For disclaimers – see previous chapters. & A welcome to Valkyrie(A.K.A. Valkyrie4), yet another character we do/don't own, depending on which way you look at it :-p!
In the Temple
Lara walked down the passage, her gun out. Soon they came to a stone statue. Lightning walked up behind her.
"Don't know why they bother putting in these stupid stone monsters," Lightning said. "We only bash them up."
"Well they didn't know that, did they?" replied Lara. "But I don't understand why it's always stone that comes to life when you do something. Stone monkeys, dragons, aliens, people … you name it, they've done it."
"Donkeys?" asked Vorsie, trying to think up something that they hadn't seen. Lara nodded. "Elves, wizards, Lightnings, light bulbs?" Lara and Lightning nodded seriously. Vorsie obviously didn't know that they were winding her up.
"Laras, Vorsies, Leggys … hang on, you're lying, aren't you?" asked Vorsie. The other two fell about laughing. "Well, I don't think it's funny," said Vorsie. "I think it is very immature!"
Suddenly there was a noise behind Lara and Lightning. A huge stone man was walking towards them. Quickly Lightning drew her guns and loaded them. Soon the stone man lay in peaces on the floor.
"That wasn't very nice," said Rebs. "You should have seen what he wanted. Maybe he wanted to help us."
"Rebs, are you, by any chance, unaccustomed to Tomb Raiding?" said Legolas.
"Are you, Leggy?" asked Vorsie, standing up for her friend.
"No, but I am used to being attacked by orcs and the rest of that junk," said Legolas.
"Err, guys, can we stop fighting please," said Rogue quietly.
"Why?" asked Legolas.
"Because there about ten more stone men coming down the passage!" cried Rogue. After this, Vorsie, Legolas, Rebs, Nightcrawler, Iceman and Pyro screamed and ran to the back of the small crowd, shortly followed by Rogue.
"Come out you lot, you're grown people!" called Cyclops.
"No we're not!" said Nightcrawler.
"Are."
"Not."
Cyclops said nothing.
"Err, Cycke, you're supposed to say 'are'!" called Nightcrawler.
Cyclops said nothing.
"He's fallen out with me."
While Lara and co were shooting down all sorts of things coming down their side of the corridor, Powell's was fine. He marched straight down it without batting a care. That was until Val appeared.
"What are you doing here?" boomed a voice in the distance. Everyone looked at Alex.
"Err, we came to find the Jasmine Crystal," he replied.
"Oh, OK," came the answer. "Well, carry on then." Powell was confused by this.
"Who are you?" he asked.
"My name is Valkyrie."
"What are you doing here Valkyrie?"
"Just, err, protecting this area from the evil ones," said Valkyrie.
"Evil ones?" asked Alex.
"Ya know, monsters and stuff."
"You are on the wrong side of the temple," said Wenny.
"Wha-? Oh, sorry for disturbing you, must be on me then."
The X-Men could see a light at the end of the tunnel.
"It must be to the start of the next level." Said Lara.
"What! You mean that there's more than one level!" said James.
"Should hope so. This Jasmine lady must have been pretty stupid if she defended her crystal with this!" said Lightning. They both laughed. Suddenly Legolas stopped.
"There is a fell voice in the air," he said.
"Saruman!" cried Vorsie.
"No! A different voice it sounds like a demon!"
"Sauron!" shouted Vorsie.
"No, it sounds half human. It must be a strong human, has a long lifespan like mutants. Maybe it is here to help us!" Everyone nodded.
"Wha-? Oh, sht, I'm still on the wrong side. I say, any of you chaps have a map?"
Everyone looked up. On a piece of wood sat a young man, his hair white like Lightning and Storm's, and it didn't move. It came to a point down at his waist. What terrified the more…cowardly members of the group was the number of blades he had on him.
"Oh, some of you are fair maidens, what about the chapesses then, do you have a map?" He looked down at them. "Well, do you have one? In case you didn't know, that was a yes/no answer. If yes, then could you please give it me, if no could you please tell me if you have run into any monsters here?" Lightning spoke for them all.
"No, we haven't got a map. But we have run into some stone men. They might be your monsters." She said.
"Ah, evil rocks, I knew it! Where may they be, pretty one?" Lightning took great offence at this and took out two short swords seemingly out of nowhere.
"Don't call me pretty one you great clown," she snarled.
"I am so sorry, you must forgive me for causing you offence," he said, jumping down. Unfortunately for him, Rebs had just eaten a banana. She had a habit of not throwing things in the bin. Valkyrie landed straight on top of the skin and fell flat on his face. He stood up and wiped himself down.
"Anyway what were you saying about the evil rocks, where are they pr-?" he decided against saying pretty one again, just in case.
"We killed them all," said Lara. Valkyrie's jaw dropped.
"You killed them? How? Please tell, tell," he said.
"Great, next he'll be saying 'very grateful shall be I'," murmured Vorsie.
"Very grateful shall be I," said Valkyrie. It was Vorsie's turn look surprised. So Lightning and Lara showed him their guns. He smiled and nodded like Yoga all the way through.
"Thank you. Good luck and may the force be with you!" Everyone looked to him then to each other then back to him.
"Must have been the drop," said Storm. Lightning nodded.
"Hey, how would you like to come with us?" asked Lightning.
"Wha-? I thought you didn't have a map,"
"We don't but we know where we're going," came the reply.
"Great. Two stalwart friends, off on a whirlwind big-city adventure. I love it!" he said in a Donkey accent. "On the road again, I can't wait to get on the road again…" If anybody else was there, all they would have seen was a man, alone, shouting at the top of his voice.
"Wha-? Hey hold on, wait for me!"
Powell's group were nearly at the next level. They could see the light ahead, but they could also see something else.
"So, let's get this straight, we are taking him along because…?" Vorsie's voice echoed down the passage.
"He says he's a demon hunter. No matter how stupid he sounds, he still may be helpful. Besides, Rogue seems to be getting on very well with him!" Lightning said, but everyone (minus Vorsie) could hear the annoyance in her voice. Vorsie had kept on asking the same question for the past 5 minutes.
"I was hoping we might have been a bit quicker," murmured Powell to Alex.
"Why?"
"We could have made it ahead of this lot."
"Ah,"
Wenny was excited. "Oh!" she cried. "Are these our enemies?" Agent Smith sighed. He loved her, but sometimes she could be a tad annoying.
"Yes,"
"Goody! Can I meet them?"
"I err… don't think that is a very good idea." Said Magneto. "They might err… hurt you."
"Oh, can I at least look at them, then?" she asked.
"All you want Laithy," said Agent Smith. "Just don't annoy them."
Suddenly, seemingly out of nowhere came a big roar. Lightning's sarcastic voice echoed once more down the passage.
"Oh, great. The big one now."
Powell's group ran forwards. All they saw was their enemies attacking a great, moving stone statue of a woman. All kinds of weapons flew at it, bullets, knives, flashes of energy and lightning bolts. The only people who weren't attacking were, like before, Vorsie, Legolas, Rebs, Nightcrawler, Iceman, Rogue and Pyro, who were hiding behind a column on the right hand side. They were the first people to see Powell.
"Hey, you lot! Help them, go on!" shouted Vorsie. "Haven't you ever fought a big statue thing? Must be hard. Why are you still standing there, go on!" Then the great monster fell, crashing into the cowards' column, and sending them running.
"Well, you were a great lot of help, weren't you." Said Lightning. "So much for, 'I'm coming to help on your mission, Lighty'. 'I'm going to get in the way of your mission' would have been more accurate." Lightning looked down on Vorserkeien, who was lying on the floor after a rather … dramatic dive out of the falling column's way. She stood up, brushed herself down and looked at Lightning with innocent eyes.
"Sorry Lighty," she said quietly. As soon as Lightning turned away to join the rest of her group, Vorsie uncrossed her fingers and cackled evilly. She looked around for Legolas over with the main group and hopped over to him. "That was fun!" she said. "But I think that I will have to get used to Tomb Raiding!"
Both groups were now in deep conversation.
"I suggest we both join together, then we can split up when need be," said Phoenix. Storm agreed and so did most of Powell's group. Lightning was not happy though.
"Are you saying that I shall have to be within a 5 meter radius of Alex West?" she asked. Phoenix nodded, "But you won't have to talk to him, in fact, you won't have to go near him at all."
Lightning finally agreed with a lot of persuading.
"Besides, it'll be fun," added Alex. There was a lot of coughing from Lara, who was really the only person who knew what they were like together. (Technically so did Vorsie, but as she never paid much attention to anything, she didn't really know.).
"Well, are we ready?" asked Val. They all nodded and started walking towards a bright green fire, Powell and Lara on opposite sides, and the same with Lightning and Alex. Then they were gone, onto the next level.
T.B.C…
Conversation written for very little purpose apart from to relieve both authors from boredom, while they both were suffering from very bad writers block:
Lighting: Hey, not true! Vorsie was suffering, not me!
Vorsie: Well I was having to correct all your errors. I didn't have any time left to think! By the way Lightbulb, it's orCs not orKs!
Lightning: Soz. Hang on, did you just call me Lightbulb?
Vorsie: gulp
Lightning: You little …
Vorsie: Eeeekkkk! Runs off yet again Thinks, then stops suddenly Holds up a hand
Lightning: Crashes into her What?
Vorsie: We're supposed to be writing stuff here not trying to kill each other.
Lightning: Well, you started it.
Vorsie: No, you did by choosing to take offence!
Lightning: Ok that does it. Back to work NOW!
Vorsie: Yes, O great one.
Lightning: (In Lara Croft tone) Vorsie, don't start.
Vorsie: Understood, O magnificent one.
Lightning: Vo-
Vorsie: Say no more, O perfect queen.
Lightning: Wha-?
Vorsie: walks off Later, bossy boots.
Lightning: Well at least I can work in peace now.
VERY loud music starts playing
A while later…
Vorsie: Reading through the updated chapter Lighty, I'll tell you this very slowly in case you're struggling to understand what I'm saying. This computer has a Spell Check installed. Kindly use it. If I have to change Rouge back to Rogue again I think I'll start permanently calling you Lighting.
Ok, so it was completely pointless but Vorsie's frustration over the typos was certainly true.
R&R