Glee! It's time for the next installment! Hm…I'm working pretty hard on this after saying that the first part "might have a sequel someday" XD I am such a dork! Thanks for reading! R/R! Slight spoiler…heh…

Lord Yggdrasill and the Laser Pointer Slaughter

Halfway to the Tower of Salvation, the group paused briefly at a river. They had done this nearly every chance the got, in the hopes that they would finally be able to scrape the glitter from their bodies. But, alas, they found, each time, that the glitter was not going to come off. This had dispirited everyone…except, of course, Colette.

"Please be hopeful, friends!" she implored, but secretly smiled at their torment. "I'm sure there is a way to get it off! I'm sorry…this is all my fault."

'Yes, yes it is,' grimaced Genis inwardly, swatting at the glitter on his leg.

"Colette, this isn't anyone's fault," Professor Raine said, nose deep in a book on spell removal.

" 'Cept that damn glitter monster," Zelos moaned, brushing glitter from his hair. "If I ever find that thing…"

"I see someone coming," Presea interrupted, seemingly unaffected by the glitter. "It looks like…Mithos."

"Mithos?" Genis repeated, almost hopefully. "What is he doing out here?"

"Dunno," shrugged Lloyd, dunking his boot half-heartedly in the river. "Hopefully we won't get glitter on him."

'Surely Mithos will believe me about Colette!' Genis thought cheerfully, rushing to greet his friend.

But as Genis got closer to the approaching figure, he realized, with horror, that it wasn't Mithos at all (Author's Note: Well…if you've beaten the game…heh…er…no spoilers here!), but Lord Yggdrasill.

"What are you doing here!" gasped Genis, backing away. He was outside of hearing range of the group.

"Hm? Oh…yes, that," Yggdrasill said somewhat to himself rather than Genis. "Well, I got quite bored today and decided to play with your friends."

"What kind of evil are you up to now!" demanded Genis, forgetting that he didn't have his weapon with him.

"Evil? No…you see, I just got a new laser pointer," explained Yggdrasill. "And I thought, 'Hey! Wouldn't it be fun to play Get the Fairy with Colette?'"

"I'll stop you!" threatened Genis as he stood in Yggdrasill's path.

"Not a chance," laughed Lord Yggdrasill, knocking poor Genis aside. "Stay there and you may live."

Genis watched Lord Yggdrasill head toward the group, but passed out before he could call out to them.

Mithos walked into the temporary encampment of Colette's guardians and sat down next to Sheena.

"Mithos!" Colette cheered, smiling eagerly. "How are you?"

"I'm fine, Colette," he replied, nodding.

"So, what brings you here?" asked Professor Rain, looking up from her book briefly.

"Oh! I had something I wanted to show Colette," Mithos replied, fishing into his pocket and removing a laser pointer. "It's a fun new game called 'Get the Fairy'! See, the little red fairy comes out and lands somewhere, and you have to try and smash it!"

"Oooh!" purred Colette, looking rather excited.

Everyone stared at Mithos. Something didn't sound right about his little "game". He grinned evilly.

"Did I mention that you use your weapons to bash it with?" chuckled Mithos, pressing the button on the laser pointer. "Oh, look! Colette, the fairy's on Zelos' head! Go on! Get the fairy!"

"Okay!" Colette squealed, grabbing up her chakram and launched herself at Zelos.

"GUH!" Zelos exclaimed, thrown to the ground instantly.

"Oops! It's on Lloyd now!" Mithos directed the red beam at Lloyd's eye, causing him to fall into the river and drown. "Now it's on Sheena!"

"Kill fairy!" growled Colette, leaping away from Zelos' mangled face and tackling Sheena.

"Missed it!" laughed Mithos evilly, sweeping the beam to Presea. "It's on her hair, Colette! Get it!"

An hour passed…

Awakening slowly, Genis rubbed his head and got up. Disoriented, he could only remember coming out into the field…but not why. Staggering into camp, the sight he beheld was most horrifying.

Colette stood in the center of the clearing, smeared with blood and dirt and glitter. All around her were the lifeless bodies of her companions, excluding Lloyd's…which had been washed away by the river. Lord Yggdrasill stood to the side, laughing. Colette's eyes slowly rose to meet his and she then grinned ear to ear.

"There's the fairy…" she mumbled, picking up her bloodied chakram.

Genis looked at his forehead in horror; Yggdrasill's laser was pointed right between his eyes.

"Kill fairy!" Colette cried, flying at Genis.

"Game over!" laughed Lord Yggdrasill, disappearing into the wind.

The red dot vanished and Colette halted instantly. Blinking, she looked around her and screamed.

"Why are they all dead!" she cried, dropping the chakram. "Genis! What happened!"

Genis blinked trice and then collapsed on the ground.