Alright next chappy now...And da beasts ah mine! So are the new crewmembers whatever their worth.
Crew: HEY!

Kirri: And even better I finally get to awaken now.

Bite me I'm gettin to it...

Kirri: -smirks, yanks on my arm and bites down on it-

o.o -shakes Kirri off- Now class here's what we learned today: don't invite a carnivore to bite you...they'll do it.

Kirri: Heh.

And since I didn't do this before...:

(thoughts)

"normal talk"

:thought speak:

((the peanut gallery))

A few days later in south ocean...

"Rolis, anything in sight?" Vyse inquired to the talk tube. "No capteen, Seen nothing but clouds, a stone, and the pirate ship you made to say uncle." Rolis answered " I'll keep my eyes open though."

"Alright. We've been looking for two days straight and nothing..." grumbled Vyse forlornly as he held the ships wheel against the harsh winds trying to push the ship around.

"Yeah...It's gotta be here somewhere...Domingo wouldn't lie to us." returned Aika irritably " Cripes, we haven't had a discovery this evasive since we found the flutterflys..." She muttered as Vyse raised the ships altitude.

((A.N: Or whatever tricky discoverys ya hate...))

As they broke through the clouds Rolis' voice came though the talk tube "CAPTEEN! WE'VE FOUND IT! THIRTY LEAGUES OFF PORT!" Startled Vyse spun the wheel to bring the ship around and a island nearly hidden by clouds came into view.

Suddenly Vyse knew why it had been so hard to find: It was hidden untill a tornado pulled it into a low alltitude! "So that's why! we must have gone right by it before... Shall we check it out?"

"Like you need to ask captain! Come on, let go!" Cheered Aika already in the door. "Heh. Get to the long boat before I do and you've got the helm Aika!" Vyse called streaking down the corridor with Aika and Fina on his heels.

San took the wheel shaking his head "Told you they'd be excited..." "Hear me disagreeing?" Kirala replied smirking at her boyfriend as she took her own post.

"Come on let's have a look around." Aika chirped as Vyse tied the longboats mooring ropes.

"Yeah, I want to YAAA! ...wuh... a little help?"

Aika and Fina stared as Vyse swung from the tree he'd just been yanked into when the long boat had been pushed by a gust of wind.

Later...

"Okay tell me again how that happened?" Aika asked smirking. "You know exactly what happened..." Vyse glowered. " Yeah...you tried tieing the mooring rope through a tree...and got yourself snared."sniggered Aika as Fina walked ahead and looking at something. "You two might want to see this..." Fina remarked stopping and staring ahead at a huge ruin at the center of the island with a smaller island hovering over it.

While Vyse and Aika studied at the strange building Fina was busy thinking out loud. " I thought...I had hoped it really was a just a story..."

" What is it Fina? Do you know something about this place?" Asked Vyse gently.

" I might Vyse. The story I heard went like this: The sealing grounds, a prison of ice, wind, and stone hidden in an impossible place to hold the first weapons, creatures forged ages past lie sealed, buried, and bound within." answered Fina worried. "Aika's guess might be a lot closer then we'd like. It was ment to hold the constructs..."

"The constructs? You mean things like we ran into in Glacia and Rixis?" Asked Vyse glancing at her.

"And you think this place fits the bill?" asked Aika seeing fina's nod. "Jeez..."

"Come on you two it's just a story. I mean what are the chances it's true?" Vyse remarked walking to the building.

"The Gigas were just a story too..." whispered Fina remembering what Aika had said on pirate isle as she followed her and Vyse.

Inside they found what Vyse thought might be a gallery that was filled with statues. And of creatures none of them had ever seen before, some like monsters or humans with animal-like appearances, a few even defied description.

The massive stone work room had white circuitry that laced across the floor and formed glowing circles under each of the statues and stones in the wall glowed giving the room light.

"You think some deranged artist made these?" asked Aika examining an almost cat-like statue. " No, I think they might be duplicates of the creatures here. It's what the captured ones look like." Answered Fina "Funny I thought all of them were supposed to made to fight but I guess not...to tell people what's in here?" She added peering at a small ferret like statue. "Maybe...Who made this place Fina? Do you know?" Asked Vyse. "I know it wasn't just the silvites...I can see influences from at least three of the ancient civilizations here. Possibly even all of them." Fina responded continuing to look around at the chamber.

Glancing around the huge room Vyse found a bubble transporter going up ((A N: the thing you ride in before you fight Ramirez.)) "Shall we ladies?" inquired Vyse gesturing to the transport. "Indeed kind sir." Said Aika playfully smiling and getting on with Fina. Vyse got on and it took them out of the building and into the upper island.

:Almost time...: a female voice sighed softly as they entered the upper island. Aika shook her head

"Hey did you two hear anything?"

"Like what Aika?" asked Vyse "Nothing..." said Aika holding her arm nervously. (What was that?) wondered Aika worried.

When the bubble stopped they stepped into the long corridor with heavy stone doors along the walls and found a massive chamber at the end shrouded in a cold mist, three statues were standing on large pedestals with a floating crystal centered between them, above they noticed several wide catwalks close to the ceiling. "Whoa...now this is interesting..."commented Aika looking around.

Looking at one of the pedestals Vyse saw the vague shape of a creature inside. Touching it he jerked his hand back surprised. "It's ice...their creatures trapped in ice!" he said startled.

Fina gasped as she looked into the floating crystal "It IS him..." she yelped looking haunted.

"Who's 'he'?" asked Vyse walking over.

"Another part of the story, the monster that this place was built for : Silonen Ta'kirri the spirited weapon. He was a living weapon that didn't work, I think that he was the prototype for Zelos... He can change form like other silver creatures took the form of a dragon, but what my people were so afraid of was their inability control him, and his blood lust towards anyone who tried. Over time it just got worse untill they could only thing they could do to protect anyone from him was to seal him away when they weren't able to kill or destroy him.

"Great..." groaned Aika "If he's really that bad he can just stay in there." She said sourly.

:Please...don't...: begged the female voice starting to rattle Aika's nerves.

"Okay tell me you heard that!" she yelped in alarm. "No... what did you hear Aika?" said Fina.

"A woman's voice asking us not to leave him in there. Or at least... that's what it sounded like." She answered.

While they were talking Vyse was wandering around the room and had found what looked like a design on the floor and had been examining it.

Glancing at him Fina couldn't see what Vyse was looking at through the mist in the room, but she had a pretty good guess. As a jewel-like tone rang through the room Fina yelled "What happened Vyse!

"I don't know! I think I touched some kind of control mechanism!" he yelled over the noise.

Fina spun to look behind herself at the crystal just as it shattered! Hitting the floor with wet flop the creature fell out of what was left of the crystal and the other crystals shattered a few seconds later letting their prisoners fall to the floor.

The silver dragon from the floating crystal crouched unsteadily on all fours and glanced around and his gaze stopped on Fina looking like he was working something out.

Aika looked around and saw that the statues had been sculpted to look like what they were guarding: a werewolf like being with white and grey fur, a humanoid bird with blazing red feathers, and a dragoness greenish yellow scales and a tattoo around her left forearm.

Aika couldn't help but think that the dragoness was familier somehow...

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Shaking her head to try and clear her thoughts Shear looked around bewildered then crouched on her knees. ( What just happened? Someone released us?) Then she caught sight of the three humans in the room (Ah, a young human man, a OH! Aika! A silvite...! Shit! Kirri's gonna go ballistic when he figures it out!)

Standing quietly and noting she was nude, Shear looked at Kirri where he was crouched. (Looks like he's already caught on...) she thought worried. (Hopefully me, Phy, and Sabre can drive him away if he does go nuts...) Shear thought subtly moving into a spot where she could stop Kirri if she had to.

Quietly she motioned to Sabre to move into position. Never one to be slow he was already quietly moving to where he could stop Kirri, and Phy was just staring at Shear. (Well he'll knock off the pervert attitude when something finally happens.) She thought wryly.

When she noticed everyone staring behind her and she heard a heavy foot step she turned around baring her teeth and swore out loud. "Aw son of a Bitch..."

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(Okay fine...weird creatures, yeah sorta expected that after what Fina told us, the bizarre place we're in, yeah we came for that but I did not expect three statues to actually come alive to FIGHT WITH US!) thought Vyse as he started backing away looking startled as the three statues started to approach him and the others.

Before they could even draw their weapons twin flashes of white hot fire and lightning partially melting two of the statues and the third was encased in solid ice. "That was well done... Now if you don't mind I'll be taking care of some old business..." growled a voice from the center of the room getting everyone's attention.

"Not a chance in hell Kirri! You want her you'll go through us!" Snapped the dragoness as electricity still sparked from her skin from the attack.

Aika still couldn't pin down why the dragoness looked so familiar when it finally dawned on her... (Shear! That's Shear! I've dreamed about her since I was a kid! I never thought she could be real!) thought Aika shocked.

"We're with Shear, Kirri! You know that if you fight us you'll lose. You remember last time." said the wolf confirming Aika's thoughts. "Yeah and I remember how ya feel about fire and ice! So gonna leave her alone?" yelled the bird.

Kirri growled in answer just before he charged Fina who tripped in her hurry to get away from him as he changed one of his arms into a blade and jumped at her immediately getting blown across the room in a mixed blast of fire, lightning, and ice roaring with rage before hitting a wall smoking and leaving cracks in the stone. Standing quickly he snarled at Fina holding his chest, jumped onto one of the catwalks above and escaped through one of the upper level doorways.

Walking over to Fina Shear helped her up from where she fell when she tried to run when Kirri tried to attack her.

"Are you alright sweetheart?" She asked gently.

" I...I'm fine..."Fina stammered still startled and looking around at the three non-humans.

"Aww...Little silvite shocked to see the freaky animals walkin' and talkin'?" Laughed the bird "Phydrin shut up" Shear said flatly. "Hmm. Hehehe" Phy snickered. "And don't start." "Righto boss lady." Phydrin said still snickering quietly.

"Hey are...Are you who I think you are?" Aika asked nervously walking over.

"Depends, who do you think I am?" "You are Shear aren't you? ...You called yourself the beast of lightning..." piped Aika startled.

"You do remember! I was hoping you would." Answered Shear smiling.

"So...how?" Aika wondered

"Our prisons somehow let us visit people in their dreams sometimes, I found you and I guess you liked me. Hang on a sec. Phy, You and Saber see about getting everyone loose, when your done, Phy you come find me and let me know."

"WHAT! Why me? And why so soon?" yelped the bird "Because you can fly feather-head. And rather think they'd like to get free." said Shear amused. "Arg... Okay boss lady but I expect overtime pay later." Said Phy as he and Sabre walked away.

"So how do we start?" Said Phy "Forgetful as always..." Sabre said smiling slightly as they walked out of hearing.

"Well shall we get going ourselves?" asked Shear "Cause if you don't mind I do NOT like this place. "Yeah lets get to our ship and you can explain that silver psycho that ran out of here..." said Aika as they all walked out of the large room.

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Kirri: Ha! I live! And that little silvite twerp...snarls

Don't even start you jerk...

Kirri: Aw worried about the little silvie?

No I'm worried what Shear'll do to me if I let you.

Kirri:snickers

Lawrence: I'm here. Where the fee you promised me?

Kirri?

Heh don't worry Lawrence you'll get your cash...(snickers) But you'll have to wait. The deed isn't done yet.

Lawrence: raises eyebrow

Kirri: I'm gonna like this aren't I?

I think Shear is gonna like it more then you will... Untill next time party animals! Review for us!