Chapter 10
I'm sorry for all my fans (if I have any) that this chapter took so long to appear, but to compromise that, it's extra long! ;-)
Crono walked over Zenan bridge on his way to the time-portal when he saw Epoch in the sky, he kept waving and shouting until it landed, out of it came Marle and Mari. "So there you are, where's Magus?" Marle asked, Crono grabbed her arm and ran towards Epoch. "Hey! I asked you something!" Marle said, Crono stopped and looked at her. "He's. Attacked, and he needs your curing abilities quick." He said. Marle nodded and they took of. "Hey, c'mon! Don't leave me here!" Mari, still on Zenan bridge, shouted. "Oh. man! Thank god I put on my mountain-shoes."
Slowly Magus regained his consciousness, when he opened his eyes and looked in the eyes of a relived Marle. "Glad to have you back with us." She said with a cheery smile, Magus got up, knowing that Marle used some of her cure-spells on him. He slowly unwrapped the bandages around his head, chest and arm, and reached for his armor, boots and cape which were lying next to the bed. He looked at the gash in his armor, whispered a few words, and the gash disappeared, a then put on his stuff. When he was ready he walked towards the door. "Magus, where are you going?" Marle asked. "Away, I don't want to cause any more pain." "What are you talking about? You never caused anyone pain, you're a little a-social at the time, but that's it." Marle tried, Magus let out a bitter chuckle. "Have you already forgotten what I did in my past? I am the most hated person in history, and for a good reason, if I stay here, my presence alone will be unbearable." He said. "But.Ooooooh! Crono! This is all your fault!" Marle shouted, Magus shook his head. "Crono has nothing to do with this, he just acknowledged something that I suspected for a long time." He said, leaving both Marle and Crono dumbfounded, he then opened the door. "Marle, you're gonna pay!" Mari said while walking in, looking both furious as exhausted. "How could you leave me behind like that?! I ran my ass off to keep up with you guys!" She raged on against the two teenagers. "oh hi Magus, has Crono apologized jet?" "He hasn't done anything to apologize for." Magus answered, and he walked out of the door, leaving Marle, Crono and Mari in confusion. "What's with him?" Mari asked. But Marle didn't got the answer to explain, because outside, a huge white flash could be seen, and when they got outside, they saw Magus, sprawled out on his back and Latoya, who seemed to have attacked. "Knock knock." She said, and Mari and Marle looked surprised at her, while Crono had a more angry look. "Haven't you hurt him enough?" He said. "Oh, but Magus is quite alright, I only surprised him, see?" She said, and pointed at Magus, who stood up. "I just hope that wasn't your best shot." He said. "No it wasn't." Latoya answered. "By the way, where are the other three entities, I lost track of them." She then asked. "Wouldn't you like to know." Magus answered, Latoya just grinned. "Yes, I like to know, it's their destiny to fight me." She said. "And if you don't tell me, I'll just burn this villa to ashes." "You wouldn't!" Marle exclaimed. "Oh yes I will, so get me the Entities and the angel's child!" Latoya said. "In the meanwhile, I'll have some fun with this one." She said, while looking at Magus. "Agreed?" "Okay." Crono said after a while. "We'll go get them, you'll be okay, Magus?" He asked. "I'll be fine." Magus said, and Marle, Crono and Mari walked towards Epoch, leaving Magus and Latoya on their own. "There they go." She said, "Shall we go somewhere were we can be alone?" "That's fine with me." Magus answered. And Latoya began to hover in the air, and then speeded away towards the north-east. And Magus followed her, getting a small idea where she was heading.
"That Spekkio guy is stronger then he first looks." Said Aya, stumbling out of Spekkio's room. "Why didn't you tell normal weapons didn't work against him? I used up a sh**-load of bullets to figure that out." "Sorry, I'll remember it next time." Lucca apologized. "The next time I already know it." "C'mon girls, it was fun, and I learned some great new techniques." Maya interfered. "I'm sure next time we'll beat him." "Next time will be the last time for that tiny motherf*****" "You girls lost?" Frog guessed. "No we killed the stupid bastard and put his head on a steak." Aya answered. "Do we look like we won?! By the way, has anything exciting happened?" "Not really." "Damn, I wanna see some action! All we do is sit here and wait for some giant creepy crawlers to attack. Hey isn't that Epoch?" And she was proven right when Mari and Marle jumped on the plaza. "It's about damn time you two showed up, where are the others?" "Crono is still in Epoch and Magus is with the leader of the demons in the middle-ages." Marle answered. "She wants to challenge the other entities." "So, what are we waiting for?!" Petra exclaimed, bouncing up. "Let's show her what we're made off!" "It's fine with me, how about you, Brian." Pogapo said. "Well, we have to fight some time, so let's do it now." Brian answered. "Right, then it's settled." "Hold it right there!" Aya shouted to the group walking towards Epoch, "I'm coming too!" "But Epoch's already full." Petra said, "And we need Crono to drive it." "Then I'll drive the thing, it can't be that hard." And she jumped in, pushed Crono roughly from the driver seat. "Let's see, this is the steering wheel, I guess this indicates the times it can go to, and this is the gas, and this controls it up in the air... piece of cake." She said, while the others hopped in. "Are you sure about this?" Petra asked nervous. "Damn sure, I tried join the royal air-force once, but I failed because I flew to fast, can you believe it!? I mean, why do you need a speed-limit in the sky anyway?" And she started the engine. "Dear God, please stand us by." Brian said, and Aya took off. "They're they go, are you sure they're gonna be alright?" Lucca asked Maya. "Oh yeah." She answered, "just fine."
Magus leaned on his scythe, barely able to stand, he looked around to see a glimpse of Latoya, but was unable to. She picked his old castle to battle, and it looked like she turned into her base of operation. She had led him to some big hall, which was designed like some kind of fighting arena. They fought for a long time, and Latoya had an advantage since the beginning. "Peek-a-boo!" She teasingly exclaimed when she attacked from the side, sending him flying across the room, and when he slid against the floor for quite a long distance. He stayed down, to exhausted to stand up. "And you call yourself the most powerful sorcerer of all time, don't make me laugh." Latoya said, and kicked Magus in his side, making him slide away even further. He looked at her weakly, she had some scratches and bruises herself, but the only serious thing she had was a large wound on her forehead. With effort, Magus staggered on his feet, he stood a few seconds and fell to his knees. "Why don't you just give up? I will let you live." Latoya said to him. Magus watched at her fiercely, not believing her. "What? You don't trust me? Not surprising, but I know more about you then you know about yourself. And I also know that you don't want to fight me." Magus looked up at her in surprise, what was she talking about? "You don't want to fight because you think you will cause other people pain, and you've done that to much in your life, am I correct?" She looked at him, he looked back, she was right, he didn't want to cause pain, not anymore, but if he didn't fight, the world would be in the hands of those. creatures. He had to fight, he was destined to do it, no matter what he felt. So, more determined then ever, he stood up. "You're even more stubborn then I taught, oh well, slaughtering you is more fun then letting you go." She said, and prepared a spell, Magus couldn't do anything but close his eyes and brace himself for the bang. that didn't came, because suddenly the castle trembled and a loud crash could be heard, a few minutes after that, Petra, Pogapo, Brian and Aya entered. "Sorry we didn't knock." Aya said with a daring smile. "How. how on earth did you get trough the castle walls?!" Latoya aked. "Which castle-walls?" Petra asked, looking at Aya. "Oh, THOSE castle- walls." "Sorry about that." Aya said, rubbing the back of her head, "But let's get down to business now, we're here to kick your sorry demon ass." "That's great!" Latoya said enthusiast, surprising everybody. She walked towards Magus, who was to bugged out to say or do anything and lay her hand on his shoulder. "Because this one is starting to get a little boring." And she pushed him roughly towards the little group. Pogapo catches him, he fainted against her. "How is he doing?" Petra asked concerned. "His injuries are serious," Pogapo stated. "But he'll survive. He just needs to rest." And she put him down against the wall, Magus groaned and stirred slightly, but didn't wake up. "Now that's settled, can we start now?" Latoya said impatient. "Alright already! Jeez, you're such a selfish impatient b****!" Aya shouted, getting ready for battle. "Oh, but you won't fight me." "WHAT!!!!!!!!!!! I came all the way here for nothing?!" "Of course not, I have a surprise, just for you." Latoya said with a pesky tone. "Oh really?" Aya answered in the same tone. "Where is it?" "At the front of the castle, you'll love it." "Okay, see ya guys." And she left, leaving Latoya with the rest. "Silly human, she doesn't know she's walking towards her doom." "Should we go and help her?" Pogapo asked "Naah, I think she'll be just fine, besides, we've got our own fight to worry about." Petra answer. "You sure do, now let's start, after you." Latoya said. "How polite." Petra replied, and with that, she created a fireball, the size of a melon, and threw it at Latoya, who just batted it away like a pesky bug. Petra stared at her open-mouthed. "Don't tell me that was your best shot." Latoya said, and with an invisible wave, she knocked Petra backwards. "Ooh, I'll make you pay!" Petra said, looking red in rage. "Flare!!!" She screamed, and the room was soon filled with red flames, this time Latoya was knocked back into a wall, debris falling all over her. Petra smiled at Pogapo and Brian. "Piece of cake." "That was to easy." Brian said. "Yes it was!" Petra said, still smiling broadly. "No! I mean it was to easy! Look!" Brian pointed at the pile of debris and they all looked in surprise while Latoya got up, dusted herself of and walked back towards them. "Great, uhm, think, think. hey guys! How about a delta-attack?" Petra suggested. "Sounds good to me." Pogapo answered. "Alright, by three, one. two. three! Flare!!!!" "Tidal wave!" "Luminaire!" They shouted, and as soon as the flames, the water, and the orb of electricity reached Latoya, a huge explosion shook the whole castle. "Do you think we got her now?" Petra said, breathing heavily. "I hope so. I put almost all of my energy in that attack." Brian answered, he and Pogapo also looked very worn out. "It is surprising that all of your power can disappear in such a short time." Pogapo said smiling. "Was that supposed to be a joke?" Petra asked, Pogapo nodded, trying to restrain herself from laughing out loud. Petra just looked at her strangely. "What a weird sense of humor, don't you think Brian, Brian?" Brian didn't seem to notice, he just stared at the pile of rubbish in front of them. Petra started to realize what was going on. "C'mon, she just got three of the strongest wizards doing their strongest attacks, nobody could survive that." "Correction, no HUMAN could survive that," Brian started. "She's a demon and that." At that moment the rubbish started to move. "Is a completely different story." Then there was a huge bang and the pile seemed to explode from the inside, slinging pieces of junk in every direction. One of them hit Petra square on the head, knocking her unconscious. "Petra!" Brian exclaimed. "Oops, I meant to hit you all. Oh well, I at least got one of you." She said, seeming to like it. "You. do you really enjoy other people's suffering so much?" Brian said angry. "Yes I do, every demon does, it is in our blood to make people suffer and die, and we like it, very, very much." She said, smiling evilly. "And to prove my right, I'm gonna do it right now." And with that, a giant piece of debris came from behind Brian, it knocked him over, and then fell right on his legs, crushing both of them, Brian screamed in pain. "Brian, Brian!" Pogapo shouted while she pushed the log from his legs. She could clearly see the disfigured bones from beneath his robes. Brian looked up at her weakly, gritting his teeth and clenching his fists against the pain. "And that is number three, seems like you're on your own, little mermaid." Latoya said, still smiling her evil smile. "Caprio!" Was all Pogapo could say, to afraid to counter-attack. "Don't worry, it won't." At that moment a dark explosion erupted and knocked Latoya over, when she stood up again she saw Magus, barely holding his ground. She smirked at him. "Well take a look at that, I guess you're not the type that likes to sit around and watch other people fight for you." "I guess you're right." Magus whispered with a threatening voice. "especially not against a evil demon like you." Latoya laughed. She then waved with her hand in front of Magus face and he suddenly stiffened, his eyes wide open. He couldn't move a muscle, the only thing he could do was watching in Latoya's icy-green eyes. She smiled evilly at him, and then kissed him. He could feel her arms slipping around his waist, and then her tongue slipped into his mouth, he wanted to push her away, to stop the sick- making feeling that the kiss brought, but he couldn't do anything, not even close his eyes. After a while she released him, she looked at him once more, caressing his cheek and then turned towards Pogapo and Brian. "Now let's get down to business." "Not until you change Magus back to normal." Pogapo said, still kneeling at Brian's side. "What's the matter, the little mermaid's afraid of fighting alone?" After that sentence Pogapo drew her weapons and charged at the demon, who just stepped aside and made Pogapo smash into a wall, she stood up again, only to get a punch right in her face which knocked her out. Latoya looked around, first at the two unconscious women, then at Magus, still standing like a statue, and Brian, who looked up at her in a mixture of anger and fear. She walked towards him. "You and me are going to have a little fun." She said, pulling Brian up, and forced him to stand on his broken legs. "C-curse you." Brian said, but Latoya just laughed. "So you really think you can say such a thing, you're a monk, a goddamn monk, you can't curse someone, because your 'God' doesn't allow it. And you know what? God is a coward!" With that last word she threw him away, Brian screamed out loud, before ending up thirty feet further. "If he's really that all-powerful, then why doesn't he come and help you? Or he has a LOT of confidence in you pitiful creatures, or he's just to chicken to do it himself." She pulled him up again. "W-we will b-beat you." Brian said weakly, glaring at her. Again that horrible laugh. "What?! You still think you can win?! Look around you, two of them are out cold, the other can't move an inch, and you." She let go of him, he immediately crumbled down like a rag doll. "You can't even stand on your feet. You're doomed, unless some miracle happens." She said, and started kicking him in his side several times, before picking him up again and throwing him away, she continued this torture with a sick smile of pleasure on her face. Magus, who was forced to watch, had his head filled with thoughts. He knew that Brian couldn't hold on much longer, his screams had already subsided to faint whispers, and if she was ready with Brian, he would be next, and in this state, he was completely helpless. NO! He said to himself, he couldn't let her win, he had to do something. But what? He couldn't do anything, not even blink. //.M-magus.// A voice inside his head said, it sounded weak and far away. //.C-can.. you. h-hear me?.// Brian, he was surprised that the monk was still strong enough to make mental contact. //Yes, I can hear you.// Was his reply. //What is it?// //W-e.. c-can.. win.// //How, none of us is capable of doing something, we're doomed. Unless you come up with something really smart.// //H-have.. you heard. a-about the. eternal. d-darkness?.// //What?! But that's impossible, no wizard ever succeeded in using that attack.// //You. c-can. you must.// About then the mutual contact came to a sudden halt. Latoya lifted Brian's lifeless body from the ground, and showed it to Magus, who was forced to look to Brian's bloody and swollen face. He could feel his anger grow. "Another person you could've saved." She said, and dropped the body on the ground. She stared at him for a long time. "But you didn't, you know, this simple curse can be dispelled really easy, as long as you have the will to do it." She started circling around him. "But you don't have the will because you don't want to fight me. You're to afraid." Magus couldn't believe his ears, was she actually calling him a coward. "I can't blame you, after all I am one of the strongest demons alive. So don't be ashamed." She said, with that, she kissed him again. Then she turned around and walked away. "I'm of to make plans to go back home, you can stay here and enjoy the last moments with your friends, and prepare yourself for a slow, painful death." She kicked Pogapo's and Petra's body aside and continued to the door. "Stop." She turned around, who was actually in shape to talk? She turned around. "Did someone say something?" Latoya turned around, to see Magus, panting trough his mouth, every muscle in his body tensed. "I said, stop!" He forced his face into a furious expression, he felt the control of his body regaining slowly. With that his control over his feelings slid away. He couldn't stand the way Latoya treated a living being. Like dirt, enjoying making her victims suffer. Not even he was so horrible, so cruel. She had to be stopped. "You will never cause another human pain." He said. He didn't know how or why, but he summoned his power to attack. "Your existence will end, right here, right NOW!!!!!!!" Then suddenly, the roof tore open, revealing the dark-bleu evening-sky, clouds circled in a giant vortex. The heart of this cyclone was the deepest black there was, almost blinding. Latoya looked in astonishment while Magus started to hover into the air. Looking into the void he created. "Forces of shadow! Hear my call, give me the power to exterminate all of my foes, I summon the ETERNAL DARKNESS!!!!!!!!!" And a thick beam came from the heart of the cyclone, just as black, and hit Magus in his chest, he roared. Latoya didn't know if it was a war-cry or a cry in pain, she couldn't see him because of the black smoke surrounding him. As soon as the spectacle started, it ended. Latoya removed her hands before her eyes, and saw the black smoke still swirling wildly. A step could be heard, and the smoke slowly cleared, revealing the dark mage, surrounded by darkness, so you could only see a silhouette, and his eyes, who were burning red-hot, and then there was this tiny white spot close to his heart, shining like a lonely star in the nocturnal sky. The form slowly stepped away from the smoke and towards the shocked demoness. "Like I said," The form started. "You will never cause another person pain."
And here it ends, no not the story, the incredibly long chapter. And what a cliffhanger it is, I just loooooove those, if I write them myself, so that only I know the next thing that will happen, mwhahahahahahahahaha! :-) so you guys just have to wait untill I get in the mood for writing again, (good reviews help).
I'm sorry for all my fans (if I have any) that this chapter took so long to appear, but to compromise that, it's extra long! ;-)
Crono walked over Zenan bridge on his way to the time-portal when he saw Epoch in the sky, he kept waving and shouting until it landed, out of it came Marle and Mari. "So there you are, where's Magus?" Marle asked, Crono grabbed her arm and ran towards Epoch. "Hey! I asked you something!" Marle said, Crono stopped and looked at her. "He's. Attacked, and he needs your curing abilities quick." He said. Marle nodded and they took of. "Hey, c'mon! Don't leave me here!" Mari, still on Zenan bridge, shouted. "Oh. man! Thank god I put on my mountain-shoes."
Slowly Magus regained his consciousness, when he opened his eyes and looked in the eyes of a relived Marle. "Glad to have you back with us." She said with a cheery smile, Magus got up, knowing that Marle used some of her cure-spells on him. He slowly unwrapped the bandages around his head, chest and arm, and reached for his armor, boots and cape which were lying next to the bed. He looked at the gash in his armor, whispered a few words, and the gash disappeared, a then put on his stuff. When he was ready he walked towards the door. "Magus, where are you going?" Marle asked. "Away, I don't want to cause any more pain." "What are you talking about? You never caused anyone pain, you're a little a-social at the time, but that's it." Marle tried, Magus let out a bitter chuckle. "Have you already forgotten what I did in my past? I am the most hated person in history, and for a good reason, if I stay here, my presence alone will be unbearable." He said. "But.Ooooooh! Crono! This is all your fault!" Marle shouted, Magus shook his head. "Crono has nothing to do with this, he just acknowledged something that I suspected for a long time." He said, leaving both Marle and Crono dumbfounded, he then opened the door. "Marle, you're gonna pay!" Mari said while walking in, looking both furious as exhausted. "How could you leave me behind like that?! I ran my ass off to keep up with you guys!" She raged on against the two teenagers. "oh hi Magus, has Crono apologized jet?" "He hasn't done anything to apologize for." Magus answered, and he walked out of the door, leaving Marle, Crono and Mari in confusion. "What's with him?" Mari asked. But Marle didn't got the answer to explain, because outside, a huge white flash could be seen, and when they got outside, they saw Magus, sprawled out on his back and Latoya, who seemed to have attacked. "Knock knock." She said, and Mari and Marle looked surprised at her, while Crono had a more angry look. "Haven't you hurt him enough?" He said. "Oh, but Magus is quite alright, I only surprised him, see?" She said, and pointed at Magus, who stood up. "I just hope that wasn't your best shot." He said. "No it wasn't." Latoya answered. "By the way, where are the other three entities, I lost track of them." She then asked. "Wouldn't you like to know." Magus answered, Latoya just grinned. "Yes, I like to know, it's their destiny to fight me." She said. "And if you don't tell me, I'll just burn this villa to ashes." "You wouldn't!" Marle exclaimed. "Oh yes I will, so get me the Entities and the angel's child!" Latoya said. "In the meanwhile, I'll have some fun with this one." She said, while looking at Magus. "Agreed?" "Okay." Crono said after a while. "We'll go get them, you'll be okay, Magus?" He asked. "I'll be fine." Magus said, and Marle, Crono and Mari walked towards Epoch, leaving Magus and Latoya on their own. "There they go." She said, "Shall we go somewhere were we can be alone?" "That's fine with me." Magus answered. And Latoya began to hover in the air, and then speeded away towards the north-east. And Magus followed her, getting a small idea where she was heading.
"That Spekkio guy is stronger then he first looks." Said Aya, stumbling out of Spekkio's room. "Why didn't you tell normal weapons didn't work against him? I used up a sh**-load of bullets to figure that out." "Sorry, I'll remember it next time." Lucca apologized. "The next time I already know it." "C'mon girls, it was fun, and I learned some great new techniques." Maya interfered. "I'm sure next time we'll beat him." "Next time will be the last time for that tiny motherf*****" "You girls lost?" Frog guessed. "No we killed the stupid bastard and put his head on a steak." Aya answered. "Do we look like we won?! By the way, has anything exciting happened?" "Not really." "Damn, I wanna see some action! All we do is sit here and wait for some giant creepy crawlers to attack. Hey isn't that Epoch?" And she was proven right when Mari and Marle jumped on the plaza. "It's about damn time you two showed up, where are the others?" "Crono is still in Epoch and Magus is with the leader of the demons in the middle-ages." Marle answered. "She wants to challenge the other entities." "So, what are we waiting for?!" Petra exclaimed, bouncing up. "Let's show her what we're made off!" "It's fine with me, how about you, Brian." Pogapo said. "Well, we have to fight some time, so let's do it now." Brian answered. "Right, then it's settled." "Hold it right there!" Aya shouted to the group walking towards Epoch, "I'm coming too!" "But Epoch's already full." Petra said, "And we need Crono to drive it." "Then I'll drive the thing, it can't be that hard." And she jumped in, pushed Crono roughly from the driver seat. "Let's see, this is the steering wheel, I guess this indicates the times it can go to, and this is the gas, and this controls it up in the air... piece of cake." She said, while the others hopped in. "Are you sure about this?" Petra asked nervous. "Damn sure, I tried join the royal air-force once, but I failed because I flew to fast, can you believe it!? I mean, why do you need a speed-limit in the sky anyway?" And she started the engine. "Dear God, please stand us by." Brian said, and Aya took off. "They're they go, are you sure they're gonna be alright?" Lucca asked Maya. "Oh yeah." She answered, "just fine."
Magus leaned on his scythe, barely able to stand, he looked around to see a glimpse of Latoya, but was unable to. She picked his old castle to battle, and it looked like she turned into her base of operation. She had led him to some big hall, which was designed like some kind of fighting arena. They fought for a long time, and Latoya had an advantage since the beginning. "Peek-a-boo!" She teasingly exclaimed when she attacked from the side, sending him flying across the room, and when he slid against the floor for quite a long distance. He stayed down, to exhausted to stand up. "And you call yourself the most powerful sorcerer of all time, don't make me laugh." Latoya said, and kicked Magus in his side, making him slide away even further. He looked at her weakly, she had some scratches and bruises herself, but the only serious thing she had was a large wound on her forehead. With effort, Magus staggered on his feet, he stood a few seconds and fell to his knees. "Why don't you just give up? I will let you live." Latoya said to him. Magus watched at her fiercely, not believing her. "What? You don't trust me? Not surprising, but I know more about you then you know about yourself. And I also know that you don't want to fight me." Magus looked up at her in surprise, what was she talking about? "You don't want to fight because you think you will cause other people pain, and you've done that to much in your life, am I correct?" She looked at him, he looked back, she was right, he didn't want to cause pain, not anymore, but if he didn't fight, the world would be in the hands of those. creatures. He had to fight, he was destined to do it, no matter what he felt. So, more determined then ever, he stood up. "You're even more stubborn then I taught, oh well, slaughtering you is more fun then letting you go." She said, and prepared a spell, Magus couldn't do anything but close his eyes and brace himself for the bang. that didn't came, because suddenly the castle trembled and a loud crash could be heard, a few minutes after that, Petra, Pogapo, Brian and Aya entered. "Sorry we didn't knock." Aya said with a daring smile. "How. how on earth did you get trough the castle walls?!" Latoya aked. "Which castle-walls?" Petra asked, looking at Aya. "Oh, THOSE castle- walls." "Sorry about that." Aya said, rubbing the back of her head, "But let's get down to business now, we're here to kick your sorry demon ass." "That's great!" Latoya said enthusiast, surprising everybody. She walked towards Magus, who was to bugged out to say or do anything and lay her hand on his shoulder. "Because this one is starting to get a little boring." And she pushed him roughly towards the little group. Pogapo catches him, he fainted against her. "How is he doing?" Petra asked concerned. "His injuries are serious," Pogapo stated. "But he'll survive. He just needs to rest." And she put him down against the wall, Magus groaned and stirred slightly, but didn't wake up. "Now that's settled, can we start now?" Latoya said impatient. "Alright already! Jeez, you're such a selfish impatient b****!" Aya shouted, getting ready for battle. "Oh, but you won't fight me." "WHAT!!!!!!!!!!! I came all the way here for nothing?!" "Of course not, I have a surprise, just for you." Latoya said with a pesky tone. "Oh really?" Aya answered in the same tone. "Where is it?" "At the front of the castle, you'll love it." "Okay, see ya guys." And she left, leaving Latoya with the rest. "Silly human, she doesn't know she's walking towards her doom." "Should we go and help her?" Pogapo asked "Naah, I think she'll be just fine, besides, we've got our own fight to worry about." Petra answer. "You sure do, now let's start, after you." Latoya said. "How polite." Petra replied, and with that, she created a fireball, the size of a melon, and threw it at Latoya, who just batted it away like a pesky bug. Petra stared at her open-mouthed. "Don't tell me that was your best shot." Latoya said, and with an invisible wave, she knocked Petra backwards. "Ooh, I'll make you pay!" Petra said, looking red in rage. "Flare!!!" She screamed, and the room was soon filled with red flames, this time Latoya was knocked back into a wall, debris falling all over her. Petra smiled at Pogapo and Brian. "Piece of cake." "That was to easy." Brian said. "Yes it was!" Petra said, still smiling broadly. "No! I mean it was to easy! Look!" Brian pointed at the pile of debris and they all looked in surprise while Latoya got up, dusted herself of and walked back towards them. "Great, uhm, think, think. hey guys! How about a delta-attack?" Petra suggested. "Sounds good to me." Pogapo answered. "Alright, by three, one. two. three! Flare!!!!" "Tidal wave!" "Luminaire!" They shouted, and as soon as the flames, the water, and the orb of electricity reached Latoya, a huge explosion shook the whole castle. "Do you think we got her now?" Petra said, breathing heavily. "I hope so. I put almost all of my energy in that attack." Brian answered, he and Pogapo also looked very worn out. "It is surprising that all of your power can disappear in such a short time." Pogapo said smiling. "Was that supposed to be a joke?" Petra asked, Pogapo nodded, trying to restrain herself from laughing out loud. Petra just looked at her strangely. "What a weird sense of humor, don't you think Brian, Brian?" Brian didn't seem to notice, he just stared at the pile of rubbish in front of them. Petra started to realize what was going on. "C'mon, she just got three of the strongest wizards doing their strongest attacks, nobody could survive that." "Correction, no HUMAN could survive that," Brian started. "She's a demon and that." At that moment the rubbish started to move. "Is a completely different story." Then there was a huge bang and the pile seemed to explode from the inside, slinging pieces of junk in every direction. One of them hit Petra square on the head, knocking her unconscious. "Petra!" Brian exclaimed. "Oops, I meant to hit you all. Oh well, I at least got one of you." She said, seeming to like it. "You. do you really enjoy other people's suffering so much?" Brian said angry. "Yes I do, every demon does, it is in our blood to make people suffer and die, and we like it, very, very much." She said, smiling evilly. "And to prove my right, I'm gonna do it right now." And with that, a giant piece of debris came from behind Brian, it knocked him over, and then fell right on his legs, crushing both of them, Brian screamed in pain. "Brian, Brian!" Pogapo shouted while she pushed the log from his legs. She could clearly see the disfigured bones from beneath his robes. Brian looked up at her weakly, gritting his teeth and clenching his fists against the pain. "And that is number three, seems like you're on your own, little mermaid." Latoya said, still smiling her evil smile. "Caprio!" Was all Pogapo could say, to afraid to counter-attack. "Don't worry, it won't." At that moment a dark explosion erupted and knocked Latoya over, when she stood up again she saw Magus, barely holding his ground. She smirked at him. "Well take a look at that, I guess you're not the type that likes to sit around and watch other people fight for you." "I guess you're right." Magus whispered with a threatening voice. "especially not against a evil demon like you." Latoya laughed. She then waved with her hand in front of Magus face and he suddenly stiffened, his eyes wide open. He couldn't move a muscle, the only thing he could do was watching in Latoya's icy-green eyes. She smiled evilly at him, and then kissed him. He could feel her arms slipping around his waist, and then her tongue slipped into his mouth, he wanted to push her away, to stop the sick- making feeling that the kiss brought, but he couldn't do anything, not even close his eyes. After a while she released him, she looked at him once more, caressing his cheek and then turned towards Pogapo and Brian. "Now let's get down to business." "Not until you change Magus back to normal." Pogapo said, still kneeling at Brian's side. "What's the matter, the little mermaid's afraid of fighting alone?" After that sentence Pogapo drew her weapons and charged at the demon, who just stepped aside and made Pogapo smash into a wall, she stood up again, only to get a punch right in her face which knocked her out. Latoya looked around, first at the two unconscious women, then at Magus, still standing like a statue, and Brian, who looked up at her in a mixture of anger and fear. She walked towards him. "You and me are going to have a little fun." She said, pulling Brian up, and forced him to stand on his broken legs. "C-curse you." Brian said, but Latoya just laughed. "So you really think you can say such a thing, you're a monk, a goddamn monk, you can't curse someone, because your 'God' doesn't allow it. And you know what? God is a coward!" With that last word she threw him away, Brian screamed out loud, before ending up thirty feet further. "If he's really that all-powerful, then why doesn't he come and help you? Or he has a LOT of confidence in you pitiful creatures, or he's just to chicken to do it himself." She pulled him up again. "W-we will b-beat you." Brian said weakly, glaring at her. Again that horrible laugh. "What?! You still think you can win?! Look around you, two of them are out cold, the other can't move an inch, and you." She let go of him, he immediately crumbled down like a rag doll. "You can't even stand on your feet. You're doomed, unless some miracle happens." She said, and started kicking him in his side several times, before picking him up again and throwing him away, she continued this torture with a sick smile of pleasure on her face. Magus, who was forced to watch, had his head filled with thoughts. He knew that Brian couldn't hold on much longer, his screams had already subsided to faint whispers, and if she was ready with Brian, he would be next, and in this state, he was completely helpless. NO! He said to himself, he couldn't let her win, he had to do something. But what? He couldn't do anything, not even blink. //.M-magus.// A voice inside his head said, it sounded weak and far away. //.C-can.. you. h-hear me?.// Brian, he was surprised that the monk was still strong enough to make mental contact. //Yes, I can hear you.// Was his reply. //What is it?// //W-e.. c-can.. win.// //How, none of us is capable of doing something, we're doomed. Unless you come up with something really smart.// //H-have.. you heard. a-about the. eternal. d-darkness?.// //What?! But that's impossible, no wizard ever succeeded in using that attack.// //You. c-can. you must.// About then the mutual contact came to a sudden halt. Latoya lifted Brian's lifeless body from the ground, and showed it to Magus, who was forced to look to Brian's bloody and swollen face. He could feel his anger grow. "Another person you could've saved." She said, and dropped the body on the ground. She stared at him for a long time. "But you didn't, you know, this simple curse can be dispelled really easy, as long as you have the will to do it." She started circling around him. "But you don't have the will because you don't want to fight me. You're to afraid." Magus couldn't believe his ears, was she actually calling him a coward. "I can't blame you, after all I am one of the strongest demons alive. So don't be ashamed." She said, with that, she kissed him again. Then she turned around and walked away. "I'm of to make plans to go back home, you can stay here and enjoy the last moments with your friends, and prepare yourself for a slow, painful death." She kicked Pogapo's and Petra's body aside and continued to the door. "Stop." She turned around, who was actually in shape to talk? She turned around. "Did someone say something?" Latoya turned around, to see Magus, panting trough his mouth, every muscle in his body tensed. "I said, stop!" He forced his face into a furious expression, he felt the control of his body regaining slowly. With that his control over his feelings slid away. He couldn't stand the way Latoya treated a living being. Like dirt, enjoying making her victims suffer. Not even he was so horrible, so cruel. She had to be stopped. "You will never cause another human pain." He said. He didn't know how or why, but he summoned his power to attack. "Your existence will end, right here, right NOW!!!!!!!" Then suddenly, the roof tore open, revealing the dark-bleu evening-sky, clouds circled in a giant vortex. The heart of this cyclone was the deepest black there was, almost blinding. Latoya looked in astonishment while Magus started to hover into the air. Looking into the void he created. "Forces of shadow! Hear my call, give me the power to exterminate all of my foes, I summon the ETERNAL DARKNESS!!!!!!!!!" And a thick beam came from the heart of the cyclone, just as black, and hit Magus in his chest, he roared. Latoya didn't know if it was a war-cry or a cry in pain, she couldn't see him because of the black smoke surrounding him. As soon as the spectacle started, it ended. Latoya removed her hands before her eyes, and saw the black smoke still swirling wildly. A step could be heard, and the smoke slowly cleared, revealing the dark mage, surrounded by darkness, so you could only see a silhouette, and his eyes, who were burning red-hot, and then there was this tiny white spot close to his heart, shining like a lonely star in the nocturnal sky. The form slowly stepped away from the smoke and towards the shocked demoness. "Like I said," The form started. "You will never cause another person pain."
And here it ends, no not the story, the incredibly long chapter. And what a cliffhanger it is, I just loooooove those, if I write them myself, so that only I know the next thing that will happen, mwhahahahahahahahaha! :-) so you guys just have to wait untill I get in the mood for writing again, (good reviews help).