~~ Could it be? Could it? Oh my gosh. . . IT IS!!!!! It's an
UPDATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *falls out of her chair in shock*
~~Heeheehee. I do not own Slayers, but I wish I did.
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Rezo sighed as the guards laid the now unconscious Lina in her bed. He hated using force to control his young daughter, but sometimes it was simply necessary. She had given him no choice with her threats and screaming of obscenities. After all, a father can only take so much abuse before he has to put his foot down.
Of course, having your father be one of the most powerful wizards around can't help matters when you're not getting your way. Lina had been about to fireball the manor and run off and join the circus when Rezo had zapped her with a Sleep spell. She fell almost instantly into a deep, calming sleep, dreaming of various ways to murder her future fiancée.
Rezo walked a little further into the room and stood over Lina, listening to her even breathing and again pondering how he come to have such a violent daughter. She was nothing like her sweet mother, who had died so long ago of the fever. He sighed and reached down, running a hand through her tangled hair.
"My poor Lina," he said softly as he kissed her cheek. "Couldn't you at least have asked his name before you turned violent? It's not all that bad. . . he's a fine young man."
Lina stirred slightly in her sleep as he moved back out of the room, the two guards dogging his footsteps. Locking the door behind them, Rezo fixed both young men with a fierce glare. To glare at someone with your eyes closed took a special talent, and Rezo had long ago perfected the gesture.
"No one enters that room but me, or one of my captains," he intoned, his voice hard. "Understood?"
Both guards nodded quickly and snapped to attention. "Yes, sir!"
Rezo nodded and strode down the hall, leaving a very worried pair of guards leaning on their halberds.
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"Why are we doing this again, Captain?" Dilgear grumbled as he crept along the outer wall of the Inverse Manor later that same night.
He hated slithering about like a snake, and especially outside the house of the most powerful magician he knew of.
"Because I will be damned if I'm going to marry some gently-bred virgin looking like this!" Zelgadis hissed, pressing his back against the low wall. "The little thing would faint and probably develop a heart condition the instant she saw me!"
Dilgear raised an eyebrow at that and remained silent as his captain continued. "We're going to kidnap that Inverse girl and force a ransom out of her father. He will give me the Orb of Glenkirk or else I'll personally see that his darling little daughter never sees daylight again!"
"But what if she simply casts a spell on us?" Dilgear whispered fearfully, remembering the story of the sinking of the "Mazoku".
Zelgadis held up a small silver bracelet with several dark blue beads imbedded in the silver band. It was huge, almost the size of Dilgear's fist, and seemed to glow with a slightly purple light.
"This is the Bracelet of Sithean, an artifact that I picked up when we raided the Caverns of the Sea King two years ago. It nullifies all but the most basic magical powers when placed on the wrist of a person. Lina will be helpless against us, and will not be able to hurt us."
Dilgear nodded. "But what if she's wearing an anti-curse amulet or something? Her father is mighty and powerful, after all!"
Zelgadis's eyes glinted in the pale starlight. "The magic of the Sea King is not affected by amulets and other things made by the people of the land. The only way for this bracelet to come off her wrist is if the tears of a Golden Dragon fall upon it. But hardly anyone knows of that now, and the only Golden Dragon left in the world will be far away from us by the time she realizes that Lina is missing."
Dilgear shivered at the flames that were shooting out of the Chimera Captain's eyes as they leapt over the wall in one fluid motion. On silent feet they sprinted across the huge lawns of Inverse Manor, stopping underneath the window they knew to be Lina's.
"You keep watch here, Dilgear," Zelgadis said, stepping away from the wall and looking up at the open window. "I'm going to pay a visit to dear Lina. LEVITATION!"
Dilgear watched his captain soar up towards the third story window and growled to himself, "Humans are so impatient. He could've at least asked about his fiancée before assuming she would hate him."
Zelgadis did not hear those smart words, however, for he was already inside the room. He landed silently, not allowing his heeled boots to rap against the stone floor as he crossed the room to stand over the sleeping Lina. He gazed down at her, intent on snapping on the Bracelet when he lost himself in her face.
She was curled on her side, her left arm buried underneath the pillow. Her right hand was curled in front of her chest, her cheek resting on the palm of her hand against the pillow top. He stared at her for what seemed an eternity, and then spied a wild tendril of hair that had fallen across her face.
He reached for the lock of hair before he could stop himself, smoothing it away from her sleeping face, not even realizing that he had actually caressed her cheek as he moved the hair away. She mumbled in her sleep and Zelgadis jerked his hand back, staring at it as if it had suddenly turned into an ugly creature.
"Why?" he asked aloud to the empty room. "Why do I need her so?"
Too late he recognized the sound of his own voice echoing in the dark room, and he heard the guards beginning to call to Lina through the doors. Cursing his inattention to details, he gripped her right wrist quickly, puzzled with she did not wake up at the movement. Ignoring the possibilities but thanking fate, he slid the gigantic silver bracelet over her wrist, where it instantly shrunk to her size. It now draped her lovely wrist like piece of fine jewelry, looking for all the world like a normal bracelet. But he could still see the dark purple aura around the silver, and knew it was working.
The guards began to pound on the door now, and he could hear one of them yelling for the key to unlock it. Zelgadis threw a note on Lina's pillow and glanced at the door as the guards began pounding against it. Zelgadis, heedless of the reason that Lina could sleep through all this noise, scooped her into his arms and leaped out the window again into the darkness. He landed halfway across the lawn, and Dilgear sprinted up beside him. Together, bearing their still-sleeping booty, they dashed back down the hills to the sea, and onto their ship before the guards could even think to catch them.
~~~~~~THE NEXT DAY~~~~~~
"I hope you understand my aversion to hiring you," Rezo said harshly, gripping Eris's hand tightly.
He sat in his huge study, Eris behind him, facing the grinning man across from him. The man dressed in the absolute height of fashion, and his manners were impeccable.
"Of course I understand, Lord Rezo," the man answered. "Despite all my shortcomings I DO know how to track the Chimera Captain. Don't worry; I'll get your daughter back. Now. . . about the payment?"
Rezo glanced up at Eris, who nodded and walked over to the seated man, handing him a small purse and a glowing green orb. "Ah," the man said, "the Orb of Glenkirk. How nice to have it back."
Rezo slammed his fist on his huge desk, causing Eris to jump in fright. The man, however, merely smiled at the elder, not phased at all. "I will not have you making a mockery of this very heinous crime," Rezo said. "Someone stole my precious daughter from me in the dead of night, and I want her back here unharmed and unspoiled."
"You can count on me, my lord," the man answered with a slight bow of his head.
"No, I cannot. Which is why I'm sending one of my best people with you. She will make sure that if Lina is not found, my payment will be returned in full. Filia!"
The door opened and the Golden Dragon priestess walked into the room, already wearing her traveling robes and carrying a knapsack. She bowed to Rezo and Eris, and then fixed the sitting man with a glare.
"Don't think that I've forgotten who you are, you filthy monster!" she growled, her eyes flashing red fire. "I'm not going to let you or anyone else harm a hair on Miss Lina's head!"
Xellos smiled, looking the priestess up and down and smiling annoyingly at her. This job was definitely going to have some perks.
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~~Oh my gosh, I've been soooooo busy with school and work. I'm so so so so so SO sorry for not updating in forever, but thanks to everyone who waited patiently for me.
~~Both the Orb of Glenkirk and the Bracelet of Sithean are artifacts that I have made up. You are welcome to use them in your stories if you like the idea, but please give me credit for them, and make sure that they are correct in function and appearance.
~~Next time, on "Love on the High Seas": The hunt is on! Search for the stolen Lina! You won't want to miss it!
~~Heeheehee. I do not own Slayers, but I wish I did.
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Rezo sighed as the guards laid the now unconscious Lina in her bed. He hated using force to control his young daughter, but sometimes it was simply necessary. She had given him no choice with her threats and screaming of obscenities. After all, a father can only take so much abuse before he has to put his foot down.
Of course, having your father be one of the most powerful wizards around can't help matters when you're not getting your way. Lina had been about to fireball the manor and run off and join the circus when Rezo had zapped her with a Sleep spell. She fell almost instantly into a deep, calming sleep, dreaming of various ways to murder her future fiancée.
Rezo walked a little further into the room and stood over Lina, listening to her even breathing and again pondering how he come to have such a violent daughter. She was nothing like her sweet mother, who had died so long ago of the fever. He sighed and reached down, running a hand through her tangled hair.
"My poor Lina," he said softly as he kissed her cheek. "Couldn't you at least have asked his name before you turned violent? It's not all that bad. . . he's a fine young man."
Lina stirred slightly in her sleep as he moved back out of the room, the two guards dogging his footsteps. Locking the door behind them, Rezo fixed both young men with a fierce glare. To glare at someone with your eyes closed took a special talent, and Rezo had long ago perfected the gesture.
"No one enters that room but me, or one of my captains," he intoned, his voice hard. "Understood?"
Both guards nodded quickly and snapped to attention. "Yes, sir!"
Rezo nodded and strode down the hall, leaving a very worried pair of guards leaning on their halberds.
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"Why are we doing this again, Captain?" Dilgear grumbled as he crept along the outer wall of the Inverse Manor later that same night.
He hated slithering about like a snake, and especially outside the house of the most powerful magician he knew of.
"Because I will be damned if I'm going to marry some gently-bred virgin looking like this!" Zelgadis hissed, pressing his back against the low wall. "The little thing would faint and probably develop a heart condition the instant she saw me!"
Dilgear raised an eyebrow at that and remained silent as his captain continued. "We're going to kidnap that Inverse girl and force a ransom out of her father. He will give me the Orb of Glenkirk or else I'll personally see that his darling little daughter never sees daylight again!"
"But what if she simply casts a spell on us?" Dilgear whispered fearfully, remembering the story of the sinking of the "Mazoku".
Zelgadis held up a small silver bracelet with several dark blue beads imbedded in the silver band. It was huge, almost the size of Dilgear's fist, and seemed to glow with a slightly purple light.
"This is the Bracelet of Sithean, an artifact that I picked up when we raided the Caverns of the Sea King two years ago. It nullifies all but the most basic magical powers when placed on the wrist of a person. Lina will be helpless against us, and will not be able to hurt us."
Dilgear nodded. "But what if she's wearing an anti-curse amulet or something? Her father is mighty and powerful, after all!"
Zelgadis's eyes glinted in the pale starlight. "The magic of the Sea King is not affected by amulets and other things made by the people of the land. The only way for this bracelet to come off her wrist is if the tears of a Golden Dragon fall upon it. But hardly anyone knows of that now, and the only Golden Dragon left in the world will be far away from us by the time she realizes that Lina is missing."
Dilgear shivered at the flames that were shooting out of the Chimera Captain's eyes as they leapt over the wall in one fluid motion. On silent feet they sprinted across the huge lawns of Inverse Manor, stopping underneath the window they knew to be Lina's.
"You keep watch here, Dilgear," Zelgadis said, stepping away from the wall and looking up at the open window. "I'm going to pay a visit to dear Lina. LEVITATION!"
Dilgear watched his captain soar up towards the third story window and growled to himself, "Humans are so impatient. He could've at least asked about his fiancée before assuming she would hate him."
Zelgadis did not hear those smart words, however, for he was already inside the room. He landed silently, not allowing his heeled boots to rap against the stone floor as he crossed the room to stand over the sleeping Lina. He gazed down at her, intent on snapping on the Bracelet when he lost himself in her face.
She was curled on her side, her left arm buried underneath the pillow. Her right hand was curled in front of her chest, her cheek resting on the palm of her hand against the pillow top. He stared at her for what seemed an eternity, and then spied a wild tendril of hair that had fallen across her face.
He reached for the lock of hair before he could stop himself, smoothing it away from her sleeping face, not even realizing that he had actually caressed her cheek as he moved the hair away. She mumbled in her sleep and Zelgadis jerked his hand back, staring at it as if it had suddenly turned into an ugly creature.
"Why?" he asked aloud to the empty room. "Why do I need her so?"
Too late he recognized the sound of his own voice echoing in the dark room, and he heard the guards beginning to call to Lina through the doors. Cursing his inattention to details, he gripped her right wrist quickly, puzzled with she did not wake up at the movement. Ignoring the possibilities but thanking fate, he slid the gigantic silver bracelet over her wrist, where it instantly shrunk to her size. It now draped her lovely wrist like piece of fine jewelry, looking for all the world like a normal bracelet. But he could still see the dark purple aura around the silver, and knew it was working.
The guards began to pound on the door now, and he could hear one of them yelling for the key to unlock it. Zelgadis threw a note on Lina's pillow and glanced at the door as the guards began pounding against it. Zelgadis, heedless of the reason that Lina could sleep through all this noise, scooped her into his arms and leaped out the window again into the darkness. He landed halfway across the lawn, and Dilgear sprinted up beside him. Together, bearing their still-sleeping booty, they dashed back down the hills to the sea, and onto their ship before the guards could even think to catch them.
~~~~~~THE NEXT DAY~~~~~~
"I hope you understand my aversion to hiring you," Rezo said harshly, gripping Eris's hand tightly.
He sat in his huge study, Eris behind him, facing the grinning man across from him. The man dressed in the absolute height of fashion, and his manners were impeccable.
"Of course I understand, Lord Rezo," the man answered. "Despite all my shortcomings I DO know how to track the Chimera Captain. Don't worry; I'll get your daughter back. Now. . . about the payment?"
Rezo glanced up at Eris, who nodded and walked over to the seated man, handing him a small purse and a glowing green orb. "Ah," the man said, "the Orb of Glenkirk. How nice to have it back."
Rezo slammed his fist on his huge desk, causing Eris to jump in fright. The man, however, merely smiled at the elder, not phased at all. "I will not have you making a mockery of this very heinous crime," Rezo said. "Someone stole my precious daughter from me in the dead of night, and I want her back here unharmed and unspoiled."
"You can count on me, my lord," the man answered with a slight bow of his head.
"No, I cannot. Which is why I'm sending one of my best people with you. She will make sure that if Lina is not found, my payment will be returned in full. Filia!"
The door opened and the Golden Dragon priestess walked into the room, already wearing her traveling robes and carrying a knapsack. She bowed to Rezo and Eris, and then fixed the sitting man with a glare.
"Don't think that I've forgotten who you are, you filthy monster!" she growled, her eyes flashing red fire. "I'm not going to let you or anyone else harm a hair on Miss Lina's head!"
Xellos smiled, looking the priestess up and down and smiling annoyingly at her. This job was definitely going to have some perks.
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~~Oh my gosh, I've been soooooo busy with school and work. I'm so so so so so SO sorry for not updating in forever, but thanks to everyone who waited patiently for me.
~~Both the Orb of Glenkirk and the Bracelet of Sithean are artifacts that I have made up. You are welcome to use them in your stories if you like the idea, but please give me credit for them, and make sure that they are correct in function and appearance.
~~Next time, on "Love on the High Seas": The hunt is on! Search for the stolen Lina! You won't want to miss it!