When Zelgadis awoke he was lying in bed. "Wha-, what? How did I."
Then reality reared its head like a cobra with a hangover and Zel briefly
thought "Oh crap" before he heard an "Eep" in the corner.
"Mr. Zelgadis?" asked Amelia in a worried voice.
"Amelia, what are you doing here?
"Well, I thought you might be hurt and. Oh Mr. Zelgadis I was so worried." Amelia was nearly crying now, and without warning jumped forward and hugged Zel as best she could while he was lying down and sobbed "I was so scared." Then she realized that she was hugging Zel's waist and leaning her head on his chiseled abs (pun intended), and started blushing furiously. She blushed even more fiercely when she realized that he was hugging her back. She looked up and gasped in shock. He was changing before her eyes. His skin was still blue, but without the pebbles. His hands were clawed. His hair had been replaced by short black quills and his eyes were staring luridly at her. She tried to pull back, but he pulled her closer still and crushed his face against hers and kissed her, forcing her lips open with his tongue. At length he/it pulled back, savoring the fear wafting off her trembling body.
"What's the matter?" he hissed. "Don't you like it?"
Amelia did the only thing she could. She screamed. She screamed so loud that the creature that had been Zel covered his/its ears in agony. Lina heard the screaming and run into the room, kicking down the door. The sight that greeted her was horrifying. A brau demon was clutching its ears in agony. It had three-pointed feet and a thick tail, and seemed strangely familiar.
"Amelia," she yelled, "get away so I can fireball it."
Amelia stopped screaming and said "No, don't, it's Mr. Zelgadis."
"That thing is ZEL?" Lina yelled in a disbelieving tone.
At this point, the demon recovered from the screaming and leapt at Lina. Amelia took the opportunity to cast a sleep spell. The demon slumped forward, unconscious, and slowly reverted back to Zel.
"Amelia, what the hell is going on?" asked Lina.
"I don't know Ms. Lina, he woke up and I hugged him and he. well, transformed."
"I guess now we know what Xellos meant when we talked to him last night." commented Lina.
Amelia just stared at Zel's body and said "poor Mr. Zelgadis."
"Come on," said Lina, "let's get the rest of the group together, there's a lot to discuss. You better tie Zel up before he regains consciousness." As Lina walked out the door, she looked back at Amelia, busily searching Zel's pack for rope. "You better come through this Zel" she murmured to herself. "She really cares for you." Then she continued through the door in search of her comrades.
"Mr. Zelgadis?" asked Amelia in a worried voice.
"Amelia, what are you doing here?
"Well, I thought you might be hurt and. Oh Mr. Zelgadis I was so worried." Amelia was nearly crying now, and without warning jumped forward and hugged Zel as best she could while he was lying down and sobbed "I was so scared." Then she realized that she was hugging Zel's waist and leaning her head on his chiseled abs (pun intended), and started blushing furiously. She blushed even more fiercely when she realized that he was hugging her back. She looked up and gasped in shock. He was changing before her eyes. His skin was still blue, but without the pebbles. His hands were clawed. His hair had been replaced by short black quills and his eyes were staring luridly at her. She tried to pull back, but he pulled her closer still and crushed his face against hers and kissed her, forcing her lips open with his tongue. At length he/it pulled back, savoring the fear wafting off her trembling body.
"What's the matter?" he hissed. "Don't you like it?"
Amelia did the only thing she could. She screamed. She screamed so loud that the creature that had been Zel covered his/its ears in agony. Lina heard the screaming and run into the room, kicking down the door. The sight that greeted her was horrifying. A brau demon was clutching its ears in agony. It had three-pointed feet and a thick tail, and seemed strangely familiar.
"Amelia," she yelled, "get away so I can fireball it."
Amelia stopped screaming and said "No, don't, it's Mr. Zelgadis."
"That thing is ZEL?" Lina yelled in a disbelieving tone.
At this point, the demon recovered from the screaming and leapt at Lina. Amelia took the opportunity to cast a sleep spell. The demon slumped forward, unconscious, and slowly reverted back to Zel.
"Amelia, what the hell is going on?" asked Lina.
"I don't know Ms. Lina, he woke up and I hugged him and he. well, transformed."
"I guess now we know what Xellos meant when we talked to him last night." commented Lina.
Amelia just stared at Zel's body and said "poor Mr. Zelgadis."
"Come on," said Lina, "let's get the rest of the group together, there's a lot to discuss. You better tie Zel up before he regains consciousness." As Lina walked out the door, she looked back at Amelia, busily searching Zel's pack for rope. "You better come through this Zel" she murmured to herself. "She really cares for you." Then she continued through the door in search of her comrades.