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---------- Chapter 6 ---------- What's wrong with me? ----------
----- 12:00AM -----
"Uh, man, my aching head. Where am I? Oh yeah, I'm at Majik's house... or was I?"
Orphen had woken up in some one's living room in the middle of the night. He examined the room and found that the TV was on and nobody else was in there. He felt something behind him, something warm and it was breathing. Since he was still to weak to stand or sit up he just looked over his shoulder. There was Krys, she was the only one who gave up their bed to stay with Orphen and see if he was alright.
"Krys, Krys wake up." Orphen barely could speak as he turned around and shook her awake.
"Orphen? You're awake..." she smiled at him, "good..."
He could tell that she must've been awake almost the entire time because when she finished talking almost instantly her eyes were shut.
"Sorry I woke you up, I didn't know you were that tired." Orphen apologized.
She opened her eyes a little bit and said, "Don't worry, it's ok... just you have bad timing, it's twelve o'clock and I just fell asleep."
Afterwards Orphen tried to get some sleep but for some reason the harder he tried the more awake he was. Finally he was tired of just laying there and wanted to see if he could stand. He started pushing himself up into a sitting position and a hand started pulling on his shirt forcing him back down.
He looked at Krys, "What are you doing? I just want to get something to eat."
Her eyes were wide awake with worry then suddenly changed to cold and stubborn.
"You're not going anywhere. You need to rest for the night." Her voice sounded as if it had no emotion at all.
Her grip and strength didn't weaken and even though she was tired she was still much stronger than Orphen at the moment. She forced him back down and held him there. He flipped himself over on his back when she stopped pushing him down. She was leaning over him and her eyes now held sadness in them.
"Look if you need something just ask me to get it, ok?" she said staring into his brown eyes.
All he could do was stare back and nod. He turned to his side and looked ahead to keep from looking in the dark sadness in her eyes. She laid back down realizing that he had lied so she would let go. When he thought she was asleep again he once again tried to sit up. He had finally sat up but then standing for some reason was a lot harder. Unlike when he was laying down his legs and the rest of his body were soar and the gravity pulling on him just made it worse. He collapsed on the floor but fortunate for him it was quiet enough not to wake anyone. He pulled himself back on his feet swaying like a tree about to fall over and finally was able to stop himself from falling on Krys. He finally could stand straight but his legs were shaking. And to see if he was alright he would choose a destination and walk over. (He chose the window, which was behind the couch he was laying on)
'Ok now step forward at least once...'
He stepped almost falling once again.
'Ok now another step...'
He stepped again catching himself again from falling over.
'One more...'
He stepped falling back the two steps he had done.
'I'm going nowhere...' /.\
At last he made it to the window. He slowly sat down where he was and looked out to the moon. It was almost full; actually it looked like the day after tomorrow would be the full moon. He sighed trying to get rid of the fear growing inside him. He feared the coming of the completed moon even though he's always loved looking at it. He knew he had to go to back to bed because he wouldn't want to see an angry face after feeling a lot better, but a sudden surge of weariness enabled him to get back up and walk over to the couch. So he just decided to stay there and slowly fell asleep.
------ 8:00AM ------
"Orphen OOOOrphen. Orphen? ORPHEN!!"
"Uh, what? Stop shouting I'm awake!"
"HE LIVES!!" Cleao shouted.
She had for once woken Orphen up without the help of Krys who was still sleeping on the couch.
"Gee Master, I didn't know you could walk, or even wake up." Majik had walked up to see why Cleao had shouted.
Orphen looked at them irritated, "Ok, well can you help me back to the couch before Krys wakes?"
Cleao smirked and Majik was confused.
"Why would you need help? If you walked over here can't you get back?" Majik knelt in front of him.
Cleao sighed still having a smirk, "What would happen if I went over there and woke her up?"
He looked at her, "She is like you in a way and if you go wake her up she'll probably slap you in the face."
"And how do YOU know?" Cleao asked.
He sighed, "I've learned it the hard way... oh yeah and Majik, you don't know how much of a pain in the ass it was to get here, literally."
Cleao walked over to Krys and started to shake her awake. It started with a light shake, then she shook her harder, and harder, and harder, until a hand flew through the air hitting Cleao in the face sending her flying towards the fireplace.
"AH!! OMG!! SORRY!!" Krys was at Cleao's side helping her up.
Krys noticed that Orphen was by the window instead of on the couch and got an evil look on her face.
"Hey mind telling me why you're over there?" she was holding back all the anger but was easy to tell she was mad.
Orphen got nervous knowing that he was to weak right now to even walk he replied, "MAJIK FORCED ME TO!"
Majik looked at him as if saying what the hell are you talking about?
"See he woke me up around 2:00AM and told me to walk over here to test if I was alright." Orphen continued.
Majik noticing that she was starting to look at him with evil glares said, "CLEAO FORCED ME TO!"
She gave Majik the same look as he gave his master.
He also ranted on, "Well see she woke me up around 1:00AM and convinced me."
They both smiled nervously but calmed as she turned her attention towards Cleao.
Krys turned back at them looking as if nothing happened smiling and said, "Ya know... you two are the worst liars I've ever known. Hey did you really think I was mad?"
Both Orphen and Majik were dumbfounded. They could have sworn that she was ready to kill.
Out of nowhere they heard a burst of laughter coming from the stairs, "HA HA HA HA! You two looked so stupid just then. Even you 'you sorry excuse for a sorcerer'."
Volcan stood there laughing his head off when he felt a punch on the head and the family jewels. (Balls) both Cleao and Krys had to hit him. (The urge was too great to handle)
Krys walked up to Orphen and knelt in front of him smiling, "well how do you feel now?"
He looked down.
"Yeah that's what I thought, next time listen to me" she turned away and ran upstairs.
'God damn it... I thought that maybe she'd be helpful and help me back to the couch. Actually, I do deserve it... What am I saying? I'm confused...' /.\
Before they knew it she was back down the stairs holding a case that looked like it was holding ten walking sticks. She came straight to Orphen and opened the case. There inside were crutches that were just the right size.
Orphen looked at them confused, "What are theses for? I can walk just fine, I'm not handicapped."
She continued then paused a moment, "If you can walk just 'fine' then show me right now and I won't make you use them."
'Shit, why'd I have to go say that?' O.O
Orphen got to his knees then tried pulling himself up. She noticed how hard it was for him so she stood him up only to have him collapse back on his knees then to have him fall backwards on his ass.
Krys raised an eyebrow and smiled, "Yeah, you can't even get to your feet without help even if you could you can't stand by yourself either, so you're gonna use these."
She handed the crutches to him and helped him get on them. He tried to walk on them but ended up falling on his ass once again. Cleao tried to keep from laughing but it was too funny for her to hold back. Majik was also laughing but held out a hand to help him up and on the crutches once again. He stepped forward but still couldn't stay on his feet.
Cleao laughed again, "Orphen you look so pathetic right now."
Majik this time was able to control his laughter this time and helped him up and on the crutches, (Again) "Looks like you need some lessons on how to walk with those."
"SHUT THE HELL UP! YOU TRY WALKING WITH THESE THINGS!!!" his anger was too much to be held back.
Cleao and Majik both looked surprised, "FINE! WE WILL!!" (They said it at the same time)
Orphen was sitting at the table watching as Majik and Cleao both fell on their faces. (And their asses) he enjoyed watching them suffer the same way he did from the laughter and physical pains.
Krys had been watching them go at it for an hour and finally she couldn't hold it back, "HA HA HA HA HA... you ALL need to learn how to use those."
Orphen was embarrassed and Cleao shouted, "OK THEN! IF YOU'RE SOO SMART AND TALENTED THEN SHOW US THAT YOU CAN USE THEM!!!"
Krys smiled and walked over, "There are different ways to walk with these depending on the injury you have. If you have a sprained ankle then you would walk like this..." she walked perfectly across the kitchen and back, "and in Orphen's case, since both legs are weak you will need to support one leg with one crutch, and the other leg with the other crutch, like so..." she once again did it perfectly across the kitchen and back.
Before she would put the crutches out first then lift her legs over were the crutches have been placed but with this, you would put out one crutch then one foot, then the other crutch and then the other foot, and it would keep going. She gave the crutches back to Orphen and told him to walk to her after she went across the room. He stared at his feet making sure he was doing it right and occasionally forward to see were he was going. He did it almost perfectly except for the stumble at the end of the walk. He had gotten over confident and didn't pay attention to his feet and right before he got to her he accidentally put his foot out first. (That meant that nothing was supporting that leg) his leg gave in to the weight and fell into Krys' arms. He smiled faintly and his cheeks grew a tint of red.
"Good! You need to pay more attention to your feet though like you were doing at the beginning. Other then that last fall it was perfect. Now sit down, rest your legs and eat."
Later that day Orphen learned how to go up stairs but forgot the part of going back down, so when they finally got him down they told him that until he remembered how to go down he would have to stay down here. Not like that stopped him.
------ 7:00PM ------
Orphen was sitting by the window watching the sun turn the skies into orangey-purplish colors.
He sighed, "How'd this happen... to me?"
He felt a warm touch on his shoulder and his first reaction was to cover the warmth with his hand. When he did that he realized what he was doing and jerked away, but because of his rush to take his hand away he jerked a little too hard and fell out of his chair. There was Krys; she hadn't expected him to jump away like that or to put his hand on hers, which startled her. She held out a hand to help him up but to her surprise he knocked her hand away.
"I don't need help from a 'girl'." He took the crutches from under his chair and struggled to his feet.
Krys got an angry look, "What? Look I know that today was embarrassing, but that's no reason to mistake politeness for help. And ya don't have to emphasis 'girl'. Little snobs like you should get this kind of embarrassment more often."
He grabbed her collar, "What did you call me?!" he said with clenched teeth.
"I said that you're a snob. S-N-O-B, SNOB! Would ya prefer something else like jackass?" Krys stared into his eyes with complete confidence.
He made a fist and pulled it back ready to punch, but then dropped it while letting go of her shirt.
His eyes softened and he rested his head on her shoulder, "I'm sorry, you're right, but I feel like everyone hates me and it's even more humiliating when a girl can beat you. It just makes things worse."
She wrapped her arms around his back and hugged him as tightly as she could and said, "Yes, I know, but who is this girl you talk about that can beat you up? If you're talking about me, oh no, and Cleao, eh there's nothing scary about her, she's funny when she's mad. Oh yeah and Orphen, the only person I know that hates you is Volcan. I don't understand why you say such stupid stuff." She released him from her arms.
He smiled nicely and looked at his crutches, "I-I didn't do anything bad enough to deserve this... did I?"
Krys shook her head. She told Orphen that if he wanted to feel more liked he would have to open up a bit, and if there's something about you that somebody doesn't like they'll have to live with it. She also told him that something great would be given to him in return for his pain. He thought about it later and it brightened his mood. He had all this fun that night, like movies, snacks, jokes, and stories. When they had dinner they talked about funny things, scary things and played around at the table. Some knocks at the door disturbed everything going on at the table.
"I'll get it..." Orphen told them.
"No master, it's my house and you're hurt so let me." Majik demanded.
He answered the door and some strange people were there, "Uh, may I help you ma'am?"
The longhaired blonde said, "I'm a guy. Well anyway there's something in your house and we're here to get rid of it"
Majik panicked, "WHAT?! There's something here?! What is it? WHAT..."
A black haired kid about Majik's age stepped up and put his hand over their greeter's mouth, "Look we don't know yet but let us in and we'll dispose of it, for your safety."
Majik stepped aside watching them come in. One had short brown hair but was clearly was a girl (Wearing jean-shorts that were blue and a white hoody), there was this pink haired girl wearing this strange hat (She was wearing blue jeans and a dark blue hoody). There was also (The people who talked) the longhaired blonde (His hair was down to his waist) who was wearing a white shirt and a pair of white jeans and the short, black haired kid who was wearing a red vest and red cargo pants.
They walked in and Krys got up and greeted them inviting them to dinner. They agreed that they were a little hungry and Cleao got them seats. Dortain served them their dinner and Volcan hung up their coats. The pink- haired girl noticed Orphen just sitting there eating.
"Hey you," she said, "just out of curiosity, how come you didn't do us anything? I mean we're guests and all..."
Orphen stopped eating and looked at her, "Well, I would've answered the door, but..."
"But?"
"It's that...
"BUT WHAT?!" shouted the girl.
"Hey, calm down Merrill..." the black haired kid stopped her shouting.
The blonde looked from the girl to Orphen, "I'm sorry, she's a little too curios about things and when her question isn't answered right away then she get mad."
"Don't worry about it. That happens to me a lot here with the women."
Cleao gave him a death glare and Krys ignored excepting the fact that it was true.
The brown haired girl suddenly seemed interested in Orphen, "Well could you please tell us why you wouldn't answer the door?"
All of a sudden all of the attention was on Orphen.
When Krys realized that he didn't want the attention on him she said, "We wouldn't let him."
"But why?" Merrill asked her.
She sighed and turned to face them, "He's having trouble walking."
The black haired guy was interested in this, "Why?"
"Van? You said you weren't going to talk." The blonde said.
As if he had asked Orphen he replied, "We're not really sure. We think that maybe it has something to do with this ghost we... well we sort of saw it."
They all were stumped so he continued, "We couldn't see it physically but we could see where it was in the room if we closed our eyes and concentrated, but the last thing I remember about that incident was these huge pains in both shoulders then I woke up on the floor. Well enough about me, what are your names?"
The blonde answered, "There's Van, Hitomi, Merrill, and I'm Alan." (Van: Black haired, Hitomi: brown haired, Merrill: pink haired, Alan: Blonde)
Then Majik jumped in, "I'm Majik, this is Orphen, this is Krys, and that is Cleao."
Orphen realized that Cleao was coming in so he whispered to them, "Here's a tip of a lifetime: Don't make Cleao mad..."
He didn't notice that she was right behind him, "And just WHY don't they want to make me mad?"
He gulped and slid his chair over as far as he could away from Cleao before she grabbed it. He as quickly as possible ran out of the chair only to fall on the ground a few feet away from the chair. The visitors watched the two for as long as it lasted, not taking their eyes off them.
As Orphen crawled away (and Cleao walking towards him cracking her knuckles) he started shouting, "Come on Cleao I can't go anywhere, stop."
When Krys realized what was going she shouted, "Cleao! What the hell you doing?!"
When the girl didn't stop pursuing Orphen she jumped on the table and then off landing behind Cleao and when in her range she flipped Cleao onto the floor on her back.
"Cleao! What the hell?! You know he can't go anywhere so why are you attacking him?!"
Cleao got mad, "FOR YOUR INFORMATION HE WAS TALKING BEHIND MY BACK! SO I WAS JUST REMINDING HIM NOT TO DO THAT!!!"
"First of all he can't go anywhere so cut him some slack, second of all you cannot control what he does, third of all he wasn't making fun of you he was just warning them about your bad side and fourth of all GROW UP! And if you don't want to then Ok, how bout this, I break both you're legs and let others beat on YOU!" Krys had never been so mad at Cleao before and she let her leave, "I knew that you weren't a very high person but this is just all time low!"
Orphen was breathing hard when she left, he didn't want to hurt anymore than he did now so he was kinda scared and didn't breathe. Krys sighed and went to Orphen and Majik did the same and they helped him back to his chair. (Volcan and Dortain followed her)
Krys went back to cooking and Majik asked, "Isn't she amazing Master?"
The four guests all said at once, "MASTER?!"
"Oh yeah he used to be my apprentice, I don't know why he still calls me that." Orphen said rubbing his eyes.
They just nodded and continued eating. Van stared at Orphen after a few bites.
He finally said, "Do you really have walking problems? It looked more like you tripped."
He looked up to face him, "Yeah I do, but I really don't feel like proving it, it hurts like hell, besides I'm eating."
"It seems more like you're faking it, just for attention." Alan suddenly added.
Krys knew what was going on but she wanted to know what Orphen would do. Orphen sighed and pushed back his chair enough that he could walk out. He grabbed his crutches and walked into the middle of the room. (The space that was empty) he looked around making sure that everything was out of his way then slowly pulled his crutch away. (Krys had her back turned so she couldn't see this) Majik was wondering what he was doing because if he didn't have support of the crutch he would fall to the ground. Orphen had a surge of pain stream up his legs and for a moment clutched his crutches harder and closer, but when he was used to it he pushed them away. When Krys heard the crutches fall to the ground she swirled around and ran towards Orphen and Majik did the same when he realized what he was doing. Orphen swayed back and forth a few times then forward then finally collapsed.
Krys reached him, "WTF?! I told you earlier not to do that it would make the condition worse!" she turned around and walked towards the blonde, "WTF is your problem?! If he tells you he shouldn't do something than just leave at that!!"
When she finished she tugged his hair and hit the van on the head leaving him on the floor with a huge bump on his head. She resumed fixing the desert she had planned to have that night.
"Lor- Van! Are you ok?" Merrill was now kneeling next to van who was holding his head in pain.
(Van) He looked at Orphen who was still on the ground refusing the help that Majik was giving him.
Orphen noticed his glaring and started to return the stares. Finally van looked away and sat on his chair and as for Orphen he grabbed his crutches and walked out into the living room plopping down on the couch then laying down on his side.
Later that night all of them except Cleao (Volcan and Dortain included) watched some more movies and had a delicious desert. Orphen fell asleep in the middle of the second movie and woke up in the right as the third started. That was when Hitomi reached into her backpack and took out a drink. She had eighteen cans of sake.
Merrill's eyes sparkled and she said, "Wow! What a great idea! But where did you find that?"
She shrugged and handed it out to everyone.
Krys looked at the drink and asked, "Isn't this drink alcoholic? My sis said that it was a Japanese type of wine."
Hitomi shrugged again and opened her drink then handed it back, "Just try it, I know that you'll enjoy it."
Krys sipped it then thought a moment while everyone, but Orphen drank their drinks in big gulps. Orphen just sat there, looking into the darkness in the little hole you drank from. She drank from it again only this time it was a bigger sip.
"Uh? Orphen? Is something wrong?" she had noticed him just sitting doing nothing.
*Crickets chirping*
He finally snapped out of it, "Huh? Oh, yeah, n-no it's nothing."
*Crickets chirping*
"Orphen," She said him in disbelief "there's something bothering you, you're never this quiet... at least not around me."
He looked at her, "Well it's just that last night I had this feeling that something bad was going to happen tonight at the same time exact time."
Krys put her drink down and went upstairs and shouted down, "Hey Orphen! Ya want to try going down stairs again?"
'Yeah, sure, why not, I'll only stumble down fourteen times like last time...' -_-
----- 12:00AM -----
"Are you sure you want to do this? He doesn't seem mean at all I mean seriously, he can't even walk without falling."
Hitomi had been trying to convince the others that Orphen was innocent. (Majik and Krys weren't there)
Alan looked over his shoulder, "Do ya want to get paid or not? Besides, he's shown signs that he might be the thing we've been trying to catch and he's playing the goodie-two-shoes act."
Hitomi looked down, "I still think..."
Van covered her mouth gently and shushed her.
"Looks like you've still got the romantic touch, Van." The blonde said as they walked down the stairs.
Van just looked away in disgust.
----- Flashback -----
"Guys I think that he is covering something up." Alan whispered through the still night air.
Merrill thought about this, "Yeah he his isn't he? Well, maybe he's the... ya know "
Van sighed, "Demon? Well we'll have to get rid of him then...for good."
"I don't think we should..." Hitomi protested.
Alan thought then looked out the window, "Well, if we're gonna get rid of him before he transforms, we'll have to do it tonight..."
----- End of flashback -----
They reached the bottom of the steps and were walking towards Orphen on the couch. They saw him and hesitated. He looked so peaceful and calm he wasn't snoring or drooling he was just there with an expression of nothing happening. (T.T I wish I could see this) Orphen turned so that his back was to them which helped them focus on their goal. (Killing Orphen) Van took out a knife and gently flipped him so he was on his back. He put the knife to Orphen's throat but before he could slit it Orphen woke up startled and jumped over the couch. He landed on his feet but collapsed instantly. He tried to cry for help but Van had jumped over and put his hand over his mouth, and the knife back into the position it was at before he woke up.
"Shut up! Ya want to wake everyone up?" Van whispered in his ear.
'... That was the plan...' -_-
Orphen looked at him and pulled his hand off and whispered back, "Fine I won't, but why the hell why you were you trying to kill me?"
The blonde walked up with another knife, "Yes, true we were trying to kill you and we still are..." Orphen gulped, "But since you woke up we have a change in plans, if you don't resist then you live, and you'll be coming with us, but..." He put his knife to Orphen's throat, (Van has his knife there too and they were on opposite sides) "If you do resist, then you'll die... so make a choice, A: Life or B: Die."
Orphans eyes now held fear, he didn't want to go with them, but he certainly didn't want to die.
He squinted his eyes, "Fine, I'll..." they dropped the knives and moved away and gave him his crutches, he smirked.
Orphen started to move towards the stairs but there was another sharp blade at his neck.
"Yes?" Orphen said still smirking.
There was Merrill holding the blade that would decide his fate, "Where are you going? Be honest."
Orphen turned towards her, "I'm going to wake up Krys."
"Huh? You just said that you wouldn't resist..." Merrill was really confused.
He laughed, "No I didn't say that, you wouldn't let me finish, even if I did I wouldn't be the one resisting, it would be Krys, well now that you've caught me, you'll probably kill me, right?"
She nodded.
Orphen moved the blade away and continued to walk. But just then someone had charged at him from behind and sent him flying forward. (He landed at the base of the stairs) he climbed up halfway up the stairs but couldn't go any further. Hitomi had grabbed his leg. Orphen turned to face them and the two men started walking up the stairs. Once again Orphen was afraid.
"W-W-What did I do?" Orphen asked them.
They didn't answer, but Van did pull out a knife.
"Krys... Majik... Cleao..." Orphen whispered to himself.
A blade was being pressed against his neck, "Any last words?"
Orphen nodded, "Chekro sera kro chain..." he whispered.
"Wha?" he tilted his head.
Orphen started glowing and hurricane winds blew him back past his friends. Orphen was confused himself. He looked at his hands and at his body in confusion on what was going on. The others downstairs could see this. Orphen's body was lifted into the air and a sudden flash filled the room with a blinding light. When it cleared on the stairs was Orphen's body. He opened his eyes and sat up holding his head.
"Ow... what the hell... hap...pened..." Orphen looked above him in terror.
There was the ghost from before that was haunting him, and it showed itself in front of him again. Fear overflowed Orphen's mind, which caused him to panic. He stood but then tumbled down the stairs past the people who were just about ready to murder him. Orphen coughed up blood and tried to get up again to run, when he found he was un able to he started to crawl, but then froze when it heard a voice.
"Tree tres Cosecha Flame? Hed rez wat mane nepo?"
All the 'guests' stepped aside as if not to anger it. The ghastly figure got closer to Orphen who inched away the closer it got to him until Orphen was backed up against the couch. He looked away and shut hid eyes tightly expecting pain, but instead a cold hand was gently running its fingers around Orphen's neck. The fear inside Orphen seemed to vanish as it did so. Orphen opened his eyes and saw that the ghost had blood on its finger.
"You're bleeding..." Orphen told it.
It looked from its finger to Orphen and the ghastly figure reached out again to touch his neck. When it touched his skin it stung. Orphen realized that his neck had been slightly cut, but in his fear of the creature he hadn't noticed the pain.
Orphen touched his throat (a little to the side) and once again felt a sting, "W-w-when did this happen?"
Van suddenly ran up with a drawn sword and swung it as hard as he could only to have the blade pass through it. The blade would have sliced Orphen only he had ducked under it.
The ghost looked at Van, who backed up, and back at Orphen, "It res sen lev es juk?"
Orphen seemed to understand it, a little bit, and responded, "Yes?"
The ghastly figure turned towards Van, "Echa lo utic..."
The ghost started to howl angrily and winds were conjured from out of nowhere. The others backed away and Orphen crawled towards his crutches, which were only a couple of feet away. The winds deceased as the ghost noticed his movements and he turned to Orphen. It went over to where his crutches lay and (Some how) picked them up. As the thing moved towards Orphen (With the crutches) he got ready to move.
While handing him the crutches it said, "Chilen... ko mana parlseas..."
'Chilen... ko mana... parlseas? What the hell does that mean?' /_\
The ghost slowly vanished and all the fear in the room disappeared but Orphen's grew. The others were starting to remember why they were down there and drew closer to Orphen.
'Parlseas parlseas... what does that mean? He said, 'here, use your...' uh! What the hell does PARLSEAS mean? 8O Which reminds me, how the hell do I even understand ANYTHING it says?!' /.\
they drew closer.
'Parlseas... I'll never find out! Maybe I could... na that would NEVER work... well, I guess I could try...'
"Hey uh what does parlseas sound like or remind you of?" Orphen asked them.
The blonde stopped and thought, "Gee, I don't know... OH! It reminds me of magical powers. I wish I was a tree."
*Crickets chirping*
Everyone: O.O
*Crickets chirping*
"WWWHAT?" Alan asked.
'OH GOOD LORD!! I completely forgot! I'm a sorcerer so I don't need legs to defend myself and the ghost was trying to remind me of that.' /.\ (It said "Use your powers...")
Orphen felt much safer and smiled as they (finally) continued to approach.
Van lifted his sword and shouted, "DIE, YOU BEAST!!!"
Orphen put up a shield and broke the sword the moment they clashed.
All of them shouted, "WTF?"
Orphen grabbed the crutches that the ghost had handed to him and stood. He stepped back keeping an eye on the strangers that he barely knew and stepped into the moonlight shining through the window behind him.
(The itsy bisty visitors climbed up Majik's stairs, down came the demon and wiped them all out... out came the sun and dried up all their blood then the really big demon went up his stairs again... Oh sorry continuing.)
Krys just then walked down the stairs and realized that the 'guests' were trying to kill Orphen.
"What are you guys doing?!" Krys shouted without thinking.
As soon as they realized she was there she clasped her hand over her mouth.
'Oops...' -_-
Hitomi and Merrill ran to Krys holding knives while the Van and Alan were busy with Orphen.
She looked at her two attackers and pulled her sword out if her sheath, (That was too well hidden to see) "Look, I don't want to hurt anyone again so move aside and you'll get through this unharmed."
When the enemy didn't budge she sighed. She jumped over the stair railing and charged toward Van. He swirled around and swung his blade at a downward stroke but missed when the girl jolted to the side. She came back charging with a sword technique that Van believed only his people used. (One hand held the handle keeping it straight and pointed out while the other was an open fist with the ball of the handle being pressed against the palm.) He dodged also but not fast enough to prevent some damage. She had held the blade sideway and when he moved to the side she swung it the same way and deeply cut Van's stomach. She jumped in front of Orphen and blocked Alan's sword who was about to be blocked anyway by a shield.
"Hey, are you alright Orphen?" she asked in a worried tone.
He smirked and shut his eyes, "Yeah, except that I'm really tired."
She looked at him a moment, "This might sound stupid but drop the crutches."
He looked at her confused, "I thought that you said I shouldn't..."
"SHUT UP!! Forget what I said then but remember the other thing I said?"
------ Flashback ------
"Next time listen to me ok?"
------ End of flashback ------
"Oh yeah, alrighty then I'll do it."
Orphen dropped his crutches and was very surprised. He could stand!!! (Not like it matters... ^_^... : )... o.o... -_-... /.\... what am I saying...)
She looked over and said, "I thought so... well we gotta leave."
Orphen was confident that he could walk but the first step he took he stumbled to the ground. She started laughing then caught herself. She helped him up but refused to let him walk by himself so she made him lean on her as he walked out. They made it through the door and Krys threw Orphen aside then jumped. Just as she did this Van ran out and under her but didn't get out of the way fast enough and Krys landed on top of his head and he dropped to the ground like a rock. Orphen stood up and tried to walk once again but fell just like before. Krys ran over to him as the others came to help their friend in need and got as far away as they could in the little time they had. It wasn't long before Merrill noticed them escaping.
"Hey! They're getting away! We gotta hurry!" she told her group.
They chased the two for the longest time, with little tricks being played on each other around every nook and cranny. At last the four caught up to Orphen and Krys who were sitting on the grass panting heavily.
Van stopped where he was and took a breather, "Damn you two are really annoying. Merrill you can kill them."
"Yes sir!" she said while saluting as if he was an officer.
She was the only one not tired after all the running and was pleased to do the honors for Van. Orphen closed his eyes and smiled thinking of better days and Krys closed her eyes trying to figure out what she did to deserve this but before the 'honors' were done a guymelef landed behind the two on death row. The cockpit opened and out came a silver haired man about Van's age.
"What? Lets see that map again. This doesn't look like Paradise Beach." Just then the noticed everyone staring at him, "Uh? Hey! What's going on?! You guys were having a duel to the death and no one invited me?!"
Orphen sighed, "Nooo, THEY were trying to kill ME! I didn't even want to fight, I mean it's midnight! Why would I hold that HERE at THIS time!"
The new boy thought a moment, "Yeah, I guess you're right... well if you're not going to fight than can I take your place?"
Krys said, "Yeah, sure, why not..."
He smirked evily and jumped down onto the ground.
He drew his sword and shouted, "En garde!"
"OMG! HE'S GONNA CUT MY HAIR!!! AHHHHHHH!!!!!!!" the blonde ran away screaming.
"Who's out there?" the owner of whoever's lawn they were on said.
A light turned on and shone on Van, Merrill and Hitomi, "HEY YOU!! GET OFF MY LAWN!!!"
Whoever it was had a shotgun and nearly killed Van. The next shot was aimed at Merrill who quickly dashed out of the way following Van and Hitomi.
The owner opened their broken window and leaned out, "You people alright?"
Orphen sighed in relief knowing that he wouldn't get shot and Krys just shouted, "YOU GO GIRL!"
Cleao and Majik were at the second story window of Cleao's house and waving to them. Orphen sighed deeply and laid down on his back and closed his eyes realizing how tired he was and accidentally fell asleep. All Krys did was lead the new boy inside and dragged Orphen into the house.
---------- Chapter 6 ---------- What's wrong with me? ----------
----- 12:00AM -----
"Uh, man, my aching head. Where am I? Oh yeah, I'm at Majik's house... or was I?"
Orphen had woken up in some one's living room in the middle of the night. He examined the room and found that the TV was on and nobody else was in there. He felt something behind him, something warm and it was breathing. Since he was still to weak to stand or sit up he just looked over his shoulder. There was Krys, she was the only one who gave up their bed to stay with Orphen and see if he was alright.
"Krys, Krys wake up." Orphen barely could speak as he turned around and shook her awake.
"Orphen? You're awake..." she smiled at him, "good..."
He could tell that she must've been awake almost the entire time because when she finished talking almost instantly her eyes were shut.
"Sorry I woke you up, I didn't know you were that tired." Orphen apologized.
She opened her eyes a little bit and said, "Don't worry, it's ok... just you have bad timing, it's twelve o'clock and I just fell asleep."
Afterwards Orphen tried to get some sleep but for some reason the harder he tried the more awake he was. Finally he was tired of just laying there and wanted to see if he could stand. He started pushing himself up into a sitting position and a hand started pulling on his shirt forcing him back down.
He looked at Krys, "What are you doing? I just want to get something to eat."
Her eyes were wide awake with worry then suddenly changed to cold and stubborn.
"You're not going anywhere. You need to rest for the night." Her voice sounded as if it had no emotion at all.
Her grip and strength didn't weaken and even though she was tired she was still much stronger than Orphen at the moment. She forced him back down and held him there. He flipped himself over on his back when she stopped pushing him down. She was leaning over him and her eyes now held sadness in them.
"Look if you need something just ask me to get it, ok?" she said staring into his brown eyes.
All he could do was stare back and nod. He turned to his side and looked ahead to keep from looking in the dark sadness in her eyes. She laid back down realizing that he had lied so she would let go. When he thought she was asleep again he once again tried to sit up. He had finally sat up but then standing for some reason was a lot harder. Unlike when he was laying down his legs and the rest of his body were soar and the gravity pulling on him just made it worse. He collapsed on the floor but fortunate for him it was quiet enough not to wake anyone. He pulled himself back on his feet swaying like a tree about to fall over and finally was able to stop himself from falling on Krys. He finally could stand straight but his legs were shaking. And to see if he was alright he would choose a destination and walk over. (He chose the window, which was behind the couch he was laying on)
'Ok now step forward at least once...'
He stepped almost falling once again.
'Ok now another step...'
He stepped again catching himself again from falling over.
'One more...'
He stepped falling back the two steps he had done.
'I'm going nowhere...' /.\
At last he made it to the window. He slowly sat down where he was and looked out to the moon. It was almost full; actually it looked like the day after tomorrow would be the full moon. He sighed trying to get rid of the fear growing inside him. He feared the coming of the completed moon even though he's always loved looking at it. He knew he had to go to back to bed because he wouldn't want to see an angry face after feeling a lot better, but a sudden surge of weariness enabled him to get back up and walk over to the couch. So he just decided to stay there and slowly fell asleep.
------ 8:00AM ------
"Orphen OOOOrphen. Orphen? ORPHEN!!"
"Uh, what? Stop shouting I'm awake!"
"HE LIVES!!" Cleao shouted.
She had for once woken Orphen up without the help of Krys who was still sleeping on the couch.
"Gee Master, I didn't know you could walk, or even wake up." Majik had walked up to see why Cleao had shouted.
Orphen looked at them irritated, "Ok, well can you help me back to the couch before Krys wakes?"
Cleao smirked and Majik was confused.
"Why would you need help? If you walked over here can't you get back?" Majik knelt in front of him.
Cleao sighed still having a smirk, "What would happen if I went over there and woke her up?"
He looked at her, "She is like you in a way and if you go wake her up she'll probably slap you in the face."
"And how do YOU know?" Cleao asked.
He sighed, "I've learned it the hard way... oh yeah and Majik, you don't know how much of a pain in the ass it was to get here, literally."
Cleao walked over to Krys and started to shake her awake. It started with a light shake, then she shook her harder, and harder, and harder, until a hand flew through the air hitting Cleao in the face sending her flying towards the fireplace.
"AH!! OMG!! SORRY!!" Krys was at Cleao's side helping her up.
Krys noticed that Orphen was by the window instead of on the couch and got an evil look on her face.
"Hey mind telling me why you're over there?" she was holding back all the anger but was easy to tell she was mad.
Orphen got nervous knowing that he was to weak right now to even walk he replied, "MAJIK FORCED ME TO!"
Majik looked at him as if saying what the hell are you talking about?
"See he woke me up around 2:00AM and told me to walk over here to test if I was alright." Orphen continued.
Majik noticing that she was starting to look at him with evil glares said, "CLEAO FORCED ME TO!"
She gave Majik the same look as he gave his master.
He also ranted on, "Well see she woke me up around 1:00AM and convinced me."
They both smiled nervously but calmed as she turned her attention towards Cleao.
Krys turned back at them looking as if nothing happened smiling and said, "Ya know... you two are the worst liars I've ever known. Hey did you really think I was mad?"
Both Orphen and Majik were dumbfounded. They could have sworn that she was ready to kill.
Out of nowhere they heard a burst of laughter coming from the stairs, "HA HA HA HA! You two looked so stupid just then. Even you 'you sorry excuse for a sorcerer'."
Volcan stood there laughing his head off when he felt a punch on the head and the family jewels. (Balls) both Cleao and Krys had to hit him. (The urge was too great to handle)
Krys walked up to Orphen and knelt in front of him smiling, "well how do you feel now?"
He looked down.
"Yeah that's what I thought, next time listen to me" she turned away and ran upstairs.
'God damn it... I thought that maybe she'd be helpful and help me back to the couch. Actually, I do deserve it... What am I saying? I'm confused...' /.\
Before they knew it she was back down the stairs holding a case that looked like it was holding ten walking sticks. She came straight to Orphen and opened the case. There inside were crutches that were just the right size.
Orphen looked at them confused, "What are theses for? I can walk just fine, I'm not handicapped."
She continued then paused a moment, "If you can walk just 'fine' then show me right now and I won't make you use them."
'Shit, why'd I have to go say that?' O.O
Orphen got to his knees then tried pulling himself up. She noticed how hard it was for him so she stood him up only to have him collapse back on his knees then to have him fall backwards on his ass.
Krys raised an eyebrow and smiled, "Yeah, you can't even get to your feet without help even if you could you can't stand by yourself either, so you're gonna use these."
She handed the crutches to him and helped him get on them. He tried to walk on them but ended up falling on his ass once again. Cleao tried to keep from laughing but it was too funny for her to hold back. Majik was also laughing but held out a hand to help him up and on the crutches once again. He stepped forward but still couldn't stay on his feet.
Cleao laughed again, "Orphen you look so pathetic right now."
Majik this time was able to control his laughter this time and helped him up and on the crutches, (Again) "Looks like you need some lessons on how to walk with those."
"SHUT THE HELL UP! YOU TRY WALKING WITH THESE THINGS!!!" his anger was too much to be held back.
Cleao and Majik both looked surprised, "FINE! WE WILL!!" (They said it at the same time)
Orphen was sitting at the table watching as Majik and Cleao both fell on their faces. (And their asses) he enjoyed watching them suffer the same way he did from the laughter and physical pains.
Krys had been watching them go at it for an hour and finally she couldn't hold it back, "HA HA HA HA HA... you ALL need to learn how to use those."
Orphen was embarrassed and Cleao shouted, "OK THEN! IF YOU'RE SOO SMART AND TALENTED THEN SHOW US THAT YOU CAN USE THEM!!!"
Krys smiled and walked over, "There are different ways to walk with these depending on the injury you have. If you have a sprained ankle then you would walk like this..." she walked perfectly across the kitchen and back, "and in Orphen's case, since both legs are weak you will need to support one leg with one crutch, and the other leg with the other crutch, like so..." she once again did it perfectly across the kitchen and back.
Before she would put the crutches out first then lift her legs over were the crutches have been placed but with this, you would put out one crutch then one foot, then the other crutch and then the other foot, and it would keep going. She gave the crutches back to Orphen and told him to walk to her after she went across the room. He stared at his feet making sure he was doing it right and occasionally forward to see were he was going. He did it almost perfectly except for the stumble at the end of the walk. He had gotten over confident and didn't pay attention to his feet and right before he got to her he accidentally put his foot out first. (That meant that nothing was supporting that leg) his leg gave in to the weight and fell into Krys' arms. He smiled faintly and his cheeks grew a tint of red.
"Good! You need to pay more attention to your feet though like you were doing at the beginning. Other then that last fall it was perfect. Now sit down, rest your legs and eat."
Later that day Orphen learned how to go up stairs but forgot the part of going back down, so when they finally got him down they told him that until he remembered how to go down he would have to stay down here. Not like that stopped him.
------ 7:00PM ------
Orphen was sitting by the window watching the sun turn the skies into orangey-purplish colors.
He sighed, "How'd this happen... to me?"
He felt a warm touch on his shoulder and his first reaction was to cover the warmth with his hand. When he did that he realized what he was doing and jerked away, but because of his rush to take his hand away he jerked a little too hard and fell out of his chair. There was Krys; she hadn't expected him to jump away like that or to put his hand on hers, which startled her. She held out a hand to help him up but to her surprise he knocked her hand away.
"I don't need help from a 'girl'." He took the crutches from under his chair and struggled to his feet.
Krys got an angry look, "What? Look I know that today was embarrassing, but that's no reason to mistake politeness for help. And ya don't have to emphasis 'girl'. Little snobs like you should get this kind of embarrassment more often."
He grabbed her collar, "What did you call me?!" he said with clenched teeth.
"I said that you're a snob. S-N-O-B, SNOB! Would ya prefer something else like jackass?" Krys stared into his eyes with complete confidence.
He made a fist and pulled it back ready to punch, but then dropped it while letting go of her shirt.
His eyes softened and he rested his head on her shoulder, "I'm sorry, you're right, but I feel like everyone hates me and it's even more humiliating when a girl can beat you. It just makes things worse."
She wrapped her arms around his back and hugged him as tightly as she could and said, "Yes, I know, but who is this girl you talk about that can beat you up? If you're talking about me, oh no, and Cleao, eh there's nothing scary about her, she's funny when she's mad. Oh yeah and Orphen, the only person I know that hates you is Volcan. I don't understand why you say such stupid stuff." She released him from her arms.
He smiled nicely and looked at his crutches, "I-I didn't do anything bad enough to deserve this... did I?"
Krys shook her head. She told Orphen that if he wanted to feel more liked he would have to open up a bit, and if there's something about you that somebody doesn't like they'll have to live with it. She also told him that something great would be given to him in return for his pain. He thought about it later and it brightened his mood. He had all this fun that night, like movies, snacks, jokes, and stories. When they had dinner they talked about funny things, scary things and played around at the table. Some knocks at the door disturbed everything going on at the table.
"I'll get it..." Orphen told them.
"No master, it's my house and you're hurt so let me." Majik demanded.
He answered the door and some strange people were there, "Uh, may I help you ma'am?"
The longhaired blonde said, "I'm a guy. Well anyway there's something in your house and we're here to get rid of it"
Majik panicked, "WHAT?! There's something here?! What is it? WHAT..."
A black haired kid about Majik's age stepped up and put his hand over their greeter's mouth, "Look we don't know yet but let us in and we'll dispose of it, for your safety."
Majik stepped aside watching them come in. One had short brown hair but was clearly was a girl (Wearing jean-shorts that were blue and a white hoody), there was this pink haired girl wearing this strange hat (She was wearing blue jeans and a dark blue hoody). There was also (The people who talked) the longhaired blonde (His hair was down to his waist) who was wearing a white shirt and a pair of white jeans and the short, black haired kid who was wearing a red vest and red cargo pants.
They walked in and Krys got up and greeted them inviting them to dinner. They agreed that they were a little hungry and Cleao got them seats. Dortain served them their dinner and Volcan hung up their coats. The pink- haired girl noticed Orphen just sitting there eating.
"Hey you," she said, "just out of curiosity, how come you didn't do us anything? I mean we're guests and all..."
Orphen stopped eating and looked at her, "Well, I would've answered the door, but..."
"But?"
"It's that...
"BUT WHAT?!" shouted the girl.
"Hey, calm down Merrill..." the black haired kid stopped her shouting.
The blonde looked from the girl to Orphen, "I'm sorry, she's a little too curios about things and when her question isn't answered right away then she get mad."
"Don't worry about it. That happens to me a lot here with the women."
Cleao gave him a death glare and Krys ignored excepting the fact that it was true.
The brown haired girl suddenly seemed interested in Orphen, "Well could you please tell us why you wouldn't answer the door?"
All of a sudden all of the attention was on Orphen.
When Krys realized that he didn't want the attention on him she said, "We wouldn't let him."
"But why?" Merrill asked her.
She sighed and turned to face them, "He's having trouble walking."
The black haired guy was interested in this, "Why?"
"Van? You said you weren't going to talk." The blonde said.
As if he had asked Orphen he replied, "We're not really sure. We think that maybe it has something to do with this ghost we... well we sort of saw it."
They all were stumped so he continued, "We couldn't see it physically but we could see where it was in the room if we closed our eyes and concentrated, but the last thing I remember about that incident was these huge pains in both shoulders then I woke up on the floor. Well enough about me, what are your names?"
The blonde answered, "There's Van, Hitomi, Merrill, and I'm Alan." (Van: Black haired, Hitomi: brown haired, Merrill: pink haired, Alan: Blonde)
Then Majik jumped in, "I'm Majik, this is Orphen, this is Krys, and that is Cleao."
Orphen realized that Cleao was coming in so he whispered to them, "Here's a tip of a lifetime: Don't make Cleao mad..."
He didn't notice that she was right behind him, "And just WHY don't they want to make me mad?"
He gulped and slid his chair over as far as he could away from Cleao before she grabbed it. He as quickly as possible ran out of the chair only to fall on the ground a few feet away from the chair. The visitors watched the two for as long as it lasted, not taking their eyes off them.
As Orphen crawled away (and Cleao walking towards him cracking her knuckles) he started shouting, "Come on Cleao I can't go anywhere, stop."
When Krys realized what was going she shouted, "Cleao! What the hell you doing?!"
When the girl didn't stop pursuing Orphen she jumped on the table and then off landing behind Cleao and when in her range she flipped Cleao onto the floor on her back.
"Cleao! What the hell?! You know he can't go anywhere so why are you attacking him?!"
Cleao got mad, "FOR YOUR INFORMATION HE WAS TALKING BEHIND MY BACK! SO I WAS JUST REMINDING HIM NOT TO DO THAT!!!"
"First of all he can't go anywhere so cut him some slack, second of all you cannot control what he does, third of all he wasn't making fun of you he was just warning them about your bad side and fourth of all GROW UP! And if you don't want to then Ok, how bout this, I break both you're legs and let others beat on YOU!" Krys had never been so mad at Cleao before and she let her leave, "I knew that you weren't a very high person but this is just all time low!"
Orphen was breathing hard when she left, he didn't want to hurt anymore than he did now so he was kinda scared and didn't breathe. Krys sighed and went to Orphen and Majik did the same and they helped him back to his chair. (Volcan and Dortain followed her)
Krys went back to cooking and Majik asked, "Isn't she amazing Master?"
The four guests all said at once, "MASTER?!"
"Oh yeah he used to be my apprentice, I don't know why he still calls me that." Orphen said rubbing his eyes.
They just nodded and continued eating. Van stared at Orphen after a few bites.
He finally said, "Do you really have walking problems? It looked more like you tripped."
He looked up to face him, "Yeah I do, but I really don't feel like proving it, it hurts like hell, besides I'm eating."
"It seems more like you're faking it, just for attention." Alan suddenly added.
Krys knew what was going on but she wanted to know what Orphen would do. Orphen sighed and pushed back his chair enough that he could walk out. He grabbed his crutches and walked into the middle of the room. (The space that was empty) he looked around making sure that everything was out of his way then slowly pulled his crutch away. (Krys had her back turned so she couldn't see this) Majik was wondering what he was doing because if he didn't have support of the crutch he would fall to the ground. Orphen had a surge of pain stream up his legs and for a moment clutched his crutches harder and closer, but when he was used to it he pushed them away. When Krys heard the crutches fall to the ground she swirled around and ran towards Orphen and Majik did the same when he realized what he was doing. Orphen swayed back and forth a few times then forward then finally collapsed.
Krys reached him, "WTF?! I told you earlier not to do that it would make the condition worse!" she turned around and walked towards the blonde, "WTF is your problem?! If he tells you he shouldn't do something than just leave at that!!"
When she finished she tugged his hair and hit the van on the head leaving him on the floor with a huge bump on his head. She resumed fixing the desert she had planned to have that night.
"Lor- Van! Are you ok?" Merrill was now kneeling next to van who was holding his head in pain.
(Van) He looked at Orphen who was still on the ground refusing the help that Majik was giving him.
Orphen noticed his glaring and started to return the stares. Finally van looked away and sat on his chair and as for Orphen he grabbed his crutches and walked out into the living room plopping down on the couch then laying down on his side.
Later that night all of them except Cleao (Volcan and Dortain included) watched some more movies and had a delicious desert. Orphen fell asleep in the middle of the second movie and woke up in the right as the third started. That was when Hitomi reached into her backpack and took out a drink. She had eighteen cans of sake.
Merrill's eyes sparkled and she said, "Wow! What a great idea! But where did you find that?"
She shrugged and handed it out to everyone.
Krys looked at the drink and asked, "Isn't this drink alcoholic? My sis said that it was a Japanese type of wine."
Hitomi shrugged again and opened her drink then handed it back, "Just try it, I know that you'll enjoy it."
Krys sipped it then thought a moment while everyone, but Orphen drank their drinks in big gulps. Orphen just sat there, looking into the darkness in the little hole you drank from. She drank from it again only this time it was a bigger sip.
"Uh? Orphen? Is something wrong?" she had noticed him just sitting doing nothing.
*Crickets chirping*
He finally snapped out of it, "Huh? Oh, yeah, n-no it's nothing."
*Crickets chirping*
"Orphen," She said him in disbelief "there's something bothering you, you're never this quiet... at least not around me."
He looked at her, "Well it's just that last night I had this feeling that something bad was going to happen tonight at the same time exact time."
Krys put her drink down and went upstairs and shouted down, "Hey Orphen! Ya want to try going down stairs again?"
'Yeah, sure, why not, I'll only stumble down fourteen times like last time...' -_-
----- 12:00AM -----
"Are you sure you want to do this? He doesn't seem mean at all I mean seriously, he can't even walk without falling."
Hitomi had been trying to convince the others that Orphen was innocent. (Majik and Krys weren't there)
Alan looked over his shoulder, "Do ya want to get paid or not? Besides, he's shown signs that he might be the thing we've been trying to catch and he's playing the goodie-two-shoes act."
Hitomi looked down, "I still think..."
Van covered her mouth gently and shushed her.
"Looks like you've still got the romantic touch, Van." The blonde said as they walked down the stairs.
Van just looked away in disgust.
----- Flashback -----
"Guys I think that he is covering something up." Alan whispered through the still night air.
Merrill thought about this, "Yeah he his isn't he? Well, maybe he's the... ya know "
Van sighed, "Demon? Well we'll have to get rid of him then...for good."
"I don't think we should..." Hitomi protested.
Alan thought then looked out the window, "Well, if we're gonna get rid of him before he transforms, we'll have to do it tonight..."
----- End of flashback -----
They reached the bottom of the steps and were walking towards Orphen on the couch. They saw him and hesitated. He looked so peaceful and calm he wasn't snoring or drooling he was just there with an expression of nothing happening. (T.T I wish I could see this) Orphen turned so that his back was to them which helped them focus on their goal. (Killing Orphen) Van took out a knife and gently flipped him so he was on his back. He put the knife to Orphen's throat but before he could slit it Orphen woke up startled and jumped over the couch. He landed on his feet but collapsed instantly. He tried to cry for help but Van had jumped over and put his hand over his mouth, and the knife back into the position it was at before he woke up.
"Shut up! Ya want to wake everyone up?" Van whispered in his ear.
'... That was the plan...' -_-
Orphen looked at him and pulled his hand off and whispered back, "Fine I won't, but why the hell why you were you trying to kill me?"
The blonde walked up with another knife, "Yes, true we were trying to kill you and we still are..." Orphen gulped, "But since you woke up we have a change in plans, if you don't resist then you live, and you'll be coming with us, but..." He put his knife to Orphen's throat, (Van has his knife there too and they were on opposite sides) "If you do resist, then you'll die... so make a choice, A: Life or B: Die."
Orphans eyes now held fear, he didn't want to go with them, but he certainly didn't want to die.
He squinted his eyes, "Fine, I'll..." they dropped the knives and moved away and gave him his crutches, he smirked.
Orphen started to move towards the stairs but there was another sharp blade at his neck.
"Yes?" Orphen said still smirking.
There was Merrill holding the blade that would decide his fate, "Where are you going? Be honest."
Orphen turned towards her, "I'm going to wake up Krys."
"Huh? You just said that you wouldn't resist..." Merrill was really confused.
He laughed, "No I didn't say that, you wouldn't let me finish, even if I did I wouldn't be the one resisting, it would be Krys, well now that you've caught me, you'll probably kill me, right?"
She nodded.
Orphen moved the blade away and continued to walk. But just then someone had charged at him from behind and sent him flying forward. (He landed at the base of the stairs) he climbed up halfway up the stairs but couldn't go any further. Hitomi had grabbed his leg. Orphen turned to face them and the two men started walking up the stairs. Once again Orphen was afraid.
"W-W-What did I do?" Orphen asked them.
They didn't answer, but Van did pull out a knife.
"Krys... Majik... Cleao..." Orphen whispered to himself.
A blade was being pressed against his neck, "Any last words?"
Orphen nodded, "Chekro sera kro chain..." he whispered.
"Wha?" he tilted his head.
Orphen started glowing and hurricane winds blew him back past his friends. Orphen was confused himself. He looked at his hands and at his body in confusion on what was going on. The others downstairs could see this. Orphen's body was lifted into the air and a sudden flash filled the room with a blinding light. When it cleared on the stairs was Orphen's body. He opened his eyes and sat up holding his head.
"Ow... what the hell... hap...pened..." Orphen looked above him in terror.
There was the ghost from before that was haunting him, and it showed itself in front of him again. Fear overflowed Orphen's mind, which caused him to panic. He stood but then tumbled down the stairs past the people who were just about ready to murder him. Orphen coughed up blood and tried to get up again to run, when he found he was un able to he started to crawl, but then froze when it heard a voice.
"Tree tres Cosecha Flame? Hed rez wat mane nepo?"
All the 'guests' stepped aside as if not to anger it. The ghastly figure got closer to Orphen who inched away the closer it got to him until Orphen was backed up against the couch. He looked away and shut hid eyes tightly expecting pain, but instead a cold hand was gently running its fingers around Orphen's neck. The fear inside Orphen seemed to vanish as it did so. Orphen opened his eyes and saw that the ghost had blood on its finger.
"You're bleeding..." Orphen told it.
It looked from its finger to Orphen and the ghastly figure reached out again to touch his neck. When it touched his skin it stung. Orphen realized that his neck had been slightly cut, but in his fear of the creature he hadn't noticed the pain.
Orphen touched his throat (a little to the side) and once again felt a sting, "W-w-when did this happen?"
Van suddenly ran up with a drawn sword and swung it as hard as he could only to have the blade pass through it. The blade would have sliced Orphen only he had ducked under it.
The ghost looked at Van, who backed up, and back at Orphen, "It res sen lev es juk?"
Orphen seemed to understand it, a little bit, and responded, "Yes?"
The ghastly figure turned towards Van, "Echa lo utic..."
The ghost started to howl angrily and winds were conjured from out of nowhere. The others backed away and Orphen crawled towards his crutches, which were only a couple of feet away. The winds deceased as the ghost noticed his movements and he turned to Orphen. It went over to where his crutches lay and (Some how) picked them up. As the thing moved towards Orphen (With the crutches) he got ready to move.
While handing him the crutches it said, "Chilen... ko mana parlseas..."
'Chilen... ko mana... parlseas? What the hell does that mean?' /_\
The ghost slowly vanished and all the fear in the room disappeared but Orphen's grew. The others were starting to remember why they were down there and drew closer to Orphen.
'Parlseas parlseas... what does that mean? He said, 'here, use your...' uh! What the hell does PARLSEAS mean? 8O Which reminds me, how the hell do I even understand ANYTHING it says?!' /.\
they drew closer.
'Parlseas... I'll never find out! Maybe I could... na that would NEVER work... well, I guess I could try...'
"Hey uh what does parlseas sound like or remind you of?" Orphen asked them.
The blonde stopped and thought, "Gee, I don't know... OH! It reminds me of magical powers. I wish I was a tree."
*Crickets chirping*
Everyone: O.O
*Crickets chirping*
"WWWHAT?" Alan asked.
'OH GOOD LORD!! I completely forgot! I'm a sorcerer so I don't need legs to defend myself and the ghost was trying to remind me of that.' /.\ (It said "Use your powers...")
Orphen felt much safer and smiled as they (finally) continued to approach.
Van lifted his sword and shouted, "DIE, YOU BEAST!!!"
Orphen put up a shield and broke the sword the moment they clashed.
All of them shouted, "WTF?"
Orphen grabbed the crutches that the ghost had handed to him and stood. He stepped back keeping an eye on the strangers that he barely knew and stepped into the moonlight shining through the window behind him.
(The itsy bisty visitors climbed up Majik's stairs, down came the demon and wiped them all out... out came the sun and dried up all their blood then the really big demon went up his stairs again... Oh sorry continuing.)
Krys just then walked down the stairs and realized that the 'guests' were trying to kill Orphen.
"What are you guys doing?!" Krys shouted without thinking.
As soon as they realized she was there she clasped her hand over her mouth.
'Oops...' -_-
Hitomi and Merrill ran to Krys holding knives while the Van and Alan were busy with Orphen.
She looked at her two attackers and pulled her sword out if her sheath, (That was too well hidden to see) "Look, I don't want to hurt anyone again so move aside and you'll get through this unharmed."
When the enemy didn't budge she sighed. She jumped over the stair railing and charged toward Van. He swirled around and swung his blade at a downward stroke but missed when the girl jolted to the side. She came back charging with a sword technique that Van believed only his people used. (One hand held the handle keeping it straight and pointed out while the other was an open fist with the ball of the handle being pressed against the palm.) He dodged also but not fast enough to prevent some damage. She had held the blade sideway and when he moved to the side she swung it the same way and deeply cut Van's stomach. She jumped in front of Orphen and blocked Alan's sword who was about to be blocked anyway by a shield.
"Hey, are you alright Orphen?" she asked in a worried tone.
He smirked and shut his eyes, "Yeah, except that I'm really tired."
She looked at him a moment, "This might sound stupid but drop the crutches."
He looked at her confused, "I thought that you said I shouldn't..."
"SHUT UP!! Forget what I said then but remember the other thing I said?"
------ Flashback ------
"Next time listen to me ok?"
------ End of flashback ------
"Oh yeah, alrighty then I'll do it."
Orphen dropped his crutches and was very surprised. He could stand!!! (Not like it matters... ^_^... : )... o.o... -_-... /.\... what am I saying...)
She looked over and said, "I thought so... well we gotta leave."
Orphen was confident that he could walk but the first step he took he stumbled to the ground. She started laughing then caught herself. She helped him up but refused to let him walk by himself so she made him lean on her as he walked out. They made it through the door and Krys threw Orphen aside then jumped. Just as she did this Van ran out and under her but didn't get out of the way fast enough and Krys landed on top of his head and he dropped to the ground like a rock. Orphen stood up and tried to walk once again but fell just like before. Krys ran over to him as the others came to help their friend in need and got as far away as they could in the little time they had. It wasn't long before Merrill noticed them escaping.
"Hey! They're getting away! We gotta hurry!" she told her group.
They chased the two for the longest time, with little tricks being played on each other around every nook and cranny. At last the four caught up to Orphen and Krys who were sitting on the grass panting heavily.
Van stopped where he was and took a breather, "Damn you two are really annoying. Merrill you can kill them."
"Yes sir!" she said while saluting as if he was an officer.
She was the only one not tired after all the running and was pleased to do the honors for Van. Orphen closed his eyes and smiled thinking of better days and Krys closed her eyes trying to figure out what she did to deserve this but before the 'honors' were done a guymelef landed behind the two on death row. The cockpit opened and out came a silver haired man about Van's age.
"What? Lets see that map again. This doesn't look like Paradise Beach." Just then the noticed everyone staring at him, "Uh? Hey! What's going on?! You guys were having a duel to the death and no one invited me?!"
Orphen sighed, "Nooo, THEY were trying to kill ME! I didn't even want to fight, I mean it's midnight! Why would I hold that HERE at THIS time!"
The new boy thought a moment, "Yeah, I guess you're right... well if you're not going to fight than can I take your place?"
Krys said, "Yeah, sure, why not..."
He smirked evily and jumped down onto the ground.
He drew his sword and shouted, "En garde!"
"OMG! HE'S GONNA CUT MY HAIR!!! AHHHHHHH!!!!!!!" the blonde ran away screaming.
"Who's out there?" the owner of whoever's lawn they were on said.
A light turned on and shone on Van, Merrill and Hitomi, "HEY YOU!! GET OFF MY LAWN!!!"
Whoever it was had a shotgun and nearly killed Van. The next shot was aimed at Merrill who quickly dashed out of the way following Van and Hitomi.
The owner opened their broken window and leaned out, "You people alright?"
Orphen sighed in relief knowing that he wouldn't get shot and Krys just shouted, "YOU GO GIRL!"
Cleao and Majik were at the second story window of Cleao's house and waving to them. Orphen sighed deeply and laid down on his back and closed his eyes realizing how tired he was and accidentally fell asleep. All Krys did was lead the new boy inside and dragged Orphen into the house.