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Chapter #16: Deadly Obstacle.
*~*~*In the Forest--Reader's POV*~*~*
"Are you sure you saw it?" Harpy asked. "We've been walking in that way for hours with still no clearing!"
"Positive. It was a large black rock." Magician Girl stated simply.
"Well, I hope so." Swordsman muttered, not wanting to stay in a cave with these guys again. [Commander snores loudly.]
Red Magician was quiet once again.
"Something bothering you Red Magician?" Purple Magician asked.
Violet eyes met their twins. "What will we do once we are up there, battling Evil Storm? Our army is small. She has the whole world of Dark Monsters behind her--"
"--except us. Lord, Magician Girl, you, me, and Pixie aren't on her side, and we're Dark." Purple Magician put simply.
Red Magician smiled. "Yes. I suppose so. But that does not change anything. We are still greatly out-numbered."
"That's why we have to go there before their army has a chance to recuperate." Landstar stated.
Commander and Lord nodded in agreement.
Red Magician remained silent. Magician Girl noticed his withdrawal. [It's like he knows something we don't.]
"Come on. Let's keep moving." Lord shouts.
After a few more minutes of walking, Pixie cries, "THAT'S THEIR HIDE-OUT?! I mean, come on! How could you NOT notice a huge black rock in the middle of nowhere!?"
"Will you shut-up?!" Lord retorted. "We need to have the element of surprise if we want to beat them!" Under his breath, he mutters a quick, 'Idiot'
Pixie makes a face at him. [A bunch of children....] Angel thought.
Unaware to the group, a lone archer stalked them swiftly in the cover of the trees. An order rang through her head. [Find them, and kill them]
A twig snapped. Pixie whirled around. "What was that?"
"What was what?" Elf inquired.
"That--that--that noise! Didn't you hear it?"
"Hun, not all of us have ears like you, you know." Harpy concluded, poking the triangular shaped ears poking out at the side of Pixie's head.
"I'm serious! I heard something in the forest!" Pixie moved a finger in Swordsman direction.
"I didn't do it!" He announced stepping back, falling onto Commander. A groan came from Commander as he muttered, "Get off of me ya moron!"
"Not you! Behind you in the forest!" Pixie persisted.
"How do you know it wasn't Swordsman? Maybe he made the noise." Magician Girl reasoned.
Pixie stared speechless at the forest that Swordsman was standing in front of. That's when they heard it again.
Another twig snapped. It was getting closer.
"Okay, I heard that one too!" Purple Magician cried, eyes darting from place to place.
"Something or someone is out there, BESIDES us!" Landstar said.
"Everyone calm down." Angel reasoned. "If we don't bother it, maybe it won't bother us."
"Are you joking?!" Swordsman blurted out. "We are in a dangerous forest where no can be trusted! They're all against us!!"
Red Magician walked over and shook Swordsman by the shoulders. "Stop talking nonsense Joey! Just calm down!"
"Joey?" Swordsman asked.
Red Magician stopped. He stood silent, turned around and muttered, "Let's just get out of here."
[I called him 'Joey'.....where did that come from? Was it from that dream with the two dice? How did I even know that word?]
"Uh.....Red Magician, are you okay?" Purple Magician whispered.
"I'm fine Yu--Purple Magician." [There! I almost called him something else! What is wrong with me? Where is all this stuff coming from?]
"Okay....good."
"Can we please get moving...NOW?!" Lord shouts.
"Aren't you a little bit worried about the sounds Pixie is hearing?" Landstar asked concerned.
"No."
"Hey, I was just trying to help." Pixie bowed her head in silence.
"Look," Lord said, turning to face her. "It was probably just the wind, okay?"
"Fine. Whatever." Pixie turns away from him. [Why doesn't he believe me?]
Lord sighs and motions the others to follow him. "Let's go. We have little time left and a lot of ground to--"
An arrow, shot out from the trees behind them, passed through the others and went through Lord's torso.
Lord fell silently on his back. "X marks the spot." Said the figure who delivered the blow.
"NO!" Landstar cried. Pixie looked from Lord's fallen form to the Amazon Archer (1400/1000) standing in front of them, ready to take aim on Landstar.
"Landstar! WATCH OUT!" Elf cried as she hurried to swoop him out of the way. Landstar was not wounded, but Elf took the arrow in her arm.
"ELF!" Commander cried as he rushed to her aid. All three Magicians stood their ground in front of their fallen comrades, waiting for the archer's next move.
*~*~*In Black Rock--Reader's POV*~*~*
"Little sister, how did you know my name?" Dieen asked through Evil Storm's face.
"No one could ever forget something from the likes of you!" Storm Sister cried with Justi's anger. "NOW LET ME OUT!"
"Why would I want to do that?" Dieen asked
"I don't want a part in this sick, twisted game of yours anymore!" Justi cried from inside the Nightmare Cage.
"Well, it's not like you have much of a choice in the matter anyways."
Justi glared from inside the Cage. "Just wait. The others will find out what's going on! JUST WAIT!"
"I am waiting. And when they come, I'll be prepared." Dieen then walked off, leaving Justi alone.
That's when she noticed strange looking vases and candles sitting on a red table. [Those are Offerings to the Doomed! She's going to use them on the others! I must warn the Pharaoh! But how?]
*~*~*In the Forest--Reader's POV*~*~*
[NO!] Landstar screamed in thought. [Two people already dead! NO! Not Seto..oh please not Lord..]
Swordsman, Harpy and Commander huddled with the fallen soldiers. [Not Elf.] both Commander and Swordsman thought.
Just as the three Magicians were about to attack, Amazon Archer, she held out her own red die.
"OH NO!" Magician Girl shrilled, remembering what Red Magician had told them earlier. Amazon Archer rolled her die. It landed on a five.
"Oh dear." She whispered, as she took aim to fire again.
"Not on my watch!" Pixie called from the back. "NO ONE HURTS MY FRIENDS AND GETS AWAY WITH IT!"
She spread her wings and shut her eyes. Thunder crashed in the distance as a bolt of lightning came within the palm of her hand.
"STATIC CHARGE!" Pixie shouted as the lightning condensed into a ball of white sparks and she flung it towards her enemy.
Amazon Archer collapsed on impact.
Pixie growled deep in her throat and destroyed her 'Red Die' as well, freeing the Magicians from her magic. She lowered herself to the ground and walked over to the others.
"We need to find them some shelter. Quickly." Pixie stated quietly, looking down at Lord and at the arrow lodged within his chest.
Bending down, she grasped the arrow in her left hand and placed the other over Lord's mouth. Then she pulled.
A muffled scream and a jerk came out of Lord....and so did the blood. Landstar placed his hands around his mouth. Everyone else stood silently.
"You need to take the arrow out so the wood and metal don't cause infections." Pixie said calmly, throwing the bloody arrow on the ground. She made her way over to Elf.
It was Elf who gave Pixie her arm. "Do it quick."
In Swordsman's arms, she turned her head the other way and waited for the pain to come. And soon, it did......and Elf tried her best not to cry.
"Come on, let's go." Pixie said slowly getting up. "We need to find a clearing to let them rest."
Swordsman held Elf in his hands, cradling her. "Just hang on sis." He whispered. "Hang on."
Purple and Red Magician took one arm of Lord each and carried him, following Pixie to an opening.
"Here. In the safety of the rocks." Pixie pointed to a large boulder that made a perpendicular angle to another rock beside it. The others moved in at the wave of her hand.
"Pix?" Harpy asked, wanting to get her attention.
"Yeah?"
"I think Angel could help them." The feathered monster said. The lone angel stood silently behind Harpy.
Pixie regarded her and nodded. "Then do it." She walked over to where the two twin Magicians had placed Lord down. Landstar followed too.
She rested his head on her lap and took off his helmet. [The same person! From that dream! IT IS TRUE!] Green eyes opened in fascination at the fluttering blue orbs stuck in his head.
[Seto.....]
"Swordsman? Am I gonna be okay?" Elf snuggled in his chest, sobbing.
"Sis, look at me." Swordsman said. "You'll be fine because I'm here, and so are all the others! We're all here for you!"
"Yeah." Commander smirked. "You'll be fine." He reached over and patted her hand.
"Angel? How will you heal--?" Magician Girl started to say.
Dropping to her knees, Angel shut her eyes and focused on her inner power of raising the dead.
Harpy put a finger to her lips, telling everyone to shut-up or else.
Suddenly, two white feathers in Angel's tattered wings glowed brighter. That's when Lord and Elf began to shake. Lord cries out in agony as he feels a layer of his cut flesh being rebuilt. Elf buries herself in Swordsman's arms muffling her scream.
The two feathers slipped slowly from Angel's wings, signalling that the raising-of-the-dead process was happening. Her mouth was moving in a chant but no words were heard, not even from Pixie.
Lord jerked and Pixie tried to hold him steady with her hands. The blood sopped flowing out of him as more of his torn tissue was healed. Pixie could tell that it hurt more than getting the arrow in. For one thing, the recovery was slower.
Pixie lowered her head and whispered words that jumped into her head.
"If I could tell the world just one thing
It would be that we're all OK
And not to worry 'cause worry is wasteful
And useless in times like these
I won't be made useless
I won't be idle with despair
I will gather myself around my faith
For light does the darkness most fear
My hands are small, I know
But they're not yours, they are my own
But they're not yours, they are my own
And I am never broken."
Pixie realized that Landstar was also singing along with her and she smiled. Lord, exhausted by his recovery, fell asleep on Pixie's lap. Elf leaned on Swordsman and drifted into unconsciousness quickly.
That's when the two feathers feather's from Angel's wings fell from their previous location and turned black as they hit the soft earth.
"I guess we'll be staying here tonight." Magician Girl stated, resting beside a rock.
"Yes." Red Magician said quietly, taking his place beside Magician Girl. He could tell that the others were having memories coming in as well. From where, he did not know. But he felt as if he knew everyone here...from a different place...a different time.
[I hope this gets sorted out soon when we defeat Evil Storm..] However, doubt clouded his mind. [But what will happen if we don't succeed?]
*~*~* Black Rock--Reader's POV*~*~*
Evil Storm Sister's glowing orb cracked. [What?!] Her mind screeched. [How can their pathetic minds overcome my spell? It's--It's not possible!]
The glowing orb that showed if her spell was still in effect had splits in the sides. Slowly, the mortals and the one Pharaoh were beginning to get their memories of each other back. She couldn't explain how it happened. [I must attack them before they can come near me!]
She ginned evilly as an idea came to her head. [Or, maybe I want them to come near...After all, you need to catch the fish with some bait, no?] Her eyes wandered over to Justi.
[If they DO get their memories back, then surely the Pharaoh, 'Elaya' and the others will remember Justi..and they'll do anything to make sure that no harm comes to their friend..] With her new power boost from her 'sister' gave her the distinct advantage over any of the others ATK strength.
Her laugh echoed off the walls. Justi stared intently on the evil spirit. [What is she planning?]
She sat back in the Nightmare Cage and furrowed her brow. [I need to contact Yami! And quickly!]
A faint glow of the Millennium Eye symbol appeared on her forehead, unaware that her message was getting through to who the others called 'Red Magician'
*~*
Alright! Chappie 16 complete-o! Teehee...
Once again, sorries for the late update..had a lot of stuff happening! Christmas decorating..school (stupid assignments.stupid exams)..braces..(painful buggers.still not done putting them on!) and a whole lot of other school related crap that I have to do...*sigh*
Well, I hope I can get another chappie in before Christmas! I'm off to Cuba on the 28th! Sunshine here I come!
PLEASE REVIEW!
If you have the time, PLEASE REVIEW!! *~*all comments are appreciated*~*
Chapter #16: Deadly Obstacle.
*~*~*In the Forest--Reader's POV*~*~*
"Are you sure you saw it?" Harpy asked. "We've been walking in that way for hours with still no clearing!"
"Positive. It was a large black rock." Magician Girl stated simply.
"Well, I hope so." Swordsman muttered, not wanting to stay in a cave with these guys again. [Commander snores loudly.]
Red Magician was quiet once again.
"Something bothering you Red Magician?" Purple Magician asked.
Violet eyes met their twins. "What will we do once we are up there, battling Evil Storm? Our army is small. She has the whole world of Dark Monsters behind her--"
"--except us. Lord, Magician Girl, you, me, and Pixie aren't on her side, and we're Dark." Purple Magician put simply.
Red Magician smiled. "Yes. I suppose so. But that does not change anything. We are still greatly out-numbered."
"That's why we have to go there before their army has a chance to recuperate." Landstar stated.
Commander and Lord nodded in agreement.
Red Magician remained silent. Magician Girl noticed his withdrawal. [It's like he knows something we don't.]
"Come on. Let's keep moving." Lord shouts.
After a few more minutes of walking, Pixie cries, "THAT'S THEIR HIDE-OUT?! I mean, come on! How could you NOT notice a huge black rock in the middle of nowhere!?"
"Will you shut-up?!" Lord retorted. "We need to have the element of surprise if we want to beat them!" Under his breath, he mutters a quick, 'Idiot'
Pixie makes a face at him. [A bunch of children....] Angel thought.
Unaware to the group, a lone archer stalked them swiftly in the cover of the trees. An order rang through her head. [Find them, and kill them]
A twig snapped. Pixie whirled around. "What was that?"
"What was what?" Elf inquired.
"That--that--that noise! Didn't you hear it?"
"Hun, not all of us have ears like you, you know." Harpy concluded, poking the triangular shaped ears poking out at the side of Pixie's head.
"I'm serious! I heard something in the forest!" Pixie moved a finger in Swordsman direction.
"I didn't do it!" He announced stepping back, falling onto Commander. A groan came from Commander as he muttered, "Get off of me ya moron!"
"Not you! Behind you in the forest!" Pixie persisted.
"How do you know it wasn't Swordsman? Maybe he made the noise." Magician Girl reasoned.
Pixie stared speechless at the forest that Swordsman was standing in front of. That's when they heard it again.
Another twig snapped. It was getting closer.
"Okay, I heard that one too!" Purple Magician cried, eyes darting from place to place.
"Something or someone is out there, BESIDES us!" Landstar said.
"Everyone calm down." Angel reasoned. "If we don't bother it, maybe it won't bother us."
"Are you joking?!" Swordsman blurted out. "We are in a dangerous forest where no can be trusted! They're all against us!!"
Red Magician walked over and shook Swordsman by the shoulders. "Stop talking nonsense Joey! Just calm down!"
"Joey?" Swordsman asked.
Red Magician stopped. He stood silent, turned around and muttered, "Let's just get out of here."
[I called him 'Joey'.....where did that come from? Was it from that dream with the two dice? How did I even know that word?]
"Uh.....Red Magician, are you okay?" Purple Magician whispered.
"I'm fine Yu--Purple Magician." [There! I almost called him something else! What is wrong with me? Where is all this stuff coming from?]
"Okay....good."
"Can we please get moving...NOW?!" Lord shouts.
"Aren't you a little bit worried about the sounds Pixie is hearing?" Landstar asked concerned.
"No."
"Hey, I was just trying to help." Pixie bowed her head in silence.
"Look," Lord said, turning to face her. "It was probably just the wind, okay?"
"Fine. Whatever." Pixie turns away from him. [Why doesn't he believe me?]
Lord sighs and motions the others to follow him. "Let's go. We have little time left and a lot of ground to--"
An arrow, shot out from the trees behind them, passed through the others and went through Lord's torso.
Lord fell silently on his back. "X marks the spot." Said the figure who delivered the blow.
"NO!" Landstar cried. Pixie looked from Lord's fallen form to the Amazon Archer (1400/1000) standing in front of them, ready to take aim on Landstar.
"Landstar! WATCH OUT!" Elf cried as she hurried to swoop him out of the way. Landstar was not wounded, but Elf took the arrow in her arm.
"ELF!" Commander cried as he rushed to her aid. All three Magicians stood their ground in front of their fallen comrades, waiting for the archer's next move.
*~*~*In Black Rock--Reader's POV*~*~*
"Little sister, how did you know my name?" Dieen asked through Evil Storm's face.
"No one could ever forget something from the likes of you!" Storm Sister cried with Justi's anger. "NOW LET ME OUT!"
"Why would I want to do that?" Dieen asked
"I don't want a part in this sick, twisted game of yours anymore!" Justi cried from inside the Nightmare Cage.
"Well, it's not like you have much of a choice in the matter anyways."
Justi glared from inside the Cage. "Just wait. The others will find out what's going on! JUST WAIT!"
"I am waiting. And when they come, I'll be prepared." Dieen then walked off, leaving Justi alone.
That's when she noticed strange looking vases and candles sitting on a red table. [Those are Offerings to the Doomed! She's going to use them on the others! I must warn the Pharaoh! But how?]
*~*~*In the Forest--Reader's POV*~*~*
[NO!] Landstar screamed in thought. [Two people already dead! NO! Not Seto..oh please not Lord..]
Swordsman, Harpy and Commander huddled with the fallen soldiers. [Not Elf.] both Commander and Swordsman thought.
Just as the three Magicians were about to attack, Amazon Archer, she held out her own red die.
"OH NO!" Magician Girl shrilled, remembering what Red Magician had told them earlier. Amazon Archer rolled her die. It landed on a five.
"Oh dear." She whispered, as she took aim to fire again.
"Not on my watch!" Pixie called from the back. "NO ONE HURTS MY FRIENDS AND GETS AWAY WITH IT!"
She spread her wings and shut her eyes. Thunder crashed in the distance as a bolt of lightning came within the palm of her hand.
"STATIC CHARGE!" Pixie shouted as the lightning condensed into a ball of white sparks and she flung it towards her enemy.
Amazon Archer collapsed on impact.
Pixie growled deep in her throat and destroyed her 'Red Die' as well, freeing the Magicians from her magic. She lowered herself to the ground and walked over to the others.
"We need to find them some shelter. Quickly." Pixie stated quietly, looking down at Lord and at the arrow lodged within his chest.
Bending down, she grasped the arrow in her left hand and placed the other over Lord's mouth. Then she pulled.
A muffled scream and a jerk came out of Lord....and so did the blood. Landstar placed his hands around his mouth. Everyone else stood silently.
"You need to take the arrow out so the wood and metal don't cause infections." Pixie said calmly, throwing the bloody arrow on the ground. She made her way over to Elf.
It was Elf who gave Pixie her arm. "Do it quick."
In Swordsman's arms, she turned her head the other way and waited for the pain to come. And soon, it did......and Elf tried her best not to cry.
"Come on, let's go." Pixie said slowly getting up. "We need to find a clearing to let them rest."
Swordsman held Elf in his hands, cradling her. "Just hang on sis." He whispered. "Hang on."
Purple and Red Magician took one arm of Lord each and carried him, following Pixie to an opening.
"Here. In the safety of the rocks." Pixie pointed to a large boulder that made a perpendicular angle to another rock beside it. The others moved in at the wave of her hand.
"Pix?" Harpy asked, wanting to get her attention.
"Yeah?"
"I think Angel could help them." The feathered monster said. The lone angel stood silently behind Harpy.
Pixie regarded her and nodded. "Then do it." She walked over to where the two twin Magicians had placed Lord down. Landstar followed too.
She rested his head on her lap and took off his helmet. [The same person! From that dream! IT IS TRUE!] Green eyes opened in fascination at the fluttering blue orbs stuck in his head.
[Seto.....]
"Swordsman? Am I gonna be okay?" Elf snuggled in his chest, sobbing.
"Sis, look at me." Swordsman said. "You'll be fine because I'm here, and so are all the others! We're all here for you!"
"Yeah." Commander smirked. "You'll be fine." He reached over and patted her hand.
"Angel? How will you heal--?" Magician Girl started to say.
Dropping to her knees, Angel shut her eyes and focused on her inner power of raising the dead.
Harpy put a finger to her lips, telling everyone to shut-up or else.
Suddenly, two white feathers in Angel's tattered wings glowed brighter. That's when Lord and Elf began to shake. Lord cries out in agony as he feels a layer of his cut flesh being rebuilt. Elf buries herself in Swordsman's arms muffling her scream.
The two feathers slipped slowly from Angel's wings, signalling that the raising-of-the-dead process was happening. Her mouth was moving in a chant but no words were heard, not even from Pixie.
Lord jerked and Pixie tried to hold him steady with her hands. The blood sopped flowing out of him as more of his torn tissue was healed. Pixie could tell that it hurt more than getting the arrow in. For one thing, the recovery was slower.
Pixie lowered her head and whispered words that jumped into her head.
"If I could tell the world just one thing
It would be that we're all OK
And not to worry 'cause worry is wasteful
And useless in times like these
I won't be made useless
I won't be idle with despair
I will gather myself around my faith
For light does the darkness most fear
My hands are small, I know
But they're not yours, they are my own
But they're not yours, they are my own
And I am never broken."
Pixie realized that Landstar was also singing along with her and she smiled. Lord, exhausted by his recovery, fell asleep on Pixie's lap. Elf leaned on Swordsman and drifted into unconsciousness quickly.
That's when the two feathers feather's from Angel's wings fell from their previous location and turned black as they hit the soft earth.
"I guess we'll be staying here tonight." Magician Girl stated, resting beside a rock.
"Yes." Red Magician said quietly, taking his place beside Magician Girl. He could tell that the others were having memories coming in as well. From where, he did not know. But he felt as if he knew everyone here...from a different place...a different time.
[I hope this gets sorted out soon when we defeat Evil Storm..] However, doubt clouded his mind. [But what will happen if we don't succeed?]
*~*~* Black Rock--Reader's POV*~*~*
Evil Storm Sister's glowing orb cracked. [What?!] Her mind screeched. [How can their pathetic minds overcome my spell? It's--It's not possible!]
The glowing orb that showed if her spell was still in effect had splits in the sides. Slowly, the mortals and the one Pharaoh were beginning to get their memories of each other back. She couldn't explain how it happened. [I must attack them before they can come near me!]
She ginned evilly as an idea came to her head. [Or, maybe I want them to come near...After all, you need to catch the fish with some bait, no?] Her eyes wandered over to Justi.
[If they DO get their memories back, then surely the Pharaoh, 'Elaya' and the others will remember Justi..and they'll do anything to make sure that no harm comes to their friend..] With her new power boost from her 'sister' gave her the distinct advantage over any of the others ATK strength.
Her laugh echoed off the walls. Justi stared intently on the evil spirit. [What is she planning?]
She sat back in the Nightmare Cage and furrowed her brow. [I need to contact Yami! And quickly!]
A faint glow of the Millennium Eye symbol appeared on her forehead, unaware that her message was getting through to who the others called 'Red Magician'
*~*
Alright! Chappie 16 complete-o! Teehee...
Once again, sorries for the late update..had a lot of stuff happening! Christmas decorating..school (stupid assignments.stupid exams)..braces..(painful buggers.still not done putting them on!) and a whole lot of other school related crap that I have to do...*sigh*
Well, I hope I can get another chappie in before Christmas! I'm off to Cuba on the 28th! Sunshine here I come!
PLEASE REVIEW!
