The smooth rock face overlooking a small clearing in the woods shook. Tiny faults appeared, as though something hard was hitting it from the inside. For a second it was all right again, but then there was a second tremor, and a third. Finally, the wall gave. Dirt and granite sprayed outwards onto the fresh snow and a small figure fell out, panting with exhaustion.
Zelgadis groaned in pain, and looked up to see where he was.
Four metres away was an old cabin covered in snow.
Well, at least something's gone right today. He thought, shrugging aside his fatigue and pushing painfully to his feet.
He walked shakily to the building and opened the door. Took a step inside.
Paused.
Xellos looked up at him and shifted Lina in his embrace, curled gently around him and sound asleep. He smiled smugly.
Zelgadis blinked a few times, looking tiredly resigned to his pitiful fate, and did a U-turn. He trudged off into the distance and tried to find a way back into the more predictable (with transcripts of course), if not necessarily safer, series.
In the cabin, Lina blinked sleepily and let out a small sigh.
"Xellos?"
"Hai?"
"What was that?"
"What was what, Lina-chan?."
"I though I heard something..."
He shrugged. "It's nothing. Go back to sleep."
"…Okay."
And they slept all through the night.
EVE--"The End!"
PHIBRIZO--*rolls eyes* "Finally! I was beginning to think this freakshow would never stop."
EVE--*sniffles* "You're so mean to me..."
PHIBRIZO--*sweatdrops* "Um ... yes. Yes, I am. Now can I go?"
EVE--"Oh, c'mon, Phib ... don't be such a wet blanket."
PHIBRIZO--"And will you stop shortening my name? It's really annoying."
EVE--"Hmph. For your information, I'm not quite finished yet. And you, Ph, are coming with me."
PHIBRIZO--"Nani?!! No way!!"
EVE--"Come, young apprentice. We have much work to do."
PHIBRIZO--"What the hell?!" *sulks*