Chapter 8: Plot Revealed, Revelation of Chaos!
Filia landed near what looked like a lake of water as the sun started to peak and the stars went away. "So, Filia what's the story behind this place, we didn't really have time to talk details awhile ago." Lina said as Filia turned into her human form.
"Well… It is said that there is a map inside this lake that leads to the other piece. The third piece is sealed so well that it requires a map to the location." Filia explained.
"Inside the lake, looks like we'll have to use our protection barriers to breath." Zelgadis said.
"Yeah, hey Gourry you'll have to come with us so stay close while we cast the spell, so you can be in the bubble." Lina said.
"Alright Lina, coming!" Gourry said as he ran to Lina. Lina jumped in the water with Gourry in the bubble with her.
"Well, time to go I suppose." Zelgadis said as the rest cast the spell and followed Lina into the water. They were all under the lake as they followed Lina.
"This thing goes really deep!" Zelgadis said through his bubble.
"Yes, it almost seems impossible for a lake to be this deep. The lights from our protection spell are the only lights down here!" Filia said, when the lake got darker as they went down.
"The lake looked so small up on the surface!" Amelia complained.
"Looks can be deceiving Amelia." Lina replied as Amelia nodded. Lina and the others could see a light coming from underneath a rock.
"You guys see that, lets check it out!" Lina proclaimed as Nahga, Filia, and Amelia followed her and the others.
"Hey uh Lina, don't look now but what are those swimming strait at us?" Gourry said while Lina looked at the objects.
"No, can't be!" Lina screamed. "Those fish people, I can't stand them…" She continued as her face turned blue and hid behind Gourry in the bubble while they stopped floating toward the light.
"Those things, prepare for battle!" Nahga said as the fish men swam right passed them as fast as they could.
"They must be after something else… oh well lets continue toward the rock." Lina said as the others followed her in their bubbles. They reached the rock and saw that there was an air pocket under the massive rock.
"Hmmm, this looks like it may be it. Filia lets get out of these bubbles and inside that rock so you can ask the Fire Dragon King." Lina said.
"Right!" Filia replied as the group surfaced inside the boulder. They got out of the water and the protection spells fizzled out by their commands. Lina looked around and saw a door with some torches that were magically lit.
"Huh? A door!" Lina exclaimed as Filia started to draw franticly on a piece of new cloth.
"This is no ordinary rock, I say we open the door and investigate." Zelgadis said.
"It is decided!" Said Filia. The others looked at her.
"So… is it really behind here Filia?" Lina asked.
"Err I meant it is decided, that I can't write on this texture." She said frowning with the shredded cloth in her hand.
"Oh screw it lets just bust through it." Nahga said as she charged the door.
"No wait!" Filia screamed as Nahga hit the door with her shoulder and flew back with an electrical charge in her hair. "It's enchanted…"
"Great, thanks for the delay in dialogue." Nahga said as she fell to the ground slightly charred.
"I see another seal written with the text of the dragons, probably to try and fool the monsters and lead them away from here. So how are you planning to break this one Lina?" Zelgadis asked.
"Well I can't but I know Filia can, right Filia?" Lina said as she looked at Filia.
"Hey don't place it all on me, just because I'm a descendent of them does not mean I can clap my hands and open them like that. It takes awhile!" Filia said.
"I liked the one where we stood in a triangle and chanted a spell. Remember that one Lina?" Gourry asked.
"Heh how could I forget, that place is what got us into this mess." Lina replied.
"Well I'll open it but, it will take awhile you might as well sit back and wait… make some tea maybe." Filia said.
"Tea, how can you think about tea at a time like this! Oh never mind lets just sit and wait." Lina said with a sigh.
"I for one could use a short break." Amelia said sitting down next to Zelgadis on the ground next to a wall.
"Hmm, how dull I think I'll just leave for awhile." Xellos said as he disappeared.
"Humph, and don't come back." Filia said under her breath. Gourry walked to Nahga and poked at her with a twig.
"Hey wake up are you ok… hey?" Gourry said. Nahga twitched a bit and smacked Gourry. "Oomph!" Gourry said as he flew back.
"Oops sorry Gourry, natural defenses of mine are acting up again." Nahga explained.
"Sure no problem." Gourry said plastered against a wall. Amelia put her head on Zelgadis's shoulder.
"I didn't get much sleep last night." Amelia said as she yawned.
"Huh, err…" Zelgadis said blushing.
"Hey check Zel out, he always turns into a babbling moron whenever Amelia gets close to him." Lina said.
"Heh, yeah isn't kind of cute?" Nahga replied.
"I wish they would just cut to the chase and admit they like each other." Lina said.
"You mean like you and Gourry right?" Nahga said laughing.
"Oh I get it your looking for another fight, then lets finish the fist fight we had in one of the past chapters!" Lina said.
"Your on you little witch!" Nahga replied as the two started to fight again. Filia was reading the language on the door and trying to decode the message to disable the spell put on the stone door.
"This message is very strange, it may take a little more time." Filia said.
"Don't touch me there Zel at least not yet!" Amelia said.
"W… what the hell are you talking about?" Zelgadis replied with his face red.
"Huh?" Amelia said as she looked behind her at the water. "No, It's an octopus in the water!" Amelia said as it drug her into the water.
"Amelia!" Zelgadis said as he dove into the water forgetting that he was practically stone. Lina and Nahga stopped fighting and saw Zelgadis and Amelia weren't there.
"Uh oh, Zel and Amelia might be in a bit of trouble. Gourry stay here with Filia." Lina said with bruises on her face.
"Sure." Gourry said still phased from when Nahga hit him.
"Lets go after them!" Nahga said with a black eye. "Filia stay here and open that door we'll get back soon!" She said as she followed Lina into the water with a protection spell on them, so they could once again breath under water.
"Now I can finally focus more on this thing. Its just me and you Gourry." Filia said. Zelgadis sunk fast into the water while Lina caught up with him in the air bubble.
"Help me get Zel, Nahga!" Lina yelled.
"I'm going after my sister you can get him!" Nahga snapped as she floated after the octopus. Lina let out a sigh and began to try and pull Zelgadis back up.
"Damn Zel kick your legs or something, your really heavy!" Lina yelled. Zelgadis clung to a wall and started to climb the sea wall with the help of Lina while Nahga faded from view. "Once we get you back into the rock you can cast the same spell on yourself to help me find those two idiots." Lina said as Zelgadis acknowledged.
"Do you think those guys will do ok?" Gourry said as Filia turned to him.
"I'm sure they are just fine, hey I think I may be able to get the door open soon I figured out part of the puzzle. Hmm something about hands of sound… maybe some kind of tuning fork shaped as a hand?" Filia said as she continued to read the inscription on the door.
"Oh… I'm eating one right now!" Gourry said as he handed Filia a Tuna on a fork. "It's some lunch I had."
"Uh… not exactly what I had in mind but thanks for the thought." Filia said as she sighed.
Amelia was struggling not to breathe as Nahga finally managed to grab her and pull her into the protection spell. Amelia gasped for air inside the air bubble as they both watched the octopus swim away from view.
"Thanks sis!" Amelia gasped.
"Don't mention it, lets get back to that cave." Nahga said as she looked around in confusion. "Um Amelia, you don't happen to know which way was the way back do you?" Nahga said with a worried look.
"No, but I have a feeling we are about to be escorted somewhere!" Amelia said pointing behind Nahga. Nahga turned to see the fish people that past by them earlier.
"You freed that girl from its grasp, you must help us." One of the fish people said.
"What do you mean, from that octopus?" Nahga asked.
"Correct, that is no ordinary octopus. It has killed many of my people and destroyed half of our underwater city.
"We are kind of busy at the moment." Nahga said as Amelia jumped over her.
"As an ally of justice, I cannot let this octopus roam free, come dear sister lets put an end to its evil!"
"No, Amelia we didn't even get promised a reward!" Nahga explained. The fish person that talked to her the last time approached the air bubble.
"You will be rewarded handsomely if you can get rid of that thing!" The fish person explained. Nahga looked at Amelia.
"Ok, I guess you can count me and Amelia in, if that is the case." Nahga said.
"Yes, we will stop its terror!" Amelia said with passion.
"Thank you oh great ones I shall inform our leader that you two will rid us of the demonic octopi!" The fish person said.
"Demonic octopi, where have I heard that before?" Nahga said in confusion.
"Yes, now great warriors follow us to our village."
"But how do we breath once this spell wears off?" Amelia asked.
"Don't worry, we have air pockets in our city for people like yourself. It used to be a popular get away, until that thing came." The fish man said.
"Ok then, lead the way!" Nahga said as she and Amelia followed the fish men to their under water village, disappearing into the depths of the lake.
Lina had finally got Zelgadis back to the caves air pocket while Filia was still sitting and reading the inscription.
"Guys, are you ok?" Gourry asked.
"Yeah we're fine but we need to go find Nahga and Amelia." Zelgadis said coughing.
"I've decoded part of the message, please hurry and find Amelia and Nahga." Filia said with concern.
"Don't worry, ready to go back in Zel?" Lina asked as Zelgadis coughed a bit.
"Yeah, lets go." Zelgadis said as he and Lina cast a protection spell on themselves and floated into the water, this time looking for Nahga and Amelia.
"Here it is, our great city!" The fish man said looking at Amelia and Nahga. Nahga and Amelia looked at the city in awe as its glowing structures illuminated the surrounding dark lake.
"Wow, quite a place you've got here." Nahga said as the fish man escorted them to the air pocket full of food.
"Finally, being an ally of justice pays off!" Amelia said as Nahga started to dig into the food. "Hey, leave some for me!"
"Please eat all you like, there is more to come after you beat that damned octopus. I will go get the president of this city and tell him you are here." The fish man said as Amelia and Nahga nodded their head continuing to eat.
"I can't wait to see the look on Lina's face when we come back rich!" Nahga said with a smirk on her face.
"I could care less about your little feud with each other, I just want to help these poor creatures." Amelia replied as her sister shrugged. "Hmm, if this place used to be a getaway like vacation spot for humans and fish people how did the normal people get down here?" Amelia asked.
"How should I know, they probably had a sorcerer that cast a protection spell on them till they reached the city. That is how a lot of traveling is done these days." Nahga explained.
"I guess that makes since." Amelia replied as the fish man came back.
"I present you, Evan the fish president of the lake city!" The fish man said. Nahga and Amelia stopped eating and approached Evan.
"I hear you are a couple of sorceress's, please rid us of that horrible beast that haunts our peaceful city!" Evan pleaded.
"We already told your friend here we would, for a price." Nahga said.
"Agreed, the beast will probably strike us soon so be ready." Evan said as he jumped into the water.
"Alright, finally I beat Lina to something!" Nahga rejoiced as Amelia just looked at her strangely. Ground began to shake inside the cave as they heard screams of the fish people.
"It must be here now!" Nahga said as she and Amelia cast a protection spell and dove into the water again.
"I see it!" Amelia said while watching it take down a building.
"This will be easy, Fire Ball!" Nahga yelled as the spell fizzled out in the water. "Oops, almost forgot we were under water." She said as Amelia started to cast something else, but before she could cast it the octopus swam strait for Amelia knocking her off guard.
"Ouch that does it, Elmekia Lance!" Amelia said as the spell hit the octopus. "I got it!" She said as her sister shook her head.
"Look again!" Nahga said, as the octopus was headed strait for her.
"Ahhhh, get away!" Amelia said when a huge burst of light hit the creature and degenerated it. "Lina!" Amelia said with relief.
"Don't worry we found you!" Zelgadis said.
"Damnit Lina we had it under control!" Nahga said as the fish people rushed to Lina.
"Thank you great warrior, please take these thousand gold pieces as a reward for saving us!" Evan said.
"Damn you!" Nahga said with a vein popping out of her head. Lina smirked as she stuck her tongue out at Nahga.
"Thank you Zelgadis, and you too Lina." Amelia said.
"No problem, lets get back to that cave ok?" Zelgadis said as Amelia, Nahga, and Lina followed him back. Nahga was still ranting about how Lina stole her money when they reached the cave again.
"Any progress Filia?" Lina asked.
"Yes, it seems all I had to do was clap my hands twice. Then it opened." Filia said as everyone fell down.
"You mean to tell us that we've been drug through this lake, and all we had to do was clap our hands to open it?" Lina said as she got back up with anger in her voice.
"Correct, but what is even more disturbing is what we found inside the wall. It gave us the location to the third map." Filia said with a timid tone.
"That's a good thing!" Lina said.
"However, the scrolls have an alternate purpose for existing then to revive Shabranigdu. It can also be used to summon dark lords from other dimensions. More specifically Chaotic Blue, who… is that?" Filia said with uncertainty as Lina gasped in horror.
"That's impossible, how!" Zelgadis screamed.
"I know of only one person who can explain this further, I have heard of Chaotic Blue before. However I don't remember the legend." Lina said.
"Who is this person?" Amelia said with curiosity.
"My sister." Lina replied.
"So, the plot becomes revealed. They are trying to resurrect one dark lord, and summon another from an alternate dimension, but why?" Zelgadis said.