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"Mr. Zelgadiss, where is Ms. Lina? She's been gone for an awfully long time..." Hiyo nibbled on her melon bread a little more before taking her usual seat next to Zel. He sighed and glanced for the umpteenth time towards the doorway, hoping for Lina to come back. "I don't know, Hiyo, but I think that maybe we need to leave her alone for awhile." Hiyo frowned.

"I haven't known Ms. Lina for very long, but I don't think she's the type of person to stay by herself for too long. Something isn't right Mr. Zelgadiss. Shouldn't we at least go check on her?" Zelgadiss sighed again, but nodded all the same. Secretly he had been just as worried as Hiyo was about Lina, and he didn't think he'd like what he found if they went to look for her.

They searched the entire bottom floor in less then an hour, through bedrooms, bathrooms, empty rooms, and party rooms. None of them held any sign of Lina, until they came upon the tea room. It was trashed, with all of the ancient class shattered all over the floors, scrapes on the walls, and the glass case had been broken into. This had to be where Lina was, but the only question was where did she go? "Would she have gone upstairs all by herself Mr. Zelgadiss?"

He shook his head. "I have no idea Hiyo, but I hope she's not stupid enough to. In fact I know she's not stupid enough to. Something's up." Hiyo bent down to the floor, spotting something shining on the ground. She gasped and picked the shiny object off of the carpet. "Oh, dear Mr. Zelgadiss. Look!"

There in her palm lay a golden circle earring, unmistakably Lina's. He raised his gaze to meet Hiyo's. "Now I know something's wrong. Lina would never leave this anywhere, no matter how blinded by fury she is." Zelgadiss turned and exited through the door, Hiyo hurrying forward to fall in step with him. "I can't believe I'm saying this, but let's go find Xelloss."

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Lina cursed the man through her gag, but the sound came out only a muffled noise. Her hands and feet were bound to a chair in the middle of the small dark room, and her eyes were also blinded. Maybe that's why it was so dark...

"Now, Lina-san, you know I can't understand you so why even try it?" She said something again, pulling at her binds and shaking the chair with her body. Faroh laughed and she heard his footsteps approaching her. "Sorry to had to have brought you here like this, Lina-san. In truth under different circumstances I could see myself taking a liking to your spit-fire ways."

She didn't respond, only sat very still as his hand reached down to rest on her shoulder. "Ah, don't worry Lina-san. I won't kill you just yet. That I'll wait for your friend Xelloss to witness, otherwise it wouldn't be very much fun." Lina yelled again, making the chair wobble so much she almost fell over. Fun? This guy saw killing her as fun?!

Wait a minute, this guy wasn't just going to kill her...he was going to kill Xelloss too...Shit! Hold on a minute, why did she even care? She should be happy to hear that the bastard was going to get exactly what he deserved-death! Still even she couldn't be that evil as to wish death to him, after all he really had warned her.

"Mm, what's this? Feeling some regret of sorts are we? And to think, he touched you so,"-he ran his hand down her thigh.-"tenderly." Lina screeched at him through the cloth, wiggled herself away, or at least she tried to. The chair was wobbling back and forth with the rocking motion of her body as she let all her fury go. The bastard had been watching them?! Oh hell yeah, he was going to die.

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"Mr. Xelloss! Mr. Xelloss!" Hiyo hurried into the little living room where Xelloss sat alone and confined. He lifted his head towards them, his face not showing any emotion at all. "Oh Mr. Xelloss it's terrible! Ms. Lina has been kidnapped and taken upstairs! We need your help!"

"Oh, she has, has she?" He still didn't move, staying planted to the couch.

"Xelloss as much as I hate you, she's right; we need your help. Don't you feel even a little guilty? If it weren't for you Lina would have never even gone out alone." A small show of emotion flickered over his face, but he still did not move. "Mr. Xelloss!" Hiyo screamed, her tiny hands reached down to grip his shirt. Her voice was suddenly not squeaky and small, but deep and scary. "You will help Ms. Lina, won't you Mr. Xelloss?" He didn't respond, only sat mute.

A growl erupted from her tiny body and she picked him up and easily threw him over the couch, flipping it over on top of him. Zelgadiss gaped at her, stunned at her sudden show of strength and dominance. Xelloss stared up at Hiyo, he had been thrown way off guard by her sudden change of personality. "Now that I've got your attention,"-she walked around the couch to grab him by the shirt again-"You'll help Ms. Lina, won't you Mr. Xelloss?" She growled the words, glaring down at him.

"Er...why, of course I will Ms. Hiyo. Whoever said I wouldn't?" He replied a bit nervously, sighing with relief as she let go of him and a smile graced her face. "Great! Now we can go save her!" She squealed, doing another turn around on attitude. Hiyo glanced at Zelgadiss and frowned at him. "Is there something wrong, Mr. Zelgadiss? You don't look so good." He swallowed and shook his head, giving her a weak smile. "No, no, nothing. Heh..." She shrugged and smiled at them both before turning to lead the way into the entry hall. Zelgadiss exchanged a look with Xelloss.

"God she might be scarier then Lina."

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"It seems your friends are braver then I first thought Lina-san, they are heading for us as we speak to save you." Faroh drawled, laughing. "It seems even Xelloss has been convinced to save you Little Lina, be glad that someone of such power will be here soon."

Lina stayed silent, clamping her mouth shut tightly. She refused to let him get another rise out of her; it only amused him anyway so it really wasn't worth it. The sound of the door slamming open filled Lina with sudden hope. "Master, they are already in the west wing and approaching us very fast." Her hopes were shattered as the sound of the mazoku-with-no-name's voice was heard.

"Fantastic." The sound of Faroh's heavy footsteps approaching made Lina stiffen and hold her breath. "Now we can prepare properly for their arrival." She closed her eyes shut tight, expecting him to kill her right there, but instead the bindings on her hands, feet, and eyes were released. The only one left was the gag in her mouth, which he had chosen to leave tied tightly with magic.

Suddenly his hand slid deep into her hair, and he brought a screech of pain from her throat as he yanked her roughly from the chair to stand. He pulled her head backwards, paralyzing her body with pain. She tried to struggle, whimpering and screaming against the gag in agony. "Shh Lina-san, it'll only hurt for a little while." Her breath caught in her throat as the knife he'd used to untie her was shoved deep into her chest. Lina raised her shaking hands to touch the knife, as if in shock from it all.

His grip loosened from her hair and she dropped to her knees heavily, everything going red. She coughed into the gag, suddenly feeling like it was suffocating her more then anything else. As she fell forward, two pairs of arms encircled her and she fell into someone's chest. She grunted and turned to lie sideways, peering up at her savior. To her surprise it was Xelloss himself, his eyes staring down at her with mute horror. Instantly he removed the now bloodied gag, and she realized that there was blood pouring from her mouth.

"X-Xelloss?" She choked out, cringing in pain as it hurt to talk. He raised a finger to her lips, silencing her gently. "Shh Lina-san, just stay quiet for awhile. Go to sleep, when you wake up I'll be right there with you." Lina didn't protest anymore, and she let the darkness invade her body and lull her into a deep slumber. Maybe she could trust Xelloss one more time, just one last time...

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