Chapter 2
Schemes
albel tries to tell nellie his feelings. will he succeed? albel is back in character for the first few paragraphs! woooh! ooh, and nel's dream...cuuuuute! and alnel! ALNE ALNEL ALNEL!
"Lord Albel! What brings you here so early?"
Albel's eyes were burning with a feverish light. "I need you to take me to Aquios."
"My lord…?"
"NOW, MAN!"
The soldier gulped and raced off to find his saddle. He had never seen the lord like this before, and he prayed fervently that he wouldn't have to again.
There were rumours that when he was like this, his unpredictable behaviour doubled, meaning that he wouldn't hesitate to kill anyone. Not that he did, anyway. He had gotten like this once because the king had refused to let him redo the ceremony that had taken his arm. He had almost killed the king, and it had only been Woltar's calm words that had brought him to his senses.
Albel Nox paced around impatiently. He had to do it, now, before his courage failed him. He chuckled. He wouldn't hesitate to stand up against an army of Crosell-sized dragons, yet he was terrified at the very thought of saying three simple words.
Finally, he thought when he saw the soldier running towards him. "You took you time."
"I'm so sorry, my lord. This way, please."
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Nel yawned as the opened her eyes. She had been woken up by shouting. And she'd been having such a nice dream, too. Gentle smiles, soft kisses, red eyes…
She sighed and got dressed, curious about all the fuss. She went to the entrance, taking the chapel shortcut. She rounded the corner…and gasped.
There, struggling furiously to get free from the five guards holding him down, was a tall figure who had his back to her, but the claw that one guard was trying to hold and his flying black-blonde hair was enough to identify him. If not, then what came next got rid of any doubts.
"LET ME GO, YOU USLESS WORMS! I HAVE TO SEE HER!"
Nel stepped through. "Need to see who exactly?"
Albel stopped struggling immediately and went limp in the guards' grasp, his crimson eyes always on her.
"Stay back, Lady Nel! He's mad!"
"What?"
"He was screaming that he had to see you. Almost killed someone to get through."
She turned to the man in question. What would possess him to do something like that?
"Nel." The voice was so soft, and so un-insulting that it took her a moment to realise who was speaking. She looked at him, surprised. Nel. Not 'Zelpher', or 'maggot', 'worm', or even 'fool'. Just Nel.
"Nel," he repeated. "I need to talk to you. It's important. Please." It was so strange hearing him say please. Albel never said please, or thank you. In fact, he never said any sentence without saying anything degrading. What was wrong with him?
At that moment, though, a loud call boomed. "OH AQUIOS! WE'RE HOME!"
The voice was followed by a blonde man and woman, two blue haired people, a little girl, a brunette, and a boy with a tail. Cliff grinned. "Hi Nel, Albel. Any reason why you're being held at knife point, ol' buddy ol' pal?"
The black-blonde haired man shrugged off the guards. "Not really, worm."
It was the Team. Cliff, Mirage, Fayt, Maria, Peppita, Sophia and…she groaned. Roger.
"Hi, Nel! Missed me?"
"Not you," the redhead groaned. "Haven't you been stepped on yet?"
"'Course not! If that happened, I'd never be able to see your fair face again."
"Why me?" she sighed. "Come on, then. You're just in time for dinner, as always."
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"Hey, Nox, what's up?"
"Nothing, maggot." In truth, everything was wrong. Now that they were here, it would take a miracle to get a moment alone with Nel. He looked over at her longingly for a moment, then sighed and started eating again.
Sophia didn't fail to notice, and as she ate, she began to scheme.
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Sophia looked round at the team. Albel and Nel were, of course, not there.
"So," Mirage said slowly. "You're saying Albel's in love with Nel, and she's clueless."
"Yep."
Cliff chuckled. "That's kinda cute. And kinda weird. Not to mention unexpected. Who would have thought; Albel, the psychotic killer, with a heart."
"Well he is only human."
"Good point. So, what do we do?"
Sophia began to laugh manically, in a way that would have done Albel proud, had said psychotic killer been there. Which he wasn't. The others backed away slightly.
"I have a plan…"
ooh er...sophia has a plan...
yeah, sorry never liked sophia. her eyes freaked me out...and she's so naieve...(did i spell that right?). anywho, hope you're enjoying, and please do what you like doing, and review! if you don't, tough. my story has brainwashed you and you must obey me! REVIEW MY GUMMIE WORMS OF DOOM! REVIEW!
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