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Chapter 4: Revelations
The crater was a bloodbath. There were the bodies of lesser monsters and bandits everywhere, with nearly 20 bandits still standing. They were fighting three ordinary-looking and unarmed humans, who were more than holding their own against them. The new arrivals ran over to see what was going on, with Filia helping Val along, as he had started vomiting as soon as he saw some of the bodies that almost looked as if they had been torched.
"Who are-" began Lina, Filia, and Zelgadis at the same time, but Amelia beat them to it.
"Evildoers! Halt and explain your wicked deeds! Why have you murdered all of these innocent people? And why do you wear those ridiculous clothes? In the name of justice, I, Amelia Wil Tesla Seiruun, demand you answer?"
"You know, you would have thought she would have stopped all of the justice preaching after 12 years of marriage," muttered Lina to Zel. Then to Amelia she said, "Hey, Amelia! These innocent people they murdered are all bandits or low level monsters that have no astral body. And you really shouldn't comment on their clothes. After all, if they are from a different world, their clothes are bound to be different. Just look at Squall's. And besides, it just isn't just."
"Thank you miss," said one of the strange people, a young man with spiky blond hair and a green padded vest-looking thing. "My name is Ginji Amano. The other two are Ban Midou and Shido Fuyuki," he indicated the other two people, a tall man with long brown spiky hair and purple glasses, and another tall man with black spiky hair and a headband. "Me and Ban form the Getbackers recovery service, and Shido helps us occasionally. Speaking of help, do you have any food? We have terrible luck with money and Ban makes up his own parking spaces, so I haven't eaten in-" Ginji was cut off, and thrown ten feet behind everybody, by Ban before he could finish his plea for food.
"That's enough out of you, buddy. So, quick question for you people: where the hell are we? And what was with the welcoming committee? It was worse than the first time we went into the Limitless Fortress, for crying out loud!" ranted Ban.
"Don't look at us. We're in the same boat you guys are. How did you get here anyway? Did you go through some kind of portal?" said Irvine.
"Actually, now that you mention it, we probably did. There was this weird blue archway in front of us right before we left the Honky Tonk, and it felt as if we got sucked in. But could you tell us your names? You already know ours, and I don't like not knowing anything."
After Squall and Lina introduced everybody, Shido decided to throw his two cents in.
"So, do you guys know how to get us back to our own world?" he asked
"No, they don't. And even if they did, it wouldn't matter, because you are all about to die!" came a voice from behind the group. It was a strange voice, icy and almost sibilant. As the group whirled around, a figure appeared. He was slightly taller and stronger looking than Xellos, with white hair and ice blue eyes. He wore a suit of armor similar to Gourry's, except Gourry's was a darker blue and didn't have a symbol of a castle on a white mountain on it. The new figure wore a sword with the same emblem on the scabbard. The blade appeared to be made of ice.
"I'm afraid I can't let you live. You are a threat to our plans, and our plans must succeed. Now, who should I destroy first? You, Beast Master Shido? Maybe you, almighty Commander Squall. No, you would be boring, with your dying curses and pathetic attacks. Ah, now here is a precious find. A Golden Dragon, walking in the company of Xellos Metallium no less! I am definitely going to have to sample your pain first."
"I don't think so, Zanthador, general of Ice Lord Dynast," came the reply from Xellos, who had teleported directly behind the new figure without anyone noticing. "I just can't let you kill off my free buffet, can I? And besides, life is much more fun when you are watching a Golden Dragon do and say things no other Golden Dragon has or will ever do, like setting up a ceramics shop in Seiruun or taking care of an Ancient Dragon to atone for her race's sins. You should really leave right now before you get hurt."
"You know you can't defeat me, Xellos, so drop the act." With that, Zanthador spun, drew his sword, and slashed at Xellos' throat, all in a single motion. Xellos responded by teleporting and throwing an energy blast where Zanthador had been a second before. And so it went, with one attacking and the other counterattacking, while the others sat and watched. It lasted for several minutes, but eventually Zanthador got a good hit in and slashed Xellos under the ribcage. Xellos ripped Zanthador's left arm almost completely off, but it didn't help him too much.
"Dammit! Xellos is getting destroyed!" exclaimed Zelgadis. Then he, and everybody else, noticed Filia and Val chanting something. Then he heard a few of the words and dove out of the way, right before they finished.
"Chaotic Disintegrate!"
" Um, Filia, I think you two missed," commented Lina.
"No, w didn't. It's going right to him," the dragon replied.
And it did just that. The spell flew straight at Xellos, who caught it and added his power to it before throwing it, point blank, into Zanthador's chest. The spell blasted a hole right through his body, and he dropped his sword, but he started smiling.
"Well well, what do we have here? Holy and demonic magic, working together and becoming exponentially stronger instead of canceling each other out. Whoever would have thought of that? I think I am going to honor you by showing you my true form." Zanthador then muttered a few words and his body began to shift. He grew larger, his armor disappeared, and he started to grow fangs and wings. When all was done, he looked like a giant white falcon.
"Interesting. But you are still weak. Go back to Dynast, and don't bother us again," was Xellos' only remark to the new form.
"No thanks. But before I finish you off, I would really like to feed off that dragon wench and her pathetic son" Zanthador dove, but was blasted back toward Xellos by a lightning bolt. "What was that?"
"That? That was nothing. I only used about 200,000 volts on that one," said Ginji.
"You really shouldn't have done that," Xellos said. His eyes were open and his smile was gone. "Now I am going to destroy you completely," as son as he said that, he grabbed the jewel on his staff, and shattered it. A light poured out of the space the jewel rested in, engulfing Xellos. Then the light vanished, and Xellos was changed.
A/N: sorry for not updating for a while, but school keeps me busy. I had a vacation this week, so I tried to make this chapter a bit longer. Please review if you have read.
