Yes, I hope you liked that massive update a while back. I was suddenly
struck down by inspiration a while back, and I HAD to write, so you all got
to see the work produced. I rather like those chapters.
Today's Chapter's name is from Everclear. Don't sue me! Anyway, I just love that song, and I had to use it somewhere. Suddenly, it occurred to me that today's chapter had to do with falling (Or it would after I was done, dammit), and I just couldn't resist.
Another five chapters and we've got some new reviewers! Hurrah! And now I go on to the thanking proscess (I've decided that I'll thank everyone who's reviewed every five chapters. It gives me the chance to really tell people how much I appreciate all those nice comments.) First off, we have
Shadow Reaver: Interesting thoughts. I might have to 'borrow' that concept in a different fic, since I've already planned out how magic works for THIS fic, but only if ya let me. No need to tell me to continue writing, I'd keep going on even if people started flaming it. I'd just break loose my amazingly versatile words and continue on to the next chapter. Hope you continue with your fic as well! Yuffentines kick ass.
Vin Chaos: Nox Seran rocks. I know this. He's my own, personal muse now. I write something, and I can hear him laughing at it. Of course, that might be the voices, the sneaky beuggers. No! I don't want to do that! Fiiirrrrreeee. FFFIIIIIIIIIRRRREEEEE!
Demon Star - Coda - Yufsters: Uhm, you're a group of three right? Just checking. Never really understood the point in banding with other writers, really. But then again, I'm a strange person. My opinion doesn't count. Anyway, thanks for your review as well! Kind words are always welcome! Its just the nasty ones that aren't.
Molly-Chan: Good news, Molly! You couldn't POSSIBLY have reviewed the last chapter, as I released both the same day. Inspiration and all that nonsense. With a side of forgetfulness. Felt like writing so I did. Don't worry, Aeris's Kahny is going to be alright. What fun would it be otherwise? Not much! I wouldn't be able to use a dead demon as a muse, would I? I thought not. Unfortunately, Jarred is gonna have things a lot harder, I'm afraid. I'm going to have to be brutal with the poor guy. Cloud, if you poke Molly-Chan again I'll have to send the new and improved Shadowlord to hunt you down. I think we both know how much of a chance you stand againt an omnipotent version of Chaos.
N a t s u m i: Yes, I know Jarred rocks. That was the whole point of making him. I thought the game lacked the humour that only psychopathic people bring. I think Jarred filled the gap nicely. And of course, Joan acts as an amplifier to his madness. Yes, I also know that Nox Seran kicks ass as well. What fun would ANYTHINGbe without someone who was completely, undisputedly, insane? Not much! Hope ja continue to like this fic onwards!
CJ-Chan: glad to know you think its funny too! I thought I would be the only one who would find it funny, 'cause I can set the room silent after I say something I consider funny. Anyway, I hope you continue to find this funny! Otherwise it might get boring, wouldn't it?
Charles Xavier: *Bows humbly once again* sank yo, o mighty Charles Xavier. I'd finish this fic even if I had to take over Russia to finish it. Speaking of which, if anyone wants to help me take over the world, tell me. Any inside help would be nice. . .
Walla The Wiccan: guess I scared ya away. Sorry 'bout that!
Kittie: You too? Damn, its hard to get people who'll read you're story's on a steady basis. Oh well. When you decide to read this fic again, I hope you find it to your liking!
Narukye: damn, that's the third person who's not coming back. What did I do to scare all these people away? I know, its Jarred's fault! It ALWAYS his fault!
Beholder Of The Shadows: I didn't stop writing, you just stopped reading. Hmm. . . might have to do something about all these disappearing reviewers. . .
I think that's all of 'em. If I forgot you, then I'm sorry. I'll be sure to get you in the next chapter.
Got those damned games out of my system. (Resisted the urge to burn Alundra 2, beat the snot outta Vagrant Story, and decided imperialistically NOT to download any more rips of RPG's, lest I begin to lose my raging desire to play them. Its really depressing to play FF7 without music or movies along with a crummy translation, let me tell you.)
Anyway, I have exams soon, so don't expect much, if anything at all. Or you will die. I will send every warped character I've ever created to hunt you down. So sez I.
Hey, I was listening to those old songs again, and their not so bad once you get past their sappiness. Catchy melodies. I'm siiiiiiiiiiinging in the raiiiiin, just siiiiiiiinin' in the rain. . . (wait a second, NO I'M NOT! WHAT KIND OF A FREAK WOULD SING IN THE RAIN?! DAMN YOU GENE KELLY!)
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Chapter XV: Don't Fall Down Now; You Will Never Get Up
The following day Jarred was once again back to his normal self. To prove this, he even went as far to try to blow up a passing boat, but Seph X had stopped him just in time. Of course, he tried again when Seph X wasn't looking, but Joan had distracted him, and instead ended up singing Spectre's hair.
That fuelled a feud that lasted throughout the entire day. Jarred would appear, Spectre would attack him, Jarred would beat the snot out of Spectre, who then retreated into a corner to lick his wounds. And attack again. It went on like that until Ghost dragged an unconscious Spectre out of the room. A dark day it turned out to be for the trio.
Jarred laughed it up with Nox Seran, who was hero worshipping Jarred. While at the same time playing with Joan. And trying to play 'Monopoly' after having never played it before. Cloud almost clawed his eyes out that day. It was bad enough with Yuffie was around when AVALANCHE had been fighting Sephiroth, but now there were two people with a sanity level comparable to a drunken chocobo on SPEED.
The combination of mad laughter, murder attempts, childish shouting, and 'monopoly' was enough to drive anyone up the walls. It was bad enough when Nox Seran tried using his cannon piece to blow up other people's property. It had been no small task to convince Jarred that his battleship wasn't able to return fire, and that Nox Seran hadn't even attacked in the first place. Neither really took to that idea, and began establishing a wall of hotels and houses, and trying to blow the other up with imaginary weapons.
Of course, everyone who wasn't playing with them was enjoying the spectacle immensely, but guess who WAS playing with them, and trying to stop them from waging war? That's right, Cloud. Who was also the same person to condemn the game 'monopoly' to a watery grave? Tifa, who was trying to play the game as well, with the ASSISTANCE of cloud. Jarred and Nox Seran managed to save their pieces, however, and took their battle up on the deck. The LoS riders, The Turks, and Seph X followed them to watch their antics. Of course, Joan followed, adding to the pair's chaotic 'war'.
"GWAHAHA!" Nox Seran laughed. "NOW I HAVE YOU! DIE!" An imaginary barrage shot forth from the cannon. Jarred moved his boat quickly away.
"HA! YOU MISSED!" He shouted, firing off a barrage of his own.
Nox Seran moved his hand over his piece.
"Force field!"
Jarred didn't like this concept, apparently.
"Nuh-uh!" He disagreed, moving the demons hand away.
"Uh-huh!"
"Nuh-uh!"
"Uh-huh!"
And so forth, until Nox Seran lifted his hand away, and Jarred loosed a quick, imaginary barrage. As Nox Seran wasn't prepared to defend such heinous act, his piece was destroyed. Jarred swiped the defeated figurine off the deck, considering the battle over. Nox Seran slithered away, muttering something about 'revenge'. This left Jarred and his child alone with Seph X and Reeves brigade of bodyguards. Jarred perched himself at the front of the deck, and stared out at the open sea reaching out into the distances below him. The wind blew his black hair, and cooling him down. Joan was perched on his shoulder once again, enjoying the view as well.
It wasn't long before the LoS riders got bored and went back inside in search of something to entertain them. Seph X leaned back against a wall, deep in mechanic thought. Reno whipped out a bottle of SOMETHING, and began trying to swig it all down. Unfortunately, Rude smacked it away. This led to a fight between the two, and Elena watched as they duked it out. Sometimes they could really be entertaining.
"Land Ho!" Jarred shouted suddenly, with Joan pointing happily at a rapidly approaching coastline. The green emerald that was the Sleeping Forest spread out in front of them. The young warrior laughed good naturedly.
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Nox Seran slithered into the control room.
Something was wrong. Something in the air. Something that had made him look away from his imaginary battle with Jarred long enough to try and consider what it was that was bothering him.
For some reason, he couldn't feel it in here.
Odd.
The demon went looked at one of the computers. Several images appeared, and he was more than tempted to start pushing random buttons. He was tempted, but he didn't. Nox Seran had been on the bad side of Gravity before, and hadn't enjoyed the experience very much. He wouldn't do anything to risk going through it again. God forbid he would be tossed around by WEAPON once again. A VERY unpleasant experience.
Instead of having his way with the buttons, he turned his attention to Cid, who was letting loose a stream of curses that even Seran had to admit were new.
""¤%#"%¤#¤% &%¤-IN' BASTARDS!" Cid bellowed. Nox Seran laughed at that exceptionally long word. He would have to remember that one.
Nox Seran jumped suddenly at a sound that not even thousands of years could shake his memory of it. A sound that sends birds fleeing from the air.
Thunder.
Nox Seran suddenly remembered then smell in the air.
"Storm!" The demon said, almost afraid.
The Highwind, having unknowingly flown straight into a storm, was jolted to the side suddenly by a strong torrent of wind.
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Luckily, Vincent was around Yuffie when the ship was pushed violently to the side. He wrapped an arm around her, stopping her from falling and hurting herself.
"What the hell is going on?" He demanded, stabalizing himself for another shift of wind. He wasn't disappointed.
Cid shouted out some more lively curses.
"A storm snuck up on us." He explained quickly, and began fighting the elements as best as he could from the control room.
Vincent wrapped his wings around Yuffie, trying to protect her from the tossing of the Highwind. Yuffie whimpered with nausea, and clutched onto Vincent's narrow chest.
"How can a storm SNEAK up on someone?!" Vincent demanded. "Its loud, dark and generally tends to make a big opening!"
Cid cursed loudly.
"Don't ask me, It wasn't there a minute ago!"
A swift jolt silenced Vincent, as he became too preoccupied with trying to prevent Yuffie from hitting anything.
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The jolt took everyone by surprise, but no one was noticeably close to the rail. Except Jarred and Joan, who were flung over the edge.
Luckily, Jarred was able to grab a hold of the railing before he began a one way trip to the ground with his other hand he grasped Joan with a vicelike grip. Like hell he would let her fall.
"Little help, please?" Jarred shouted, trying to pull himself upwards without much effect.
Seph X tried to oblige, but was having a little trouble keeping his own footage. When the ship had jolted it had thrown him dangerously close to the railing, and was fighting to get a table position so as not to fall over the edge like Jarred.
Rude and Reno tried to come to his aid, but both slipped and were forced stay grounded, lest they fly over the edge.
Elena, who had been standing with her back to the railing, and holding onto it, was the only person who had a stable position. She began edging toward Jarred.
The Half Breed looked at Elena's progress and definitely wasn't heartened by this. He forced his arm to pull himself upwards.
A change of wind jolted the Highwind in another direction. Jarred lost his handhold. It was only by another stroke of lick that he was able to grab onto the deck panel. At this point Elena threw caution to the wind; Jarred and Joan would die if they fell from this far. As she got near she shot a hand down for him to grab.
That was a mistake, of course. Jarred didn't have any free hands, as both were holding onto vital things. The deck, and Joan. Instead of waiting for Elena to figure something else, he pulled Joan upwards.
"Hold on, sweetie." He muttered, giving Joan to Elena. The Turk grabbed the child's hand quickly, and pulled her over the railing. With one hand free, Jarred began to pulled himself upwards. Elena offered him a hand, and he gratefully accepted.
At that moment, the ship jerked sharply, and Jarred let go of Elena and the deck. With an expression of surprise on his face he tumbled downwards, to the roiling sea below.
"Jarred!" Elena shouted, trying to grab his hand once again, but futilely.
The Highwind jerked once again, and Elena was thrown over as well.
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Jarred needed to think fast. He wasn't nearly good enough with magic to stop himself from falling, but maybe he could stop himself from falling at such a bizarre rate. He held his hands to the sides, trying to summon enough magic to decelerate his fall. He could feel energy surrounding him, like when he was summoning energy globes, but on a much greater scale. He could feel the power surge through him. At that point he realized that he didn't know what to do. A float spell was out of his league.
Instead of panicking, he forced the energy behind him, hoping it would stop him before his hit the sea. To his great pleasure, he noticed a significant decrease in his rapid fall. He relaxed, letting the energy slowly stop him. He even went as far to close his eyes. He trusted his magic.
At the sound of screaming, however, he snapped his eyes open instantly.
Above him he could see a blonde haired women falling with shocking speed. It took a moment for Jarred to recognize her.
Without thinking, he grabbed her hand as she sped by, and pulled her upwards, so that she could rest on him. It would be tiring for both of them if he just held onto her for the entire time.
Jarred sighed. At that moment he forgot to control the energy below him, and he began falling again.
Luckily, it wasn't a very long fall.
The Half Breed and Elena splashed into the ocean, and spat water out of his mouth. Still holding onto Elena, he began to swim towards land, which was only hundred yards away, at the most.
A small grin passed on Jarred's face.
At least he survived.
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The figure on the coastline watched the small, almost insignificant black dot plunge into the ocean, with a smile on his face. He let the magic flowing through him dissipate, and finally disappear. Her bidding had been done.
The figure turned away, swirling its long trench-coat as it did so. Its silvery skin shined brightly in the rapidly recovering sunlight, and his silvery hair stopped blowing around as the wind died down. Its Burning green eyes burned into the spreading mists, making it look all the more sinister.
"I look forward to meeting you again, Prince Of Darkness." It said, fading away. "I will pay you back for these scars."
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So, howdja like that chappie? Short, I know, but like I said, I have exams soon. Can't use too much time on writing, I'm afraid.aid eeting you again, Prince oain, Prince of Darkness it did so.t plunge into the ocean, with a
Today's Chapter's name is from Everclear. Don't sue me! Anyway, I just love that song, and I had to use it somewhere. Suddenly, it occurred to me that today's chapter had to do with falling (Or it would after I was done, dammit), and I just couldn't resist.
Another five chapters and we've got some new reviewers! Hurrah! And now I go on to the thanking proscess (I've decided that I'll thank everyone who's reviewed every five chapters. It gives me the chance to really tell people how much I appreciate all those nice comments.) First off, we have
Shadow Reaver: Interesting thoughts. I might have to 'borrow' that concept in a different fic, since I've already planned out how magic works for THIS fic, but only if ya let me. No need to tell me to continue writing, I'd keep going on even if people started flaming it. I'd just break loose my amazingly versatile words and continue on to the next chapter. Hope you continue with your fic as well! Yuffentines kick ass.
Vin Chaos: Nox Seran rocks. I know this. He's my own, personal muse now. I write something, and I can hear him laughing at it. Of course, that might be the voices, the sneaky beuggers. No! I don't want to do that! Fiiirrrrreeee. FFFIIIIIIIIIRRRREEEEE!
Demon Star - Coda - Yufsters: Uhm, you're a group of three right? Just checking. Never really understood the point in banding with other writers, really. But then again, I'm a strange person. My opinion doesn't count. Anyway, thanks for your review as well! Kind words are always welcome! Its just the nasty ones that aren't.
Molly-Chan: Good news, Molly! You couldn't POSSIBLY have reviewed the last chapter, as I released both the same day. Inspiration and all that nonsense. With a side of forgetfulness. Felt like writing so I did. Don't worry, Aeris's Kahny is going to be alright. What fun would it be otherwise? Not much! I wouldn't be able to use a dead demon as a muse, would I? I thought not. Unfortunately, Jarred is gonna have things a lot harder, I'm afraid. I'm going to have to be brutal with the poor guy. Cloud, if you poke Molly-Chan again I'll have to send the new and improved Shadowlord to hunt you down. I think we both know how much of a chance you stand againt an omnipotent version of Chaos.
N a t s u m i: Yes, I know Jarred rocks. That was the whole point of making him. I thought the game lacked the humour that only psychopathic people bring. I think Jarred filled the gap nicely. And of course, Joan acts as an amplifier to his madness. Yes, I also know that Nox Seran kicks ass as well. What fun would ANYTHINGbe without someone who was completely, undisputedly, insane? Not much! Hope ja continue to like this fic onwards!
CJ-Chan: glad to know you think its funny too! I thought I would be the only one who would find it funny, 'cause I can set the room silent after I say something I consider funny. Anyway, I hope you continue to find this funny! Otherwise it might get boring, wouldn't it?
Charles Xavier: *Bows humbly once again* sank yo, o mighty Charles Xavier. I'd finish this fic even if I had to take over Russia to finish it. Speaking of which, if anyone wants to help me take over the world, tell me. Any inside help would be nice. . .
Walla The Wiccan: guess I scared ya away. Sorry 'bout that!
Kittie: You too? Damn, its hard to get people who'll read you're story's on a steady basis. Oh well. When you decide to read this fic again, I hope you find it to your liking!
Narukye: damn, that's the third person who's not coming back. What did I do to scare all these people away? I know, its Jarred's fault! It ALWAYS his fault!
Beholder Of The Shadows: I didn't stop writing, you just stopped reading. Hmm. . . might have to do something about all these disappearing reviewers. . .
I think that's all of 'em. If I forgot you, then I'm sorry. I'll be sure to get you in the next chapter.
Got those damned games out of my system. (Resisted the urge to burn Alundra 2, beat the snot outta Vagrant Story, and decided imperialistically NOT to download any more rips of RPG's, lest I begin to lose my raging desire to play them. Its really depressing to play FF7 without music or movies along with a crummy translation, let me tell you.)
Anyway, I have exams soon, so don't expect much, if anything at all. Or you will die. I will send every warped character I've ever created to hunt you down. So sez I.
Hey, I was listening to those old songs again, and their not so bad once you get past their sappiness. Catchy melodies. I'm siiiiiiiiiiinging in the raiiiiin, just siiiiiiiinin' in the rain. . . (wait a second, NO I'M NOT! WHAT KIND OF A FREAK WOULD SING IN THE RAIN?! DAMN YOU GENE KELLY!)
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Chapter XV: Don't Fall Down Now; You Will Never Get Up
The following day Jarred was once again back to his normal self. To prove this, he even went as far to try to blow up a passing boat, but Seph X had stopped him just in time. Of course, he tried again when Seph X wasn't looking, but Joan had distracted him, and instead ended up singing Spectre's hair.
That fuelled a feud that lasted throughout the entire day. Jarred would appear, Spectre would attack him, Jarred would beat the snot out of Spectre, who then retreated into a corner to lick his wounds. And attack again. It went on like that until Ghost dragged an unconscious Spectre out of the room. A dark day it turned out to be for the trio.
Jarred laughed it up with Nox Seran, who was hero worshipping Jarred. While at the same time playing with Joan. And trying to play 'Monopoly' after having never played it before. Cloud almost clawed his eyes out that day. It was bad enough with Yuffie was around when AVALANCHE had been fighting Sephiroth, but now there were two people with a sanity level comparable to a drunken chocobo on SPEED.
The combination of mad laughter, murder attempts, childish shouting, and 'monopoly' was enough to drive anyone up the walls. It was bad enough when Nox Seran tried using his cannon piece to blow up other people's property. It had been no small task to convince Jarred that his battleship wasn't able to return fire, and that Nox Seran hadn't even attacked in the first place. Neither really took to that idea, and began establishing a wall of hotels and houses, and trying to blow the other up with imaginary weapons.
Of course, everyone who wasn't playing with them was enjoying the spectacle immensely, but guess who WAS playing with them, and trying to stop them from waging war? That's right, Cloud. Who was also the same person to condemn the game 'monopoly' to a watery grave? Tifa, who was trying to play the game as well, with the ASSISTANCE of cloud. Jarred and Nox Seran managed to save their pieces, however, and took their battle up on the deck. The LoS riders, The Turks, and Seph X followed them to watch their antics. Of course, Joan followed, adding to the pair's chaotic 'war'.
"GWAHAHA!" Nox Seran laughed. "NOW I HAVE YOU! DIE!" An imaginary barrage shot forth from the cannon. Jarred moved his boat quickly away.
"HA! YOU MISSED!" He shouted, firing off a barrage of his own.
Nox Seran moved his hand over his piece.
"Force field!"
Jarred didn't like this concept, apparently.
"Nuh-uh!" He disagreed, moving the demons hand away.
"Uh-huh!"
"Nuh-uh!"
"Uh-huh!"
And so forth, until Nox Seran lifted his hand away, and Jarred loosed a quick, imaginary barrage. As Nox Seran wasn't prepared to defend such heinous act, his piece was destroyed. Jarred swiped the defeated figurine off the deck, considering the battle over. Nox Seran slithered away, muttering something about 'revenge'. This left Jarred and his child alone with Seph X and Reeves brigade of bodyguards. Jarred perched himself at the front of the deck, and stared out at the open sea reaching out into the distances below him. The wind blew his black hair, and cooling him down. Joan was perched on his shoulder once again, enjoying the view as well.
It wasn't long before the LoS riders got bored and went back inside in search of something to entertain them. Seph X leaned back against a wall, deep in mechanic thought. Reno whipped out a bottle of SOMETHING, and began trying to swig it all down. Unfortunately, Rude smacked it away. This led to a fight between the two, and Elena watched as they duked it out. Sometimes they could really be entertaining.
"Land Ho!" Jarred shouted suddenly, with Joan pointing happily at a rapidly approaching coastline. The green emerald that was the Sleeping Forest spread out in front of them. The young warrior laughed good naturedly.
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Nox Seran slithered into the control room.
Something was wrong. Something in the air. Something that had made him look away from his imaginary battle with Jarred long enough to try and consider what it was that was bothering him.
For some reason, he couldn't feel it in here.
Odd.
The demon went looked at one of the computers. Several images appeared, and he was more than tempted to start pushing random buttons. He was tempted, but he didn't. Nox Seran had been on the bad side of Gravity before, and hadn't enjoyed the experience very much. He wouldn't do anything to risk going through it again. God forbid he would be tossed around by WEAPON once again. A VERY unpleasant experience.
Instead of having his way with the buttons, he turned his attention to Cid, who was letting loose a stream of curses that even Seran had to admit were new.
""¤%#"%¤#¤% &%¤-IN' BASTARDS!" Cid bellowed. Nox Seran laughed at that exceptionally long word. He would have to remember that one.
Nox Seran jumped suddenly at a sound that not even thousands of years could shake his memory of it. A sound that sends birds fleeing from the air.
Thunder.
Nox Seran suddenly remembered then smell in the air.
"Storm!" The demon said, almost afraid.
The Highwind, having unknowingly flown straight into a storm, was jolted to the side suddenly by a strong torrent of wind.
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Luckily, Vincent was around Yuffie when the ship was pushed violently to the side. He wrapped an arm around her, stopping her from falling and hurting herself.
"What the hell is going on?" He demanded, stabalizing himself for another shift of wind. He wasn't disappointed.
Cid shouted out some more lively curses.
"A storm snuck up on us." He explained quickly, and began fighting the elements as best as he could from the control room.
Vincent wrapped his wings around Yuffie, trying to protect her from the tossing of the Highwind. Yuffie whimpered with nausea, and clutched onto Vincent's narrow chest.
"How can a storm SNEAK up on someone?!" Vincent demanded. "Its loud, dark and generally tends to make a big opening!"
Cid cursed loudly.
"Don't ask me, It wasn't there a minute ago!"
A swift jolt silenced Vincent, as he became too preoccupied with trying to prevent Yuffie from hitting anything.
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The jolt took everyone by surprise, but no one was noticeably close to the rail. Except Jarred and Joan, who were flung over the edge.
Luckily, Jarred was able to grab a hold of the railing before he began a one way trip to the ground with his other hand he grasped Joan with a vicelike grip. Like hell he would let her fall.
"Little help, please?" Jarred shouted, trying to pull himself upwards without much effect.
Seph X tried to oblige, but was having a little trouble keeping his own footage. When the ship had jolted it had thrown him dangerously close to the railing, and was fighting to get a table position so as not to fall over the edge like Jarred.
Rude and Reno tried to come to his aid, but both slipped and were forced stay grounded, lest they fly over the edge.
Elena, who had been standing with her back to the railing, and holding onto it, was the only person who had a stable position. She began edging toward Jarred.
The Half Breed looked at Elena's progress and definitely wasn't heartened by this. He forced his arm to pull himself upwards.
A change of wind jolted the Highwind in another direction. Jarred lost his handhold. It was only by another stroke of lick that he was able to grab onto the deck panel. At this point Elena threw caution to the wind; Jarred and Joan would die if they fell from this far. As she got near she shot a hand down for him to grab.
That was a mistake, of course. Jarred didn't have any free hands, as both were holding onto vital things. The deck, and Joan. Instead of waiting for Elena to figure something else, he pulled Joan upwards.
"Hold on, sweetie." He muttered, giving Joan to Elena. The Turk grabbed the child's hand quickly, and pulled her over the railing. With one hand free, Jarred began to pulled himself upwards. Elena offered him a hand, and he gratefully accepted.
At that moment, the ship jerked sharply, and Jarred let go of Elena and the deck. With an expression of surprise on his face he tumbled downwards, to the roiling sea below.
"Jarred!" Elena shouted, trying to grab his hand once again, but futilely.
The Highwind jerked once again, and Elena was thrown over as well.
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Jarred needed to think fast. He wasn't nearly good enough with magic to stop himself from falling, but maybe he could stop himself from falling at such a bizarre rate. He held his hands to the sides, trying to summon enough magic to decelerate his fall. He could feel energy surrounding him, like when he was summoning energy globes, but on a much greater scale. He could feel the power surge through him. At that point he realized that he didn't know what to do. A float spell was out of his league.
Instead of panicking, he forced the energy behind him, hoping it would stop him before his hit the sea. To his great pleasure, he noticed a significant decrease in his rapid fall. He relaxed, letting the energy slowly stop him. He even went as far to close his eyes. He trusted his magic.
At the sound of screaming, however, he snapped his eyes open instantly.
Above him he could see a blonde haired women falling with shocking speed. It took a moment for Jarred to recognize her.
Without thinking, he grabbed her hand as she sped by, and pulled her upwards, so that she could rest on him. It would be tiring for both of them if he just held onto her for the entire time.
Jarred sighed. At that moment he forgot to control the energy below him, and he began falling again.
Luckily, it wasn't a very long fall.
The Half Breed and Elena splashed into the ocean, and spat water out of his mouth. Still holding onto Elena, he began to swim towards land, which was only hundred yards away, at the most.
A small grin passed on Jarred's face.
At least he survived.
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The figure on the coastline watched the small, almost insignificant black dot plunge into the ocean, with a smile on his face. He let the magic flowing through him dissipate, and finally disappear. Her bidding had been done.
The figure turned away, swirling its long trench-coat as it did so. Its silvery skin shined brightly in the rapidly recovering sunlight, and his silvery hair stopped blowing around as the wind died down. Its Burning green eyes burned into the spreading mists, making it look all the more sinister.
"I look forward to meeting you again, Prince Of Darkness." It said, fading away. "I will pay you back for these scars."
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So, howdja like that chappie? Short, I know, but like I said, I have exams soon. Can't use too much time on writing, I'm afraid.aid eeting you again, Prince oain, Prince of Darkness it did so.t plunge into the ocean, with a
