attacked by demons, could he rest here while I get help?" Crono asked, Fiona nodded and made way so that Crono could get inside the house. Crono carefully remove Magus's cape and boots and putted him on a bed Fiona offered. "You better go. I'll take care of his injuries." She said. "Thank you so much." Crono said gratefully, Fiona smiled. "Don't worry, I'm still gratefull for what you and your friends did for me and the forest." And Crono leaved the house, Fiona turned towards Magus and gently took of his top leather armor. The gash on his chest wasn't really deep but the ragged edges made it look really nasty. And she also wondered how he could get simular burn spots on both sides of his head. She opened a drawer and pulled some white bandages out, then she raised Magus slightly and started wrapping the bandages around his chest, head and left arm, all the time Magus didn't move an inch. When Fiona was finished she put a blanket over the unconsious mystic. "Sleep tight, you're gonna need the rest." She said, she was scared, if there were demons out there and even a strong person like Magus, they were in big trouble. This was funny, only months ago she feared Magus with all her heart and hoped for him to be defeated, but now. After he, Crono and Robo helped her chasing the monsters out of her propertie she looked at him different. But that didn't matter now, what mattered now was that this man needed help.
That's it for now, next time: The big battle between the entities and the demons. Dum dum dum!