Told you it would be a while. But I want this story finished before I lose
interest in it, so should (in theory) be finished this month. But I work
best after reading a new DK volume, and we haven't had any new ones yet.
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Ringleys Wish 9 - This is Bad!
"How far does this tunnel go!" Kitchel complained.
"I just hope Ekidonna hasn't reached that 'liquid immortality' thing yet" Thatz muttered. "Do you know anything about it Ringleys?"
Ringleys scratched his head as he thought. "I've heard of it. It's meant to be a lake in a deep cave that gives immortality to someone every 100 years or so. But that's all I know."
"Well we better find the Dragon Eye before Ekidonna finds this thing, or else we'll be in serious trouble" Thatz decided.
Suddenly, two large blast sounds echoed through the tunnels, making Kitchel fall to the floor, and several crashes followed afterwards, before stopping. As Kitchel got back on her feet, Earth flew ahead, and returned not long after, holding a sign.
"The tunnel's collapsed!"
Thatz and Ringleys looked at each other, and flew ahead.
"Hey! Wait for me!"
* * *
"Thanks for waiting guys" Kitchel moaned, as she caught up. But when she spotted the blocked tunnel, she groaned.
"Three guesses how that happened" she said dryly. "That gun of his is getting a workout."
"Maybe he heard us following him" Ringleys suggested.
Kitchel walked up to the barrier, and studied it carefully. It would take them hours to clear it up by hand, and they couldn't risk letting Earth take care of it. Not in these cramped conditions.
Finally, she spotted an open crack in the rocks, and peered through. She could see through to the other side. At the back of her mind, she wondered how that was possible, considering they were too far away from the entrance to get light, and there was no lights around. But she didn't care enough to think about it too much, and tried to measure the size of the hole.
"Hey Thatz" she started. "Come here for a minute."
"What?" he snapped. "Have you figured out what to do?"
Kitchel grinned, and grabbed the Dragon Knight in her hand.
"Wha . . . Hey!" Thatz protested, as the female thief pushed him into the hole. He fit, and with room to spare.
"There we go!" Kitchel supplied. "You and Ringleys go through that hole, and find Ekidonna. Then, you can wish yourself back to normal, beat up Ekidonna, and come back here!"
[What about me?] Earth's sign read.
Kitchel patted the Dragon on the head. "You can stay with me."
Ringleys sighed, and flew into the hole, slowly crawling forward.
* * *
"Well that roadblock should keep them occupied" Ekidonna said to himself, grinning over the success of the barrier. "And when I'm truly immortal, they'll rue the day they ever heard my name!"
The demon laughed as he walked forward, his mind filled with thoughts of thievery and world domination.
* * *
Thatz pushed some boulder-sized pebbles out of his way and burst through, brushing dust off his clothes.
"Ugh!" he complained. "Lets not do that again. I think I ripped a wing or something."
"I know what you mean" Ringleys moaned, shaking like a dog as he joined Thatz.
"Well, we can worry about it later. Lets just go find Ekidonna and get out of here."
"Yeah."
* * *
"I wonder what that explosion was?" Garfakcy said to himself, running down the tunnel. "It sounded like a cave in. If it was, catching that stupid Dragon Knight should be child's play."
He stopped when he heard a voice not that far from him. Hugging the wall, he crept up to see the girl from before sitting on her knees whilst having an argument with the Earth Dragon.
* * *
"For the last time no!" Kitchel shouted. "We didn't have any other option. Besides, Thatz knows how to take care of himself."
The Dragon held up a sign. [But what if Ekidonna swats him?]
"Oh come on!" Kitchel replied. "Faeries are a little more durable than that. Ringleys survived with the guy right?"
[But Ringleys has always been a Faerie. He knows how to survive like that.]
Kitchel chose to retaliate by yanking Earth's sign and ripping it into tiny pieces whilst Earth growled.
"Oh stop that!" Kitchel snapped. To her surprise, Earth did, and looked at her with fear."
"Now that's more . . . " Kitchel stopped when she felt something sharp press against her neck.
"Hello again" Garfakcy purred.
* * *
"AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!"
Both Thatz and Ringleys stopped as the scream echoed through the tunnel.
"That was Kitchel!" Thatz shouted.
"What could have happened to her?" Ringleys asked.
Thatz shook his head. "I don't know, but we'd better go find out. I just hope she's okay."
* * *
Kitchel winced as she was thrown against the wall. The kid's ashes were turning out to be very handy. Not only had he conjured a weapon from thin air, but he'd paralysed her and Earth.
"Now lets try this again" Garfakcy threatened. "Where did the Dragon Knight go, and why are you in this tunnel in the first place?"
Kitchel played dumb. "I don't know what you're talking about. I'm not travelling with a Dragon Knight."
"Don't play stupid with me!" Garfakcy yelled. "I know that the Dragon Knight was turned into a Faerie by a Dragon Eye, so tell me where he went, or I'll make you tell! If a Dragon officer broke, do you think you wont?"
Kitchel glared at the boy, but stayed silent. She wasn't about to betray Thatz or Ringleys."
Garfacky glared back. "If that's the way you're going to be . . . "
"Kitchel?"
That stopped Garfakcy in his tracks, and he looked round, searching for the voice.
"Kitchel, are you okay?" Thatz's voice echoed through. It was then Garfakcy noticed the small hole in the barrier.
"Thatz, Ringleys!" Kitchel shouted. "Get out of here!"
The two barely had time to react before Garfakcy's ashes destroyed the barrier, and revealed Kharl's servant running through, cage in hand. Before either could do anything, Garfakcy grabbed Ringleys, and stuffed him in the cage.
"Now your turn Dragon Knight" Garfakcy hissed.
To be continued . . .
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Ugh. Hate this chapter. Just doesn't work, at least from my perspective. Next chapter should be up this week (again, in theory).
R&R!
R&R!
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Ringleys Wish 9 - This is Bad!
"How far does this tunnel go!" Kitchel complained.
"I just hope Ekidonna hasn't reached that 'liquid immortality' thing yet" Thatz muttered. "Do you know anything about it Ringleys?"
Ringleys scratched his head as he thought. "I've heard of it. It's meant to be a lake in a deep cave that gives immortality to someone every 100 years or so. But that's all I know."
"Well we better find the Dragon Eye before Ekidonna finds this thing, or else we'll be in serious trouble" Thatz decided.
Suddenly, two large blast sounds echoed through the tunnels, making Kitchel fall to the floor, and several crashes followed afterwards, before stopping. As Kitchel got back on her feet, Earth flew ahead, and returned not long after, holding a sign.
"The tunnel's collapsed!"
Thatz and Ringleys looked at each other, and flew ahead.
"Hey! Wait for me!"
* * *
"Thanks for waiting guys" Kitchel moaned, as she caught up. But when she spotted the blocked tunnel, she groaned.
"Three guesses how that happened" she said dryly. "That gun of his is getting a workout."
"Maybe he heard us following him" Ringleys suggested.
Kitchel walked up to the barrier, and studied it carefully. It would take them hours to clear it up by hand, and they couldn't risk letting Earth take care of it. Not in these cramped conditions.
Finally, she spotted an open crack in the rocks, and peered through. She could see through to the other side. At the back of her mind, she wondered how that was possible, considering they were too far away from the entrance to get light, and there was no lights around. But she didn't care enough to think about it too much, and tried to measure the size of the hole.
"Hey Thatz" she started. "Come here for a minute."
"What?" he snapped. "Have you figured out what to do?"
Kitchel grinned, and grabbed the Dragon Knight in her hand.
"Wha . . . Hey!" Thatz protested, as the female thief pushed him into the hole. He fit, and with room to spare.
"There we go!" Kitchel supplied. "You and Ringleys go through that hole, and find Ekidonna. Then, you can wish yourself back to normal, beat up Ekidonna, and come back here!"
[What about me?] Earth's sign read.
Kitchel patted the Dragon on the head. "You can stay with me."
Ringleys sighed, and flew into the hole, slowly crawling forward.
* * *
"Well that roadblock should keep them occupied" Ekidonna said to himself, grinning over the success of the barrier. "And when I'm truly immortal, they'll rue the day they ever heard my name!"
The demon laughed as he walked forward, his mind filled with thoughts of thievery and world domination.
* * *
Thatz pushed some boulder-sized pebbles out of his way and burst through, brushing dust off his clothes.
"Ugh!" he complained. "Lets not do that again. I think I ripped a wing or something."
"I know what you mean" Ringleys moaned, shaking like a dog as he joined Thatz.
"Well, we can worry about it later. Lets just go find Ekidonna and get out of here."
"Yeah."
* * *
"I wonder what that explosion was?" Garfakcy said to himself, running down the tunnel. "It sounded like a cave in. If it was, catching that stupid Dragon Knight should be child's play."
He stopped when he heard a voice not that far from him. Hugging the wall, he crept up to see the girl from before sitting on her knees whilst having an argument with the Earth Dragon.
* * *
"For the last time no!" Kitchel shouted. "We didn't have any other option. Besides, Thatz knows how to take care of himself."
The Dragon held up a sign. [But what if Ekidonna swats him?]
"Oh come on!" Kitchel replied. "Faeries are a little more durable than that. Ringleys survived with the guy right?"
[But Ringleys has always been a Faerie. He knows how to survive like that.]
Kitchel chose to retaliate by yanking Earth's sign and ripping it into tiny pieces whilst Earth growled.
"Oh stop that!" Kitchel snapped. To her surprise, Earth did, and looked at her with fear."
"Now that's more . . . " Kitchel stopped when she felt something sharp press against her neck.
"Hello again" Garfakcy purred.
* * *
"AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!"
Both Thatz and Ringleys stopped as the scream echoed through the tunnel.
"That was Kitchel!" Thatz shouted.
"What could have happened to her?" Ringleys asked.
Thatz shook his head. "I don't know, but we'd better go find out. I just hope she's okay."
* * *
Kitchel winced as she was thrown against the wall. The kid's ashes were turning out to be very handy. Not only had he conjured a weapon from thin air, but he'd paralysed her and Earth.
"Now lets try this again" Garfakcy threatened. "Where did the Dragon Knight go, and why are you in this tunnel in the first place?"
Kitchel played dumb. "I don't know what you're talking about. I'm not travelling with a Dragon Knight."
"Don't play stupid with me!" Garfakcy yelled. "I know that the Dragon Knight was turned into a Faerie by a Dragon Eye, so tell me where he went, or I'll make you tell! If a Dragon officer broke, do you think you wont?"
Kitchel glared at the boy, but stayed silent. She wasn't about to betray Thatz or Ringleys."
Garfacky glared back. "If that's the way you're going to be . . . "
"Kitchel?"
That stopped Garfakcy in his tracks, and he looked round, searching for the voice.
"Kitchel, are you okay?" Thatz's voice echoed through. It was then Garfakcy noticed the small hole in the barrier.
"Thatz, Ringleys!" Kitchel shouted. "Get out of here!"
The two barely had time to react before Garfakcy's ashes destroyed the barrier, and revealed Kharl's servant running through, cage in hand. Before either could do anything, Garfakcy grabbed Ringleys, and stuffed him in the cage.
"Now your turn Dragon Knight" Garfakcy hissed.
To be continued . . .
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Ugh. Hate this chapter. Just doesn't work, at least from my perspective. Next chapter should be up this week (again, in theory).
R&R!