Sorry I haven't written sooner, I've been busy pelting those damn carolers with snowballs. Have a happy Christmas and a merry New Year. Read.
Chapter 10
"She's in. The virus should me causing him to make his move very soon."
"Excellent. Does he suspect anything?"
"No, he thinks he's been cursed. Master Melkior, should I send some guards, just in case?"
"No, he should scare her off. Then she's bound to run strait into our hands."
"Aye, aye, sir."
The storage chamber was somewhat cold, signs that a preserving spell was used. The lights were off. There were no sounds save for the hard breathing and the occasional moan.
"Are you in here? Come out."
"Ngn….ah…"
"Are you okay?"
The sound of breathing intensified, she could even feel the hot breaths coming on to her face.
"I said, are you-"
"I'm…ah…fine. There's…oh…nothing…ugh…wrong…"
Something brushed against her ankle.
"Are you sure? It doesn't sound like there's nothing wrong…"
"I SAID I'M FINE! GET OUT!"
Shihio began to turn around.
"No…please don't go…I didn't mean…what I said…ah…"
"What did you mean, then?"
A moan pierced the darkness.
"Are you sick?"
"…ergh…"
"Let me feel your forehead."
"…"
There was shuffling, then something soft brushed against her hand.
"You're burning!"
Noises suggesting pain came from beside the girl.
"I'm…fine…agh…"
He wasn't. He was obviously hiding something.
"Why are you hiding? Turn on the lights, I want to see you."
"…No…please…"
"I'm turning them on now."
"NO!"
She began to recite the incantation to light the room.
"Shihio…please…don't…I…can't…"
The room was illuminated, and he began to scream. The very noise made her head seem to split. Covering her ears, she turned to look.
The creature's eyes were dull, and perspiration was running down his body. Every time he took a step backward, he whined in pain.
"Why? Why did you…?"
He snapped back, his head hanging as though his neck was broken. Slowly turning back to face her, his mouth turned back into a smile coated with venom.
"I never meant what I said. I'm so very, very sorry. If there's anything I can do for you right now, anything at all, tell me."
"You are sick… Please, I should go get some herbs from the medicine cabinet…"
Why was Ganon being so nice to her? Something was wrong, and she needed to leave. She made a run for the door, only to be grabbed by the collar of her shirt.
"Oh no, you aren't going anywhere. You're staying here with me."
"No, I won't. Let me go."
"You don't seem to understand. This isn't a request, my love this is an order. And you are going to do what I say, like it or not."
He was dragging her slowly towards him, the putrid stench of his breath already enveloping her.
"I don't want to hurt you, no I don't. Be a good girl and come here…"
"NO!"
She jerked around and bit him on his wrist. Another earsplitting shriek began issuing from his throat. She would have made it to the door, were she not knocked to the floor. A silent curse the last thing she thought before going unconscious.
"He just did it, Master Melkior. The virus was a success."
"Excellent! We shall have a party, then. Wine and hookers for everyone!"
"HURRAH FOR MASTER MELKIOR! HURRAH!"
"But what about your wife, sir?"
"Who cares about her? Let's get drunk before she finds out! She's Human, anyways, and I never see her anymore. And the kid keeps her busy, what was her name? Merrill, Murrah, something like that?"
"I believe it was Marin, sir."
"Ah, yes. Murdock! Now I remember her!"
"Sigh…"
THWONK!
"What the fuck was that?"
"I believe it was a snowball, sir."
"Stupid author…*mumble*…"
I triumph yet again.
Shihio began to come to. The lights were off again, and the crunching sounds were back, only louder.
She was barely aware of something right beside her, and it was him. She began to slip away, but what felt like his tail pinned her down.
"You aren't thinking of leaving so soon, are you?"
"Why are you doing this?"
Even without the light, she knew he was wearing that same shark's grin on his face.
"I want you. That's why."
She couldn't believe she was hearing this. It had to be one of her freakish dreams it had to.
"What the hell are you talking about?"
"I've (gulp) been wanting to be with you ever since I met you, my dear."
Okay, this wasn't a dream. She would have woken up by now if it were a dream. Something evidently was wrong with him, and she needed to find out what.
"Let me go, please."
"I can't let you go. She's (slurp) in here and if HE comes, he'll kill you."
"Who's that?"
"The person who banished me all those times. He was the reason that they did this to me."
"The curse, you mean?"
He wasn't saying anything else, apparently engrossed with what he was eating. Suddenly, it hit her. She needed to consult the all powerfulness that was the author.
I was in my headquarters giving a big hug to my new buddy, Master Chief, when the phone rang.
"Hello?"
"I need your help. Something's wrong with-"
"Your little friend? Oh, yeah. It's a virus of some kind that was engineered by a corporation of Gods bent on your destruction. The leader of that corporation, Melkior, is coming to kill you now, as well as Tetra's boyfriend."
"What?"
"You may be able to get the antidote from Melkior, but it won't be easy. By the way, how did you get a phone?"
"Plot hole."
"OF COURSE! That's also where I found all this information."
"Help me…"
"Be quiet, Chiefy, I'm on the phone."
"Oh Halo, the hugging, the HUGGING!"
"I said BE QUIET!"
A thud was heard, then silence.
"Who was that?"
"Nobody."
"Right."
"Look, just find a way to get out the door, all right?"
"Sure. Bye."
* click *
"Now where's that Elite? I want to hug him too."
She needed to get out, and fast, but how? Then she remembered the second chamber.
"You know, if you keep me here, I won't tell you about the OTHER storeroom…"
"What?"
It was working so far.
"There's another door…a SECRET door…that only I know about."
"Where is it? Tell me!"
"I won't, unless you let me go."
"But you'll leave and (ulp) maybe never come back, and I won't allow that."
"I promise not to leave. I swear I won't."
Another moan, then she felt him release his grip.
"Where is the door?"
"Behind you."
There was nothing else she wanted to hear. She ran for the door, opened it, and then shut it as quickly as she could. In the distance Shihio could hear approaching footsteps. The owner of the noise was probably wearing fancy boots due to the clicking.
A young man emerged from the hallway. His hair was fragrant and feathery, but was a dark blue. His gray, steely eyes were fixed on her. He flipped back his hair and somewhere, fangirls swooned.
"Allow me to introduce myself, I am Melkior Mandabas."
"Why are you alone? Shouldn't you have guards with you?"
"WELL EXCUSE ME, but I am a GOD! I need no petty GUARDS to defend myself! I can do that just fine."
"Where is the antidote?"
The jerk lifted his lacy sleeve to reveal a small bottle filled with what looked like a hair-cleaning product my mother uses.
"Right here. But I won't let you have it. I'm just showing you this to gloat. I mean, you're just a woman, and women in stories like this are stupid enough to need some kind of hero to back them up. The only two guys in this story capable of being your knight in shining armor are either ailed with the virus I engineered myself or downloading bootlegged music files off of Kazaa, and so you are nothing of a threat to me, and hey, where did you go?"
Shihio had stolen the bottle while he was ranting and slipped back into the room where she had came. Melkior ran to the door in his nancy-boy way and tried to open it, but it was locked from the inside.
"I can't open this! GUARDS! HELP ME!"
After fumbling around in the dark, she had finally found the other door and opened it.
"Where are you? I have something for you."
"You didn't leave me?"
"Of course not. I promised you, right?"
Knowing that he might be apprehensive about the bottle, she grabbed what was near her and seasoned it with the goop.
"What do you have?"
She held it out, hoping he would take the bait. If he didn't she was dead, and facing the possibility of her corpse becoming the mate to someone she only considered a friend, and also facing certain death from the omnipotent sissy outside the door…
"Is that fish?"
I'm going to die…"I love fish! Give it to me!"
What in the name of tap-dancing Isaac just happened here?The door burst open, and the high-pitched laughter of the God filled the room.
"You cannot escape me!"
"What are you waiting for? Get them!"
But sadly, he was fast asleep.
"Oh, by the way, that's the nighttime medicine. Guards, kill her!"
"CRAP!"
She weighed her options carefully. If she held her ground, she was screwed. If she fought them, she was equally screwed. The only thing she could try was running around in circles screaming like an idiot, but then she'd still be screwed. She decided to fight.
Knocking out the nearest guard and yanking the gun out of his hands, she began to shoot virtually anything that was in front of her. She was particularly aiming for Melkior just because of that tacky outfit he was wearing. Keeping her eyes shut, she squeezed the trigger until she was out of ammo. When she opened her eyes, every single guard in the room was reduced to a bloody pulp, save for Melkior who was hiding in a corner.
"See? You cannot defeat me, for I am a-oof!"
He fell over with an anime bandage on his head, only to reveal Michael standing behind him.
"Hiya-diddly-doh, neighbor!"
And so, guns and an ipod in hand, they went to meet the guards.
