~Chapter 11~
Nowhere! That was all there was to it, she was nowhere to be found. Vanished, without a trace to her present whereabouts, it was as if she was never there to begin with. She was just… gone.
Val searched the entire cottage with a desperate yearning to find Filia. All his efforts were for nothing though. He just couldn't find her.
At first he thought she went for a walk or she went off to find him perhaps. However those notions were gone from his head when he found something out of place.
In the bathroom there was a spilt cup of tea next to the tub, which still had warm water in it.
Knowing Filia she would never let a cup of tea spill on the floor let alone leave it there but why would her bath water be warm still and her not in the house?
It then hit Val what must have happened. He didn't even need to guess who was to blame for Filia's disappearance.
Xelloss.
The more Val thought of it, the more it made sense. Val could now sense that he had been there.
'He must have known that we would argue and took it as his chance to kidnap Filia. The sick bastard actually took her while she was bathing.' Val thought to himself with a scowl of anger on his face as he pieced the puzzle together.
Now that he knew what happened to Filia the questions he had to answer now was where did Xelloss take Filia and how was he going to get her back. That was more important to him than finding out about his past. And besides he couldn't find his answers without Filia anyway.
'I wonder if she is alright?' Val thought to himself feeling guilty of the way he treated her. He made a vow to himself that when this was over he would make everything right again.
If Val hated Xelloss before it did not compare to the measure of hostility he felt now for the mysterious priest. The more Val thought of Xelloss he would imagine what he would try to do to Filia if he didn't reach her in time. And what he was picturing wasn't the both of them having tea together.
'I won't let that happen! But where would he take her? Where could they have gone?' Val questioned himself. In all the time he had known Xelloss he didn't actually know that much about him. He really was mysterious. Val knew that mazoku go to the astral plane and he wondered a moment if he had taken her there but wasn't there somewhere else that Xelloss lived? Yes there was somewhere else but he could not place what the name was let alone how to get there. He chided himself for not listening to Miss Lina when she told him of her travels, before she met Filia, and most of those stories had Xelloss in them and she gave important facts about him that he needed to remember right now.
'Let's see… did she say he lived on… what was it… an island? Yes! Miss Lina did say it was an island but what did she call it? Was it Beast Island? No, Xelloss' master was called Beastmaster though. Yes, Beastmaster Zelas Metallium! She was one of the subordinates of Ruby-Eye Shabranigdu, the Dark Lord of this world. That was all Val knew of her save for the fact she had a terrible smoking habit and was a bit of a drunk now and then. But what was her island called?
Letting out an exasperated sigh, Val left the bathroom trying his hardest to remember the name of the island where he assumed Filia was.
As he was coming down the stairway he heard Jillas and Gravos coming back from their daily errands. When they asked where their Onee-chan was, Val delved into the whole story of what transpired while they were out. When he was finished the two beast men had looks of utter shock on their faces.
Those looks didn't help Val feel any better it only made him feel worse. He was sure they were going to scold him for hurting Filia the way he did but he was actually surprised to hear them say… "Don't worry Val, we'll help you find Onee-chan and give that evil Xelloss what's coming to him." Jillas said with a sound of determination in his voice. Gravos simply nodded his head in agreement. Val gave them each a grateful look for being so understanding.
"Well we better start getting ready. I have a feeling that we are going to be away from home for a very long time."
A/N: Gods I am so sorry it took so long to get this posted, and it doesn't help that it was real short. I didn't know what else to write for this chapter but I can assure you the next one will be good. I've just been on this writer's block kick for the past few weeks and I was afraid for a moment that I was losing interest with this fic. I had begun writing a pro-V/F essay that I will post at Destined Dragons real soon so that was yet another reason for the delay.
Gomen minna san!!! ^_^;
Nowhere! That was all there was to it, she was nowhere to be found. Vanished, without a trace to her present whereabouts, it was as if she was never there to begin with. She was just… gone.
Val searched the entire cottage with a desperate yearning to find Filia. All his efforts were for nothing though. He just couldn't find her.
At first he thought she went for a walk or she went off to find him perhaps. However those notions were gone from his head when he found something out of place.
In the bathroom there was a spilt cup of tea next to the tub, which still had warm water in it.
Knowing Filia she would never let a cup of tea spill on the floor let alone leave it there but why would her bath water be warm still and her not in the house?
It then hit Val what must have happened. He didn't even need to guess who was to blame for Filia's disappearance.
Xelloss.
The more Val thought of it, the more it made sense. Val could now sense that he had been there.
'He must have known that we would argue and took it as his chance to kidnap Filia. The sick bastard actually took her while she was bathing.' Val thought to himself with a scowl of anger on his face as he pieced the puzzle together.
Now that he knew what happened to Filia the questions he had to answer now was where did Xelloss take Filia and how was he going to get her back. That was more important to him than finding out about his past. And besides he couldn't find his answers without Filia anyway.
'I wonder if she is alright?' Val thought to himself feeling guilty of the way he treated her. He made a vow to himself that when this was over he would make everything right again.
If Val hated Xelloss before it did not compare to the measure of hostility he felt now for the mysterious priest. The more Val thought of Xelloss he would imagine what he would try to do to Filia if he didn't reach her in time. And what he was picturing wasn't the both of them having tea together.
'I won't let that happen! But where would he take her? Where could they have gone?' Val questioned himself. In all the time he had known Xelloss he didn't actually know that much about him. He really was mysterious. Val knew that mazoku go to the astral plane and he wondered a moment if he had taken her there but wasn't there somewhere else that Xelloss lived? Yes there was somewhere else but he could not place what the name was let alone how to get there. He chided himself for not listening to Miss Lina when she told him of her travels, before she met Filia, and most of those stories had Xelloss in them and she gave important facts about him that he needed to remember right now.
'Let's see… did she say he lived on… what was it… an island? Yes! Miss Lina did say it was an island but what did she call it? Was it Beast Island? No, Xelloss' master was called Beastmaster though. Yes, Beastmaster Zelas Metallium! She was one of the subordinates of Ruby-Eye Shabranigdu, the Dark Lord of this world. That was all Val knew of her save for the fact she had a terrible smoking habit and was a bit of a drunk now and then. But what was her island called?
Letting out an exasperated sigh, Val left the bathroom trying his hardest to remember the name of the island where he assumed Filia was.
As he was coming down the stairway he heard Jillas and Gravos coming back from their daily errands. When they asked where their Onee-chan was, Val delved into the whole story of what transpired while they were out. When he was finished the two beast men had looks of utter shock on their faces.
Those looks didn't help Val feel any better it only made him feel worse. He was sure they were going to scold him for hurting Filia the way he did but he was actually surprised to hear them say… "Don't worry Val, we'll help you find Onee-chan and give that evil Xelloss what's coming to him." Jillas said with a sound of determination in his voice. Gravos simply nodded his head in agreement. Val gave them each a grateful look for being so understanding.
"Well we better start getting ready. I have a feeling that we are going to be away from home for a very long time."
A/N: Gods I am so sorry it took so long to get this posted, and it doesn't help that it was real short. I didn't know what else to write for this chapter but I can assure you the next one will be good. I've just been on this writer's block kick for the past few weeks and I was afraid for a moment that I was losing interest with this fic. I had begun writing a pro-V/F essay that I will post at Destined Dragons real soon so that was yet another reason for the delay.
Gomen minna san!!! ^_^;
