Part 9
What are we doing? I asked myself. I looked around at all of my friends, and it hit home for the first time, that everyone here was my friend. My Earth friends, the people on Gaea who had come to rescue me, and who took care of my friends. Even all of the Dragon Slayers, whom I'd gotten to know, were all my friends.
If Dilandau was ever my friend, I thought, he isn't anymore! Why did I hate him so much? How could I have been so insane? What's wrong with me?! I think I started to cry. Not out loud, but I think tears were just rolling down my cheeks.
I moved towards the trembling Dilandau on the floor. I heard Van yell, "No! Don't go near him!" But it seemed far away. I knelt in front of him.
"Dilandau?" He didn't reply. "I'm really sorry, Dilandau. I ... I didn't mean to... I don't know what happened to me." He fell silent, he wasn't muttering about his scar anymore, he wasn't trembling. I continued to speak. "I don't know what came over me... I... Gomen... Ugh!" Dilandau looked up and grabbed my arm. He smeared blood all over it. He started to laugh.
"You were overcome by the battle," he said in a low voice. "You were insane. You loved the fighting, you looked like a rabid animal. Your nostrils flared, your eyes were wide and crazed. You screamed like a rabid animal also! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha hah! Who has really won this battle, girl?!"
"I DID!" I screamed. "I BEAT YOU! I WON!"
"But now you want more fighting, don't you. You are addicted to that rush of adrenalin, and you want more. So in truth, I win, because you will be driven mad by it." He laughed again and I became angry. Can this be true!? I asked myself. No. No, it can't. I won!
"What do you want from me?!"
"YOUR FEAR! YOUR BLOOD!" He screamed.
I was being pulled away from Dilandau, I could hear him screaming things like, "SHE'S MINE! BRING HER BACK! HER FEAR IS MINE!!"
The Dragon Slayers were pulling me away from him, and they had captured all of my other friends as well. I felt terrible. This was all my fault. Dilandau got up and picked up his own sword. He walked over to me menacingly and stuck his face into mine. "I'm going to gut you. Right here!" He whispered, and I felt the tip of the sword puncture my stomach.
Suddenly, the door burst open! And In came... The Ghostbusters?! Their theme was playing loudly in the background when they entered. They had all of their equipment on. (Just when I thought this dream was getting good, and no longer silly, here we go again! Oh boy.)
"Did somebody call the Ghostbusters?" Asked Bill Murray.
"YES!" cried Dilandau. "I called you guys three weeks ago. Where the hell have you been?"
"This place wasn't exactly easy to find, you know. What with being on another world and all."
We all nodded our heads knowingly and were muttering things like, "Oh yeah, I see," and "perfectly understandable," and "well, that's okay then."
"So where's the poltergeist?" asked Dan Ackroyd.
"Umm, actually it's just down the hall to the left. Second door on the right." Said Dilandau. "And try not to mess anything up, kay?"
"Roger! Move out people!" And as they moved out, the music went with them all the way down the hall. Murray had a boom box. Everyone just stared after them, until the music faded to nothing.
"Take the prisoners away!" Barked Dilandau, then he turned on his heel and left.
What are we doing? I asked myself. I looked around at all of my friends, and it hit home for the first time, that everyone here was my friend. My Earth friends, the people on Gaea who had come to rescue me, and who took care of my friends. Even all of the Dragon Slayers, whom I'd gotten to know, were all my friends.
If Dilandau was ever my friend, I thought, he isn't anymore! Why did I hate him so much? How could I have been so insane? What's wrong with me?! I think I started to cry. Not out loud, but I think tears were just rolling down my cheeks.
I moved towards the trembling Dilandau on the floor. I heard Van yell, "No! Don't go near him!" But it seemed far away. I knelt in front of him.
"Dilandau?" He didn't reply. "I'm really sorry, Dilandau. I ... I didn't mean to... I don't know what happened to me." He fell silent, he wasn't muttering about his scar anymore, he wasn't trembling. I continued to speak. "I don't know what came over me... I... Gomen... Ugh!" Dilandau looked up and grabbed my arm. He smeared blood all over it. He started to laugh.
"You were overcome by the battle," he said in a low voice. "You were insane. You loved the fighting, you looked like a rabid animal. Your nostrils flared, your eyes were wide and crazed. You screamed like a rabid animal also! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha hah! Who has really won this battle, girl?!"
"I DID!" I screamed. "I BEAT YOU! I WON!"
"But now you want more fighting, don't you. You are addicted to that rush of adrenalin, and you want more. So in truth, I win, because you will be driven mad by it." He laughed again and I became angry. Can this be true!? I asked myself. No. No, it can't. I won!
"What do you want from me?!"
"YOUR FEAR! YOUR BLOOD!" He screamed.
I was being pulled away from Dilandau, I could hear him screaming things like, "SHE'S MINE! BRING HER BACK! HER FEAR IS MINE!!"
The Dragon Slayers were pulling me away from him, and they had captured all of my other friends as well. I felt terrible. This was all my fault. Dilandau got up and picked up his own sword. He walked over to me menacingly and stuck his face into mine. "I'm going to gut you. Right here!" He whispered, and I felt the tip of the sword puncture my stomach.
Suddenly, the door burst open! And In came... The Ghostbusters?! Their theme was playing loudly in the background when they entered. They had all of their equipment on. (Just when I thought this dream was getting good, and no longer silly, here we go again! Oh boy.)
"Did somebody call the Ghostbusters?" Asked Bill Murray.
"YES!" cried Dilandau. "I called you guys three weeks ago. Where the hell have you been?"
"This place wasn't exactly easy to find, you know. What with being on another world and all."
We all nodded our heads knowingly and were muttering things like, "Oh yeah, I see," and "perfectly understandable," and "well, that's okay then."
"So where's the poltergeist?" asked Dan Ackroyd.
"Umm, actually it's just down the hall to the left. Second door on the right." Said Dilandau. "And try not to mess anything up, kay?"
"Roger! Move out people!" And as they moved out, the music went with them all the way down the hall. Murray had a boom box. Everyone just stared after them, until the music faded to nothing.
"Take the prisoners away!" Barked Dilandau, then he turned on his heel and left.