Chapter 8
Loki concentrated as hard as he could and he looked into the distance. He was reaching out telepathically to someone that he knew of…the secret weapons.
"I am here, Loki…it has been a while," the voice said.
"Yes it has…I need your assistance…," Loki said.
"Yes?" The voice said.
"Oberon is on the move, Your Highness; we need your assistance in order to stop him. When the Golden Moon is at full power, he will be almost crazed with power. I can slow him down but you are the primary one who can stop him," Loki explained.
"I see…thank you…I am a few galaxies away, but I will be there," the voice responded, now fading away. Loki nodded and then made sure the rest of the troupe knew where Evander went.
Meanwhile…
Adeline whined as she tossed and turned in the velvet bed and she began to slowly feel herself getting drowsy and exhausted.
"I don't feel good…," she whined out.
"The human is ill?" A voice crooned. As she slowly turned, she saw a figure watching her from the shadows. She couldn't make out the face, but the being was not as big as Oberon but it was intimidating. As it spoke, she could tell it was female.
"W-Who are you?" She asked in fear.
"Names are not important…," the voice said, now gently coming forward. She was still in the dark, but what she could see were the piercing green eyes. "So…you are the one Oberon is so in love with…"
"I-I don't know what you're talking about…," she said, now trying to turn away.
"You are ill; it is a good thing for you I am more civil than he is," the voice smirked, now gently touching her face. She weakly moved away, but she only heard a chuckle. "Fear not…I have only come to help."
And with those words, the being pulled Adeline to her and bit her in her shoulder. Adeline cried out as tears fell down her face because it hurt.
"LET GO!" Adeline shouted in pain.
Her pain hit Loki's ears and within a few moments, he teleported right in the midst of Adeline's room. He gave a malicious grin and that made the person step back in surprise.
"Loki? What are you doing here?!" The female said.
"I could ask you the same of why you are feasting on this human," Loki said, now slowly easing forward and making the person step back.
"I was NOT feasting. I was helping to heal her," the person said. After a moment, Loki sniffed the air and watched as the female came forward. It was Oberon's Queen, Titania.
"Queen Titania?" He asked in surprise.
"Yes. I have come to see what was so special about this young one being in the harem," Titania growled out.
"I don't wanna be here! I just wanna go home!" Adeline said. "He keeps chasing me!"
"I understand that! But he will continue to chase you if we somehow don't stop him," Titania said. "He has almost become obsessed with you with I, his queen, by his side!"
"I know you must be agitated, Queen Titania, but Adeline is innocent; Oberon must be stopped and I have come to make sure that she gets home safely," Loki said.
"Loki…for you to help anyone is a mystery. She must have paid a high price for you to assist her," Titania said, now eyeing him carefully.
Adeline gulped because she knew that Titania was correct; for Loki to ever help anyone came with a price. Sometimes a very high price!
"Let us just say that Adeline owes me a favor," Loki smirked, now looking into the distance. "Oberon can sense a different presence; he will be coming soon!"
"Quick, you both must leave now! He is in the process of forming a banquet for the Golden Night. I will stall him but you need to leave as soon as possible," Titania said, now turning and hearing her husband's voice.
"Titania, Titania, where are you?" the voice of Oberon called. Loki gently picked up Adeline, who clung to him in fear and Titania quickly exited from the room and tried to meet her husband in the hallway. He arched an eyebrow as he saw her coming from around the corner.
"Where are you coming from, my queen?" He asked.
"I am making sure your 'Adeline' is ready for the gathering tonight," she said with a hint of venom.
"Oh come now, are you jealous?" He smirked.
"Oh course not! I would never be jealous of a human!" She snarled.
"You are still my number one; Adeline, however, is an apple in my harem," Oberon winked. "I will come for her later on; the guests will be arriving in an hour."
"And the arrangements?" The queen asked.
"Already prepared," Oberon said. "This entire castle is covered in gold and all we need is to walk outside and get ready for the banquet in the garden."
As the two talked, Loki held Adeline to him and he could tell she was feeling better but she was beyond weak.
"Adeline, you must hold on…Evander will be coming soon and I am to get you to safety," Loki said.
"And what is Evander going to do?" She asked.
"He is going to keep Oberon from chasing from you," Loki said.
"But…isn't he…?" She asked, now confused.
"Shhh…he's got it under control. But we must wait a bit for you to be able to teleport. You've been weakened even more and still need time. The problem is that you may not be well enough even when the celebration begins," Loki said, now looking into the distance. For it was true, Titania's bite was slowly healing Adeline but it was taking time. And even worse? The golden moon was days ahead of schedule!
Two hours later…
Oberon and his entire court and guests laughed hungrily as the moon rose into the sky and he loved how the moon beams shot into his skin! His eyes turned a deep red and he knelt down to his knees and laughed happily!
"FEEL IT! IT IS HERE! THE GOLDEN MOON IS FINALLY HERE!" Oberon called out in glee, now laughing as he soaked up the magic. The others were absorbing the rays too, but of course the king was getting the most of it.
"This isn't good…," Loki said, now eyeing them out the window. He too chuckled as he was absorbing the rays. This made Adeline shake a bit in concern and made her try to stay away from him. Hearing her trying to escape, he gently grabbed her leg and moved her back. "I won't harm you. The Golden Moon is early and it should have not been here this soon."
"B-but that means you all are going to be easily affected!" She said.
"I know, but I have to get you out of here before this really starts to get…," Loki didn't get to finish as Oberon himself flew into the room and smirked deviously.
"Loki…I should have known you wouldn't be far," he said, now eyeing him carefully. Loki only laughed and gently took Adeline in his arms.
"I knew there was another presence in my kingdom."
"I am never far from those who have called my name," Loki said.
"Release her…," Oberon said, not liking the fact that he was holding Adeline.
"Must I? I'm afraid I cannot do that just yet," Loki said, now placing Adeline behind him. She began to get very nervous. She knew that Loki was preparing to fight on her behalf, but Oberon snarled and teleported all of them outside!
"Listen to me, you half reptile; I want her and I get what I want," Oberon said angrily.
"Well, we can't all receive what we want," Loki smirked, now transforming into his dinosaur like form. Oberon quickly formed energy balls but at that moment he was tackled from the side! Evander was there!
"GET OFF ME!" Oberon yelled, now trying to shove Evander off.
"Not on your life, Oberon; you won't get her!" Evander said, his eyes glowing yellow and he threw his head back in pain as the golden moon pulsed his heart with power. "Loki! Get her out of here!"
"Not without you!" Adeline said.
"Guards! Stop them!" Oberon said, now shoving Evander into a tree. The weak ringmaster formed energy balls and could feel his energy fading.
Loki then turned and began to fight off the guards, keeping them at bay from Adeline. She was also doing well, despite her not feeling well.
"We can't fight them off like this for long!" Loki said. "We need to teleport now!"
He grabbed her in his tail and began to concentrate, but once the portal was open, Oberon tried to use his own power to shut it again!
"NO! YOU'RE NOT TAKING HER AWAY FROM ME!" He yelled. But Evander ran up behind him and chanted a few words!
"HALLCATUM CLASTRA!" He shouted, now grabbed Oberon in a full-nelson and seeing the portal change into another dimension!
"NO! You fool! You'll throw us into a random dimension! We could be lost for centuries!" Oberon said, now seeing his queen and his advisors coming to help!
"No! You both must stop! This is too dangerous!" Titania called, now very worried.
"EVANDER! EVANDER, NO!" Adeline said, tears streaming down her face but Loki held her back. "Let go of me!"
"Remember your promise to me, Loki! No matter what happens to me, get her back to the others safely!" Evander called out, now feeling the Golden Moon strengthening him briefly but also making him weak at the same time.
"Now I see why you said this…," Loki said telepathically to him. Evander only gave him a strong look as he held onto Oberon tighter. "You knew that you may not make it back to the others…didn't you?!"
No response.
"EVANDER!" Adeline shouted again.
"Adeline…it's going to be alright," Evander said telepathically to her, now feeling the portal pulling them in. With the last of his strength, he felt himself and the king being pulled inside!
"NOOOOOOO!" Oberon shouted, now using his clawed fingers to hold on to anything! Titania was about to run forward, but the guards kept her back to protect her as well! Within a few seconds, both were being drug into the portal and the portal shut tight!
Adeline was crying harder than she ever did before. Evander…her guardian, the leader, …her friend….was gone. She broke free of Loki and fell to her knees; was this really going to be the end of Cirque Mystique?!
"This is the end…," she said, now crying harder and letting her tears wet the ground.
"This isn't the end," Loki said, now looking into the distance. "He is coming!"
"Who?! There's no one who can help us now!" Adeline said in horror.
"Correction…he's heard me and he's here…," Loki said, now seeing a streak of light shine across the sky. At that same moment, the portal opened once more and Oberon was forcing himself back out! The Golden Moon gave him ridiculous strength, but he was weakened a bit from trying to get back through the portal.
"That…fool…he could have put us in a lost dimension!" Oberon growled angrily, now forcing himself out.
"MY LOVE! YOU'RE ALRIGHT!" Titania said, happy tears streaming down her face and neck.
"Yes, but GAAAAH!" He gasped, now ducking. A streak of lighting flew over his head and shot into the portal, entering exactly where he came out. "What on Earth?! No…he can't be back! He can't be on this side of the galaxy again! Close the portal! Quickly!"
"Why, sir?!" the guards asked, now trying to help their king.
"SILENCE! HURRY UP AND CLOSE IT!" Oberon shouted, now scurrying to get away from the portal.
"My love?! Why are you panicking like this?" Titania asked.
"He's returned…the only one that matches me! NOW HURRY!" Oberon roared, now trying to use his strength to close the portal as fast as possible!
Meanwhile, Adeline ran towards the portal and she saw that Evander didn't come back out!
"Evander? Is he going to come back out?!" She said, now getting closer and hoping that if Oberon made it, Evander would too. But she was yanked back suddenly by Oberon and he pulled her closer to his face.
"Your precious Evander is never coming back young one; he risked it all for you and now he is lost forever. You belong to me now and the Golden Moon has made my power inescapable," he said angrily. But he turned with a roar as he felt a large snake-like tail wrap around him. Now enraged, he turned and saw Loki giving him a devious smirk.
"I apologize, King Oberon, but until Evander does find a way back…Adeline is under my care," Loki said.
"Loki….are you challenging me again?" Oberon said, now letting his eyes turn red with rage.
"If that is what you call it, then so be it," Loki laughed, now getting into a defensive mode. His squeeze made Oberon release Adeline and Loki motioned for her to run.
"Loki, what are you doing?!" Adeline said in horror.
"Adeline, I will distract him. I have a way for you to join the others behind the trees over there," Loki said telepathically to her. "Now run!"
And with a shout of rage, Oberon flew at Loki and the two titans began to fight! But Adeline got a look of determination; she wasn't going to let Oberon harm Loki! She had already lost Evander and she wasn't going to lose another friend!
"I won't allow anyone else to get hurt because of me!" She said, now running at Titania and pinning her down!
"Why you little human! How dare you!" The queen said.
"Listen! I need to help Loki; I need you to share some of your strength with me," Adeline pleaded gently.
"WHAT?! Are you insane, human?" The queen said in shock.
"Please! You must or else this fight will only end in someone dying!" Adeline said in horror. Titania let out a deep sigh and then nodded as she gently scratched Adeline's jewel.
"This is the very last time I can help you," the queen said seriously. Adeline nodded in understanding and then stood up and helped the queen up.
"Thank you, Your Highness," Adeline said, now making large energy balls form in her hands. She now possessed some of the queen fairy's power! "OBERON!"
Both titans turned to look at her and Oberon's eyes widened somewhat, now sensing his queen's power in her.
"What did you do, Titania?!" he shouted. The queen, however, made herself scarce so that she didn't have to hear her husband's rage. She snuck back into the palace to avoid answering any questions. "No matter. Come Adeline…if you wish to engage m I will simply defeat you just like I did your Evander." He smirked. But then he saw Loki slither near her, injured but still in his full dinosaur-like form.
"Then you will have to defeat us both," Loki smirked. Oberon growled; Loki was definitely not an easy opponent to beat.
All of them glared at each other and soon they all flew at each other ready for the final battle. Adeline felt her body becoming weaker and weaker, but she had to defeat Oberon. She had to…for Evander.
guestsurprise's words: Oh my! What do you all think will happen next?! Things are heating up!
To guestsurprise: They certainly are! :) But I think Oberon doesn't realize just how upset he made Adeline. He's in for it now.
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