Slayers Betrayed
Alandra: Here is a cool fic about the Slayers.
Maliska: A dramatic all, angus tic one.
Sunny: And for last, the Slayers and Lost Universe series does not belong to us, it belongs to Hajime Kanzaka and Rui Arazumi.
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Chapter 8
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4 days has passed since Lina and the others escaped from the Horde, and Gourry, getting much closer to the Planet Volvia.
"Kain, we will be arriving planet Volvia in T- 12 minutes." Informed Canal
"Very good" said Kain as he turns to Amelia. "You, hum……Amerity, right?"
"AMELIA!" yelled Amelia, she is getting so tire of this guy mixing up her name.
"Right, could you go get your friend, Lina? We'll be arriving soon."
"Right" said Amelia has she left to get Lina, but with an annoyance in her voice. Kain is always confusing her name, that would be Gourry's job to always being confuse…… Gourry……Amelia, just like the others still could not believe what thery are facing here. Lina hasn't eaten a thing since we got to the future, she only ate at least 5 plats of food, which is the same as saying that she ate nothing. Damn that Gourry. True Gourry was the most idiot of the group, but still he had shown an incredible patience and loyalty to Lina that always amazed Amelia and the others. But every one has his limits and Gourry was no exeption, and we must admit that Lina pushed him too far, witch had turn to what he is now. In a certain point of view, Lina is to blame of all of this, but Amelia doesn't want to say this in Lina's face, she is too hurt as it is already.
"Miss Lina?" called Amelia has she knocked at Linas door. But all of a sudden the door opened, (It is an electronic door, so it opens by it self) and it reveled Lina still sited in her bed, with that angus tic look in her face, the color of her skin almost seems to be gone, luckily she has eaten in these last days even if it was just a little, or else she would be nothing but skin and bones.
"Yes Amelia?" said Lina with a lifeless tone.
"Hummm, Kain wanted you to go to the control room, we are arriving Planet Volvia!"
"Alright," said Lina has she got up. "Let's see what that jerk wants!"
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A few moments later Lina and Amelia arrived to the control room, Zel was already there with Kain, Millie and Canal, Looking at the monitor that reveals Planet Volvia. The planet was huge, but fog covered the entire planet, impossible to see anything in it.
"What's wrong with the planet?" asked Amelia.
"Don't worry girl! It has always been like this." Explained Canal. "They say that a great battle happened in this planet, witch a lot of people died, they said that the fog are the spirits that have die in that planet."
"D-d-d-dead spirits?" gasped Amelia.
"How can you be sure that the Horde will not find us here?" asked Zel.
"Because the Horde is afraid of this planet, witch is why it is an excellent hiding spot for every one, many rebels and fugitives have hide in this planet to escape the Horde." Said Canal.
"Then why are we here?" asked Lina, her eyes looking serious to Kain.
Kain took a deep breath. "Because we will need a hideout so that we can plan our next move……"
"I'm NOT going to kill Gourry!" Shouted Lina very angrily.
"Why do you keep on protect him? WHY?" Shouted Kain back, getting up of his chair.
"ENOUGH YOU TWO!" cried Millie standing in the middle.
"Kain, I'm picking up life forms!" informed Canal, hoping that this would stop the fight.
Kain took another deep breath before turning back to the monitor." Alright. Zoom the area Canal, let's see who it is!"
The zoomed monitor revealed an enormous ship and right near it there was an enormous camp.
"That's a big camp over there." Said Millie.
"Say Kain, could it be one of the fugitives that you were talking about?" asked Zel, rubbing his chin.
"Possibly, but as soon as we land I will take a look."
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Kain and Millie when to investigate the camp, each one caring a lamp to see in the mist, the strangest thing is that nobody seem to be in the tends.
"This is so strange Kain" said Millie taking of her gun "There appears to be nobody here.
"True, it is strange, but maybe they are in that black ship. Let's check it out!"
Kain and Millie walked to the strange ship, when all of the sudden, appearing from the sand, appeared a dozen of figures pointing their guns at Kain and Millie.
"Whoa, whoa," said Kain when the mysterious small characters dressed in space blue suits, with white helmets, pointed their guns at him and Millie.
"Are you from the Horde?" asked one of the characters, with his gun still pointed at Kain and Millie.
"NO!" said Kain immediately "Don't you know who I am? I'm Kain Blueriver!"
"And I am Millie! The best in the universe!" added Milie.
One of the helmet characters walks closer to Kain and takes of his helmet, Kain was shock to see that it was a black haired kid by the age of 13.
"It is ok you guys! It is Kain Blueriver!" assured the black haired kid, and all the other took of their helmets, they were all children.
"Kain, children……what……" whispered Millie.
"Gabrieve, no doubt! He must have done something to these kids!" said Kain with hatred in his voice.
"What's going on?" asked a new voice that approached, it was Lina accompanied by Zel and Amelia. "We saw these guys pointing strange weapons at you guy so we decided to help."
"Relax, they are just kids!" assured Millie.
One of the kids by the age of 14 with red hair and having an eye patch on his face, approached Lina, looking at her like if she was a monster. Lina was getting uncomfortable with this kid looking at her like that."WHAT?"
"You, you, you are Lina Inverse!" said the red head boy with a little bits of hatred in his voice. All the other kids just gasped and looked right at Lina.
"Yup. That is me!" said Lina in her usual self. But still surprised by the way all theses kids looked at her with such hatred.
"DAMN YOU!" yelled the red head boy pointing his gun at Lina, and all the others did the same.
"Hey wait a minute" protested Amelia. "What's all of this about?"
"She is the cause of all of our disasters!" growled the red head boy. "It is because of you that so many suffers every day."
"What?" gasped Lina.
"What are you kids talking about?" protested Zel "Lina has done nothing to any one!"
"It is because of her that all our parent die!" yelled the red head boy " The Horde invaded our Planet to look for her! And killed every body, it is all her fault!"
Lina was in shock, Gourry killed all these kids' parents to get her? He destroyed an entire planet so he could kill her?
"ENOUGH!" yelled the black haired boy "lower your gun you guys, she has nothing to do with this!
All the other kids slowly lower down their guns, except the red head boy.
"What are you talking about Matayas? Our families all die because of her!"
"It was the Horde and Gabrieve that killed them Muzart!" said the black haired boy, now identified has Matayas "it's not her fault that the Horde is after her. As far as I can see she is just another victim like us!"
The red head boy, now identified has Muzart gasped; he looked at Lina and her friends, and was divided between the facts that she might be also a victim, and for what has happened to him. Gourry killed his father right in front of him, and took his eye.
Matayas ordered some of the kids to take Muzart to his tent to calm down.
"What is going on here? Who are you kids? And what's this all about?" Asked Zel right after Muzart left.
Matayas took a deep breath and start to explain. "We are from another planet from sector 452, from the planet Zoidst. But yesterday the Horde came to our world, and started to destroy every thing in their path. They came all of a sudden that we weren't' prepared to organize an defense, and easily they defeated us……"
"And what the red head boy said….." interrupted Amelia.
"Gourry's plan was to kill all the habitants of our planet, because he didn't want any survivor while he took over the planet."
Lina gasped and landed on the ground. She could not take this anymore, every day she has to learn more, and more, of Gourry's evil. Zel was going to help her but she stopped him, saying that she doesn't want anybody's help right now.
Matayas continued with his story "When our parents found this out they decided to send all the children away in enormous black ships like theone we have. Many ships have been destroyed but ours have managed to escape."
"That's horrible……" shivered Amelia. She just could not take so many injustices.
Kain walks to Lina, angry to see that she doesn't do anything to stop Gourry for good. "Well Lina………have you change your mind yet?"
Lina only gave him silence.
"For heaven sakes Lina! Must many people continuo to die so that you can finally decide to destroy Gabrieve?"
"SHUT UP!" cried Lina as she punched Kain in the face.
Lina was breathing heavily, because of all her nerves.
"Lina……." Said Amelia approaching her
"I'm going back to the ship!" said Lina turning back to the Sword Breaker. She just could stand this no more. She hated the future
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Many believes that Lina acts by her own selfishness, always asking something in return by her services, that she doesn't care about others. But they are wrong. Even by her bad reputation, she have proven many times that she cares for others, there was the time that Rezo had treated to destroy an entire village if Lina did not returned the Philosopher stone to him, she could never live with herself with the guilt, and the times that she destroys a city by using her Dragon Slave, she always makes sure that no innocent gets kill by that powerful spell. There were times that Gourry told the others that deep inside, Lina has a nice heart. And he is right. She fell guilty for what happened to those kids and their planet.
"I guess……….there is just, one thing to do!" This the most difficult decision that Lina ever made in her life, a decision that she never wanted to do, but she could not live on knowing that many will continuo to suffer because of her.
"Hello!" said Canal as she entered Lina's room in another maid outfit, carrying a cup of tea. "Here is tea made by me, and I assure you it is much better than the one that Millie does. (Well maybe not)"
But Lina did not respond to Canal. She just sist in her bed, with her hair covering her eyes. Canal got curious and walks a little closer to see her face, trying to study her emotions, but, in that exact moment Lina opened her eyes.
"AAAAHHH!" cried Canal, dropping the tea.
Lina did not notice Canal, she jut got out of bed and walked out of her room.
"Damn what's with her? oh damn! My tea is ruin." Cursed Canal.
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Kain, Millie Zel and Amelia were in the kitchen, and Kain was with a sac of ice on his face, because of Lina's punches. "Damn, that girl doesn't stop punching me ever since she got here. Does she think I'm a punching bag?"
"Well it is your fault!" snapped Amelia "You are the one who doesn't stop torturing her by telling all the things that Mr. Gourry is doing."
"I'm just telling the true!" replied Kain.
"You just don't care for Lina's feelings!" yelled Amelia, punching the table.
"And I suppose that her feelings are more important than the ones that die every day by Gabriev's hands?" Yell Kain back.
"ENOUGH!" interrupted Zel the arguing. "This wills gets us no were!"
"I agree!" Every one turn to who ever said that, it was Lina, in a very serious tone that no one ever saw.
"Miss Lina?" Amelia looked at her friend, surprised by her strange attitude, she never saw Lina like this. "You probably want to eat something?"
"No Amelia, I'm not hungry."
Amelia and Zel gasped. Never in their life they believed that Lina would say that she is not hungry.
"I just came here to say something to Kain." Lina pointed her looks to Kain.
"What is it?"
"You win. I……I……I am going to kill Gourry."
"You will?" Kain wanted to jump in joy, but he did not want to risk getting another punch by her, so he remained calm and silence. Amelia and Zel were in shock when they heard Lina's words. But Zel noticed something in her eyes, and it scared him, a lot.
"Yes." responded Lina, very simply "But I don't want to face him in this period of time, here he is very powerful even for me. I want to face him in my time so I can defeat him more easily."
"I see, but I'm sorry to say that to do that, we need to steal something from the Horde HQ. We will need to plan this very carefully and……."
"I don't care what it takes, just DO it!" ordered Lina, leaving the kitchen, back to her room.
"Lina, Wait!" called Amelia running after Lina, but Zel grabbed her. "Zel, let me go, I need to talk to her!"
"No Amelia let her go!"
"But Zelgadiss, don't you see that she is suffering by making this decision? We need to talk to her!"
"Amelia, in any other time you know that I would agree with you, but for now we better leave her alone. Did you saw the looks on her face? I never saw that expression on her before."
Amelia sniffed and landed on her knees. "Our Group is falling apart."
In Lina s room.
Indeed, Lina made the most terrible, difficult decision she ever made in her life. She is going to kill Gourry for the safety of others. "Gourry………I miss you so much."
Lina looked at the window of her room, watching the endless night. Memories running in her mind. She was weanling to sacrifice the entire world to save the man that was more than a best friend to her. The man who stood up in her side every single battle. The man who was the first one who ever talk to her, as a friend, and made her feel happy. The man she has fallen in love with. "We have been into a lot of things together, him and me. But now……"
Now for the safety of the other, she must sacrifice her heart. "Gourry…… Gourry…….Gourry, please come back……come back to me Gourry……… Please………"
For the rest of the day, Lina remained in her room, crying to herself, wishing for the day she must kill Gourry, never to come.
To be continue………
Air Jay: And what a decision, no?
Sunny: Don't miss the next chapter! The big stuff is coming up!