Lian's Peculiar Journey: Starlight Paladins
Chapter 18
"Goddess Morrigan" Pip
Zhin and Lex walked down an empty street road on the outskirts of a small town. It was around evening time, but not well into the night where there would be a no people on the streets.
Right now, it was but merchants setting up their stands and a few civilians going to their homes.
"How much closer to Seris?" Zhin asked the enforcer as the two avoided a young woman.
"The town or the wretch?" Lex chuckled.
"Popping jokes now, huh?" Zhin smirked, "Seems you're losing your bad cop attitude. Regardless, I meant the town."
"A few days more. This should be the last main Magistrate town before we get to the Southern Territory." Lex informed, "Though it might be a bit difficult to actually get to Seris… the town."
"Why do you say that?"
"Seris was engulfed by an unforeseen power that consumed the town, its people, and the surrounding country side." Lex told the swordsman, "Not one man, woman, or even child was found alive when an expeditionary force of soldiers and enforcers went in. Only… the most hideous deamons you could imagine…"
Zhin stood quiet as Lex looked down.
"I lost many allies to that cursed town. Some, even friends…" Lex murmured, "As of now, the Magistrate has quarantined the entire countryside and only expeditionary forces can go inside the exclusion zone."
"Sounds r-" Zhin stopped when he heard a scream.
A woman ran out of a building screaming and crying for help, tripping on the stone road.
"AHHHH!" she shrieked when a zombie came out of her house holding what they presumed to be her husband's head.
"What the hell!?" Zhin yelled.
"Rahhh…." The zombie groaned, but the moment he stepped into the evening sunlight, he vaporized.
Lex ran to the woman and held her.
"OH MY GODS!" The woman cried when the head tumbled down near her feet.
"Get her away from here!" Lex pointed at two nearby merchants, who stammered and ran to pick her up.
"What is going on here…" he grumbled and pulled out his two magnums.
Inside the woman's house was the stench of death, but also two other zombies that were kicking the headless corpse.
"Stop right there!" Lex yelled and aimed at the two monsters.
The zombies growled and turned to face the enforcer.
"What is.." Lex looked at a glowing black portal behind a sofa, "Hrrr!" he yelled and blasted the two zombies with his magnums.
The monsters fell to the ground, dead.
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"This is most concerning…." Sarah mumbled as she looked at Zhin and Lex. She fixed her posture on her chair and looked around the inn lobby.
"Zombies… burning up in the light…"
"They also came from this portal…" Zhin reported, "Which shot out three more zombies before it just vanished."
Sarah sighed.
"This is my sister's doing." She stood up and looked at all her allies, "Those zombies were creatures of the Abyss. I've seen this before…"
"Really, it feels like it's something new." Lian sighed, "can you at least tell us what this Abyss does? It seems we're missing a lot to the story here."
"Lian is right, it feels like you are hiding so much from us." Lex added, "Sarah, we need this information if we want to succeed."
"What's the Abyss?" Moji asked.
"You see?!" Zhin grumbled.
Sarah looked down.
"I suppose it was unbecoming of me to do this." She said maturely, the strength in her voice overtaking what was previously a carefree and lighthearted demeanor.
"The Abyss consumed my sister long ago, 26 years ago, to be exact." She informed them, "She willingly accepted this heinous corruption that gave her unseemly abilities… You see, before this, my sister and I were both users of the Pyre, but…"
Her allies saw she faltered in her speech.
"She betrayed us. Blinded by selfish greed and desire for something that did not want to be hers." Sarah continued, holding back pure sadness, "After donning the Crown of the Akkadians she gained that wicked power. The Abyss is the opposite of the Pyre, The Abyss corrupts… But yet, its powers are similar. With The Abyss, my sister can regenerate from wounds like I can, but she can also absorb the life force of other beings, creating them into puppets of the darkness… all afraid of the glowing light of the Sun."
"So you're telling me that your sister can create those zombies?" Zhin asked.
"Yes." Sarah responded, "The Abyss has also granted her a limited prescience, perhaps a remnant from when she held the Pyre. With this she can see any person in any location at any time, meaning she may as well be watching us right now."
"Which is why she can send those assassins so perfectly all the time…" Lex murmured, "I honestly cannot believe you did not tell us this sooner."
"I know, but I felt that I needed to protect you…"
"Knowledge of this could have protected us sooner!" Lian yelled, "Sarah! I cannot believe this! We've all worked hard to make ourselves a team yet you have these huge secrets that could have helped us!"
"I know! I just-" Sarah looked at Lian, who was snarling at her with such disgust.
"Lian, I just-"
"What else is there, huh?!" Lian pointed at her, "Can she shoot lightning bolts from her eyes and balls of fire from her arse? Agh…!" she groaned in anger and waved her hand dismissively.
"Lian!" Sarah ran to her as she started to storm out, "Lian please, I just did it to protect you!" she hugged her.
"From what!? Valuable information?" Lian grunted.
"She speaks the truth." Lex crossed his arms.
"Yeah, what he said." Zhin grumbled, then felt Moji hide behind his legs.
"Seris can travel with the Abyss a limited distance across the world." Sarah continued, "She could have struck us earlier if I had told you all about her… And not knowing what her stand was or what its power is… I ju-"
"And she's still coming out with more powers!" Lian groaned, "What a pain…" she shifted her tiara side to side and pushed the woman away.
"Seriously." The princess murmured and glared at Sarah, "I honestly can't even…"
Sarah's eyes started to well up.
"Lian…"
"Shut it." Lian dismissed her.
"I only did this because I care about you immensely."
"And I'm supposed to trust you now?" Lian scoffed and stormed out.
Sarah shook her head and fell to her knees.
Lex shook his head and knelt next to her, "Zhin, go get Lian. We cannot get separated… especially after all these revelations…"
Zhin nodded.
"Whatever this Seris can do, she can't possibly defeat both Lian and I!" he smirked, "Moji, stay with Lex, he may need the help."
"O-O-Ok!" Moji said and ran to Lex.
Zhin chuckled and ran out of the inn, then looked to his right and left.
"Ah ha." He saw Lian storming down the road to his right.
"Lian!" he yelled and waved his hand.
Lian heard this but ignored it as she pushed aside a man.
Zhin sighed and continued following her,
"Lian come on! We can talk about this over dinner or something!" he joked as he avoided a group of people, "You, me… a nice bottle of champagne. I know that kiss you gave me when I possessed was more than just a saving grace-" he paused when he did see Lian anymore.
"Huh- HNGH!" he was kneed from behind.
"Shut up!" Lian snarled and raised her fist, "I am not in the mood for jokes!"
Zhin nodded as he held his back.
"At least I got you to stop…" he murmured and turned to face Lian, but she was no longer there.
"Goodness gracious." He rubbed his temples and looked around.
"Where has Princess Hissy Fit run off to now?" he grumbled.
The swordsman ran through the crowds until he reached a quieter area which was near a bazaar that was devoid of people.
"Huh…" Zhin sighed, but then stopped to see a figure strolling past a merchant stand.
It was a vulpin.
A golden furred one.
"Wait a minute…" Zhin murmured, "You're the one who tried to scam me you little twerp!" he yelled and grabbed the creature by the collar.
"Hey hey! OH!" the vulpin gasped when he saw who was holding him, "Hello there! Uh… Fancy seeing you again?" he chuckled uneasily.
"Long time no see my eastern friend… How are you?"
"I was almost 500 coins shorter…" Zhin snarled.
"At least you weren't…" the vulpin responded, "Say, let's let it all fly past us. There's no hard feelings, right?"
"Wrong." Zhin grunted, "You're going to give me back the 300 coins you swindled from me or else."
"Well… I tried being reasonable. I guess Pip always has to be the bad guy." The vulpin sighed and shook his head, then shifted his tail to where the tip touched Zhin's chest.
"What are you doing? Trying to tickle me?" Zhin chuckled and balled up his fist, "Nice try, vermin. But you'll get what's coming to y-" he paused.
"Are you sure about that?" Pip smirked smugly as Zhin started to shake his head.
"Wha- What…" Zhin started to feel his strength falter and let go of the vulpin in response, "Oh… What's going on?" his sight got lower and lower.
"What? Am I shrinking!?" he asked.
Pip laughed as he looked down at Zhin.
"Well Well, looks like I am getting paid after all." He said and pulled out a cleaver.
"Hmph! That won't help you!" Zhin laughed and balled up his fists.
Fists.
Fists?
What fists?
Zhin shook his head when he felt no fingers nor skin, rather…
Feathers?
Zhin looked down at his hands and saw that there were no arms, but two little golden wings.
"W-w-w-what?!" Zhin yelled in shock as he looked at his body, which was all covered in golden feathers.
"How pitiful." Pip chuckled as he walked to a nearby alley and grabbed a broken mirror, "At least I should give you some help there, bud."
Zhin saw as the vulpin grabbed the mirror and placed it in front of him, then saw the awful truth.
"I'M A CHICKEN!?"
"Yikes…" Pip mumbled, "Didn't know you would have taken it that way."
"Ah… Ah…." Zhin bawked, "I'll kill you for this!" he called out his stand.
But nothing appeared.
"Ah….."
"As long as you are a chicken, there will be no stand. That is apparently what my stand can do." Pip threw away the mirror, "My stand called MORRIGAN'S SHIFT. A nice lady gave it to me in exchange for paying me to kill you. Pretty cool, huh?"
"You… work with Seris!" Zhin jumped up on his chicken feet, "Oh, I knew she would strike again seeing we're so close! We must have her with her tail between her legs!"
"Woah man, that's offensive." Pip told him.
"What? Oh yeah… Sorry."
"Yeah you should just be more careful about what phrases you use around people you feel me?"
"No not really."
"Human Privilege, I tell you what."
Zhin rolled his eyes.
"Well I'm not really human anymore so…"
"Oh that's right." Pip rubbed his chin, "Well…"
"Yeah…"
Pip stood there looking at Zhin.
"You know, I suppose I did forget what I was going to do."
"Oh, well I was going to look for my friend, but you did turn me into a chicken." Zhin responded.
"Ah yes, and I was going to kill you!" Pip snapped his fingers and looked at his cleaver.
"There you go!" Zhin gobbled, "Wait-"
"HRAH!" Pip jumped up and struck down with his knife.
Zhin squawked and flew back.
"Come here!" Pip scurried towards him, "I won't get paid if I don't get you!" he yelled and pounced on a stand.
Zhin gasped when the cleaver flew past him.
"My tail feathers!" he yelled when he saw some feathers cut clean off.
"Missed!" Pip snarled, showing his teeth, "At least I still have the primal hunting skills." He chuckled and ran towards Zhin.
"Get away from me! I won't be your lunch!" Zhin growled and saw two merchants talking to each other nearby.
"Hey! Hey!" he called out to them.
The merchants turned to see Chicken Zhin squabbling and ignored it.
"I'm talking to you, assholes!" Zhin yelled.
"Hel-"
"They can't hear you, pal." Pip appeared with his cleaver, "To them, you're only a chicken." He chuckled.
"I'm not your pal." Zhin snarled, then ran towards another street.
"You won't escape me this time!" Pip laughed and threw the knife again, "Missed!" he growled and ran after his foe.
"I'm going to bite you!" he gnashed his fangs, "I'm going to get that money even if I have to eat you!"
Zhin squawked and flew up to a stand.
"I need to get out of here!" he looked up to see an open window, "HRAH!" he used all his might to lift his pudgy body off the stand and into the air.
"You won't leave!" Pip jumped up with jaws open.
"AGH!" Zhin felt the graze of his teeth on his behind and jolted upward.
"Hrrggh!" he gave one last flap of his wings and landed on the windowsill, knocking over a flower pot.
A yelp sounded nearby, and a figure ran out with an axe.
It was a beautiful young woman with a head covering.
"Ah…" she let out a huff of air when she noticed it was just a chicken, "What in heavens is this chicken doing here?" she set down the axe and walked over to Zhin.
"What are you doing here?" she picked him up and looked over the balcony.
Pip scurried off under the incoming moonlight.
"It looks like you were being chased by a dog. Oh, poor thing." The woman mumbled and shook her head, "What careless owner would leave their pets to suffer?"
"Hey lady, I could use some help! Take me back to my friends at the Sunshine Inn-" Zhin stopped.
"Wow, you're a talker!" the woman smiled.
"I forgot she can't understand me…" Zhin murmured, "Oh… How am I supposed to tell her I need my allies… hell, how am I supposed to turn back to normal!?"
"You must be scared solid if you're gobbling that much!" The woman chuckled, "I'll clean the balcony tomorrow." She looked at the pot on the ground and shook her head, then walked inside her house.
Zhin saw the candlelights that gave the ambiance a nice, soft glow that was very welcoming.
The motif of this woman's house was very foreign to him as well since it had long carpets and furniture unknown to him.
"It looks like items from the Land of the Al-Shazeers." He said to himself.
"Don't worry, I'll take care of you." The woman said as she set him down on an ottoman, "Oh… Look at you…" she saw that he was lacking feathers on his backside.
"I need to get back to Lian… What if that stupid dog gets to her too?" Zhin grumbled and jumped on the nearby sofa.
"Oh, you're a feisty one!" the woman giggled, "You don't seem injured at all if you're hopping all over the place!"
"Oh be quiet!" Zhin growled and looked around her house.
"What can be here that will l-" he paused when he saw a town map on the dinner table.
"Bingo!" he said and fastened himself, then took flight and landed straight on the table.
However, his bird claws made him slide and hit a bowl of chicken soup.
"AH!" the woman gasped and ran to Zhin.
"My dinner! Oh no!" she said.
"AHHH! AHHHH!" Zhin yelled as the scalding soup burned his delicate skin.
"Oh!" The woman said and grabbed Zhin, then wiped him away with a towel, "Oh you naughty bird! That's what happens! Oh… I'm going to keep you outside!" she grunted.
Zhin shook his head.
"Huh?" The woman mumbled, "Did you just-"
"I can't blow my cover just yet! That dog is still in the perimeter…" Zhin said to himself, then feigned injury by drooping his wing.
"Oh… the soup must have hurt you..." the woman mumbled as she saw the red stain across his golden feathers, "I also can't leave you like this…" she said and walked down her small hall.
"Where is she taking me-" Zhin paused when they walked through the kitchen.
The woman walked towards the iron oven she had.
"Oh no no no no no no no no no no…." Zhin gasped, "No!"
However, the woman turned to her small fountain sink.
"I'm just going to clean you, silly bird." She giggled and set him down inside the sink.
Or at least tried to.
"My… you're a pudgy bird."
"Hmph…" Zhin grunted.
"I guess I'll have to clean you in my bath." The woman sighed and picked him up again, "Oh well…" she said and shook her head.
The woman was graceful in her appearance and in her steps as she walked towards a doorway covered with beautiful silk curtains.
Zhin closed his eyes for a few seconds when the light got brighter, but then regained his sight to see a gorgeous fountain bath that had a balcony with a view of the distant dunes and oases.
"Wow."
The woman set him down.
"Well… we're here… but how do you clean a chicken?" she pondered, "Come on Yamina… Think… Think.."
"Yamina?" Zhin looked at the woman, "Well, she does look like the sand people… Wait, that's offensive." He said.
"Chicken privilege…" he murmured.
"I guess a normal people bath will have to do." Yamina shrugged her shoulders, "Sorry." She looked at Zhin and sat next to him.
"No problem." Zhin spoke, "Wait, she can't hear me-" he paused when he saw the most stunning sight.
Yamina took off her head coverings to reveal long, flowing black hair that glowed in the candle and moonlight.
In fact, in lieu of the unfortunate events, Zhin started to finally notice the beauty of this woman.
"Wow, you became quiet." Yamina said and patted his head, "Well, here goes." She pulled out a bucket, filled it with bath water, then poured it on Zhin.
"BRRRRRR." Zhin shivered and flapped his wings, "That's cold!"
"I know it's cold." Yamina noticed Zhin's screeching and pulled out a bar of soap, "But you already burned yourself so I guess it balances out, no?" she joked.
"Wow, she's really having a lot of fun with me… as a chicken." Zhin murmured, "Does she live alone? I didn't see signs of anyone else being here. No husband, no parents…"
Zhin felt the bar of soap lather him.
"You know, I've never had a pet." Yamina talked to Zhin, "But I think you would be great! You're such a well-mannered chicken!"
"Hey, as long as you don't eat me, I'm fine with you." Zhin looked at her feminine features, "Hell, I don't even mind being a chicken if this is my treatment."
Yamina grabbed another bucket of water and poured it on him.
Zhin gasped but then felt the warming bond of a towel wrapping around him.
He felt the warmth of her hands rubbing him tenderly.
"Oh….." he sighed in relief, "Oh yeah…. I would definitely stay like this…"
Yamina stood up and sat down with her back to the balcony.
"Hmmm." Zhin turned to face her and her chest, "Hey…" he said to himself and smirked, then lifted his wing and touched her chest.
"OH I KNOW IT'S WRONG BUT I'M A CHICKEN SO IT DOESN'T MATTER!" he squawked loudly.
"What has gotten into you?" Yamina chuckled as Zhin bobbed his head around, "You really are liking this bath aren't you?"
Zhin dove face first into her chest.
"COCK-A-DOODLE DOOO!"
"Oh! Well your spirits are back up!" Yamina smiled and raised him up, "I guess I can take care of a chicken after all!"
"Oh Please Take Care of me!" Zhin said and looked down on her, but then saw a movement on the balcony.
It was Pip.
"Hey!" Zhin yelled.
"Shit! She can't hear me! Yamina! Yamina!"
"What's gotten into- AHHHH!" Yamina flew forward when Pip tackled her, sending her crashing into the wall violently.
Zhin gasped.
"YAMINA!" he said as he flew down, but was tackled by Pip.
"I got you now, pip!" Pip laughed as he raised his claws and pinned him down, "Sorry, pal, but money sure talks!" he showed his canines and lunged down.
"Get off him!" Yamina yelled and struck Pip with a mop.
"AGH! What the hell!?" Pip fell back, "You stupid stupid girl!" he shook his fist.
"Get out of here! I'm calling the police!" Yamina pointed at him.
"On such a daring guy like me?" Pip smirked, "You wouldn't. At least, not if I had anything to do with it."
"Yamina! Watch out!" Zhin yelled as Pip jumped on Yamina, struck her head on the wall, and touched her with the tip of his tail.
"Oh no! Get away from her!" he flew into action and pecked Pip on the temple.
"Damn it!" Pip fell back, "Ha! It's too late anyways!" he told Zhin as he threw him aside.
"Chicken?" Yamina murmured as she saw Zhin fight Pip, but fell unconscious soon after and started to shrink and morph.
"No!" Zhin yelled, "Agh… It's my fault!" he glared at Pip.
"I get paid for getting two dinners? How great!" Pip laughed, "But let's get back to business… No hard feelings."
"You will pay for this, you miserly scoundrel…." Zhin turned to see Yamina was now a hen.
"I'm sorry…" he murmured and turned to Pip.
"RAF!" Pip pounced and punted Zhin out the hall.
"I'm going to get you!" he said.
"Not if I get you first!" Zhin yelled and jumped on the dinner table, making the chicken soup fall and hit Pip in the face.
"AHH!" Pip yelled and screamed in pain, "Damn it!"
"And go to hell!" Zhin flew down and dive bombed Pip out of the front window.
"You stupid!" Pip regained his sight and struck Zhin with a bag of tomatoes that was in the front porch.
"ACK!" Zhin fell back, his weak avian frame suffering greatly from the blunt attack, "Ha… Ha…"
"Take this!" Pip threw a tomato at Zhin, stunning him, "And now I get you all wrapped up and seasoned… Wait…" he sniffed his hand, "Blegh… Tomatoes… I hate tomatoes…" he shook his head.
"BAKAW!" Zhin suddenly cried out and dive bombed Pip again, but this time the two fell to the street below.
"OOF!" Pip groaned as his body hit the ground.
"You stupid excuse for a dinner…" he slowly stood up to see Zhin on the ground covered in tomato juice.
"Wait-"
Zhin's body started to morph again, growing larger each second.
"Wh-What's going on?" Pip stammered as Zhin started to get a more human-like appearance, until finally, he was.
"Ugh…" Zhin groaned and held his head, "What the..."
"H-H-How did you do that!?" Pip said as he saw the man Zhin standing before him.
"Zhin!" a voice called out.
Lian was standing there with her arms crossed.
"Oh snap, that's the one…." Pip gulped when he saw the princess.
"Why are you messing about with dogs?" Lian looked at Pip, "Hurry, for I wish to reconcile… but my patience is thin."
"Lian.." Zhin looked at himself and saw he was covered in tomato, "Could this be what cured-" he saw Pip pounce on him again, "No!" he felt his tail.
"Huh!?" Lian saw Pip jump off Zhin's chest.
"Lian! Watch out! Don't let his tail touch-"
"GOTCHA!" Pip pounced on the princess and touched her with his tail.
"Morrigan's Shift is embedded in my tail… And now nothing will save yours!"
Lian growled and called out Power Khan…
But it didn't come out.
"Oh no no no… Here we go again…" Zhin closed his eyes, but nothing happened.
"Huh? Is it…" he looked at the tomato bits again.
"Hey! What's going on!?" Lian gasped as she started to shrink and morph, "Zhin!"
"Lian!"
"BAKAW!" Lian's voice shifted to a more avian tone until the metamorphosis into a hen was completed.
"Finally…" Pip rubbed his hands.
"I'm a chicken!?" Lian gasped as she looked at her wings, "What- What did you do to my graceful form!?"
"My stand turns anyone who I touch with my tail into a weak chicken. All the easier to kill you!" Pip laughed and pounced on Lian.
However, Lian smacked him with her wing.
"OOF!" Pip fell back, "What?!"
"You took away my body so royale…" Lian grumbled, "And that really… really… ruffles my feathers…" she glared at him.
"W-What…." Pip stammered as Lian puffed up.
"BWAKABWAKABWAKABWAKABWAKABWAKA!" Lian screeched and slapped Pip with her wings, driving his head into the ground violently.
"No way. She can kick ass even as a chicken…" Zhin stood back.
"Agh…." Pip groaned when Lian stopped, "Oh… This wasn't worth it."
"Here Lian, help me test something out." Zhin walked over to the hen and slathered some of the left over tomato on her back.
"What do you think you're doin-" Lian stopped when she felt her strengths return to her, returning with her true human form.
"Well Well."
"Ah crap…" Pip murmured and pounced, trying desperately to strike them with his tail again.
"RAH!" Power Khan appeared and protected its owner, driving the vulpin into the stone road.
"I have a bone to pick with him as well… doubly." Zhin walked up, "If you'll allow me, princess…" he bowed.
"Go ahead." Lian crossed her arms.
"Come on guys, no hard feelings…" Pip gulped as he wiped blood from his nose as he looked at the two.
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Lian saw as Zhin grabbed a tomato and placed it on Yamina, who was still a chicken.
"Why are you doing that? How do you know that is not just an ordinary chicken?" she asked.
"What kind of chicken goes into a bathroom?" Zhin shot back, but then remembered his whole experience, "You know what, ignore that question. I just need to do this, ok?"
He used his hand to crush the tomato, spilling its chunks and juices on to Yamina.
Slowly, Yamina started to gain her form again.
"Wow." Lian's eyes opened as the woman lay before her, "How did she get brought up in this?"
"Eh…. Long story." Zhin shrugged his shoulders, "But I do owe her a debt." He sighed and looked at her face.
"Do you like her?" Lian asked.
"You're seriously asking me that?" Zhin smirked, "A beautiful woman? I love them to death… but…" he held Yamina's chin, "Something… I don't know what… I just can't seek any of that romance with her."
Lian saw as Zhin stood up.
"She's too pure for this world. She deserves something better than a wandering philanderer like me." Zhin sighed, "Plus, who would marry this." He pointed to himself.
"You have a point." Lian chuckled, getting a playful punch from Zhin.
"But she did help me… So I should repay her." Zhin walked up to the bath and dunked something into its waters.
"I think this should be worth a pretty penny." He said, "I'm just going to leave a note with it."
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Yamina woke up to find her house spotless and the time set in the morning after.
"What… What happened?" she asked as she stood up and looked around, "Where's my chicken friend?" she said and walked into her house.
"Friend?" she called out, only to see a knife stuck into her dinner table with a note under it.
"Huh?" Yamina mumbled and walked to it, then picked up the paper.
Thank you so much, my dearest Yamina.
I write this with sadness in my heart, knowing I will never find someone as pure as you.
For your help, I have left you something that should be very valuable to help you.
Perhaps, if you had known me more… We….
Well, regardless.
Safe journeys and kindest regards.
Your friend,
Zhin the Chicken
Yamina smiled and looked down on the table.
"Wow, this is so beautiful." She said and held up a pelt with shimmering golden fur.
"Thank you… my prince in the chicken…"
Sorry for the wait everyone. I had been contemplating changing the course of this story a bit that's why it took so long to update.
Thank you for all the constructive reviews and I hope you enjoy this fight!