AN: Tell me if you think the story is getting more interesting. ^_^;
Everything will seem confusing at first, but I hope you still enjoy my fic.
Chapter III
My captor, The Trickster, A lonely past
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Amelia stirred in her sleep. Her blue eyes shot open. Surroundings were unfamiliar to her. She tried to run, somewhere, anywhere. But chains tied her down. Peering through the darkness, she examined her surroundings. She appeared to be in a cell. And her limbs were bond to chains that were stuck into a wall. A rat scurried on the ground near her feet, trying to find a morsel of food.
Remembrance of the past night rushed back into her memory. All she could remember was dancing with Zelgadis. Then a fog raised all around them. A pair of arms grabbed her from behind, and knocked her out with a sleeping spell. Then, she was here. As to why she was here, she wasn't quite sure.
It was cold and misty in the cell. Her dress was tattered and dirty. Amelia tried to stand, but her legs gave way and she hurled back onto the concrete floor. She could hear a growl, lifting her eyes from the ground she saw a pair of red glowing eyes belonging to a furry beast appearing to be a wolf.
Amelia's mouth hung open, trembling with fear. She tried to recite a spell, but nothing came. The wolf snapped at her, inching closer and closer. Drool dripping from its long fangs.
"Don't worry miss, he won't bite you. Unless I tell him to." Said the gentle voice of a female. Looking up, she saw a blonde woman with purple slit eyes. The cell door was open, and the wolf looked at Amelia longing to taste her human flesh. But it wouldn't move any closer to her than the three feet distance they had between them.
"W-who are you." Amelia stuttered, then realizing how weak sounding she was, she tried to change the scared tone in her voice, "This isn't justice at all! Kidnapping an innocent person. What is your purpose!" Amelia spat out bravely.
The woman quirked a brow. "I would bite my tongue if I were you."
"Then it's a good thing your not."
The wolf before her began to snarl and nearly bit off her nose. Amelia screeched, and backed away until her back pressed against the stoned wall.
"Calm yourself, Kain. Now I warn you, one more remark like that and I will fed you to my loyal servant here." The girls lip curled into a smirk. "Shall I introduce myself then? I am Zelas Metallium. Do not fear I will not hurt you, just yet. I have brought you here for special reasons, but I will not get into vivid details. It will all be out in the open, in time. But I do believe that you should really watch whom you get yourself mixed up with. For instance, that friend of yours, Lina Inverse. She will play a role in this soon enough. Right now, you're my bait."
Amelia sat there speechless on the cold floor. Each time she tried to speak, her words slurred, which made herself sound stupid.
"What does Lina, have to do with anything!" Angry tears were now threatening in Amelia's eyes, "Why me!"
The girl just chuckled and said, "Sore was himitsu desu."
'Where have I heard that saying before..' Amelia pondered to herself only for a split second before it was quickly drawn back to her memory.
"Y-your.. Zelas! Master of Xellos." Her eyes widened. And Zelas simply nod her head.
"Aye, I am. And if you didn't already know, you're on Wolf Pack Island."
Amelia chuckled, as if she found something funny, "My friends will save me." Her blue eyes darkened.
"Are you that dense? The only way they will figure out that your even here is if Xellos snitches. But I highly doubt that. They will not come for you." Zelas approached Amelia, and leaned in to kiss her on the forehead. Her lips were cold as ice. "They cherish you dearly you know, that's why you are here. They will do anything to save you, even if it cost them their own life. A human's heart is fragile, easily broken. It's humorous, watching you humans suffer like you do. But no worries, you will soon know the true meaning of suffering." She smirked.
"Your evil." Hatred flashed through Amelia's eyes, "As long as my friends are out there. I know everything will turn out all right. I have hope! Justice is on my side! And light will always prevail over darkness! Besides, we have fought demons before. You will be a breeze to Lina!"
"So you think." Zelas laughed, and cupped Amelia's chin. She tried to pull away from Zelas' gasp, but with no prevail. Zelas forced her to stare into her eyes.
"There is no Justice here. Before I am through with you, your entire outlook on life will be sucked out of you. There is no hope, love. There is no light in this darkness." With that, she released Amelia.
Amelia looked to the ground, avoiding eye contact. She bit her bottom lip, trying not to show any sign of weakness. She could hear a new pair of footsteps approaching her cell, but she didn't care.
"Oh good, look who it is. Does this comfort you Miss Amelia?" Zelas called out to Amelia, sarcasm lingering in her voice.
Amelia's gaze lifted then grew wide with shock. Then her eyes flashed hatred, betrayal, and fear at the man who stood before her. "You!" She shouted angrily.
"Hello, Amelia-chan." Echoed a cheerful voice, "Happy to see me?"
~ * * * ~
"AMELIA!" Zelgadis sat upright in his bed. Just like the night before, he had another nightmare. Of Amelia being tortured somewhere by dark hooded figures. He wiped a coat of cold sweat from his forehead. "Only a dream. only a dream.."
His door swung open, and Luna rushed into the room. "Are you all right?" She breathed heavily, trying to catch her breath. "I ran in here when I heard you scream."
"Yes. I'm fine, just another nightmare. I suppose the others are used to it by now, or they would have rushed in here as well." Zelgadis heaved a sigh, and dragged his feet to the end of his bed.
Luna gave him a weary smile, and walked over to him. Sitting next to him, she gently covered her hand over his and gave it a slight squeeze. "It's about Amelia, am I right?" Zelgadis nods. "I promise you, we'll find a way to get to her." Luna smiled at him, trying to comfort him. "You loved her, didn't you?"
Zelgadis' cheeks turned scarlet. Then he nods again.
"Aww, how cute. Trust me, I'm sure she is fine. At any rate, do you want a sleeping potion? I have some downstairs. I need some myself to block the noises of Lina and Gourry's snoring upstairs."
"No thanks."
"No? Then will you come downstairs with me? There is something I can show you, to relieve your mind a little. It may even make you laugh, for once."
He heaved a sigh and stood up. Taking this as a yes, she motioned him downstairs with her. Holding up her candle to see through the shadows.
Downstairs was pitch-dark; she walked around the room lighting candles. Then when the room wasn't so dim, she offered him a seat and scurried off into another room. Zelgadis made himself comfortable on the couch and waited for her to return.
Luna came back shortly, with a box hugged close to her chest. A weak smile played on her lips.
"What's this?" Zelgadis asked, looking at the box.
Sitting down next to Zelgadis, she sat the box on the table in front of them. Lifting the lid from the box it revealed many old photo's being stored inside.
"Photo's.."
Luna scooped up a black and white photo and showed it to him. A chibi looking Lina was in the photo, sitting in amidst of flowers. She looked so innocent being that young. The next photo was of Luna, being a waitress at where she worked, and still did. Luna paused, when she reached a photo shot of the entire family. Their mother had long flowing red locks just like Lina. In fact, Lina resembled her mom very well and Luna looked more like her fathers accept he had longer hair that was pulled back into a ponytail. In front of their parents stood two sisters, the youngest one flashing a victory sign at the camera.
"That was our parents, from a long time ago." Luna said sadly, staring at the picture and stroking it with her thumb.
"What happened to them?" Zelgadis asked curiously. He knew it was being nosy, but he just couldn't resist.
"They were murdered."
"How did it happen?"
"Bandits attacked our town one day." Luna sighed.
Zelgadis decided to leave it at that. He could tell that she sore about the subject. He picked up a picture of Luna. His eye twitched madly, Luna looked over and blushed furiously and snatched the photo from his hands.
"Lina took that picture." She said irritably, and tucked it under a pile of other pictures. "We were short on cash after our parents death. It was hard times, and we were poor. So Lina decided to help out by making projections of me taking a bath."
"Ah." Zelgadis replied, fearing to pick up another photo.
"Here's a good one!" Luna thrust a picture of a redheaded toddler. She had her hands on her hips, glaring daggers at whoever took the photo. Lina was wearing a pink fluffy dress. Zelgadis chuckled slightly; this brought a smile to Luna's face.
She flipped through many pictures. Telling him many stories, and showing him many memories. Lina had never told them about her past before. Zelgadis wondered why she never told them..
~ * * * ~
Lina rolled over on her side. Peering through the darkness, trying to find sleep that would not come. She had slept for maybe two hours at the most. But she couldn't fall back to sleep. Something was haunting her. Something evil was drawing near, she could feel it, and she could sense it.
Ruby eyes looked around the room. Her room was the same as she last left it. It felt strange sleeping in her old bed again. But coming back to her hometown and her house brought back painful memories. Giving in, she kicks off her blanket and got out of bed.
Walking over to her dresser she looks in the mirror at her own reflection. Her face looked dark while being amongst the shadows. She looked down, and scurried for something from her dresser drawer and pulled out a dagger. She dragged her thumb over the blade, it pursed her skin and a droplet of blood came from the wound. "Still sharp.."
She looked back up at the mirror. A reflection of someone's face appeared behind her. She quickly responded to the intruder, and twirled around in a blink of an eye and held the blade to his throat.
"Calm yourself Lina-chan." Said Xellos, who gently lowered the dagger from his throat.
Lina glared at him, her eyes burning hatred. "You pulled me out of that spa! Did you not notice my clothes were off? What were you doing in there in a woman's spa in the first place? You hentai bastard!"
"To save you, ne?" He gave her a pouty face.
"Do you think you can buy me with that look?" Lina spat, "Also! Why were you getting fresh with me that night on Amelia's birthday! Then disappear for weeks!"
Xellos waved his finger in front of her face saying, "Sore wa himitsu desu."
"You damn mazoku! Is that all you ever say!?"
"What do you purpose me to say?"
"Why don't you give someone a straight answer for once!"
"What's the fun in that?"
"Shut up fruitcake!" Lina growled, holding her hands in the position to recite the fire spell. "Fire!-"
Xellos stepped closer, "Do you want to wake everyone up?"
"Xellos, why are you here."
"Do you really want me to answer that?"
Lina heaved a sigh. Did he always have to be so damn annoying. She walked passed him, without giving him even a side-glance, and sat on her bed stuffing her feet under the blankets. Trying to pretend like he wasn't there, she rolled over on her side and was pretending to try to drift off to sleep.
She could here no movement from Xellos. Until her bed creaked, and someone lied on the bed beside her. Turning over, with the dagger still her hands she threatens Xellos with the knife again, "Get out!"
"Tsk, tsk Lina." Xellos shook his head in disappointment. Then without any trouble at all, he took the dagger from Lina and sat it on the bed stand beside him. All Lina did was glare at him. Oh how she wanted to kill him at this moment.
"Get out." Lina repeated, more softly this time. "Before I-"
"Before you -what- Lina-chan?" Xellos grinned, then paused when he received no further response from her, "You know something, I think I will tell you why I'm here."
Lina looked up at him curiously. Wondering what the catch was. Xellos leaned over and kissed her, not one of his cheap cheek kisses like before, but fully on the lips. Then before Lina could swing her fist at him, he was gone just like that.
"Curse you Xellos!" Lina shouted in the dark, but he was already gone.
Chapter III
My captor, The Trickster, A lonely past
~ * * * ~
Amelia stirred in her sleep. Her blue eyes shot open. Surroundings were unfamiliar to her. She tried to run, somewhere, anywhere. But chains tied her down. Peering through the darkness, she examined her surroundings. She appeared to be in a cell. And her limbs were bond to chains that were stuck into a wall. A rat scurried on the ground near her feet, trying to find a morsel of food.
Remembrance of the past night rushed back into her memory. All she could remember was dancing with Zelgadis. Then a fog raised all around them. A pair of arms grabbed her from behind, and knocked her out with a sleeping spell. Then, she was here. As to why she was here, she wasn't quite sure.
It was cold and misty in the cell. Her dress was tattered and dirty. Amelia tried to stand, but her legs gave way and she hurled back onto the concrete floor. She could hear a growl, lifting her eyes from the ground she saw a pair of red glowing eyes belonging to a furry beast appearing to be a wolf.
Amelia's mouth hung open, trembling with fear. She tried to recite a spell, but nothing came. The wolf snapped at her, inching closer and closer. Drool dripping from its long fangs.
"Don't worry miss, he won't bite you. Unless I tell him to." Said the gentle voice of a female. Looking up, she saw a blonde woman with purple slit eyes. The cell door was open, and the wolf looked at Amelia longing to taste her human flesh. But it wouldn't move any closer to her than the three feet distance they had between them.
"W-who are you." Amelia stuttered, then realizing how weak sounding she was, she tried to change the scared tone in her voice, "This isn't justice at all! Kidnapping an innocent person. What is your purpose!" Amelia spat out bravely.
The woman quirked a brow. "I would bite my tongue if I were you."
"Then it's a good thing your not."
The wolf before her began to snarl and nearly bit off her nose. Amelia screeched, and backed away until her back pressed against the stoned wall.
"Calm yourself, Kain. Now I warn you, one more remark like that and I will fed you to my loyal servant here." The girls lip curled into a smirk. "Shall I introduce myself then? I am Zelas Metallium. Do not fear I will not hurt you, just yet. I have brought you here for special reasons, but I will not get into vivid details. It will all be out in the open, in time. But I do believe that you should really watch whom you get yourself mixed up with. For instance, that friend of yours, Lina Inverse. She will play a role in this soon enough. Right now, you're my bait."
Amelia sat there speechless on the cold floor. Each time she tried to speak, her words slurred, which made herself sound stupid.
"What does Lina, have to do with anything!" Angry tears were now threatening in Amelia's eyes, "Why me!"
The girl just chuckled and said, "Sore was himitsu desu."
'Where have I heard that saying before..' Amelia pondered to herself only for a split second before it was quickly drawn back to her memory.
"Y-your.. Zelas! Master of Xellos." Her eyes widened. And Zelas simply nod her head.
"Aye, I am. And if you didn't already know, you're on Wolf Pack Island."
Amelia chuckled, as if she found something funny, "My friends will save me." Her blue eyes darkened.
"Are you that dense? The only way they will figure out that your even here is if Xellos snitches. But I highly doubt that. They will not come for you." Zelas approached Amelia, and leaned in to kiss her on the forehead. Her lips were cold as ice. "They cherish you dearly you know, that's why you are here. They will do anything to save you, even if it cost them their own life. A human's heart is fragile, easily broken. It's humorous, watching you humans suffer like you do. But no worries, you will soon know the true meaning of suffering." She smirked.
"Your evil." Hatred flashed through Amelia's eyes, "As long as my friends are out there. I know everything will turn out all right. I have hope! Justice is on my side! And light will always prevail over darkness! Besides, we have fought demons before. You will be a breeze to Lina!"
"So you think." Zelas laughed, and cupped Amelia's chin. She tried to pull away from Zelas' gasp, but with no prevail. Zelas forced her to stare into her eyes.
"There is no Justice here. Before I am through with you, your entire outlook on life will be sucked out of you. There is no hope, love. There is no light in this darkness." With that, she released Amelia.
Amelia looked to the ground, avoiding eye contact. She bit her bottom lip, trying not to show any sign of weakness. She could hear a new pair of footsteps approaching her cell, but she didn't care.
"Oh good, look who it is. Does this comfort you Miss Amelia?" Zelas called out to Amelia, sarcasm lingering in her voice.
Amelia's gaze lifted then grew wide with shock. Then her eyes flashed hatred, betrayal, and fear at the man who stood before her. "You!" She shouted angrily.
"Hello, Amelia-chan." Echoed a cheerful voice, "Happy to see me?"
~ * * * ~
"AMELIA!" Zelgadis sat upright in his bed. Just like the night before, he had another nightmare. Of Amelia being tortured somewhere by dark hooded figures. He wiped a coat of cold sweat from his forehead. "Only a dream. only a dream.."
His door swung open, and Luna rushed into the room. "Are you all right?" She breathed heavily, trying to catch her breath. "I ran in here when I heard you scream."
"Yes. I'm fine, just another nightmare. I suppose the others are used to it by now, or they would have rushed in here as well." Zelgadis heaved a sigh, and dragged his feet to the end of his bed.
Luna gave him a weary smile, and walked over to him. Sitting next to him, she gently covered her hand over his and gave it a slight squeeze. "It's about Amelia, am I right?" Zelgadis nods. "I promise you, we'll find a way to get to her." Luna smiled at him, trying to comfort him. "You loved her, didn't you?"
Zelgadis' cheeks turned scarlet. Then he nods again.
"Aww, how cute. Trust me, I'm sure she is fine. At any rate, do you want a sleeping potion? I have some downstairs. I need some myself to block the noises of Lina and Gourry's snoring upstairs."
"No thanks."
"No? Then will you come downstairs with me? There is something I can show you, to relieve your mind a little. It may even make you laugh, for once."
He heaved a sigh and stood up. Taking this as a yes, she motioned him downstairs with her. Holding up her candle to see through the shadows.
Downstairs was pitch-dark; she walked around the room lighting candles. Then when the room wasn't so dim, she offered him a seat and scurried off into another room. Zelgadis made himself comfortable on the couch and waited for her to return.
Luna came back shortly, with a box hugged close to her chest. A weak smile played on her lips.
"What's this?" Zelgadis asked, looking at the box.
Sitting down next to Zelgadis, she sat the box on the table in front of them. Lifting the lid from the box it revealed many old photo's being stored inside.
"Photo's.."
Luna scooped up a black and white photo and showed it to him. A chibi looking Lina was in the photo, sitting in amidst of flowers. She looked so innocent being that young. The next photo was of Luna, being a waitress at where she worked, and still did. Luna paused, when she reached a photo shot of the entire family. Their mother had long flowing red locks just like Lina. In fact, Lina resembled her mom very well and Luna looked more like her fathers accept he had longer hair that was pulled back into a ponytail. In front of their parents stood two sisters, the youngest one flashing a victory sign at the camera.
"That was our parents, from a long time ago." Luna said sadly, staring at the picture and stroking it with her thumb.
"What happened to them?" Zelgadis asked curiously. He knew it was being nosy, but he just couldn't resist.
"They were murdered."
"How did it happen?"
"Bandits attacked our town one day." Luna sighed.
Zelgadis decided to leave it at that. He could tell that she sore about the subject. He picked up a picture of Luna. His eye twitched madly, Luna looked over and blushed furiously and snatched the photo from his hands.
"Lina took that picture." She said irritably, and tucked it under a pile of other pictures. "We were short on cash after our parents death. It was hard times, and we were poor. So Lina decided to help out by making projections of me taking a bath."
"Ah." Zelgadis replied, fearing to pick up another photo.
"Here's a good one!" Luna thrust a picture of a redheaded toddler. She had her hands on her hips, glaring daggers at whoever took the photo. Lina was wearing a pink fluffy dress. Zelgadis chuckled slightly; this brought a smile to Luna's face.
She flipped through many pictures. Telling him many stories, and showing him many memories. Lina had never told them about her past before. Zelgadis wondered why she never told them..
~ * * * ~
Lina rolled over on her side. Peering through the darkness, trying to find sleep that would not come. She had slept for maybe two hours at the most. But she couldn't fall back to sleep. Something was haunting her. Something evil was drawing near, she could feel it, and she could sense it.
Ruby eyes looked around the room. Her room was the same as she last left it. It felt strange sleeping in her old bed again. But coming back to her hometown and her house brought back painful memories. Giving in, she kicks off her blanket and got out of bed.
Walking over to her dresser she looks in the mirror at her own reflection. Her face looked dark while being amongst the shadows. She looked down, and scurried for something from her dresser drawer and pulled out a dagger. She dragged her thumb over the blade, it pursed her skin and a droplet of blood came from the wound. "Still sharp.."
She looked back up at the mirror. A reflection of someone's face appeared behind her. She quickly responded to the intruder, and twirled around in a blink of an eye and held the blade to his throat.
"Calm yourself Lina-chan." Said Xellos, who gently lowered the dagger from his throat.
Lina glared at him, her eyes burning hatred. "You pulled me out of that spa! Did you not notice my clothes were off? What were you doing in there in a woman's spa in the first place? You hentai bastard!"
"To save you, ne?" He gave her a pouty face.
"Do you think you can buy me with that look?" Lina spat, "Also! Why were you getting fresh with me that night on Amelia's birthday! Then disappear for weeks!"
Xellos waved his finger in front of her face saying, "Sore wa himitsu desu."
"You damn mazoku! Is that all you ever say!?"
"What do you purpose me to say?"
"Why don't you give someone a straight answer for once!"
"What's the fun in that?"
"Shut up fruitcake!" Lina growled, holding her hands in the position to recite the fire spell. "Fire!-"
Xellos stepped closer, "Do you want to wake everyone up?"
"Xellos, why are you here."
"Do you really want me to answer that?"
Lina heaved a sigh. Did he always have to be so damn annoying. She walked passed him, without giving him even a side-glance, and sat on her bed stuffing her feet under the blankets. Trying to pretend like he wasn't there, she rolled over on her side and was pretending to try to drift off to sleep.
She could here no movement from Xellos. Until her bed creaked, and someone lied on the bed beside her. Turning over, with the dagger still her hands she threatens Xellos with the knife again, "Get out!"
"Tsk, tsk Lina." Xellos shook his head in disappointment. Then without any trouble at all, he took the dagger from Lina and sat it on the bed stand beside him. All Lina did was glare at him. Oh how she wanted to kill him at this moment.
"Get out." Lina repeated, more softly this time. "Before I-"
"Before you -what- Lina-chan?" Xellos grinned, then paused when he received no further response from her, "You know something, I think I will tell you why I'm here."
Lina looked up at him curiously. Wondering what the catch was. Xellos leaned over and kissed her, not one of his cheap cheek kisses like before, but fully on the lips. Then before Lina could swing her fist at him, he was gone just like that.
"Curse you Xellos!" Lina shouted in the dark, but he was already gone.