Sorry I have been gone for a while. I had to take a break from fanfiction for a while. Hope you still remember who I am. I was contemplating on whether to continue this story or not, but here goes. Here is Act 2. Maybe I will finish this to the end. I have yet to see anyone complete this feat of finishing the whole 5 Acts, but never mind...

Magician--Act II--Chapter 11


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/A strange Wanderer was seen passing through this city a week ago. Now evil seems to lurk in every dark corner. Ever since he passed, creatures who are normally peaceful have gone berserk and attack our lonely city. There are many rumors like a monsters moaning in the sewers and Jerhyn taking on a whole bunch a concubines who have all locked themselves up in the palace. Jerhyn has ordered heroes from the Heroes Corp. They are sending us a bandwagon of heroes who have already helped the Rogues in the West. Hopefully they can help us as well./

It was a hot day, as all days are in the hot town of Lut Gholein! The Desert Jewel was baking in the desert sun when Griez spotted a caravan coming toward the city. 'Must be the supposable heroes Jeryn asked for.' He thought. Atma sat crying outside her bar as sghe always did. Geglash burped for the 342nd time. Elzix was whistling at every lady who passed young and old, pretty and ugly. (As long as they were of the opposite sex, he would whistle.) Lysander was hearing things even though he was nearly deaf. Jerhyn sat in front of his castle rocking back and forth on his feet as if he had to go to the bathroom. They knew that they were about to have a hero deliver them from chaos, but he was not what they expected...

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Everyone gathered around as the caravan emptied of it's passengers. Mumbling was heard coming from the inside. Warriv hopped down merrily showing off Eudora as if she were his new bride. She even waved like the Queen of England. (Whoever that is?) Zhon just about ripped open the back door, falling out of the caravan wagon. He landed in front of Fara and Elzix. Greiz laughed.

"So this is our hero?" He snickered.

Zhon looked up at him and jumped up to claim what pride he could. He stood up to introduce herself. But Ki-Ki stepped out behind him. Everybody gasped as she stepped into the bright sun, looking similar to an angel as she now wore her white leotard with a flowing white cape similar to wings.

"An angel!" Geglash mistook her for.

Elzix immediately went up to her. "Hello Sweet thing!" He said and was about to drool upon her when Dru stepped out behind her. He leaped back frightened of the taller man.

"Drusabon?" A voice called. Fara ran up to him and took his hand into her own. She shook it gently. "It has been a long time..." She said.

"Fara?" He said looking down at her in surprise. "I thought you were dead!"

Ki-Ki looked from Dru to Fara with curiosity as well as some jealousy. The two stared at each other sharing a private look. Ki-Ki tugged at Dru's sleeve as if she were a child begging for attention. He looked down at her and let go of Fara's hand.

"We will have to catch up later." He said in a low voice, but Ki-Ki still heard it. A noise came from the wagon as the last passenger got out.

"...And I met her in Tristram. You may think that an old witch wouldn't know how to party! But she knew how, let me tell you!" Deckard Cain was rambling as he got out of the wagon, leaning on his knobby staff.

"Deckard Cain?" Drognon said to the older man. Deckard Cain looked up. "Yes?" He said looking at the mage. "Excuse me, but I have always wanted to meet you." He said shaking Cains hand. "Oh would you like to hear about my life's . . . pursuits?" Cain asked.

"I want to hear everything." Drognan said not knowing exactly what he was getting into. The two older men walked off down the street talking. "It all started when I was a virgin at 15..."

"Hello Sonny Boy!" Elzix said to Zhon. "I suppose you will be looking for a place to stay. Well, my inn is the only place to stay and I will give you a discount if the lady is in your party." He said looking over at Ki-Ki.

Zhon mumbled to himself. 'Why was everyone interested in Ki-Ki? Especially the dirty ones..." He noticed as Elzix scratched under his armpit.

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They had each chosen a room at Elzix's room. Eudora had decided to stay with Warriv at his caravan in the back of the town. Ki-Ki got a room all by herself and Zhon, Deckard Cain, and Dru all shared a room. Zhon went over to Ki-Ki's room.

He peeked out to see that Elzix was knocking on her door.

"I already told you! I don't need anything more! I am fine!" Ki-Ki yelled from behind her door.

"Are you sure dear..." Elzix said. "I'm sure I could bring some bath water up for you, after your long journey!"

At that moment Zhon stepped out of his room and cleared his throat. Elzix looked up at him a little sheepishly. "How are you doing sir?" He said. "I hope your room is comfortable."

"It is." Zhon assured. "I was just coming to check on my assistant in order to see if no one is bothering her." He said lowly.

"Right. Right." He said distracted. "Carry on then..." And Elzix walked down the hall backwards never taking his eyes off of Ki-Ki's door.

Zhon knocked on her door. "How many times to I need to tell you....!" She said ripping open the door and then was surprised to see Zhon there.

"Oh hi Zhon!" She said instantly cheerfully. "Have you seen Dru?"

He let himself into her room. "No." He said confused. "He said he had some business to attend to or something. I couldn't really hear him over Deckard Cain's snoring."

She giggled. Then her expression turned serious. "You don't think he is with that Fara girl is he?" She asked.

Zhon shrugged. "What if she is?" He asked not seeing a problem with the situation. "She is a blacksmith you know. Maybe he needed something fixed?" Ki-Ki's face turned to a dark scarlet red which Zhon didn't notice. She ran out of the room. "I gotta go find him!" She said over her shoulder as she ran out of the inn.

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Zhon, Ki-Ki, Dru and Eudora stood outside the bar the next morning.

"What are we supposed to do?" Eudora asked looking toward Zhon for guidance.

"I'm sure somebody needs help..." Ki-Ki pondered.

Suddenly crying was heard down the street. "If the rumors are true then Diablo himself came through this city a week ago..." Dru said over the wailing.

"Whatever! Lets just kill something!" Eudora said over the screaming.

Zhon couldn't concentrate over the crying. He looked over to see a woman crying in the middle of the street. She looked up to see him watching and then went back to crying.

"Perhaps we should ask that guy named Drognan? Or maybe Jeryhn?" Ki-Ki yelled over the crying.

"Man! What a banshee!" Eudora yelled plugging her ears against the wailing.

Finally the woman stopped and came up to them.

"Aren't you gonna ask me why I am crying?" She asked.

"Um..." Zhon said distracted by a veiled woman in a tube top walking by. Then he cleared his head and paid attention to the woman in front of him.

"Why are you crying, my lady?" Dru said stepping up to the woman.

And with that she burst out crying again!

"Oh man!" Eudora yelled rudely and plugged her ears again. Zhon moaned. And Ki-Ki yelped startled by the woman's outburst.

"Its just.....I mean...." She sobbed between sobs. "My husband and my son..."

"Yes?" Ki-Ki said rubbing the woman on the back.

"They were killed!!!!!!!!" She wailed. Ki-Ki gasped.

"Who did this?" Eudora demanded.

"Shouldn't you go to the authorities?" Dru asked.

"That's just it...." The crying woman said calming down... "A monster killed them!" She said in an outburst and began crying again.

"We will kill this monster!" Zhon promised.

"You bet we will!" Eudora acknowledged with an evil glint in her eye. "We will make sure he suffers by cutting out his intestines and wrapping it around his neck, and squeeze his insides so that they squirt out..."

Ki-Ki nudged her before she could continue. "What?" Eudora said stumbling back. She was about to shove Ki-Ki back but Dru stepped in front of her and she ended up hitting his chest.

Eudora mumbled something, but Zhon only heard the word "bed".

"That's enough Eudora!" Zhon said. The crying woman who was Atma, if you didn't already know, had been watching the whole time, confused. She shrugged and went back crying.

Then just as suddenly as she has started crying, she stopped. "I thank you." She said sounding gratefully. Then again went back to crying...

"Come on!" Zhon ordered a little annoyed. At least they had their next quest...

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"I think we are almost there." Zhon said.

"Why you said that 2 hours ago!" Ki-Ki said annoyed. "By now it will take hours to get this stench out of my skin!" She complained.

Eudora snorted annoyed. "Stop complaining, Bi--"

Just then a howl similar to a wolf's echoed throughout the sewers.

"A wolf?" Dru speculated. "They are not native to this area..." He continued.

"Definitely not native to the sewers!" Zhon said running toward the sound. What did they see? I will tell you.

They saw a small wolf shape trying to kill a huge mummy like monster. The monster was making funny little noises that sounded like mice squeaking.

"Huh?" Ki-Ki said taking in the scene.

"What the hell!?!?!?!?" Eudora swore.

"What is going on?" Dru said watching as the small wolf jetted in and out trying to scratch the mummy. The monster fell over to its side still making squeaky noises.

"I think..." The Magician realized. "I think he is trying to kill the monster."

"Then what are those squeaky noises?" Ki-Ki asked confused.

"Whatever it is I don't think the mummy ain't getting hurt by his attacks...." Eudora chuckled.

A squeaky voice came from the mummy. "Stop!" It squeaked. "That tickles!"

"Did I just hear what I think I heard?" Ki-Ki asked in disbelief.

"The monster is getting tickled by his attacks!" Zhon realized. Eudora laughed. And ran into the tickling frenzy. She whipped out her blades and swung them at them besides the small wolf.

"Tickle this, Mummy!!!" She yelled sticking her blades into the monsters side. This seemed to tickle the mummy more, who was none other than Radamont himself.

"He must be tickled by sharp objects..." Zhon speculated. He took out his wand, said some sort of Latin phrase, and the wand's end changed into a sharp blade. He went to the other side of the mummy and began poking it. The mummy squeaked louder. Don't ask me why it squeaked . . . it just did.

"Come on!" Zhon yelled over his shoulder to the other two. "Get a sharp object and start poking."

Dru didn't need to be told twice and he took out his sword and chopped at the mummy. Ki-Ki stayed back still shocked at the situation.

The squeaks continued for the next ten minutes as they tickled the mummy by chopping at him. The wolf used its teeth and claws. Eudora used her assassin blades. Zhon used his now sharp wand and of course the Paladin used his trusty sword which was supposed to be poison damaged, but it seemed to have no effect on the mummy other than tickling him.

After ten minutes the mummy exploded. It just simply exploded of laughter or something. I don't think that cheerful laughing is too good for a reagent of evil. But nobody ever got to ask Diablo or any of the other Prime brothers about it.

Ki-Ki laughed as mummy rappings flew everywhere and covered the heroes. The wolf shook of the mummy remnants violently and Eudora did the same. The wolf looked over at Eudora and suddenly realized that there were others in the room besides him. It backed up wearily looking especially at Eudora.

"Heh!" Eudora snorted in its direction. "Stupid mutt..." She muttered and wiped off her blades.

"Now be nice Eudora..." Ki-Ki warned and went up to the wolf. "Nice doggy..." She said crouching down ten feet away from it.

"Be careful Ki-Ki." Dru said putting his hand on her shoulder.

"We won't hurt you..." Ki-Ki promised. "Unless you try something funny..." Eudora said flashing the blades in the wolf's eyes.

"Eudora!" Zhon warned annoyed. "Perhaps I should do the animal talk trick." He advised to Ki-Ki.

"I don't know..." She said not taking her eyes off the cornered wolf. "It only works for five seconds."

"Come on!" She beckoned to the animal. It seemed to trust her and hesitantly walked up to her. Suddenly it stopped and howled. The howling echoed throughout the sewers and suddenly the wolf turned into a human child!

The wolf/child was a boy of about eight. And he was dirty and only wore a simple loin cloth around his waist. He was probably paler skinned than he looked, but the dirt smeared his body.

They all looked at him in shock. Ki-Ki still had her hands out and the child ran up to her and licked her on the face giggling.

"I have heard of this phenomenon!" Dru said in a low voice to Zhon. "Druids have the ability to change their shape."

"Are you saying this is a Druid child?" Zhon said in disbelief. Ki-Ki was laughing as the child crawled all over her sniffing her and laughing merrily.

"I hate kids..." Eudora mumbled annoyed and opened a town portal.

"Portal! Portal! Portal!" The boy yelled and ran around the portal merrily. Eudora shook her head annoyed and stepped through. The boy stopped when he saw she had disappeared and began sniffing the ground she had just been standing on.

"Awww! Look how cute he is!!" Ki-Ki said dreamily. "I love kids!" She decided.

"We better get him back to Lut Gholein." Zhon said feeling a bit fatherly himself upon viewing the child.

It began jumping up and down!

"Lut Gholein!" It shouted and took Ki-Ki's hand. She laughed as she was dragged through the portal back to the city of Lut Gholein.

Zhon and Dru shrugged as they followed the woman and the child.

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So who is this Druid child? Are you wondering? Well me too! I just made him up five minutes ago. Honestly! And again I am sorry if the beginning was kind of slow. I just had to get back into the writing mode. Heh heh.

Now all that you need to do is... you know... do I have to say it? I know you have heard it a million times, but here goes for a million and one times...

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There I said it. Hope you are not mad, but they say when people hear something enough they start to do it. Heh heh. Not that I am trying some psychological trick on you... but... um... never mind I better leave before I make a fool of myself.

What? I already did? Oops. Just review. And then I will be happy!