The madness of Servan
Servan's rage seemed to float away like a thin
mist over their stay at the Island, he even specifically told two crewmembers
to leave the boat and do repairs outside for a while. They were reluctant
but obeyed.
"Ah Alice it is a fine day for sailing, and we
will be sailing soon, mark my words" Servan laughed jovially and patted
Alice on the back. Cheshire gave him a suspicious look as he strolled past.
"I don't like him" Cheshire growled. Alice smiled.
"Really? I couldn't tell" She told the cat sarcastically.
Cheshire gave her a wary look and strolled off. "Where is Gryphon and Mockers
anyway?"
Later, in the evening, Servan proposed setting
off again. Alice was equally eager for them to be on their way, it was
tiring just doing nothing and knowing you aren't even moving closer to
your goal.
"Hoist the sails and lets go!" Servan roared.
The two crewmen were hurrying up the gangplank..
"Wait for us!" One of them called, Servan swept
into their path onto the ship.
"Didn't I say that anybody who left the ship
would not be allowed back on?" Servan growled softly. The two crewmen
exchanged fearful looks. Servan grinned and pushed them off the gangplank.
Alice hurried over.
"But you told them to get off!" Alice yelled.
Servan spun round and knocked Alice backwards "Miss Alice, you should learn
to keep your mouth closed" Servan's eyes were blazing with anger "Or I
might kill one of the hostages" Servan grinned and waved a feathered hand,
Mockers and Gryphon were marched out with swords at their throats. Alice
jumped forward to help them but was stopped by Servan's own rapier.
"Ah ah ah Alice, no touching" Servan grinned.
Alice burnt with cold rage, she reached for her Eye Staff. Servan saw the
movement and slashed, a deep cut across Alice's hand "Hand over the weapons
Miss Alice" Servan tapped his talon "Captain's orders". Alice looked from
Servan, to Mockers and Gryphon and back to Servan, she dropped the Eye
Staff, her knife, the Hatter's clock and her cards to Servan's feet. The
bird grinned.
"And the dice Alice..." He sneered. Alice took
out the dice and stared at it a plan forming in her mind. Servan growled
to himself.
"THE DICE!" He yelled. Alice smiled slyly.
"You want the dice? Here you go" She hurled the
dice right at him where it exploded in a blast of white light, out of the
white light a sillouhette appeared and roared, leaping out, it had a bulky
almost human body, dragon wings and a bull's head. A Supremial. It roared
and held it's hands high into the air, charging at Servan and knocking
him into the side of the ship, the gulls holding Mockers and Gryphon hostage
ran. Servan held the Eye Staff in one hand and his rapier in the other,
fighting the Supermial. The huge being fired bolts of ice and lightning,
charged Servan this way and that. Alice saw Servan plunge his sword straight
through the Supremial's chest, the monster roared and shattered.
Cheshire was locked in a cell, bound and unable
to leave. Mockers and Gryphon came hurrying down, Mockers was feeding a
SnapDragonfly.
"Hold on Cheshire!" Mockers called as the SnapDragon
fly collided with the bars and exploded. Gryphon swooped in and in a swift
movement of his claws, snapped Cheshire's chains.
The gulls were fleeing and Alice stood facing
Servan.
"Well Miss Alice, you have done rather well,
but I am the one with all the toys" Servan smiled a weak smile and pulled
out the cards, he fired them in a long stream at Alice, cutting mastpoles
and the ship as she dodged. Servan shook his head and tutted.
"Now we can't have that can we?" He reached out
the Dead Time clock and stopped it. Alice leapt towards Servan but stopped,
suspended in mid-air, stopped in time like everyone was. Servan aimed the
staff and powered it up, purple energy flowed into it.
"Goodbye, Miss Alice..." Servan whispered wistfully.
And then he fired.
A/N: Well then, new chapter coming soon!