Revenge
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Ch. 4 – Child's Play
*~*~*~* Ispep's POV:
When Roloc first told me about his plans to leave with me, I was in complete shock. Then I thought about it. He made the point that the others wouldn't know how to fight his magic because it was a kind they had never seen before while they already knew how to fight against mine. I decided to take him with me. Even though I did not know of his past and how he had gotten there, I knew that he would be an asset to me, but if he ever decided to make a move against my life, he would die immediately.
Two days after we talked, he met me in the room I always set aside to work on the magic needed to perform this spell. Having only how much of what was needed for the spell sitting out, I warned him not to touch anything.
Surprisingly, he did not touch anything.
Once I had everything all set up, I cast the spell that would open the portal between the two realms. When the doorway first opened, all the candles and magical lights flickered out, but the magical lights slowly returned back to life after a few seconds. But it didn't matter anyway because the light from around the portal and the light coming through it lit the room brighter then it had ever been previously.
Smiling triumphantly, I stepped into the portal, signaling Roloc to follow. Once I was in the portal, I had the sensation that I was falling. After only a short time, the other end of the portal became visible. Upon reaching it I fell and landed in a roll. Coming up out of the roll, I noticed that I had landed in some ruins.
About a mile or so west was a forest line. About half a mile north, the forest met a lake. To the east and south it looked as if there had been beautiful gardens. But now everything was in ruins and scorch marks covered the land.
A few seconds after my arrival, I was joined by Roloc. "So, Ispep, were do we go now? What happened here?" He was shocked when he saw our surroundings, "Where is here?"
"This is—or was home. It appears that they destroyed everything after they locked me away." I was not happy with this development. It didn't matter too much, though—there were plenty of noble houses available to us. "Come Roloc. It's time to acquire a place from which we operate." I started off.
Then I remembered what we were wearing. We both looked like peasants from the lowliest town in the kingdom. "First we have to change."
"What? Why? What's wrong with how we're dressed now?" Roloc demanded.
"We need to get into the noble's house in order to make it ours." I explained as patiently as I could, "And if we look like peasants, then they'll never let us in. Don't worry, I'll use my magic to fix up our clothes." I dug through my memory banks for the spell I needed to make us look like nobles our for a stroll.
After I cast the spell, we looked as if we were noble father and son. Once set and ready to go, we left in search of a place to call home.
About an hour later, we came upon the home of the noble Lunsford family; the perfect place for our base of operations. Walking up to the door, Roloc following behind me, I knocked on the door and waited as a maid opened the door.
"Can I help you, sir?" She asked politely.
"Yes. I wish to speak to Mr. Lunsford."
"Is he expecting you?" Her voice was soft and gentle.
"No," I answered, then quickly added, "But I must speak with him right now."
"Please follow me." She led us to the parlor, "I'll go tell Mr. Lunsford he has visitors, may I ask your names to give him?"
"Sir Telracs, and this is my son." I answered after a moments pause, "And tell him that it would be a dire mistake if he declines this meeting." Looking at me and Roloc with distrust in her eyes, the maid bowed and set off to find Mr. Lunsford.
A few minutes later, the door opened and an elegant Mr. Lunsford walked in, "Can I help you Evol? I thought you were dead. How have you been, my old friend?" He seemed a bit unnerved, but hid it quite well.
"Good day, my old friend. Indeed you can help us. And no, I am obviously not dead. I've just been a little preoccupied the last few years." I began, "And I an now fine. What about you?" I continued with the pleasantries.
"I've managed." He answered uneasily, "Why are you here?"
"To visit with my old friend. Oh, and have you met my son Roloc?" I introduced Roloc.
"I thought your son was Efil." Mr. Lunsford had a confused look upon his face.
"Efil is my younger son. Roloc here is my oldest son. Speaking of sons, where are yours and your beautiful wife?" I changed the tone of the conversation.
"They're in the library, reading. Why?" He became visibly more nervous.
"That way we know where to find them. How old are your sons now?" I placed my hand in position for casting a lightening bolt at the man, "Now lead us to the library."
Once we reached the library, I shoved Mr. Lunsford in, following closely with Roloc coming in last and locking the doors magically.
"Now what?" Roloc walked up next to me.
"Now it is time for you to get into the room with their children and bring them back here. Once you return with all the children, I will then open a window in which to speak to my dear son and his friends." I explained, "We shall use the Lunsford's to lure them here and their children to get them to do as I want!"
"How shall I get the children?" Roloc asked hesitantly, "I don't even know what they look like and I must have some sort of mental picture in order to teleport to them."
Opening a simple visual to the room with the children, I answered, "This is the room. Go in there and bring the sleeping children to me."
Nodding, Roloc quickly began incanting a spell that would teleport him. A few minutes after he disappeared, he reappeared with two struggling children, one under each arm. All four Lunsfords were as far from Roloc as they could get. When Roloc disappeared for the second time, though, Mrs. Lunsford ran up and grabbed the two crying children, pulling them back toward the safety of her own family. Roloc reappeared with the last two, both struggling wildly, one screaming her head off.
"Tell me you got her out of there before she started screaming!" I looked urgently at Roloc as he dropped the children on the floor.
"Yeah." He walked closer to me, trying to get away from the brats, "And I got there the first time right after the parents left."
"Good." The screaming child was beginning to get on my last nerve, "WILL SOMEONE GET THAT CHILD TO STOP SCREAMING?" I shouted. The girl stopped screaming immediately. "Thank you! Now, time to pay a visit to our friends." I began the magic that would open a portal through which I could talk to the rulers of the four main kingdoms of our world.
*~*~*~* Sage's POV:
"The girls are tucked in and sound asleep." Sakura walked into the room.
"And same with the boys." Eriol followed soon after.
"Now we can get down to business." I sat down from pacing the room, the jumped back up, "Are all the security spells and guards in place around the children?"
"Yes, Sage! The children are as safe as possible." Sakura came over and pushed be back down into my seat.
"So now let's try and figure out what we can do." Diov began.
"There's nothing we can do, other then to wait for Ispep to make his next move!" Syaoran interrupted.
"Then I shant make you wait any longer." A portal with Ispep appeared in the center of the room.
"Ispep!" I jumped up, "What do you want?"
"I simply want what should have been given to me from the start." His grin was sinister, "I want all of you to come for a visit so we can work out a deal."
"We would never make a deal with you!" Efil was on the edge of his seat.
"But, my good friends, the Lunsfords are here. With your children." We then saw our children in a corner with the Lunsford family.
"Rhun!" Me and Diov both screamed while Sakura and Syaoran screamed "Kyra!" And Tomoyo and Eriol screamed "Arnor!" and Efil and Arianllyn screamed "Ados!"
"How the hell did you get our children?" Arianllyn looked as if she wanted to strangle the man.
"My new partner here picked them up for me." The view shifted to a handsome young man standing next to Ispep, "We met in the other dimension. The one you sent me to. I have now returned and it is time for out final fight! Whenever you get here. It is your choice of when." He vanished.
"We got to get going!" Sakura, Tomoyo, Arianllyn, and I all bolted toward the door. The guys grabbed us before anyone could make it though.
"Not yet!" Diov exclaimed.
"If it is his choice of where, then we must prepare!" Syaoran explained.
"But our children!" Sakura pleaded.
"He won't harm them. Any of them." Eriol said with the utmost confidence, "Because they are his bargaining chips."
"Are the nobles required to supply a plan of their houses upon the building of them in this kingdom?" Arianllyn inquired.
"That's it!" Me and Sakura broke away and ran to the room with all the maps. Rummaging through the maps, we soon found the one we were searching for. Running it back to the room where everyone was waiting, we spread it out on a table.
"What is all the racket?" Kero and Spinel flew into the room groggily, Yue and Ruby right behind them.
"The children were kidnapped and we're figuring out the best way to get them back safely." Efil answered, already studying the floor plans.
"WHAT?" All four guardians said at once.
"Don't worry. We'll get them back real soon." Syaoran began examining the map himself.
For the rest of that night, the six of us hovered over the map, making plans. Once we finished, we laid down wherever we could, too tired to make it upstairs. The next day, when we woke up, we began collecting all we would need for the upcoming trip immediately.
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End of Ch. 4