Chapter 36
Tal stumbled back in shock and surprise. He tripped over the statues tail and fell heavily on his backside, his eyes filled with fear. Tal had feared Sharrakor when he had fought him and still he feared him but then a sudden shrill cry echoed in the back of his mind and he saw flashes of his encounter with Sharrakor as clearly as they had happened.
FLASH
"Speak your spell!"..."I shall not stay to hear it but I shall seek you out if you still live when I return!"
FLASH
The eyes of the statue glared at Tal and seemed to darken to hollow but strangely vivid pits. The same hollow pits that the real Sharrakor had. Tal was locked in a gaze so strong that Tal couldn't even feel the violent shakes that Ramellean was giving him. Tal was lost in his own fears.
FLASH
...Tal felt blood running down his back as he struggled to turn over. But Sharrakor was too quick and even as Tal got free and raised his hand, the claw came smashing down, pinning him to the rock...
FLASH
The statues eyes glared even more furiously at Tal as it recognised who it was. Tal was on his back and was panting furiously as a cold sweat dripped down his face. Fear gripped Tal with a vengeance and it seemed to grip him tighter and tighter as the eyes of Sharrakor bore into his mind. Then Tal heard the screeching voice he dreaded to hear.
"Tal! You will never escape me. I will always be there in the shadows waiting for you and your friends..." shrieked the terrible voice.
FLASH
...Malen rushed at Sharrakor with a rock in her hand. Sharrakor seared her legs with a red ray and sent her tumbling across the spire...
...Sharrakor clamped his jaws over Crow's hood and swung his body like a rag doll. Then the beast tossed him aside and Crow's body went limp on impact...
FLASH
"I will also wreck havoc on your loved ones!" the voice continued echoing in Tal's head crescendoing into an earsplitting scream.
FLASH
...Milla's limp body lay lifeless on the floor and it didn't move...
FLASH
Tal shook with fear and pain as the voice grew to harsh laughter. Tal was on the verge of breaking up but then he heard a voice cut through the demonic laughter.
"...ight...Fight i...Ta...Fight it Tal!!"
FLASH
...Milla's head rose slightly to find Sharrakor...
...Malen slowly started to chant again...
...Crow crept up behind the thing and wrestled with it until the other half of the violet sunstone ring came off. Crow threw it towards Tal and he caught it as it came skittering across to him...
FLASH
"Arrrgghh!!!!" Tal yelled surprising Ramellean and cutting through the evil laughter, "Die Sharrakor!!!!" Tal screamed lifting his arm and unleashing the most powerful spell he knew directly into Sharrakor's open mouth.
The ray of violet light blasted through the air and covered the distance in less than a second causing the statues head to explode into dust. Then before Ramellean or Tal could do anything the statue crumbled and stared to fall over, right on top of Tal. Ramellean stepped out of the way just in time before the debris came crashing down.
"Tal! No!" Ramellean choked as a thick cloud of dust flung itself up to bar the way.
Tal stumbled back in shock and surprise. He tripped over the statues tail and fell heavily on his backside, his eyes filled with fear. Tal had feared Sharrakor when he had fought him and still he feared him but then a sudden shrill cry echoed in the back of his mind and he saw flashes of his encounter with Sharrakor as clearly as they had happened.
FLASH
"Speak your spell!"..."I shall not stay to hear it but I shall seek you out if you still live when I return!"
FLASH
The eyes of the statue glared at Tal and seemed to darken to hollow but strangely vivid pits. The same hollow pits that the real Sharrakor had. Tal was locked in a gaze so strong that Tal couldn't even feel the violent shakes that Ramellean was giving him. Tal was lost in his own fears.
FLASH
...Tal felt blood running down his back as he struggled to turn over. But Sharrakor was too quick and even as Tal got free and raised his hand, the claw came smashing down, pinning him to the rock...
FLASH
The statues eyes glared even more furiously at Tal as it recognised who it was. Tal was on his back and was panting furiously as a cold sweat dripped down his face. Fear gripped Tal with a vengeance and it seemed to grip him tighter and tighter as the eyes of Sharrakor bore into his mind. Then Tal heard the screeching voice he dreaded to hear.
"Tal! You will never escape me. I will always be there in the shadows waiting for you and your friends..." shrieked the terrible voice.
FLASH
...Malen rushed at Sharrakor with a rock in her hand. Sharrakor seared her legs with a red ray and sent her tumbling across the spire...
...Sharrakor clamped his jaws over Crow's hood and swung his body like a rag doll. Then the beast tossed him aside and Crow's body went limp on impact...
FLASH
"I will also wreck havoc on your loved ones!" the voice continued echoing in Tal's head crescendoing into an earsplitting scream.
FLASH
...Milla's limp body lay lifeless on the floor and it didn't move...
FLASH
Tal shook with fear and pain as the voice grew to harsh laughter. Tal was on the verge of breaking up but then he heard a voice cut through the demonic laughter.
"...ight...Fight i...Ta...Fight it Tal!!"
FLASH
...Milla's head rose slightly to find Sharrakor...
...Malen slowly started to chant again...
...Crow crept up behind the thing and wrestled with it until the other half of the violet sunstone ring came off. Crow threw it towards Tal and he caught it as it came skittering across to him...
FLASH
"Arrrgghh!!!!" Tal yelled surprising Ramellean and cutting through the evil laughter, "Die Sharrakor!!!!" Tal screamed lifting his arm and unleashing the most powerful spell he knew directly into Sharrakor's open mouth.
The ray of violet light blasted through the air and covered the distance in less than a second causing the statues head to explode into dust. Then before Ramellean or Tal could do anything the statue crumbled and stared to fall over, right on top of Tal. Ramellean stepped out of the way just in time before the debris came crashing down.
"Tal! No!" Ramellean choked as a thick cloud of dust flung itself up to bar the way.