Disclaimer: This disclaimer will be in effect for all of the following chapters. Go somewhere else if you want to read a disclaimer so badly. I do not own LoD, but Serem, the Eclipse Dragoon stone, and Shadow are mine! (Can you tell I'm getting really tired of this?)
"Dart, this way." We made it to the second floor of Hellena Prison with a minimum of trouble, thanks to a guard who told us everything we needed to know. He just needed a little..."persuasion". I grinned as I formed another fireball and sniped a guard further down the hall, hitting him in the middle of his back, and blowing him into a wall. As much as I didn't like using these before, it's better than dying. I just wish I knew why I have these abilities.
"Serem, just how do you do that?" Dart asked as we ran down the corridor.
"Like I said the last time you asked, I really don't know. I seem to be able to control it a bit better since...err" Damn...shouldn't say that I'm not from this world... "...recently." I finished lamely.
He looked at me oddly, but didn't ask any more. When re got to the next room, I peeked inside, and saw that it was the prison armory.
"Hey Dart, would you mind if I took a quick look in there? I don't want to risk losing this dagger. I get the feeling that the lady who gave it to me would kill me if I lost it."
"Sure. Just don't take too long."
"No problem. I'll be back in five minutes." I turned and ran into the room, and headed over to where their weapons were stacked. Let's see...spear...no...sword...looks awful...more spears...mace...club...where do they find their weapons!? Oh wait... behind a group of spears, I found a single glaive (kinda like a spear, except with a knife-like blade instead of the point). Not too bad. It looks to be in good shape, and...
"What do you think you're doing!?"
I grabbed the glaive, pulled it free, and whipped it around and through the guard.
On the next level, we heard some shouting coming out of a doorway, and went to investigate.
We reached the source of the noise a little too late to help a pair of soldiers, but we were treated to see a third soldier take down four or five guards in as many seconds.
I spotted a group of guards coming our way, and decided to help. "Dart, let's give this guy a hand." I ran to meet the pair of guards, and knocked both of them into the pit that ran around the area.
I turned when I heard a choked off exclamation from Dart, and saw him locked with the other guy.
"I am not your enemy!"
The other guy stepped back, and lowered his weapon. "Who are you?"
"Save it you guys! Incoming!" They jumped apart, and I threw a pair of fireballs, blasting away a pair of guards sneaking up on them.
"I think that's it for now." I said as I walked up to them.
"Who are you people?"
"My name is Dart."
"Serem."
"I am Lavitz Slambert, head of the Eighth Knighthood of Basil. But...why are you here? I cannot believe that there are people who would break in to Hellena."
"Well, you just met two. These guys kidnapped Dart's girlfriend "
"She is not!" he interjected.
"And brought her here." I finished. "I met up with him in Seles, and decided to help him out. Oh, and whatever you do, please do not ask me how I did that. Dart's been doing that since we got into this place, and I'm tired of saying I don't know."
"The door's locked." Dart said. "Serem, can you blast it down?"
"Sure thing. Now, do you want me to just kill the lock, or the whole door? On second thought, don't answer that. You'd probably tell me to take down the whole door." I grinned. "Which actually suits me fine." I formed another fireball, and blew the door in. And judging by that yell, I probably hit a guard as well...
"Well Dart, the door is open."
He ran in, leaving Lavitz and me behind, and began searching the cells.
"So, Lavitz, do you buy the thing about she's not his girlfriend?"
He grinned and shook his head. "Not a bit."
"Serem! She's in here! Can you destroy just the lock?"
Sighing I walked over to the cell Dart indicated. "Of course. I think.... Shana, just in case, don't stand right behind the door."
"Okay."
"Here goes nothing..." A fist sized fireball appeared in my hand, and I carefully shot it into the lock, taking out the lock as well as making a foot wide hole in the door. "Oops."
Dart rushed in, and I turned and walked over to where Lavitz was. "What say we give them a minute?"
"Sure."
"What happened to the door!?"
"I really don't know, and quite frankly, I don't care. We're not paid enough for this." A couple voices came from by the entrance.
"Fine. I'll go check it then. Frugel will have our heads if anything happens to that girl." The first voice said.
"Lavitz, we can take them pretty easily, I think. Come on." I turned and walked back to the door, tossing my glaive from hand to hand.
Stepping out into the open, I spun the glaive, knocking them both in the gut with the blunt end, and dropping them to the floor. "Just because I'm in a good mood, I'll let you choose your fate. You can either run away and save your lives, or you can fight me and die." I said in a cold tone.
They started to crawl backward, so I picked up their spears, and hurled them over the edge of the walkway. "Now get out of my sight."
They scrambled to their feet, and ran off.
"Serem, they'll probably just alert the other guards."
"Yeah, I know."
"So why'd you let them go?"
"It's better to fight an enemy in front of you rather than one behind and one ahead. Those two will probably bring everyone out to the front. They'll be missing the guards that we killed on the way in any time now, so we may as well get it over with. Besides, between you, me, and Dart, I really don't think that this prison can throw enough guards together to beat us. You're a soldier, doesn't it make sense?"
He nodded. "Yeah, I guess."
"We're ready to go." A rather cute girl came walking out from behind us, carrying a bow.
"Okay. Oh, one more thing...Lavitz, the guards went into that room over there right?" I threw another pair of fireballs, and collapsed the doorway. "Oops...did I do that? Hahaha...it'll take 'em at least half an hour to dig out."
"Dart, how did he do that?" Shana said.
I sighed. "For what I hope is the last time today, I DO NOT KNOW!"
We made our way back downstairs, (with Shana sniping most of the guards we came across) and found the exit blocked by what I swear was one of the biggest people I'd ever seen.
"So...you must be the head warden here. If you don't mind, get the hell out of my way." I growled.
"Hahahahaha. And I suppose you'll make me, right?"
"Damn right I will." I tossed my glaive to my left hand, and raised my right, before starting to form the largest fireball yet. "You have three seconds to get out of the way. Two seconds. One second. Time's up." I threw it, and the force of the blast knocked him back into the wall, where he slumped, unconscious.
"Told ya I'd make you move." Looking around at the few guards in the area, I yelled, "Anyone else want to try to stop us from leaving?"
They all backed up and left us an open passage to the exit, and we all walked out.
Okay, sorry it took so long, but I've been rather busy. Schoolwork is giving me hell at the moment, so updates will be at best once a month until mid-January or so, when my year-long project is done. Sorry to any readers who may be inconvenienced by this, but school does have to come first, right?