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Sorry for the late update. Even though it is in the 3 weeks I usually promise I had meant to type this chapter up and post it last week. Unfortunately though my college was evacuated due to hurricane Wilma (don't worry, it turns out my area got little to nothing from it because it turned a lot and hit southern Florida) and the weekend I meant to use to write it was spent elsewhere. Sorry again!
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Chapter 17
Cold, dark, damp and musty. Those were the four words Lily could think of as she walked through the massive raven colored building that could easily be called a castle.
She could barely see her hand in front of her face, but she was forced to walk through the thick vale of shadow. One hand glided across the wall as it acted as her guide, the other hand rested uneasily on the hilt of her sword. If something were to attack her she would have a difficult time fending it off, especially if it turned out to be Fenrir.
Shivering she knew Fenrir had the advantage in this darkness, but she also knew there was nothing she could do about it. She did not have a torch, nor a match; in fact she did not have the comfort of any source light.
"Now I think I understand how the blind feel," she muttered to herself.
Something scurried by her feet, causing her to shriek and nearly jump out of her skin. Nervously she pressed herself against the wall, hoping beyond hope that it was nothing wanting to spill her blood.
Two tiny eyes peered out at her for somewhere beyond her. Sighing Lily rest her head on the wall, "Just a rat." She wanted to laugh at herself, but knew the stupidity of such a thing given her predicament. The small creature that frightened her was better off in the darkness of the building than she was, for it could see in the dark.
Turning herself back in the direction she had been traveling Lily began her trek once more. There was not much time and she could not spend any of it dawdling. It was better to get lost than to sit in the darkness, since getting lost might actually lead her to her desired destination.
Those glowing eyes of the rat seemed to snicker at her back before scurrying off.
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Fenrir gazed humorously at the ball of energy before him. Within the energy sat the image of Lily walking through his corridors, a frightened but vaguely determined look on her face.
A mere rat had startled the girl greatly in the darkness of his dwelling. If such a thing bothered her how was she to last in a fight against him, a powerful god, or so he declared himself to be. He was not a simple little critter to be found lurking in the darkness, he was a great beast found moments before his victims death.
"This weak excuse of a child hopes to beat me?" Fenrir chuckled horridly. "What will she do, try to get me to sympathize with her. Those gods have finally showed just how brainless they truly are." He roared with laughter, a laughter so filled with malice that even a great hero would quiver in fright, if not soil themselves.
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Tasuki nearly lost his balance as a wolf leapt at him. Growling he managed to get the beast away from him, but not before earning a clean swipe to his chest. With a cringe he took a step back, evading another assault.
"You alright Tasuki?" Chichiri asked as he fended off a lizard with his staff.
"Just a damned scratch," Tasuki answered with a growl. Raising his fan high into the air he smashed it down upon a wolf's head as it lunged at him with jaws agape.
That 'damned scratch' was more than he let on and the monk knew it, but it was neither the time nor place to bring up such an argument. Water zipping by his face to smack into a tiger reminded him that Hikou was battling next to him. "Will there be an end to this before Lily's ends the battle with Fenrir?" he asked, feeling his own limbs beginning to tire from the fierce battle.
"Most likely not," Hikou responded as he side stepped to easily evade a wolf. "Fenrir has been expecting resistance for quite some time. He is more than prepared to have us battle for days."
A tiger's mighty paw nearly ripped the bandit leader's tessen from his hands, but even though it had stayed where it was meant to his muscles were sorely unhappy. Gritting his teeth he brought his fan back upwards, hitting the tiger in the jaw as he did so.
Bodies of stunned, dead or dying animals littered the ground of the cavern. Blood and sweat filled the air with their pungent aromas. The smell seemed even worse due to the already damp smell of the cavern and the lack of ventilation which allowed all the odors to sit within the chamber.
Chichiri took a hasty step backwards to evade a wolf lunging at him from the side, but in doing so he tripped over a stunned lizard and fell to his behind. Cringing from the hard impact with the stone floor he failed to notice the same wolf about to leap upon him, until it was too late that is.
A stream of water crashed into the wolf, knocking it to the cavern floor when it was mere centimeters from the off guard monk. Giving a quick glance at his friend Hikou turned back to defending himself.
Climbing to his feet with great haste Chichiri was sure to thank Hikou before entering the battle once more. His kesa was slight torn from the creatures claws and his pants even has some scratches and blood, his own and the animals, on them.
Limbs were aching and bodies were tiring, but quitting was out of the question. They had to hold the area for Lily's safe return.
They had to fight to stay alive.
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Lily nearly tripped over her own feet for the umpteenth. Her body was beginning to feel trapped in the darkness that enveloped her. Breathing was even becoming difficult with each moment she spent in the place.
"This is – worse than – a – haunted house," she muttered to herself between breaths. In her mind she knew that if ever the place were to become a haunted house it would win all prized for being most creepy and being able to frighten even the strongest of men.
Keeping her hand firmly on the wall next to her she kept her pace forward. She knew there was no time to delay, but her body badly wanted to sit and relax, even if the darkness would be around her all the while. Knowing that however prevented her mind from accepting what her body wanted, for it wanted to get out of there, but knew it could not until their duty was finished.
Her mind was jarred from it's thoughts as her body smacked into something very solid. Rubbing her forehead she groaned in pain and frustration.
This just was not her week.
Shaking her head to clear it she placed her hands out in front of her and tried to decipher what the object was. She couldn't tell anything for several moments, but she withdrew her hands quickly when a cold object touched her hands. When nothing further happened she hesitantly put her arms back out.
She nearly laughed at herself when she figured out the cold object had been a handle of sorts. Taking an extra moment she realized that it was a handle to a door and that there were two handles, which meant there was a pair of double doors before her.
Pushing on them she found they would not budge. Her brows came together in frustration. She could go back, but if she did that she ran the risk of treading on the path she had taken to get where she currently was, something her time restraints just did not allow.
Positioning herself against the door properly she pushed upon them with all her might. Strained noised emerged from between her tightly clenched jaw as she desperately to make the doors budge.
Suddenly there was nothing in front of her and she fell flat on her face.
Shock and pain consumed her body. One minute there had been a pair of unmoving doors before her, then next there was nothing. That was truly very odd.
Groaning she picked herself up enough to be sitting on her knees. Bringing a hand up to her hurting face she felt a warm sticky substance streaming down from her nose. With a pained sigh she was thankful her nose was not broken, but wished the pain to go away as she pinched the bridge of her nose in an attempt to stop the bleeding.
This really wasn't her week.
After taking in a deep breath she brought her gaze upward. Her breath caught in her throat as she came to witness something she should have been prepared for - two bright blue eyes on the other end of the chamber. She knew who it was, those eyes were unmistakable.
"Fenrir…"
And so it all begins. What'll happen now? With the guys last in their battle? Will Lily survive hers?
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